"I hope he will be able to stay in the Vatican."

"No way, my Pope, he is not an ordinary person, he is the second son of Archduke Ferdinand, and Archduke Ferdinand will not agree to your request."

"But we need a Son of God who will increase our Lord's influence and strengthen believers at this time."

In a simple sentence, Leo XIII positioned Ernst as the son of God, which was enough to see his urgency, and the cardinals did not correct him, because they were just as urgent.

The only one who objected was Archbishop Eugène, who denied not the Son of God but Leo XIII that wanted to keep Ernst in the Vatican, because he was the one who had to answer in the end, and he did not want to face the angry Archduke Ferdinand.

"Perhaps we can give Archduke Ferdinand some compensation."

"Compensation?"

"Slavs!"

Leo XIII's meaning was understood by the other cardinals, as did Archbishop Eugène, and considering that Archbishop Eugène felt that Ferdinand would back down, it was very likely.

If a son, especially a second son, could help Austria-Hungary stabilize Yugoslavia, the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I would force him to compromise even if he did not agree.

The main source of instability of the Slavs began with the transformation of the Austrian Empire into the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Hungarian nation was the second largest nation in the Austrian Empire, and in order to secure the position of the Austrian Emperor in Hungary and to prevent the independence of such a powerful region from Austria, Emperor Franz Josef had to negotiate with the Hungarian nobility in a pacifying manner to find a compromise that would enable them to support him.

In the process, some government officials advised Franz Joseph to negotiate with all national activists to build a pluralistic empire. They feared that negotiating alone with the Hungarian aristocracy would face greater opposition from other peoples. But Franz Joseph could not ignore the power of the Hungarian aristocracy, who was willing to accept only a dualism between themselves and the traditional Austrian aristocracy. At that time, ethnic minorities such as Romanians and Slavs also demanded to participate in the government and establish a pluralistic (seven-element) government, but due to the opposition of the Austrian and Hungarian aristocracy, this plan was abolished and the Austro-Hungarian dual empire was formally established.

The seeds were planted by the events of that time, and the instability of the Slavs at this time, and the shooting of Archduke Soferdinand, the fuse of the future First World War, were partly related to this event.

The Church had an extraordinary influence in the Slavic region, and if they were willing to intervene, it would not be impossible to stabilize the Slavic region and even renegotiate with the Austrian Emperor.

……

"What is this?"

In a daze, Ernst fell into a deep sleep, but at this time, the consciousness that should have been sleeping with his body was unusually awake, but the consciousness was not in the outside world but in the space-time space that Ernst was very familiar with.

The gray mist was a characteristic of space, to which Ernst was accustomed, but the road under his feet was something he had never seen before, at least in the time that had passed through time.

Although he had a lot of questions in his heart, Ernst could only follow the path without answers, he didn't know why he came to this space again, but one thing was for sure, he didn't want to cross again, because crossing is not how it feels.

Light......

Without the slightest hesitation, Ernst ran towards the light, and then he froze in place, as rows of military warehouses appeared in front of him, and the sickle sign on the door of the warehouse made Ernst understand that it was a Soviet ...... USSR?

Suddenly, Ernst remembered that he had grabbed in time and space, could it be that because of his random grasp, the entire warehouse and the munitions factory were caught in this space?

Ernst's guess was correct, because at that time, the whirlwind with the characteristics of time and space directly pulled the entire Soviet military factories and warehouses into this relatively stable space-time space, among which there were more than 1,200 soldiers and engineers, but unfortunately...... They didn't survive in this space.

This is different from the Qiankun in the sleeve and the sun and moon in the palm of the Xianxia mythology, the things in the space can be taken out, but don't think about taking them in again, because Ernst at this time is no longer in the soul state, and what comes in is only consciousness.

Body? The body is only a virtual consciousness, and if Ernst gets used to it then he can transform into any form here, but unfortunately there is no audience here, and his seventy-two changes cannot be seen.

This space-time space doesn't actually belong to Ernst, it's just that he marks it here and remembers the way, but in some ways there is no consciousness in space-time, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it belongs to Ernst.

Without Ernst's hands, the door opened automatically with just a thought, and Ernst opened a logistics warehouse, with neat rows of army green cotton coats, black leather military boots, and steel helmets in front of him.

Ernst was not in the mood to count the number of these military coats, military boots, and steel helmets, but there were at least more than 10,000 sets in this warehouse...... At least!

When I came to the second warehouse, it was the same as the first, except that there were more small leather bags for bullets and cloth bags for miscellaneous items. Then the third and fourth warehouses of Ernst looked over one by one, and military kettles, quilts, bayonets, military shovels, and cotton hats were neatly placed in the warehouse, and the quantity was ...... Uncountable.

Arriving at the tenth warehouse, Ernst finally saw the arsenal he wanted to see, although it was full of old World War II equipment, but it was the most suitable for this period.

M1891 Mosin-Nagant rifle, SVT-40, PPS41 submachine gun, PPS43 front gun, Deg Galev light machine gun, M1910 Maxim heavy machine gun......

Of course, these light machine guns and heavy machine guns are in other warehouses, and the number of these machine guns is much less than that of rifles, after all, these warehouses and military factories that Ernst "caught" are to store those old things that are not used much, and the Deg Galev light machine gun and M1910 Maxim heavy machine gun are all things that are inconvenient to preserve, and there are not many complete ones.

There are a lot of good things in the warehouse, and the military factory naturally goes without saying, but unfortunately this is a military factory during the Second World War of the Soviet Union, and most of the equipment in it is old, and there is no problem in making some bullets, but it is a little difficult to use firearms.

……

It was already afternoon when Ernst woke up again, and everything in the space gave Ernst hope for his future life, but fortunately he was reborn before World War I, and if it was World War II, these things really didn't help him much.

It's all the same armament, Ernst doesn't know military affairs, he doesn't know politics, and in such a situation he can fight the cunning old fellows.

But now it is different, these advanced equipment and his extraordinary background, it is not very difficult to build an army with combat effectiveness, although it cannot change any history, but there is no big problem in self-protection and making his life more comfortable.

What's more, he is still a guest of honor at the Vatican, and I believe that the future is bright...... That's what Ernst was thinking at this point, but ...... Will things really go the way he thinks?

A letter sent from the Vatican to Vienna, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, shattered Ernst's dream of happiness, as the Pope expressed his desire for Ernst to remain in the Vatican until he reached adulthood.

This may have been a good thing for Ernst's brother, because even in the Austro-Hungarian Palace, their lives were very difficult, far less than happy in the Vatican.

Territory? A little guy like this doesn't say that he doesn't have a territory yet, and even if he does, is he still ready to let the butler control everything? Most of the stewards are old-fashioned and loyal, but everything may disappear in the face of power, and a steward who slowly changes his attitude may eventually truly control everything, controlling the wealth and territorial subjects that originally belonged to you.