Chapter 593 Sancha just wanted to be with Ari forever. It would be better if Felicite married someone in a nearby country; she would not be forever with Ari. If Felicite married Alfonso the knight, she would be by Ari's side forever. Alfonso constantly informed Ari about the situation of the war, and Sancha felt jealous of him. Sancha left the room complaining about the bad quality of the apple she received. Felicite found reed grass in Ari's pocket. She pondered over who could have given her such a drug that could make a female infertile. After ruling out everyone, Sancha came to her mind. She thought she had to save Ari. She replaced the reed grass with tea powder. Suddenly, Sancha entered, and Felicite threw the pocket where it was lying. She offered Felicite water with tea from the same pot that now had reed grass. Felicite drank it in a single gulp and rushed out of the place. Sancha also found that packet and kept it in the place where Ari used to hide them. She thought that if it were revealed to the world that Ari was taking reed grass and new situations of infertility would create another issue, she decided to tell Felicite before it spread outside the world. Felicite was trying to control her breath, and she wanted to hug someone, but suddenly Sancha called Felicite from behind.
Felicite has already changed the content of the packet, so we will hear good news soon. Maybe Ari and Alphonso are missing each other badly.Actually reed has different action on different female only few female can become infertile because of that.No body knows who those female are until side effects really appears.
Yeah it’s been said there are women who have taken reed grass for ten years and still as fertile as ever.
Chapter 594 Sancha asked her why she left the room. She felt embarrassed under interrogation and said she was nauseous. Nausea is a side effect of Reed. Both talked about Reed. Felicite said Sancha should have kept Reed away from Ari, but Sancha cried after hearing this. Sancha thought she was not able to take good care of Ari, which is why she is taking Reed. Sancha asked how she knew about Reed and said she did not want news to spread that Ari is taking Reed. Felicite said she would never spread such rumors. Sancha was crying and Felicite comforted her, suggesting she call her sister. Sancha said she wanted Felicite to vanish—not in a bad way, but by marrying someone. Felicite replied she was too old to marry, and Sancha should now think about marriage and asked about Gousippe. Sancha adamantly denied such a thing. After Alphonso returned from Yesak, he took a large part in Ari's life, and Sancha was not able to have a peaceful life with Ari. Sancha took on great responsibility in shifting from De Mare to the Prince's Palace. Every servant of De Mare is living under pressure after shifting to the Prince's Palace. Felicite kept comforting her and did not answer her question about how she knew about Reed (I think Felicite is also a victim of Cesare or maybe after Isabella got pregnant at the nunnery, the sisters there became very strict—they may be forcibly feeding Reed to every woman). She also did not reveal that Ari's bag contained peony grass instead of Reed. Peony grass helps in recovering menstruation. This doesn't mean anything is going to happen soon, as Alphonso has no plans to return for the time being (I hope Alphonso solves his morganatic marriage issue before returning to San Carlo). Phillipo planned to capture Justian before any rescue intervention, but due to Alphonso, his plan shattered. However, Phillipo was confident that whatever Alphonso will do, he will be able to give the kingdom to his son. Plans don't always go the way you want, and he heard noise from something coming from the front (probably help from Unasola has arrived)."
I think Syphilis is the one who abolished the sense of responsibility from the palace, and he himself does not take responsibility for anything. When Alphonso asked why he never took a stand for his mother, he became very angry because he was unable to prove Alphonso wrong. Since this trend continued when Cesare staged a coup in the previous timeline, Ari became an object of ridicule by everyone. Cesare is not only illegitimate but also very irresponsible. I am curious how Felicite knew about the reeds. I think she was involved with Cesare since she is the same age as him. Since Cesare is very handsome, she may have been one of his initial victims. Perhaps Felicite was forced to eat reeds, and after drinking them from Sancha, her old tormenting memories returned. That is why she was never able to get a husband. The lack of dowry could be just be an excuse to send her to a nunnery to stop people think any I'll about her family. Since Ari joined the San Carlo society very late, she doesn't know much about it. I think it will be revealed when everyone returns to San Carlo. Perhaps Felicite will become the main reason why Ari decides to take revenge against Cesare instead of protecting him and giving him a chance to atone. Ari still does not believe that Cesare would have slept with so many women, and she doubts that Madame Getilini had a child with Cesare, even after he had relationships with so many women in the previous timeline. Ari should be more sympathetic to herself than to someone like Cesare. I think Alphonso will take a few months before returning to San Carlo. After killing Philippo, Gallico will face political instability. He will go there to stabilize everything, and with the help of Queen Margerita and Prince Louis supporting nobles, he will make Ari a princess by having Gallico adopt her. Ari will become the owner of Gallico, and I think even Terevero will support this adoption of Ari, which Ari will later transfer to Prince Louis because she is also the legal guardian of Prince Louis. The way the story is progressing, it seems like in this timeline Cesare and Alphonso are going to stage a coup... From Alphonso's side, to be exact, it wouldn't be a coup but rather a legal claim of everything. He will involve Raphael and Terevero to solve it legally so that nobody blames everything on him especially on Ari.He will make Ari a princess legally through Gallico. Since Gallico has spies in Ertuscan, he will also know about Gaultieri's treason, what happened to Queen Margerita, and what happened in Ertuscan when he was away from their official records. What plan Porto, Accereto, and the Moorish Empire have made together. By Cesare's nature, I am sure he will use Gaultieri to stage a coup, thinking that since Alphonso is away, it is the right time to seize everything he has always wanted: the throne and Ari. Although Cesare claims, and even Ari thinks, that Cesare is far from desiring the throne, the problem is desire is not an absolute thing; it changes with time and situation. I think since Alphonso is away, Cesare may think it is the right time to kidnap Ari and force her to accept him as his last try. Isabella will also manipulate him to do so. But before he can do any harm to Ari, Alphonso will return with his knights and support from Gallico, and will annihilate the entire Cesare faction and Gaultieri. For example, Cesare used to dislike Ari very much. He said to Rubina that he did not want to become a partner of such a girl before he found out that Alphonso was very interested in Ari at her debutante party. After that party, he tried to manipulate Ari through extravagant gifts and letters (this proves he never received love, but he had ample opportunity and money to improve himself) and faced constant rejection from her. By the time Ari helped him during the Gallico invasion, he became massively obsessed with her. His desire for Ari changed in this timeline. Ari doesn't know as much as we do about how he ruined the lives of many women. As I mentioned earlier, Ari didn't even believed that Cesare had child even after she read letter from Rubina where he requested the cardinal to deny Lady Gentilini's request to marry Cesare, despite her having Cesare's child.Ari has got awkward kind of sympathy after she got engaged to Cesare in this timeline . I have to give this example because many people think Cesare desire for not having throne is absolute. That is why I said Cesare feelings for Ari is shallow and obsessive and now he is delibaterly trying to get more obsessed with Ari.This is happening when Ari rejected Cesare because of Cesare himself not because she loved Alfonso in this timeline. I also think that by the time she realizes she will not be punished on Judgment Day, as her dream to make Alphonso king aligns with her goal for her Regression, she will have massive guilt that she herself destroyed the option to give Alphonso an heir by eating reeds. I think maybe at that time it will be revealed that Ari was actually eating peony grass, which made her more suitable to have a child. I seriously hope Felicite also gets married to someone from the Black Knights. Perhaps Ari can arrange a good husband for her and her remaining friends from the Black Knights.
I think since Cesare has taken the virginity of Many women and definitely forced all of them to eat reed grass.citing side effects can we say Cesare also caused infertility in many women? You know, Cornelia and Felicite were never impressed with Cesare. They never supported Ari with Cesare, even at the birthday party that Cesare threw for her. Cornelia had a frown on her face when she saw Gabriela's reaction. Felicite behaved as if it was not her first time at Villa Sorotone. I think both Cornelia and Felicite are victims of Cesare. That's why Cesare did not feel comfortable with them at the birthday party he threw. Cesare ran away after lying to Ari that he needed to see other guests, but instead went to some secluded place where he met Isabella. I think Felicite is infertile; that's why she always carries peony grass, hoping to recover her menstruation and fertility.Felicite also told to sancha that she is not suitable as wife.
Wait wait wait ?? Cesare has a child ?? Im thankful you explained the examples of Cesare philandering every woman in town but he is getting so messy . Who is the madame , I don’t read the actual novel just the ones that available for free . Actually I always thought Cesare was infertile , he slept with so many women and so far the author never brought a storyline of a child of cesares , unless there many out there who didn’t inherit his red hair or royal blue eyes and hide in plain site or this guy cannot reproduce . Im actually confused why there was never a problem consenting Cesare children or possible infertility mentioned . If he is infertile this would be a big blow to his ego and would endanger his claim to the throne as he cannot produce an heir
You know, Ari deliberately hid Cesare's secret documents from Manfredi when she found them. She never mentioned their existence to Alphonso to protect Cesare from Alphonso and his subordinates ,to protect Cesare from them as last sympathy for the person she loved in previous life.So,Ari is not just sypathetic to Cesare ,she is protecting him at cost of her own benefit . If you think about it, Ari prioritized Cesare over her own benefit. If Ari had revealed those documents, Cesare would have been ousted from the royal family, which would have questioned Syphilis's intentions. With Alphonso as the sole heir to the throne, Syphilis would have felt more pressure to recognize Ari's marriage and invest her as a princess. The author even subtly hinted that Ari would pay for showing sympathy and protecting Cesare in the future.this is exact line of Author ...."However, no matter how sympathetic a reason may be for deviance, the decisions a person makes repeatedly determine his or her life" I seriously never understand why Ari get sympathetic to Cesare and her sympathy aften lead to harm to her.We can understand what she is going to face in future because of Cesare.Hope Alfonso return at right time before Cesare do anything. Madam Gitelini was a married woman who became pregnant with Cesare's child; later, she and her child died. It's possible that Rubina could had killed both of them, or even Syphilis can be involved .Alphonso mentioned this at the Masquerade ball when Cesare was trying to manipulate Ari to go with him giving excuse of lerissa and he not told Ari about lerissa. You know, people here think Isabella is dark because she killed a small child to regain her beauty in front of others, but it seems to me that Cesare is darker. He has done all kinds of nonsense with women and always ends up garnering sympathy. Cesare is still obsessed with Ari ,in every way which is dark, and it's understandable that at some point he might try to use force to make Ari accept him.Cesare delibaterly trying to get more obssessed with Ari . Yet people feel sympathetic toward him because Rubina is forcing him into marriage. In the engagement arc, Cesare was doing the same thing—forcing his feelings on Ari—and everyone supported him. Even now, Cesare had full knowledge that Rubina was manipulating Juliana, yet he still supported Rubina every time. He shows that he is not interested in Juliana and is obsessed with Ari, but on the other hand, he does whatever his mother tells him to do. Juliana got trapped in an accident which caused her left ring finger to burn, and Cesare would have had to take responsibility for her even if Juliana had not falsely claimed that she had slept with him. Currently, I am thinking about how Cesare is going to react when he hears how Ari supported Alfonso through Unnisola and Alfonso killed Phillipo. I fear that in the future, Cesare may try to rape her, thinking if he can't have her, then Alfonso shouldn't either.we know Cesare has dark way of thinking but due to lack of political advisor, political power and support he never able to do it.At one point of time he wanted to hang Ari by rope to make her accept him.
Ariane is aware of one thing: she was on the same level as Cesard at one time, but she was lucky enough to go back and correct some of her mistakes. In fact, Ariadne was very selfish at first, she only wanted to survive, to use Alphonso to escape Cesard by promising his protection and there are other examples. She changed from the moment Alphonso's mother sacrificed herself to protect her because it was the first time that people did everything to protect her! She never had that in her other life and there, she discovered that people could be good without expecting anything in return, which changed her. She thinks she can do the same thing with Cesard, she thinks that, since she has succeeded with others (the poor people of the Rambouillet center), she may have arrived with him: she may just lack a "real support". But Cesard may already be screwed. I say "maybe" because I have no idea how he will react! What I'm about to say is twisted but I still consider that Cesard is less dark than Isabella. The sacrificed baby did not give his opinion to face these consequences of which he is not even aware. The women whose lives Cesard knew to destroy risk them. Let me explain: you have to live with the rules of "your world", ours is so light at this level and at the same time: if a girl wears a mini skirt, many people will find it "normal" that she takes a hand in the ass because it's "provocation" ... It revolts you, but you know that many people think like that! If you make yourself beautiful to go to a club, you will be flirted with by what the message will be "I am beautiful for you" when NOT !!! I make myself beautiful FOR MYSELF!! But people choose for us! Well, it's the same thing for her: if they go to a guy with such a "bad" reputation, you have to assume the consequences. They can accept, but people are cruel! It doesn't matter if they love it and want to change it, people will decide and ruin their lives! So they had the choice to give in to temptation or not. This is not the case for the baby... And then, for the rest, the two are equal, so, I'm surprised that they don't get along more, even if ... In a certain sense, Cesard seems more moral to me than Isabella... She suggested that he use strategies to seduce Ariane that he refused, such as using jealousy between sisters to his advantage...
We don't know how the author will end Cesare's drama. In the current chapter, where the story of Philip and Alfonso started, it doesn't match where the story ended in the previous chapter. However, when I checked the notes section, it said the author had changed some expressions in Chapter 491. Sometimes Cesare looks like he will change, but at the same moment, he shatters that belief. Before Dolphin Island, it looked like he would free himself from Rubina and free himself from narrative feed to him by Rubina, but in the next chapter, he again returned to Rubina. I didn't expect him to change completely, but I at least expected that he would not create problems for Ari. I think there are two parts exist inAri. One part loves Alfonso very much and wants to spend her whole life with him. This part is now tired of running from everything. The other part is very confused, still running from everything, and does not find herself suitable for Alfonso. She wants to give the throne to Alfonso and feels sympathetic towards Cesare because they share the same pain of not receiving love and are very harsh on herself. That is the biggest reason why Ari is suffering so much. I can only hope that the first part of Ari wins over the second part and she can get closure from her second part.
I think is a reason why i like Ari, she is imperfect like a real person. I'm done about perfect personnage or a good girl who wants to save world with love... Ari is strong and independent, she want to be happy but accepts what she did. Because she has a second chance she wants to share this luck with Cesar. It's not because she loves her, maybe she was think at the beginning it was love but with Al she understoods it was just sympathy. She knows Cesar can't change. Now she doesn't think about him. She suffered about her own mind because no-one showed her how to be happy.
The thing is, It's completely on author's hand. They are deliberately trying to save Cesare and IDK why they have always been sympathetic towards Cesare. They make Alphonso to suffer and Cesare to have fun. So, if they make Cesare the winner in the last, we can't do anything because it's their story and their choices. And honestly, All they will get is a vast amount of readers loosing their interest to read this crap. Honestly, the story has become uninteresting now because of author's sympathies toward a bastard and crapchild like Cesare.
Due to the goal of regression and the nature of the story, Ari is definitely going to end up with Alfonso. However, the author is dragging out Cesare's part a bit. Even pirates and spies are rampant in Ertuscan, and Syphilis has imposed ridiculous taxes with the national treasury low. Despite this, Syphilis is still enjoying himself and not facing any problems. How can nobles who are not in Gaultier's faction enjoy themselves in Toranto when the kingdom has entered a crisis phase? Only Ari and Alfonso are suffering. Syphilis feels no pressure and is doing whatever he wants. Currently, Syphilis is more intolerable than anyone else. Such shamelessness! After completely cutting off the expenditure from the prince's palace, he is ordering Alfonso to go to Terevero. It could have been a way to put pressure on Syphilis, as Ertuscan does not have money to buy an iron mask from the treasury. The author has closed off this option. The author will describe everything that can make Ari and Alfonso suffer and close all options that can affect Syphilis, giving relief to Ari-alphonso. At the very least, agreeing to Syphilis's orders without demanding compensation and expenses for sending and maintaining the army does not fit with Ari's scheming nature. It goes against the idea that Ari is the most dangerous schemer in the central continent. I think Ari's heart has healed from her past trauma to a greater extent due to Alfonso, at least in the part where she thought nobody would love her and Alfonso would leave her like Cesare did in the past timeline, hurting her similarly. Unlike Cesare, Alfonso always cherishes her, and his behavior is completely opposite to Cesare's. She has a bit of low self-esteem due to the morganatic marriage issue and has greatest anxiety and fear due to Judgment Day. Ari has never comforted anyone before because she doesn't know how to console people when they are sad or going through the worst phases. However, in a recent chapter, she was comforting Alfonso(someone for first time) when he was worried about what he should do when Gallico attacks, as he has to protect Ari and her image, and thus can't go against Syphilis.Alfonso felt like if Queen margerita is comforting him. Although she couldn't understand exactly what he was thinking, she knew he was worried because of Gallico. That's why I think if the author keeps Alfonso away for a long time, Ari will face more anxiety and fear. Alfonso has become a tranquilizer for her — Ari herself called him a tranquilizer. I hope Ari gets occupied with finding out the reason for Regression so that when Alfonso returns, she feels more confident that she can fulfill her dream of living with him and in return Alfonso solve morganatic marriage issue through Gallico. I think the misunderstanding between them was resolved in late May 1127, as the debuntate of Bianca was in the last week of May, and currently it is Dec 27 / Jan 28. In 7 months, Ari has been able to understand how to comfort people, and the relationship between Ari and Alfonso has deepened even further. Ari is currently 20 years old, and Alfonso is 22 years old. If you think about it, the speed of Ari's healing from trauma is very good. If Ari and Alfonso will get a happy ending, at this rate, they will set a benchmark for true loving couples and for husband-wife in this universe of the novel. When people compare Cesare and Alfonso, they forget one thing: Alfonso is 4 years younger than Cesare. At the age when Cesare became Ari's debuntate partner by royal order, Alfonso is facing Phillipo directly, and he has a strong sense of responsibility.
Chapter 595 An arrow narrowly missed Phillipo's cheek. Feeling warm blood on his face, he ordered his troops to form a dense formation. However, he soon realized there was a problem with his instructions. Close formation was typically used by heavy infantry or spearmen against archers or cavalry. On this expedition, he relied on artillery and only light infantry. Yet, another attack by Ertuscan archers began. Phillipo instructed them to defend their current position, but even his horse was fearful. Despite this, he managed to stabilize it. Looking back at his army, Phillipo saw they were out of arrow range, but their morale was low. They were spread out everywhere, unlike when they marched in unison. Unprepared, Phillipo ordered them to charge, resulting in many soldiers dying from the arrow shower. He then commanded the cannons to be prepared. As his soldiers moved forward, they faced a rain of arrows. Seeing the situation, Phillipo's hands were sweaty with anxiety. About 300 heavy cavalry from Gallico marched forward, restoring some hope. Someone informed Phillipo that the cannons were ready, and he ordered them to fire. After the cannon fire, the rain of arrows momentarily ceased, and Phillipo thought they had won. Contrary to Phillipo's hopeful belief, Viscount Sancerre, who led Gallico's heavy cavalry, discovered the situation was dire. Unisola had sent 4000 spearmen, something Gallico had never imagined. The spearmen caused heavy losses for Gallico. Alfonso ordered the spearmen to continuously advance. Viscount Sancerre, unfamiliar with Ertuscan language, was surprised by Alfonso's strategy. Seeing Alfonso's determination, the viscount ordered the knights to retreat. Alfonso stood at the forefront of his soldiers, while Viscount Sancerre remained confused. He wondered why his knight can't chase spearma ,anyway Gallico's knights was retreating fastly. (Phillipo's command of the army was disastrous; he was only skilled at scheming, like orchestrating the death of Queen Margerita through Carla and Strozzi... All thanks to Ari, Phillipo was destined for a crushing defeat here...) This is condition of Gallico when Alfonso is just playing with phillipo.I wonder how Syphilis and Cesare will react upon hearing the news of Phillipo's death at the hands of Alfonso and support he got from unnisola at just one call
It’s basically confirmed that Philipo will be killed by Alfonso himself in the next few chapters . From this I expect the next part of the story to be the installment of Alfonso and Ariadne as crown prince and princess . This will eventually lead to the coup from the first life which will be lead by Cesare which could see the end of the story . But the coup could also be done by Alfonso and Ariadne , if they are not installed as crown prince and Princess after destroying Phillip and his army , taking galico as part of their future empire , Ariadne will most likely lead Alfonso to take his father power without bloodshed . I hope the author doesn’t drag this further and we see who will start the coup and what will happen to galico
Syphilis is not the type of father who would be happy with Alfonso's achievement. Last time, he was jealous when Alfonso referred to Etruscan as "ours". He may try to harass Unisola by increasing taxes. Upon hearing of Alfonso's achievement, he may have a panic attack, feeling that Alfonso is now unreachable. When he hears that Ari arranged those armies, Syphilis would be doubly upset that the girl should have been his. Syphilis will see Alfonso's achievement as humiliating. The author has already hinted at many things in a few chapters: feudal lords will deny paying taxes, Syphilis will lose all his power, Rubina is going to die, Alfonso will take more time to return to San Carlo, the national treasury is at its lowest, and Syphilis has no money to even buy an iron mask. I hope Ari demands compensation and the expenditure for maintaining the army from Syphilis officially and publicly. At least the entire Etruscan populace will question Syphilis about what he and his mistresses have done to the national treasury. Even Manchike will deny the remaining dowry. Last time, Cesare was very angry at Ari when he heard that she had given her money to support Alfonso's army. Cesare will get massively angry at Ari that Alfonso has gained more power. Cesare's understanding of everything is twisted. Many people think that Cesare and Ari are like fire, which is why they can't be with each other, but honestly that is not true, not only Ari, any woman will face the same fate at the hands of Cesare. The way the author has written the story, I believe there will be 4-5 chapters solely focused on the reactions to Alfonso's victory. I think it will take another 50-80 chapters before Ari becomes the crown princess if the author continues writing the story in the current manner ,detailing thing that not affect story much.
Chapter 596 Viscount Sancerre was confused. Why had the Etruscan spearmen is still movinh? Then a cannonball from Gallico fell where the Etruscan spearmen had been just moments ago. Now he realized the spearmen had moved to minimize damage. The Viscount was astonished and fearful after realizing that Alfonso was commanding as if he knew Gallico's next move. He thought the spearmen were slow. Would he allow Gallico to escape? Suddenly, those spearmen appeared on horses; they were all Black Knights. The Black Knights mostly consisted of people from noble families.Black knight has maximum nobles than any army in central continent. Initially they played the role of archers, then spearmen were now back to their cavalry avatar(there was a mistake in the previous translation due MTL; Alfonso is fighting without the help of Unnaisola, only with his knights who are playing multiple roles,may be Author again edited some plot in previous chapter). The Viscount finally realized that Alfonso had no intention of sending them back. He shouted at the top of his lungs to retreat. The Black Knights lined up like swords behind Gallico's heavy cavalry, and the only sound was that of breastplates clanking. Philip asked about the situation. Soldiers stopped him from going up, but Gallico's heavy cavalry appeared defeated and fleeing. Philip couldn't believe the pride of Gallico; their heavy cavalry was behaving like this. Philip asked who had ordered them to run away. An officer came and told him that Etruscan soldiers had struck them from the rear. Philip couldn't believe how strong the Etruscans were to bring archers.He thought how Alfonso can get reinforcement He contemplated that Pisano was very near, with its own private army, but Cesare would never help Alfonso, even if the kingdom were to fall tomorrow. He revealed his plan very late; Alfonso would never know his plan as he revealed it so late.soldier can't come from down south. Flames erupted from the catapult, Catapult unit of gallico has destroyed and now the battle was on six cannons, but suddenly, Manfrendi appeared between the cannons. (Even Ari would be astonished to know that Alfonso won the battle with just 300 knights against Gallico's heavy cavalry with cannons. Philip is still running spies in Etruscan, which is why he knows the detailed situation of the Etruscans, but he underestimated and continues to underestimate the power of the Black Knights. Ari is the owner of the most versatile soldiers in the central continent. I think Alfonso not only loves unconditionally but truely completes her. If Ari has money and can scheme in the dark, then Alfonso has power and can scheme in the light. I hope in future Author show us chemistry between Ari and Alfonso)
Chapter 597 Manfrendi had a separate detachment of 200 Black Knights. He asked them to capture the artilleryman of canons. Rothschild, who was trailing behind said he is going ahead.. Rothschild, with other Black Knights, massacred every light infantry. Only Philips remained with 50 Montepellier heavy cavalry. Manfredi was to lose Badelia because Grand Duke Eudes, since Philipo is king and is somewhat related to what happened with Alfonso, and other. Philips have to take responsibility. Philips made a joke of Manfredi.manfredi replied back, 'When I capture you, you will have no mouth to talk to me.' The Knights of Gallico formed a seal around Philips. Count Le Vien told him to return to Gallico. Philips thought of Jean. Jean is the only thing Auguste left behind. His voice and facial features are almost similar to Auguste's. He was only a step away from giving the throne to Jean. It would be humiliating to be defeated by the king, but he decided to return to the North,back to gallico Manfrendi was eager to capture Philips. He thought he only had to stab Philips' horse. Since Philips was protected by Montepellier heavy knights, Manfrendi failed to do so. Philips was about to leave, but suddenly a small blast happened in front of him. Philips retreated. Suddenly, a sonorous voice rose from the battlefield: 'Dear cousin, why are you leaving so soon?' It was Alfonso."