Chapter 784: Chapter 47, The Mahidi Uprising

Time flew by, and before long, it was 1885.

The previously shelved development projects in the Near East resumed, and the global economy emerged from the great depression, charging forward once again.

Everything was developing in a positive direction; adhering to the principle of "concerning oneself only with major affairs," Emperor Franz also found himself with more leisure time.

Perhaps due to age, Franz's hobbies also began to change. At some point, he developed a passion for calligraphy.

A quill was obviously not suitable for practicing calligraphy, and thus an incongruous scene unfolded: a Shinra Emperor, wielding a writing brush to practice calligraphy, was born.

Personal interests, after all, were merely that. The European nobility had plenty of eccentric hobbies; in the grand scheme, Franz's newfound pastime was nothing out of the ordinary.