Mykel watched the news as he sat on the bed while Elysande was hugging him from behind, kissing his shoulder and neck. He was listening to the decline of the Verdentia Republic because both the Faelethria Kingdom and Dystrovia nation stopped exporting products to Verdentia. Continue your saga on My Virtual Library Empire
"Economic sanctions, diplomatic isolation, and international pressure. Those three thods will crush the Verdentia Republic," Elysande rested her chin head on Mykel's back, listening to the news. "That's the first step Ester took to create problems," she added.
"What's the next step?" Mykel asked as he held Elysande's right hand on his abs.
"Resistance and opposition. Not all of them want to be in this situation and they will show their dissatisfaction toward the governnt. It will create chaos among themselves," Elysande answered as she stood on her knees so she could wrap her arms around Mykel's neck and look at his face.
"She will support the opposition party, giving them power and authority. But that's too risky because those who are still in dilemma will realize Her Highness's sche. She's not that simple-minded," Mykel furrowed his eyebrows and pretended to think like Elestria. "Unless Her Highness gains those people's support. Perhaps she's going to make them suffer first and lend them a hand after?" He raised his eyebrows.
Elysande who listened to his monologue was shocked that he could see through Elestria's sche in a re second. She was amazed by his insight and how keen his observation was, making her fall for him even more.
"Yes, Ester will sabotage the food and water through the opposition party's help. She will make the Verdentia Republic struggle with a shortage of basic needs. People will starve, thirst, and lose their jobs because food and water will be expensive since they have beco a luxury," Elysande nodded her head as she explained.
"She will provide those needs to them, making her the saint, a benevolence figure. But it won't be as simple as taking over a nation. She might beco the saint, but can't take their hearts and support, especially their nation," Mykel responded. "lissa is the key to the people's hearts, and I believe she will use her as a puppet ruler," he added.
"Yes, that's the plan. You were the one who suggested that to Lady lissa, to be the hero of Verdentia. But we are unsure how long it will take to reach that final step where Ester will co to visit for diplomacy and negotiation. Making Verdentia Republic one of the vassals of Faelethria Kingdom," Elysande explained as she lay down on the bed since she was getting sleepy.
"A year, half a year, or perhaps three months?" Mykel mumbled.
"It would depend on how hard it is to get rid of those senates and those houses of representative. Ester wants to remove them all before she can use lissa as her puppet ruler," Elysande answered as she made herself comfortable on the bed.
Mykel turned around to look at Elysande, and then he lay down next to her, caressing her long purple hair.
"I didn't an to talk about this when we are alone. I'm sorry," Mykel looked Elysande in the eye and then kissed her forehead as he put his right arm under her neck.
"It's okay. I'm already happy that we can be together again, especially sleeping on the sa bed like this," Elysande smiled gently as she got closer to Mykel so she could sleep in his warmth.
Mykel only smiled and held Elysande closely as he cuddled her and made her comfortable in his arms. It was just silence, but neither of them was asleep because their thoughts were occupied with sothing.
"Mykel, can I say sothing?" Elysande asked with her eyes closed. "I know that your late is irreplaceable, and I know I can't compare myself to her who's no longer in this world. But, I want you to know that I love you as much as she did," she said and looked up at Mykel as she put her hands on his cheeks.
"Then I will treasure you just like I treasured her, and I'm not going to let you go," Mykel gently pinched Elysande's chin and then kissed her.
The morning ca and they both never thought the opposition party had been ford and started to make a move. It was quite bad because the opposing party was being hunted by the people and violence appeared from left to right.
lissa herself went to the street to handle the situation and she managed to cool down the situation. No matter how both parties hated each other, they couldn't hate lissa since she was a respectable figure. She used her promises and wanted them to watch as she tried to fix the situation for everyone.
"I'm sorry that it would turn out like this. I'm the one who's responsible for this ss because I'm the one who made the call to not help them clear the rift," Evan looked so guilty in front of lissa. "I'm ashad and if your late father is still here, he would be so disappointed in . I guess you're also disappointed in ," he added.
"No. My father would do the sa, and I would do the sa," lissa answered with a serious expression. "We know sothing like this would happen now or later in the future. All the forr presidents and senators protected this nation, and we will do the sa. If we fail here, then it's over, but I'm not going to let anyone touch our nation no matter who they are," she added and looked at all the senates and congressn and congresswon.
"This is the challenge that we need to face, and we must succeed no matter what it takes because everyone's future is in our hands. They're the ones who chose us to be sitting here right now, and now it's our turn to make sure they're safe and live comfortably," lissa said with determination.
A week had passed, and the situation worsened at the mont when crops and farms were destroyed. Food and water shortages started to happen when the opposition party started to disrupt production and distribution. They destroyed crops and farms when they were close to harvesting them, and they also slaughtered the livestock, poisoned the water, and spoiled the fruits and vegetables.
It was beyond lissa's expectations and it was a grave problem that couldn't be fixed in a matter of weeks. The shortage beca more and more visible so people started to get worried and so started to get desperate.
The shortage beca the main priority that needed to be fixed as lissa asked Aston and Zachary for a favor to guard the food. The three of them were the hope of the people and after those three managed to fix the problem temporarily, the people were relieved and admired those three.
Unfortunately, three individuals couldn't stop the whole opposition party and they were unable to do much about it. They could only punish them by imprisonnt, but the number of people who opposed them kept rising. One was imprisoned three to four people joined the opposition party because the shortage problem couldn't be solved.
"Words can't fill an empty stomach," Aston said as he sat in the car, observing his surroundings since he was guarding a dozen trucks filled with food. "I never thought it would turn out this bad. What went wrong and why did these bastards decide to make innocent people suffer?" he asked.
"Because of the greed of so people," Zachary answered. "I'm sorry that you're doing this with even though this isn't sothing you want to do," he looked at Aston.
"No need to ntion it. How could I say no to the Vice-President when she asked for my help? She's the only politician that I like, and her later father as well," Aston answered. "So, what you said earlier about greed. Is it Her Majesty?" he glanced at Zachary.
"Even though you know the answer, you need to rember about the strongest person in the world. Nobody can touch those whom he protects," Zachary warned as he fixed his mask and looked out the window.
"I only heard stories, but if you said so, I guess we can do nothing, huh?" Aston sighed as he rested his head on his fist. "Rifts starting to appear again, and if we have to focus on the rifts, who will take care of this ss?"
A month passed, and Dystrovia nation which used to be the most chaotic nation had beco a peaceful nation. On the other hand, the Verdentia Republic was on the brink of collapsing due to the scarcity of food, water, and all the necessities needed.
Three months had passed, and chaos was everywhere in the Verdentia Republic. It was in a worse state than Dystrovia nation back then, and people lost their jobs as food and water beca a luxury. It had been determined that scarcity was inevitable and couldn't be solved as the opposition party grew bigger and took over major cities.
"I'm inviting you all here because I have sothing to say," lissa stood on the podium in front of all the governnt. "We have tried everything to prevent the situation from getting worse, we did what we could, but in the end it's inevitable," she continued.
"I'm not giving up, but I want to suggest that you should stop helping the people..." lissa pointed out.
Her statent shocked everyone in the auditorium.
"To put it harshly, this matter is beyond your pay grade, and the reason why I'm suggesting you stop is because each of you has a family to feed while I don't have anyone to take care of. Don't waste your ti and money on other people. Focus on your family," lissa said since she knew everyone in the room had donated a lot of money to the people.
"With that being said, I'll use all my assets for the people. I will make sure that we can survive and I'll do anything for our people," lissa stated. "I will negotiate with the opposition party," she added.
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