The pirates' celebration dinner was over. The city of Azov became quiet again and returned to what it should be like at night.
A lonely sound of hoofbeats and rolling wheels came from the dark path. The driver was Dast. The carriage was covered with thatch. Anna lay on the thatch and softly recited 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 his own arm 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 the Sword Master said it, it will be inexplicably convincing.
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 still 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?"
"Have you finally realized something? 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, Dast swallowed the rest of the words. After a while 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 useless liar who knows how to use 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 the travel notes I made up and believe what I have seen and heard 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 do outside.
No matter how outrageous the world is described, they can listen to it with gusto."
The surroundings were very quiet. An unknown bird chirped 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 was not good at drinking, but she couldn't stand the hospitality of the pirates tonight.
The person who was most diligent 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 the surrendered army. Although he failed to find the mysterious archer named Dast in the end, since the city of Azov has been captured, he can be considered
After achieving his goal, he will be able to be more justified when he unifies all the tribes of the Khazar Khanate.
And although Hezekiah's military losses in this operation were not much, his share of the share was not less at all. When he was happy, he drank bowl after bowl. Not only did Hezekiah drink it for himself, he also gave bowl after bowl to Ai
Laguan made 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... tell Rurik to pay attention, don't be serious.
Get Anna...killed."
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, she was right beside her and even supported 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 happens in the future? Amy, Anna's family are all rebels, right? According to the laws of the Qiqiu Empire, you have to be blinded at least... 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 didn't say 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 get the 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 his eyes tiredly. His hands and feet were numb from being bound by the rope, 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 brought to persuade Andrea in the morning was placed on the table in front of Andrea. As time went by, it looked more and more delicious.
"You actually want to use this method to force me to defect... Even if I starve to death and my stool is 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.
