Blue Sword

Shortly after their marriage, the young couple spent their honeymoon in Aachen, and the empire's northern border was about to explode.

The Helsingør Empire has officially declared war on the HRE Empire, demanding that the Saxon family hand over Her Majesty Hildelife's fiancé and cede the two border territories of Schleswig and Holstein as compensation to Her Majesty the Queen.

Internationally, it is generally believed that the latter territorial claim is the real reason for war, while the so-called "husband-stealing revenge" is just an excuse for aggression concocted because of concerns about insufficient claims.

After all, for one man, the two empires actually went to full-scale war. This thing is a bit too magical. For example, the famous Trojan War in history was not actually to recapture Helen, but to plunder and take away this rich Asia Minor city-state.

The Norman army of the empire has not yet gone south, but there are already many thieves from the Norman region. Whether they have miscalculated the date of their southward invasion, or they are impatient to pioneer for the king, they have fled to the Principality of Saxony and the Principality of Lorraine.

So much so that the border lords' calls for help almost overwhelmed the Imperial Knights... No way, ever since Eleanor reorganized the Blade Knights into the Imperial Knights, she has taken on the responsibility of quelling the rebellion within the empire, so much so that now When encountering any attack by external forces, the first thing that nobles from all over the country think of is not to borrow troops from their lords or neighbors, but to ask for help from the Imperial Knights.

Sir Joel of the Knights had barely managed to endure the wave of requests for help from the border nobles for several weeks. He couldn't bear it anymore, so he could only find a day to come over and talk to His Highness about the problem in a roundabout way.

After hearing this, Eleanor looked at her husband.

"Don't worry." Ask said with a smile.

No, I feel uneasy if you say this... Eleanor immediately had some instinctive doubts.

After all, the husband did have a history of suddenly running away in this regard: before returning to that world, he seemed to have used similar words to coax the pregnant Medea into a circle.

So much so that one second before the final battle began, Medea did not expect that he would act so decisively.

But that time it was because he had to go back to see his mother. Besides, Medea and he had not confirmed their relationship, so if he really wanted to leave, it wouldn't be considered a runaway.

I am the wife who is married to Aske!

Eleanor, who was thinking this way, hesitated for a few minutes, and then finally made up her mind.

"Let's get everyone ready to go."

"Yes!" Sir Joel immediately stood up happily and left in a hurry.

"Are you unhappy?" Eleanor turned her head and asked.

"How could it be?" Ask hugged her gently.

The two were tender for a moment, and then Eleanor left his arms and said with a smile:

"You won't be kidnapped by Nora or others when I come back, right?"

For some reason, Aske suddenly felt a chill on his back and could only smile and ask her:

"Hey, am I some kind of kid who gets kidnapped?"

"That's hard to say." Eleanor pretended to be angry, "After all, you promised her to wait for you for ten years! If she comes to visit Aachen, will you still hide in the palace to avoid seeing her?"

"What you said does make sense. I really should go see him." Asik pretended to think, and Eleanor was so angry that she patted him again.

"Okay, let me tell you." She said solemnly, "You can go to see her, but you must come back to me after the meeting. Do you understand? Don't follow her foolishly."

"Don't worry." Ask agreed confidently.

He agreed so readily, which only made Eleanor even more uneasy. It's just that Knight Ji didn't know the so-called Flag after all, so she didn't become suspicious for too long. After all, there was no real basis for suspicion.

So she kissed her husband on the lips, then smiled and said:

"Then I'm leaving. Wait until I come back~"

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Papal Palace in the Lateran District.

The Bishop of Adelaide stood helplessly beside him, and the current saint, Her Excellency Nora, curled up on the sofa in the center like a cat, eating potato chips and looking at the screen with a smile.

What was playing on the screen was the image of Eleanor grabbing the flower crown and putting it on her head in Aachen Cathedral, and then she threw herself into Aske's arms and kissed her.

If Eleanor saw this video, she would definitely exclaim, "There is a mole among us" because this video was obviously taken from the guest seat.

However, Nora just watched and ate, as if all her anger was turned into appetite.

"Lady Saint, you should calm down..." Adelaide sighed.

"Calm down? Why calm down? I'm not angry." Nora said with a gentle and cheerful, but somehow scary smile.

You also said you were lifeless, and your bulging cheeks almost chewed the potato chips into powder...

Adelaide put her hand on her forehead and said:

"Now Eleanor should have left Aachen for the Northern Expedition, so what are you going to do?"

"I told you I'm not angry." Nora said with a smile.

No, that's not what I asked just now... Adelaide was completely speechless.

"Look." Nora finished eating the potato chips, licked her slender green fingers, and then pointed at the screen and said, "As a wedding, the priest has not presided over the wedding, and the two parties have not exchanged vows. Even the laurel crown is hers. If you put it on, how can such a wedding ceremony be effective?"

"And even if it is a formal marriage registration, Aske and I registered it first in Solomon City. How can hers count? At best, it is just for self-satisfaction. Invalid bigamy is not recognized by God or the law."

No, your sister is said to have secretly obtained Asker's fingerprints to create a marriage registration without the parties' knowledge. That is truly illegal, right? And it is said that it was later canceled by His Majesty the Pope through an administrative appeal... Adelaide thought to herself.

"Anyway, Ellie has this kind of character. She likes to get stuck into what she thinks is right." Nora crumpled the potato chip bag into a ball and threw it into the trash can next to her. "No. If she has occupied the group leader for so long, it’s time for me to take him back.”

"Then the excommunication order you mentioned..."

"Of course it's just to scare her." Nora glanced at Adelaide strangely, "She is my best friend, how could I put her to death?"

No, can this thing also be used to scare people? Don't you know that the cardinals have recently been arguing over whether to sanction the HRE Empire?

Adelaide felt that she was increasingly unable to keep up with the saint's thoughts, so she silently took out the test paper from her white coat and wiped the cold sweat from her face.

"In short, let all the bishops of the empire's dioceses stop cooperating with the Saxon family." Nora said lightly, "In addition, all the military supplies and technical maintenance originally promised to the empire have also been suspended."

"...Okay." Adelaide felt her head swell. She was said to be the best best friend before, but then she withdrew all personnel, materials and technical support, but she still chose this time when she was fighting with the North. Is this what a person can say?

However, this person is an "angel walking on the earth" after all, and his status in the Holy See is even better than that of the Pope's "Spokesperson of God", so Adelaide didn't say much and could only nod in agreement.

"By the way." Nora suddenly asked, "What are the origins of the three people who tipped us off?"

"According to the existing information analysis, there is a high probability that the other party is from the same world as Asker." Raphael's electronic female voice sounded in the room, "The other party expressed a certain willingness to cooperate in the letter. Chaos calculation based on all the scattered clues , it is speculated that it is likely to seek help from the Holy See, and it is recommended to take further contact and collect more information to complete it.”

"Do you need anything from us?" Nora thought for a moment, then raised her lips happily, "Maybe we can use it."