Phantasia: The Princess Knight - Chapter 421

The next day Alicia, King Augustus, and Charles were sitting in a small meeting room. “So what kind of proposal do you have for an alliance.?”

“Normally an alliance would consist of some give and take. This would include two major things: trade and war assistance. As of now, you have already provided such assistance to us and I will be helping you reclaim your control of the Machine Empire in the coming years. What I would like to do is open a connection between the two worlds.” Alicia answered.

“Mmm… This does seem about right. With the portal open we can establish a secure trade route. Do you have any suggestions for the portal?” Charles asked.

“I was thinking of setting it up with a few rules implied. Those with malicious intent will not be able to pass through. Those without proper travel identity will also not be able to pass through. Also, these rules should not be made public and should never leave this room. It will allow us to weed out the bad eggs in society. When traveling between worlds each person will need to acquire a pass from the main government. This will allow the tracking of individuals who pass between the worlds. I do not want to go as far as adding an implanted tracking device but if the passes do not work we can go that far.” Alicia explained.

“This sounds reasonable. It will allow for our people to communicate between each other in a safe manner. But this does not cover the bad eggs as you called it that live on each other’s planets. How do you wish to deal with that?” This was another major point. Although travel between worlds could filter out the people with evil intentions but once a person passed over to the other world they would be on their own from there.

“Let’s do this, if say, one of my people goes to your world and they commit a crime. They should be prosecuted by your laws based on the crime. For minor offenses, you can just deport them back to this world and we will take them into custody. But if they cause anything beyond a minor offense they will be prosecuted by the laws you govern for that offense. This can and will include death if need be. The same set of rules will be applied to my world as well. We can also create an embassy within the major cities on each world to allow for better communication between the worlds as well. I also suggest no diplomatic immunity. If a diplomate happens to break a law they should be dealt with in the same way.” Alicia hoped no such occurrence would ever arise where any of her people, whether commoner or noble, would cause trouble on another world. But full control over people’s actions was not possible.

“This will work. We will go with this for now and revise it when need be. As for trade, I suggest having an inspection of goods before and after going through the portal. This is to ensure nothing that should not be delivered is smuggled between planets.” Charles suggested.

“This is also good. If you can think of more at a later date let me know, so we can both sign off on it. I want the collaboration between our worlds to be smooth with as few issues as possible.” Alicia said before turning to King Augustus who has been silent this entire time. “Royal Father your thoughts?”

“I believe the two of you have covered everything major. To be honest Alicia I am impressed with your ideas. You never cease to amaze me whether it is military strategy or forming alliances, you have a knack for it all. You are a natural born leader.” King Augustus truly felt that Alicia was destined to lead. He was happy that she was willing to become the first queen of Alastine.

“I have had a good teacher!” Alicia said with a smile as she sipped her tea. “Now that, that is taken care of, we should get Wendy settled. Do you want me to bring her with me when I go to the Machine Empire?” Alicia asked.

“No. I would prefer to let her stay here. This is a very good environment for her and she seems to be learning a lot. Once the inner turmoil is settled, I will call her back.” Charles answered.

“That’s fine. My little sisters get along with her very well. Wendy has also been attending school with them. She has learned a lot about managing a country, so you will have a little helper when she returns.” Alicia found Wendy to be very talented in many ways. Not only was she good in normal academics but she could also paint as well. The paintings she made were widely popular with the nobles. Some nobles even paid very high prices just to acquire one.

As the three talked a knock came at the door and a man in a military uniform walked in. “Princess, there is an issue that we need your assistance with.”

“Alright meet me in the command center to brief me on what is going on. Royal Father, Charles, please excuse me. We can have someone write up the paperwork for the alliance later. ” Alicia gave a small bow before leaving with the man in the military uniform.

“Sigh… This girl can never catch a break. She has been through so many wars now and she is still dealing with issues even during a time of peace.” King Augustus said while shaking his head.

“Such experiences are a good thing. Especially if she is to become your country’s next leader.” Charles felt Alicia would make a wonderful leader.

“I just hope things do not get too complicated. ”

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