Seeing Ella, Alfred was stunned for a moment, and then quickly reacted.
"I wonder day and night what kind of slender hands are capable of writing such beautiful handwriting as butterflies. I am so lucky to be able to see the beauty of a purple-robed nobleman in this remote North Sea."
Ella could hear this kind of social rhetoric every day during the day and night when she was in the Seven Hills Empire. She had already learned to smile appropriately and respond politely and formally when she was eight years old. But for some reason, she now felt very harsh when hearing such words.
"You are the King of England, right? There must be many girls and ladies who fall in love with your crown and your words."
Ella forced a smile on her face, but the smile was so stiff that others could see her unhappiness at a glance.
"How could it be so? I traveled across the battlefield and won many trivial victories, but the cruel battlefield drained my vocabulary and made it extremely cold and hard. Those delicate ladies heard my poor vocabulary , I can’t help but frown and leave. It’s just that today my words are nourished by your nobility, beauty and wisdom, and they will appear so beautiful. Or maybe you and I have a clear understanding. We are both winners on the battlefield. Look at your victory today! Purple-robed noble, your body is so petite, but your achievements on the battlefield have surpassed me and all the generals under my command. If you were my subject , I will not hesitate to let you command my three armies."
After listening to the first half of the words, Ella's body shuddered. When she heard "petite", the crowbar in Ella's hand made a small hole in the boat with a click. When Alfred mentioned the last sentence, Ella finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked:
"Alfred - you want me to command the three armies? Is this the social rhetoric you should say to a lady?"
"No, how can this be social rhetoric? Miss, you really shocked me by defeating Halfdan today. I admire your talent, and if you are willing to step on my ship now, I will definitely honor my promise."
Ella took a deep breath: "Alfred, listen, if it were me, facing the general who made my 'contribution' today, I would only let him be a lieutenant at most."
"Lieutenant general? That would be too humiliating. You can obviously win the war at an extreme disadvantage..."
"That's the biggest problem!"
Ella interrupted Alfred forcefully.
"Since the beginning of the fight against Sigurd, I have asked myself more than once, what if Sigurd had not been introduced to Siful? What if Sigurd abandoned the besieged Lollan and landed directly in Zealand? What if Sigurd had not been introduced to Siful? What if Gede discovers the trap I set in Lorain? What if Halfdan doesn't pursue me? What if Halfdan discovers my ambush? What if Halfdan's morale is high and he breaks through directly from the front? My troops, what should I do? What should I do? What should I do? What should I do? The answer is there is no way! As long as the above situation occurs once, I will not be able to stand in front of you properly now! "
"I can win once, I can win twice, but who can guarantee that I will always win? If I only command a small army, I will suffer the most if I lose, but if I command a whole country's troops, the bet will be If we lose, what will happen to the country? Let a commander like this command the three armies? Alfred, have you understood the situation?"
"You said that you have been achieving trivial victories without any great achievements. But this is the real candidate for a general, isn't it? Generals who can continuously achieve trivial victories are what a country needs most! Alfred, if you are willing to step on my ship today, I am willing to let you command the three armies for me in the future."
Alfred was stunned for a moment, then laughed. Like a pure white angel.
"I see, I've learned a lesson. Zipao, when I received your letter declaring war, I was quite frightened. Fortunately, I relied on my enthusiasm to penetrate the hypocritical words on the surface and touch the truth. Your sincerity - Halfdan has been defeated by our coalition forces. I wonder if you are satisfied with this result?"
Coalition forces? How dare you say it. Ella thought dissatisfiedly in her heart. If it was Ella who failed today, would Alfred come to help? Ten thousand percent will not happen. He would only sit back and watch the tiger fight, using Ella as a consumable that consumes Halfdan's strength.
But then again, without his fleet, Ayla would indeed not be able to defeat Halfdan in one fell swoop. So even though she was dissatisfied, Ella could only scold Alfred secretly in her heart.
"Since you know the meaning of my letter, we shouldn't be hostile now, right?"
"Of course, just like the old saying of your Qiqiu Empire - after the war, make allies. My heart is eagerly looking forward to establishing an alliance with the nobles in purple robes - not Xilan, but you in purple robes. A treaty of alliance. As long as you can give me a gift, miss."
"Gift?"
Alfred knelt down on one knee in front of Ella: "Purple Robe, I wonder if you would like to give me a piece of personal clothing to decorate my lance or medal to make them more eye-catching?"
Ella frowned slightly: "Is this some kind of custom among you Anglo-Saxons?"
"Exactly, in our country, knights are proud to decorate their weapons with clothes given by noble women. But as a king, it is difficult for me to find anyone more noble than me - except for you, the noble in purple robes. "
The England ruled by Alfred was originally just a province under the Empire of the Seven Hills. But that was hundreds of years ago, and today there is no superior-subordinate relationship between England and the Seven Hills Empire. What Alfred said was beyond everyone's expectations.
Ella frowned in thought.
“Fus Ro Dah (Fus Ro Dah).”
The sudden roar from Ain Gale's mouth turned the boat Ella was sitting on upside down. Alfred was startled and hurriedly asked someone to rescue Ella who fell into the water.
"Aingale! What are you doing!" Alfred asked.
"I just sneezed accidentally." Aingale replied calmly.
By the time they rescued Ella, her clothes were all wet. The purple-robed man bared his teeth and shouted angrily: "Alfred! Do you want to take a piece of clothing while I am changing clothes? You are so unscrupulous! Let me tell you, all my clothes are brought from the Qiqiu Empire. , only these. I will not give these clothes to you! Not even a sock - sneeze!"
"Aingale, use magic to dry the purple robe quickly!"
"Easy, Yol Toor Sh... O king, please don't stand in my way."
Alfred, who stood between Ayn Gale and Ella at that moment, twitched the corners of his mouth slightly: "Ayn Gale, you just wanted to use the flame on Zipao that can roast a cow in an instant. Breath'?"
"I just followed the king's command to dry the purple robe."
"Aingale, if you keep doing this, I will pierce your black robe with the sword in the lake..."
Alfred's sentence, which didn't sound threatening, actually had an effect on Aingale. He yelled "YOl" softly, and a burst of heat instantly dried the clothes of Ella and her entourage.
"Zipao, I apologize to you for the rude behavior of my subordinates just now."
Alfred knelt down again as before and said: "Why are you obsessed with the Seven Hills Empire, which is thousands of miles away? Halfdan has been defeated by me, and the whole of Britain is about to be unified under my command. Purple Robe Ah, I think you will like this new great empire."
Ella was still angry and asked directly:
"The whole of Britain? Great? Alfred, do you know the territory of the Seven Hills Empire during its heyday in history?"
Ella's words shook Alfred's body.
He began to look at Ella carefully again: What kind of woman is this? Wearing a purple robe and living in the North Sea, he did not feel ecstatic about the ice, snow and sea. The ambition revealed in her words was just like his own before becoming the king - no, it was far greater than his ambition.
Does she want to restore the territory where the Qiqiu Empire was at its peak?
Alfred smiled awkwardly and stood up.
"In that case, I want another gift."
"What else do you want?"
"I want a document—a document written by your own hand. I want you to acknowledge me as the rightful King of England on the document."
"You are now the king of England, right? Why do you want me to recognize it? What's the use?"
"Under the current circumstances, it's really of no use."
Alfred glanced at the Sealand fleet behind Ella. It was very small. It was hard to imagine that Ella relied on such a fleet to repel Halfdan.
——"But who knows what will happen in the future? Right?"
Ella calmed down. She thought for a while: it would be harmless to form an alliance with Alfred in this situation.
"Since we are allies, I can't just provide gifts."
"It makes sense. Zipao, is there anything you want from me?"
"I want you to make a choice."
"choose?"
"The choice is to return to Britain immediately, let your navy abandon the powerful warships, pick up ordinary weapons, and serve as an insignificant force to support the war on British land. Or continue to be a navy and help me in Sri Lanka. Scandinavia attacks Ragnar to completely remove the pirate threat here from the British border?"
"Does this count as a choice?"
Alfred smiled and stood up.
"What you said has already helped me make a choice, hasn't it?"
