Chapter 66: Kingfish

AN: We are reaching the end of Ferdinand's travels around the world, only 2 more travel targets before our protagonist returns to the Imperium and brings with him exterminatus in unsuspecting civilians.

I have to say that I enjoyed writing this, some may not have liked Ferdinand's trip around the world very much, which I can understand, but I wanted to make the world more alive than just leaving everything focused only on Youjo Senki's alternative Europe.

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3rd Pov

4 weeks passed, with Ferdinand and Tanya enjoying their time there a lot, especially Ferdinand, who always walked through the halls of the Forbidden City Palace to see the thousands of pieces of oriental art that existed.

Ferdinand's heart ached at the thought that such beautiful works of art would be stolen in the future, possibly by the troops of Akitsushima Dominion, if it were like Imperial Japan. He spent days thinking about the fate of these beautiful arts, until he decided something.

Since these works of art will be taken by foreign hands...why doesn't he take them for himself? They would be safer in the Imperium than in a nation that will be invaded by a bunch of neo-samurai with rifles and machine guns.

But such plans were for later. Now he was at Donghai airport with Tanya heading to the penultimate country of the Dragon Continent, Panyupayana, the equivalent of the Philippines in the world of Youjo Senki.

After Panyupayana, only the Angkor Empire would be left, which was a combination of Cambodia + Thailand + Vietnam.

"Just two more trips and then we'll go to the Imperium... I'll have to be honest, I enjoyed the trips we took, except for the part where we had to face Socialists in Edo" Tanya said as she got on the plane and sat down in a seat, then looked out the window while she was served a Santa Cruz coffee. 

Ferdinand laughed a little at hearing this, seeing that Tanya was finally being, even if just a little, honest with him. 

"Yes, I suggest you prepare yourself mentally, because my Mama Bear will clearly put her claws in you and want to know why you're with me during the trips" Ferdinand said as he relaxed in his seat, with Tanya sighing as she knew he was telling the truth. 

"Yeah... dealing with a Russy Noble mother won't be easy, I hope you'll help me if you still want me to become your Centurion, because I find it hard to have a dead Centurion commanding troops" Tanya said seriously as she looked into Ferdinand's eyes, who nodded, understanding her concerns.

 "Don't worry, everything will be fine," Ferdinand said with a confident smile, assuring them that everything would be fine.

Meanwhile, two Imperial Guards who were serving the couple looked at each other but said nothing.

These two were the same ones who were in Ferdinand and Tanya's car, so they believed that the conversation between the two was actually a couple's conversation while trying to hide it under a "professional" conversation.

'By God, I already know that I will have to explain everything I saw to the Commander, which will clearly go to the ears of the Imperial Family... I just hope that they can both be happy,' thought one of the Imperial Guards, sweating, already feeling sorry for the "couple."

The other Imperial Guard was thinking the same thing, with him praying to God that nothing bad would happen to the little girl who was Tanya or to the two who would report such a thing.

If Tanya only knew what the two Imperial Guards were thinking, she would probably have taken out the pistol she was hiding and shot them both in the head in a fit of rage.

Panyupayana, Manila

Manila, the capital of Panyupayana, a nation that freed itself from the clutches of Spain after a revolution that lasted several years before finally becoming a Free Democratic Republic.

Formerly ruled by several kingdoms and empires on the islands, Panyupayana was brutally attacked and colonized by Spanish forces, who only wanted the resources of the place, along with the workforce.

The current president of Panyupayana is Augustin dela Cruz, this being his third term since being elected, with this third and final term having led the country for 12 years.

"The Dacian Prince will be safe, Mr. President, all the forces in the capital are ready to protect the Foreign Prince and we will not have problems like what happened in Edo," said the Minister of Defense while looking seriously at Augustin, who nodded.

"Good, anything that happens to the Prince in our country we will be held responsible for," Augustin said as he sighed, having a hand rubbing his forehead.

The other ministers nodded, agreeing with what their President said, that any problems that happened to Ferdinand would be the fault of Panyupayana's government.

"Don't worry, Mr. President, the capital is under maximum surveillance, with the police ensuring that nothing goes wrong, and the Army is on standby, along with the Secret Service," said one of the Ministers with a calm smile on his face, assuring Augustin that everything would be fine.

Augustin sighed tiredly, but nodded, as he relaxed in his seat.

Unified States, Istrouma

Istrouma, Capital of La Louisiane, one of the Southern States of the Unified States, a State with a bloody history since its creation.

It was first a land of natives, before the arrival of European colonists from the Kingdom of François, ruled by the Vernillevé Dynasty, with the colonizers being part of the King's Private Companies, who colonized lands in his name to bring more wealth to the Kingdom's coffers.

However, it soon fell under Spanish control after several battles for the rights of the colonies, before being sold to the Unified States years later in an attempt to raise money to pay off the debts they had with the Allied Kingdom.

When the Civil War happened, La Louisiane was on the wrong side of the War, only recovering a few decades later, but the scars of the Civil War are still present, with society in this state, as in any Southern state in the U.S.... at least until a man came to change everything.

"Only united can we win! While the rich eat and have fun at parties, eating 9/10 of the steak that should be divided among the other Muricans to feed everyone, the Murican People fight to have a dignified life, never being far from the land they plant, the factories they work in or the debts they unfortunately continue to incur, with few having the chance to have their own castle and carriage" Said a man with short hair, brown eyes and wearing white clothes, with him wearing a bow tie.

"My friends, I am not saying that I am against the Companies that exist in this State, after all, they do bring jobs to many, I am also not a Socialist, after all I will never go against private property and the Divine teachings, but I say that I am against the men in power who take so much from us and do so little to improve the lives of all, may God be my witness to what I say!" Said the man with one hand on his chest as he looked at the crowd, who seemed hypnotized by the words he said.

"As long as I live, I will make sure that these bastards who profit so much off of us start paying us back, that the people with over $5 million are prevented from having too much control, while the rest of the money can go to the poor, to the infrastructure that needs to be invested in, to the farmers, to the citizens who want to own their own homes and cars, to the police officers who protect our streets, TO THE MURICA ITSELF!" The man shouted at the end as he raised his fist in the air, with people applauding.

"Long Live Long!" shouted one man as he raised his fist, with several doing the same, showing support for the man on the podium giving the speech.

The man was called John P. Long, who would later be called "Kingfish" by his supporters, a man born to farmers in southern Louisiana, who had long wanted to be just a simple lawyer, not caring about the idea of ​​being a politician, but the situation changed after he saw the injustice of the State's judicial system towards the people, with both the Judiciary System and the State Government resting on the legs of the tycoons and the rich.

He tried for 2 years without success to change this system as a lawyer, but nothing worked, with him seeing that the only way out was through what he did not care about before: Politics. 

Because of this, he will ensure that he becomes Governor so that this State changes for the better, even if he has to make unusual alliances with very authoritarian people to bring change to Louisiana.

Meanwhile, in the distance, a man watched the speech while smoking a cabian cigar, he wore formal clothes along with a fedora hat, however, around him were some men in dark uniforms with a symbol of a Murican eagle, with the Eagle resting on a spear.

This man was Mark Seed, leader of one of the several legionary organizations emerging in the various states of the U.S., with him commanding the "Fighting Alliance for the Union", a legionary group created by him after spending months learning about National-Legionarism and the nations of the Bucharest Pact, with him also taking a lot of inspiration from the Democracy of the Arbemanian Union State to create his political ideas for Murican.

'Interesting' Mark thought seriously as he looked at John who continued to give his speech.