With all the respect he held towards the young girl (read: not really that much), he did not say anything when she started seaking again, but then he sighed loudly.
Why of course! Woman! Girls knew nothing about the strategies, the reason of domination and the wish of becoming the one and true successful leader of his country.
He did not know much about China and it's history to be honest, but this little fairy tale insured that he would not even want to know. This would be more fascinating if he'd be a girl. Then, maybe, he'd share her opinion that a woman was a true reason. Well, perhaps it was this time, but he still did not see Her to be a reason of this bloodshed.
“We were talking about the two greatest wars during the 20th century,“ He reminded her, pursing his lips after that. As a Ravenclaw, she should know that skipping and moving from one subject to another was not a good thing. Not acceptable even! He smiled as he figured that it was his turn to say something.
“First of all, before I start, I am not racist nor have I anything against our neighbours. So, here are few reasons why the first world war started. You can also read that from your book. First of all there was militarism. Countries started making new weapons and by the year of 1914, countries were eager to go to war, believing that it would change their views and make world a better place. Again, there is no place for a woman. No romantic tales about a man falling in love with a woman from another country and one of them ends up betraying their alliances. Nope.
Then there was nationalism. Each country wanted to prove their power and did all things necessary to make their country seen, respected and feared.
And, finally, though I doubt that this was the real reason, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Sarajevo. That's in Bosnia, by the way. I really think that usually that would just lead to some political affairs, but not war, but since Germany wanted to prove that they were as powerful as they told they were, they declared a war on Serbia who was supported by Russia. The latter had to surrender in 1917 because of their home policy and crisis. Their czar was executed along with his whole family in the cellar.“
While he spoke, he had been looking out of the window, eyes narrowed. But when he finished, Darius smiled and looked towards the girl. “You want me to introduce you to the second world war as well?“ He questioned.