Watch your wording, little girl! You are now facing His Majesty John Valleologo, the co-emperor of the Empire. This is the royal cabinet venue, not the dung-stained and foul-smelling village market you're familiar with! Any disrespectful behavior is likely to anger any of the nobles present! Jeffrey tapped his cane, "You should now repent and apologize with the utmost sincerity!" ”

"There's no need, Jeffrey." John's eyes changed slightly, "I think our army, the plundering of innocent civilians and the atrocities committed against civilians should be recorded word by word in the war report, and should not be lost, right, Your Excellency Giovanni?" ”

"You're wise, my majesty, but the Phoenix Legion wouldn't do anything like that." Giovanni owed, "Your Majesty, our army attacking Smederevo, of course, cannot be all standing legions. We also need mercenaries to be on the front lines to live and die for us. If a sum of gold can reduce the Phoenix Legion's casualties, I'll keep quiet about it. ”

"Even if they burn and loot in our future territory?"

"This is how the barbarian mercenaries maintain discipline." Giovanni was silent for a moment before replying, "This is not the first time something like this has happened. We can't expect every army to have the same complete and enforceable laws as the Phoenix Legion. As a matter of fact...... My Majesty, senseless sacrifices in war have long been the norm. As you know, General Vasika's homeland has also experienced such a catastrophe. More than half of the refugees who flock to Combrigne every day have their families broken up because of the war, and this little girl is just an inconspicuous one among countless rootless drifters. ”

"Besides, what she went through should be much more than what she said." Sophia easily opened John's arm and stood in front of Remy with Yustina's support, "Little girl, as a princess of the Empire, I apologize and regret what happened to you. It is true that you and your family have been unnecessarily tortured in the war...... But I'm just as curious that the tools you have, including your skills for stealing and sneaking in, shouldn't be on a miller's daughter. ”

Sophia hooked Remy's chin with her fingers: "Look into my eyes, little girl." In front of the Father and the royal family, you should not hide or deceive. ”

Remy tilted his head a little uneasily, muttered nothing, and didn't dare to look at Sophia for another second.

She could smell the sweet scent of incense and nectar mixed with Sophia's body, and the smell should not have anything to do with her life.

"If you don't speak up, Lady Kalujie will probably send you to jail for a few years in the name of attacking the nobles...... Of course, if you can afford to pay your ransom, that's fine...... At most, in the future in the Empire, there will be guards who will take special care of you once in a while......" Sophia still smiled casually, but the smile obviously put more pressure on Remy.

No matter how capable she is, her age is there, and every girl on the street can't expect to have Sophia's heart, right?

John thought so, and sure enough, Remy didn't have to wait a few seconds to tell the truth.

"When I was helping my dad clean the mill a few years ago...... Suddenly, I noticed a dying woman underneath the mill waterwheel. Half of her body was soaked in the cold water, and at that time...... I thought he was dead......" Remy struggled to recall, perhaps she didn't remember much when it happened, so it was a little difficult to get to the root of it, "Dad went to the city to buy it. The bazaar is not every day, and the wheat is brought to the mill, but for other things, we have to go to Smeltlia or further afield to Smederevo to buy it. ”

"I suggest you pick and choose." Sophia interrupted suddenly, "Everyone has a wonderful experience, but that's not what we want to know. ”

"The woman woke up in the middle of the night two days later. But it's also ...... Anyway, I was looking at her half-asleep, and she only gave me a silver necklace with strange patterns and a key. Before dawn, he died......" Remy sobbed symbolically, expressing a little sadness. In fact, it was clear to everyone that she probably didn't have much to do with the woman, "She buried something on the way to the mill, and I dug it up for her." Mom wanted to bury the contents with the woman as relics, but I ...... I lied to my mom and only gave her some inconspicuous jewelry. The rest of the ...... You found it in your clothes. Including the damaged leather armor, it was all the woman's. ”

"You keep someone's relics for yourself?"

"The woman didn't say who to leave it to, why can't I bring it with me?" Remy was unconvinced, "Besides, our family owes several groschens to the herbalist in order to try to save that woman...... As for lockpicking, I practiced it with the locksmith's son, and the condition was just a little money. What else is there to sneak into...... I don't understand that. All I know is that if you walk lightly, it will be difficult for others to find you, it's as simple as that. ”

Sophia nodded. Remy's words, while they sound rather bizarre, have no substantial holes in their logic. The woman who unfortunately passed away may have been a thief who was hacked and blackened, and in the end she was unwilling to leave the spoils and tools to her peers.

The little girl turned her gaze to Kalujie, after all, she was the one who was offended, and if there were any grudges or questions, it was best for Kalujie to solve them herself.

"Where's the necklace?"

Carujie spat out a word succinctly.

"Hanging around my neck...... I specially showed this thing to the jeweler, and people said that the craftsmanship and materials were not very good, so I kept it myself because I saw that the pattern was good. ”

The secular knight let go of one of Remy's hands, and the little girl took the necklace from her neck and handed it to Kalujie.

"That jeweler doesn't have a good eye...... "Callujie looked at it for a moment before returning the necklace to Remy, "it's Mittal's." A notorious mercenary organization in Austria and Hungary. ”

"Mercenaries?" John was a little curious, "Tell me about it." ”

"I had heard of them when I was living in Vienna for a while. It is said that they have a deep connection with the mercenaries raised by the Eastern Empire in the early years, but their ancestors have been operating in the area since the Fourth Crusade of the Empire fell apart. In the beginning, they were a powerful mercenary group, and they were also the objects of consumption by the surrounding lords. It's just that with the passage of time and the reduction of their forces, they are forced to start recruiting some ...... Someone whose identity is less clear. ”

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