Olympia City.

Zoe, the empress from the Syrius Peninsula, has arrived in the city of Olympia, and the lord of the city, Apyrios, has come to greet her.

The reason why he did not agree to the request of the Crusaders on the Southwest Road was also because his eldest granddaughter was going to arrive in Olympia City, which caused Appilios to be incompetent.

"Your Majesty, you are much more mature than last time." Apperius helped Zoe out of the car.

"My dear grandfather, you haven't changed since last time, and the lifespan of a demigod is really the envy of mortals like me." Zoe smiled and put her hand in the crook of her grandfather's arm.

At this time, Zoe was already a noblewoman approaching thirty, and time did not seem to have left many traces on her face, but the traces of her youth that originally belonged to a girl were completely faded and replaced with a charm unique to a woman.

Looking at Zoe's noble and graceful dress, his grandfather Appilius's mind couldn't help but fly to his other little granddaughter, Theodora.

Zoe is about 6 years older than Theodora, now Zoe is 28 years old, and Theodora is 21 years old, is it true that his two granddaughters have grown up?

Apperius then saw Zoe's husband, a fat banker from Athens, smiling and getting out of the car, nodding to his demigod elder.

Apperius was slightly displeased and nodded reservedly in response.

In fact, whether it is Zoe, Theodora, or Appilius, this family is a typical visual animal, preferring handsome and beautiful young girls to those who are not good-looking.

As for the union between Zoe and the banker, it was a purely political marriage: the other party had considerable connections and financial resources in Athens, which could help Zoe consolidate the foundation of his rule in Cires as soon as possible.

As for private, the two almost play separately and basically don't sleep in the same room. Zoe secretly kept several Ciris beautiful teenagers, and the banker husband naturally had his own secret lover, which was very in line with the aristocratic customs of this era.

It's better to say that being clean and self-conscious like Theodora, and always running around with the people he likes, is the other in the aristocracy.

With this in mind, Appilius led the Zoe and his wife to the palace in Olympia.

"How's the Crusader war going now?" After entering the palace and retiring from the attendants, Zoe asked casually.

This inquiring subordinate tone made the banker's husband uneasy, but Appilius did not feel angry at his granddaughter, but said lightly:

"It is said that the mercenaries are going well on this road and have advanced to the Thracian plain."

The whole province of Thrace is mountainous in the west and plains in the east. Now that it has been pushed to the plains, that is to say, the fortresses in the mountain area have been uprooted, and the crusaders can pass freely.

As for the Thracian plain, there were no easily defended fortresses, and through this area was the great wall of Theodosius in Constantinople.

"Looks like I'm going to have to get ready to go back to Constantinople for jewelry." Zoe said with a smile.

Appilius: ..................

To be honest, if the restoration is successful, he has not yet decided who should be the emperor of the new Solomon Empire.

But his heart was still inclined towards Theodora. Not because he prefers Theodora, but because the team that Theodora is in has far surpassed Zoe's side in terms of strength and connections.

If Zoe is allowed to be the empress, Theodora's side will definitely not give up, once the conflict between the sisters is set off again, even if Apelios is completely on Zoe's side, it is estimated that he will not be the opponent of Theodora's side.

The combination of the Holy See + HRE Empire alone is enough to make any country on the continent tremble, and of course it is impossible for Appilius to put Olympia on the table as a bargaining chip, just to give the two granddaughters the possibility of fighting each other.

Thinking about it this way, the current situation is very similar to that of Constantinople at the beginning, Zoe took the initiative to make the conflict with his sister Theodora public, and the Orthodox Church had to make a choice in this regard - as long as the Orthodox Church was not in the wrong mind, it was impossible to sacrifice the old and the young.

However, the situation has now been completely reversed.

Just as Appilius began to think about how to reveal the truth to Zoe, Asker, along with Sheila, found the Orthodox Church who had followed the Empress into Olympia.

The Ecumenical Patriarch Alexei is celebrating Mass in the chapel, and he will go to the city library to inspect and meet with the leaders of the faithful in the city of Olympia.

However, his schedule was destined to be interrupted, as two uninvited guests had already found the chapel where he was.

"Please wait, Your Majesty Theodora, we have informed His Excellency the Patriarch......" Several ironclad paladers kept persuading in an anxious tone while chasing the pace of Sheila and the others, their faces full of embarrassed expressions of "I want to stop but don't dare to stop it".

Because His Majesty Theodora, who returned after ten years, is already a demigod, who dares to stop him?

"Just wait outside, Your Majesty will speak with your Patriarch." Askra stopped the captain of the palasars led by him, preventing these people from continuing to follow Sheila, and suddenly wondered, "Eh, aren't you the ...... Forgot to take out the trash, and then my wife didn't cook for you that paladon captain? ”

"Who are you, Your Excellency?" The Captain of the Iron Armored Palazaders raised his eyebrows suspiciously, "Have we met before?" ”

"I'm Asker. Lepius. Achilles, the nobleman who once raised a room of vampires. ”

Paladin Captain: ???

It seems that there was such a person who came at the beginning, and the whole family was infiltrated and corrupted by vampires, but he was smart enough to come to the church to report it.

Eh, you're still alive.

So the two began to talk. This one is called "Alvin. The captain of the Ironclad Paladins of the "Gullins" complained to Asker that since the fall of Constantinople, the whole family had followed the Orthodox Church to Corinth and rented a house in a local high-end apartment.

As for the house in Constantinople, the mortgage has not been paid yet, it is all gone.

Therefore, more than half of his monthly salary has to be filled into the current rent, so that he has to fight for more attendance to earn bonuses, drag his tired body home every day, and pay public rations. Sometimes the body can't bear it, and his wife doesn't care, so she directly uses brute force to push him down......

Hearing this, Asker also had a lot of concern, and echoed that this kind of thing involves the bottom line, and there are two of them, and it is absolutely intolerable.

Alvin put on the posture of a passerby, saying that you young people don't understand, this matter is related to the emotional harmony of husband and wife, in fact, it cannot be denied.

It's okay for them to be monogamous, a certain nobleman who lives next door, because he can't satisfy his wife because he has a lover outside, and his wife also secretly fornicates with a little white face, and it is said that he is also a tutor in their family who teaches philosophy to their children, and one night swept all the family's property and eloped.

Compared with the situation of being empty of people and money, it is a better situation just to be pushed and squeezed.

The two were chatting nonsense outside, and inside Theodora had already met the Patriarch Alexei.

"Your Majesty Theodora...... Long time no see. Patriarch Alexei said slowly.

"I can't believe you're willing to call me Your Majesty." Sheila sneered.

"Of course, after all, you are the heir appointed by the emperor." Alexei's face remained unchanged, "And ......"

“…… Already a demigod, right? ”