The Sunken Palace, the site of the former Thieves' Guild of Constantinople.

“…… So six years ago, it was by hiding in this cistern that the citizens of Constantinople were saved from the Seljuk infidels until our great storm queen revived Solomon......"

The guide led the next group of tourists to board the boat and enter the sunken palace. Asker watched from the outside, and didn't choose to follow up.

He began to wonder if he was old, because frequent reminiscences of the past and lamentation of life are habits that only old people have.

However, just standing outside, Asker's mind involuntarily remembers the memory of his encounter with Mia. At that time, she was still a small child, playing with the blade at will, and dealing with her own problems perfunctorily in the thieves' guild.

Now she has become her own woman.

Alas, life is impermanent.

Half an hour later, he took the subway to the mountains inside the city to visit more of the places he had passed through.

Constantinople is modeled after the city of Solomon, and the city has seven hills with dense woods, making it a good place for citizens to escape the heat in the summer.

Arriving at a summer manor, Aske walked up to the waiter at the front desk, knocked on the counter, and asked in a low voice:

"Is there a masquerade?"

"Prom?" The waiter looked stunned, "We're here at the Leisure Lodge, sir. Events aren't usually held, but guests may have their own party, or can I help you ask? ”

"No thanks." Asker laughed, waved his hand and left.

This was the place where they first participated in the secret gathering of the transcendentals, and now it has been washed away by time. The new waiter seemed to have no idea about the secret meeting in the first place.

After leaving the lodge and walking in the mountains for half an hour, Aske came to a river.

Ten years ago, it was here that I picked up honey......

Now that I think about it, I originally planned to recruit snipers to take her in, but as a result, her combat style has gradually shifted towards summoning, supporting, and prophecy from the beginning of the law. is really worthy of being a transcendent person in the fate department, and even his own fate is so treacherous and difficult to discern.

However, the half-elf girl at that time, sitting by the river covered in blood, her weak, desperate and helpless appearance, and the action of swallowing the gun without hesitation after being defeated by him, are still fresh in Asker's mind.

You've grown up healthy, honey.

That's nice.

After another half an hour, Asker left the mountains and went to a nearby bar.

After taking Mi'er in, it was here that everyone found her persecuting uncle, and Sidlifa helped her avenge herself. Speaking of which, that girl was actually very reckless from the beginning, but she didn't expect that now she has become the king of a country, which is terrible and terrible.

By the way, it seems that it was here that I met Theodora for the first time.

"Why don't you go in and have a drink?" Theodora's smiling voice sounded behind him.

"Hey, you're here?" Asker turned around and looked at the beauty in front of him, who had become a big girl, a little surprised.

"It's too boring to deal with political affairs, come out and go around." Theodora looked at the door of the tavern, "I remember it was here that I first met you, right?" ”

"yes." Asker also sighed, "It's been ten years. ”

It's been ten years.

"Let's have a drink." He said.

………………

If Asker remembers correctly, Theodora, who joined the team ten years ago, should have been around 17 years old.

In other words, Theodora is now 27 years old, but due to the prolonged life of the demigods, she still looks as young and beautiful as a 20-year-old girl.

The bartender standing behind the bar counter was an old Seljuk man, wearing a small gray flower hat, with a gray beard and drooping eyebrows, and he poured drinks feebly.

In the teachings of the Seljuk Empire, drinking alcohol was not allowed, so it was likely that the old man was a Christian. Despite this, there are still drinkers who use foul language to abuse him for fun.

Theodora, somewhat annoyed, sat down and stared at the foul-language drinkers. Although she couldn't see these people bullying an old man of a different race, the laws of the empire did not prohibit abusive behavior, so she did not stop it for a while.

Asker smiled when he saw her frowning, and threw a glass backhanded, shattering under the feet of the drinkers.

"Stop arguing, fools!" He yelled and said, "The bar is not a place for you to play tricks! ”

Most of the drinkers were immediately silenced, apparently frightened by his sudden violence. Only a few of them seemed a little unhappy, so they pushed away their chairs and stood up:

"...... the"

Before they could finish speaking, they were tossed up by the abruptly reversed force of gravity and slammed into the ceiling.

"Borrow your abilities." Without looking at these hapless provocateurs, Aske said to Theodora with a smile.

"In Constantinople, it is illegal to use extraordinary abilities privately." Theodora smiled in response.

"Am I going to be arrested?" Asker pretended to be afraid.

"Yes, I'll arrest you later." Theodore joked.

"I know your Empress." "I ask for extrajudicial immunity. ”

"The Empress says she doesn't know you." Theodora smiled and played with her glass, "Unless you promise to be her co-emperor." ”

"Why are you so attached to me?" Asker asked.

"That's a bit of a disdain for you, Captain." Theodora was a little disappointed, "What else can you do but like it?" ”

"But......," Asker mused, "I'm a crumb. ”

"The head of the regiment is unexpectedly self-aware." Theodora raised an eyebrow, "However, I like you, and it has nothing to do with whether you are a crumb or not. ”

"Is that something to do with the interests of the Empire?" Asker asked.

"It has something to do with my own view of mate selection." Theodora replied, "If I don't like it, it's useless to trade the whole empire for it." ”

The waiter had already arrived with wine. Theodora picked up the glass, took a sip, and said with a smile:

"It's a pity that I've fallen in love with a crumb, what's the solution?"

"Speaking of which, I'm a little weird." couldn't bear her straight ball confession, Aske could only change the topic, "You don't wear a mask, don't the citizens of Constantinople around you recognize you?" ”

"I wore this." Theodora pointed to the diamond ring on his left index finger, "It has been applied a constant psychic blind zone spell, equivalent to the level of Psychic II, which can make the unskilled transcendent automatically ignore my face, and even the existence itself. ”

"Is it so convenient?" Aske was surprised.

Items with extraordinary characteristics are generally more common than others, and items such as rings and necklaces are super rare and valuable...... Wear ten or eight on your hands, and don't approach people directly, and if you get close, you will die.

However, after all, the Eastern Solomon Empire is a well-known producer of extraordinary props, and the empress's grandfather also used the wizard's stone as a medicine back then, so it makes sense to think about it carefully.

More wine was brought to them by the waiter, and Theodora gracefully opened the cap and filled their glasses with fragrant liquid.

"It's rare for us to drink together, can we fight alcohol without using our extraordinary physique, Captain?" She asked with a smile.

This sounds a bit familiar...... By the way, Nora said the same thing at the time, and she ended up getting so drunk that she relied on herself by the way. So the empress also plans to break through the distance between each other through the sense of alcohol?

Thinking so, Asque said that if Theodora was also drunk, he would call the palace guards to pick him up.

Perfect plan.

An hour later, he was holding his head drunkenly and hazy, feeling a little overwhelmed.

Theodora was still sitting across from him, smiling as beautiful as a flower, the heart diamond ring in his left hand shining brightly, and the white wrist of his right hand was wearing a small and delicate bracelet with a surface that was close to flesh and blood.