Jaffa City.
The ironworker, Belian, was instructing people on digging a canal. He was dressed in tattered linen clothes, barefoot in the mud, unconcerned with the dignity of the nobility.
Under his leadership, whether Frankish immigrants, Saracen residents, or local Syrians, Imperial remnants, despite speaking different languages and having different beliefs, were united under Belian's guidance at this moment.
Princess Sibylla of Jaffa, looking at this royal official sent by her brother to assist her, had a somewhat complicated expression.
She understood very well the significance of Baldwin IV's actions, which were merely to have him marry into the Ibelin family, forming a solid political alliance.
Knight Stephen, Sibylla's personal guard, earnestly said, "Your Highness, he's an outstanding young man. If you could be with him, I believe you would receive the heartfelt blessings of many people."
"Indeed."
