All 4 of them started to shared their findings with each others, from their talks, it was clear that all 4 of them has different constitutions and interests. And all of them thanks to their difference, they all were able to collect the needed information that they wants. They come to learn, that be it foods, merchandise, educations or everything else, Aeternum were the top of their game, in fact Aeternum is even better than any country out there including their own. Luth Alantar who is a bookworm also comes to know about the facts of Aeternum General Public Library, not only the library were opened to all Aeternum free of charge, but it was also the largest library beating the Artemesia Grand Library that has been holding that titles for decades.On top of that he also learned a little bit about Aeternum Education institutions. Aeternum Royal Academy, that divided into 2, Elementary School and High School, both of these leaning institutions were so well equipped and filled with highly
All 4 of the Representative who were siting leisurely by their own were startled, as their flows of conversations were suddenly interrupted by an unknown butler that just suddenly appeared out of nowhere. They all knew that the person were a butler after all, his stark appearance clearly said that he is a butler or some sort, which his neat penguin tuxedo. None of them were about to retort with rudeness to the person, as they all still trying to gather their bearing of the entire thing. A few seconds of silenced passed after Butler Alfred speaks, all of them still thinking about something. Then, like a lighting light bulb, Amalinde Stammler finally figured out who the man really is, and her finding out about it, seems to sparks the same memory for all the remaining 3.Amalinde Stammler as well as the others has done their own research about the Aeternum Royal Family, naturally they come across the name Alfred Monticello, which is the Royal family only head butler. Close to all the mem
Being given a time to prepare themselves before meeting with the President, that is quite sudden occasion, is something that all of them are really thankful about. After all, since they have been staying in Aeternum for quite enough time, they were able to understand a lot of things, be it the Aeternum cultures and also it’s current standing. And one thing that all of them come to agreed by now, is that they can no longer be obnoxious or arrogant of who they were and where they come from. Because by now, it was as clear as day, that Aeternum is country that is far surpassing their own entire region.Be it wealth, might and prosperity, Aeternum advantages is far more bigger and larger, even if all 4 of their territories we calculated together. In fact, when compared, the Stammler City, which is the Great Southern Wasteland largest city and the richest amongst the territory, were only as advance as the Agriculture Town, it also barely able to matched the size of Shark Central City. As
At evening time right now, only me and Yggdrasil were at home, Elijah and the rest is naturally still busy at their work, and currently all over Aeternum, ensuring that everything were working and progressing as scheduled. As for me, I am in my Study right now, together with Yggdrasil who is currently doing her homework, as I were also doing mine. Now that I think about it, since I am allowing Aeternum to enter and take steps towards a new type of Entertainment system. Things need to be plans well. Naturally, the Live recording broadcast that would be aired world wide via the Holographic device, will be the starts of it, but regretfully, for that kind of entertainment I wanted it to just stopped there.Advancing too fast, is just bad, at the very least, the Radio should monopoly the market for a few more years, before anything advance enters the market. Beside at the moment, there is still more radio program that can be done,if I just rushed it, wouldn’t it be be bad if there is no pr
As the all 4 of the visitors from the Great Southern Wasteland finally able to set foot, inside the Aeternum Royal Palace. They were stunned at the sight of it. Because to them there is no words just o how to describe the entire place correctly. Aeternum Royal Palace, is obviously luxurious and stylish. But the way that it is luxurious and stylish does not follow the current world standard. Usually a place of royalty, there will a lot’s of golds, gems, magical items and lavish furniture and arts that were extremely valuable, that can turned any eyes greedy.But Aeternum Royal Palace wasn’t exactly following that kind of usual Royalty trope at all. But instead, the entire palace were designed with a grandeur ideas, well thought and well put furniture and decorations, beautiful and intricate arts paintings that no one ever knows who is the painter is but all the art pieces were clearly high quality. The many golden and with magic crystal chandelier beautifying the ceiling of every larg
With Yggdrasil in my arm, I walked with her and Alfred to the Guest Living room area, where all the 4 of my guest were hosted right now. It was located at the fore front of the Palace, it was actually a detached mansion that were connected to my real abode but the designed of the entire palace made it seems like everything were interconnectedWhile in reality it isn’t, there a small garden in the middle of the palace building, with some flower beds and central fountains. Just so that the palace doesn’t and the guest area doesn’t looked like it was 2 different building.When I come into the Living Room, I was rather surprised to see that all 4 Representative is quite young, in fact, they are probably in their early young adulthood, just around 19 and 20 years old. Thought that they all would be a little more aged as they are carrying quite a heavy task on their shoulder coming here to Aeternum. Still all of them is quite commendable, all of them were at Tier 2 fighters, which stated th
Previously when they didn’t know I were here, all of them seems capable to handle themselves well, in any situations, just like any elite youngster that were destined to become great leader would be. But now when I am right before them, sitting before them, with no apparent emotion other than the public smiles that I plastered on my face. All of them seems to be stiff to the point where no one would brave enough to utter a single word. Since then the only sounds that were loud enough to filled the room, is the sound of Yggdrasil who is happily humming and swinging her feet as she continue to enjoy her gummy worm.“Princess Yggdrasil…you were drooling…let me wipe it for you…there you go…is it that tasty?..”. (Amalinde Stammler)“Thank you, for helping me…Elf Sister Amalinde…Yep..it’s tasty and so sweet~…Father gave them to me…since I did my homework today….and I also got an A on my test in math at school~…”. (Yggdrasil)One thing about Yggdrasil, is that she can heavily influenced any
Right now the time is about 7 in the evening, I were listening to the major reason as to why the 4 influential clans from the Great Southern Wasteland, actually come to Aeternum and seeking for me.Turns out, their situation right there is quite grim, much more awful than the outsiders knew about them. Actually there is very little to no information on the outside region, regarding the situations inside the Wasteland. After all, to the rest of the Central Continent, people tends to avoid going into a forbidden land, or anything in that category at all. No one really coming in, or even interested to get to know the place truly, so most information about the Wasteland situation were most from words of mouth of those people that didn’t even fully understand about the whole situations, and that includes me.“Our current situations right now…is extremely bad, Your Highness…not just on the food scarcity part…but safety too…the 2 major, threat to the demise of our settlements is famine and mo
“It is said that if knowledge was water,” said their guide, a half-elf librarian named Vestra, “then Aeternum’s library is the ocean.”In a grand central chamber, they passed under a dome showing a starmap that changed with real-time sky positions. Every known nation had a section—yes, even the smallest and poorest. Aeternum had made it a point of pride to gather the history of every people in the continent, even those now forgotten by time.“This is… our old crest,” Queen Inariel whispered, her fingertips trembling as she reached toward an illuminated tome. “From three centuries ago… when our land was still one forest, before the wars divided it…”“We thought this was lost,” murmured Thelric as he came upon a scroll written in his kingdom’s ancient language, long dead and unspoken.Their tour grew quiet. There was no mocking here, no pompous declarations of Aeternum’s superiority. Only quiet reverence. A nation this strong, this secure, chose to preserve—not dominate. It guarded the
A knock at the door interrupted the quiet hum.It was Director Kwak Lum, again dressed in his signature dark blue robes, his draconic features smiling as he entered.“Honored guests,” he said, bowing respectfully. “Allow me to welcome you, on behalf of the Aeternum Crown and President Mies Sai. You are the first stars to light the Summit’s sky, and we are honored by your presence.”The gathered leaders rose and bowed in return.“We will ensure your time here is not just comfortable,” Kwak Lum continued, “but fruitful. Tours of the city have been arranged. Economic delegates will arrive within days for pre-summit discussions. And the Four-Leaf’s hot springs are now fully prepared—though I dare say our chefs may be the true stars of the Resort.”Laughter rippled through the room.As Kwak Lum left, Queen Inariel turned to the others. “Let them come in airships. Let them come with fanfare and marching bands. We came with purpose.”“And humility,” Brogath added.“Let’s make sure the world
Ambassador Roland cleared his throat. “Director Kwak… if I may speak freely?”“Always, Ambassador Roland.”He stood, brushing a hand across his waistcoat. “We are humbled. To house our people in such a place… it is more than any of us expected. We… we feared being seen as the weaker voices among the UNA.”Kwak Lum’s smile broadened, his eyes gleaming like starlight. “We do not see you as weak. We see you as family.”The moment lingered in silence, the kind that needs no words. Roland sat down; cheeks slightly flushed but heart a little lighter.Outside, beyond the floor-to-ceiling window, the sprawling city continued its dance of preparation. Massive floral displays were being installed at the roundabout leading to the Summit Plaza. Colorful banners were raised in quick succession, displaying the names of each arriving nation. Already, the delegation from the Dukedom of Angela had arrived in a train of shimmering glass carriages. The Republic of Telvinia’s airship hovered just beyond
“Attention citizens of the Free Nation,” a cheerful voice echoed across cobblestone streets, “this is an international broadcast. In four weeks’, time, the UNA Summit will commence in New City, Aeternum. Thirty-one proud nations will stand together under one flag of progress, cooperation, and shared security. We celebrate an era of peace—an age of unity…”The words echoed like thunder in the council chamber.Outside, people paused to listen. While many among the elite scowled and turned away, others in the lower districts paused, curious. Some even smiled. The promise of unity, safety, and growth was seductive—especially to the common folk, burdened by Triangle Guild’s centuries of unchecked power and exorbitant fees.Kennedy noticed it. “Look at them… even our own people are considering it.”“They’re weak,” Carn muttered. “They don’t understand what’s at stake.”Alphonse’s brow furrowed. “Or maybe they do. Maybe they’re tired of being bled dry by guild taxes and levies. Aeternum gave
In New City, President Kaiser Mies Sai met with his advisors. The room buzzed with discussions about the upcoming summit and the potential threats from dissenting nations.Advisor Elena: "Mr. President, intelligence reports suggest increased propaganda from the Principality. They aim to discredit the summit and our initiatives."President Mies: "We anticipated resistance. Our focus remains on unity and progress. Let their words be drowned by the chorus of cooperation and shared prosperity."The President's resolve was clear. The UNA would not be deterred by the dissent of those clinging to outdated and oppressive ideologies.As the summit drew nearer, the world watched with bated breath. Supporters of the UNA saw it as a beacon of hope and collaboration, while detractors viewed it as a threat to their traditional power structures.In the Principality of Light, the Church intensified its rhetoric, urging its followers to resist the UNA's influence. Yet, whispers of dissent emerged even
The Ministry of Infrastructure has begun preparations to reroute major traffic corridors to accommodate the anticipated diplomatic convoys and foreign delegates. The Ministry of Culture is also curating a week-long cultural exposition to showcase Aeternum’s diversity and progress.President Mies’ spokesperson confirmed that multiple major policy announcements are expected during the summit’s plenary sessions, including topics rumored to include:Official designation of the Aeternum Credit as the UNA’s preferred trade currency. Establishment of the UNA Education Oversight Bureau. Expansion of continental transport infrastructure, and. Strengthened defense cooperation under UNA guidelinesNo foreign media has yet been granted interview access to the President ahead of the summit, but sources within the Black House suggest the upcoming event is being viewed as “a generational turning point.”"The world is watching. The people are ready. And in five weeks’ time, New City will become more
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