Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 335 Miss Witch and Mr. Paladin
What is civilization? What is a country? What is a nation?

There is not so much clarity between these identities.

In fact, these things are not very old, and they have not existed forever since the beginning of the world.

Since their rise was rapid, their fall will also be sudden.

Now Rome has also reached this critical juncture.

Inside the felt tent on the winter pasture, the air was filled with a faint smell of wool, mixed with the warm smoke of burning firewood.

The cold wind was howling outside the tent, causing the felt walls to tremble slightly. Occasionally, snow particles hit the outer layer, making a crackling sound.

In this warm sheltered place, Garys was holding his breath, holding the scalpel in his hand, preparing to cut open Zoe's wound and clean it.

Her wound had scabbed over a little, but there was actually still foreign matter inside.

The blade cut along the old wound and blood began to seep out.

The moment the alcohol was poured on it, the edge of the wound shrank suddenly. Zoe's body tensed up, she took a breath, and almost wanted to break free.

But Alexandros and the others were prepared and held down her shoulders and legs to stop her struggle.

The initial pain was bearable, after all, her body was sluggish from the cold.

But as the temperature in the tent rose, Zoe could now taste the flavor of the alcohol poured on it over and over again.

The piercing pain was like a flame, burning Zoe's body and making her feel like she was being cleansed.

Even though cold sweat broke out on her forehead and her fingertips turned white from the effort, she didn't even scream.

I finally escaped and survived...

After the wound was treated, Gailis took out the herbs from his leather bag, crushed them and applied them on the wound.

Then, he skillfully bandaged the wound with clean cloth, wrapping it layer by layer and fixing it to prevent the wound from being injured by external force.

By the time this process was completed, almost half an hour had passed.

At this point, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and started chatting formally.

"I heard you call yourself a witch?"

Zoe, who was sitting on the carpet, smiled awkwardly with a playful expression on her face. After rubbing the back of her head, she said briskly, "It's just a joke. Don't take it seriously."

Then she pointed to Alexandros standing nearby.

"He still calls himself a nobleman! How can there be a nobleman like him! A sheep-herding nobleman!"

Palatine is a Latin word and has no corresponding word in Greek. Therefore, in Zoe's opinion, Alexandros's self-proclaimed name is actually a noble title to show his noble status.

When Zoe's explanation was understood by everyone in the tent, they couldn't help but laugh out loud.

In a sense, these shepherds are truly "aristocrats".

In the atmosphere of Christian culture, perhaps no one's "noble" status could be more valuable than theirs.

After all, Garys is here, and their Paladin status was given by Garys.

Then, after some casual chat, Garys and others learned about Zoe's identity.

In Zoe's fluent speech, there was actually not much to say. She was nothing more than a farm girl from a village under the jurisdiction of a nearby military region.

Because there was nothing to eat at home in winter, he wanted to go into the mountains to find some food. He accidentally stepped on a hunter's trap and broke his leg.

After all this nonsense, even Arsalan couldn't help but roll his eyes. He could tell that Zoe was only speaking half the truth.

Gailis didn't care much about it. Instead, he followed Zoe's words and learned about the village she mentioned and the surrounding situation.

Although the military district system has long been in name only, the name remains. For example, a large area nearby is the Cardia Military District.

Of course, the Cardi people came first, and then the Cardian Military Region came into being.

This place is not far from Trabzon, the capital of the military zone, about a two-day journey away, but Zoe herself has never been there. She only heard that it is very prosperous there, with a lot of people, and all kinds of exotic goods.

During this casual chat, Gellis raised another question.

“Zoe, you know it’s not convenient for us to keep you here to recover. If nothing else, I will arrange for someone to take you back to the village.”

When Zoe mentioned the village, her expression changed a little.

He originally had a heroic look, but now he looked a little aggrieved.

Garys couldn't read minds, so although he could sense the other person's emotional problems, he couldn't figure out the reason and was too lazy to think about it.

Since the other party had no objection, Gellis ordered Alexandros to take two Paladins to send the Greek girl back to the village.

The felt tent of this group of men is not a good place to recuperate.

Alexandros took his brothers and made a simple brace and brought two cotton jackets to make themselves as warm as possible.

The sun is out outside now, so it must be much better than before.

After Alexandros and the other two carried Zoe away, Arslan spoke.

"There's something wrong with that woman. Going into the mountains in the middle of winter to look for food? Why didn't she say she was going to feed the wolves?"

Earlier, Garys had kept his hand on his leg, signaling him not to say anything to ruin his relationship.

"I know, but that's not important. Tell me, Arslan, what do you think?"

After a pause, Arslan sighed.

"She must have run away from somewhere. Her leg doesn't look like she stepped on a hunter's trap. It looks more like she fell from a height and broke it accidentally."

"Oh? Where?"

Garys was completely clueless about this area, but Arslan had been here several times and had some superficial understanding of the area.

"A monastery? According to what Alexandros said, there should be a monastery near where he found Zoe."

Hearing this, Gailis became quite interested in the monastery that Arsalan mentioned.

……

Zoe is not a typical farm girl. She obviously has a quirky personality that is completely different from the tone of this world.

Take Alexandros' feelings as an example. If the basic color of this world is grayish depression, coupled with black death, and topped with scarlet tyranny and killing.

Then the color that Zoe exudes is like the azure blue of the sky, or the lemon yellow of the rice fields...

While sending Zoe to the village, Alexandros always thought of the genuine smile she showed after he rescued her, and her expression and words in this short period of time.

But then, Alexandros became a little wary again, because many of the other party's actions were obviously deliberate.

One of the points of knowledge that Garys taught is that smart women always cleverly use certain subconscious desires of men.

Maybe Zoe is really a witch.

(End of this chapter)