The long bell echoed in the sky above the bell tower of the hillada tower of the cathedral, and when they heard the bell, people stopped and looked at the direction of the bell tower in confusion, which should not be rung at this time, the bell came so abruptly that many people couldn't help but be surprised.

Schell stared around with blazing eyes, he felt very nervous, the vicinity of the cathedral seemed to be calm, except for the crowd who stopped to watch, there was nothing unusual about it, but this was enough to make Schell worried, as the bell still kept ringing, his heart was beating more and more nervously.

Several people hurrying towards the bell tower caught the attention of Schelle, who noticed that it was the priest of the church, and it was evident that the sudden ringing of the bell had attracted them.

Schell immediately gestured to his men, the hunters who followed him were all skilled in hand-to-hand combat with weapons such as short swords and daggers, and these were the more suitable guards for close protection than most of the huntsmen who had gradually become Alexander's reserve on the battlefield.

As the priests entered the bell tower, the hunters hidden in the crowd approached the entrance of the bell tower, and to Shel's surprise, the bells in the bell tower did not stop because of the entry of the priests.

"Maybe the lord is on top of the bell tower, and they haven't seen him yet." Schell thought so, pushing away the few people who passed in front of him, keeping his eyes fixed on the entrance to the bell tower, while gesturing to his men who had gathered around him

"Get in."

Finally, with a low order from Schelle, several hunters guarding outside the bell tower quickly pushed open the half-hidden wooden door, and then dodged in.

The moment Scheer entered the bell tower, he couldn't help but pause because of the darkness in front of him, but he quickly got used to it, and the fact that he didn't see the priests in the bell tower made his heart tense, and he immediately led his men to circle up the wooden staircase when he listened to the bell that was still ringing unhurriedly at the top of the tower.

When he finally rushed to the top of the tower, he saw the back of a priest in a black robe, pulling a rope and shaking the bell.

Schell paused, then finally walked up and pressed his hand on the man's shoulder, and the man stopped, and in the still echoing bell, he slowly turned around, revealing a face that looked ordinary and strange.

"Where's the person?" Schell asked angrily, though he didn't say his name, he knew that this person should know who he was talking about.

The priestly man shook his head at first, and then opened his mouth after Schell put his dagger under his throat.

It was a mouth with a severed tongue, and looking at his hollow mouth, Schell couldn't help but be stunned.

There were echoing sounds all around, and Alexander could hear the sound of water and the sound of his feet on the ground, and he was sure that he was close to the river.

There was a foul smell in the air, like in the rubbish alleys of the McGringe Lowlands, but it was clearly not that kind of place, for he didn't hear the noise of the streets of the McGringlin Lowlands except for a little sound around him.

Then someone helped him into a carriage, and as the carriage swayed, Alexander simply closed his eyes and stopped thinking about it.

Signaling a meeting with Don Bavi at the Hillada Tower's bell tower had been a risky move, and after discovering Don Bavi's secret in the Virgin Convent, Alexander knew that this man had no small ambitions, and now he was even more sure that Don Bavi seemed to be more than just trying to keep his status.

Alexander didn't expect that there would be a secret passage under the bell tower of Hirada Tower, so when the priests came in, one of them continued to ring the bell in his place, and the others quickly put a hood on him and carried him into the secret passage, Alexander had actually heard the sound of Sheel leading people outside to the bell tower.

Of course he had the urge to shout, but in the end he resisted, and Don Bavi did not hesitate to take such great pains to bring him here, thinking that it would not be just to murder him, otherwise he could have prevented him from meeting the twin sister of Maria, and there was no need to leave him a note to meet him.

The carriage kept running on the road, and gradually Alexander smelled a breath of fresh air, which was not smelled in a city full of filthy feces and garbage.

Is this outside the city?

Alexander pondered, but soon dismissed the idea, for he could feel that the carriage was not shaking very much, and he remembered that there were no places where roads could be built outside the city, even in Romagna and Tuscany, and it was a feat for him to build a good dirt road between several cities.

The carriage slowly stopped, and someone got out of the carriage by Alexander's arm, and a very cool cold wind blew, and Alexander could feel that the cold wind was slightly different from the cold wind in winter, and from it he could feel the obvious moisture.

The steps were stepped on, and the steps were climbed upwards one by one, and there was a turn.

Finally the man with the arm on either side let go of his hand, and someone carefully removed the black hood from his head.

A cold wind greeted him, and the harsh sunlight made Alexander squint his eyes slightly before slowly opening them.

He noticed that he was standing on a high wall, and not far from the wall was a large river, which was connected by a wide stone bridge, and from the wall he could see most of the city of Seville.

"Duke, do you know where you are?"

Listening to Don Bavi's voice behind him, Alexander did not immediately look back, but continued to look down, his gaze followed the river below towards the lower reaches of the river, and when he saw a clear river bay in the distance, Alexander nodded.

"This is the castle on the other side of the Gwadar?"

"Yes, that's right, the castle built by Philip II was once the royal palace of the early days of Castile, and later it was only used to defend the city," Don Bavi pushed himself to Alexander's side and watched the merchant ships on the river below, "There is the largest river wharf in Castile, and there is an indescribable amount of goods that are transported from here to Seville every day, and it also provides many people with the opportunity to work, you must know that half of the cities in the south of Castile are counting on the port of Seville." ”

Alexander nodded slowly, he knew that Don Bavi was right, Seville did play a vital role in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula as he said, and the duke certainly did not know that in a few years, with the development of Spanish overseas colonies, Seville would become the largest inland port of the colonial empire, and all kinds of goods from the New World would continue to flow into the Spanish interior through here.

"Duke, you see the ...... Finish? Don Bavi deliberately omitted his name, and he turned his head sideways to look at Alexander's face, "How does it feel?" ”

"It's beautiful."

Hearing Alexander's answer, Don Bavi was slightly stunned in surprise, and then let out a chuckle: "It is indeed beautiful, if I were dozens of years younger, I might be fascinated by her." ”

"But you ended up sending her to the convent." Alexander glanced at Don Bavi, "I think you've been preparing for this for a long time, and it didn't have anything to do with me, but now I think I have the right to know what you're going to do." ”

"Yes, what should I do," said Don Bavi, nodding his hand at the distant city of Seville, "there is a clown sent by Isabella, who hides in his palace all day and plots unseemly deeds, but we cannot but admit that his deeds have been successful, and now many nobles have had to submit to him, and then he has his eyes on me. ”

"You should have put that girl in the convent sooner," Alexander didn't want to give Don Bavi a chance to make excuses for himself, what he needed now was to know Don Bavi's true purpose, "Tell me what the Duke wants from you?" ”

Don Bavi fell silent, as if he was thinking about how to bargain, and then he waved his hand to let the entourage behind him push him to go back: "Duke, let's go in, it's a little too cold here." ”

In the castle of the old royal palace, which echoes the city of Seville across the Gwadar River, groups of soldiers patrol back and forth, and surprisingly, Don Bavi is like no one here, and no one is surprised by his presence at all, and when they enter the warm hall, after looking at a few officers who are eating and drinking around a table, Don Bavi waved to them, and then motioned for Alexander to sit with him in the other corner of the hall.

"Duke, it seems that you are proud to be here." Alexander said pointedly.

"It should be said that many people miss the good old days," Don Bavi dismisses Alexander's sarcastic remarks, "In the past, everyone lived happily in their own domains, and when the king's order came, they took up arms and rode to the battlefield, and those who died would inherit his territory by their children, and those who came back would bring back honor and booty, but now it was different, who were we fighting for?" ”

Seeing Don Barvey's slightly excited appearance, Alexander nodded silently, if Don Barvey chose Isabella to have a brilliant opportunity for the family, now he chooses to betray Isabella for the sake of the family.

"That Carolet is too greedy, he shouldn't have provoked me," Don Barvey thumped his thin hand on the arm of his wheelchair, and although he looked powerless because of his age, there was a hint of hideousness on his face, "He is too arrogant to try to knock me down, I know this is the task Isabella has assigned him, but they are wrong if they think I am so easy to deal with." ”

Alexander looked at the look on the duke's shriveled face and asked in a low voice, "So you were ready for this many years ago?" ”

Hearing Alexander's question, Don Bavi's mood seemed to slowly soften, and he asked in a tone that seemed to recall the past: "Duke, do you believe that someone is a natural monarch, I am talking about the kind of person you know at a glance that this person will definitely wear a crown in the future, even if she was under house arrest by his half-brother at that time, and she did not even have freedom, but when you see her, you still believe that she will definitely become a great monarch in the future?" ”

Alexander didn't answer, he knew that Don Bavi was talking about Isabella, although he still hadn't met Isabella, but he didn't think Don Bavi was exaggerating, and he also knew that Don Bavi didn't really want to get an answer from him.

Sure enough, Don Bavi continued to himself: "I knew from then that she was a great princess, she was much more powerful than her stupid brother, but this is what worried me, I knew from that time that she was very ambitious, not only the crown, but she wanted to rule over a real Castilla with her as king, and even when she was still under house arrest by Enrique, she had already sworn that if she was made queen, she would never allow any more threats to the royal power. ”

"But even so, did you choose her?" Alexander asked a little confused, "Why, don't you know what will happen next if she becomes queen?" ”

"I chose it for my family, and for Castile," Don Bavi said, and then "and now." ”

Alexander smiled lightly, and he felt that it was almost time to get to the point: "Tell me about that, the girl." ”

Alexander's salutation made Don Bavi's shriveled lips twitch: "I think you already know who she is, Maria's twin sister, I don't know if she's a sister or a sister, but it doesn't really matter." The point is that she is the daughter of the couple, and when she was born, they were all terrified, and the woman who delivered her was so frightened that they thought she was a curse, and it was said that Ferdinand was going to kill her as soon as he found out. ”

"But she survived."

"Yes, they didn't kill her, but announced that Maria's twin sister had died as soon as she was born, and then they found a couple who they thought were the most reliable, and gave them a sum of money to leave with the child, who they would never see again in their lifetime."

Alexander listened quietly, and although he had already guessed it on the road, it was a different feeling for Don Bavi to say it.

"And then she fell into your hands?"

"It's not that easy, you know, I've done a lot of preparation over the years," Don Bavi said unfazed at Alexander's sarcasm, "but I was surprised when I saw her, she was very young, but looking at her exact face and her skin, I knew that this girl couldn't be seen by people, so I immediately sent her to a convent, and now I feel that she should be put in the service of the Church, but mine is not the Church in Colora, but the Vatican." ”

Alexander muttered slightly, considering Don Bavi's words.

Then he asked, "In what capacity do you think she should serve the Vatican, Sister Alfret, or what?" ”

"It depends on what we all want, and of course if all goes well, I have no objection to her coming forward as part of the Astamara family." As he spoke, Don Barvey looked at Alexander and smiled meaningfully, "Duke, as you said, she's beautiful, isn't she?" ”