Chapter 1447: Books Are Just Books (Part 2)

After learning that something was really missing from Ilsa's room, Camille immediately asked Ilsa nervously:

"Your Majesty, what did you lose?"

"It's nothing big, just a set of books."

"A set of...books?"

"Yeah. Do you remember? It's the very interesting set of books I told you about before."

After getting Ilsa's hint, Camille finally realized it and hurriedly said:

"Is it the set of books you told me about that can teach people how to govern a country?"

Before, Ilsa mentioned to Camille more than once that she had obtained a very interesting set of books on an inexplicable occasion.

According to Ilsa, that set of books contains many principles of governing a country.

Camille was very interested in the set of books that Ilsa mentioned, and had thought about whether to borrow it from Ilsa.

But according to Ilsa's introduction to the set of books, since the set of books is a strange book that helps to govern a country, it should be a very precious and important book for Ilsa.

This set of books should be very important to His Majesty, so even if I borrowed books from His Majesty, His Majesty would not lend them to me. With this in mind, Camille never asked Ilsa to borrow books.

As soon as Camille finished speaking, Ilsa nodded directly:

"Yes, it's that set of books."

"Isn't that bad?!"

Camille said anxiously.

"Isn't that set of books very important to your majesty?"

"No, we must find a way to get that set of books back...!"

"That is a set of books that can teach people how to govern a country. If it falls into the hands of the enemy and is used by the enemy, it will be terrible...!"

Just as Camille was talking to himself and began to press his forehead while thinking about countermeasures, Ilsa beside him smiled helplessly:

"Okay, Camille. Don't think about how to get that set of books back."

"It's been so long. I don't know where the set of books has been shipped to."

"... Your majesty. I'm very sorry."

Camille knelt on one knee on the ground with a guilty look on his face.

"During the time you were away from Pendragon, I failed to protect Pendragon and Baiyang Palace."

"Not only did I allow an unknown person to sneak into Baiyang Palace, but I also let that unknown person steal your important items. I failed your trust and trust in me."

"Okay. Get up." Ilsa helped Camille up, "This is just an accident."

"In the future, we will strengthen the security of Baiyang Palace."

"Anyway, what was stolen was not something important, so let's just let it go."

"Huh?"

Camille, who was helped up, looked at Ilsa in front of him with confusion and a bit of daze.

"Your Majesty, isn't that set of books very important to you?"

"Hmm?"

Ilsa raised her eyebrows.

"When did I say that the book is important to me?"

"Didn't you say that the book is a wonderful book that can teach people how to govern a country?"

"I did say that, but the book can teach people how to govern a country, and the book is important to me - these two things should not be equal, right?"

"But..."

Camille now feels confused.

"Since the book can help your majesty govern the country, it should be very important."

Hearing Camille's words, the helpless look on Ilsa's face became even more intense.

"Camille. Books are just books."

"Books don't have any extraordinary power."

"There are no books in this world that can make you powerful immediately after reading them."

"Don't underestimate the power of books, but don't overestimate it either."

"That set of books does contain a lot of principles for governing a country. If you read it carefully, you will benefit a lot."

"But that's all."

"After reading that set of books, a fool won't instantly become a capable person in governing a country."

"So in the end - that set of books is really great, but it doesn't have any magical power. It won't make everyone who reads it instantly have a high ability to govern a country. A fool who gets this set of books may become even more stupid. So even if it's lost, I don't feel bad."

After that, Ilsa straightened Camille's clothes.

"Okay, let's just leave the matter of the thief entering the Baiyang Palace. Just remember to strengthen the defense of the Baiyang Palace in the future."

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When the news that the Holy Xilan Empire had cancelled its alliance with the Frankish Empire and changed to an alliance with the Britannia Empire reached Bolu in the Frankish Empire, it immediately shocked the monarchs and ministers of the central government of the Frankish Empire.

The Holy Xilan Empire had an alliance with the Britannia Empire, which had a feud with them - any Frank with a little bit of intelligence would feel uneasy.

After learning that this news was enough to make all the subjects of the Frankish Empire feel extremely uneasy, Emperor Shade sent several envoys to the Holy Xilan Empire in the hope of communicating with the central government of the Holy Xilan Empire.

But the central government of the Holy Xilan Empire now did not give the Frankish Empire any opportunity to communicate with them.

All the envoys sent by Emperor Shade were rejected outside the borders of the Holy Xilan Empire.

If they could not even enter the country, then naturally there was no question of communication.

Since the Holy Hilan Empire Central Committee refused to communicate with them, the monarchs and ministers of the Frank Empire could only grit their teeth and start to invest various resources that were already limited in the military, trying to improve the empire's now very weak military strength.

If it was the Frank Empire before the start of the Nibelungen Plan, even if they faced the attack of the Britannia Empire and the Holy Hilan Empire alone, the monarchs and ministers of the Frank Empire would not be too panicked.

After all, the Franks were fighting on their own. With strong cities and fortresses and hundreds of thousands of troops, the Frank Empire still had the hope of defending its territory even if it faced the invasion of the Britannia Empire and the Frank Empire at the same time.

But in the current situation of extremely weak national strength...

The monarchs and ministers of the Frank Empire no longer dared to imagine what kind of scene it would be if they faced the joint attack of the Britannia Empire and the Holy Hilan Empire alone at this moment...

Only by squeezing out the last bit of national strength of the country and strengthening the military strength of the Frank Empire as much as they could could they bring some comfort to their uneasy hearts.

The Frankish Empire is preparing for war.

The Britannia Empire and the Holy Hilan Empire are also preparing for war.

According to the agreement with the Britannia Empire, whoever occupies a piece of land will own it when they jointly attack the Frankish Empire.

In other words, as long as the Holy Hilan Empire can occupy 90% of the Frankish Empire's land, all of this 90% of the land will belong to the Holy Hilan Empire.

Therefore, in order to occupy as much land of the Frankish Empire as possible, Vasili decided to let their Holy Hilan Empire's current trump card, El Bernard, take full responsibility for the subsequent war against the Frankish Empire.