My XX deal with Sister Nero

"Well, Your Majesty, Your Highness, I won't disturb you any more for now." At the gate of Rome, looking at the soldiers of the Iceni Kingdom standing not far away, Boudica smiled at Nero and Tony and said.

After defeating Sefalu, these heroes basically went back to their own homes. Ramses II and Nitocris returned to Upper Egypt, waiting for the upcoming Roman envoys, while Iskandar was more straightforward. As the conqueror king, he borrowed a large team from Tony and planned to expedition to Parthia to rebuild the Alexander Empire.

The Alexander Empire was also a vast empire spanning Europe, Asia and Africa, and its territory is currently mainly in the hands of the Roman and Parthian empires.

Forget about Rome. The King of Conquerors has a pretty good relationship with the Roman Empire and has no plans to recover the lost territory from the Romans for the time being. But the Parthians... Sorry, who said that Parthia's overall strength is weaker than Rome and therefore easier to defeat?

As for the last pharaoh, Cleopatra VII, honestly, Tony really wanted to know what our fantasy emperor Caesar said to her when they were in Egypt. Now, after crying in the city of Caria for several days, the Egyptian queen seemed to have suddenly realized something and decided to follow Tony and the others back to Rome.

As for Tamamonomae and Karna... Tamamonomae seemed to be planning to travel around the Roman Empire under Nero, so she took Karna away, and Martha seemed to have something to do, so she left early, and the remaining David also went to Jerusalem.

Therefore, there are only two heroes, Cleopatra VII and Romulus, who followed Tony and others back to Rome.

"So... Your Highness Cleopatra VII, may I ask... where do you plan to live?"

Tony looked at the carriage in front of him with a headache and shook his head.

Romulus has already been confirmed to live in the Pantheon, but Cleopatra VII... this is really difficult to deal with.

"I will live in your palace."

From inside the carriage, Cleopatra VII's unique, shrill voice, somewhat like that of a little girl, was heard.

If it wasn't spoken in Latin, Tony would have almost thought that the CV of Cleopatra was Rie Kugimiya.

"I'm afraid this isn't... possible?" Tony scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

"What's wrong with that?" Cleopatra VII lifted the door curtain and looked at Tony. After a careful look, she said, "You are a descendant of Caesar. In other words, you are also my descendant. Emmmm, I am still young and I won't take advantage of you and ask you to call me ancestor, but at least you should call me grandma or something like that, right?"

???

I'll pour toilet water on your face!

Isn’t this considered taking advantage?!

Seeing Tony's constipated expression, Cleopatra VII chuckled: "Forget it, I won't tease you anymore. You can call me whatever you want. As for where I live... I'll live in your palace. After all... you are the descendants of Lord Caesar. Now that Lord Caesar has died, I should take over his place and protect his descendants from the Senate's... attacks!"

...Yes, didn't Caesar die at the hands of the Senate? Cleopatra VII hated the Roman Empire. To be more specific, she hated Octavian, who betrayed her son and executed him, and the Senate, which conspired to kill Caesar.

Octavian was dead, but the Senate ellipsis still existed.

Moreover, Nero and Tony's relationship with the Senate does not seem to be very good.

"This..." Tony scratched his head in embarrassment. Although he had said this, he was still not so reassured about this Cleopatra.

"Ah, I understand!" Cleopatra VII looked at Tony and Nero and suddenly said, "Don't worry, I won't disturb you. I can host your wedding."

"Grandma!" As soon as Cleopatra VII finished speaking, Tony subconsciously took two steps forward to cover her mouth: "I beg you to stop talking! This topic has gone out of the circle!"

Cleopatra VII was an Egyptian, and the Egyptian royal family had a strange rule throughout the dynasties, that is, the pharaoh's wives were all his sisters.

For Cleopatra VII, it was natural for Tony to marry Nero. Of course, considering that the emperor of this country was Nero, it would also be natural for Nero to marry Tony.

But the problem is that this is not Egypt! If you play Egypt in Rome, it will be a big problem.

"Egypt..." At this moment, Nero, who was standing next to Tony, suddenly touched his chin and muttered to himself: "I remember that when Augustus conquered Egypt, he also prepared a title of Pharaoh for himself in order to appease the Egyptian people. Although it was useless later, theoretically I am also a Pharaoh... Emmmm, maybe... I can make a fuss about this? Isn't it natural for a sister to marry a younger brother?"

PS: Who can give me a copy of "Imperial: Rome" so I can play it [funny]

Chapter 303: Holy marriage between blood relatives?

"Pause, pause!" Tony turned his head and looked at Nero with horror, and shouted, "This is Rome, not Egypt. There is no such thing as holy marriage between blood relatives here, and currently... there is no legal support!"

"No legal support..." Nero suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "Oh! I should have asked the Senate to pass the law on holy marriages!"

???

Although I can set off two strings of firecrackers to celebrate if this bill is passed, but... Dear Emperor, please tell me, how did you go further and further down the path of perversion?

Although in this era, holy marriage between blood relatives is not considered abnormal.

"I think it's feasible!" Nero nodded and said to Tony, "Brother, you are still young. When you marry me, I can support you for the rest of your life, right?"

First, you should return to me the favor you gave me for taking the blame for me in Kyria City!

Tony took a deep breath. Now...things were going to be troublesome!

The radicals in the Senate have always wanted to restore the republic. Since they want to restore the republic, the first thing they have to solve is naturally the imperial power.

And now it is Nero who holds the imperial power.

So at the beginning, the radical faction in the Senate wanted to support Tony to take the position. The reason was simply that Tony was still young and easy to control.

However, Tony chose to refuse.

After that, the Senate began to raise the banner of marriage with the emperor or prince, hoping to restore the republic in the next generation through such means.

But whether it was His Majesty or His Highness, they almost unanimously chose to refuse.

In addition, His Highness's intelligence has gradually emerged, and the Senate has also realized that His Highness may not be so easy to deceive, so they can only change their thinking to find ways to curb the imperial power and strive to restore the republic as soon as possible.

What? Holy marriage between blood relatives? Your Highness and Your Majesty get married and have children?

Are you kidding me? Doesn't this mean we have to wait decades before the republic can be restored?

Therefore, it is foreseeable that if Nero really rashly asked the Senate to agree to the holy marriage, the senators in the Senate would probably oppose it by collective suicide, right?

Aren’t you kidding the Senate as a whole?

"Don't do that, sister! I would be happy if you really wanted to support me for the rest of my life, but..." Tony coughed lightly and said, "But your idea is very dangerous! At least the Senate will not agree!"

"......That's right." Nero nodded. She could guess that the Senate would not agree to this. After all, the Senate was not stupid. It was impossible for them to let them be together and then wait for decades to see the hope of restoring the republic.

……Wait a moment!

Wait a minute!

Just now...something seemed wrong?

Hiss... My younger brother said that my ideas are dangerous and that the Senate will not agree, but... My younger brother didn’t say that he will not agree!

And my brother asked me to support him for the rest of his life!

That means! My brother! He! Also! Likes! Me?!

My brother likes me? ! ! !

Looking at Tony's somewhat confused expression, Nero's eyes suddenly filled with tears. He wished he could pick up his brother by the waist and throw him on his bed.

Take a deep breath, take a deep breath, don't scare your brother. Seeing Tony's expression gradually getting a little terrified, Nero suddenly reacted, took two deep breaths, touched his brother's head and said, "Okay, let's talk about this later. Let's go, let's go back first~"

???

What happened just now?

Watching Nero's claws reaching towards his head, Tony felt as if he had walked through the gates of hell. After all, Nero's expression just now made it seem like he wanted to eat him.

terrible!

It can be said that he fled back to his own bedroom. Tony finally breathed a sigh of relief. This Cleopatra VII is really something. Why are you talking about a holy marriage? This is just asking for trouble... Forget it, I won't ask for trouble. After all, according to the seniority, she is my grandmother for many generations. It's better to forget about scolding my ancestors.

Well, Nero, don’t think about it for now. Anyway, his sister has been wanting to sleep with him for a long time. Her true nature was just exposed today.

If Tony almost escaped back to his own bedroom, then Nero came back happily jumping all the way like a rabbit.

Holy marriage between blood relatives, why didn’t I think of this excuse?

Although I don’t know much about the holy marriage between blood relatives, it doesn’t matter. Isn’t there someone around me who knows a lot about this?

Well, no matter what, my hope of marrying my brother has increased a lot~

Just as Nero was happily imagining the scene of marrying his brother, on the other side, in the distant southern part of Africa province, there was the city of Jarbia.

"This is probably your first time in a city like this, Altira."

Outside the south gate of Jarbia City, a man wearing golden armor and with short golden hair folded his arms and spoke to a brown-skinned beauty beside him.

"Yeah." Altira nodded expressionlessly without saying anything.

Altira, Cefalu... or rather, the heroic spirit created by Attila. At this moment, she was walking with Gilgamesh, the heroic king of Uruk, into this border city of the Roman Empire.

After the Battle of Kyria, Cefalu retreated, and Gilgamesh chased after him because he thought he owed Cefalu a favor, and then... he saw the giant god Attila.

Although no one knows what happened in between, after reaching an inexplicable agreement with the giant god Attila, the giant god Attila created the heroic spirit Attila, who came to this city with Gilgamesh.

Of course, the Attila in this world is the same as the Attila in other parallel worlds. She hates her own name very much. Compared with Attila, she prefers the more feminine name Altira, so... Gilgamesh has always called Attila Altira.

As a border city located on the edge of the desert, Jarbia is not only small, but also looks quite shabby. To put it simply, when Rome conquered Carthage, Jarbia might not have been worth the Romans' running over to sprinkle salt.

Of course, sprinkling salt was just a curse ritual. If the Romans had really sprinkled salt all over Carthage... there would have been so much salt that if they had been a little more frugal, they could have eaten it until the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

Ahem, that’s too far off topic.

Although the city is not big and a bit shabby, it has everything a city needs. It has all the necessary infrastructure. At the same time, because this era can almost be said to be the most prosperous era of Rome's economy, even though it is located in the frontier and most of the people are poor, they... are also poor people with smiles on their faces.

"So civilized." Looking at the smiles on the civilians' faces, Attila suddenly spoke.

Chapter 304: Are these guards kept here to stab His Majesty in the back?

"Ephbia." After walking back and forth in his room, Nero suddenly shouted at the door.

"Your Majesty." Hearing His Majesty's voice, Evebia pushed the door open and knelt on one knee.

"I need you to help me do a few things." Nero said as he gently untied his hair.

"Your Majesty, please speak." Evebia said with her head lowered.

"Please go find Fenius and draw some men from his battalion and the personal guards you lead. I want to form a new army." Nero shook his hair and said.

New troops? Looking up at Nero in surprise, Evebia said in a daze: "Your Majesty is planning to..."

"I need an army that can handle some things for me in secret, an army that can be absolutely loyal to me!" Nero said, looking down at Evebia.

A special unit for dirty work? Evebia nodded secretly. His Majesty should have such a unit. After all, there are some things that the guards cannot do.

"I understand." Evebia said in a deep voice, "I wonder how big an army your majesty plans to form?"

"Let's gather a hundred men first." Nero frowned and thought for a while, then he said, "Then select a few people from them to go to the Egyptian province. I need all the information related to the holy marriage of blood relatives."

Holy marriage? What is that?

Although Evebia was also of noble birth, she did not know much about Egyptian history, so when such an unfamiliar term as holy marriage appeared, her first reaction was... a little confused.

But from the name... it seems like a wedding ceremony? Could it be that His Majesty wants to get married?!

"I... understand." Evebia nodded, then stood up and left.

His Majesty wants to get married! And the wedding seems to be the Egyptian way of getting married!

After walking out of Nero's study, Evebia felt a little confused. This was a huge matter!

But then again, who is your majesty going to marry?

Could it be... His Royal Highness? !

Although I know that His Majesty likes His Royal Highness the Prince so much that it is almost perverted, but... but it seems that there are only two people most likely to marry His Majesty at the moment, one is His Royal Highness, and the other... is that guy named Rosa.

Of these two people, Rosa had only met him a few times, but His Highness was different. Moreover, the holy marriage of blood relatives, blood relatives... should mean relatives connected by blood, right? In other words, brothers or something like that.

Forget it. I can’t think about it anymore. If I keep thinking about it, I’ll have to jump into the Tiber River.

However, as the captain of the personal guard and the closest bodyguard to His Majesty, I have reason to take the initiative to share some of the burden for His Majesty, such as... preparing more things, including public opinion.

The personal guards under Evebia's command can naturally guarantee absolute loyalty, but because Her Majesty is a woman, Her Majesty's personal guards are basically pure women. In the Roman Empire where the status of women is far lower than that of men, if the personal guards take off their armor and change into casual clothes, it can almost be said that most of the tasks will be difficult to perform.

This is also why His Majesty asked Evebia to contact Finius, because the guards under his command are basically all men.

However, the loyalty of the guards under Phineus was not enough to compare with that of the personal guards.

As for why Nero did not ask Cleopatra VII directly, the reason is very simple. The Roman Empire did not have the tradition of holy marriage between blood relatives. Although some people would marry their brothers and sisters or even nieces, it would be better if you had a reasonable reason first. For example, there was a similar saying in ancient China about marriage between close relatives.

"Your Majesty, are you planning to raise a new army?" Not far from the entrance of the Royal Guards camp, Finius asked in a low voice with a frown.

"Yes, General Finius. His Majesty hopes that you can send out dozens of soldiers whose loyalty can be guaranteed so that they can carry out the tasks assigned by His Majesty in the future."

"A few dozen soldiers with guaranteed loyalty..." Finius touched his chin and thought for a moment before saying, "General Evebia, you should know that all the soldiers under my command are from the Royal Guards. Although there are indeed soldiers loyal to Your Majesty, but... I will try my best to gather fifty."

Try to gather fifty? Hearing this, Evebia couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Before the personal guards became independent, Evebia was nominally under the jurisdiction of the Royal Guards. However, due to gender issues, Evebia and other personal guards of His Majesty had their own independent camp, and the Royal Guards rarely asked about Evebia and the others on weekdays. In addition, these female personal guards knew that their current status was basically given by His Majesty, and they shared the same fate with His Majesty. They did not communicate much with the Royal Guards and had a clear understanding of themselves. These two factors combined led to the personal guards being absolutely loyal to His Majesty.

But the Guards were different.

Ever since Tiberius established the Praetorian Guard Headquarters to bring the Praetorian Guards together and transformed their military capital into political capital to participate in politics, the Praetorian Guards were no longer under the control of the emperor.