Okasawa High School was one of the most famous and reputable schools in the nation. Even before the unification of the five nations in the Great Republic of Beleriard it had been a very important institution, so much so that students from all cities came to study there.
For a long time it had been an elite school: students who paid more, in fact, received better treatment. Those whose parents donated more funds to the institute enjoyed nicer bedrooms, had better meals, could use the bathrooms first, and the teachers were very forgiving in terms of both school progress and behavior towards their peers.
In fact, for a long time Okasawa High School had been dominated by gangs of rich students who did what they wanted with the poorest students. The number of suicides was not low due to bullying and there had even been cases of students being sent to hospital for beatings. But this, unfortunately, was normal in the old Odaria, and not only had no one done anything to change
Pauline Mackenzie, Queen of the Prettania Kingdom, was sitting calmly on a seat in her private plane; she normally would work at that time, but she was neither signing papers nor reading a report nor doing anything else she did on a daily basis. She was simply leaning against the window and looking at the horizon.The queen wasn't very old; she was already sixty, but she wore them very well. Today, however, she seemed aged at least twenty years. Her body seemed to have been completely drained of all energy.A few seats beyond her sat a blonde woman, who had been observing her for a while. Unlike the queen, she was quite young, but she too seemed to have been deprived of vital energy. After a long moment of silence, she got up and walked over to Pauline. "Your Majesty" she said as soon as she was beside him. “You have nothing to blame. You have done everything possible""Don't try to console me, Grace"“I'm not doing this, I'm speaking honestly
"That idiot Croft made it too big this time" Darius grumbled.Liam said nothing. He just leaned against the wall and looked at the floor. Darius couldn't blame him.Liam had admired Croft for a good part of his life and only recently had he realized how traitorous and greedy for fame he could be. Despite his betrayal a year ago, he had long hoped that he would stop before it was too late. Instead, he now he realized how wrong he was.Darius sighed. “If it consoles you, your teacher was right. If it hadn't been him it would have been someone else. If there is one thing that we humans are good at doing is self-destruct""We should have done something first" Grace murmured. “The fault lies with all of us. We all had the responsibility to stop this disaster"“Now you're talking nonsense, Grace. We had no chance of stopping all this""No, it isn't true. We could have done it. Even a small gesture could have had enormous conseque
"Are you nervous, president?"Jocelyne let out a sigh. “This isn't the first time that I have spoken to the head of state of a foreign country, Abe. I know what I do, don't worry""But it is the first time that someone expressly requests to...""I know it. Now shut up""But…""Abe, don't bother the president" Jackson stopped him with a laugh. "If you're so obsessive with Dariela too, I'm surprised she hasn't cut your balls off yet"Abe grunted, then fell silent, but pouted anyway, which Jocelyne found quite amusing. However, she made an effort not to laugh out of respect for her defense minister. To avoid bursting out laughing in his face, he turned his back on him and looked back at the airstrip where Queen Mackenzie's private plane would land within minutes.In a way, Abe was right: she was a little nervous, but certainly not because he had to meet another head of state. She was nervous for other reasons, which Abe obvi
"It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Queen Mackenzie"Sobek stared at the woman in front of him. She was apparently a normal person, she was even dressed like an ordinary woman... but after all, the era in which kings and queens wore sumptuous clothes and made themselves known in public had long since ended up on Eden as well. It was normal for an important character to dress normally in the modern era, even if she was a queen.Besides, he felt like he had already seen her somewhere... that she was also a reincarnate, like the characters of Jurassic Park and Zoo? After all, God seemed to enjoy always playing strange tricks on him...Pauline was paralyzed in front of him. For a few moments she refused to believe that all the parts of the body her eyes saw belonged to a single creature. She mistook a part of the tail for the whole tail; she took a small piece of a tooth that protruded from the lips for a complete tooth; and he thought that the tangle of le
Pauline had turned white as a rag: "D... Destroy the NMWA?""Yes. There is no other way" Sobek replied without batting an eye.Pauline felt sweat form on her forehead. She had expected a burdensome request... but that? Overthrow the organization that for centuries had prevented humanity from being plagued by useless wars? She felt like she was committing a crime. "Why?" she asked almost without realizing it.“Because the NMWA is now irrecoverable. If we want to build something new, firmer and fairer, we must first make it disappear"Only then did Pauline realize that Sobek had a well-articulated plan in mind. "Could you explain to me?" she asked more confidently."Very simple. As I have already said, the NMWA is irrecoverable. Any reform that will undermine the power of the top nations will be eliminated immediately. Internal change is impossible, so external change is needed” Sobek explained. "What I am asking of you, Pauline, is to cr
When Pauline got back to the car, neither she nor Jocelyne said a word. They both got into the vehicle and didn't even look each other in the eye.Only when the soundproof barriers were raised and the two were able to enjoy real privacy did Jocelyne finally speak: "So, how did you go?"Pauline was not sure how to describe it. "It was... different from my expectations""I figured" Jocelyne replied. "It's very difficult to follow her reasoning, isn't it?"Pauline nodded. “I expected it to be more… animalistic, but instead I felt like I was the one with the least cognitive abilities of the two. How is it possible that a dinosaur has come up with such a brilliant plan, while we humans have never succeeded?"“Oh, so he told you about that project. Have you decided to accept it?""No not yet""Your gaze says otherwise"Pauline wrinkled her nose. “I want to accept. The idea of creating this new world is... e
When they returned to the hotel, Jocelyne took leave allowing the Queen of Prettania to return to her room. Pauline did not blame her: she was sure that the president of the Great Republic of Beleriard also needed to rest.The two women had argued vigorously while they were in the car. Jocelyne had answered all of Pauline's questions, thus showing that the 'Eden Union' project had been thoroughly researched for a long time. Despite the girl's excellent preparation, however, the queen was able to propose some improvements thanks to her greater experience in the field.By now she was more and more convinced that accepting to create this organization was the right choice for her. After all, if a superpower like the Kingdom of Prettania had proposed such a thing, at least a hundred nations would have followed suit on the spot, and many more would have joined in the following months. Eden Union had a very good chance of success and if they played their cards right they coul
The next day Pauline again prepared to meet Jocelyne, but this time she decided it was best to take Darius, Harris and Grace with her. After all, they had already seen the city and there was no need to explore it further.When the four went down to the hotel lobby they found Jocelyne and her staff already waiting for them. Pauline noticed that the girl had slight bags under her eyes, a sign that she hadn't slept much. "Have you rested enough?" she asked her.Jocelyne shrugged: “With the new elections approaching, I don't have much time to rest. Don't worry, I wouldn't do this job if I weren't ready for sleepless nights” she replied with a smile."Do you expect to be re-elected?""The polls show that currently most of the popular support is on my side"Jocelyne was not a person particularly attracted to power, because she knew that power as well as privileges also brought a lot of trouble. However, she wanted to make sure that the people