Blue Sword

His Majesty Philip, who was sitting on the throne, was already drunk. When he saw his wife entering the venue, he waved her over.

"Your Majesty, you shouldn't drink so much wine." Cleopatra said angrily, "This is not good for your liver."

"It doesn't matter." Philip smiled and waved his hand and said, "Even Dionysus will be extra tolerant of banquets held to celebrate victory in the war."

(Dionysus, the god of wine in the ancient Cyrus myth)

While Peggy was still eating pudding quietly, a certain Macedonian noble came up to chat with a wine glass.

However, His Royal Highness Alexander had a gloomy face and stared in the direction of the head of the banquet without saying a word. In order to ease the embarrassment, the Macedonian noble could only turn around and talk to Peggy.

"I heard that Miss Andrea is from Athens? I also studied at the University of Athens, but my major was rhetoric and film studies. What do Miss Andrea think of the work "Trojan Horse"?"

Peggy put down her fork and grinned at him.

"Uh." The Macedonian noble suddenly felt that this was an implicit ridicule. After all, Macedonia's cultural level was far inferior to that of Siris, so it was natural that the other party disdained to discuss art with him.

"I think this work..." He gritted his teeth and continued to talk about his understanding of movies and art.

Paige still smiled.

In her polite smile, the Macedonian noble finally lost the battle and left with a face full of shame.

Peggy continued to eat the pudding.

Suddenly, Alexander stood up angrily, attracting the attention of the entire venue.

"What did you just say, Your Majesty?" he asked through gritted teeth.

King Philip also drank too much and subconsciously replied in surprise: "What's wrong? I asked your little mother to take care of herself. After all, she is pregnant with the heir to the Kingdom of Macedonia..."

"He is your heir, so what do you think of me? A bastard? You despicable bastard!" Alexander was furious, picked up the wine glass in front of him and threw it away.

The wine glass hit King Philip's nose directly, and there was a loud clang. His Majesty the King's nose suddenly swelled, and two lines of nosebleeds flowed, which frightened the nobles and bureaucrats below to stand up.

"You traitor!" After a wine glass was smashed in front of everyone, King Philip immediately fell into a rage. He grabbed the iron bowl next to him and threw it hard.

Alexander drew his sword and hacked it away.

King Philip also drew out the long sword of the guard next to him, and was about to come over and kill Alexander, but he tripped over the chair under his feet. He only managed to avoid falling to the ground with the help of the guard's quick eyesight and hands.

"Look!" Alexander mocked him loudly, "a king who is preparing to sweep the East can't even jump over a chair!"

King Philip was so angry that he could only throw the long sword in his hand, but Alexander accurately hacked it away again.

Gold and iron struck each other, and a clang woke up Peggy who was still eating pudding.

The latter raised his head blankly, looking at Alexander and King Philip who were at war with each other, and then seemed to realize something.

Then, she grabbed Alexander's arm and pulled him outside without any explanation.

After all, Alexander is an extraordinary person in the arcane sequence. All extraordinary powers are added to the spirit. His physical strength is not as good as Peggy. He was immediately dragged out of the palace by her.

The incident happened suddenly, and the nobles and bureaucrats present did not react at all. They just looked at each other blankly, and even the guards at the door did not have time to stop them.

Only His Majesty King Philip, who was still bleeding from the nose, was panting and gritting his teeth with the support of his young wife Cleopatra.

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"If I hadn't pulled you out, you would have died in the palace!"

Under the night, Peggy, who was driving, complained: "I haven't finished my bowl of pudding yet!"

Alexander's handsome face was livid, and he sat in the passenger seat without saying a word.

"Drive more steadily." He was silent for a long time, looking at the crooked road ahead, and finally couldn't help but said, "Can you straighten the steering wheel?"

"No!" Peggy said, "My driving skills have only been learned from Nora for a short time. I can already start the car very well, okay?"

Alexander was speechless.

"Actually, you shouldn't take me away." After continuing to be silent for a while, Alexander said coldly, "I would like to see if he, the king of Macedonia, would really attack his own son in public."

"If he does, you'll die," Paige said.

"He wouldn't dare." Alexander said coldly.

Looking at the gloomy darkness shrouded in the night in the distance, scenes of past conflicts with his father reappeared in his mind, and together with some long-suppressed resentment, it wrapped around his heart like a snake.

"Actually, he may not dare!" Alexander squeezed out a few words through his teeth, his voice trembling so much that it was almost deformed. "If this continues, sooner or later I will be cornered and I must strike first..."

"You want to assassinate your father?" Peggy asked him.

"I won't take action." Alexander said with a gloomy face, staring ahead quietly, "Of course, if there is an accident around him, there's no telling..."

"I don't think you're suitable for this kind of thing," Peggy said.

"Why?" Alexander narrowed his eyes.

"Because of your personality." Peggy said.

She held the steering wheel, looked forward and said: "I can see that you are a very proud guy. After all, you are of noble birth and are talented, so you are proud of yourself."

"I guess you have never encountered any adversity since you were a child, right? So when you encounter such a setback, your thinking immediately goes to extremes."

"Think about it carefully. Because of your father's drunken words, you didn't hesitate to fall out with him on the spot. What does this mean?"

"It means you are afraid, afraid that he will really deprive you of your position as heir."

"In fact, with your current prestige in the army and nobles, if he really wanted to change his heir, how could he say it so easily and on the spot?"

"You're right." Alexander was stunned for a long time and suddenly realized, "Even if he wanted to test, he wouldn't do it right there in front of so many people."

"That's it." Peggy shrugged, "You see, having murderous intentions because of one sentence is an extremely reckless act."

"If you really put it into practice. With your character, you will definitely regret it later."

"Indeed." Alexander nodded and said, "I should go back to Epirus first, which is the territory of my mother's family."

"Even if he really plans to attack me, I can calmly organize the manpower to fight back."

"Otherwise, if he really just said something drunk, but I acted in such an extreme way, doesn't that prove that I'm afraid of him?"

"You were afraid of him to begin with," Paige complained.

"No, I'm not afraid of him." Alexander said firmly, his face filled with confidence again, "Listen up, Paige."

"I, Alexander, will become a greater king than my father."

"He conquered Cyris, and I will conquer the wider lands in the east."

"If he conquers the East first, then I will conquer the whole world in the future!"

"Becoming the king of Macedonia is just a small step in my life. I don't need to worry too much about it."

"And you, Miss Paige." He turned his head and stared at Paige with burning eyes.

"I wonder if you are willing to become the future Princess of Macedonia?"

"I don't want to," Peggy said.

"Well..." Alexander was a little embarrassed and turned to look out the window.

"Is it because of that guy named Aske?" After a long silence, he asked softly.

"That's right." Paige replied unabashedly.

"Why?" Alexander asked.

"The reason why you fell in love with me is just because I pulled you out of the quagmire with a few words when you fell into despair." Paige tapped her fingers on the steering wheel.

"And he did the same thing."

Alexander looked at her quietly.

"Okay." Alexander sighed bitterly, "He is really a lucky guy."

"Lucky guys like you and me are the ones who were rescued before falling into the abyss." Peggy said.

"You're right, I like you more and more." Alexander shook his head, "What a pity."

"Don't be a pity, you can always find a better woman." Paige said, "Well, I'm not good at comforting people."

The car was silent for a moment.

"It seems I have to find another way to thank you." Alexander said seriously, "Alexander never owes anyone a favor."

"Help me find Aske, and I'll let you return the favor," Peggy said.

Alexander was silent for a moment, and his voice suddenly became deep and magnetic:

"There's no need to look for him. Once you get out of my memory, you will see him naturally."

The scene outside suddenly stopped, as if the whole world had stopped. Peggy stepped on the accelerator in surprise, only to find that the car was not moving forward at all, as if it was stuck in some kind of sticky glue.

"To be honest, I have repeated this memory countless times." Alexander's pupils were dilated, as if he were staring in the direction of infinity, "Every time I ask myself whether I really had to attack him at that time. "

"Actually, when he later sent people to Epirus to initiate reconciliation with me, I already realized that something was wrong. However, the assassination order had been issued, and I was unwilling to admit that I was just impulsive, so I could only convince myself that it was self-inflicted. It’s a necessary choice to protect.”

"Now it seems that I was really deceiving myself."

"It seems that even the greatest king cannot avoid all shortcomings. I have made mistakes, at least I cannot lose the courage to face them head-on."

"Thank you, Miss Paige. Thank you for sharing the life and experiences of a deceased person wandering in the ocean of subconsciousness, and helping him finally understand his own heart."

"As a thank you, I will give you my "Phantom Sword". Since Hannibal's death at the hands of the Solomons, this extraordinary swordsmanship has been lost in the main world. This is not the fate it should have."

He stretched out a finger and touched Peggy's forehead. The latter's mind was buzzing, and he felt like there was something extra in his memory.

"Um... you..." Peggy said hesitantly, "What are you..."

"Aren't you quite smart, Miss Paige?" Alexander smiled casually, "Don't you understand who I am?"

"Go," he said in a low voice, "let me rest completely."

Suddenly, in Peggy's sight, the entire picture collapsed like broken glass.

The swallowed chapter has been added