Constantinople, House of Achilles.
"You... can actually recover to this extent."
Ask put his clothes back on and looked at the familiar furniture in the room with emotion.
These furnishings were the layout of his house before it was destroyed by the church knights, and now Peggy has restored 80% to 90%. Including the silver candlesticks on the table, the candles and incense on the wall, the oil paintings, etc. Although the surface is relatively new, it is almost the same as I remembered.
"I've been to your house before, do you remember?" Peggy asked.
Ask shook his head.
I have some impression of it in my memory, but I can't remember it clearly anymore.
"Captain, please stay." Peggy hugged his arm and said pitifully, "Please don't leave again, okay?"
Ask: …
"I'll tell you a secret." Ask said mysteriously.
"What secret?" Peggy opened her eyes wide.
“Someone told you the same thing,” Ask said.
Paige: !!!
"Who is it?!" she asked murderously.
"Guess," said Ask.
"I can't guess!" Peggy pulled his arm, "Tell me quickly, I'm going to kill her!"
"I'll be angry if you kill her." Ask deliberately put on a stern face.
"Why?!" Peggy was angry, "So you already have a girl you like, right? Who is she?!"
"Everyone," Ask replied.
"Huh?" Peggy was confused.
"Everyone has said the same thing to me since I came back," Ask said leisurely, "I hope I stay here and don't leave again."
"Yes, is that so?" Peggy suddenly realized something and felt somewhat relieved, yet also somewhat uneasy and apprehensive. "Then... then what are your plans?"
"I'm still thinking about it." Ask hesitated deliberately.
"But!" Peggy was immediately anxious when she heard this, tears welled up in her eyes again, "Why are you leaving again?"
"Alas." Ask replied, "I came back because I missed everyone in the Blue Sword. But I didn't expect to find that the Blue Sword no longer existed after I came back, and everyone was fighting each other to death. I felt very strange and sad."
"The things I miss no longer exist." He sighed deeply.
"No, but..." Peggy was at a loss. She wanted to make some more excuses, but over the years, their paths had indeed drifted further and further apart.
The territorial dispute between the North and the Holy Roman Empire means that Eleanor, Sidlifa, Medea and others have completely broken up; the struggle between royal power and religious power within the Holy Roman Empire symbolizes the implicit differences between Eleanor and Nora.
The expansion of the Holy See in the Mediterranean has threatened Mia and Mier's interests in the southern continent. Specifically, their fleets intercepted Holy See caravans everywhere on the sea and even attacked the city of Solomon. As for Theodora and Peggy, they also fought with Mier because Mier tried to establish forces on the island of Crete and get involved in the trade routes of the eastern Mediterranean.
To put it bluntly, we have fallen into a near zero-sum game.
When we were in the Blue Sword team, our interests were completely consistent, so we could work together without any grudges. However, now, the camps, forces and paths represented by everyone have doomed us to never be able to reunite...