Shortly after their marriage, the couple spent their honeymoon in Aachen, and the northern border of the empire was about to explode.
The Helsinger Empire has officially declared war on the Holy Roman Empire, demanding that the House of Saxony hand over Her Majesty Sildrifa's fiancé and cede the two major border territories of Schleswig and Holstein as compensation to Her Majesty the Queen.
It is generally believed internationally that the latter territorial claim was the real reason for the war, while the so-called "revenge for stealing one's husband" was just an excuse for invasion fabricated out of fear that the claim was insufficient.
After all, it was too magical that two empires went to war for a man. For example, the famous Trojan War in history was not to recapture Helen, but to plunder and destroy the rich city-state of Asia Minor.
The Norman army of the empire had not yet moved south, but there were already many bandits in the Norman region. Perhaps they had miscalculated the day of the invasion, or perhaps they were impatient to serve as pioneers for the king, and they all fled to the Duchy of Saxony and the Duchy of Lorraine.
So much so that the calls for help from the border lords almost overwhelmed the Imperial Knights... There was no other way. Ever since Eleanor reorganized the Blade Knights into the Imperial Knights, they had taken the responsibility of quelling the rebellion within the Empire, so that when faced with any external attacks today, the first thing that the nobles from all over the country think of is not to borrow troops from the feudal lords or neighbors, but to seek help from the Imperial Knights.
Sir Joel of the Knights Templar barely managed to hold out for a few weeks amid the waves of requests for help from the border nobles, but he really couldn't bear it anymore and had to find a day to come and present the problem to His Highness in a roundabout way.
Eleanor listened to this and then looked at her husband.
"Go ahead and don't worry." Ask said with a smile.
No, I feel uneasy when you say that... Eleanor immediately had some instinctive doubts.
After all, the husband did have a history of suddenly running away in this regard: before returning to that world, he seemed to have used similar words to coax the pregnant Medea around.
So much so that in the last second before the final battle, Medea didn't expect that he would leave so decisively.
But that time he was going back to see his mother. Besides, Medea and he had not confirmed their relationship, so if he really wanted to leave, it couldn't be considered running away.
I am the wife married to Ask!
Eleanor thought so and hesitated for a few minutes, but finally made up her mind.
"Let's get everyone ready to go."
"Yes!" Sir Joel immediately stood up happily and left in a hurry.
"Will you be unhappy?" Eleanor asked, turning her head.
"How could that be?" Ask hugged her gently.
The two of them were affectionate for a moment, and Eleanor left his arms and said with a smile:
"You won't be kidnapped by Nora or someone else when I come back, right?"
For some reason, Ask suddenly felt a chill on his back, and could only smile and ask her:
"Hey, am I some kind of kid that can be kidnapped by anyone?"
"That's hard to say." Eleanor pretended to be angry. "After all, you promised her to wait for you for ten years! If she came to visit Aachen, would you hide in the palace and avoid her?"