Eagle Flag of Epirus

"Are you ready?" Walking on the bluestone paved road, the Genoese girl tilted her head and glanced at the man beside her, and asked angrily.

And Justinian shrugged and put on a relaxed look, "Even if you're not ready, your brother with a bad personality won't be ready to let us go!" Since that meeting on the Golden Horn Later, he didn't like the noble son of the Doria family.

"Hmph, you speak ill of my elder brother behind your back, and your character is really bad." Antonia, who was amused by Justinian, rolled her eyes, but her face was immediately covered with a layer of disappointment. Suddenly he stopped and said with a serious face: "Justinian-kun, if I will be taken back this time, I hope you can promise me one thing, okay?"

"What's the matter?" Justinian turned to look at Antonia.

And the girl lightly opened her lips and whispered a startling request: "Help me destroy the Doria family, just as they destroyed the life of my mother and me and my brother."

Antonia said these words with a calm expression, and the condensed light and water in her eyes were not shocked, but in the blink of an eye, what Justinian said was a major event that was enough to shock others. It should be noted that the Doria family is definitely not a small force in the city-state of Genoa. If you want to uproot it, you have to take action from a big country. The current Justinian power is far from enough, even the Roman Empire that has never been dismembered is difficult. Go to the country far away. But what is even more incredible is that Antonia who made this request is a member of the Doria family. Obviously, the girl hates her family very much, even if her body has the same blood as the other party.

Although he also knew the identity of Antonia's illegitimate daughter in the past, and knew a little of the reason, Justinian was still shocked by the plea of ​​the girl in front of him. He thought it was the conflict caused by Antonia's forced marriage, but apparently things It doesn't seem that simple. Justinian didn't answer the request directly, but asked, "Your brother? I thought you hated him all the time."

"I never hated my brother, I only hated myself for not being able to share the pain and suffering earlier." Antonia looked up at the tower in front of her, recalling the bits and pieces of her childhood. To Justinian, it seems to be saying to another person, "You must know that the nobles of Genoa are like giant beasts, power is their sharp teeth, chewing the arrogance of those aliens, wealth is their mouthpiece, and will resist everything. The perseverance softens and reshapes them so they can eat. I didn't save my mother and Andrea, and now I'm going to be devoured by them, Justinian, if it's possible, can you help me get rid of these monsters Cut off your head?"

"You can solve your own troubles yourself, girl! Before the dust settles, don't learn to be so righteous and dignified as the people in the bard poems!" A fist landed on Antonia's head, neither light nor heavy What the girl immediately heard was Justinian's impatient voice, "If you really want to chop down some messy beast, it's better to do it yourself, and your brother may not be digested yet! Don't give it to yourself first. Depressed. This is not the man who told me that in Constantinople."

"What did you say?" The girl covering her head was slightly stunned, and her thoughts seemed to return to three years ago.

I hope that when we meet again, we will have the power to control our own destiny.

"Remember? I never forgot." Justinian said softly, and Antonia also remembered what she said at the time, which was also the promise she made to herself after she got rid of the shackles. The girl with mixed feelings was hesitant to say anything, and the two old friends under the White Pagoda knew each other and smiled at each other in tacit understanding.

At this time, outside the White Pagoda, a group of people came out, and it seemed that someone had already come out to greet them.

The Genoese guards stood up straight and stood apart on both sides. It was Charles, the steward of the Doria family, who stepped forward to meet the two who were coming. It was this man who had previously planned an unsuccessful assassination of Justinian in Epirus. At this time, when the two met, Justinian and he did not have a good face with each other.

Justinian and Antonia walked into the White Tower together, but when they were about to go forward, Charles, the steward in front of them, stopped them. Valley

"Miss Antonia, the young master only sees His Excellency Justinian alone. You should go back to the ship with us first."

Obviously, the Doria family was ready to take away the girl next to Justinian, but Justinian's outstretched arm blocked them.

"Your Excellency Justinian, what do you mean? This is an internal matter of the Doria family, and you should not interfere." Looking at the man who was blocking him, Steward Charles showed anger in his eyes.

"Of course I can. Miss Antonia is my ally. If someone from the Doria family met with me, without her presence, I would not approve." Justinian refused the other party's request without any subtlety. He didn't pay attention to the Doria family in front of him.

"Hmph, I'm afraid you don't think so." Steward Charles snorted coldly, looked at Justinian's unarmed belt, and then motioned for the guards beside him to step forward.

"Go!"

Apparently the Doria family ignored Justinian's warning, but the two Genoese sergeants had just taken a step forward, only to hear the sound of breaking through the air, and the swift arrows shot from Justinian. The shot came from behind and hit the feet of the two soldiers. They were so frightened that they subconsciously dodged and fell to the ground.

"The land of Rome is under my feet. It's you people who really can't be presumptuous. I hope I don't need to remind me next time." He waved his hands behind him, and Justinian didn't say anything more.

The Genoese looked nervously at the direction where the bow and arrow came from, and saw that there was a crowded downtown area. It seemed that the snipers were hiding in it, and no one dared to move.

At this time, the attendants who rushed to the door promptly resolved the deadlock on the scene, "Master Justinian, Master Andrea, please come in for a while, and please condescend to accompany me, and Miss Antonia also We can go together. Charles, please wait outside with you and the others."

"But—" Seeing the attendant bringing such an order, the steward's face changed and he wanted to say something, but the cold expression of the attendant brought him into his eyes and he finally swallowed the words in his throat.

"Yes, I obey Master Andrea's orders."

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