Chapter 351: Armistice
Historically speaking, at least from the perspective of Bruno’s past life. Kaiser Wilhelm II had been boastful, temperamental, and in many cases, belligerent.
As if he had a chip on his shoulder due to a birth defect he suffered from, the man in that life had been rather difficult to work with, especially when it came to the British who he in many ways had a desire to prove to be better than.
This was not the case in this life. Many of the personality changes which Bruno noticed had been present in the Wilhelm of this timeline were no doubt to a greater degree of self confidence resulting from the mere fact one of his arms was not vastly shorter than the other.
This was a birth defect he had suffered from in Bruno’s past life, and if the historical record was to be believed had nothing to do with his genetics, but rather was the result of the way he had rested in his room stunting the limb’s growth.
It was a crippling condition, one that had allegedly inwardly caused many emotional problems for the Kaiser. Perhaps God had changed this fact within the timeline, as he had also made several other minor alterations in order to give Bruno a better chance at changing the world for the better?
Frankly speaking, Bruno did not know, nor did he really care for the reason why these subtle changes existed. But what he did know was that the negotiations between Britain and France perhaps would be much smoother this time around than they were in his past life.
Unfortunately, Bruno himself was not called to act as council for the Kaiser. At least not at first. King George had after all agreed to meet with his cousin so long as they were alone, and on neutral ground.
King George V sat across from Kaiser Wilhelm II. Both men were in very different states of emotion. The Kaiser, perhaps elated with how dominantly his armed forces had demolished the pride of the British Navy on the seas, and massacred the British Army on the land, was in a rather jovial mood.
While King George V looked haggard, and aged. The stress he was under these last few weeks as he single-handedly began taking over affairs that were normally handled by Parliament, and enacting policies to try to put out the fires which burned across his Empire had been enough to age him by several years.
In fact, the moment he realized his German counterpart did not appear the least bit affected by the War, his expression grew sour, compelling the man to call out Wilhelm on his rather pristine appearance.