Chapter 248: After the Great War

β€œ...... Huh?" Facing the audience's gaze, the eyes instantly focused on his face, and Yunhai couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. That one...... Ahem, young people are always frivolous, that ...... I know that I did a lot of things at that time, so don't always expose my scars, I've matured a lot......"

"I don't think so. Akali smiled playfully. "Judging from your recent performance, you have just changed from harming others to harming yourself, but in fact, the essence is still the same......"

"Uh, I'll learn to be calm......" Yun Hai suddenly felt embarrassed.

"In fact, the reason why I am talking about this here is also to hope that all the knights of the Knights of the Dawn will not be confused by the victory in front of you, nor will you be affected by other emotions in your mind, and when the sun rises tomorrow, it will be a new day, and everything will start again. Akali smiled and swept through everyone in the palace, from the thoughtful Caterina to the bowed Blake, to the sea of clouds scratching her head and smirking, to Fluttershy nodding at her, to Alma still expressionless, and to Wallace and Elena in shock. "Whether it's sadness, anger, ecstasy, guilt, these are all in the past, time is moving forward, we are also moving forward, give ourselves a normal heart, to face all the merits and demerits, knights, understand?"

"Yes!"

Except for Yunhai and Fluttershy, the rest of them fell to their knees in an instant.

"Everyone, get up, I just want everyone to control their minds, not to ask everyone to salute. Akali stood up and stepped down from the throne. "Caterina, tell me first about the losses in the city of Rome and the losses of our troops, I know that the road will be very heavy, so there is no need to hide it. ”

"Sister, in fact, the loss is not as high as imagined. Caterina winked mischievously. "According to my statistics and Reinhardt's statistics, except for about half of the buildings in the Roman Catholic Church, which were destroyed, and the tombs of St. Peter and countless sages and priests of the past were destroyed, less than five percent of the rest of the buildings were destroyed, almost entirely from the death ray of the bone demon, the city wall collapsed in two places, one of which was the wall of the royal city, and the other was the wall of the outer city, which was not serious, and in terms of battle damage, our three-way army had a total of 100,000 people, and after statistics, we lost a total of 18,145 people, of which 12,710 were killed。 ”

"Your Royal Highness Princess, the information about Trist's troops defending Rome has also been gathered. Blake cleared his throat. "There were a total of 36,000 troops defending Rome, not counting all kinds of undead and necromancers, about 25,000 people died in the battle, more than 3,000 were wounded, and the rest all surrendered or defected, and all the undead and necromancers were also wiped out. ”

"We must bury all the soldiers who died in this battle, we are all Europeans, we are all compatriots. Akali's face was very solemn. "As for the prisoners, we still follow the previous policy, and after the elimination of Triste, we are going to carry out a disarmament, and now that Europe is badly damaged by the war, we must recuperate, and send the soldiers home, to restore the civilian economy and production, and also save a lot of military spending, why not? Blake, you are the most prestigious person in the army among the people present, and you and Reinhardt are working together on this matter, and it will be done within a week, understand?"

"Yes!" replied the two men.

Next, there were some things about the appointment and dismissal of personnel in various places, and the remedying of the damage caused by the war, including the rebuilding of the Roman Catholic Church and the reconstruction of Orleans.

"Sister, it's almost the middle of the night, why don't you rest early?" Caterina reminded in a whisper.

"Ah, yes? I didn't even notice it. Akali came back to her senses, and at that moment the Roman bell rang twelve, signaling that a new day had arrived. "It's so late...... Then let's get some rest, Ms. Tina, is there enough room in Wangcheng?"

"Enough, Your Highness Princess, your room is also cleaned every day, and you can move in at any time. A middle-aged woman serving next to her replied.

"Really?" said Akali. "It's been a long time since I've slept in my own bed, and I really miss it...... Thank you for your hard work, then you can take them to their respective rooms, Katerina and I know the way. ”

An hour later.

"It's been a long time since I've been so relaxed......"

Akali had changed into her usual dress and shed her heavy armor, and after she had just bathed with Caterina and put her to sleep, she somehow did not feel sleepy, so she wandered through the corridor, and saw that the servants at the gate were still busy, and could not help but step forward.

"Your Highness the Princess!"

As soon as all the servants saw Akali approaching, they immediately stopped what they were doing and hurriedly saluted.

"It's already the middle of the night, you guys hurry up and rest, what are you delaying here?"

Although Akali's tone was a little reproachful, she couldn't hide her concern for these loyal servants who had served the palace for more than ten years.

"Yes. ”

As the corridor fell silent, Akali felt a sense of loneliness welling up in her heart, and she walked out of the dormitory and into the garden of the royal city, where there were no more traps and no more terrible man-eating serpents, and finally returned to the serene beauty of its former form, and the fragrance of calendula was everywhere.

β€œ......”

Feeling the peaceful atmosphere, and the baptism of the moonlight overhead, Akali slowly strolled through the garden, but at this moment, she found that a figure was lying in the grass not far away, it was the sea of clouds.

"Akali, can't you sleep too?"

When Yunhai saw Akali coming, he didn't get up, but beckoned her over.

"Well, after suddenly being idle, it seems that something is missing in my heart, and I can't sleep. Akali was not polite, and walked straight over, lying down next to the sea of clouds. "You're pretty picky, Caterina and I loved to lie here and watch the stars when we were kids. ”

"That's because, when I used to herd cattle in Yuntai Village, I also liked it, so it seems that I, a guy from a cow herding baby, can have the same hobbies as you, a princess, and I instantly feel that my identity has improved a lot. Yunhai smiled slightly.

"There's nothing wrong with herding cattle, spend all day with nature and small animals, and be at ease, unlike us royals, who are so tired every day, and we must always be careful not to fall for the opponent's calculations, if I had to choose, I wouldn't be a princess......"

"According to your words, God is fair to everyone, and when you gain something, you lose some. Yunhai suddenly remembered this sentence.

"You remember it pretty well, it really surprised me. Akali pretended to be surprised.

"As for me, I don't have that bad memory, do I?"

"Hee-hee......" Akali snickered, covering her mouth. "Speaking of which, how is my dress?"

"It's very good, although it looks normal, but when you wear it, it makes people feel very relatable. ”

"Flim, Fluttershy is going to bite you. Akali blushed slightly and said in disgust.

"She won't bite me because of this, besides, you are a rare beauty in the world, I can't lie, right?"

"The real sugar-coated cannonball is this kind of sweet talk that you can't even refute, and I finally know how Fluttershy was kidnapped by you. The corners of Akali's mouth curled slightly. "Speaking of which, after all this time, is you homesick?"

"Home?" Yun Hai was a little dazed. "I don't have a home anymore, Yuntai Village has been destroyed by drought, my mother and sister have died, my father has been killed by bandits, and the Tianzheng Church has removed my name, where is my home...... Speaking of which, I really miss my friends of the Tianzheng Sect, the serious senior brother, the naughty second senior brother, the demure senior sister Shen, the senior brother Jiang who hangs his son, and the master who has gray hair all night because of the death of his senior sister and his wife...... Now, in the stormy Shenzhou, how are they?"

β€œ...... I'm sorry!"

Akali noticed the deep sadness and longing in Yunhai's eyes, and instantly regretted it, secretly hating herself for not opening and mentioning which pot she wanted.

"What are you sorry for, silly girl......" Yunhai is very open-minded. "We are companions, we have always talked about everything, true companions, not only can we share joy and smiles, but also sorrows and tears, didn't I say that?"

"Thank you, thank you......"

"What's wrong with you, I'll be sorry for you and thank you for a while, if it's like this, it's not cute. Yun Hai looked at Akali in some surprise.

β€œ...... Actually, I'm a little messed up. Akali closed her eyes. "I always felt as if I had lost something, just after the capture of Rome...... I should have been happy, but I couldn't be happy, but I was a little disappointed......"

"I kind of understand, actually, you can't sleep because of this, right?" Yun Hai smiled slightly and closed his eyes. "Actually, the thing that troubles you is probably that you have to live as a superior and not as a warrior, before the victory over Trist, you took risks with us, fought together, always took the lead, at that time, you were a valiant warrior, so it was more comfortable, and when you returned to Rome and began to give orders as the actual ruler of such a huge land, you had to put on different masks and say different things, I know your character, you will definitely not like this......”