Blue Sword

"Your Excellency Michael," Theodora said with a smile, "Paphlagnia, is it the surname of a noble of Siris?"

The fat banker's face became even more sweaty: "Ah, it's nothing, it's not a prominent surname..."

The ugly expression on Zoe’s face next to her was almost so gloomy that it dripped water. Paphlagnia was originally just a place name outside of Asia Minor, and those people who did not have any family heritage liked to use the place name of their hometown as their surname.

"Your Majesty, please be humble. I am aware of my sister's picky taste. If she is not from a prominent family, I am afraid that she will not be able to catch her eye..." Theodora was still stabbing the banker with a smile on her face. He threw shit on his sister's face, so that the fat banker almost let out a choked cry for mercy from his throat.

Finally Asik couldn't stand it anymore and coughed and said:

"In short, the immediate priority is to determine the orthodoxy of the restoration of the Eastern Solomon Empire as soon as possible. After all, the purpose of this crusade is only to recover Constantinople, but it does not say who will return Constantinople after it is recovered. ...We can’t build another Latin empire, right?”

The Latin Empire is simply a dark history deep in the hearts of the two sisters. You must know that they were driven out of Constantinople by a group of Crusaders. Although this short-lived Latin Empire soon fell into the hands of the Seljuks, the sisters still held a grudge.

"Is that necessary?" Zoe said contemptuously, "Of course, I will take over the exile regime after the withdrawal from Constantinople, that is, the monarch of Epirus. I can't hand it over to a person. The former queen who has abdicated, right?"

"No, I don't agree." Theodora said with a smile.

"What qualifications do you have to disagree..."

"Because I am a demigod." Theodora snapped her fingers, and a field composed of frantic cyclones spread in the room in an instant.

Appirius quickly stood up, and the dark field also expanded, quickly protecting Zoe and his wife. However, Asker also launched a war field. The white-gold field full of swords and swords overlapped with Theodora's natural disaster field, firmly blocking Appirios' field.

"My stupid sister." Theodora stared at the trembling Zoe couple in the opposite field, but still supported the Zoe couple from falling to the ground, and said coldly, "Now it is the upper limit of Demon Tide Lv. 25 The power, status, wealth, and connections you have in Siris... are worthless in front of my demigod power that can destroy the world!"

"I..." Zoe opened her mouth tremblingly, and suddenly shouted, "I have the support of the Orthodox Church! The Orthodox Church has more than twenty demigods..."

"The Orthodox Church does not support you, Your Majesty Zoe." Patriarch Alexei slowly walked in from the outside, "All the demigods of the Orthodox Church are currently on standby. Once the Seljuk Empire invests the power of demigods, We need to increase our stakes accordingly, otherwise the Crusade risks tipping the scales."

"In fact." Appirios sighed, "Compared with the number of demigods, the Orthodox Church is at a disadvantage, but if you add in the high-end power of the Crusaders from other countries, as well as the Blue Sword mercenaries, The situation was completely reversed with the group's... uh, seven demigods."

"So, it's not the Crusaders who are helping you to restore your country, but Theodora is mobilizing the power of the Crusades to restore her own country. Zoe, we are recently discussing jihad with the Holy See. Innocent's side He also clearly supported Theodora’s accession to the throne.”

"Even if our Orthodox Church supports you, without the power of His Majesty Theodora, it will be impossible to regain Constantinople." Patriarch Alexei added, "So we must only support Your Majesty Theodora."

"No, no, no!" Under the cruel statements of these two demigods, Zoe finally collapsed, "You can't give up on me! I... I am the legitimate daughter of Emperor Constantine. , is the ruler of the Monarchy of Epirus and the king of the entire Cyris Peninsula!"

She howled hysterically, her eyes widened fiercely, and her fingers nervously scratched her neck to draw blood.

Theodora turned her head to show that she couldn't bear to stare, while the two demigods stared silently and firmly at the crazy Zoe, completely ignoring her stern and inward roar.

At this time, the fat banker Michael mustered up the courage and stood up to protect his wife, trying to stop the two demigods from harming her.

"Relax, Michael." Appirios said in a deep voice, "She is my granddaughter after all, no one can hurt her in front of me."

"But she can't leave this palace in the future." Patriarch Alexei also added, "If she returns to Athens, she will definitely organize her own forces and try to rebel against her. The current Crusaders Civil strife and division will never be allowed."

"I, I, I know." Mihail said tremblingly, "But I hope that at least she can save her life..."

"I also said, I will keep her alive." At this time, Theodora turned her head, looked at the fat banker who had gathered his courage, and nodded approvingly.

After the two people were taken out by Alex, Theodora let go of Asker's hand, relaxed and sat down on the sofa, and asked casually:

"Captain..."

"You still call me leader?"

"Asker." Sheila asked thoughtfully, "If you were in that banker's position, would you stand up to protect me?"

"That's necessary." Asik said, "Even if you kneel down and beg for mercy, you have to keep it."

"I don't like Aske who kneels down and begs for mercy." Sheila curled her lips, but her expression looked extremely satisfied.

"Instead of doing this kind of psychological construction, it is better to work hard to become stronger from the beginning to avoid falling into this embarrassing situation." Ask corrected her.

"That's right." Appilios echoed from the side.

Then the two young people discovered that their elder was still beside them. Theodora was embarrassed and silent, but Asik laughed and changed the subject and said:

"Your Excellency Appilios, we have opened the road from Thrace to Constantinople. Do we need to integrate the forces of Cyris next?"

"I will let Quintus do this step." Appelius nodded and said, "But before that, Theodora, you need to officially announce your existence to the outside world."

"Announced...really?" Theodora looked at Asike with some embarrassment.

This is certainly something that must be done. After all, there was no "Theodora" in the world before, only "Sheila" as a mercenary. Now Theodore must be brought to the forefront before she can accept the political legacy of her sister Zoe.

However, Theodora's official appearance means Sheila's retirement... Then, it is estimated that she will never have time to stay in the Blue Sword Mercenary Group.

"How about..." Theodora took a deep breath, as if she had made a difficult decision, and was about to propose to her grandfather that "Asker should appear as her co-emperor" when she heard Asker Be the first to say:

"Yes, and considering that the Crusaders are about to occupy Thrace and approach Constantinople, the sooner the better."