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Chapter 12 Arrogance

The Black Sea is filled with gold and wandering with countless opportunities. The Roman Empire's long blockade of it made this sea full of mystery in the eyes of Westerners. Now, with the decline and collapse of the Roman Empire, more and more profit-seeking merchants are desperate to join this great adventure, vowing to find a new Eastern trade route from the Black Sea that is not controlled by the Crescent Cultists.

Among these merchant groups, the bull-holders were naturally the Genoese who established the colony in Kafa. They secretly took the risk to sneak into the Black Sea to rush into the Black Sea, so looking at the entire Western Europe, no one except them knew the situation here better than them.

At this moment, the Black Sea waters are close to the northeast of Constantinople, a Genoese fleet of considerable size is slowly sailing towards its destination.

Compared to the calm sea surface after experiencing the storm, the atmosphere in the Genoese ship is at this moment.

The helms and paddles were all Italian sailors, and there was no problem. However, there were still thousands of fully armed soldiers in Genoa's cabin. They obviously did not have the appearance of the Latins, but the Greeks, Turks, and Slavs. This was obviously not the legion under Genoa's command, but more like a border guard of the Roman Empire. If the nobles of the Latin Empire knew the situation here, they would not allow them to approach Constantinople. But even though they knew that this would cause an uproar if they were exposed, the owner of the fleet still went slowly towards Constantinople, as if they didn't care at all.

But in Justinian's opinion, Andrea Doria did this just to add a weight to the balance where he negotiated with him.

"Thank you for your assistance, Lord Andrea. I thought the ships in the Bay of Burgas were prepared by Ling Mei, but I didn't expect it to be you. As an ally, I am really grateful." Justinian looked at the man in front of him and said calmly. Although he was Antonia's twin brother, he did not feel tender in temperament at all. He did not dare to take it lightly before he figured out the purpose of the other party.

However, Andrea, who was sitting in front of him, suddenly waved his hand, and said straight to the point: "Leave less flashy and polite words, Justinian, we have met in Rusny - thanks to you, I have lost a very useful retainer. I think you should know the purpose of my visit this time."

"Purpose? Isn't this a mutual help between the allies?" Justinian shrugged and spread his hands. Andrea couldn't help but frown.

"We have not signed a true alliance with Epirus at present, and there is no ally at all. What's more, in your current situation, whether it is Mikhail Ducas or Theodor Ducas, they are all secretly killing them. If it is for those people, you are afraid that you will have lost your life. Therefore, don't think about being ambiguous and you can get away with it. Of course, the purpose of my coming here is to make things between Antonia's child and you."

Justinian was surprised by Andrea's straightforward speech. He thought that as a noble son who was highly regarded by the Doria family, he should have a deeper scheming, but he did not want to be so impatient. But perhaps because it was because of his relatives, Andrea's reaction was understandable.

Just looking at the other person, for some reason Justinian felt disappointed. The feeling of looking up at the name Andrea suddenly disappeared at this moment. Instead, a hint of disgust arises in his heart because of the other person's arrogance.

But Justinian did not reveal it, but asked, "So what do you want me to do?"

"No matter what happened to you and Antonia before, the child must go back with me immediately. You must make sure that you will not have any connection with her from now on. In this way, I will safely escort you and your men out of Constantinople safely. You must know that although the Venetians were driven away, they will not let it go, and the Greek pope beside you is afraid that the most urgent thing for those villagers in Constantinople to find. Without my shelter, you will be unable to move on the Black Sea."

He heard Andrea speak slowly, and directly treat Justinian as a guy who is ignorant of the world and dares to have inappropriate thoughts about his sister. Although there is no fluctuation in his words, his contempt is beyond words. And this kind of soft and hard way is particularly sharp in Justinian's ears at this time. He is worthy of being a key cultivated in the big family. He can also show such a slight slight threat to take advantage of others' dangers. Unfortunately, this aroused Justinian's faint anger. This was the first time that he was so clearly despised, as if he was a small person in the eyes of the other party.

"So that's what it means. If that's the case, it's really hard to refuse!" Justinian stood up from his position, and his hand seemed to be casually carried behind him and slowly walked behind him.

Andrea was still cold and said, "Of course you have no room for rejection. I don't have so much time to wait for your answer. We are about to arrive in Constantinople. I hope you can think about it before we arrive at our destination and don't do stupid things for a moment of impulse. Although both the family and other veterans in Genoa are optimistic about your performance in Molia and Thessalonica, this does not mean that you have enough chips in front of us as equals." With a hint of warning, the young Genoa youth obviously had a meaningful word.

Immediately, Andrea ended the conversation between him and Justinian. He was not in a hurry to wait for the result, but he knew that no matter how the other party thought, he could not refuse his proposal, because the Black Sea had long become the sea of ​​the Genoese, and he did not think that Moria's little fox would be so stupid that it was still stubborn.

"Okay, let's just say that! But I really can't stand the so-called equality. After all, for the sake of my status in the family, I will sell my sister to others as a commodity. No matter how you look at it, isn't it? I will consider your suggestion. Lord Andrea, I will naturally reply to you. Gui'an." He retorted in his words. After saying that, Justinian turned around and left, leaving Andrea alone in the room with a blue face. Obviously, he was stabbed to the pain by the other party's words and suddenly lost his sense of measure.
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