THE CHANCELLOR ROOM

Aero look outside the window, his face is unreadable . Then he sighed . One of the earliest task he ordered as Chancellor was to summon Royal Physician Amy to his residence

He need to meet her . They need to talk about something and make clear some of the things .

But he got an unwelcome news from the messenger .

the messenger informed him that Royal Physician Amy has departed to Duvar to a.s.sist Marquis Dan a few days before Aero got out from the Underworld .

Aero look at the moon and smiles bitterly and said

'It seems we missed each other . Or are you avoiding me? If it is true that is pretty cowardly considering you are the one who kiss me . ' He said to no one in particular . But then after thinking it more, a smile formed on his face .

Because thinking about it clearly it doesn't seem she is avoiding him . Then there is only one answer why Amy would go to Duvar .

'She's searching for me' Aero said to himself and he could not contain his joy

If only there is other way to contact her . Unfortunately, he doesn't have her private contact . Contact information need to be transferred personally .

You can't give it to someone else to protect privacy .

That's the rule in the game . He wanted to talk a lot of things with Amy and confirm some things . He walked closer to the window and his eyes look at the moon and he sighed .

At night like this, even if it is a virtual night he was reminded of that person .

'I could not follow her to that place' he thought to himself and tears slowly formed on his eyes .

Aero was always an emotional person . Especially after that person is no longer here .

Where…should I pour all this filled heart that is full of missing you? It only keeps filling every day . Where should my heart go?'

It is because of all these feeling Aero move slowly and cautiously when it is about love .

He shakes his head and then the image of that person vividly appears in front of him, floating

The image looks like real . She looks real . She is wearing her favorite white one-piece dress, smiling at him .

Then Aero said to that floating person

'My doctor told me you are my hallucination . Trauma, the doctor said' Aero said looking at that woman floating in front of him .

No one could see her but him . He told his doctor he couldn't see her anymore . But that is a lie .

Because the doctor knows and his friend knows, seeing your dead girlfriend is not a sign of a healthy mind .

And Aero knows why .

Heartache . His heart is always in heartache . Because while he is looking at her and seeing her but not having her with him is painful .

But like a bad habit he couldn't shake off, he still misses her . So now, even now, he doesn't know if he is hurting . Because the pain is like a habit .

And like a bad habit he still foolishly loves her

And his heart ache… . . . just looking at her .

Then he asks the floating woman

'What do you think of Amy? I like her . But because I still don't know love so I can't get closer' Then he thinks about the kiss on the rooftop and he smiles

'But if that is so, then why is my heart keep pounding when I am thinking about her? Why do my feet want to chase her?'

Then he looked at that woman .

'Amelia, why can't I just get away from this hopeless love?' and Amelia fly and phase through the window as she stands in front of Aero .

Aero tears flow as he tries to touch her .

But because this is born out of his thought then he touched nothing and feel nothing in his hand .

I'm haunted by you again and again and I just can't get away . This hopeless love hurts my heart so much'

'The day when my pain fades away, will that day even comes?' He asks himself and he closes his eyes . When he opens it back, Amelia is no longer there

Then he shakes his head as he needs to think about something else . He doesn't want to go back to that h.e.l.l .

Aero focused back towards the task at hand .

Right now the biggest issue in the court is none other than the issues of the conquered state

After conquering the Vetten state the court are now at a loss of how to use this land that they acquired .

It was a vast swathe of land but they couldn't just w.i.l.l.y nilly do anything with it . Vanheim is not like before .

If its grand ambition needs to be realized, then one has to plan from the very beginning .

The King then agrees to give this task to the courtiers in the court . More like he wanted to s.h.i.+ft the responsibility to the courtiers .

It is a wise move . If they failed, then it is not the King fault and his image as a wise king remain intact .

If the courtiers at court succeeds, then the people would praise the good eye that the King possess in choosing minister which will only enhance his image as a sagely king

And so in the court many minister, courtiers are arguing with each other on how best to use those land .

Especially the two biggest faction that exist in the Court .

Some argue they should use the land to make a half military, half agricultural troops . What is important in this plan is the military complex

The plan would also cultivate abandoned lands to increase the output of food in preparation for war .

The other plan is to use this opportunity to create a cla.s.s of independent farmers from the incoming refugees and tasked them to fully cultivate the land .

The refugees consist of prisoner of war and people who have come to immigrate to Vetten when Vanheim conquer the state .

There are many refugees from Asgaro that came here running away from the slaughter that happens in Asgaro .

The Anti War faction suggested that these immigrants will be given an amount of time to cultivate the land .

If they are successful, and contribute to the prosperity of the Kingdom, the land will be given to them . The soldiers can then concentrate on training and improving themselves .

They are also the suggestion of digging for minerals and cultivate the natural resources there .

Luvian state in Vetten is known to have many deposits of gold that could supply the Vanheim Treasury .

Yesterday, the n.o.bles and minister were all night debating about these issues concerning the conquered state .

What will they have to do?

They would confer, argue, make and break alliances and argue again until the critical moment arrived .

Then when all is said and done, they began choosing .

Two of them from each faction would be chosen to represent the different sides to King George himself who would then decide what to do .

Usually George handles this matter

Usually George would listen and then ask them question and each sides will persuade saying their stance is the right one .

Sometimes George would also summon them in the middle of the night and ask them to come to the palace to debate these issues .

It was quite an organized affair which is quite different how kingdoms are run in this world .

This is the influence of Aero and as such scholars and wise man regarded King George as an enlightened King .

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Part one of the chapter