In the flashback set in 1955, Mahaty, grandfather of Rumati, who was then just Crown Prince of Raginei comes to America for a conference. He is attacked by assassins in his hotel room and fled by hiding in a laundry cart. He later finds himself in the slums where he meets Kathleen (or Katherine). They go into a bar where she introduces Mahaty to Fred Burnsworth, Kajika's grandfather...