"I'm taking you back, Lord Semius."

Justinian's words calmly fell into the ears of Semius, who was imprisoned, but this man was completely unable to deal with such a huge amount of information for a while.

"You said you were sent by the Empire. Is there any evidence?!" Semius asked in disbelief and half-doubtedly about what Justinian said. It was already difficult for him to trust anyone else, even though the young man in front of him claimed to be here to save him. He clearly remembered that Molia had fallen, not to mention that he had never heard of the name Justinian, let alone such a young governor, he should have an impression. So he did not trust Justinian immediately.

And Justinian, who had already guessed that this would happen, threw the ring that he had already prepared to take out to the other party, "I think you should recognize this thing, Lord Semius."

"This is..." Semius was stunned at first after catching the ring thrown by Justinian, but soon his eyes were completely attracted by the ring. Although the fire was dim, he was sure that he had never admitted his mistake.

"This is His Majesty Muzfius's private seal. It should be something he carries with him. How could it be in your hands?!" The shocked man Vadarita recognized that this was something that His Majesty could use, and the words engraved on it were Emperor Alexei V, who was ordered to be in danger on the eve of the fall of Constantinople.

According to rumors, the emperor fled to Adrian Castle after falling, and tried to continue to resist, but he didn't know where to end. But now it seems that this is not the case. His Majesty, the emperor, not only escaped but also made a comeback.

"Because I was sent by the emperor, and now His Majesty Muzfius has rebuilt the empire in Epirus. For this reason, you, who were royal guards in the past, should return." Obviously, due to the news and the intentional actions of the Bulgarians, these Vadarita people did not seem to know that the empire at this moment had regained the initiative in the war with the Latins.

When Semius confirmed that this was the private seal of Emperor Muzfius, his original suspicion and vigilance towards Justinian was instantly reduced by half.

"That is, you are really Governor Molia? Then the Empire...you say the Empire sent you here." The Vadarita, who was originally a little panicked, muttered to himself first, and then suddenly became excited, "That is, have the Latins driven away by us?!"

Since the fall of Constantinople, in order to avoid the pursuit of the crusaders, Semius led his tribe to exile to Bulgaria after many difficulties and settled in Vlachaburg for a while. Although the traffic was blocked, he had been looking forward to the good news in the south. However, he had waited for two years, but the news he received was often very bad. The imperial army retreated in the face of Latin invasion. First, Adrian Fort, then the entire Macedonia.

It was Molia, located in the Peloponnese. The extremely powerful empire in the past is now divided into pieces. The Latins even desecrated the sacred Constantinople who claimed to be the Roman emperor. Looking up, they were full of ambitious tyrants who ravaged the prosperous empire territory. And he was living under someone else's roof, and Bulgaria occupied and eroded the empire's heritage. Semius saw it but was powerless, and could only resist silently and refused to surrender to the Bulgarian tyranny.

He was already desperate when he was locked up here, but he never thought that at this moment, a young man was standing in front of him and claiming to be the messenger of the empire to pick him up and return to his hometown.

Never had such an excitement. At this moment, a man who has experienced many vicissitudes of life in his fifties smiled like a child at this moment.

"That's good...this is good..."

Looking at the fluctuations of the other person's expression, Justinian finally breathed a sigh of relief at this moment. It seems that although both the Vadarita and the Varangi people were aliens within the empire, their loyalty to the empire was not shaken. However, this is not surprising. In the original historical trajectory, although the Vadarita Security Corps has declined with the empire, they are still loyal to the royal family until the empire is destroyed and disappeared into the dust of history. Now, with the arrival of Justinian, their originally tragic fate has also changed invisibly.

However, now Semius, who is still in prison, has not yet realized this, and has no idea that the seemingly young man in front of him will completely change the empire's gradual decline towards destruction, so that the glory of the past will be illuminated again in his hands.

So Justinian walked up to take out the key of the dungeon, opened the dark iron gate, walked in and said slowly: "Sorry, although the entire Macedonia and Molia have been revived by the empire, and now the Latins can only curl up in Constantinople. However, the power of the empire is not enough to regain the city. In addition to dealing with the Latins, we must also beware of the Bulgarians who took advantage of the situation and the Venetians who were eyeing each other. This is why the empire needs your strength. I only ask you whether your former vows are still valid today."

"Of course it works. As long as the empire exists for one day, the Vadaritaes will be loyal to the royal family in purple." Put on the robe that Justinian had prepared for him before, and the man agreed in a deep voice.

"I have been waiting for a long time this day... The Vadarita Army will be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and will never refuse."

"Okay, tomorrow, I will go to your tribe with you." Looking at the other party's eyes containing a firm will, Justinian nodded without a doubt and said.

"Tomorrow... Then can we set off here and return to the empire tomorrow?" Unexpectedly, the agenda was so fast that Semius, as the leader of the tribe, could not hide his excitement at all, and the time he spent like a year in Bulgaria had already made him unbearable. He wanted to leave this place of right and wrong immediately.

But he found that in front of him, a hint of hesitation and a little apology appeared on Justinian's face. The next moment, the young man in front of him said what Semius wanted to hear the least.
Chapter completed!