"Bang dang", the catcher threw the iron flail on the snow, "I have been deceived by Gawain again." ”

"But you still have to continue to deceive the defenders of the imperial capital, be honest, walk in front and don't make a sound." Bramson tied Goose Cloud with a rope, pointed a crossbow to her head, covered her small shield, and rode on a horse to threaten the restless Norman woman.

And Muzafiadin collected the weapons of the captor, tied them to his leather armor, and then carried the iron flail on his back, and pressed the scimitar against the back of the captor, "Don't play tricks, then you will not be able to continue to be loyal to your majesty, let me go to the St. Atkins Gate!" ”

The horses neighed, and out of the dense forest came several members of the Brotherhood in dark robes, some with bows and shields, some with pikes, and a few rabbits and roe deer from the saddles, laughing, and soon came over, and took the place of Muzafi Addin, sandwiching the catcher between his wife, while the Turkic servant took one of the roe deer thrown at him, turned on his horse, and galloped in the opposite direction to the St. Atkins Gate.

The captor's hands were clenched tightly, and his heart was full of remorse, for he saw that the cavalry in scarlet clothes sent by the emperor, with their whips in hand, were running around outside the city gates, and it seemed that they were searching for the whereabouts of the eldest princess, but he could not say anything, and he was tied with his hands, cloaked, and held hostage, and several hounds barked incessantly, while Bramson, who was in the lead, was gesturing to the internal cavalry running towards him, pointing at the prey in the saddle, as if all were just the same as the rest of the Frankish nobles. Come out early in the morning and go on a normal hunt.

Gawain had just arrived at the water storage tower on the top of Mount Sarabria. I happened to see the most thrilling scene, the little girl in a red and embroidered gold icon dress. It slid down the hillside.

Because it was a place with the sun on its back, there were no shrubs with thorns and miscellaneous branches, and Anna, who cherished her appearance, finally made up her mind.

"Anna!" Gawain shouted, quickly turned over and dismounted, he did not expect the eldest princess to be so aggressive, he had expected the girl to come out of the sewers, along the sinking river in the valley of Leices - but Gawain did not have time to complain, and untied the cloak with his cloak. He quickly ran over and picked up Anna, who had been buried in the snowdrift, and then unfurled his wool cloak and wrapped Anna, who was about to lose her will, and picked her up.

The other party's small hand hooked his neck, pulling out the cold, Gawain hurriedly stuffed her hand back into the cloak, "The big barbarian didn't expect you to really know Greek." ”

"Stop talking!" Gawain said sternly, and then a deep and shallow foot. Wrapped in swaddling clothes, with only a few strands of black hair exposed, she stepped through the snow and walked towards Sabina.

At this time. Mikhail climbed to the top of the tower, and when the two guards saw their princess, they were picked up by a tall barbarian. Trying to escape on horseback from Salabrea, he drew his sword. Stick it to your chest and slide down the hill as well. But he was stopped by Mikhail, "I can't catch up, Her Royal Highness Princess Anna has been abducted by the priesthood of Rome." The two guards looked at each other, not knowing what the chief of the guard meant, and then Mikhail explained, "This will be the greatest scandal of the Western patriarch of Rome, and it can only be so, but we will go back and report to Your Majesty, and say that Her Royal Highness is safe and sound, and that Gawain has taken her, and that will be fine." ”

Swinging, Anna was helped into the saddle by Gawain, and then Gawain sat behind her, her broad chest against herself, her strong arms wrapped around herself, she was completely protected by Gawain, Gawain's snort rubbed her hair, jogging, "Don't go to St. Atkins' gate," Anna said in a daze.

"Know, rest assured" The big man's answer calmed Anna's mood, and then she tilted her little head, leaned against Gawain's chest, and fell asleep.

The sun is still fully rising, the golden jump, through Anna's closed eyelids, and Gawain's warm and broad chest, constantly projected into the drowsy darkness, so that Anna is absolutely very relieved and comfortable, the guilt of her father and mother, and the disappointment of her sister, then let it go, and in the future, my own path will go down with Gawain, and go to the "Land of Seven Ridges" in the dream, where will it be? What kind of fate will come? But she thinks that as long as she joins forces with the big brute, she will definitely not lose, and what is the name of Komnenos and Ducasse.

In a deep snowy wood, Gawain pulled his bridle and rode slowly into it, and then Anna opened her eyes slightly, and she saw that on the trunk of a tree, there was a horned bow.

Just as she was confused, Gawain's voice came from behind, "Don't be afraid, it's a sign of your own people, we are now in the far north of Salabria, at the mouth of the Golden Horn, which is full of woods and fishing villages, and there will be no danger for the time being." ”

Then Gawain shouted out, and behind the trunk of the tree, Muzafiadin led the horse with a grin, and came from the place where he was hiding

Deep in the woods, by the side of the stream, a wooden frame was erected, where Muzafiadin was erecting the roe deer, cutting the skin and dismantling the bones, and the blood kept flowing down the black water, and next to it was a hunter's hut for winter, and there were few people around it except for wild beasts. The master was a Slavic hunter, a slave of the Ducasses, and after Gawain had just thrown him a gold coin, he happily stayed at the back of the house and went to chop wood.

Gawain sat in front of the narrow window, watching each other intently, while Anna, who was very weak, lay on a couch next to her, covered with an animal skin blanket and covered with Gawain's cloak. After a while, Gawain turned around, and Anna hurriedly pulled the blanket up, covering half of her little face, revealing only her eyes, and looking at him with a dripping look.

"Let's rest," Gawain advised.

"Cold."

"Well, the roe deer hasn't been fully processed yet." So, Gawain thought about it, Anna hadn't eaten yet, so he untied the skin from his belt, "It's a drink mixed with honey, you drink it first, warm your body." Anna from under the blanket, stretched out her arm to catch it, took two sips, her cheeks gradually flushed, she looked at Gawain, and Gawain was using long pliers, flexibly clamping the charcoal, towards the small hand warmer on the side of the couch, feeding the charcoal into the row one by one, this ingenious gesture, let Anna fascinate in fascination.

"I didn't expect you to learn to use this thing, I just gave it to you at the beginning, and I don't know how to do it myself."

"Do you think that I, a Varyag nobleman, have lived a noble life surrounded by silk slaves?" Gawain couldn't help laughing, "Fishing, hunting, chopping wood, mountaineering, swimming, and riding, this Grand Duke can do it more or less." Then he tucked the bottle under Anna's blanket, but accidentally touched Anna's ankle. (To be continued.) )