Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

The little girl turned her head and glanced at the bag of preserves, then took off her hood, took the preserves but didn't eat them.

Only then did Orville see the other person's appearance clearly, and he could only sigh that she is a beautiful woman, she is indeed beautiful.

Her mid-length, slightly curly black hair brushed past her shoulders, her eyes were like autumn water, her skin was like gelatin, her hands were like soft skin, her lips were red and her teeth were white. Basically, all the words that could praise a woman's beauty went through Orville's mind, but that was all. .

His resistance to women is relatively high, not to mention that thirteen or fourteen-year-olds are still little girls in his eyes. They will be stunned and will not be unable to walk or affect their thinking.

"Thank you for your words. I think it helps me a lot. This is a thank you gift for you. It's the only thing I have."

She took a pearl earring from her ear and wanted to hand it to Orville, but Orville didn't reach for it.

He has no interest in asking for children's things: "It's useless for men to ask for jewelry. They will only sell it. Instead of doing this, it is better to give it to the right person. Besides, I am not very short of money. I live here among the Romans." not bad."

The corner of the other party's mouth curled up: "This is a thank-you gift from Cleopatra, the Ptolemaic royal family. It will be useful to you. Trust me and keep it, or you can actually sell it."

Orville's expression changed, and then quickly returned to normal.

Although this name is a bit sensitive, as it has the same name as the famous Cleopatra in history, women in her family love to use this name. There are too many Cleopatras in history, and they are all called by the same name. Too sensitive, Orville thought it was just the same name. It was not such a coincidence. The historical Cleopatra was Cleopatra Tia Philopator.

He asked tentatively: "What is your full name? I will remember this in the future."

Now the other party was surprised: "I thought you had known it for a long time, Cleopatra Tia Philopator. The daughter of the flute player Philopator, now king of Egypt, by the way, is now in The person who was executed was my sister."

There was not much emotion in her words, as if she was executing unrelated people, but her eyes were full of sadness, and she was obviously not as indifferent as she said.

The words with too much information made Orville stunned on the spot. After a few seconds, he put a smile on his face again, and groped around in his arms, trying to find some more suitable gift in return.

When the other party saw this scene, he couldn't help but let out a burst of laughter like a silver bell: "Don't be so restrained. I have no plans for you, so you just need to accept the gift. If you really want to repay me, then become famous in Rome." , let my gift have real value. Don’t forget that I have a relationship with you in Egypt. "

For her age, these words were very appropriate. After hesitating, Orville accepted the gift from the other party, and then the information about the other party's abilities came into his mind.

[Cleopatra Thea Philopator’s immature and clever royal family]

[Diplomacy: 17 Military: 8 Management: 10 Strategy: 14 Knowledge: 15]

Compared with the historical reputation, Orville knew that the opponent was still a minor and still had a lot of room for growth.

Seeing Orville take the gift, Cleopatra nodded, and then she could only continue to pay attention to the situation on the execution platform.

After the two talked for a while, the king above finally vented his anger, ended his speech with a high-pitched curse, and ordered the executioner to execute him.

All people are equal in the face of death. Cleopatra's sister's head was easily chopped off by the executioner and rolled to the ground. This position was indeed the so-called "best position". His head rolled a few meters in front of Orville, staring straight at Orville and the other two.

After all, she was still a little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old. Faced with the tragic death of her siblings and relatives, no matter how hard she pretended to be calm, her true feelings would inevitably show up. There were tears in her eyes, and she was about to cry.

Orville, who had good eyesight, saw the king turning his head and looking this way. He hesitated for a second or two, but finally decided to help and quickly lowered his head to remind the other party.

"Now, raise your head, open your eyes, and look at your sister, but don't think about anything. If you don't want to be like her, just do it!"

Cleopatra also reacted quickly and steeled herself to do as she was told. However, it was still difficult to hold back the tears that burst out of her eyes. It was really hard for a little girl to watch her relatives being mutilated and executed with eyes open. It's so cruel that it's impossible for most adults to control their emotions.

Orville glanced at the king who was still observing above, and finally sighed helplessly, muttering: "Sooner or later, I will die up here one day."

He took the candied fruit bag that Cleopatra had casually placed on the table, took out a few pieces of candied fruit from it, and directly forced it into the other woman's mouth very transgressively.

She didn't expect Orville to do this, and she was obviously stunned.

"I heard that eating sugar can relieve negative emotions, but I don't know if it's true, so just think about it first. Look forward, but don't think about what's in front of you. Think about what kind of fruit it is, and feel the core of the fruit with your tongue. There are a few dents in the texture. Use your teeth to see if you can bite the core. In short, do whatever you want, just don’t think about what’s happening in front of you.”

I don’t know if this trick is really effective or Cleopatra’s emotional regulation ability is very powerful. In short, she really stopped crying and looked at the corpse in front of her with a poker face, while holding her own in her hands tightly. The hem of her clothes showed that her mental activity was still very intense at this time.

Seeing the scene he wanted to see, the old king turned his head and continued to observe elsewhere, which was considered to have lifted the alarm.

After seeing the other party turn his head, Orville was relieved, but he was also a little guilty. He felt that his transgression would be found by others, and his identity as a Roman officer might not be able to protect himself, so he decided to leave this place of trouble quickly.

"Then see you later. I will remember this gift if I can really make a name for myself in Rome."

Orville said to the girl who was still in a daze, and he quickly slipped out of the front row and got into the crowd while no one was looking for him.

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What happened in the square was an episode. After that, Orville was afraid of being found, so he went back to the ship to hide and wait for news from Tiya.

Tiya returned to the ship with a smile from morning to around noon.

This time her trust was not betrayed. After discussing and considering for a long time, the Governor of Egypt and several major decision-makers agreed to Tiya's request.

They wrote a pledge of allegiance together, but did not write the names of the people they were loyal to on the document, leaving this right to Vespa to decide, which was their determination.

Although Egypt had its own king and kingdom, the military and political power of this country was still in the hands of the Romans. The Romans had more than 20,000 standing troops here. With the approval of the Governor of Egypt, they could control the trade line of wheat transported from Egypt to Rome, which could be said to have strangled the stomach of the Romans.

As the saying goes, if you want to win a man's heart, you must control his stomach. After controlling his stomach, it is not empty talk to win the hearts of the people.