[ He resists the urge to say "no, a story book". Truly, French history isn't his forte, so maybe these people really did all exist in the past. The war, too, isn't one he knows of, and so he can only listen and nod a bit, although at the end he can't help but grimace some. ]

I am sorry, but you must be the only person in the world who wants to be at a war.

[ Though maybe a fight you choose is different from a fight you're forced into. Or... Frenchie here is just really weird. Possibly both. ]

Though if it happened on this Earth as it did on yours, why not look up the outcome?