Chapter 42: Moving Forward
The room is silent and everyone is focused on what’s about to be discussed. Hans takes deep breath to calm his nerves and grins at the crowd of leaders infront of him.
"It does not come to my surprise that in the past decade our nation has flourished and reached their respective goals. And thank you for your hard work and dedication towards this nation.
And rest assured that your what you’ve done has not gone unnoticed. I would personally like to thank you for everything you’ve done. But... Today we should mark on new goals, something that will take us to new heights. Something that will not only evolve our nation but evolve the whole world itself.
We want to spread our influence toward the whole. Where the whole world follows the our beliefs and practices. Where Algoria is not only part of this continent but is the whole world. To put it simply.
We want to be leaders of the world."
Murmurs and unrest starts circling around the room, the people start feeling uncomfortable.
"People! Please be calm."
One them raises their hand to ask a question.
"Your highness I respect your dedication and desire to do such a thing, but doesn’t that put us at risk with starting a world war?"
" Indeed there are great risks that might put our country in turmoil, but I believe that if we all stand together in this we could overcome whatever problems we may face in the future.’’
Hans can see that the audience has been convinced by his statement, but he could tell they were dubious toward the idea.
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