"Having the Church and my elder brother fund the construction of the railways? That's insane, they'll never agree."
No sooner had the door of the leading carriage closed than Roland began to recount what he had already explained to General Dercy. Minerva interrupted before he could finish. In her view, Roland was clearly overly optimistic, forgetting both the discord among the princes and the Church's conservative stance against all new things and social progress. To have them sponsor a project they disliked or even detested was as unlikely as a certain country's national soccer team winning the World Cup.
He should be more realistic and lower his goal to advancing to the top 32...
"They will agree,"
Roland asserted confidently:
"For their own interests, there's a great chance they'll set aside unnecessary disputes and join the investment plan."
