The lightning fell one after another not far away from Anna, and the ensuing roars, flashes and explosions deprived everyone around them of their vision and hearing. After a long time, the "buzzing" in the ears began to weaken, and the world returned to its original color from the pale.
What appeared in front of everyone was Rurik, wrapped in bandages. He locked Ana's hands and pressed her to the ground with half his body weight. Anna struggled desperately, but her brute strength could not overcome Rurik.
"Rurik?" Amy asked softly, "What are you doing here?"
"I'm tired of watching you guys playing house over there." Rurik spat into the ground, "As you can see, I was the one who caught her first. She is now my prisoner of war, and she should be I'll handle it."
While Rurik was speaking, Anna pushed her shoulders back hard. This didn't help her escape Rurik's grasp, but it hit Rurik's wound. Rurik screamed in pain, and after taking a few deep breaths, with red eyes, he picked up Anna's arm and threw her out of his head!
Ana was slapped to the ground so hard that she immediately stopped struggling. She coughed painfully on the ground, and blood flowed from her forehead, nose and mouth.
Amy took a breath: "Wait a moment, I'll go talk to His Majesty."
She turned Fenrir around, looked back at Anna with a complicated expression, and then hurriedly ran in the direction of Ella.
Not long after, Ella rushed over surrounded by a group of lords. Seeing Anna who was unconscious, Ella turned to Rurik expressionlessly and asked: "Rurik, what do you mean?"
"King of Sweden, we are allies. Hezekiah and I also contributed to the attack on Azov City. Now when the spoils are distributed, of course it should be my share."
Rurik pulled Anna's collar and lifted her into the air. Anna was motionless, like a breathless rabbit.
"This is the prize I claim. I captured her, and she is mine."
"What do you want her to do?"
Rurik shrugged: "Although I know, let's go back first and see if we can rescue her. If she can't be rescued, just throw her into the river. If she is rescued, we can keep her and marry her when she becomes an adult. That's fine."
Ella's eyes began to wander between Anna and Rurik.
"Don't waste time over there." Rurik shouted, "If you don't speak, this little girl won't even need to see a doctor!"
"I understand - I will leave my sister to you." Ella waved her hand and signaled her men to leave.
"Are you still conscious?" Rurik grabbed Anna and shook her a few times, shaking her out of unconsciousness. "I think your injuries are much less severe than the injuries you gave me! Grit your teeth, I’ll take you to the doctor!”
"Well, Rurik..." Ella suddenly turned around and nodded slightly to Rurik: "...thank you"
Amy also turned around after Ella and bowed lightly towards Rurik.
Rurik shook his head and strode towards his room with Anna in his arms.
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When Anna woke up, the first thing she saw was Rurik's rough face that once disgusted her.
"woke up?"
Anna nodded bewilderedly.
"Get out of bed when you wake up!"
Rurik grabbed Anna's arm and threw her off the bed. This rough move affected the wounds on Anna's body. Anna's eyes turned white and she almost fainted from the pain again.
Rurik ignored Anna completely, sat down on the bed, and then stretched his dirty feet in front of Anna's nose: "Take off my boots."
"I'm the princess of the Qiqiu Empire!" Anna slapped Rurik's feet away angrily, "Even if I die, I won't help you do such a thing!"
"The princess of the Seven Hills Empire?" Rurik snorted from his nose, looking extremely disdainful. "Why did the princess come to Azov City and become our prisoner?"
"I am the princess of the Seven Hills Empire! I came to Azov City secretly!"
"Come to Azov City to be a prisoner of war? Are you full?"
"If my father hadn't wanted to marry me to the son of the Island Republic, who would have come to this ghost place where wars are always going on!"
"Princess of the Seven Hills Empire? Marrying the son of the Island Republic? Is your father a fool?"
"It's not because we owe the island republic a lot of money! My father wants to use me in exchange for permission to postpone the repayment..."
"So, you just ran out secretly?"
"Um……"
Rurik put down his legs and sat up straight.
"What will happen if Qiqiu Empire doesn't pay back the money?"
"It will turn into a war... Although the island republic does not have the ability to attack our inland, we will encounter great pressure on the sea. My father and the generals discussed it many times, and the final conclusion is that our coastline will be blocked. The maritime trade of the Seven Hills Empire will be greatly affected by this, further impacting the economy..."
"Then what's your plan for escaping this time?"
"...want to assassinate the Governor of the Island Republic and his son."
"Will this stop the war?"
"..."
Seeing Anna's silence, Rurik suddenly flew up and kicked Anna backwards several times. His angry voice roared in the room like thunder: "Just like that, you still have the nerve to call yourself the princess of the Qiqiu Empire?"
"Why don't I dare?" Anna huddled in the corner and pouted, like an angry kitten. "I don't want to marry someone I don't like. Is it wrong?"
"If you voluntarily give up your princess status for this, then I will respect you three points."
Rurik strode forward, grabbed Anna's collar and pulled her up.
"You chose to escape and put the Qiqiu Empire in danger of war, but you kept claiming that you were a princess and wanted to continue to enjoy the treatment of a princess? How can there be such a good thing in this world?"
Anna's body trembled. After a while, she shouted like crazy: "Of course I am a princess! I have been a princess since I was born. My blood determines that I am a princess! What does this have to do with what I have done?"
"Come here!"
Rurik kicked open the door to the balcony and pushed Anna onto the balcony. Below the balcony, Ella was walking through the street surrounded by pirates - tonight, they had a celebratory dinner to celebrate their victory.
"Look, this is the Swedish King of the Pirate Kingdom. Some say she is the royal family of the Seven Hills Empire, while others think it is just a rumor, but the answer to this question is not important at all. You can go down and point at her. Call her a whore's daughter a thousand times and see if her prestige will be damaged - I can tell you in advance, no. Even if there is ironclad evidence that she was originally just a slave, then let the whole Swedish people If we hold a referendum on whether to banish her, she will still be the Swedish King of the Pirate Kingdom - because she is not a king by blood at all! That is the real king, and you are just an ordinary woman."
