Chapter 8 Purple Sail Pirates (Part 2)
"No, don't say it again!" Demethlius cried and crawled to Adianna's feet, and kissed the princess' feet. "That's a joke, you must be the queen of some independent little kingdom."
Adianna struck while the iron was hot and went straight to the topic. She asked Pompei politely: "Dear, Asia Minor's brand new king of kings. In fact, I have been in the palace for such a long time. I just want to ask you, where did you place Minand and Stratonis?"
"Sorry, Mrs. Princess, today you will see a slave's neglect of duty. His intimidation is all unfounded Danyu. I can now responsibly tell you that I will allow Minander to marry Stratonice, and that they will be the king and queen of the city of Ponticabien. No matter what doubts you have about his or her identity, this is a fait accompli. As for you, my Mrs. Princess." Pompey kicked Demetlius aside and continued with a serious expression, "I still think it is more appropriate to marry you to Charnus."
Adianna had responded to this in advance, "But this King of Codini has been captured by you and ordered to live in hiding because of his participation in the disobedient war of Tegray. I will not marry a king with a reputation."
"Where are you, the king of kings, your brother-in-law, Tegrenis, the king of kings?"
"I don't mind serving a man with my sister, but I will definitely instigate Tegranis to be enemies with Rome at the right time." Adianna's eyes suddenly became serious, "General Pompei, I am unwilling to accept your unilateral instructions. How about a deal between us?"
"Oh. Let's hear it." Pompei was also a little interested.
"Give me a small kingdom. As long as you give me the power of the Roman vassal state, I will govern the kingdom in an orderly manner to guarantee the tribute to the city of Rome - and, the most important thing, and when you have any needs in the future, my kingdom will provide you with money and army for free, above."
After hearing the princess' words, Pompei smiled with this undeniable expression, "In the present situation, I really cannot trust you too much, my princess, you must provide a proof of the truth."
"What is the proof of the truth?" Adianna looked serious.
With a tentative mood, Pompey said that there is a household dish in Rome called pickled fish blood, which means marinating the fish's internal organs with salt, exposing them to the sun for three months and then storing them in jars. Now, if you can hand over your mother's little crown to me for "storing", I will promise you to be the queen of a small kingdom.
Sure enough, Adianna was white in color. Looking at Pompeii and Demeteris, then looking at Piduita on the side. Finally, he said: "Since he is not afraid of death, why should I be silent about these false honors? We often say to the beautiful god, if you can love, love tomorrow. If you don't understand what love is, love tomorrow." After that, the princess mustered up the courage, pushed away Biduita's dissuasion hand, took off the belt and the amazingly beautiful little crown...
A few days later, one evening, the princess's sedan chair stepped out of Pompei's palace. Adianna lay on the cushion on it, her face covering her veil was evident. The group walked towards the city's breakwater. Under the palm trees planted on the embankment, the sound of waves was heard, and Carabis was still wearing her black and white coat, waiting for the princess there.
"What's going on?"
"Your Madam Princess has secured a small crown to Pompeii in exchange for the throne." Biduita replied.
When the sedan chair approached, Adianna said to Karabis: "Pompey must have wanted to use the small crown as the highlight of the triumphal ceremony, but I am now the queen of Ubertnia, Karabis' bi-eared pottery jar, and we are half successful."
"But you lost your crown," said Karabis.
"What else should I not lose? I once valued these things, thinking that this was the symbol of the princess, crowns, embroidered gold robes, goddess of victory scepter, and new model army, but now I understand that this glorious achievement is the true king's heart to rise again in the ruins of the father's empire." When Adianna said this, she gently pressed her hand against her chest, "Besides, as compensation, Pompey also gave me 200 Tarant to serve as the funeral expenses for the father and the repair of the palace in Ubertnia. Karabis, are you willing to continue to follow me? Karabis and Karabiya join forces, which is invincible."
Karabis put his waist on his waist and shook his head with a smile, "I have my own destiny and responsibility. Although I have set up the game now, I have to go back to Rome in a while, and my woman is about to give birth."
"Please don't!" The princess hurriedly stretched out her hand, then calmed down and whispered: "Anyway, you have done everything you should do, and there is still plenty of time. Come with me to bury my father. You are a distinguished guest of my kingdom. Let me treat you well, and I believe we will continue to meet in the future."
Seeing that Karabis was still hesitant, Biduita stepped forward and said, "Actually, before committing suicide, your Majesty once told me that if the princess find someone he trusts enough, he would ask him to bury his corpse with the princess." Then, Biduita continued mysteriously, "Do you know, there is a dream in the Mitra family that will be passed down from generation to generation, and only the heirs will come into contact with this dream. Why don't you follow the princess to find out the truth? This is also the fate you mentioned."
"Maybe, I happen to have a promise that I didn't fulfill for Adiana." Karabis agreed.
Two days later, the white sailboat sailed towards the city of Sinop under the gentle and wet north wind, and the pirate's paddling boat followed: the fake "Mitrada Ladder" body was placed in the cabin, and the coffin was filled with greasy and antiseptic things such as aloe and ice. The princess stood at the bow of the ship and waved goodbye to Pompei and others who came to see him farewell. She also saw Demethrius, Stratonis and Minand behind Pompei, who were mourning with a sad face. "The next period of time will be enough for Jews to remedy, but the more powerful ones are still behind." Karabis, sitting by the wall panel, thought secretly by the bridge room.
As the coast gradually drifted away, the princess easily came down from the bow of the ship, but with a little puzzled understanding, she sat next to Karabis and asked, "Why do we have to take these pirates with us?"
"Not only that, you will apply to Pompeii immediately to request the Kingdom of Ubertnia as the place for the Purple Sail Pirates." Karabis nibbled in the massa and asked.
Chapter completed!