POV

Franz, the foreign minister of the kingdom of Mainz.

"Your excellency, the students are waiting for your speech." said my attendant.

I nodded to him and started walking towards the podium. I was going to give a speech to the students at the University of Strasbourg. I will make sure to inflame the student's emotions and make them protest against the government, which prevented Gretan unity.

"Today has been a great tragedy. The countries in the Gretan region have declined to unify for a common cause. The reason for this is the villains who rule these countries. They want to hold onto their power and make sure to divide the Gretan region. I am not going to allow that. I will not create an empire that is weak and divided. If I am going to build an empire, I will make sure it is unified and stable. We tried to unify peacefully so that no one will come and try to divide us after we have unified. Now that the rulers have not agreed to unify peacefully, it's up to the people to undertake this sacred task."

After saying this, I looked around and saw the crowd was mesmerized by my speech. They had expressions of resentment and anger against the ruling class. At the same time, the bureaucrats had flushed expression at my address and were also angry at me. But they can't do anything as I haven't specifically said their name, and I represent one of the great powers whom they can't afford to offend.

After this speech, the so-called intellectual among the students will probably protest against the government and demand an answer. The government will be pressured and will have to focus on internal matters for some time.

As I have told in the speech, they will not expect us to attack that we don't want to unify the Gretan region by blood. They still will be alert, but they will be less alert. We could have already attacked Strautsbourg if we wanted and could have gotten the element of surprise.

It is up to the army now to defeat Straustbourg and the king to distract the western empire. I will have to go back and send a message to the king to start the rebellion in the western empire and permission to attack Strasbourg. If I don't ask him permission, he will probably kill me, and the army will also not move without his orders.