Hearing Ji Na's serious answer, Duke suddenly didn't know what to say, because he said a lot of things, and it is estimated that Ji Na would not be able to accept it, or even believe it.

And Princess Kina's innocence also touched Duke a little, because including himself, in fact, in the face of power, he has begun to accept giving up a small part of his interests, and he also uses many high-sounding reasons, including unavoidable hardships or something.

However, Duke knew that Gina really wanted to protect more people, not for her own power.

"Gina, I don't know how to tell you a lot of things, but I can assure you that I don't want another war on the border, and if I can, I will try to end this confrontation and war. ”

Duke said his promise to Jena, in fact, at the beginning, Duke's darkest plan was to cooperate with the barbarians or the Hans Empire, and become the northern defense line of the French Empire that should be directly sold, and it is conceivable that after Duke does this, the northern border of the French Empire will be plunged into a war.

The Hans Empire may eventually be better off under the constraints of the Holy See, especially the barbarians, who cannot avoid the result of corpses everywhere when they enter the country. Once the French Empire is plunged into a large-scale war, even if the French Empire does not collapse directly, it is conceivable that the entire empire has a void of defense.

At this time, Duke can directly raise troops to rebel, first conquer the mountain city, and then find a way to march into Andorra City, and finally Duke's goal is to occupy the entire Andorran princely kingdom. It's not that Duke doesn't want to occupy more, but with the current military strength of Storm Fort, it is estimated that controlling a pro-kingdom of Andorra is the limit, and no matter how greedy he is, he can't chew it out.

It can be said that this plan is the fastest opportunity for Duke to develop himself, but the consequences are very serious, once Duke rebels, it is conceivable that in the entire French Empire, there will not be a few lords who are ready to move. In addition to these lords, there are other empires that will not watch dryly, and when the time comes, you can imagine the situation of the entire Fran Empire being in flames of war and suffering.

The serious consequence is the reason for Duke's hesitation, although he is no longer as timid and cautious as ordinary people who just arrived in this world, but he is also not close to the cold-blooded and ruthless politician thinking, and Duke still feels that he can't accept it calmly.

At the same time, there is another point, that is, in the same period in another world, there was also a person who did a similar thing, that is, Wu Sangui directly opened the Shanhaiguan Pass and let the Qing army enter the customs. Even if the world doesn't have that kind of unified thinking of China, but if his actions are evaluated by others in the future, it is estimated that it will not sound very good.

What is more important is that the Holy See will do whatever it takes for the sake of its own power, so what is the difference between that and the Holy See that wants to be overthrown? Isn't the Holy See's suppression of the development of science and all kinds of suppression of heretical thinking actually for its own rule?

"Duke, do you have something on your mind?"

Gina looked at Duke as if he was distracted, so she asked him, he always felt that Duke was a little different today, completely different from the previous superficial personality, and seemed to be preoccupied inside.

"Yes, but I can't say. ”

Duke responded directly to Princess Jina, there is no way to hide this kind of thing, and the expression is written on his face. Or to put it another way, only in front of Princess Ji Na, Zhang Nan would write his expression on his face like this.

"Duke, I feel like you've really changed a lot from before, not as lively or happy as before. ”

Hearing Ji Na say this, Duke could only reply with a wry smile: "Miss, I also want to be my dumb disciple easily, but now the problem is that I am carrying hundreds of thousands of lives, and I have offended too many people, and the slightest carelessness will be the end of the end." ”

"There are so many lords, and I haven't seen anyone like you, and you've developed so well, Duke, what are you worried about, or what are you afraid of?"

Gina finally couldn't help but ask, I don't know when it started, she felt that Duke always seemed to have a sense of urgency, even a sense of crisis. Ji Na really couldn't figure it out, so with the current strength of the Storm Army, even her father and emperor didn't dare to move Duke easily.

As a result, as the strength of the Storm Army became stronger, Duke became more urgent, which made Gina really a little confused.

Seeing that Ji Na still looked confused, Duke couldn't help but say, "My Royal Highness, princess, don't you really know a little about what I'm afraid of?"

"Holy See, I have done so many heretical things, and you don't feel the slightest feeling?"

Duke said helplessly, although Gina didn't know about the witches coming to Storm Castle later, but she knew that she had a dark mage like Gandalf in Storm Castle, and even used her identity as a royal mage to help Gandalf cover up. She has colluded with the Dark Witch Society, does Princess Gina still think that she is a devout believer?

"Yes, but I don't think Gandalf is a bad guy, and he can help Stormcastle. With this alone, you won't be so jealous of the Holy See, right?"

Gina knew that there must be something against the rules of the Holy See between Duke and Gandalf, but this kind of thing was still within the scope of Jena's acceptance, and she also felt that there was no need for Duke to be so nervous about this matter, right?

In the face of Ji Na's thinking that he doesn't know whether to describe it as naïve or stupid, Zhang Nan is really a little speechless, and sure enough, he is worthy of the age of a high school student on the earth, and he still overestimates Ji Na's IQ!

"Jina, I'll tell you the truth today, it's not as simple as colluding with the Holy See heresy, but I am the biggest heretic in the Holy See, because all the efforts I make are to overthrow the Holy See!"

"In other words, I regard the Holy See as my worst enemy, do you think I have to face such a powerful enemy as the Holy See, will I have no sense of urgency?"

After hearing Duke's words, Jina was directly stunned, staring at Duke with a pair of big eyes, her eyes full of disbelief. As a princess of the royal family, she is not unacceptable to some small actions against the Holy See, because imperial power and divine power are naturally opposed.

But even when the French Empire was at its strongest, the biggest goal was only to fight for a little independence, not to rebel against the Holy See, or even to overthrow the Holy See as an enemy as Duke said. So Gina really doesn't know how to describe Duke's arrogant ambition!