Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War.

Chapter 142 Dog-Headed Military Advisor
After coming out of Orville, Tia did not go to find her staff and adjutant, but went directly to Domitia's house not far away. Then, without paying any attention to Domitia's curious questions, she fell directly on the bed in the middle of the courtyard. After a long while, she reluctantly looked up at her sister with a slightly blushing face.

"I roughly said it according to what you said, so it should be successful, but doesn't it seem a bit too frivolous and indecent? How can a woman take the initiative to talk about these things?"

"It's okay, sister. This is just like encountering risks during a march to war. You always have to make a choice. Hesitating is the most meaningless behavior."

"I never thought that there would be a day when I would be taught a lesson by you." Tia raised her arms slightly and rubbed Domicia's long golden hair vigorously, then quickly collapsed and buried her face in her arms, no one knew what she was thinking.

Domitia was speechless about her sister who was extremely conservative and inflexible. This was the only area where she was confident that she was better than her sister. After all, she still had the most basic sensitivity and delicacy of a girl.

Although she was still a little immature at the age of thirteen or fourteen, people of this era generally married and had children early, so they knew roughly what they should know, or at least they were not completely ignorant. In Domitia's own opinion, Tia was an older leftover woman in every sense of the word.

She was almost 26 and still unmarried. Even in modern times, if she was born in a conservative family, she would probably be urged to get married, let alone at this time. If nothing unexpected happened, Domitia felt that her sister would be single for the rest of her life if she ran for the Vestal Virgin.

Domitia didn't know how her father was going to deal with Orville's affairs. She originally thought that he would be engaged to her sister, but after such a long time there was still no news. Vespa would not be so wary of even her own family members. She herself tended to think that the matter had not been confirmed yet.

Domitia may not be able to understand those very complicated political issues. Her current understanding is that "Orville may not be her sister's husband."

For a short while, Domitia actually had some doubts about Orville's sexual orientation, because although he was very nice to her sisters, it was basically the kind of niceness that a family gets along with, not a pursuit or courtship. Besides, apart from the two of them, there were no other women in Orville's life, not counting the servants in the house.

If he was a married man with a family, this could be explained as being responsible for his family. If he simply didn't like women and didn't like socializing with people, that could be understood. But the problem was that Orville also ran to the sweaty military camp every day, working day and night. When Domitia was new to him, she thought he really had some noble hobbies, but later she realized that he was simply not interested.

Thanks to this, she was not too anxious about the matter, but after Jeanna Darker appeared, things became a little delicate.

When Domitia was writing the "Diary", she clearly felt that Orville was very interested in Jeanne d'Acre. This interest was very strong, obviously exceeding Orville's interest in his right-hand men. This was not the case with Belisarius, Procopius, Stilicho and others.

If Domitia knew that Jeanne d'Acre was the Chosen One, she might understand this. However, only Orville and Vespa knew about this kind of thing, and at most Tia. She was not old enough to be exposed to these things. Without this information, and naturally without any sentimental attachment to the name of Joan of Arc, she would naturally consider other things.

According to the little love knowledge she had heard from her friends or learned from Greek dramas, a person's interest in the opposite sex is the beginning of falling in love with the other person. This may not be accurate, but it is enough to arouse Domitia's vigilance. Among her sister's possible marriage partners, Orville is the most likely one, and the only one that Domitia does not dislike. She even has a good impression of Orville. Naturally, she does not want Tia to be caught in a trap at this time.

That was why she had urged Tia to move to Orville, and she had also exaggerated the story of Jeanne Dacre to Tia, just to provoke Tia a little.

The effect was quite significant, but seeing Tia, who had been basically overwhelmed by shame and was in a rare state of lying dead, she felt helpless but also relieved.

Tia's performance was too perfect before. Having such a sister was really stressful for Domitia. On the one hand, she was unwilling to be silent and wanted to catch up with her sister, but on the other hand, she could not compare with her sister in any direction. Now, seeing her sister who was troubled by emotions like a normal girl, she felt a lot more relaxed and felt a little closer to her sister.

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Orville was typical and didn't think too much. He just cleaned up the venue according to the other party's requirements and asked the chef to prepare an extra meal. Everything else remained the same.

Indeed, the final result was similar to his estimate. Since Tia's work and rest schedule was too regular, the two would basically not bump into each other when they woke up in the morning or went to bed at night. Moreover, neither he nor Tia was reckless or had any quirks that were not known to outsiders. Those welfare scenes could basically only be imagined. Fortunately, Orville had no expectations from the beginning, so he was not disappointed.

Back to the point, he felt quite happy that Tiya moved in, because there was someone to accompany him for three meals a day and they could chat about relaxing things during meals. There was no fundamental conflict between his and Tiya's world views, and they both had a good amount of knowledge, so it was a very pleasant thing to chat with each other.

After all, humans are not machines. After suppressing the tedious government and military affairs, they always need to relax for a while. As a result, Orville feels that his mood has improved a lot in recent days.

More than ten days passed uneventfully until Tia issued an order to reorganize the Gallic army.

There were about 40,000 to 50,000 Gallic troops who surrendered or were captured. Tia issued an amnesty to them, pardoning their crimes, but at the same time also made demands and a notice to recruit soldiers.

She wanted to recruit archers from the Gauls, about two thousand in number, with priority given to Gallic soldiers and experienced hunters. It was neither forced conscription nor compulsory service. Tia offered something that was enough to excite the Gauls, so there was an endless stream of people coming to apply.

(End of this chapter)