Chapter 116: Changing Face
readx;?because of Nikdemia. Nestas and the rest of the forbidden archery were far away, so Maglendius no longer had to hide his feelings and demeanor. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The old man was visibly agitated, he did not know what man had taken away the virginity of his only descendant, but his white hair fluttered in the breeze, and his dry hands trembled and he grabbed the little sunfish's sleeve - it was because the girl was chasing a masked nun from the convent of Port Mytilene (very young, a girl who had been sent to the convent by her family at a very young age) that he had driven Agnes out of Respas, who had thought that she had not returned for several years since she was gone, and now she was back, but ......
"Tell me." The old man asked hoarsely.
Agnes was even more annoyed and ashamed, and the scene on the bed in the side room that day reappeared in her mind, she was betrayed by the two women she loved most in her life, and she was made ugly by Gawain.
Tears welled up from her fingers, and Agnes choked up and sat down, not knowing what to answer.
"Tell me the man's name......" Maglendius almost gasped.
"Grandpa, he is St. Paul of Tarsus. Gawain, the guato of St. John's Great Hospital, is the greedy brown bear, the butcher on the battlefield, and the murderous villain who preys on widows, heretics, and cute maidens. Agnes couldn't hide it, so she told the truth intermittently.
Then she dropped her hand from her face, pressed it on the arm of Magrunius' chair, and pleaded, "Grandpa, please don't be angry, and don't think about avenging me...... Because, because you can't compete with him. ā
As a result, Magrundius looked at his granddaughter in a daze, her face stiffened, and Agnes took the old man's hand in great worry, she was afraid that her grandfather's heart was blocked by disgust and despair, and hurriedly called out for her grandfather's name.
Under the ruins of the elevated aqueduct, a flock of seabirds and pigeons fluttered their wings, and Maglendius suddenly grinned, "Why should I avenge you?" ā
"Hey......"
Wrinkles spread along the corners of the old man's eyes and mouth, and he clutched his chest and let out a loud laugh, "It's that Gawain. Lusail, great, great. I mean, your membrane has finally been pierced, thanks to the ancestors of Prani, thanks to the Virgin Mary. Really, really great! ā
Agnes' expression froze, and she continued to hold her grandfather's arm, which was shaking from laughter, motionless, stupid.
And Magrundius. Prani was still laughing heartily, causing the Grand Governor and several palace guards with purple tassels on their shoulder armor to look at each other curiously and in surprise, much to Agnes' embarrassment.
Then the old man took out a delicate astrolabe and asked his granddaughter continuously, "When was the last time you had sex, and now do you have a period?" ā
"Just that once. Two months ago, on the fourth night of the third Sunday (it was actually Friday), I will never forget. I'm on my way this month. Agnes replied mechanically.
"What the hell are you doing, did that man get sick of you after playing with you? Or is your terrible orientation exposed, making him jealous of you? It's just once, it's just once...... That is to say, you are not pregnant, so what are you doing when you come back, the emperor still doesn't dare to do anything to me, it's not too late for you to come back after giving birth, Agnes You should wear some beautiful clothes, sprinkle perfume to tempt him, men are good at this, calculate the day, this is not difficult for you to do. Really...... The Plani family is about to have no successor, and you are still covering your face, and if you cover your face, you will be ashamed of the fact that there is no queen. The old man trembled and took back the silver plate and continued to hang it on his waist, his attitude changed very quickly, just now it was a spring breeze, and now it is a thunderbolt, "When this matter is over, I will write to Tarsus and let you and Gawain reconcile." ā
"I, I was originally **." This utter was swallowed alive by Agnes, who was already kneeling on the stone slab.
She really couldn't imagine that this was the situation now.
But the grandfather still continued, "If it really doesn't work, you can also marry one of the palace guards appointed by the emperor, someone from Bithynia or Thrace, who used to eat in the orchard and vegetable fields in the first two generations, and now climbs to Komnenos and soars." There is no way, virgins are always valuable, and if they are lost, they have to be sold at a discount. ā
"I don't want to get married, and I regret coming back to Lespos!" Now the little sunfish clutched his ears, his gray hair hanging down his shoulders, and cried out in anguish.
The grandfather and grandson continued to quarrel, and the chief steward shook his head, and then paced to the city gate, where two orphan archers led a man in a silk robe with a swrenched face, "Your Excellency, he is the steward of the Prani family. ā
"As soon as you look at this face, you know that you are a fellow scholar, you are from Paphragonia, right?" The little bird asked with his sleeves caged and his neck shrunk gloomily.
"Yes, Your Excellency the Chief Governor of the Court, my name is Pukripps, and you are indeed fellow countrymen, and at a very young age I was sold to the port of Mytilene." The man bowed down and said flatteringly.
"There's no down there, right? I can only dedicate my life to my master, so why do you still come to me. ā
"I also have a nephew in my hometown, he is very smart and clever, I asked him to call my name, that is, little Pukripps, I hope to get your support." The man named Pukripps rubbed his hands, "I am familiar with all the estates and estates of Prani, and by your grace, let me myself be a clerk of the Imperial Court, let my nephew be your Majesty's bodyguard, and marry the granddaughter of Old Plani, and then the whole island of Repos will be Your Majesty's, Your Majesty's." ā
"In other words, the entire island's industry will be attributed to the Imperial Property Division, right?" Nikdemia asked.
The other party hurriedly agreed.
Nikdemia leaned his back and sighed, "It's a nephew again, what did we get by sacrificing ourselves?" Your business...... I'll think about it. ā
Puklipston, who secretly wanted to betray his old master, thanked him, and then glanced at the castle for fear of being discovered by the old master, and then he was pushed by two Praetorian archers, and left the city wall and walked down the hill.
A few days later, on the high platform in the corridor of the curved wall of the Maisemna, several craftsmen were aiming at the stone wall of the tower on the other side of the platform, using a fork made of Bolgar hardwood and a four-hoop fire arrow.
Nikedemia, Agnes, Magrundius, and others watched.
A huge sound exploded, and the fire bolt shook violently on the fork, and the white gunpowder smoke sprayed from the gun's mouth, with flying sparks, propelled the rocket to successfully shoot far away, and smashed the stone wall fiercely, leaving a dent, and then exploded and churned on the wall a few times before it dissipated.
Looking at the shattered and falling rubble, the little bird raised his hand in satisfaction, "Now, Your Majesty, who is far away in the west, can rest easy." ā
(End of this volume) (To be continued.) )