My XX deal with Sister Nero

"Now, this Tony also likes Nero and wants to marry her. So from the beginning, this guy wanted to sink me into the Tiber River and was on guard against me everywhere, fearing that I would kidnap Nero... What do you think would happen if Nero knew that Tony actually liked her?"

"The Senate of the Roman Empire will no longer exist." Prince Lampado replied expressionlessly.

"...You make sense." Rosa nodded.

If Tony knew that Nero liked him, then based on Rosa's understanding of the heroic spirit Tony, this guy would most likely choose to forbear and would find ways to eliminate possible eyesores in secret by various means, because he is a modern man, and an old villain at that. He is like a poisonous snake, smiling at you on the surface, but you never know what will happen if he turns around and stabs you.

Decianus is a good example.

But Nero was different.

Nero was carefree and full of energy, and her personality was a bit like a boy, but because she was the emperor, she was also very persistent. For example, she loved art. Even if Agrippina the Younger beat and scolded her every day, and Seneca scolded her like a Tang Monk every day, she would still pursue art with great persistence.

He even went so far as to undermine the foundation of the Senate and plotted Greek autonomy.

If she knew that her brother also liked her and wanted to marry her, then the most likely possibility was that she would stubbornly choose an auspicious day and marry Tony regardless of anything.

What? The Senate dares to object?

That's easy, it's time to show the value of the Royal Guards.

As long as the Senate dared to say a word of opposition, Nero would bring his guards to plow the Senate Hall back and forth several times!

On the other side, inside the city of Rome.

"What I mean is, have you thought it through? Do you want to marry your brother through a holy marriage?" Cleopatra VII asked bluntly.

"Yes... yes." Nero looked at Cleopatra VII somewhat embarrassedly and nodded with a slightly red face.

"Don't be shy." Cleopatra VII put down the book in her hand and said to Nero, "Egypt has always had a tradition of holy marriage between blood relatives, so you don't have to be nervous or shy when talking about this topic in front of me. Before I married Lord Caesar, I also married my own brother."

Nero did not speak. She was familiar with this history. It was precisely because she knew this history that she wanted to use the holy marriage of blood relatives to marry... or marry her own brother.

"How about this, you go pick a date and let the priests of the Roman Empire prepare. Once the time is chosen and all the ceremony items are ready, tell me and I will go find your priests in two days and teach them what they need to pay attention to in this ceremony." Looking at Nero's happy expression, Cleopatra VII smiled, as if looking at her own child, with a kind face.

"I... will contact the Pantheon." Nero nodded and looked at Cleopatra VII strangely.

Theoretically, although the Roman Empire had been practicing the system of adopted sons since Caesar, this system began to collapse since Caligula.

Although Caligula died early, he always hoped that his future biological son would inherit the throne when he was alive. Later, when Claudius came to power, his biological son Drusus died early, and after he passed away to Agrippina the Younger, Nero could not be considered a completely adopted son in a sense. So at this time, the empire's adopted son inheritance system began to gradually collapse.

So much so that during the Flavian dynasty, Vespasian followed suit and passed his throne to his two biological sons. If it were not for the death of Domitian, the establishment of the Antonine dynasty, and the restoration of the system of inheritance by adopted sons, the Roman Empire might have really evolved into an absolute monarchy.

Caligula had set a good example, so now the Senate did not have much reaction to whether the successor was a biological son or an adopted son. Anyway, whether he was a biological son or an adopted son, he would be an obstacle to their restoration of the republic.

"Nero wants to be Pharaoh?" After hearing a priest's report in the Pantheon, Romulus nodded casually and said, "Then go pick a good day. Since Cleopatra VII has no objection, then do as Nero wishes."

The Senate and the Pantheon did not raise any objections to Nero becoming pharaoh, so three days later, as per convention, the Senate informed the whole country of the matter, legally and politically confirming the fact that Nero was about to become pharaoh.

"What? Pharaoh?!" Looking at the cloth in his hand, Tony stood up subconsciously.

Tony has been very busy during this period.

After Tony became the Governor of Britain, naturally Decianus' former subordinates were no longer useful. A new emperor appoints new ministers. When Decianus was the governor, the key departments of the British province must have been controlled by his cronies. Now that Tony has come to power, he has stabbed Decianus and his cronies in the back... Can Tony be used?

The answer is no.

Then came the problem.

After replacing a wave of personnel and promoting some really good low-level officials, Tony is now facing a very embarrassing problem, that is, the officials of the British province... are not enough.

Tony was able to ensure the implementation of government orders by transferring some personnel from the city hall of his own county of Odeni, but he had to spend a lot of time handling government affairs. After all...it would take at least a month for Vitellius and others to set out from Rome to the British province.

And now, Vitellius didn't wait, but Tony did wait for this piece of news.

Nero, the successor to Pharaoh?!

Although the words in this letter reveal that Your Majesty is still a child who wants to disgust Ramses II, Tony is not like others. He knows everything about Nero. Why did he want to be the pharaoh?

This is because of the holy marriage of blood relatives mentioned by Cleopatra VII at that time!

Nero... is also planning a holy marriage between blood relatives!

"Is this... the tacit understanding between siblings..." Tony scratched his head, a little confused.

PS: I’m sorry, because I had a lot of things to do during the day and I got back very late. I feel a little sorry that I updated it just now.

There will be a second chapter later, so you can go to bed early and read it tomorrow.

Chapter 328: The Secret Underground of Lundinnium! (Part 1)

Honestly speaking, when Tony learned that his sister was also planning a holy marriage between blood relatives, he felt that he should have acted happier.

But for some reason, Tony...always felt like something was wrong.

After standing there and thinking carefully for a long time, Tony finally understood what the problem was!

"If I let my sister act on her own...she will ruin my plan!" Tony slapped his forehead and sat back in his chair in distress.

Originally, Tony had already outlined a relatively detailed plan deep in his heart, which was to use his reputation to influence public opinion, and finally use public opinion to force the Senate to compromise and recognize his marriage with Nero.

Now the first step of the plan has been completed for the most part. He has repelled Parthia, defeated Decianus and become the Governor of Britain. The rest... is to send people to brag among the people, build momentum for himself, and then slowly change public opinion.

But now, Nero suddenly did this, which was a bit embarrassing.

Fundamentally, Tony and Nero have the same goal, they both want to be with each other, but the problem is that Tony has a plan, while Nero... just acts on his own whim.

Yes, Nero was an all-powerful genius, but even an all-powerful genius like you should have a plan before doing anything, right? And Nero… he was just doing things haphazardly, how could he have a decent plan?

"Forget it, let's talk about this later. Even if my sister becomes the Pharaoh, it will take some time for public opinion to build. Besides, it's still unknown when she can become the Pharaoh." Tony shrugged.

He also understood that it was not easy for the head of the Roman Empire to become the Pharaoh. At the very least, you had to pick an auspicious day and hold a set of fancy ceremonies. And this set of ceremonies... purely depended on Nero's mood. If he wanted to do it hastily, it would probably only take a few days, but if he wanted to make it more grand, it would take at least two months.

After all, I would have to wait for Vitellius and others to arrive and hand over the situation here before setting off for Rome. It would take almost two months for me to arrive in Rome.

If Nero really wanted to make it grand, how could he not invite Tony?

However, it was obvious that Nero did not intend to hold this so-called succession ceremony in a lively manner.

When Tony just arrived in the British province, the one-month Nero Festival came to a perfect end. Although the preparations were a bit hasty, as an emperor who loved sports and art, Nero's girlish heart (? ) was greatly satisfied.

So... she didn't intend to waste time and money to hold a grand inheritance ceremony.

As for Tony, after appeasing Boudica and returning the Kingdom of Iceni to her, Tony, as the governor of the province of Britain, recognized the status of Queen Boudica on behalf of the Roman Empire. At the same time, according to the agreement signed ten years ago, the Kingdom of Iceni would allocate half of its territory to the province of Britain because it was a "gift" from Prasutagus.

Except for the temporary Iceni Kingdom and the Clovis Kingdom, the remaining three kingdoms were not so lucky.

The royal family had been killed by Decianus, and the collateral members were sold as slaves. Tony had warned these countries before they rebelled that if they did not join the rebellion, Lord Odeni would provide them with shelter. However...

You have to stand at attention when you are beaten, so Tony sent troops to take over the territories of these three kingdoms without hesitation. However, these three kingdoms committed suicide because they did not listen to advice, so the Celts in the territory hardly put up any resistance to Tony's takeover, and handed over the territory to the British province led by Tony with a tacit attitude.

While sending people to appease the Celtics, Tony started another plan of his own.

Moved the capital of Britain from Camulodunum to Londinium.

Before leaving, Rosa mentioned that the place Tony wanted to find was on the north bank of the Thames. In other words, as a moon man, Rosa should know more than Tony, and Rosa... didn't seem to be going to harm him for the time being.

Summoning the heroic spirits in the Lostbelt in pan-human history, although I haven't come into contact with the second plot of FGO, but based on the information I knew before the time travel, this... is a very troublesome thing, so troublesome that it is almost impossible.

The reason why Rosa was able to summon the heroic spirit Tony was simply because the two of them should have a high degree of adaptability.

"Just...trust him for now."

"Your Majesty, if Tony knew that you deceived him...what would he do?" Prince Lampado suddenly spoke while sitting in the coachman's seat.

"Huh? When did I lie to him?" Rosa said with a smile of success on his face, "That's right, Westminster Palace is the most important base of the Clock Tower. How did I lie to him? At best, I just didn't tell him the whole story. Besides, the British Museum is not far from Westminster Palace. As long as a magician goes to explore the ground veins of Westminster Palace, he will soon discover the secrets underground of the British Museum."

"Your Majesty...you are right." Prince Lampado looked ahead expressionlessly, mourning for Tony in his heart.

This poor fellow...had he offended His Majesty somewhere to make His Majesty tease him like this.

About half a month later, in the governor's residence in Lundinim.

"Your Highness, although Londinium is the largest city in the British province, but... it seems a bit far behind Rome, right?" A magician in a robe asked with a frown, sitting in front of a long table.

Although Tony is not a magician, she roughly knows the rules by which magicians choose the location to build their magic workshops.

The first is that a spiritual vein is needed to be located in a magic workshop to absorb magic power. The second is that transportation must be convenient, preferably close to a big city, because magicians also need to purchase a lot of materials.

This is also the reason why the Magic Association chose the city of Rome.

But isn't your city of Londinium too remote compared to Rome?

"This place was recommended to me by someone. They said it was a very suitable place for a magician to build a magic workshop." Tony coughed lightly and said with a tense face.

"Very suitable for building a magic workshop?" The magician was stunned. What this sentence meant was... there was a very good spiritual vein here?

"Yes." Tony nodded and said, "The specific location is on the north bank of the Thames. I can personally take you there to investigate later."

"...Well, thank you, Your Highness." Tony had said so much, and the magician couldn't refuse Tony, so he could only nod.

Chapter 329: The Secret Underground of Lundinnium! (Part 2)

In the backyard of a tavern called Arden in the city of Londinium, two magicians were using their own methods to examine the spiritual veins of the area.

"This... this area..." After exploring the nearby spiritual veins, the two magicians stood up in shock, with looks of disbelief on their faces.

The spiritual veins in this area, both in quality and density, far surpass all the spiritual veins that the Magic Association has ever discovered!

This place is truly a place blessed by God!

"Lord Barthelmero!" A magician came into the tavern from the backyard and stood beside Barthelmero and whispered, "Lord, we have preliminarily found out that the concentration of spiritual veins here... can be described as terrifying. If this place is used as the foundation of the Magic Association, then... I think our Magic Association can at least guarantee prosperity for more than two thousand years!"

A place where spiritual veins converge... Sitting opposite Barthelmero, Tony nodded. It seems... Rosa did not lie to him.

"A place where spiritual veins converge? Here? How is it possible?" Barthelmero was stunned. She had always believed that the reason why Tony proposed to let the Magic Association move here was because the young prince wanted to better control the Magic Association. As for what Tony said about this place being more suitable for the Magic Association... she had never believed it.

But I didn't expect that this place is actually a gathering place of spiritual veins, which can ensure that the Magic Association can thrive here for at least two thousand years. This... His Highness must have a top magician assisting him, right?

"And..." At this moment, the magician standing next to Barthelmero suddenly continued, "And not far away, we also feel another spiritual vein convergence point. Although it is a little smaller than this one, if we need to teach in the future, it can be used as a school under the Magic Association."

"Really..." Barthelmero nodded: "Then we can build a school there when the time comes."

"But..." The magician looked at Barthelmero, opened his mouth, and looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"If you have anything else to say, just say it." Barthelmero frowned and glanced at the magician, and said, "If you have anything else to say, just say it."

"Yes..." The magician bowed his head and said, "It is like this, Lord Barthelmero, based on our investigation, we suspect... there is a deeper existence under this spiritual vein, and there should be some kind of fantasy species living in it."

Fantasy species?

Tony was stunned when he heard this word.

Rosa...didn't tell me there were fantasy species under this city!

"I understand." Barthelmero nodded and didn't say much.

"Imagination?" Tony frowned and thought for a while before saying, "I really don't know about this, but...if it is a fantasy, how will the Magic Association handle it? If force is needed, it is best to notify me in advance so that I can send people to evacuate the people."

"Of course." Barthelmero nodded. "We will investigate and find out exactly what kind of fantasy species are there underground as soon as possible."

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"Well, thank you for your hard work." Tony nodded, stood up and said, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

After watching Tony leave and making sure that he was far away, Barthelmero looked at the magician standing beside him calmly and said, "Okay, you can explain this matter more clearly now."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The magician said very respectfully: "According to the investigation, there should be multiple corpses underground. In addition to the human corpses that can be sensed on the surface, there should be corpses of fantasy species and dragons deep underground. However, the corpses of these fantasy species should be buried very deep, and there are also barriers interfering. We preliminarily concluded that this should be a tomb, a dragon's tomb, and... and this place seems to be very close to the 'World Internal Test'. If we establish the Magic Association here, then... the magicians of the Magic Association should be more likely to reach the origin of the world than magicians from other places!"

"Hmm." After listening to the magician's report, Barthelmero nodded thoughtfully and said, "If what you said is correct, then I will report this matter to the dean truthfully, and the dean will make the decision."

Just as the magician was reporting this, on the other side.

Nero, who had completed the ceremony two days earlier, successfully obtained the title of Pharaoh. Not long after she left the Pantheon and returned to the palace, some Egyptian customs spread wildly in the city of Rome as if they had been prepared long ago.

For example, some of the Egyptians’ dining customs, some of the Egyptians’ living habits, such as...the holy marriage between blood relatives.

Because the Roman Empire did not have strict control over religion, there were countless religions of all sizes in Rome, and Egyptian mythology was one of them.

How did the Egyptian polytheism grow? Yes, there were religious groups in Rome.

When they heard that His Majesty the Emperor had obtained the title of Pharaoh, these Egyptian religious groups jumped for joy as if it were New Year's Day. After all, in their view, this was a signal that His Majesty was taking the initiative to support Egyptian customs and culture.

Therefore, in addition to the people Nero had already arranged to influence public opinion, these Egyptian religious groups in Rome also spontaneously came together and worked hard to promote Egyptian folk culture and the gods they believed in.

The Roman citizens who have always believed in Roman gods did not have much feeling towards these Egyptian gods. After all, there was a conflict of beliefs. It was good enough that I did not beat you or scold you and allowed you to preach. As for whether others believed it or not, that was their business.

Except, of course, the Order of Isis.

The Cult of Isis is the most...peculiar of all Egyptian beliefs and the one that most attracted Roman citizens. Isis is the Egyptian goddess of fertility. Originally, she was quite well-behaved in Egypt. Basically, if a family wanted a child, they would go to the temple to pray.

But after arriving in Rome, this sect became extremely magical.

What? No children after marriage? Ah! God means that your man may not be good enough, you need to join our party, let yourself go, find a good man, and then... you should be able to have children.