Chapter 127: Rake
After breakfast was over, Bruno was required to report back to the Kaiser, the man had after all made a personal request of him to become closer to the Tsar, and while Bruno had achieved some modicum progress in this regard it was not exactly like a strong bond of
friendship could be built overnight.
Unless, of course, there were some extraneous circumstances like Bruno saved the Tsar's life, or they endured some trauma together like a survival situation, or fighting on the battlefield. And none such occasion had occurred during his time in Russia.
Because of this, Bruno appeared at the Kaiser's palace where the man was clearly expecting his arrival, as he had quickly been welcomed into the home. Bruno saw the Prussian Princess Victoria-Louise upon entering the building, and though he tried to say hello to her, she simply glared at him as if he was some pile of refuse before walking off while pouting, all without saying a word.
Bruno had no idea what he had done to antagonize the young princess, but frankly knowing women it could have been something incredibly mild, or it was just one of those days, and thus he walked into the room where the Kaiser was waiting for him without saying another word.
The Kaiser seemed pleased to see Bruno, no doubt his spies in the court of the Tsar had reported everything about his visit to Russia to the man shortly after they happened, and because of this Wilhelm couldn't help but make a comment of jest at Bruno's expense.
"There's the Russian Prince we all know and love..."
Frankly speaking, Bruno did not consider himself on friendly enough terms with the Kaiser to receive such camaraderie from the man, especially when it came in the form of not so friendly banter. Even so, there was not exactly anything he could do about it. I mean, what man would be foolish enough to reprimand an emperor for trying to be friendly with them?
Because of this, Bruno sighed and made a comment in a rather grumbled tone about the whole ordeal.
"So, I suppose you know everything already..."