Re: Blood and Iron

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.

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.