The Reimagining of the Bow Hero

Chapter 40 - Election Results

Chapter 40 – Election Results

Author's Note: None Today!

We spent the whole day training until nightfall. Afterwards, my party and I teleported back to Messeblick.

The training had been arduous, and relatively boring. I spent much of the time trying to crack a rock with my fingertips, meditating, calming my mind and guiding strange things through my body and many other similarly strange tasks, which had greatly exhausted me.

According to the old lady herself, I had done extraordinarily well. I was quite proud of that compliment.

As soon as I returned to the city, the election results were in. The votes had been processed faster than expected, with the messenger pigeons from each polling center across the country. I received 91.7% of the vote in the presidential election, making me the official president of Arcium, while my Liberal Party had won 24 out of 25 seats in parliament with the Conservatives only winning 1, and that seat only went to them by less than 50 votes. The Liberal Party now had near complete authority over the country.

Everybody was urging me to make a victory speech, so I obliged. Half the city arrived to hear what I had to say, with journalists from the recently founded newspaper companies ready to write everything down.

Oh, how the times have progressed.

"My fellow Arcians," I commenced. "I thank you all for electing me as the president of this great nation."

The crowd erupted into cheers.

"We have gone through so much together as a country, from overthrowing the ruthless King Strauss to modernizing beyond comparation. Our collaboration, blood and tears have created a young and great Republic, the likes the world has never seen before."

My ardent supporters patriotically waved Arcian flags and signs in support of my campaign.

"I pledge to every man, woman and child, no matter their race or creed, that I shall be your president. I need your help, each and every one of you, to complete our great modernization of this country. Each one of you must lay the foundations and building blocks to complete our great project, our great vision for a greater future."

I glanced over at the reporters, while I continued to wave at the crowd. They were writing everything down like clockwork.

"This country has potential. Boundless potential. We are going to build cities, highways, bridges, tunnels, schools, hospitals, factories, housing, and all sorts of other infrastructure. By the time we're done with this, no country will even come close to our level of development. We will be second to none."

"During this time of great trouble in the world, Arcium must claim its rightful place as a beacon of truth and justice surrounded by a sea of lies and slavery. We must rise to the top, for we will not settle for anything less. We cannot rest at the base of the hill while other nations stand tall at the peak of the summit."

I hadn't prepared this speech at all. I was making it up on the spot, going along with the flow.

"This is a historic event. Never in human or demi-human history has a country held free and fair elections, nor have the people had the freedoms of speech and assembly. Never have the people had the opportunity to pick their own leaders, for those leaders to make laws for them, and to represent them and their wishes. These are tremendous accomplishments that will be remembered for eternity. And you, yes you, each one of you voters, every one of you Arcians, have contributed to this great cause. Free and fair elections will be held for millennia to come."