The Sunken Palace, the site of the former Constantinople Thieves Guild.
"...So six years ago, it was by hiding in this cistern that the citizens of Constantinople were protected from the murderous hands of the Seljuk pagans, until our great Storm Queen revived Solomon..."
The tour guide led the next group of tourists to board the boat and entered the Sunken Palace. Asik watched from the outside and did not choose to follow.
He began to wonder if he was getting old, because frequently recalling the past and lamenting life was a habit only the elderly had.
However, just standing outside, Asik's mind couldn't help but flash back to the memory of meeting Mia. At that time, she was still a little girl, casually playing with the blade and dealing with the thieves' guild perfunctorily.
With your own problems.
Now she has become her own woman.
Alas, life is unpredictable.
Half an hour later, he took the subway to the mountains inside the city to visit more places he passed through.
Constantinople is modeled after Solomon's city. There are seven hills in the city with dense forests, which are a good place for citizens to escape the heat in summer.
Arriving at a summer resort, Asker walked up to the front desk waiter, knocked on the counter, and asked in a low voice:
"Is there a masquerade party?"
"Dance?" The waiter showed an astonished expression, "We are a leisure resort here, sir. We don't usually hold activities, but the residents may have their own parties, or can I ask for you?"
"No, thank you." Ask laughed, waved and left.
This is the place where they first attended the secret gathering of extraordinary beings. Now it has been washed away by time. The new waiter seems to have no idea about the secret gathering.
After leaving the villa and walking in the mountains for half an hour, Aske came to a river.
Ten years ago, I picked up Mier here...
Now I think about it, I originally took her in with the intention of recruiting snipers. However, starting from the rules, her fighting style gradually shifted towards summoning, assisting and prophecy. She is indeed a transcendent of the destiny system, and even her own destiny is also
So weird and hard to tell.
But the half-elf girl at that time, sitting covered in blood by the river, her weak, desperate and helpless look, and her unhesitating action of swallowing the gun after being defeated by him, are still in Asik's mind.
new.
You have grown up healthily, Mi'er.
very nice.
After another half an hour, Aske left the mountainous area and came to a nearby bar.
After taking Mi'er in, everyone found the uncle who persecuted her here, and Sidrifa personally helped her get revenge. Speaking of which, the girl was actually very reckless from the beginning, and she didn't expect that she has now become the king of a country.
Yes, terrible, terrible.
By the way, it seems that it was also here that I met Theodora for the first time.
"Why don't you go in and have a drink?" Theodora's smiling voice sounded from behind.
"Hey, you are here like this?" Ask turned around and looked at the beauty who had grown into a grown-up girl in front of him, a little surprised.
"It's too boring to deal with political affairs. Come out for a walk." Theodora looked at the door of the tavern, "I remember it was here that I met you for the first time, right?"
"Yes." Ask also sighed, "Ten years."
Ten years.
"Let's have a drink," he said.
………………
If Askew remembers correctly, Theodora, who joined the team ten years ago, should be around 17 years old.
In other words, Theodora is now 27 years old, but due to the extended life span of demigods, she still looks as young and beautiful as a 20-year-old girl.
The bartender standing behind the bar counter was an old Seljuk man, wearing a gray floral hat, with gray beard and drooping eyebrows, feebly pouring drinks for the guests.
In the teachings of the Seljuk Empire, drinking alcohol is not allowed, so the old man is most likely a Christian. Despite this, there are still drinkers who use foul language to insult him for fun.
Theodora found a seat and sat down with some annoyance, staring at the drunkards who were using foul language. Although she could not see these people bullying an old foreign man, the imperial law did not prohibit insults, so she did not say anything to stop them for a while.
Ask saw her eyebrows furrowed, so he smiled, picked up a glass with his backhand and threw it over, breaking it into pieces under the feet of the drinkers.
"Stop making noise, idiots!" he shouted angrily, "the bar is not a place for you to talk nonsense!"
Most of the drinkers immediately fell silent, obviously frightened by his sudden violent behavior. Only a few stubborn ones seemed a little unhappy, so they pushed away their chairs and stood up:
"What the hell..."
Before they finished speaking, they were overturned by the sudden inversion of gravity and hit the ceiling heavily.
"Borrow your ability." Asik said to Theodora with a smile without looking at these unlucky provocateurs.
"In Constantinople, it is illegal to use extraordinary powers privately." Theodora responded with a smile.
"Then will I be arrested?" Ask pretended to be afraid.
"Yes, I will arrest you later." Theodora joked.
"I know your queen." Ask said seriously, "I ask for extrajudicial immunity."
"The Queen says she doesn't know you." Theodora smiled and played with the wine glass, "Unless you agree to be her co-emperor."
"Why are you so persistent with me?" Asked.
"You're asking a bit arrogantly, Captain." Theodora was a little disappointed, "Aside from liking me, what else could I do?"
"But..." Asik pondered, "I am a disdainful person."
"The leader is surprisingly self-aware." Theodora raised her eyebrows, "However, my liking for you has nothing to do with whether you are a disdainful person or not."
"Is that related to the interests of the empire?" Asked.
"It has to do with my own views on mate selection." Theodora replied, "If I don't like it, it will be useless even if I trade the entire empire for it."
The waiter had already arrived with wine. Theodora picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and said with a smile:
"It's a pity that I have fallen in love with a disdainful person. What can I do?"
"Speaking of which, I'm a little strange." Unable to withstand her direct confession, Asker could only change the subject, "You are not wearing a mask. Can't the citizens of Constantinople around you recognize you?"
"I'm wearing this." Theodora pointed to the diamond ring on the index finger of her left hand. "It has been cast with a constant mental blind spot spell, which is equivalent to the level of Mind II. It can make extraordinary people who are not enough level automatically ignore my face.
, even existence itself.”
"Is it so convenient?" Ask was surprised.
Props with extraordinary properties are usually larger and more common. Props like rings and necklaces are considered super rare and precious props... Wear ten or eight of them on your hands, and don't approach strangers.
Just die.
However, the Eastern Solomon Empire is a well-known producer of extraordinary props after all. In addition, the queen's grandfather also used the wizard's stone as medicine back then, so it makes sense if you think about it carefully.
More wine was brought by the waiter, and Theodora gracefully opened the bottle cap and filled their glasses with fragrant liquid.
"It's rare for us to drink together, so why don't we use our extraordinary physique to resist alcohol, leader?" she asked with a smile.
These words sounded a bit familiar... By the way, Nora said the same thing at the time. As a result, she got extremely drunk and relied on herself. So the Queen also planned to use her drunkenness to break through.
The distance between each other?
Asker was thinking this and said to himself that if Theodora was also drunk, he would call the palace guards to drive and pick her up.
Perfect plan.
An hour later, he was holding his head in a drunken state, feeling a little unable to hold on.
Theodora was still sitting opposite him, with a smile as beautiful and charming as a flower. The soul diamond ring on her left hand was shining brightly, and on the white wrist of her right hand, she wore a small and exquisite bracelet with a scarlet color that was close to flesh and blood.