The inauguration went on with much fanfare. Quite over the top really, it looked like whoever was involved in organizing it all took a lot of liberties with the budget we had at hand.After I’d given my speech I walked as Commander-in-chief, emphasized greatly by the grand show of military might; a batch of soldiers walked I unison behind me and the air force flew in practiced patterns overhead.The entire thing caught me off guard as I’d simple thought that after the motivational, inspiring and promising speech I’d given to the populace I’d be heading back to work or possibly to try and squeeze some advanced form of foreign relations with the heads of state present as of now. But I was quite easily nudged into a parade with thousands of Schelarians moving behind the barriers and gates to get a clean look at the youngest world leader. Their leader.I could only give the most charming smile as I waved to them. To my surprise, a lot of those present to watch were women and children, you
For the remainder of the day I was in quite a very optimistic mood. The country did well to match this with parties and celebrations all across the land. Though the excitement seemed to never end, I still had plans to make with Luciano and Matthias, and more importantly, we needed to adjust already establish plans according to the joyous new developments with the Kalaharan Union.Although it wasn’t a certainty that we would be reinstated there was a high chance of it happening if the Union’s little Presidential spies reported back the exact things we wanted. A large part of that was the standard of living in the country.It was something that varied greatly with proximity to the economic centre of the nation; the closer you were to Mahe, the higher the standard of living.This wasn’t intentional of course, though from a bird’s eye view of the nation it would seem like one ran out of money before covering the entire nation in urbanization and industry. But unfortunately, that was exact
“The Ambassador confirmed the deal but there’s been a delay in Volstovia,”Niaina began. I had her in my office bright and early to give me an update on her progress with the Volstovian weapons deal.As I’d made sure the Ambassador confirmed and agreed to communicate the details of the deal with his superiors, all that was left until Schelar became as well equipped as the superpower itself was for said superiors to agree to our proposed first shipment. Talks about this could go on for weeks.“Do you have any idea why Volstovia would delay a response?” I ask. It was a first for me, international arm dealings. I wasn’t completely sure what to expect other than a success or complete failure. That’s why I left most of the work to her.Seeing her shake her head lightly did not fill me up with hope for a nicely outfitted army. I let out a sigh, rubbing at my temples as I do. Volstovia was showing signs of being difficult. Perhaps I really should overthrow the President. Ah no, that would r
It was quite impromptu but with Luciano’s assistance as well as that of the local government chairman, we managed to set up a meet and greet of sorts.The LGA chairman had pulled some strings and to my surprise the compound I and my entourage had settled in was quickly filled up by curious and hungry looking Schelarians.A canopy was propped up for shade from the scalding sun and I stood to speak to the people gathered. Aside from their hungry and curious looks, I saw many doubtful and skeptical ones as well. It dawned on me that the people gathered here were those that had only ever seen me on a television screen or heard my voice through the radio. The same could largely be said for my father, a distant man deciding their futures at a whim.With the Presidents by my side as well as cameras pointed at me, I put on a lax and rather cordial affair; holding babies, discussing football, a sport I and little knowledge of with the men and children and even going as far as dishing out food
The sun had begun to set by the time we’d arrived at the palace. I didn’t bother stepping out of the car as we’d just come to pick Matthias up. We were headed to one last place before I could call it a day. This was very important.Luciano had opted to ride in a different car than mine, I thought it funny the look he gave Matthias as they met outside, I gave the same look to my wife, Jesse, whenever I found handling the children, particularly the girls a bit too much to chew.I scoffed at the thought that the both of them saw me as their ward, not only because it would be completely awkward having two straight men actively trying to parent me, but also because I was mentally older than the two of them combined. And there was also that little fact that one of them had me killed in a past life.I feel Matthias get in the car and shut the door, “Let’s be on our way.” He orders and off we go.There’s a long silence with me staring out the window again. I probably look like a sulking teena
After a complete month in power without any armed men banging on my door with the intent to usurp me, I’d finally found myself feeling comfortable in my office.Going as far as personalizing it to suit my rather unique tastes, I’d gotten a much larger fridge, stocked with my favourite drinks Coca-Cola especially. I had a closet installed as well, for days I didn’t return to my room and I’d change the couch with that in mind as well. It was longer, wider, fluffier and all the more comforting and pleasing to my eyes with its purple colour.Today, bright and early in the morning I had Niaina and Matthias seated in front of me, ready to report on the assignments I’d given them a week ago. Although I’d much rather lie on my couch I daydream of finality, this had to be done. I had no idea what the consequence of my failure to unite the world under my rule would be, but I could be certain the devilish being that tasked me with the job would ensure to deprive me of whatsoever reprieve I might
To implement my rather ballsy plan I had to first discuss its feasibility with an expert.And that was where Nizar Razafy came in once again. Not too long ago, I’d met him to discuss the possible need to extract our agents from the countries they monitored.He sat before me looking just as brainy as the last we saw. That being the day of the chief’s execution. Nizar had been chosen by Matthias as the most competent person to head up the ministry of information, I thought it was a terrific choice as well.“Uhm…You needed me, sir?” he says, fear largely staining his voices as he shrinks into his seat, pushing up his spectacles as he avoids my gaze.“Yes, I needed you, Matthias has briefed me on the, RDOS proposal. You did a good job contributing quite largely to its feasibility.” I say in praise, he lifts up his head, now a lot more willing to meet my gaze.“Thank you sir, I was only doing my job,”I nod, hurriedly dismissing the platitudes in favour of moving on to my major concern.“N
Exciting news is what it was. I’d previously dismissed whatever possibilities lay in the Aridoria or Zephyria making contact to take me up on the deal I offered. Seventy-million dollars for the best quality cargo ship they had. But when I heard they’d made contact three days ago it’d been the highlight of my week.Even more exciting was that they weren’t just declaring that they were open for business, they’d formally invited me to their nation. This would mark another historical moment in Schelarian history, the first ever State Visit.Although, I was ecstatic at the prospect of being so publically recognized, it would be the first time the I was outside of Schelar in this life, and to a country I’ve never been to in previous lives either.This action had me mixed feelings. On one hand, it would be great exposure for Schelar, I would no doubt be seen, filmed and captured in the media of a country where the internet is freely accessible. The news of my presence in the country would s