At the dinner, the waiters skillfully cut the strips of meat at the long table next to them, sliced the roast suckling pig, ham and elbow, served with black asparagus and truffles, and poured sea salt and lemon juice.

"Where is Lord Asker from?" Diofano asked.

"Constantinople." Asker replied.

This is a knowingly asked, after all, Theofano is also from that side. With this as a starting point, the noble lady feigned surprise, covered her mouth and smiled:

"Ah, you should be the heir to the Achilles, right? I remember, I think I heard my niece Theodora say......"

Before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by Eleanor:

"Mother!" Eleanor smiled, "You must have forgotten that Theodora and I used to serve in the same mercenary group, when Aske was our leader. ”

Little Otto let out a sneer from his nose, as if to say "Mercenary? The so-called Achilles family, that's it? ”

"Ahem." Otto II's face was also a little unbearable.

To be honest, when he first met the Azure Sword Mercenary Group, his thoughts were the same as those of his wife and children. The mercenary group is just a good knife, how can anyone be a serious mercenary?

Then he was killed by his own daughter who was a mercenary, and fled for his life like a lost dog, of course he wouldn't talk nonsense about this kind of thing.

"The Azure Sword Mercenary Group, of course I remember." Otto II tried to show the majesty of the head of the family, and said solemnly, "Your Excellency the Dragon of Mind and the Dragon of Acid Erosion, you were also very appreciative of your performance at that time. ”

Diofano was suddenly a little suspicious, after all, although her husband was used to talking big, the two demigod seniors were indeed reliable. Since the two demigods praised the Azure Sword, Aske, as the leader of the mercenary group, must not be a parallel commodity with nothing to show for itself.

She turned her questioning gaze to little Otto, who was also a little flustered, and hurriedly questioned Asker:

"The Azure Sword Mercenary Regiment? I really haven't heard of it, and since my father also respects you, I also want to know from you, where is the headquarters of your mercenary group? How many are there at the moment? What is the main business scope? ”

"Your Majesty." Eleanor still had a smile on her face, but it made little Otto shudder a little, "You asked in such detail, are you planning to collect our taxes?" I've already said, 'Ever'. ”

The verb she just used belongs to the "past perfect tense" in Frankish grammar, that is, "it used to be like this", which implies "it is no longer like this".

After all, little Otto had taken grammar classes, and soon understood what his sister meant: Asker and I used to be part of the Blue Sword mercenary group (but not anymore, so you ask a P).

He still wanted to bite the bullet and ask a few questions, but he was quickly defeated by the fierce gaze implied in his sister's smile. Matilda calmly took a spoonful of the soup and asked:

"Sister, I don't question your choice of marriage, but out of pure curiosity: since Mr. Aske was born in the Achilles family of Constantinople, why did he later become a wandering mercenary?"

"After all, sister, you have been chaste for so many years, and we are all worried about you, for fear that you will choose not to marry for life, and finally go to the convent like Sister Adelaide and dedicate yourself to God, but I didn't expect that you actually had a long-term belonging, and actually waited for Mr. Aske for six years......"

"In the past six years, Asker has been engaged in the mercenary industry abroad, and he hasn't come back to see his sister once?"

The question immediately stopped the two of them.

Because as we all know, the purpose of Asker's formation of the mercenary group is to fight the bronze dragon and go home, and this must not be explained in detail, even if a lot of words are wasted to explain it clearly, people will understand it:

Oh, it turns out that my sister has been waiting for you for the past six years because you ruthlessly abandoned her six years ago and went home alone, scumbag.

Of course, even if you fool the past with "being a mercenary abroad", there is still the same problem:

You haven't come back once in the past six years, and now you suddenly appear to marry our eldest princess, why do you make us believe that you are true love? Scumbag!

"Matilda......" Eleanor's face sank, and she was just about to use the majesty of her eldest sister to force the topic, only to hear Aske ask suspiciously, "Is the sister Adelaide you just mentioned referring to His Excellency the Bishop of Adelaide of the Holy See?" ”

Hearing this, the faces of everyone present were not good-looking, and even Otto II glared at Matilda.

As the eldest daughter of Otto II, Adelaide was fond of scientific research since she was a child, but she was not interested in social and etiquette among the aristocracy, and later quarreled with Otto, who was still emperor at the time, and ended up packing up and running away from home to the Holy See.

This is actually not a stain, after all, for the HRE Empire, which believes in Solomon's public religion, dedication to God is also a relatively glorious thing.

However, rumors among the nobles of the empire that "it was Emperor Otto who drove his eldest daughter Adelaide to become a nun in order to prevent his son-in-law from taking the property of the Saxon family after marriage", which is somewhat reprehensible.

Therefore, the emperor's family basically did not mention Adelaide as a daughter to the public, and if they could not avoid mentioning it, they could only say something innocuous such as "it is her honor to serve God" and "if she changes her mind and wants to return, the Grand Palace of Aachen will open its doors for her at any time".

"Ahem." So Otto II coughed and decided to tell his son-in-law the truth, to prevent him from listening to false rumors from the outside world, "It is Adelaide's own choice to become a nun to study science, and we respect and support her wishes; If one day she gives up on research, the Saxony family welcomes her to come back at any time. ”

"I see." Aske smiled and nodded, "Actually, I can understand His Excellency the Bishop, because I myself am also from a noble family, but because of my hobbies, I chose the career path of a mercenary. ”

"That's right." Eleanor immediately understood, and said with the same smile, "I also respected and supported his wishes at that time. Now that his dream of becoming a mercenary has almost come true, that's why I welcomed him back with open arms. Matilda, you should be able to understand my sister, right? ”

Mathilda:..................

She silently put down the spoon, her face as ugly as if she had been hit in the face by a stone. The man on the other side was really clever and eloquent, and he actually used the example of Sister Adelaide to reveal the matter of fooling around outside for six years!

And what's even more excessive is that Sister Sophie is still on his side!

"Hahaha, of course." Seeing that his daughter Matilda, who had always been arrogant, was so blocked that she couldn't speak this time, Otto II was very relieved, and hurriedly came out to play the round and said, "It's normal for young people to have a little dream!" Remember, as long as you wake up in time to return, your family is still your warmest harbor. ”

Even Diofano's face was difficult to look at at this time, because she knew that her husband's dream when he was young was to "sleep with many women, have many children, and make sure that at least one child grows up to be like him".

She echoed her husband's words with a smile, and kicked Otto II hard with her pointed boots under the table.

Asker turned a blind eye to the small movements under the table, nodded his head to show that he was taught, and suddenly felt a warm hand reach from under the table, quietly taking his left hand.

Eleanor listened to her mother with a smile, and her right hand was tucked into Asker's palm under the cover of the table, interlocking his fingers intimately with him.

Because of his change of topic and clever answer just now, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess was very satisfied, so he gave him some small rewards.