However, despite his public show of being uncaring of criticism from Gavril von Licht, he is rather wounded. He had always respected Gavril's father, whom he had taken as an inspiration. Knowing that George wouldn't have tolerated his beliefs either, Emmanuel entered a sharp state of depression, and nearly committed suicide, attempting to hang himself from a wooden beam in his lodge. His wife discovers him before he can do so.
After a short few days of thought after that particularly violent confrontation between his wife and himself, which lead to her leaving him and Ithaca... He decides to take action.
In order to avoid potential assassinations from angry Russians, Rumites, Crimeans, what have you; or from further infamy, realizing that such reputation was harming his career and future, Carasso leaves his homeland of Rum behind, and migrates to Japanese Ethiopia to focus on spirituality. He fabricates a Rumite passport and takes up residence in Northern Ethiopia under the assumed name Ferdinand Eichemann. The last name he borrowed from one of his favorite books -- The Righteous Cause.
He intends to return to Ithaca and Salonike again one day as Emmanuel Carasso, but he feels that maybe this could be good for him. As a settler in Japanese Ethiopia, his request for "permanent citizenship" was increased as he proved his physical health, proper age, and willing to form a family. He also began to learn Japanese as a prerequisite of his citizenship license. In this time, he began to write a sequel to The Righteous Cause, which he intended to release at some point, in honor of his inspiration.
Two days after arriving in the northern Ethiopian settlement of Taiyō-shi, Ferdinand meets a young Japanese woman named Akiko Murakami, and the two marry on a whim. They would, ironically, be married for the rest of his life. The two quickly make plans to have a great life in Ethiopia. Ferdinand, while aspiring to write again, is formally employed as the overseer of a Japanese mine on the edge of town. Using the money from this, he will support his family and begin his writing career on the side.
Several days later, after his former wife commits suicide by throwing herself off of a balcony, Rumite police come to Ithaca to question Emmanuel Carasso on the circumstances of his wife's death. When they arrive, they find the home abandoned. They find a newspaper on the table with a copy of "The Lies of Zionism" -- the newspaper is dated at least a week before her suicide. Nobody knows the circumstances of Emmanuel Carasso's disappearance, but many blame Zionists, some blame Tatars, others blame the von Licht family for trying to eliminate their closest rival... but it's entirely hearsay.
