Chapter 10: The Apostles Dilemma (4)
"Amy! Get up quickly! I'll roast a fish for you!"
Ella's voice came from outside the cabin.
It has been a while since Ella returned, and the lords of the Pirate Kingdom have led their troops back one after another. Since Ella left the Duke of Anglia during the talks and many matters have not been agreed upon, he still has to stay in Stad for a while.
Amy was seriously injured in Bremen and had been lying in bed for several days. Ella wanted her to rest well, so Amy was transferred to the "Flying Zelan" yesterday. Soon, the "Flying Zelan" will set sail and take Amy back to Stadt. Before it returns, Ella will only have a thousand soldiers left by her.
Ella didn't think that this kind of deployment would bring danger to herself. First, Stad had set up a city to defend; second, if there were many enemies, she could evacuate at any time; third, no one dared to attack Stad now.
Amy heard Ella's voice and sat up from the bed hard. Although she wanted to stand up and tidy up her face to greet Ella, her body couldn't bear it. So she could only lean on the bed and wait for Ella to come in.
"Your Majesty's grilled fish..." Amy murmured in a low voice. She couldn't imagine what that would be like. You know, Ella had never entered the kitchen.
Ella's footsteps had already arrived outside the door. But when Ella waited, she didn't come in for a long time.
Amy was just wondering, and suddenly Ella's scream came from outside the cabin. Amy was startled and shouted in a hurry: "Your Majesty! What's wrong?"
"Grilled fish... It ran away and is now jumping on the ground!"
Amy's face began to twitch.
"Don't worry, Amy, I'll be able to catch it right away!"
"This is no longer a question of whether you can catch it. Your Majesty! Isn't it said that it is grilled fish? Why did it run away? Why did it jump on the ground - no, the problem is not here! Your Majesty, at least cut the fish's belly open before baking it and clean its internal organs!!!"
There was a fierce fighting sound outside the cabin.
"Damn it, bastard, you actually dare to use your tail to slap my face! I am the King of Sweden! I am also Barcelona of the Seven Hills Empire! Oh, I'm going to slap me again! Come and save you! Come and save you!!!"
After a storm, Ella walked in carefully dragging a plate: "Amy... the grilled fish was chopped by the pirates, but you can still eat it as a sashimi..."
"Why does grilled fish turn into sashimi after being chopped?"
After making loud complaints at Ella, Amy took a deep breath and lay quietly back on the bed.
"And, how could His Majesty do such a thing for a maid?"
"Not a maid!" Ella put the plate to Amy's window, then leaned her hand against Amy's bedside, and said seriously, "Everyone has heard that you are my sister, Amy Cornelius Scipio!"
"Amy Cornelius Scipio... Does His Majesty really know what this means?"
"It means that Amy, you are a nobleman! Because you are my sister, although you are very far behind, you are indeed in the throne's position! In this way, if something happens to me and I need Amy to help me take care of the matter, there will not be so many people opposing you!"
"I hope His Majesty can stay in the palace honestly and stop running out to do any math problems..."
“Gu…”
Ella shrank her head. When she reported to Amy that she had done several math problems and had not learned magic, Amy was so angry that she scolded her.
"I can't refuse if Your Majesty wants to give you a name... But Your Majesty, since you want me to help you manage things, can I ask Your Majesty's strategic policy? Otherwise, I don't know what to do."
“…Where should we start with the strategic policy?”
"Let's talk about the Pirate Kingdom first. Your Majesty is obviously Barcelona of the Seven Hills Empire, but now he has become the Swedish king of the Pirate Kingdom. What does Your Majesty think of such a country?"
Ella thought for a while and replied: "The people in the Pirate Kingdom are very brave. This reminds me of the Seven Hills Republic during the period of the expansion of territory."
"Then, as long as His Majesty uses the troops of the Pirate Kingdom to fight south and north, perhaps the great cause of the founding of the Qiqiu Empire will be reproduced?"
"Sadly, this is impossible with the current situation." Ella shook her head and said, "The Seven Hills Republic, a thousand years ago, had the technical level of being the only one in the world at that time. Thousands of years have passed, and the technology of the pirate kingdom today is even worse than that of the Seven Hills Republic a thousand years ago. The Seven Hills Republic, a thousand years ago, is the light of civilization, but the Pirate Kingdom a thousand years later is just a barbaric country. This is completely incomparable."
"That's why your majesty thinks about opening a school in Gotland?"
Ella nodded: "Although they complained in the school, I believe they will eventually know the value of this school. Amy, although I may never become Augusta, I will definitely be praised in the history of the Pirate Kingdom. This is also my reward for them - when I was at my worst, they respected me as king."
"Please don't say such things, your majesty, I believe you can be Augusta!"
After comforting Ella, Amy continued to ask, "What do you think of Alfred and Britain, your Majesty?"
"British? When the barbarian invasion, the Seven Hills Empire sent Britain a document 'You should do it'. Alfred also asked me to acknowledge the legitimacy of his throne. This is my ally, and I have no other ideas."
"What about Almani? Your Majesty told me that Almani was established after the rebellion of the mercenaries of the Seven Hills Empire. Then they were completely a group of thieves, but why did Your Majesty return all the occupied cities to them during this negotiation?"
"Because I have bigger enemies than the Almany Federation. I also seem to be very brave and brave in being enemies with many opponents, but this is actually a big diplomatic failure - the Almany Federation has the opportunity to become our ally, and I want to seize this opportunity."
"Ally? But the Almani Federation has defected to the Tianfang Empire, and they all allow the missionaries of the Tianfang Empire to come and preach..."
"The land area of the Almani Federation is more than half of the Tianfang Empire. Do you think they will be vassals of the Tianfang Empire with peace of mind? Amy, this is an opportunity, because Almani defected to the Tianfang Empire, and it is more likely to become our ally. I signed a trade agreement this time and asked the soldiers of the Pirate Kingdom to protect their merchant ships in order to increase the relationship between the two countries and prepare for the possible future."
"So your Majesty has considered so much."
Amy smiled with peace of mind.
"I was worried when His Majesty ran out to do math problems before. But it seems that His Majesty is already a qualified king."
As she spoke, Amy suddenly remembered something, took out the cross that Gregory gave her and showed it to Ella.
Chapter completed!