Lothar and her entourage stayed at Anna's private estate.

The décor here is much fresher and more elegant, without the luxury of the nouveau riche of the Oriental nobility and the spaciousness of the Brachna Palace.

Shortly after they returned, the smell of meat wafted from the manor's kitchen.

The soldiers, who had unloaded their heavy armor in twos and threes, were given the notice of the meal and gathered in the garden with great anticipation.

A few moments later, a cook carrying large vats of lamb stewed with peas and onions, and baskets of white bread were stacked on long strip-shaped tables for them to take as they pleased.

The lamb in the bucket is full of portions, and the peas and onions are just side dishes.

They put it on a plate and ate it with bread.

The Greek aristocracy almost did not eat pork, which was an unclean, inferior meat that consumed excrement, as did the wealthier Gallic and Apennine nobility.

When many farmers cultivated their houses, the toilets were connected to the feeding trough of the pigsty, and the pigs of this era had not been improved by breeding, and the taste was quite ordinary.

Lamb is a medium meat and is the mainstream food of the aristocracy.

Beef is a high-quality meat, because farming cattle are precious, and many wealthy nobles are unable to eat beef openly.

The soldiers were clearly satisfied with the meal, and even under Lothar's hands, they rarely had the opportunity to eat meat in such an open way.

On the Lothar table, the first thing to be served is roasted oysters and snails as a pre-dinner snack.

Later, the servants of the manor brought all kinds of barbecued meat, refined white bread and other main meals.

These breads can be eaten with fig jam on a side plate, and a bite of bread and a belly full of fruit, spices and grilled quail taste quite good.

Jeanne, who was eating and drinking to her heart's content, was taking a sip of dessert and said, "Let's go shopping in the streets, I haven't visited this city of the world's longing for yet." ”

Fringira snorted, "Isn't it just a city built by mortals, haven't we seen it all on the road when we came."

But since you've said so, let's go out into the streets with Jeanne. ”

Cellinina glanced at Lothar quietly, and although she didn't say anything, she was clearly moved.

She was not a boisterous person, but Constantinople in her time was rebuilt by the Turks, and the layout was greatly changed, which was completely different from the current one.

"Okay, then you can go shopping, I have to wait here for Anna to come back to Prajna, you can go too, don't worry about my safety, this is Anna's territory, there will be no danger."

Praruo wanted to refuse, but after hearing the words and thinking about it for a while, he still responded: "Okay." ”

Lothar watched them leave, and returned to her room leisurely, taking out a book from the full shelves with a faint magical aura and reading it.

His attainments in fire magic are increasing day by day, although he is still far from being a true wizard.

But some simple magic books, even if no one taught him, he could barely read a rough idea.

Long.

Lothar, who was looking at it intently, a figure appeared out of thin air in front of her, and the figure quickly condensed, revealing Anna's figure: "There is only one left?" ”

"Well, they go out for a walk, after all, it is the city that the world desires, and it is not easy to come once, it would be a pity not to go shopping.

By the way, aren't you bad at space spells? How can you still teleport back and forth like this? ”

Anna sat down in the opposite seat of Lothar very elegantly: "I said it, this is my territory, and I am not good at space spells, so it doesn't mean that I can't ask someone to arrange a few small teleportation arrays." ”

"Problem solved?"

"Of course, it's just a bunch of madmen who are obsessed with pursuing the wisdom of the old gods, dissecting the human body, and trying to understand the secrets of creation."

"If it weren't for the fact that they had excavated a large number of newly buried corpses and were suspected of being haunted by ghouls, I wouldn't have noticed them," said Anna unconcernedly. ”

Lothar asked, "Who is the evil god behind this group of cultists?" ”

"Asclepius."

He was slightly stunned when he heard this: "Even the god of medicine has been beaten into an evil god?" ”

Anna was silent for a moment before she spoke, "The old gods are all evil gods. Only the unmanifest God is the only true God. ”

Lothar suddenly remembered that the gods in Greek mythology that he had seen in his previous life were not so much gods as a group of mortals with divine powers, and if they really existed, they would fit the image of evil gods.

"Lothar, this time the envoys, but there is the eldest son of your Germanic king, if you bump into each other in the arena, what are you going to do?"

Lothar was a little surprised: "Do you want to cooperate with Germania in any way?" Even Emperor Henry's eldest son was sent as an envoy. ”

Anna said meaningfully: "King Wilhelm II of Sicily died of illness last month, do you know what that means? ”

"You can tell me the truth, I have limited knowledge of the relationship between the Apennine nobles."

It took Anna some explanation that Lothar understood what was going on.

The relationship between the Germanian Empire and the Eastern Empire was repeated from time to time.

During the honeymoon period, the Emperor of the Eastern Empire would refer to the Emperor of Germania as the Lord of the Western Empire, and the two would call each other brothers.

When the relationship is bad, they will call each other the king of the Germanic people, or the great chief of Alemanni.

On the other hand, the emperor of the Germanic Empire would also call the emperor of the Eastern Empire the king of Greece, which is quite insulting and slanderous.

The Eastern Empire fought with Germania, which had previously fought for influence in North Apennines.

Conrad's father, William Alamic, Marquis of Montferrato, was one of the spokesmen of the Eastern Empire in North Apennines.

It's just that changes in relations between countries change with interests.

Not long ago, William II of the Kingdom of Sicily died of illness, and his only heir was his aunt Princess Constance, who was also married to Henry the Younger, the eldest son of the Germanic emperors.

In other words, the eldest son of Emperor Henry was about to receive a crown of the Kingdom of Sicily before he could inherit the title of emperor.

But the Sicilian aristocracy was obviously not happy to accept the rule of a foreigner, not to mention that this foreigner was still quite authoritative, and it was bound to bring a bunch of Germanic nobles, the kind that squeezed the living space of the local nobles.

So, they elected Wilhelm II's cousin, Count of Lecce, Tancred, to be crowned King of Sicily.

The two sides are like fire and water, and war could break out at any time.

The Eastern Empire, which had long suffered from the plundering of Norman bandits for hundreds of years, was naturally happy to see it, and wanted to grab enough benefits in this battle, and even restore the Empire's rule over southern Italy.

The two sides hit it off and decided to work together.

This time, the emperor sent little Henry to Constantinople to negotiate the details of cooperation with the Eastern Empire, as well as the specific agreement on how to divide the spoils after the war.

"Now, you should tell me what you would do if you ran into your Crown Prince Henry, right?"

Lothar frowned, he was a vassal of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and in normal times, he could not have been a royal family of Hohenstaufen, but the Habsburgs still had to beg for food under their hands.

"If I do, I'll be merciful."

"How can you show mercy?"

Lothar rolled her eyes: "Just promise not to leave him with fatal or maiming injuries, do you want me to tie my hands and admit defeat and surrender directly?" I am not his vassal. ”

Even if he was really a vassal of Emperor Henry, there was no need to do so.

In the past, in duels with kings, it is not uncommon for nobles to kill the king, let alone just a crown prince.

If you touch it, bow if you give him face, and if you don't give face, Lothar can ignore him completely.

Anna was satisfied: "That's good. I also have to warn you that this time the Germanian envoys sent a number of powerful warriors, accompanied by the Austrian Marquis Leopold and his witch advisors, so you have to be careful. ”

Leopold is also here?

When he was first given the title of Jörgysburg, he had a lot of help from Leopold.

Although the help soon fell short of the speed at which his territory was expanding, he was still very grateful to Leopold.

Lothar wondered, "Don't you still have an army that has taken potions, and if you let them play, won't it be over?" ”

Although the strength of the veteran brigade is strong, he is not confident that he can defeat those special armies that have taken potions and whose strength has been on a level with ordinary armies.

Moreover, the remaining veterans followed him through many bloody battles, and did not lose a few people, and he did not want to lose them a lot because of a duel.

Anna said helplessly: "They are carrying out important military affairs, and they can't return to Constantinople in a short time, if they are still there, I don't have to worry about it." ”

As if seeing through Lothar's worries, Anna hurriedly said: "Don't worry, since I let you play, I will definitely prepare a potion for your soldiers to treat external injuries, as long as there is still a breath left, I will definitely be able to heal back." ”

Lothar thought for a moment, but then responded: "Okay, I'll do my best." ”

Who made the owner of the money open and gave enough money?

Moreover, it is not that he has not dealt with the Potions army, those Assasins are taking potions, and in his opinion, they are no match for the veterans left under his hands.

Moreover, I will be able to draw the card again tomorrow, and I hope it will help this duel.

(End of chapter)