Eagle Byzantium

At this time, on the little shoulder carriage behind him, Anna opened the curtain and said timidly, "Big barbarian, don't be angry. I was the one who said it before in order to stop the capture officer and complete your strategy. It was an expedient measure. You don’t have to take it seriously…”

"No, of course I will complete the wedding ceremony with you after I capture the city of Nicaea. This is a solemn promise, isn't it?" Gawain, who was riding on horseback, looked at the various fires in the camp in the distance and knew where the Franks were stationed. We are about to arrive.

"However, from the moment I escaped from the palace, I am no longer the purple princess of the empire. If you really marry me, not only may I not be able to bring you any help, but you may also attract unnecessary troubles and attacks. ”

"Anna..." Gawain turned his back to her, interrupted her words, and then said thoughtfully, "Actually, I told you before, never worry about the identity of Komnenos' daughter again. The tragedy is that Dido still has this surname. She was harmed by me, and I feel sorry for her. "

"The reason Dido is not me, the reason why I am not Dido, is because I was able to abandon the crown, the ring, and all the glory of the Komnenos royal family in the harsh winter, in the grand wedding ceremony appointed by my father, Wearing just a dress, I climbed over a cliff that was 2,500 feet long. Gawain, this is my courage and determination, but Dido doesn't have it, so I don't need to be responsible for Dido's fate. I should think. It's open." Anna sat upright and after speaking seriously, she lowered the curtain and said no more.

"Yes, you will become the empress of Rome." Gawain couldn't find the words to answer, so he could only reply like this.

"This sentence, this promise we made in front of the Capital Arena, I never regarded it as a joke. And Gawain, I believe it is not empty words to you, you are not this kind of person."

"Yes... you must trust me from now on." Then, in the night, in front of the Frank House at the intersection, several knights surrounded Mrs. Gothschild, who was wearing an embroidered brocade robe, and walked out, "Gao Text. According to what Count Warner said beforehand. , I'm waiting for you here." Gottschild smiled and clapped her hands, and several servants put fine white bread, caviar, Provence bacon cubes and other food into baskets and placed them on the luggage behind the carriage. Between the partitions, "How about it. Are you hungry?"

With a crash, the curtain of the carriage was pulled open by Anna again. She stared with deer-like eyes and looked at Gothild, who was standing next to the barbarian. What kind of beautiful woman was she who had such a close relationship with Gawain?

Then, a lacquered box was placed in front of the tip of her little nose. With Gothichilde's gentle smile, "Inside is the fine henna from Covadore, and there is also a small mirror. I hope you like it - how about it. Can you take the opportunity to talk to Gawain?"

"Thank you." Anna accepted the box, then watched Gottschild, who continued to smile at her, and Gawain walked to a mulberry tree about thirty feet away.

"I'm not hungry, I'm just frightened." Gawain said, looking at the man over there. In the New Year, the thick leaves of the mulberry tree make a sound like the ocean tide in the wind, which can probably represent Gawain's mood at this moment.

"Calm down Gawain. I should have roughly understood the current situation. You were actually forced into the corner by the counterattack." Gothilde raised her palms and said in relief. "Any man, including Baldwin Eustace, will be like this. You are by no means alone. In fact, what you are afraid of is not the sacred marriage contract itself. This girl is very smart, noble and charming. You like it." Hers, isn’t it?”

Gawain turned sideways and put his hand on the tree trunk, "I must have been bewitched by the devil. From the first time Anna saw me, I think this attraction exists in each other."

"I don't quite understand what you meant by the first half of the sentence."

"She's only fourteen."

"Oh my god, I don't know that this is actually a problem." Gotheschild was puzzled, "But this irrelevant branch does not need to continue in the conversation, and Gawain, don't think about or involve other women now. ——What a man is afraid of is not the sacred marriage contract itself. What he is afraid of is the other party of the marriage contract, that is, the woman. What he is afraid of is this A sweet and lovely enemy will put you at a disadvantage in the long battle that follows." Then Gothilde smiled meaningfully and pointed at Sabina, who was eating grass with her head down and wagging her tail. "Who. Who is the knight, who is the horse, who is the master and who is the servant, this is the war between men and women. You are afraid of this little girl, she is too smart. "

Hearing the words of Baldwin's wife, Gawain raised his head and then lowered his head. He had to admit that Gottschild's analysis was correct. If he were in that world, he would definitely recommend this woman to engage in the top psychology field. Analyst Career.

"Then let's continue this war, Gawain, don't you like adventurous and challenging undertakings the most? Fight for the real power with this cute little girl, play the game of 'knight and horse rotation', and compete with each other in a battle of wits Courage. What she lacks compared to you is her experience. It's too shallow, and some experiences cannot be gained without lessons." Then, Gotshilde raised her face and faced the slightly softened night wind, "You will never tire of this kind of war, one round after another. Then maybe the end of life will come to you unknowingly. "

"Thank you, I feel like I have some appetite now." Gawain then wiped his nose, expressed his gratitude, and walked in the direction of his father.

"Those bacon bits are delicious - don't lose, Gawain, the prodigal son." Gottschild pointed at his back and said with a smile.

Then, the Frankish knights accompanying Goteshild, including Werner on the horse, all booed and laughed maliciously. Gotshild saw that Gawain walked directly to the shoulder carriage and brutally opened the carriage inside. Anna picked her up, put her on her shoulders amidst the other's exclamations, and then threw her on Sabina's back. She jumped on it and ran away quickly.

"What have I done..." Gottschild shrugged, then sighed softly, and walked towards the camp. Several knights followed her obediently.

"Let's go too." Muzafi'adin and Andodat raised their hands and said to the other stunned military servants and guards.

Sabina was galloping on the shores of Lake Nicaea under the moonlight. Anna leaned on the horse and kept patting the hilt of Gawain's sword on his belt, asking him to put her down, but Gawain ignored him at all. , a few of them were in charge of secret sentries in the grass. The soldiers of the Dalian company had just raised their bows and spears when they saw the iconic mount and sword of their grand duke, as well as the girl's voice. They consciously moved away and stood within half a mile. Assumed the duty of vigilance.

"The Grand Duke is discussing the secret strategy of attacking the city." When Giovanni came with the patrol team, the soldier pointed to the lake under the moonlight and said so.

"Well, then I'm going to patrol over there. Be careful of the spies of the Konya Turks." The upright Giovanni believed it, so he led several soldiers with spears and bows and arrows around him towards the new gate of the city of Nicaea. Go in the direction.

"Don't worry, even half a spy can't be let go." The soldier raised his arm and replied seriously.

On the sandy high ground next to the lakeside, in front of an albizia tree that had just sprouted buds, Gawain pressed the bridle, jumped off the horse, then led Sabina and tied up the docile mare. , then he turned around, hugged Anna horizontally, who did not speak or run away, and placed her on the grass.

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Anna quickly took two steps back, with a sharp sound - she smoothly pulled out the phosphorus sword from the iron ring on Gawain's belt, and then her delicate hands trembled from the exertion, and she held it like this He held his sword, arched his back, and raised his shoulders, like a deer about to be hunted. He faced Gawain and leaned against the slender tree trunk. "You are too barbaric. Roman nobles do not have such a way."

"Didn't you say that I had pierced your private part a long time ago?" Gawain raised his hands, his tall figure holding the moonlight behind his back, slowly approaching Anna, "But I think this is just a lie."

"Nonsense, nonsense..." Anna's sword blade was trembling, and her originally sweet and hoarse voice also changed. "Did that barbarian woman just say something to you?"

"Yeah." Gawain lowered his head, and then he pulled out the Turkic scimitar on his shoulder strap with the light of carbide, suppressed Anna's sword blade, and then beat it around. With a crisp sound, the phosphorus fire sword fell from Anna's hand. , fell to the ground upside down, the hilt and blade of the sword were still shaking slightly, "There is no Roman way here, let me try the Varyag barbarian way." After saying that, Gawain also threw down the scimitar. ,Understood Destined Anna closed her eyes and opened her hands nervously, scratching the bark of the tree with her fingers. The gentle moonlight fell on her fair face, like salt sprinkled in the snow. Gawain held her in his arms. With his cheek, he gently stroked her forehead hair, then leaned forward and kissed her, first her shiny forehead, then her fluttering eyelashes, then her delicate nose bridge, and finally touching her soft little mouth.

Anna's lips were wrapped so skillfully by the other party that she felt as if her heart was being sucked out. She could only make a coquettish sound passively, and moved her fingers away from the tree trunk, first opening them, then clenching them, and finally He could only stand on tiptoes, open his arms with all his strength, and squeeze Gawain's arm. It was like a boat in the storm that had found a port and could no longer let go.

I don’t know how much time passed before the cruel Gawain finally relaxed. Anna gasped and half-opened her eyes, looking up at Gawain wetly under the moonlight, "It's just a Varyag barbarian way, but this... ....Um..." Before she could finish speaking, Gawain attacked her roughly again, blocking her voice. This time the big barbarian's shoulders and chest pressed against his own, squeezing her against the tree trunk, and gently biting her lips. Anna's breathing was unstable and rapid, and she could only passively lean her neck and cheek against it. He reached the opponent's extended hand, and then moved his hands to rest on Manzi's shoulders, because the opponent's back was too wide to reach him.

"It's finished Anna, stop thinking...let everything fall." (To be continued ~^~)