Blue Sword

Ask suddenly woke up.

Ah, it's exactly 12 midnight.

Even if you take a short rest, it is of course impossible to sleep the whole night, only 4 hours at most.

Turning around, he saw that Eleanor was sleeping soundly holding his arm, and her soft blond hair had penetrated into his neck, making his skin itchy.

But she still smells pretty good. Hey, can this girl wear perfume? Or body fragrance?

Ask took a few seconds to think about this. First of all, exclude perfume, because Eleanor is a girl who doesn't even put extra hairpins in her hair, so naturally she is not likely to wear any perfume.

As for body odor, it's even more outrageous. According to Asker's knowledge, white people have body odor rather than body odor.

However, this world was born out of the world of "A Song of Iron and Fire", not historical medieval Europe, and I haven't heard of any female NPCs having body odor.

Hmm, maybe it really is body scent. Considering the noble background of this blond girl, maybe every piece of clothing she wore since she was a child was scented, and it was stained on her body after being worn for a long time.

So it's not physical fitness but ability?

She pulled out her arm but didn't pull it out. The girl hugged him tightly, as if she was afraid that he would suddenly run away.

However, looking at this strength, Eleanor's body must have recovered.

So Ask pinched her nose mercilessly.

"Haha!" Eleanor suddenly sat up from the ground. After taking a breath, she realized that Ask was looking at her with a smile.

"Captain!" She shouted angrily and a little guilty. I'm just worried about whether he didn't sleep last night and whether he listened to everything I said...

"Have you recovered? Then let's go!" Asik waved his hand.

Ah, my neck hurts again and my mouth is dry. It’s a feeling I haven’t seen in a long time.

Eleanor breathed a quiet sigh of relief.

"Asker." After leaving the hut for more than ten minutes, Eleanor quickly followed him and suddenly said, "Did you really not read the letter I put in the book?"

"No, what's wrong?" Asked.

"Well..." Eleanor said, "That's it. Nora's family has business dealings with the Medici family in Florence, so they should arrive in Florence first, and then transfer to Solomon City."

"So, what do you mean?"

"They will probably wait for us in Florence." Eleanor looked forward and was startled.

"Or... pick it up in person."

Ask turned around and saw a helicopter formation flying over in front of him. A young girl stretched out her arm from the side of the cabin and waved vigorously in this direction.

"Nice pomp." Asik commented.

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"Wow, Ellie, you don't know how worried I am about you!" Nora sat between Asker and Eleanor in the cabin, holding her hand and blaming her worriedly, "How dare you do this? Something like that happened!”

"Nora..." Eleanor didn't know how to react, so she could only keep an apologetic smile.

"We weren't too worried at first, after all Aske went to save you! But then I heard that the murderer was caught and killed on the spot. I was almost scared to death at that time!"

"Caught?" Ask interrupted her.

"Yeah." Nora was also a little puzzled, "It was said that he was killed by the acid dragon on the spot."

"But then they said the murderer was a Hussite Taborite, so everyone felt reassured. At any rate, there must have been some mistake."

"After that, we went to Milan to make a phone call, and then took a pick-up plane to Florence to request assistance. They happened to say that the emperor was negotiating a truce with the Holy See, so the consul, Luca, said that he could send a helicopter to search for you."

"Wait, the emperor and the Holy See have negotiated a truce?" Eleanor asked in disbelief, overjoyed.

"Well, yes." Nora nodded.

The imperial camp is 60 kilometers to the southwest, the papal front line and the Castle of Canossa.

Climbing up the mountain road, Hedwig, the acid dragon, accompanied the emperor to the gate of the castle and asked for an audience with the papal guards at the gate.

However, the guards said that the Pope was taking a nap and would not let the two people in until the Holy See woke up and announced.

So the emperor and the Acid Dragon could only wait outside.

After waiting for three hours, there was still no response from the castle.

"Obviously, this is to give us power." The Acid Dragon said in a low voice, reminding the emperor not to get angry.

At this time, the emperor was extremely angry and kept mumbling something through gritted teeth. The Acid Dragon was very close to him, just enough to hear the name he kept repeating.

Sophie.

The emperor tried hard to concentrate on thinking about his daughter, so that he could barely avoid being completely angered by the Pope's humiliating behavior at this time.

Of course, Pope Innocent was not a short-sighted person. That evening, he pretended to have just woken up from a nap and quickly welcomed in the emperor and demigods who had been waiting outside for an unknown amount of time.

The Emperor knelt down in humiliation and misery before the Pope, begging the Holy See to forgive his sins. Innocent calmly recounted the crimes he had committed. The emperor nodded and confessed one by one, and even squeezed out a few tears.

Finally, in the presence of the pope and cardinals, the emperor was forced to seal a treaty in which all his crimes were written, and Innocent agreed to pardon him and make a truce with the empire.

This confession, written in the emperor's voice and stamped with the emperor's seal, was quickly printed into tens of millions of copies, distributed to every principality and parish in the Holy Solomon Empire, and posted at every town level, and even It was outside the village church that all imperial believers could see the emperor's personal confession of sins and the pope's generosity and kindness in forgiving him.

The emperor no longer remembered how he left Canossa Castle and returned to the Imperial Allied Forces camp. In short, after he returned, he declared that he was bedridden, and the Dukes immediately organized the remaining troops to return north, intending to return home through the Alps.

Along the way, many defeated soldiers who had fled before were collected. After learning that the Dukes were preparing to return home, most of the defeated troops immediately surrendered and surrendered. By the time they arrived at the foothills of the Alps, the number of defeated troops was already three times the number of the Dukes' troops.

So the Dukes had no choice but to hold urgent discussions, once again pardoned the crimes of these defeated troops, and reorganized them into the establishment.

Otherwise, once a riot broke out in the mountains, although the demigods could kill them all effortlessly, these precious principality labor forces would be completely lost.

In fact, the dukes and the emperor were fully aware of the changes in the situation that this defeat had brought to the empire.

Overall, the imperial coalition suffered heavy losses, but not to the extent of shaking the country.

The prestige of the Saxon family has plummeted, the emperor's confession has been widely known, and his political life has fallen into a state of virtual death.

Therefore, after returning to the country, the Saxony family must deal with the rising rebellions within the Principality of Lorraine as soon as possible. For the time being, they have no time and energy to interfere with the outside world.

The major families will usher in a period of golden development. Without the strong constraints from the Iron Throne in the Grand Palace of Aachen, competition and friction between principalities will intensify, and alliances will become quite important.

Of course, the rightful title to the Iron Throne will still be in the hands of the Saxon family.

Emperor Otto will stay on the Iron Throne for another 2-3 years in zombie form (doing nothing, being unable to accomplish anything). After the internal situation in the Principality of Lorraine is completely stabilized, the family will then pass the news to Prince Otto Jr. through arrangements within the family, in order to completely get rid of the negative impact of this incident on the Saxony family.

During this period, as long as the emperor did not commit another crime, the Holy See would undoubtedly help the Iron Throne breathe a sigh of relief - it lifted the emperor's excommunication order from Innocent, but did not announce the restoration of the emperor's deposed order. You can see the status:

The Holy See does not want an extremely powerful emperor to appear, but it also does not want the principalities within the empire to be independent and scattered. They hope that the empire will remain balanced, stable, and maintain the status quo. Only in this way will they be able to continue dumping goods, plundering the economy, and draining talent from the empire.

The Holy Solomon Empire, the traditional gold mine of the Holy See, will soon resume operations after this unsuccessful uprising.

The main culprit of this incident, the Blue Sword Mercenary Group, had declined the invitation of the Medici family and transferred to Solomon City in Florence.

At the same time, at the gate of Florence, Bruno, the dragon of fantasy, waited for the person he was seeking to see, old Cosimo, the contemporary head of the Medici family.

"I understand what you mean." Accompanied by the guards, Old Cosimo leaned on a cane and said leisurely, "But it's not the time yet."

"Your Majesty's wanted order against the Blue Sword Mercenary Group has been withdrawn." Bruno, the Dragon of Imagination, said seriously, "The Empire no longer has any hostility towards them."

"I understand what you mean, but it's not the time yet." Old Cosimo repeated it cryptically again, slowly extending his right index finger and pointing to the night sky above his head.

Bruno immediately understood what he meant, why the Medici family would prevent him from contacting the Blue Sword mercenary group again.

Raphael.

This is what the Holy See means.

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