Eagle Byzantium

But Markianias's attitude was very firm. This boy was very polite and measured, but his character was famous for his persistence. His bow, his sword and his horse were all chosen by himself, and no one could influence them. .

"Okay then, you can go to Durazzo too, but don't embarrass yourself too much." Baselisa finally agreed to the young man's request.

"Why can't I go?" Calleadeos shouted from the side.

Anna frowned and took the long crooked staff handed over by Hertomia. This thing looked like a hook, holding Kaleadios, who didn't know the height of the sky, and pulled him forward fiercely, as if he was pulling his head. Wild foal, "a wild child who lacks education and manners!" Basilisa sternly reprimanded Calleadeos, who had grown taller and taller. "From today on, you and all the children will be taught by Hertomia."

"I still prefer the one-armed sister in Tarsus." Calleadeos lowered his head and protested in a low voice. He was indeed a little afraid of the empire's Baselisa and the female ink officer in black robes.

But Anna didn't want to pay attention to him anymore, turned and left.

After a while, Markianias walked slowly on the forest road in front of the side door of the palace. He seemed to walk so slowly on purpose. Kukui and Zangji followed behind him. Among them, Kukui said to Markianias Asi's request expressed incomprehension, "You are a high-ranking prince, what else do you lack? Like a ship flowing down the river, what's the point of going to such a dirty and bloody battlefield?"

"It's precisely because Masud is a prince and the eagle of Oghuz!" Zanji was very excited and answered on his behalf.

"Call me Markianias." The young prince said with emotion, stroking his chest, "I don't like to go down the river to Kukui. I want to start from the lowest level as an inner palace guard, on the battlefield, in the court, and in the county. I have to gain experience, I can’t let my stepfather and mother look down on me, I have to prove that I am a true Roman.”

"The Romans..." Zanji was speechless, not knowing what to say.

"Then I won't look down on you even more!" At this time, a clear voice came from behind the gauze curtain of the round pavilion among the flowers in the Linyuan. The eldest princess Helena poked her face out from behind and faced Markianias. Grinning.

Next to her were Christopher, who was holding a book and smiling the same way, as well as Xiya, Alemannia, etc., who came to say goodbye to Markianias.

"I heard about you from the palace lady. I wish you safety and success on the battlefield of Durazzo, my brother!" Christopher walked down the steps, his tone was sincere, full of envy and admiration, his rhetoric Very good, the level has already surpassed his age, "Thank you for giving me the ability to shoot arrows before, otherwise I would never be able to shoot Kaleadios - I am really a dull and backward person."

"No, please never doubt your generous virtue, my highness..." Macianias hurriedly became humble.

"This is a gift from my sister and I. Wish you peace on the battlefield." After Christopher finished speaking, he sent the book to Markianias. When he saw it, he saw that it was a military work by a previous emperor. However, Judging from the paper and ink, it is definitely not handwritten, but copied with that kind of instrument.

Markianias was actually a little resistant to such a copy of the manuscript, but he soon saw the signatures of Helena and Christopher Christopher written in golden ink under the title page, and he felt a warmth in his heart. .

"There is no need to worry. My father is here in the military camp. Who dares to touch Markianias? Even if he is attacked by a giant under the sea, he is not afraid." Helena said that her brother's worries were unnecessary.

"Yes." Markianias was a little sad and a little excited. He knew half of the reasons why he went to the battlefield: was it to prove something in front of her, or to escape her unaware eyes?

Helena is as slender as her mother, but her frame will obviously surpass her mother's in the future. She seems to have inherited her father's genes, with ivory skin and brown hair tied into three strands hanging on her cheeks and behind her neck. When you smile, you can reveal your snow-white teeth - Markianias glanced at him for a few times, then turned away unnaturally.

Zanji had an expression on his face behind him that said, "I understand. Otherwise, Basilisa found Shahnameh many times and said that there were countless new and old emperors in the empire who wanted to marry their daughters to Markianias, but Markianias was determined to He said that he would not marry and have children before establishing a successful career.

On the other hand, every time an envoy from the Kingdom of Jerusalem came to the palace, Baselisa would bring out her daughter to accept the envoy's greetings and tributes. Helena would become the Queen of Jerusalem in the future, and her life events were already destined.

This is, of course, the source of Markianias's sadness.

Suddenly, things seem to have taken a turn for the better recently. It is said that the Patriarch of the Western City of Rome is unanimously fighting against His Majesty the Emperor, which also involves the attitude of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Holy See of Rome, including the Patriarch of the country, has repeatedly publicly or secretly requested King Baldwin, "Cancel the marriage relationship with Stephen Gawain, because the other party's religious beliefs have undergone terrible changes, and he may become Satan in the world in the future."

So Markianias even prayed that it would be better for King Baldwin, who was known for his shrewdness and warlike skills, to really break off this political marriage!

Lest Helena had to go to a distant place three years later, and there would be a strange young man holding her reed-soft hand at the foot of Mount Zion.

Macianius had many rhapsodies inspired by this. He even wanted to imitate the emperor, because everyone knew that the emperor also kidnapped Barcelissa and escaped at the end of the winter. It was really a magnificent and legendary drama! But Macianius couldn't do this. He was not afraid of dying under the sword of the emperor who might be angry, but he was afraid that Helena would gently open her red lips and reject him awkwardly, saying that she had never had any feelings for him.

In that case, it would be more painful and terrible than falling into hell.

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In the end, Macianius chose the most rational plan. He wanted to make glorious contributions to the empire, and it would be best to attract Helena's admiration and attention. The shortcut was to join the army and make contributions. It was impossible to achieve the goal by being an official or a judge. Everyone likes war heroes, and Helena is no exception.

"Thank you and Helena for the gift, but I have to go now... A true Roman warrior will not care about his wife and children on the battlefield." Maxianius took the book, held the hilt of the sword and said goodbye to everyone.

Xiya stepped forward and tied the blue silk cloak for her brother.

"Where did you get your wife and children?" Helena pursed her lips and laughed.

Maxianius felt extremely embarrassed and blushed, but he was too embarrassed to say anything, but he still nodded to everyone gracefully, and then walked away from the gate of the palace.