Chapter 148: The Second Coming of Napoleon

Chapter 148: The Second Coming of Napoleon



It was not long before Bruno and his family were fully set out towards the Kaiser's palace. Things had begun to change in the German Reich as they drove through the streets. Traffic lights were strung up, stop signs were made, and a general infrastructure designed to support the massive increase in automobiles had begun to appear.

Even projects from his past life, such as the autobahn, were either under construction, or fully completed by now. Meanwhile, railways were under the process of expansion, reconstruction, et cetera. Not only to support the heavy nature of armored trains, but the future of high- speed trains that would appear in the coming decades.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The city of Berlin was the epicenter of technological progression in an era where humanity achieved the most scientific and technological progress in human history. Although should this war be lost, that era would come to an end.

Technological progression in many fields would slow down or stagnate entirely. And the number of scientific breakthroughs would decrease significantly, as they had in Bruno's past life. It was perhaps witnessing Berlin's renovations, bringing in the age of a new industrial era, with the classical architecture of the old world where Bruno could see the natural synthesis of time take place.

It was almost enough to bring a smile to the man's face. Even so, he remained stoic as he gazed through his windshield, driving his family towards the Kaiser's palace. By now, Bruno's oldest child, Eva, was roughly seven years old, while his youngest, Elsa, was approaching five. Eva had begun attending a private girls' school of the highest caliber ever since reaching the age to do so.

While Erwin had begun attending a private boy's academy. Elsa was just approaching the age of attending the same school as her older sister. Just around the time that she would no longer be the youngest of her siblings.

To put it simply, this long drive to the palace had reminded Bruno of what he was fighting for, and why defeat was simply not an option for him in this life.

Eventually he and his family arrived at the gates of the palace, where after a brief verification of identity, and security check on their persons and vehicle, they were permitted entry to the palace grounds, where they parked in the designated spot.

After which, they were escorted into the Palace's grand halls by the staff of the estate, where they were quickly greeted by the Kaiser and his family. Wilhelm was quick to greet Bruno, who saluted the man as if he was still on duty.

Though the Kaiser invited Bruno to his home as a friend, he returned the salute nonetheless, after which he spoke to Bruno in a more informal language.

"Please, there is no need for such formalities. I have invited you here not for the purposes of business, but rather as my guest. You have met my daughter Victoria Louise. Is that correct?"

Bruno looked over at the Prussian Princess, who was evidently still angry with him for establishing friendly ties to other Royal Families, and by extension the princesses of their households. Because she simply looked away and pouted.

This caused Bruno to sigh in exhaustion, while he focused his attention on the Kaiser's other children, who he all had introduced themselves to Bruno and his family. The Kaiser had seven children in total, the youngest of which was his daughter.

The oldest of which was the Crown Prince who went by the same name as his father. Had the German monarchy retained power in Bruno's previous life, then he would have eventually succeeded his father and become Kaiser Wilhelm III.

She grabbed hold of Bruno's hand in a "loving gesture" where she squeezed it abnormally tightly while stating something about wanting to learn about the ancient legacy of the

Hohenzollern dynasty.

"Forgive me for my interruption, your majesty. But I'm afraid as a woman of common birth, I'm not as learned about the prestigious history of your family. Would it be too much to ask to

have a brief tour of this amazing palace?"

Seeing how Heidi had taken the opportunity to salvage Bruno's awkward admission of a rather gruesome topic, the Kaiser's wife quickly latched onto the olive branch extended to her

with delight.

"Of course, come with me. I will be happy to tell you all about the House of Hohenzollern and its distinguished history!"

Heidi called for her kids to follow after her, while shooting a glare at Bruno that told him to the shut the fuck up about such awkward topics and behave himself while she took this loss on his behalf. After which she followed after the Kaiser's wife, who in turn was followed by her own children, leaving Kaiser Wilhelm alone with Bruno.

He didn't make an overt statement about what Bruno had said, but rather simply sighed and shook his head while placing a firm hand on his shoulder.

"You are very lucky to have a woman so adept at socializing to be your wife.... Now how about we go grab a drink while the women and children have a proper introduction to one another?" Bruno sighed and agreed with this statement. He had spent too much time in the trenches with soldiers, to the point where his conversational skills were a bit too blunt and grim for polite society. And he was only starting to realize that now as he accepted the Kaiser's

invitation.

"Gladly..."

After which, the Kaiser shot Bruno a rather excited grin as he finally made reference to Bruno's admission. Shocking Bruno as he did so.

"And once we're nice and drunk, you can tell me all about how you tracked that bastard Lenin down and ended his miserable existence! Or should I say theoretically how you would have done so had you been given the chance?"

Bruno couldn't help but laugh as he followed the Kaiser into his private office where they broke out some high-quality distilled spirits and began to converse all about the Russian Civil War and the rather brutal actions Bruno had taken in the region to secure the House of Romanov and their divine right to rule over Russia.