The pirates' celebration dinner is over. The city of Azov became quiet again and returned to what it should be like at night.
There was a lonely sound of horse hooves and rolling wheels on the dark path. The driver is Dust. The carriage was covered with thatch, and Anna lay on the thatch, gently reciting the poem in her memory:
"The fire of honor triumphed over the coldness of the elves."
"The spear of valor pierced the giant's heart."
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"But my knight...even the touching feat of decapitating himself was fake! Fortunately, I was still a little moved at the time!"
"Actually, it's a lie that I learned swordsmanship from the Sword Master of Antilia." Dast took over from the front, "Anyway, no matter what you say, as long as you add that it was said by the Sword Master, it will be inexplicably convincing. Strength. Otherwise, Rurik would not let us go like this and prepare such a carriage for us."
Anna sat up and shouted angrily: "Shut up! I already want to deprive you of your knighthood, you know!"
"If you take it away, take it away." Dast shrugged, "Anyway, I don't think I'm suitable to be a knight."
"...Forget it, I have to thank you this time."
Anna lay down on the haystack again.
"Okay, princess, don't be angry, otherwise it will affect the recovery of the wound. The city of Azov has been lost, where is our next destination? Is it to Corsica in the Republic of Liguria? Or directly to the island republic?"
"Where to go..."
Anna was looking for something aimlessly in the vast starry sky.
Suddenly, she asked: "Dast, I'm not qualified to be a princess, am I?"
"Are you finally aware of yourself??? Then you have to ask, how can any princess run around like you, and even go abroad to work as a mercenary? From an etiquette point of view, you don't look like a princess at all. It’s like a…”
"I shouldn't have run away from Constantiniya, should I?"
Anna's voice was trembling.
Sensing something was wrong with Anna's voice, Dust swallowed the rest of the words. After a moment of silence, he sighed and said:
"Princess, why do you ask me such a question? I am just a liar who travels around the world."
"Yes, I know." Anna's voice was so low that it was almost inaudible, "And he is a good-for-nothing liar who can do tricks in a knight's duel to save his reputation."
"Then do you know how many lords have been deceived by me?"
"Probably...it's just me."
"No, a full 80% - nearly 80% of the lords will be deceived by my fabricated travel notes and believe what I have seen in the 'foreign land'."
"So many?"
"Of course, do you know why?"
"...Because no one has much chance to travel far away."
"Yes, for most lords, they will not have the opportunity to go abroad several times in their lifetime. The higher the status, the more so. They are like frogs who are satisfied with a small well, no matter what I put outside They can listen to it with gusto no matter how outrageous the world is described.”
It was quiet. An unknown bird call came from afar, very softly.
"So, princess, I don't think there's anything wrong with you running away from Constantiniya. Maybe there are many things you can't tell me, and there are many things you need to consider slowly. But if you want to see the world... …I will keep you safe no matter where you go.”
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Amy placed a bowl of fish soup in front of Ella. Ella is not good at drinking, but she can't stand the hospitality of the pirates tonight.
The most diligent person in persuading him with wine was Hezekiah. He joined the coalition this time because of the mysterious archer who killed several Khans, but he had never heard of the fact that the archer was a woman. While Ella was arresting Anna all over the city, he was interrogating Jiang Jun. Although he failed to find the mysterious archer named Dast in the end, now that the city of Azov has been captured, he has achieved his goal. When he unifies the various tribes of the Khazar Khanate, he will be able to do more The name is justified.
And although Hezekiah's military losses were not much in this operation, his share of the battle was not less at all. When he is happy, he drinks bowl after bowl. Not only did he drink it himself, but he also poured bowl after bowl of it into Ella, making Ella smell of alcohol.
Amy wanted to use this bowl of fish soup to sober up Ella.
However, Ella did not drink Amy's fish soup. Jian Amy came over, she rolled her eyes and said inarticulately: "Ai... Amy, go... ask Rurik to pay attention, don't really kill Anna... to death."
Amy whispered: "Your Majesty, there was news from the city gate just now that Her Royal Highness Anna has left the city in a carriage, and Rurik let her go."
"That's it, Rurik has also let go...wait a minute, leave...leave?" Ella stood up from the bed unsteadily, "How can she leave that rebel? Hurry...hurry her Catch her and I will kill...kill her!"
But after taking a few steps, Ella's body leaned forward and almost fell. Thanks to Amy being beside her, even holding her.
Leaning on Amy's shoulder, Ella sobbed softly: "Amy... I really... don't know what to do. "
"Your Majesty, you don't have to think about these things now. Anna is Rurik's prisoner. No matter what she does, it is Rurik's business and has nothing to do with you."
"It's like this this time, but what about in the future? Amy, are Anna's family all rebels? According to the laws of the Qiqiu Empire, at least one must be blinded... My father and mother are no longer here, and I clearly treat my uncle and the others As the closest person. I left everything to him with confidence. He felt that I was not qualified to be Baselisa and wanted me to give up the throne. It was not that I couldn’t agree. But why...why did he just want to Are you going to put me to death?"
Amy said not a word. She knew that the person crying to her now was not her Majesty, but just a little girl from two years ago. When the sun rises tomorrow, Ella will have her answer herself.
"Speaking of which...didn't His Majesty go to persuade Andrea this morning? Where is the person?"
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Andrea opened her eyes tiredly. His hands and feet were numb from the rope binding, and his neck was sore. His stomach was empty and whined loudly, reminding him to eat.
He had been tied to a chair by Ella all day. Before Ella went out, she clamored to ask Amy to use Aphrodite's protection on him, and then... she forgot to come back.
The big chicken drumstick that Ella had used to seduce Andrea in the morning was placed on the table in front of Andrea. It looks more and more delicious as time goes by.
"You actually want to use this method to force me to defect... Even if I starve to death, die on a bench covered with flies and maggots, I will not help that sinister woman!"
Andrea, who had been left alone all day, angrily cursed Ella a thousand times like this.
