“Are you sure about this, Mies?..”.(Queen Duchess Angela)“I am actually….to be honest...I don’t have that many free time to engage in this new type of business ventures…since you need this labour injections…so why not…you heard Andrea right?….so..what do you say, Angela?..”.As we both turned to each others and talk, everyone in the room were visibly silenced, as everyone can see that we both talk on equal footing and also a very friendly manners, just like a close friends. Naturally others cannot do this kind of interactions, but for them to see this I supposed that it was very unexpected for it to happened.“...I don’t see why not….it is a good venture for us…and as you know…when it comes to that type of commodity…we tend to deal with it delicately…after all…we don’t want to let this deal to became a tool for the others to use it against us….”.(Queen Duchess Angela)“I thought that as well….The Grand Coastal City of Meerkat already made an offer as well….but you know them…they just
“Alright, that’s settles it….With my name and agreed…Dukedom of Angela will be Aeternum trusted Buyer for this venture..”.(Queen Duchess Angela)“Thank you….with that..let’s us sign the deal…officially..”.For this deal everyone is happy about it, for me I don’t have to run around and busied my time about thinking to enter a market that I don’t have any intention of doing so, and for the Dukedom, they got what they wanted. So just like that we both signed a new deal and now it is already set in stone. As we agreed, the first batch that will be sent to them is as early as 3 days from now and will be in consist of 20 thousand people in it, what they will do with it is now their business not Aeternum, as for me, I am glad that these bad apple is out, so that they can no longer pose a threat to the new stable region that I am going to develop.“By the way, Prime Minister Leonard…you might want to put a little bit precautions with these batches….they are a bit rowdy….naturally we already p
“I heard that the Empire suddenly acted up on your territory…”.(Queen Duchess Angela)“Yeah..they did…a few times….at this point…they were just becoming a nuisance to me..”.“Aren’t they always do…..still you did well to respond to them just like that….although the Empire looks fearsome from afar…..they actually aren’t…what they are now…are just an empty shell of what they are used to be…”.(Queen Duchess Angela)“...Really?..”.“Yes….the Emperor…he is nothing now…his strength has faded a long time ago…Decades of debauchery, lust and stupidity has eroded his fearsome effects on people…I’ve seen that man once before…when he coveted my mother…but naturally…my mother is also not some helpless damsel….she fought back and teach him a lesson at that time, of course we lost some land due to that brief conflict…but as a rewards…the Empire backed away from us….that is at the time when the Emperor and the Empire at their peak…so now….I doubt that that power stayed the same…Even all his heirs wer
“I guess..that says a lot of things about them…and all of them were not that pretty…then again…I do not fear them at all….if I wanted to…I can just nick their bloods and let them bleed out…..but then again…at this time…Aeternum doesn’t need another ventures…”.“I guess that is true…but aren’t this war…a bit too easy for you?..”.(Queen Duchess Angela)“...it is….but, as you know about things like this….fighting is the easy part….but the things after that is what requires a lot of delicate touch…”.I am not denying that this war is easy for Aeternum, as it was pointless for me to do so, as she already knows about it.“Developing Alemia region will take a lot of time and resource…but you wanted to do it on the get go?..”.(Queen Duchess Angela)“Yes….it is much more easier and productive of me to do so….I had to….as you know…our Neighbour seems a bit too erratic these days…”.“Hallerus?..”.“Yes…Hallerus Kingdom…the way they are right now..just annoyed me a lot…”.“...That’s understandabl
“Developing Alemia region will take a lot of time and resource…but you wanted to do it on the get go?..”.(Queen Duchess Angela)“Yes….it is much more easier and productive of me to do so….I had to….as you know…our Neighbour seems a bit too erratic these days…”.“Hallerus?..”.“Yes…Hallerus Kingdom…the way they are right now..just annoyed me a lot…”.“...That’s understandable….my border just got attacked by one of their ‘rogue’ Noble…”.(Queen Duchess Angela)“Really?…how did that happened?..”.I know that Hallerus Kingdom at the moment, is kinda shaky and just in mess, but for them to bravely attack Dukedom of Angela, who’s has been stable for decades and already been confirmed that they are strong enough to deter any sort of attacks. I am sure that the one that were doing such things got nothing going on in their brain.“Well they tried to raid a few of my settlements at the border….but, luckily our Allied Military exercise force were stationed there and worked there….so they failed m
I know that Hallerus Kingdom at the moment, is kinda shaky and just in mess, but for them to bravely attack Dukedom of Angela, who’s has been stable for decades and already been confirmed that they are strong enough to deter any sort of attacks. I am sure that the one that were doing such things got nothing going on in their brain.“Well they tried to raid a few of my settlements at the border….but, luckily our Allied Military exercise force were stationed there and worked there….so they failed miserably…”.(Queen Duchess Angela)“What a relief...I bet they tried to get some easy money out of you…and instead got owned themselves…”.“Basically that is what happened….the moment their army crosses the border..before they even got to a single village…our forces intercept them…and attacked…we managed to kill some of the leader…but that is about it….since then…we have been in a state of dragged out crisis…”.(Queen Duchess Angela)With the State of dragged out crisis, what she meant is that s
“I am not going to say anything….as thanks to their foolishness our forces were able to gain a lot of real combat experience….but try not to dragged it for far too long…lest the Young Queen snapped…. then there will be a whole another issues coming at us…”.“I know….that is why all the ‘exercise’ I tasked were done in a covert style….while they know that it was me retaliating, but none of them can pin me as the culprit as they lacked evidence for it…..and beside, I doubt that these culprit wanted to report or asked help from the Young Queen…after all….these people just went rouge and also they actually went off and denounce her before they went off on their stupid streak.”.(Queen Duchess Angela)“Once we left….I can’t believe just how many of their stupidity got out of the bag….then again…that is what happened when only the unworthy got put on the rise…”.“The Principality of Light screwed them over so good…that nothing they were doing were going to work….Even my Cousin gave up to do
The Ducal Family of Murr actually have some relation with the Duchess of Angela family, Duke Merrica were related to Queen Duchess Angela as a cousins, by several leaps of so, but both family were in a good relationships as both of them hold quite high ranks and nobility status.“Yes he do….he already went back to his territory along with his wife….all he left in the Hallerus Capital were his Knights….I wonder what happened with him and the Queen…he refused to say anything to me at all…”.(Queen Duchess Angela)“I guess he got tired of it all….after all, the Young Queen were hardheaded and she even surrounded herself with some shady aide as well…”.Simply said, Hallerus Kingdom at the moment are slowly deteriorating, rotting from the inside out, to the point Duke Merrica who is the strongest anchor of the Kingdom actually got fed up and decided to step away from the Capital and the Palace, that is just how bad things are for the Hallerus Kingdom. Meanwhile Dukedom of Angela and Aeternu
Aeternum would continue to offer education, security, and infrastructure assistance—but always in a way that ensured we maintained our lead.We would teach them how to build schools, but we would own the publishing rights to the most advanced textbooks. We would help them create local militias, but they would still call for Aeternum troops when true threats loomed.We would help them modernize, industrialize, prosper—but they would know, always know, that Aeternum had already blazed the trail further ahead. I didn’t want vassals. I wanted allies who could never quite catch up—because they didn’t need to. They needed us to lead.I rose from my chair and walked toward the window. New City stretched into the horizon, its shining towers and clean streets proof of what discipline and vision could achieve.If left alone, the world would fall back into darkness. If left to their own devices, these medieval kings and nobles would tear each other apart again. The future needed guardians. The U
I knew what was at stake. We had to uphold this example. We had to show, beyond doubt, that the age of “Human First” was over.That the only supremacy left was the supremacy of character. Wisdom. Unity. Vision. And if we could carve that truth into the very soul of the UNA—if we could bury the old hatreds under libraries, not graves—then maybe, just maybe, this world could finally, finally leave its chains behind.I stood up from my chair, moving to the window. Out there, the city pulsed—an endless, living testament to what was possible when walls were torn down, not built higher. I closed my eyes for a moment. I didn’t want to be remembered as the conqueror of nations. I wanted to be remembered as the architect of a new era.One where no child was born inferior. One where no citizen was condemned by the shape of their ears or the color of their skin or the tail on their back. One where power didn’t mean oppression—but opportunity.Aeternum would be the beacon. And the UNA? The vessel
I took another sip of tea, letting the warmth spread through me.Because here’s the delicious irony: by copying our education system, they didn’t just adopt our books and schedules.They were adopting our mindset.Every child who learned using our curriculum. Every teacher trained by our methods. Every official who quoted Aeternum textbooks. They were all little seeds planted deep within foreign soil.In ten years?Those nations would think like us.In twenty?They would be like us. All without a single sword being drawn. I leaned back in my chair, utterly content.Without armies, without bloodshed, we were gaining soft political power over thirty-one nations.Real power.The kind that shaped futures. Mina clinked her cup lightly against mine in a silent toast, her green eyes sparkling.“To the future?” she teased.I smiled, lifting my cup.“To the future we’re writing,” I said.And out there, beneath the quiet, darkening sky, the seeds of a new world had already begun to bloom.The n
In New City, the public watched it all unfold on massive news screens and digital displays.A young woman in a coffee shop blinked back tears.“My mother couldn’t even sign her name,” she said. “Now, she’s going to school at sixty. Can you imagine?”A factory worker on break raised his can of iced tea. “They used to mock us for thinking machines would replace us. Now? My kid’s learning to design them.”Later that evening, President Mies stood at his office window in the Black House, overlooking a city glowing with lights and ambition.Minister Myers entered, holding the finalized signed charter.“It’s done,” he said quietly. “They all agreed. The future begins today.”Mies nodded. “We’ve unified their borders, their defense, and their markets,” he said. “Now, we unify their minds.”A long silence followed. Then, just a single line: “History will remember this moment.” And across the continent, it already had.The evening air was soft, almost languid, as I sat back in my chair, savorin
As the documents were sealed, cameras flashed and live broadcasts streamed the images of rulers shaking hands with President Mies—smiles genuine, eyes alight with purpose.The message to the world was unmistakable:Aeternum does not just lead with power—it leads with knowledge.Later, in a private conversation, Jonathan Myers turned to Mies.“This is more than we hoped.”Mies looked out the window of his office, where the UNA flags fluttered in a perfect row.“No,” he said. “This is exactly what I planned.”Jonathan raised a brow. “And what next?”Mies smiled faintly. “We teach the world… to think like us.”The central assembly hall of New Concordia UNA Headquarters—a gleaming white dome adorned with banners of thirty-one nations—had never been so full.Delegates filled every seat. National flags stood in perfect rows. The giant LED display behind the stage glowed with the symbol of the United Nation Alliance, now framed by a new banner in golden letters:"Education for All – A Future
Outside the palace gates, the citizens of Hallerus City buzzed with excitement. News traveled fast: another king had come, and he, too, had seen the truth.And far beyond the city walls, whispers began in other UNA courts:“Perhaps we should ask Queen Helen for assistance.”“Maybe Aeternum’s model isn’t just for them.”“Could we build this future too?”In the Black House of New City, when President Mies received the report of King Leopold’s visit, he simply closed the folder and smiled slightly."One seed sows a thousand trees," he murmured.And in the fields of Fantasma, the seeds of knowledge had already begun to sprout.The towering skyline of New City shimmered beneath a clear morning sky. It was a perfect day for diplomacy—and a historic one.Within the great glass-paneled east wing of the Black House, Aeternum’s political nerve center, a long oval table had been prepared. Security was tight, the air dignified, yet the atmosphere was distinctly welcoming. For today, President Mie
That evening, Queen Helen hosted a quiet reception for the UNA visitors. Modest food, strong Hallerian tea, and conversation flowed freely.“We’re not pretending it’s perfect,” Helen told them. “But we’re not pretending it’s impossible, either.”One observer raised a hand, smiling. “Would you be open to helping other nations start similar programs?”Helen looked to Merrica, then back to them.“Of course,” she said. “We’ve taken help. It would be wrong not to offer it.”It was the kind of answer that made diplomats take notes. And so, Hallerus—once a fractured kingdom cast in shadow—began to shine in a new light. Not as a symbol of power. But as a model of transformation. And as the scholars walked the streets of Hallerus City, alongside teachers and curious children, they quietly realized: The future wasn’t just being forged in Aeternum anymore. It was spreading.The scent of blooming gardenias filled the royal courtyard of Hallerus Royal Palace. The sun hung high above the battlement
“It’s… beautiful,” she said.Jonathan smiled. “It’s sure is,.”The first major step was the immediate conversion of six major city libraries into public education centers. Then came the pilot schools—one for each major region of the kingdom. Each staffed with a blend of local teachers (newly trained) and educational experts from Aeternum who came to oversee implementation.Within a month, Hallerus Elementary Schools opened their doors for the first time. Children from farming villages and mining towns, who had never once held a book of their own, were now reading stories about space, science, and society. They learned arithmetic on digital chalkboards and watched recorded lectures from Aeternum instructors. Classrooms were modest, but organized. Desks were salvaged, but steady.The change was jarring. But it was real. Queen Helen visited one of these pilot schools in the outskirts of Archenport. There, she saw barefoot children reciting alphabet lines. She watched a young girl raise h
Outside in the streets of New City, a mural was already being painted on the wall of a youth center—depicting two children, one Aeternian and one Hallerian, sitting together at a shared desk beneath the words:"Wisdom Unites What War Divides."The mural was uncommission—but no one was taking it down. From within the homes, classrooms, and council chambers of Aeternum, the message was clear: the world was learning, and they were learning from Aeternum.And that made the people walk taller.Because every road rebuilt in Hallerus, every classroom opened, every young mind taught in their system—was a quiet victory for Aeternum’s vision. The age of empires was ending. The age of influence had begun.The great hall of Hallerus Royal Palace hadn’t hosted a summit like this in over a generation. Not for war. Not for taxation. But for education.Long tables stretched beneath arched stone windows, newly adorned with fresh flags representing each province of the Hallerus Kingdom. The air smelled