>>6014955“What is it that makes you think that you hold any legitimate claim to rule?” You question, “In fact, you’re not even the first Stranger this month who claimed a status such as this. Fools.” Is the want to be a monarch such a common desire on Earth? It’s one you truly don’t understand after seeing the stress the position has put on your father.
“While I do not know the capabilities of this other Stranger nor their motive I can assure you once I’ve established a monopoly over violence with my armies my rule will be far from illegitimate.”
“It is the Goddess herself that gives the Crown its authority!” You’re appalled by his assertion, “Can a brigand simply claim themselves a king once they’ve beaten up enough peasants?”
“Yes, that is kinda how it works. History has a precedent for warlords founding empires.”
You’re almost too mad to even argue the point. Perhaps in Earth’s barbaric histories that is true, however unlikely it is, but here in your world things are handled with civility and grace. “So you admit to being nothing more than a warlord willing to forsake their morality for power? I can hardly imagine kidnapping is a legal pastime even on Earth, nor that people would willingly follow a tyrant willing to break with their moral values.”
“I will not deny the atrocities I have committed and will commit to bring this world into the future. Progress has always been marred by suffering, be it from the pains of Britain's Industrial Revolution or the Great Leap Forward of China. I am a tyrant and a warmonger yet centuries from now when we are all dust, history will see my actions necessary to bring about a new age to this world and end the feudal old world order.” How can one man be so full of himself?
“And yet you haven’t spent a single breath describing how this new world will operate, do you even know?”
“My Utopia will be a realm of peace and stability, my creations will make sure of that. While rights may be limited to an extent everyone's needs will be accounted for and their caretakers will ensure they are given the freedom to pursue whatever craft they please, free of expectation and suffering.”
“That still doesn’t say much, do you even know the beginning of statecraft or are you only at the stage where you can make a promise but never deliver? I have a man obsessed with building a slave harem with realistic goals than you.”
“I can now see you approach from outside my window, I do not believe we have the time for a lecture on governance. Now will you submit or will my army end your story here?”
