Constantinople, Achilles Mansion.

"You...... It's been able to be restored to this extent. ”

Asker, who put his clothes back on, looked at the familiar furniture in the room and sighed.

These furnishings were all arranged in his house before they were destroyed by the church knights, and now they have been restored by Peggy. Including the silver candlesticks on the table, the candles and incense on the wall, oil paintings, etc., although the surface is relatively new, they are all similar to the impression.

"I've been to your house before, do you remember?" Peggy asked.

Asker shook his head.

I have a slight impression in my memory, but I can't remember it clearly.

"Commander, stay." Peggy hugged his arm and said pitifully, "Don't leave again, okay?" ”

Asker: ..................

"I'll tell you a secret." Aske said mysteriously.

"What's the secret?" Peggy's eyes widened.

"Someone said the same thing to you." Asker said.

Peggy: !!

"Who is it?!" She asked murderously.

"Guess." Asker said.

"I can't guess!" Peggy tugged at his arm, "Tell me, I'm going to kill her!" ”

"I'll be angry if you kill her." Asker kept a deliberate face.

"Why?!" Peggy was furious, "So you already have a girl you like, right?" Who the hell is she?! ”

"Everyone." Asker replied.

"Huh?" Peggy was stunned.

"From the time I came back until now, everyone has said the same thing to me." Asker said leisurely, "I hope I stay here and don't leave again." ”

"Yes, yes?" Peggy, who suddenly realized, was a little relieved, but also a little uneasy and panicked, "That...... So what are you going to do? ”

"I'm still thinking about it." Asker deliberately hesitated.

"But!" Peggy was in a hurry when she heard this, and tears welled up in her eyes again, "Why are you leaving again!" ”

"Ugh." Asker replied, "I'm coming back because I miss everyone at the Blue Sword. But I didn't expect to come back and find that the Azure Sword no longer existed, and everyone was fighting each other to the death, which made me feel very strange and sad. ”

"The things I miss don't exist anymore." He let out a long sigh.

"No, but ......" Peggy was at a loss. She still wants to defend a few words, but over the years, everyone's path has indeed drifted apart.

The territorial dispute between the North and the HRE meant that Eleanor and Hidriphamedia had broken with each other; The struggle for royal and clerical power within the HRE symbolizes the implicit division between Eleanor and Nola.

The expansion of the Holy See in the Mediterranean threatened the interests of Mia and Mi'er in the southern continent, which was manifested in the fact that their fleet intercepted the Holy See caravans everywhere at sea, and even attacked the city of Solomon; As for Theodora and Peggy, they also fought with Mi'er because Mi'er tried to plant her influence in Crete and get involved in the trade routes of the Eastern Mediterranean.

To put it bluntly, it has fallen into an approximate zero-sum game.

In the past, when I was in the Azure Sword team, everyone's interests were completely identical, so they could also unite and cooperate without any trouble. Now, however, the camps, forces, and paths represented by everyone are doomed to be impossible to reunite with each other......

"Asker." Peggy could only hug him, "It's a bit complicated, but I think I can explain it!" ”

Before she could finish speaking, the door was opened from the outside again.

"Sure enough, you're back?" Theodora pushed the door in, looked at Aske, who was a little surprised, and Peggy, who was like a great enemy, and smiled, "What's wrong, Peggy?" Suddenly so hostile to me? ”

"Are you also here to rob the head of the regiment?" Peggy bared her teeth fiercely.

"No, I'm here to help you keep him." Theodora said calmly.

Peggy was stunned again, then nodded with a slower expression.

"You've grown up, Sheila." Looking at the tall Theodora, Aske sighed.

Returning again after six years, the biggest change is obviously Theodora, whether it is appearance, figure or temperament, it is by no means comparable to the young 17-year-old little princess of the past.

Others, such as Mia and Mier, have changed their appearance, but their temperament has not changed; Another example is Eleanor and Nola, whose temperament has changed, but their appearance has not changed much.

A person like Peggy's solidified figure is simply the same as six years ago. It was only when he faced Theodora that Aske deeply felt the vicissitudes of life and wrong.

"Time has changed a lot, Captain." Theodora pulled out a chair at the table, sat down and smiled, "But our feelings for you have not changed. ”

"Stay, Asker. I need a co-emperor next to my throne. She looked at Peggy, who had an unkind face next to her, and quickly added, "Of course, Peggy also needs someone to accompany her...... She misses you so much. ”

"I miss you too." Aske sighed, a little guilty.

Theodora was slightly stunned, keenly noticing that when he said "you", he didn't just refer to himself and Peggy, and a sneer appeared on his beautiful face:

"I see...... Looks like the others have already been in contact with you before us, right? Did they all offer to keep you? For this, even gave love, or body as a reward? ”

"I came into this world from Mont Blanc." Aske said euphemistically.

"Ah, so the first one is Eleanor." Theodora nodded and teased, "How far have you got?" Not long after I returned to Constantinople, I heard a rumor that had not yet been confirmed: that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess was said to be married to someone? ”

"It turned out to be Eleanor!" Peggy stood up suddenly, "I'm going to kill her!" ”

However, Asker grabbed her by the wrist and dragged her back again.

Grabbed by his hand, Peggy sat back down shyly and grabbed Asker's hand with her backhand.

"Who's the second?" Theodora stared at their clenched hands, her eyelids jumping uncontrollably, "Oh, and then Eleanor seems to have gone to protest to the Holy See again?" So it was the Holy See Lady who snatched you away, right, and you were messing with Nora again? ”

"So it's Nora who wants to be killed!" Peggy stood up again to rush out the door, but was stopped by Askra again—she sat down in Asker's arms, snorting in anger.

"Peggy, be reserved!" Theodora slapped the table in anger.

"I'm going to kill them." Peggy said angrily, "But I was hugged by the regimental commander, and he wouldn't let me go." ”

Asker: ???

Theodora: ..................

"Anyway, I don't want you to fight like this anymore." Aske took Peggy in his arms and said seriously. The latter snuggled his body directly, and his expression was as if he was going to be happy, "I came back this time to stop this." ”

"Could it be that you still want to rebuild the Azure Sword?" Theodora stared at Peggy in his arms, her expression cloudy, "I didn't have a choice back then, but now that I'm the Storm Queen, do you still want to pull me to be a mercenary......"

"Nope." Asker shook his head and said, "I hope you can come to an agreement." On behalf of the forces and interests behind you, reach an agreement for peaceful coexistence. ”

Theodora was suddenly moved. The Northern Territory, Dongluo, the Holy See, the Shinra, and the Azure Sword are about to let the five major forces reach an agreement, and only the head of the regiment can say it......

Wait, if it's the head of the regiment, maybe you can really do it.

"Are you ......," she asked, hesitantly, "have they all agreed?" ”

"Of course." Aske confidently said, "I'm sure they'll make the right choice." ”