The questions continued before he brought the address to an end, with the time from the start of his address to the end totaling two and a half hours.

He has gotten really good at addressing people and making others work hard at realizing them for him, Felix Jokingly complained to Sarah about Aron as they watched the address together.

Although his complaint was made in a manner of sarcasm, he, not he but the company he leads, was the one who was going to have to create all of the signal boosters that would be required to create a network between the two star systems, as their company was the one that was contracted to making many things from the government including the communication infrastructure.

Isnt it one of the requirements of a great leader? Being able to make promises and delegating qualified people to achieve those promises. Sarah responded, humoring his complaint but also giving him the opportunity to brag and feel good.

Well, I cant argue about that, as Im cursed by endless work due to my overbearing qualifications. But what can I do as it is a sacrifice I need to bear to help my friend focus on leading the country? he continued his play of someone being given heavy responsibility.

But Sarah decided to bring an end to his bragging streak by asking, But isnt everything going to be made by atomic printers anyway, with the responsible imperial agency sending the schematics for it?

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Felix decided to completely ignore her attempt at stopping his bragging by responding to her by saying, Someone who works on the technology side of things that cant help but require my company to help them produce them like you cant understand my side of things and my responsibility returning the attack back to her.

But neither of them could continue with their fun banter as they couldnt hold it in, and they both started laughing quite hard the moment their eyes met.

With laughing came skinship, and with skinship, the laughter slowly disappeared as they moved closer and closer, with the mood in the room changing from heartwarming to an erotic one.

But before they could meet their lips, Arons avatar materialized in the room, causing them to separate.

Oops, sorry about that, Aron said when he realized that he had blueballed his friend.

Doesnt matter, why did you appear here? Felix asked, acting as if he was fine and wasnt horny a few minutes ago.

What, so I have a reason to call my friends? Aron asked jokingly.

You can, but you usually just visit us in VR or in the real world, not through the hologram. I almost forgot we had it since it was almost never used, Sarah answered, this time talking about the change in his pattern.

Just wanted to try it when I saw it was the least used means of communication between us. Also, does anyone want to come with me to Proxima? Aron got to the point after giving his reason for using the holo tech.

Isnt the time to leave about a year later? Why are you asking now and in a manner that seems to be urgent? Felix asked this time.

I need to know to include them in the plan if there are additional people needed. And we are currently amidst that planning, responded Aron, giving his reasoning.

Give us time to think, as we cant just make such a huge decision out of nowhere, Sarah responded.

They needed both of them to agree on whether they were going or not since they really couldnt leave their other counterpart for a year without a good reason.

Okay, you have a week to decide, Aron said, pausing for a moment. Now you can go back to what you were doing, he said with a smile on his face amidst his disappearing.

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While Aron was messing with his friends while planning his upcoming trip, the world was reacting to and discussing his address, with discussions and reactions divided into different categories.

There were those who argued that this was just another round of propaganda from the empire, and quite a few people were forced to agree as the emperors explanation was really stretching the strings of believability.

From the POV of those in this group, it looked like the empire had decided the conclusion to their story, and whatever plot hole they couldnt explain, they added the word mana as the explanation for the hole.

But there were counters to this, saying that if this was true, then the empire was bound to be caught in the lie when they were connected to them following their training.

It was quite a useless thing to lie about since there was really no reason for this lie to be brought up in the first place, as there was no situation taking place that required such an absurd story to act as a cover-up.

Then, there were scientists and anime fans who were waiting with bated breath for the data to be made public so that they could see and decide with their own eyes whether the statement from the empire was true or if it was a misinterpretation of data.

But waiting for the data came with discussion and memes about whether the statement was actually true and whether humanity was finally joined by races from their own imaginations.

This was quite a surreal feeling that had previously not even been imagined by the wildest science fiction and fantasy fans, but reality has a knack for going beyond our imaginations.

But no matter which side or which group of this discussion people were on, deep down, everyone knew that if it was true, then the empire would change forever and not return to its previous state, as it would mark the start of the empire's expansion.

Just a few years after its foundation, which resulted in taking over all the countries on the planet, it was followed by taking over the whole star system, and now it seems it is on the route to taking over another star system with billions of new citizens joining them as equals or allies.