Veteran's day

The hero

Chapter 5

Movies never really show what goes on behind the red curtains when the show ends, and neither did the nations.

Weeks passed since the "America Accident™" without a word of the person in question. So, behind the closed curtains of the public, America stood in a turmoil. News broke out stories of great heroes that laid their lives for the greater good.

Relations between nations were deemed good under the false public eye, while under was rotting and turning dark.

The one thing that hadn't suffer is the economy, so Alfred took that as a win. Even with his boss and military leaders staring him down from their high horses. It wasn't like Alfred didn't agree with what was happening, it was more like he didn't care.

"You're smart enough to realize what is going on. What the arrogant nation said was deceitful and disrespectful, that doesn't give you the benefit of leaving this land in turmoil! Half of the country suddenly hates Italians!"

Nor was he deaf to what was happening around his country. Riots, crime, violence, it all contributed to his flames.

It was his fault and he knew it.

But for once he wasn't a bit sorry, and that scared the leaders enough.

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France sighed for what seems the third time as the world around him turns into a wild circus again. What else was new?

Apart from the empty seat at his right, the world seems contempt in fitting all the puzzle pieces in their place.

All but one giant, trigger-happy American. The Americans replaced their country with mere humans, who when they saw what truly laid behind the closed doors, stopped coming after the third failed meeting.

No doubt thinking it all as a huge waste of time.

Which he couldn't agree more. So even when Romano jumped at every second the door opened, France simply slip his wine and tried to ignore the hell that surrounded him.