We won in Flanders and knocked the Spanish out of there much earlier than it happens in the version of events everyone knows. During that time, I managed to accumulate a solid fortune—enough to set up my own “private military company.” A printing press will come in handy too: I stole it to Gascony as a war trophy. I have plenty of plans, and each one is bigger than the previous. In the long run, I want to reach the Tsardom of Moscow and start transforming it: it’s not right for a Russian person to be a “progressor” away from home. But later—now I’m headed for Paris.