He had read the history of Earth X. before Arial start his rise, the Human Continent, is very much like the early middle ages.
It is a mix of medieval era with a bit of the area seems to be ruled by weird laws and many weird ideas.
But when Arial began his rise at Acro and then Arrandy, the progress of humanity seems to leaps like someone who use to crawl suddenly being able to run twelve second in one-hundred-meter race.
he was shocked at how fast Earth X is advancing in terms of technology, thoughts and improvement.
And he was more shocked when he learns that Arial had a lot to do with it.
He learns about Arial before he even met the man
For example, the creation of Banks.
Arial is the one that popularized it and with it, the power that comes with holding the financial power
The nobles of Human Continent, while they did not openly disdain merchants they did not overly warm to them either
But Arial was different.