Time advanced unceasingly like a severed kite string, while Karl silently observed the changes around him.
"Decades ago, I couldn't have imagined that Cyart, this country, would ultimately become my possession..."
"The Fischer family, you've done very well."
In the five years following the civil war, Cyart embarked on a lengthy period of reform.
Many had maliciously anticipated a conflict between the Romann and Fischer families; however, Romann, under Aldrich's control, chose to retreat gracefully, gradually withdrawing most of their edge and beginning to wholeheartedly assist the Fischer family.
In fact, Aldrich himself was a person of extremely stable emotions who disliked conflict.
One could tell this from his earlier decision not to become the family head; for Aldrich, securing stability seemed to be more important than anything.
If Byrne had not met Bast, in his old age, he might very well have developed a character more similar to that of Aldrich.
