Eagle Byzantium

"Pa!" was the sound of the little girl's boots. She bounced up quickly, but when Gawain raised his hand slightly, her hand fell into the air. Then Gawain walked, and the little girl jumped behind. The scene was quite funny, but it also frightened the eunuch and the maids.

"Damn barbarian, how dare you do this!" The girl jumped while not forgetting to attack verbally.

Gawain walked up to the eunuch and placed the box containing the Virgin's veil in his hand. Then the little girl let out a sweet cry - she was easily lifted up and carried by Gawain until she walked to the exit of the main hall of the monastery. Being put down, "Go, go and play with your parents or siblings."

"I..." The little girl in purple robe was about to turn around and argue, but Gawain held down her head and braid and turned her around. This happened several times, and the girl was so anxious that she was about to burst into tears, which made Gawain feel soft-hearted. It wasn't until he saw the enamel-inlaid Saint Mary icon pendant hanging around the girl's neck that his hand suddenly trembled and he realized what was going on. That's wrong: this is the Brachna Palace where the Byzantine emperor lived. Inside, maids and eunuchs surrounded the little girl and ran over Seize the holy relics of the monastery in a grand manner (all the monks on duty here went to listen to the debate between Patriarch Masdas and Patriarch Idorus of St. John's Church in the River Hall), and what's more, this girl has The little purple robe he was wearing, he had just heard from the officer himself - only those who were given it by the royal family or the emperor himself were qualified to wear it.

Could it be that the little girl whose head he held down was actually...

Now that the fun was gone, Gawain let go of the girl and slowly backed away. He thought that he could jump from the gap in the wall of the monastery against the cliff just now. Maybe he could find a place to escape from the palace, but So what? He has no status in this country and the imperial capital.

The little girl hurriedly rubbed her braids and put her clothes and robe back together in a dignified manner. Then she looked at Gawain who was walking towards the backyard, with blush and anger on her face, "Stop."

"Actually, I am just an attendant of the hermit envoy, but I do carry the secret message of Pope St. Peter. Killing me will also cause diplomatic friction between the two worlds, and will also hinder the relationship between His Majesty the Emperor and His Holiness the Pope. Cooperation in regaining the lost territory." Gawain did not expect this little girl to understand these truths. He actually told the maids and eunuchs around her to listen, hoping to let him go.

At this moment, he saw the jailer Diogenes hurried to the door of the monastery. When he saw this scene, he was so frightened that he spun around in place. Then he just said to Gawain across the main hall of the monastery. The gesture means asking Gawain to act more realistically.

"Who am I talking about? He can actually speak noble Greek. It turns out that he is serving the monks on pilgrimage. He is better than those Turkic sticks (many pilgrims will hire Turks as bodyguards to fight against other Turks, called 'sticks'." The weapons of the Turkic bodyguards are more reliable. However, your rude behavior just now can never be forgiven. You have stained the sacred purple, Frank? ? Huh, forget it, anyway, you will not bring any benefits to your father's empire. If you are allowed to do whatever you want, the barbarians' crude and ugly castles will stand on the beautiful plateau of Anatolia in time. That would be a more hateful sight than the Turkic sheep." Unexpectedly, this little girl was still very articulate and spoke with perfect rhetoric and momentum. "Here comes someone!"

But when the eunuchs and maids around her saw the ferocious-looking Gawain, they stepped back even more. Soon after, Diogenes rushed in bravely, holding an iron flail. Gawain thought that it was just the right time, and he screamed strangely, and drew out the sword of phosphorus and fire, "Let's make this scene more realistic."

Accompanied by the screams of the palace people, the top of the iron flail flew and hit Gawain's brow, making a loud noise. Gawain was instantly swept to the corner by the powerful force, causing gravel and dust to fly. It fluttered down and fell all over his hair, giving him a terrible headache. "Damn Diognis - you are actually serious!" He got up and touched his hair with his hand. His hair was wet and blood was dripping from it.

"How dare you be rude to the noble man." Over there, Diognis came over again holding an iron flail, with the momentum to kill the madman on the spot.

Gawain hurriedly and instinctively put his arms in front of him, and then pointed the blade of the phosphorus fire sword at him. He thought to himself, you bastard, you are serious, I will fight to the death.

"Okay, stop it!" When the little girl saw Gawain cowering there with blood pouring from his head and face, the little girl remembered that it was him who saved her at the patio just now. Her heart softened and she stopped. Guarding the captor, Diognis immediately put down his posture, his speed was staggering, and then he respectfully Standing respectfully, she put the flail in her arms, knelt on her knees, and raised her hands. Following the rules in the etiquette book, the little girl also placed her little hand on Diogenes' palm and introduced herself. , "I am the Lord's eldest princess, Anna Komnenos, who was born in an imperial family."

"Ah - ah - ah -" Diognis' jaw dropped, and the flail swayed in his arms.

Anna Komnenos, the emperor's favorite eldest daughter, her marriage will be able to influence the fate of the entire empire in the future. The purest princess who grew up in the purple palace is the most noble woman in the world.

"Humph, you are the captor, right? I have read many adventure stories about you." Anna said to Diognis with a slight smile.

The guard's soul was so excited that he said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I am the border guard appointed by the emperor, Diognis Atreras!" It was almost a roar.

At this time, Anna quickly took her hand back, wiped it secretly, and looked at Gawain, who was still covering his head and squatting over there, groaning, "Humph, it seems that the Franks and Normans Humans are just like that. Look at his appearance. He is bound to fail under the hands of our excellent Roman warriors. Or are they rough and invincible when fighting on horseback? Hmm, more careful observation and inspection are needed? Record."

The next second she screamed - Gawain was like a leopard, no no no, she couldn't find a suitable adjective in the dictionary for a while, his blood was flying in the air, his body rushed over, and snatched it away He grabbed Diogenes' flail, strangled the prison officer's neck, and dragged him back, "You, the prison guard, who abandons prisoners, what are you so proud of!" Then the two of them started fighting together again like wild beasts!