She's Back
Chapter 1
The hallways were nostalgic, yet also full of not so great things. To think after so many Reincarnations that WE can't even get a good estimation, WE end back here, the world of that cursed second life, the start of it all. Year is 2099, a good sprint away from the end of the Third Great War, back in the tailend years of the 2060s, and just one glamce even through the Windows of the Bundestag you can see it, the scars it caused still fresh and no signal of recovery being in the near future.
"For fucks sake... Is ruling Germania my Fate in this world?"
Walking, towards the backstage of the Diety, I let such a comment escape.
"Holy Kaiserin, Germania, rather, the Core of OZEV needs some form of guidance, badly."
Anya, Pink hair, an amusing Hair accessory, yet dressed sharply in a suit, if you added horns and a demon tail, she would be a top pick for certain kinds of people, still, she's the head of the BND and direct heir to Elya.
"Shush. I can see that. Just... Can't believe the world went so far the deep end in just the century I was dead."
Time for talking was over. Until this first play of power was complete, I am walking stright into the fire, fuck the frying pan it is. The meeting of the Diety had been heated, more for show than doing anything of substance though. Moving to the center podium, all eyes and cameras on me.
"To Germania, to its Citizens, to the World. Only one thing I can say."
The silence was deafening, anxiety, expectation, Hope, fear... All this mixed among the allegedly elected representatives. What is she about to say is what they must be thinking.
"You all are a fucking disappointment."
Looks of shock, surprise, and a few who jumped straight to anger. The Audience must be the same I guess.
"The Third Great War ended in 2068, recovery should have all but been complete by now. The issues that led the world downhill to said war were supposed to be gone, yet they are still present and worse even! What Can I say if not how Disappointed I am with this whole world?"
Voices of protest started coming, ahh... Good old mud slinging Politics, the staple for truly modern Politician arts and crafts.
"The world Ditched Mages for Magicians, for what? Fear of an Oligarchy of Mage supremacists controlling the world powers? Yet Magicians are all the vast majority in control of Business and government levers of power. Corruption, Nepotism and Sabotaging plague everything nowadays. Merit nowhere to be found anymore."
The loudness gets too high, using a Sound amplification formula, my Voice is ready to drown out even a MOAB detonating right outside the Bundestag.
"SILENCE!"
Waiting tens of seconds, these sleazy bags called Politicians are quiet, good.
"The world just keeps going downhill, humanity just stagnates and exhaust Earth's resources with no actual plans for the eventual need to leave it. There was no other choice, I had no other choice. From this moment foward, Germania's Special protocols are activated, the Kaiserin Protocols are in full effect."
No one dares speak, lest they risk getting a faceful of an Optical Blast by THE Ace of Aces Mage to ever exist. Right as I am to speak something more, a Beam of Light is fired from a Second floor Balcony, the News media reserved one no less, it melts throught the Magically strengthtened Bulletproof Glass, a whole 20cm thick barrier byoassed just like that, I give kudos to the Magician able to make a Laser beam this hot. Yet it just passed the glass and then dissipates harmlesly. I didn't even need to cast a defensive spell at all.
"To those doubting who I am to activate those protocols, my answer."
Pointing my finger to the shooter's balcony, I fire off MY Optical blast, it curves and goes deep, straight to the doorway for that balcony. The TV screen in the Diety changes the displayed camera to one of a Camera crewmember in the news area, showing the attacker, a hole straigt through his Liver, having blasted his CAD (Cast Assisting Device) unit used for the attack as well. Cutting back to me, right as Bundestag assigned Military Police handcuff the injures perpetrator.
"Now. Some personal words from me."
Everyone is full attention on me, Good.
"I am Back, for good this time."
As these words leave my mouth, I feel a subtle, but honest to Mike smile form. Yes, things might be terrible, the headaches will be the thing of history, and the payout for saving Germania, OZEV, the world even, again, not worth it at all. But even so. I like this world, and I want to get this whole place back to order.