章 1014: Entering the Whirlwind

Hours passed as Berengar and Siv sat in the Kaiser's cabin, chatting about all the things that had occurred during the last fourteen years within continental Europe. The girl listened to Berengar's tales of adventure with wide eyes. On more than one occasion, she found herself staring at the handsome, older man in disbelief. 

From the errant son of a minor nobleman to the leader of the western world's most supreme power. Berengar had lived a life filled with excitement. Something Siv had always longed for. She could hardly believe half the things she was told, and yet, looking around her at the magnificence of the SMS Linde, and all its technological wonders, she could not deny the reality behind them.