"Are you really Her Royal Highness? You must know that since the deposition of His Majesty the last King Augustus, almost all the king's bloodlines have disappeared. How did you end up in the East, thousands of miles away from your homeland? At this time, Heras Curt saw that Ellie could accurately tell the background of her family background, and even traced back to the beginning of the establishment of the Roman Empire, so she dared to believe that the person in front of her was indeed the royal heir of the Western Roman Empire.

"When my brother was deposed by the general who led the army, I happened to be out of the city of Rome. Later, after escaping the Roman soldiers who had come after me, I mixed up with a caravan and followed them all the way here, where I met the lord to whom I am now allegiated. He promised to help us restore our country in exchange for my allegiance to him, and of course that was the main thing I wanted to talk about when I came to see you tonight. Ellie briefed Heras Curt about her recent years, and then turned back to the real purpose of her visit tonight.

"Does Her Royal Highness want me to be as loyal to those Orientals as you are? Or do you want me and my troops to lay down our arms and surrender directly? Heras Curt asked with some curiosity after hearing what Ellie had said.

"Well, it's pretty much the same as you think. But there are some differences: it is true that as you say, I want you to renounce your allegiance to the Sassanids, but unlike what you say, you have to owe allegiance to me alone, not to the Orientals, for I am the rightful heir of the Roman Empire. Ellie shook her head after listening to Heras Curt's words, and explained the purpose of her coming tonight.

"It's a bit of a tough thing to do, you know, we're all slaves now. Our relatives were left hostage with their slave owners, and in the event of a defection or desertion, the lives of those hostages were not guaranteed, and this was the strongest shackle that the Sassanids put on us. Heras Curt reluctantly spread her hands and told Ellie the truth about the situation she was facing.

"I know all these things you said, and since I am the king of the Romans, I will not easily risk the lives of my people. If you can swear allegiance to me, then tomorrow you will have the opportunity to act on the battlefield. Besides, when the war is over, you will each go back to your respective slave owners and wait for me, and I promise that I will be able to rescue you all in less than a year. And if you wish, you can even take revenge on the slave owners who oppressed and exploited you! You have voluntarily put the shackles of slavery on your head under the pressures of life, and now I give you a chance to remove the shackles that you have put on your own hands. Of course, this is only one chance, and it is up to you how you choose. After saying that it is as light as water three times, I will say that here. After Ellie finished speaking, she sat down in her chair and stopped talking, just closed her eyes and waited for Heras Curt's reply on the other side.

Heras Curt's heart was also very entangled at this time, on the one hand, even if the woman in front of him was indeed a royal descendant of the Roman Empire, there had never been a female ruler in the Roman Empire so far. You must know that even Cleopatra in the Caesar period only achieved the status of obeying the government, and still retained a puppet emperor. As shrewd as she was, she had never personally sat in the position of the emperor and was in charge of the affairs of a country. On the other hand, Heras Curt saw that after his people became slaves, the population was declining, and it is estimated that in two more generations, no one would know that his ancestors were Romans. And at this time, the city of Rome has fallen, and the Eastern Roman Empire is a pseudo-Rome in the name of the Roman Empire, and these Romans around him may be part of the few Roman tribes in the world. At this time, if you have to risk being wiped out, if you make some small moves on the battlefield tomorrow, in fact, the pressure is not small.

After hesitating and struggling for a long time, Heras Curt finally made up his mind at this time, stood up with his hands on the table, lowered his head and said to Ellie opposite: "If you don't fight at this time, the Romans will still perish in a hundred years." At this time, if it is a struggle, there is still half a chance that the blood of the Romans will be continued. Since you have said that this can be successful, then as the people of Rome, we naturally choose to trust our king with all our hearts. Therefore, I hope that you will accept my oath of allegiance to you, and I will give you all my allegiance until death. ”

After hearing the decision of Heras Curt on the other side, Ellie's closed eyes slowly opened, nodded at Heras Curt with a smile, and then said: "You don't have to worry too much about tomorrow's affairs, just adapt to the situation after the two armies are in front of the formation." Naturally, other things are arranged in advance by the relevant people, and you don't need to think about it anymore. ”

After saying goodbye to Heras Curt, Ellie and her party disguised themselves back to the way they had infiltrated the barracks, and calmly followed the path they had come from and left the Roman barracks. After leaving the Roman military camp for a long time, Zhang Juntai straightened his back for half the night, and then stretched his waist and asked Ellie, "Is this the end of the matter?" Wouldn't it be necessary to think about this Roman army when fighting tomorrow? ”

"Yes, tomorrow there is no need to think about this Roman army, they have already sworn allegiance to me."

"If I swear allegiance to you, can I count it as my own? We have an old Chinese saying that knows people, knows faces, but doesn't know hearts, not to mention that even if he is a Roman like you, then they are also mixed Romans two generations later. Is it really important for you Romans to survive the loyalty and glory that you Romans valued most? And who cares if a slave's words are worth believing? They are slaves now, they have nothing to lose, it doesn't matter what their dignity is, as long as they can live, they can do whatever they want. Zhang Juntai sighed and informed Ellie of his guess.

At the same time, the Roman soldier who went to retrieve the horse not far away had already retrieved the horse ridden by the three of them, and Ellie was served by the Roman soldier and turned over on the horse, and said to Zhang Juntai, who was getting on the horse: "The Curt family, like many of your families in the Central Plains, also attaches great importance to reputation, and also attaches great importance to integrity. ”

(End of chapter)