ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 957 Nelia

Nelia was concentrating on reading the book cut out of papyrus in her hand, when she suddenly heard a soft voice: "What book are you reading?"

Nelia raised her head subconsciously and saw a handsome boy standing in front of her.

In Apox's eyes: the girl in front of him has a beautiful face, beautiful long hair, and a pair of big blue eyes that seem to be covered with a fine veil, like mist and poetry, giving her a melancholy and mysterious temperament.

"Excuse me, who are you?" A clear voice like an oriole woke up the absent-minded Apox. Facing Nelia's question, he felt nervous for some reason: "I am... I am Eunice's younger brother."

"Ah! You are Eunice...the Apox whom the princess often mentioned to me...your highness!" Nelia exclaimed and stood up in a hurry.

"Just call me Apox...otherwise you'll be breaking school rules." Apox forced a smile and corrected him.

Although the children of King Davos have noble status, Davos specially asked Tuliyi School to formulate a special school rule. He does not allow his children to receive preferential treatment in the school by virtue of their power. He also hopes that teachers and students will work with him. Several children have normal interactions just so that they can have a normal life.Nelia had just moved to Turii from Brindisi and was not used to it yet.

"I'm sorry! I won't call you that...next time." Nelia lowered her head uneasily and admitted her mistake. The reason why her family moved back to Thurii from Brindisi was because of the death of the sailors who died in the war at the Brindisi Naval Base. The family members were very resentful towards the Miltias family, which seriously interfered with their family's life and forced them to leave. It also had an impact on Nelia's young mind, leaving her in a sensitive and nervous state.

"It's okay." Apox noticed her nervousness and quickly changed the subject: "What are you looking at?"

"Egypt... what I've learned." Nelia said hurriedly, while handing the book in her hand to Apox.

Apox didn't answer: "Is it written by Mr. Ansitanos? I've already read it."

Ansitanos visited Egypt several times and combined his experiences in Egypt with some history to write a travel diary. Since it did not involve any secret content, several copies were copied and placed in the Thurii Museum, allowing the public to Borrow.

Nelia was keenly aware of the problem in Apox's words and showed a surprised expression: "You call scholar Ansitanos your teacher?!"

"Yeah, I just finished listening to his class before." Apox raised his eyebrows slightly, unconsciously wanting to show off something.

"But I heard that he doesn't teach at school." Nelia was a little confused. As soon as the words came out of her mouth, she immediately felt something was wrong and hurriedly explained: "I didn't... didn't mean-"

"It doesn't matter, anyone would be surprised to hear me say that." Apox smiled to reassure her, and explained: "Teacher Ansitanos allowed me to come to the academy to listen to his lectures in order to thank me for sending him Gave him some information about Egyptian history.”

"Oh, really!" Nelia showed a surprised look again. She put her previous uneasiness behind and asked quickly: "That palace... you must be very knowledgeable about the history of Egypt! I heard that there is a kind of Is it true that a monster that looks like a horse but is stronger than a horse lives in the Nile River? I see that there is no record of this in the book "Egyptian Insights"."

After listening to this, Apox pretended to be humble and said: "I can't say that I have a lot of research, but I do know a lot about Egypt. The monster in the Nile you mentioned just now should be what the Egyptians call a 'hippopotamus'. It does exist, and it lives in the middle and upper reaches of the Nile River. Teacher Ansitanos visited Egypt several times and stayed in the lower reaches of the Nile River. He should have never seen a hippopotamus. Out of a rigorous attitude, he Not written"

Seeing that Apox did know a lot about Egypt, Nelia suddenly became excited, and then asked: "What about..."

When Eunice wanted to call Apox on the court, she found the two of them talking and laughing on the sidelines, so she looked at them with a strange expression: "You two are very good, you have become familiar with each other so quickly!"

Nelia's face suddenly turned red.

Apox forced himself to calm down and said, "What's the matter? Second sister."

"It's your turn."

"Got it." Apox responded, turned around and asked, "Nelia, can you play football?"

"I'll... I'll kick a little bit." Nelia said softly.

"Then let's go play together. The famous Athenian scholar Plato once said, 'Young people in a city-state should participate in more sports. This will help them grow into a healthy and noble city-state citizen...'"

Eunice saw that Apox was still talking at length, but Nelia was nodding seriously, and the smile on her face became weirder. She said deliberately: "I'm sorry! We can only change one person!"

"Then take Briantes off the field as well." Apox said without hesitation.

"Why change me?!" Briants, with sharp ears, heard it and expressed dissatisfaction loudly.

In the end, Apox and Nelia came on stage.

"Catch the ball!" Eunice kicked the ball vigorously towards Nelia, wanting to see how good her football skills are.As a result, the seemingly weak Nelia stopped the ball in front of her very lightly.

"Not bad!" Eunice praised loudly.

Apox's eyes lit up even more.

Brindisi is a purely naval and military town. All the citizens in the city are either navy or cavalry. In addition to military training, they are also keen on various sports. Every year, they send teams to participate in the Kingdom's rugby and football competitions. , and won many football finals championships.In fact, if you think about it, you can understand that the people of Brindisi are mainly made up of sailors. They fight against the wind and waves at sea all year round. Their bodies are well-proportioned and strong, their footplate is very stable, and they have good balance. They have an innate advantage in playing football, and Bu The achievements of Lindisi people in football have also made this sport popular throughout the city. Both children and the elderly not only love watching football, but also playing football, and Nelia is naturally affected by it.

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When the boys and girls played football happily under the afterglow of the sunset, the Dionian patriarch Cornelus dragged his tired body back to his mansion.

Before he could sit down, his wife Hesia rushed over and asked: "How is our child Euclirius? Which legion has he been assigned to? You wrote a letter to the legion commander and asked him to take good care of him. Yet?……"

"Didn't I already say that the "Dionysian Law" stipulates that administrative officials are not allowed to inquire in detail or interfere with the internal affairs of the army, especially during the war! You ask these questions when you come back every day, and it will bother me even if you don't bother me. Now, can you let me take a breath, I just came back and didn’t even change Bolton..." Cornelus said with some complaints.

"Eucrelius is our only son! This is his first time on the battlefield, and he will face the terrible Carthaginians. Shouldn't we be worried! I just asked you to ask, and I didn’t let you use your power to prevent your children from going to the battlefield. Is there anything bad to do? If you don’t dare to ask, I’ll go find Mr. Hilos!” Hesia said angrily, with red eyes, and suddenly stamped her foot. , turned around and walked out.

When Cornerus saw it, he hurriedly chased after her and grabbed her: "Oh, Hesia, stop making trouble! You won't be able to see Hilos even if you go. The Senate meeting is over, and Hilos did not go home. Instead, he went directly to the Ministry of Military Affairs.”

"Then I'll go to the Military Affairs Department to find him!" Hesia said without hesitation.

Cornelus said hurriedly: "The people in the Ministry of Military Affairs are talkative. When you go, you want to make the whole city know. For the sake of my children, I, Cornelus, want to make all the tribunes come. Impeach me!"

"I...I will let the tribunes impeach you!" Hesia said this, but stopped moving forward.

Cornelus saw this in his eyes, and then persuaded him: "I have worked diligently in Dionia for so many years, and your Majesty trusts me very much, otherwise he would not announce it after he led the army to the expedition," With me as the head, and the other four rotating presidents, I will temporarily take charge of the kingdom's internal affairs.' I also get along very well with other colleagues, and I have never had any enmity with anyone in these years.

Your Majesty and my colleagues all know that I have only one child, and the enlistment list clearly says Cornelus Euclius. Apart from me, who else in the kingdom has the surname Cornelus, as long as it is Anyone who cares will take care of Euclirius.Now, whose children in the Senate do not go to battle to kill the enemy, even His Majesty sent his newly grown son, adopted son and son-in-law to the battlefield. You also know that the second son of Laphias died in Latium, especially The son-in-law of Ritodemus was seriously injured and had to have his leg amputated... As the rotating chairman of the Senate, if I take the initiative to ask about the child's condition at this time, it will give others an excuse, which is not good..."

"But this is our only son, we are just asking!" Hesia said, tears falling.

Speaking of which, Cornerus's original wife and children died in the war between the Lucanians and Thurii 20 years ago. Later, after the Dionian Alliance was established and the situation became more stable, Cornelus Ruth married a new wife. He was already over 50 years old at that time. He actually got her pregnant and gave birth to a child. Naturally, he was extremely happy and cherished her even more.But at this moment, he could only hug his wife and sighed deeply: "Who told him to be a boy!"

At this time, the slave walked into the backyard. Seeing this scene, he didn't know what to do.

"What's the matter?" Cornelus asked.

Hesia hurriedly wiped away her tears.

"Master, Lord Hilos is here to visit."

Cornelus's heart moved, and when he saw his wife casting hopeful glances at him, he nodded slightly: "Invite him in quickly!"

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