Roger touched his chin, he had never thought of merging Sicily, Calabria and Apulia to form a kingdom.

After all, in his memories of his previous life, these places were only part of Italy.

But he did not intend to accept John's title of king.

Unlike Sicily, Calabria and Apulia did not go through the process of being ruled by the Arabs first and then being ruled by the Normans.

Those two places were snatched directly from the Eastern Romans by their uncle, their father's elder brother, William the "Iron Arm" and Erbirdrogor.

The Norman nobles there and the people who were ruled by the Normans had no good impression of the former Eastern Roman Empire.

Those people later followed their uncle Robert Giscar and cousin Bosimund to invade Eastern Roman territory on the opposite side of the Adriatic Sea many times.

Roger thought that if he chose to surrender to John, he would only be given the title of a short-selling king.

The nobles and people of Calabria and Apulia would hate and refuse to accept their rule.

At that time, let alone Apulia who has not yet obtained it, even Calabria, whom he actually controls, will rebel.

The Sicilian Norman nobles who had close ties with the nobles in those two places would be unstable.

He thought, what's the point of paying such a huge price to get the title of a short king?

But John's words made Roger alert to another question, he asked:

"Where did you know my identity?"

John said: "With such a serious bloodshed in Plaza Augustus, if our East Rome spies could not even understand who was present in the square at that time, wouldn't that be a joke?"

Roger said seriously: "You are sloppy with me. I don't think your spies can find my true identity unless they get my man, who is he?"

“This doesn’t matter.”

"This is very important! I don't like someone hiding secrets by my side."

"Just get used to it. I have such people around me. In Rome, there is no secret that can be hidden."

"That's why you're here, and I'm here."

"It seems that the mayor betrayed me."

"Are you so sure? Can't it be that one of your servants is big-mouthed? When the mayor came to me yesterday, he kept saying that he was loyal to you."

John said: "Yesterday he came to report to me and said that Boschmond was frightened and could not afford to go to the banquet. I told him what I wanted to regret.

“He said: ‘If you confess in the royal chapel in the Grand Palace, the people would not know, they would think you are ignored by the poor.’

“He suggested that I come to Sofia Cathedral to confess so that the people will know that I take them to heart, which will help increase my reputation among the civilians.

“I’m sure there was no one else listening at that time.

"And, since you are here now, obviously, what he said to me, that has reached peace with you, is just a lie."

Roger said: "Haha, it seems that the mayor has made a choice and is ready to replace you before you replace him."

"It seems that's true."

"Your mystery has been solved, and mine has not yet, which is unfair. I heard that you are a 'good person', so be fine."

“‘Good guy’ is a nickname given to me by others. They want me to be a good guy, but I don’t object to it.”

Roger widened his eyes and blinked his eyes to John, acting cute.

John seemed to be disgusted.

He said, "Okay, I tell you, it was one of your spies, who took the initiative to surrender to us, and he told you everything."

Roger lowered his face and said, "What is he for?"

"For money, to stay in Constantinople."

John strengthened his tone and continued, “Don’t underestimate the corrosiveness of Constantinople’s hearts.

"In this prosperous city, it is not only your subordinates who have lost themselves. I have seen so many times, which is not uncommon."

Roger thought that if he used money to maintain his loyalty, his most feared thing was to meet opponents who were richer than him.

Fortunately, the spies didn't know that he was going to attack the church.

Otherwise, he would have really fallen into the trap.

He thought that it seems that the army's ideological education should be taken seriously, and the use of secret spies must be taken seriously.

John's words interrupted Roger's thoughts, and he said:

"Now it's your turn to answer me. I'm very confused. What do you want to do?"

Roger said: "Someone wants me to kill you."

John said with certainty: "But you don't want to kill me."

Roger joked: "Are you sure?"

"If you want to kill, you'll have already started. I heard that the Normans never talk nonsense about killing people."

"That might be the case that I am the one who talks a lot of nonsense after drawing out the sword, even my wife can't stand it."

John's cheeks twitched, obviously not knowing how to answer.

Roger himself went on to say, "We Normans don't like being bullied by others. If anyone bullies us, we will take revenge.

“Although I personally think this idea is a bit naive.

"But there is no way, who let me lead such a group of Normans?

"Just like a sheep cannot rule a lion, if I can't act like the bravest lion, I can't make my lion-like subordinates obedient."

John said, "So you are taking revenge on me for the things in Augustus Square? But I..."

Roger interrupted John, saying:

"You're only half right, I came for the Augustus Square incident.

“It is not our Norman character to be bullied and run away without saying a word.

“Even if I risk my life, I have to come to write a sentence 'Roger is here'.

"But since I have come and successfully caught you, of course I have to take the opportunity to calculate the accounts clearly.

"But you don't have to be afraid, I don't plan to take revenge on you.

"I know that thing has nothing to do with you."

John said: "I really didn't know it beforehand, and I still haven't fully understood it."

Roger took out two letters from his arms, all of which were handed to him by the mysterious man before, and he handed them to John.

He said: "Looking at the handwriting on it, maybe you can understand who is behind the scenes."

"She thought I was too simple and thought I would be at her mercy."

John opened the letter and looked at it for a while, and he said, "I have never seen this handwriting before."

Roger was stunned and said, "Isn't this your own sister, Anna Komunina's handwriting? Of course, it may also be her clerk..."

"No, none, certainly not."

Roger was a little stupid.

He thought, was he wronged? Anna was wronged.
Chapter completed!