Natalie said she would handle it, so it was naturally impossible for Athena to appear in the public eye with a big belly.
The Duke was indeed relieved after receiving the promise from the Holy Knight Captain, but the matter of face was temporarily saved, but the problems with the church also caused some troubles because of Athena.
When the Duke of the Sea arrived in the imperial capital to see Keira, His Majesty the Pope apparently also vaguely mentioned Theasina's future to the Duke.
A woman who is too pregnant and may even have given birth to a child is definitely not suitable to be a paladin, not to mention Athena's behavior of running away from home.
Even if Natalie captures Athena, the eldest lady will only be a church member at best.
Athena has lost this qualification in wanting to be a bridge between the church and the Stuart family.
Knowing that something was wrong with his daughter, it was impossible for the Duke of the Sea to protest to the Pope.
But after finally getting the opportunity to cooperate with the church in depth, the Duke was unwilling to let it go like this.
He asked whether his other underage daughter had enough qualifications.
Selling one daughter was not enough, so the Duke was ready to sell another one.
Fortunately, Keira already had other plans.
She did not agree to the Duke's promotion of her daughter and instead told the Duke about Glory City.
The Stuart family, which has always had business dealings with Brilliant City, can be regarded as the family that knows it best.
Although Athena mentioned a weapon he had never heard of when she came back, the Duke of the Sea still thinks that he is the most familiar with it. people.
Regarding the worries expressed in Keira's words, the Duke answered the Pope with certainty: "Your Majesty does not need to worry about the fragmented Heretic Island.
Glory City may have its own unique features.
Looking at the entire Heretic Island, the population on it It is not as good as our Stuart Territory, and no matter how unique it is, it cannot threaten the future of our empire.”
The views of the Duke of the Sea are the views of almost all nobles in the empire, which is why they enjoy the products of Glory City unscrupulously.
In their view, the existence of Brilliant City is to provide them with some new and interesting things.
What kind of waves can a small island country make?
In the past, Keira would have agreed with Duke Stuart.
It can be seen that after seeing the bombs brought back by Lorne and the exaggerated remarks of Baron Fast, His Majesty the Pope, who was prepared for a rainy day, did not think so.
"So, does your Excellency, the Duke, know anything about gunpowder?"
The Duke of the Sea also learned about the existence of gunpowder from his daughter's mouth some time ago.
But one weapon is not enough to change the status quo, and Athena has already talked about the shortcomings and advantages of the foreign gun.
He does not think that the Stuart family or even the entire empire can be defeated with such a thing.
"Those are just little tricks.
If Glory City really uses that kind of thing as its main battle weapon, then I guarantee your Majesty that no matter what they want to do, they will fail in the end.
Our Stuart family" The Duke is very confident, because the shortcomings of the matchlock gun are indeed too obvious.
As long as he is prepared, he is not worried that Brilliant City can use such weapons to even the gap with the empire.
However, Keira's purpose was not to listen to Duke Stuart bragging about how powerful their family was.
What she mentioned to the Duke of the Sea was not foreign guns, but gunpowder.
The Duke was not clear on this point.
After being reminded of the difference between gunpowder and foreign guns, Athena only emphasized the foreign guns.
After hearing that gunpowder and foreign guns are actually two different things.
The Duke didn't know how to evaluate the so-called gunpowder at once, because he had never seen the real thing.
Fortunately, Keira got a lot of gunpowder from Lorne, and she also completed a small explosive bomb according to Baron Fast's method.
The Duke still showed great disdain for the unpurified black gunpowder after witnessing its firecracker-like power.
"Your Majesty, please allow me to tell you the truth.
What you got is indeed interesting.
But it is just interesting.
I don't think it can change anything."
Of course, small firecrackers cannot be used to change anything, but if it is a large barrel of black powder, its power cannot be underestimated.
After repeating what Lorne had said to the Duke, he heard that the so-called explosive bombs could actually increase in power as their volume changed.
Even the Duke, the richest man in the empire, began to have some changes in his expression.
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After all, the Stuart family started out by sailing, so he naturally understood what would happen if a barrel of bombs a hundred times more powerful exploded on the ship.
This is simply a weapon in naval warfare.
Thinking that such a thing might be used against the Stuart family, the Duke's face became extremely heavy.
Seeing that the Sea Duke finally understood the seriousness of the matter, Keira began to show her fox tail.
Telling the Stuart family was not to make them wary, Keira's purpose was to get the entire Stuart family onto her warship.
But the careful Pope is not as impatient as Lorne.
It is impossible for her to tell the Duke of Stuart that she wants to change the government and cover the sky with one hand.
She didn't even reveal her plan to attack Heretic Island.
She just asked Duke Stuart to secretly research gunpowder and then collect these things within the empire.
The purpose of this is that the woman naturally wants the Stuart family to be the scapegoat.
No matter how covert Duke Stuart was, it was impossible to completely hide this matter from the nobles of the empire.
When she kills the emperor with a bomb, the Stuart family will immediately become the biggest suspect.
Then she will clean up the royal family while forcing the most powerful Stuart family in the empire to side with her.
By eliminating the royal family and the Stuart family in one fell swoop, the empire would naturally fall into her hands.
As the only Grand Duke of the North, he held the title of Righteousness.
She thought she could try Baron Fast's suggestion of reducing the number of employees.
To be honest, although many of Baron Fast's proposals are quite radical, they are very much in line with Keira's taste.
If it weren't for the fact that the other person was a man, and a very restless man, Keira would even want to keep him close by.
Unfortunately, Baron Fast said too much.
If he was prepared to accept the baron's advice, then of course Lorne Fast, the biggest insider, would always keep his secret buried underground.
Thinking of Baron Fast, Keira naturally remembered her niece.
It just so happened that Athena had probably gone to Lorne's place, and she felt it was time to inform Fanny.
She has always cultivated Fanny as her successor, and she is still a blood relative.
The person Keira trusts the most in the entire church is probably Fanny
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