At the dinner, the servants at the long table next to them skillfully cut the meat into strips, slicing the roast suckling pig, ham and elbow into slices, pairing them with asparagus and black truffles, and serving them with sea salt and lemon juice.
"Where is Lord Ask from?" Theophano asked.
"Constantinople," Ask replied.
This was a question she asked knowingly, after all, Theophano was also from there. With this as the topic, the noble lady pretended to be surprised, covered her mouth and laughed:
"Oh, you should be the heir of the Achilles family? I remember, I seem to have heard my niece Theodora say..."
Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Eleanor:
"Mother!" Eleanor smiled. "You must have forgotten that Theodora and I once served in the same mercenary group. Ask was our leader at that time."
Little Otto sneered, as if to say, "Mercenaries? The so-called Achilles Family, is this all?"
"Ahem." Otto II felt a little embarrassed.
To be honest, when he first met the Blue Sword Mercenary Group, his thoughts were exactly the same as his wife and children. A mercenary group is nothing more than a handy knife. How can anyone be a serious person when they are mercenaries
Then he was defeated by his own daughter who was a mercenary, and fled in panic like a stray dog. Of course, he would not talk about such things casually.
"Of course I remember the Blue Sword Mercenary Group." Otto II tried to show the majesty of the head of the family and said solemnly, "Your Excellency the Mind Dragon and the Acid Dragon also praised your performance at that time."
Theophano was a little suspicious. After all, although her husband was used to bragging, the two demigods were indeed reliable. Since the two demigods praised the Blue Sword, Ask, as the leader of the mercenary group, must not be a fake.
She cast a questioning look at Little Otto, who was also a little flustered and quickly questioned Ask:
"The Blue Sword Mercenary Group? I have indeed never heard of it. Since my father also highly respects you, I would also like to know from you where is the headquarters of your mercenary group? How many people are there currently? What is the main business scope?"
"Your Majesty." Eleanor still had a smile on her face, but it made little Otto shudder. "You asked so many detailed questions. Are you planning to collect taxes from us? I've already said, 'once.'"
The verb she used just now belongs to the past perfect tense in Frank grammar, which means "it was like this in the past", and the implied meaning is "it is not like this now".
After all, little Otto had taken grammar classes, and he quickly understood what his sister meant: Ask and I used to be members of the Azure Sword Mercenary Group (but not anymore, so there’s nothing to ask).
He wanted to ask a few more questions, but he was quickly defeated by the sharp eyes hidden in his sister's smile. Matilda calmly sipped a spoonful of soup and asked:
"Sister, I am not questioning your choice of marriage. I am just curious: since Mr. Ask was born in the Achilles family of Constantinople, why did he become a wandering mercenary?"