Chapter 199: Profiting from Human Nature
“No...” I replied honestly.
I didn’t quite understand enough about the country’s arms trade for me to develop any feelings towards it and that included fear as well. I didn’t know enough about it to decide whether or not I was scared of it.
I truly appreciated his efforts and I wanted to tell him that it was working; however, I had a feeling that being far away from him while he was still somewhat within reach was having the complete opposite on me from what he may have envisioned. I never knew that the feeling of seeing what you really want to touch and taste right in front of you yet not being able to reach out your hands to touch it and embrace it could make me feel so frustrated and irritated like this. The mixture of feelings that budded up in my chest felt uncomfortable and bordered on becoming painful and I began to wonder how much longer I could deal with it.
“That’s the spirit. Be openminded and you’ll learn many new things all the time,” the prince advised.
“Tell me more...” I urged as our eyes locked from across the room.
Prince Leonard’s beautiful lips curved into a slight smile, and he seemed quite pleased that I was showing interesting in his lesson. I didn’t want to disappoint him by telling him that he was probably only around half right. I was in fact interested in his lesson and what he was about to teach me; however, there was also a blunt yearning in me just to hear the sound of his voice.
“This kingdom’s economy is heavily reliant on our arms trade. In fact, we’re the largest exporter of arms in the world. The industry is large and very exhaustive. Many lives are involved in this industry from research, design and development, mass production, marketing and sales all the way to after-sales services. Just like many other industries nowadays, technology plays a very important role. We pride ourselves in our innovation and that is what makes our weapons outstanding compared to our competitors’,” the prince explained energetically.
The prince’s voice as he spoke of the country’s arms trade and weaponry industry felt like soothing music to my ears. Every word that came out of his mouth reminded me of just how much I love the sound of his voice. It made me feel like I could sit here and listen to him speak about anything at all for my whole life if that was what he wanted me to do.
“Various parts of the countries are dedicated to support various parts of the industry’s value chain. For example, the south is where the largest mass production factories are,” the prince continued to explain.