Eagle Byzantium

"You finally denied my love for you... Do you think you can regain the throne in this way? Coward, coward! Your enemy Gawain will not be so cowardly!" Marlena grasped the "crime" ", gritting his teeth.

John saw that she might tear up the document, so he rushed over and grabbed his adoptive mother's hand. She struggled, her hair falling on her forehead and face, and her mature and seductive body twisted like that, which made John's heart tremble. , he is so obsessed with her body, but what can he do now? He was also in a desperate situation and could never take her on the road again. That would be tantamount to incurring the crime that his mother accused him of, so it would be better to follow the advice of his confidant Axepochus and completely shift the blame to Marlena. body, and then go to the north to find Tatisius. This may be the only feasible way.

"Help me, help me! If you really love me, you won't think that I am denying it." John said eagerly, pulling on the seal pendant hanging around his adoptive mother's neck, trying to pull it away. Go to the end of the document and stamp it.

During the swaying and fighting, Marlena gradually weakened, and finally she gave up the resistance and fell into the arms of her adopted son. He still stamped his own guilt with his seal, and then John pulled off the tie on his adoptive mother's cloak. The badge button symbolizing the status of the chief lady was also placed in the sealed box together with the documents.

For the last time, Marlena touched her adopted son's cheek and rubbed it, her lips were pale, "Okay, I can only help you so far, and you have to walk on your own in the future... I hope you can finally realize your long-cherished wish." ..." Then her eyes became empty, looking at the colonnade behind John, and she slowly smiled.

Over there, the blurry black figure behind the pillar walked out somewhat cautiously, approaching Malena step by step with a little hesitation.

John was a little scared, and he turned back to follow Marlena's gaze.

But except for the windows, curtains, empty pillars, and floor, nothing could be seen.

"You are finally here, my sin. Finally, I can go to Hell to redeem it." Marlena said.

The dark shadow became more and more clear in her eyes.

It was the ghost of Constantine with blood still flowing from the corners of her eyes and nostrils, her real child of flesh and blood, who came to find her mother.

The child still looked like he did when he was poisoned to death. He had not grown up and only had a pale face. When he approached Malena, Malena opened her arms with despair for the world and a fear of death. Desire.

"Mother, I found you, are you..." The ghost seemed to say these words, with sadness and joy.

In the empty palace where the wind was swirling, John held his shivering adoptive mother. Her arms were still stretched stiffly toward the ceiling. She was not poisoned or assassinated, but she lost her life just like this.

At this time, Aksepokos and a group of soldiers ran in and reminded the emperor to flee north quickly, because the situation at Gallipoli Fortress was not optimistic at all - the Hungarian soldiers stationed wanted to surrender, and Gawain's offensive became increasingly fierce. violent. In addition, at the seaside to the east of the city, Gawain's other soldiers and horses have already built an advancing military stronghold.

John gave up the last bit of emotion, threw Marlena's body on the spot, and placed the so-called confession next to it. Taking advantage of the darkness in the second half of the night, he covered his identity, turned back on horseback, and headed towards Running towards the Thracian snowfields north of Constantinople.

A few hours later, that is, on the morning of the next day, all the Hungarian soldiers in the Gallipoli Fortress surrendered under the leadership of General Counselor Klembold of the Royal Palace. The soldiers of the Opushkin Brigade who besieged the place rushed to the fortress city first. Head, put the new battle flag up on the tree, and captured all the boats in the port.

On the other side of the road, the Nikka Brigade and the Bithynia Border Army also began to approach the Jukuntina Palace. An advance team of soldiers held up their shields and trotted through the streets of Qili Town and the suspension bridge of the Jukuntina Palace. , with the empty gate tower and atrium, in Here they stopped, panting, and looked around, because there were rare trees and strange animals everywhere, which opened their eyes. When this group of soldiers served in the empire before, they might never see the inside of the royal palace in their lives. scene.

After pushing the door open, the group of soldiers stepped in cautiously and found Malena's body lying there in the cold wind in the hall. Her hair and clothes were half covered with snowflakes. The leading officer approached and picked up the body. The sealed document said it would be handed over to the superior for final decision.

Soon General Marinus and more soldiers arrived. He looked at the female body on the floor at his feet and quickly identified her identity. "She is Malena of Alanya, the chief noblewoman of the palace. Go and report it quickly." Across the strait.”

In the evening, several messenger cavalry with their shoulders covered with snow ran into the courtyard where fires were lit everywhere. "The benevolent emperor and empress issued an order to deal with the sinful woman. Her body should be cremated here without any insult." He was injured, and then the ashes were collected in a jar and sent to the monastery of Calle Adio for burial, and her sister, Sister Marianne, took care of the tomb. "

In compliance with such an order, soldiers wearing iron helmets held up a stretcher and placed Malena's body on it. Braving the renewed snow, they placed it on the pyre, poured Armenian light oil and lit it.

Firelight and black smoke suddenly shot up in the courtyard of the Juquintina Palace, illuminating its roof. On top, many Tarsusian border guards and brigade soldiers waved their military flags and continued to fire cannons into the sky. , slightly north of their gaze, the great Golden Gate of Constantinople was standing in the gray wind and snow.

At the port of Scutari, Anna, clad in white fur, stood on the cliff with some sadness and discomfort, looking at the vast sea water and the rows of Eternal Capital opposite. She held Marlena's confession in her hand and lowered her head. He frowned and turned his head slightly, and said to Gawain behind him, " Do you still remember why I had a high fever? Because I saw with my own eyes in the dark corner of the study how Marlena poisoned her biological son Constantine, and I was frightened - even though I didn't love her and Constantine. , but I sympathize with these two and would like to pray for them.”

"Power eventually turns people into crazy animals." Gawain sighed as he held the hilt of his sword.

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Then the two of them were silent at the same time, looking at the ocean and the capital and palace that were about to fall into their hands. Who knew if they and the people of the future generations would fall into the same trap of bloodshed and conspiracy?

Anna rested her head on Gawain's arm, "Big Barbarian, I don't want to think about the future, but I want to break through all this. How can people be saved?"

"Don't think too much, it will make us both have to leave this world soon. Even an uninvited guest like me understands that now that we have the hilt and key of power, we must change the world. Anna, I will conquer in the future The road is still long and long, including raising children, rectifying the country, the palace, and the armament, interacting with the world, and fighting with the enemy. Isn’t the grand dream of fighting and reviving Rome worth your whole life to realize? I think I will be satisfied with no regrets when death comes in the future - Anna, my comrade-in-arms, when the time comes, I will It can be said that I have fought the battles that I should fight, I have walked the way that I should walk, and I have kept the way that I should believe in.”