Darkstone Code
Chapter 272 - 0270 Just look at him

Chapter 272: 0270 Just look at him

Proving one’s excellence to parents has almost become a mindset unique to young people and an inevitable attitude in the process of growing up.

Many people have this mindset when they are young, and the most direct manifestation is, "You say I can’t do it, but I will definitely do it and show you."

This mindset, this idea... is actually quite foolish at times, but it is precisely the beauty of this age. They have not yet been polished smooth by society, by the world; they are still sharp-edged, clearly defined in love and hate.

They dare to challenge the "impossible," dare to say no to authority, regardless of whether these actions ultimately fail or not, at least they have the courage.

This courage gradually fades after the age of forty, as years and experiences smooth away their edges, making them more harmoniously integrated into society, becoming part of it.

This is a good thing, but it is also a somewhat melancholic affair.

Wardrick’s wife looked at her daughter, reached out to touch her cheek, and the soft, delicate, and elastic feel made her somewhat envious.

At her age, the only way to maintain her current appearance, figure, and physique without a rapid decline is to spend a lot of money on her body.

All kinds of cutting-edge technological products are used on her, which is why she still looks like she’s in her thirties.

But the girl in front of her doesn’t need any maintenance to show the best side of herself. Sometimes, time is such a cruel thing, unknowingly turning people’s present into tomorrow’s memory.

"You did it!", she confirmed, "You don’t know how surprised your father was when he saw you here too; you’ve succeeded."

This statement made Severa somewhat excited. Many people think that being born into such a family must be a very happy thing, and indeed it is, but it’s not without its troubles.

Every time someone introduces her, they say, "This is Mr. Wardrick’s daughter, Miss Severa," she actually doesn’t mind her name being mentioned alongside her father’s, but she doesn’t like being recognized only because of her father.

This is like why she writes books, why she works hard to build her social circle, why she also owns a not-so-famous trendy accessory brand store, and she’s the designer herself.

She’s done so much just for a kind of validation; she wants to make people understand, including her parents.

Even if she weren’t "Mr. Wardrick’s daughter," she could still succeed!

Although this idea itself is quite foolish, and everything she’s doing now is actually based on the premise that she is "Mr. Wardrick’s daughter."

All the success she has achieved now actually stems from her last name and family.

But... people sometimes tend to do stupid things, not because the things are stupid, but because they themselves are.

Upon hearing her mother’s affirmation, Severa became very happy, and their conversation quickly moved past Lynch, shifting to the small business Severa was running, seemingly having forgotten about Lynch altogether.

On the other side, Truman was chatting with several presidential staff officers and international affairs advisors, and the conversation was actually related to the topics Lynch had mentioned earlier.

On the surface, they also thought Lynch’s words were a bit too radical, not very suitable for the current occasion and domestic environment.

The President had just corrected the previous president’s "isolationism" to "escapism," and people were in a transition phase.

While the Federation was actively participating in international affairs, they had not yet gained benefits, and these benefits had not been seen or felt by the public; therefore, they were not holding the belief that joining international affairs was certainly right.

They were still hesitating and doubting, and if at this point, the concept of participating in international affairs were suddenly turned into fighting an economic war with the international community, there might be an extreme outbreak of opposition across society.

This was a long-term goal, impossible to achieve in the short term.

"Recently, Gafura has implemented a new monetary policy in the Amelia Region, I think they might have realized this too, that the economy is very important to a country, to a region!"

The Gafura Truman talked about was one of the largest beneficiaries among the victorious nations in this world war, and one of the most powerful countries in the Victorious Nations Alliance.

They successfully took control of the Amelia Region; their enemy state gave approximately 920 thousand square kilometers of land as compensation for the war defeat, free to Gafura for 120 years, and recognized Gafura’s governance rights over this region during this period.

Gafura immediately established the Amelie Province and dispatched a duke as governor to administer the region. The first thing the new governor did upon taking office was to abolish all existing currency legal rights in the region.

Of course, their methods were very gentle, using international exchange rates to exchange their past currency with Gafura’s currency, essentially unifying the local currency.

Besides that, Gafura is lobbying other victorious countries to stand with it and promote either Gafura’s currency or a newly issued international currency to become the international settlement currency. However, this matter is still in the advocacy process and has not been substantively approved.

No matter how eloquent Gafura’s diplomats and their Emperor speak to others, everyone instinctively feels that something seems off about this matter, but cannot pinpoint what exactly is wrong.

Instead, the reason they presented for this plan seemed very reasonable. At that time, their Minister of Foreign Affairs told envoys from other countries that international resource circulation might involve a few to dozens of currency exchange issues.

Constant fluctuations in exchange rates could cause each trading force to suffer inexplicable losses, but if a universally accepted international currency appeared, it could resolve this issue, ensuring that during the process of capitalism and national trade, they are not affected by various countries’ exchange rates.

They also pointed out that the Alliance of Defeated Countries is crazily printing banknotes, intending to use them to pay war reparations to all victorious nations.

Undoubtedly, when they print these banknotes, they might not be worth much, wiping out the hard-earned accomplishments at the negotiation table by this group of shameless people.

This made people very tempted, yet everyone instinctively felt that there was something wrong here.

The Bail Federal remains neutral, but slightly inclined towards this proposal’s stance. The President’s view is that they have just started rejoining international affairs, so they should not appear unsocial nor easily sever relationships.

Even if they don’t vote in favor, they shouldn’t vote against, especially towards such a core ally like Gafura; the intention is to foster good relations with these people.

But thinking about it carefully now, Truman feels there’s not only an issue here but a big one.

"We’ll refrain from making statements on this matter for a while, and at the same time, we should strengthen some domestic economic control situations, considering our stance once the situation becomes clear..."

At this moment, someone interjected, "Why don’t we sit down with Lynch and have a talk? I believe he’d be willing to share what he knows with us."

Truman shook his head, "It’s not the right time yet. What he said today will definitely spread, and if we call him over, it would signal an attitude shift, potentially causing unnecessary trouble."

"Although the previous president is gone, there are still many people supporting him. If we rashly propose an international confrontation trend in a non-war context, it might give him an opportunity to rise, possibly giving escapism a chance."

"Gentlemen, we gained today’s achievements based on the belief that everything before was wrong, so we cannot give them the slightest chance to stand up again, understand my point?"

The others nodded in agreement; they understood that now might indeed not be the best time to engage too much with Lynch.

"So are we going to do nothing now?", someone asked somewhat reluctantly.

Truman smiled, shaking his head, he took a distant glance at Lynch, who was chatting with Mr. Wardrick, and Lynch seemed to sense it immediately, meeting Truman’s gaze.

Wardrick also followed Lynch’s gaze and looked over.

The trio exchanged glances in the air and raised their glasses to each other.

Taking a small sip of wine, Truman withdrew his gaze, "Young people always have an endless desire to express themselves. Even if we don’t seek him out, he’ll find ways to tell us what he wants to do, what he will do, and what comes after it."

Perhaps fearing others might not understand, he slightly explained, "I remember there’s an application from York State?"

His subordinate immediately nodded, "Yes, some merchants are applying for international trade permits."

Truman nodded thoughtfully, "Have someone check if Lynch is among them, and approve him for international trade if he is. If not, arrange people to persuade him."

"Once he’s out to sea, all we need to do is watch what he does!"

"Then we’ll analyze what he did, the causes of those actions, his way of doing things, and his goals, allowing us to know what he might want to say but hasn’t had the opportunity to express."

Saying this, Truman’s face showed more of a smile, actually, deep down, he was among the radicals of the radical faction, but he knew how to control his emotions and desires, so they didn’t affect his rationality.

Some things that he couldn’t see clearly might find answers from Lynch!