My XX deal with Sister Nero

Ok?

After hearing Nero's words, Tony noticed a detail that he had previously overlooked.

Sefalu is a white giant, an unidentified giant who is covered in white. In other words, she just "has a human form", but she cannot be regarded as a human being.

But Attila was different.

Attila is a "heroic spirit" created by the giant Attila in imitation of his own appearance. Although the giant Attila is a little bigger, she is still a human being at least.

So...how were you able to recognize that this white giant and the heroic spirit Attila were the same person?

But if you think about it carefully, just talking about facial features, Cefalu and the heroic spirit Attila actually look similar. Plus, the heroic spirit Attila is accompanied by Gilgamesh... Maybe it is for this reason that Cefalu was recognized?

Never mind. It's not important.

"So... it's very likely that Cefalu has mastered some method to suppress his desire for destruction, right?" Tony pretended to analyze.

"It's very likely, but why would Katniss get together with Cefalu?" Nero was a little confused. These two people have absolutely nothing in common. How could they get together?

"Emmm, I think this must be because Katniss wanted to kill the gods." Tony touched his chin, "Sister, think about it, according to the myths and legends, Katniss was first tricked by Poseidon, and then by Zeus. She hated the Greek gods so much that she started killing priests and destroying temples. It's not an exaggeration to say that she would do anything to kill the gods. So I think, when she knew that Cephalus had the ability to kill gods, Katniss would choose to join Cephalus. She is not a heroic spirit who exists to protect human reason. She...may just want pure revenge."

"It is indeed possible." Nero nodded.

"Oh, right!" Seeing the atmosphere gradually becoming awkward, Tony suddenly slapped his forehead and asked, "Sister, have you heard of the Kingdom of Sassan?"

"Sassanid Kingdom?" Nero tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said uncertainly, "It seems... I've heard of it somewhere?"

"It's like this. Didn't I just go out to buy something? I heard that a small country called the Kingdom of Sassanid hopes to get help from the Roman Empire. Since Parthia and our country signed a peace treaty last time, they have turned their attention to this small island country, hoping to divert domestic conflicts by attacking the Kingdom of Sassanid."

"Divert domestic conflicts?" As the emperor, Nero had an extremely sensitive political sense. "Brother, what you mean is that the Parthian Empire is on the brink of civil strife?"

"No, the civil unrest in Parthia has already begun." Tony shook his head. "The Sassanids in the southern coastal areas are ready to make a move, and the tribes in the east have also started a rebellion under the instigation of the former Yuezhi nobles. The contradictions in the Parthian Empire are becoming more and more obvious, so they have to point their spearheads abroad to divert domestic conflicts in this way."

"What about your brother? What does he plan to do?" Nero looked at Tony with interest, wanting to hear his thoughts.

"We shouldn't send troops directly for such a small country. This is immoral." Tony smiled: "But we can't let the Parthians grow stronger. They are now expanding their navy to deal with the Sassanid Empire. We...we can't let them continue like this, otherwise our Egyptian province will be seriously threatened by the Parthians!"

PS: The traditional fantasy novel I mentioned before has been uploaded. It is called "The Secret of Demonic Immortals". You can search it if you have nothing to do. There is a certain connection between that book and this Nero in the background setting of the story. Well, there are also Easter eggs of Nero's book in it.

Chapter 364: My sister is afraid of the dark at night~

Tony's analysis makes sense.

Originally, the Parthian Empire could only attack the Israel region along the Mesopotamian River Basin, or send troops to the Anatolian Peninsula from northern Persia. However, if they were allowed to develop their navy, they would inevitably occupy the Sassanid Empire and then use it as a springboard to attack the Egyptian province along the Red Sea.

"So, brother, what do you want to do?" Nero nodded, with an attitude of doing whatever his brother said.

"It's very simple. If we show our support to this country and make them a vassal state, there is a certain possibility of curbing Parthia and making them afraid to attack rashly. But what if? What if they go all out to attack the Sassanid Empire? In this case, the Roman Empire will have to passively declare war on the Parthian Empire. But now... can we fight another national war?" Tony shook his head.

Unlike other countries, Parthia was a very large country, large enough to rival the Roman Empire. Now that the Roman Empire had finally won, if it rashly started a war again... this would be no small matter for the Roman Empire.

To be honest, Tony really has no confidence in himself now.

When he first arrived in the Roman Empire, he wanted to use modern knowledge to madly arm the Roman Empire like his predecessors, and then expand the territory to the peak of his life, but what was the reality? In fact, in terms of military affairs, Tony only promoted new iron smelting technology and stirrups, plus some cheap siege equipment. As for hand cannons... There was no large-scale opening of routes to India. According to the current refining technology of the Roman Empire, it would be difficult to create a complete hot weapon army.

As for the territory... the Picts were not conquered, and the conquest of the Welsh region is still in the plan. As for the destruction of several small tribes in the British province... I'm sorry, that was done by Decianus, and in the east he only recovered Armenia at most.

This was thanks to Vespasian and others.

The only territorial situation that was directly related to Tony was that he lost half of the Egyptian province.

Ah... I suddenly feel like a waste...

Tony thought about it for a long time, and the only thing that could be considered a contribution to the territory was that when facing Safalu, Tony sent troops to station outposts in several oases in the Sahara Desert, nominally ruling the central region of the Sahara Desert.

But what's the use of the desert? You can't grow crops there! And these outposts need to be supplied with supplies regularly!

Not only is it of little use, it is also a burden.

It is said that the southern provinces have already withdrawn from many of their more remote outposts due to supply problems.

It can be said that Tony’s current achievements are basically all exaggerated. In the true sense, there is almost no territory that Tony has conquered for the Roman Empire.

"Speaking of which, sister, how are the preparations for customs going now?" Tony scratched his head and suddenly remembered something.

More than half a year has passed. How is the Roman Empire Customs preparing now?

"Ah, you're talking about that." Nero raised his head slightly and thought for a moment, then said, "The Senate mentioned this some time ago. Currently, the preparations for the Imperial Customs have come to an end. The staff has been recruited and the office building has been completed. Except for the General Customs Office in Rome, the preparations for the customs in other places are similar. It is expected that they will be officially operational in another month."

……Fine.

Tony nodded. To be honest, he was not very qualified as the Director of Customs. Although he had formulated a series of detailed personnel structures, rules and regulations for customs operations and their work scope, etc., but... Tony was just a small second-level customs officer in his previous life. He only had a vague understanding of many things.

How could I, a second-level customs officer, become the director of customs in Rome?

"Then...what about personnel?" Tony thought for a moment and asked.

Previously, in order to pass polygamy, Nero reached an agreement with the Senate and gave the customs quotas of some provinces to the Senate. However, Nero did not have so many people under his command to control the entire customs, so he could only place some people in some very important positions, and then the remaining people formed the so-called Supervisory Committee to be responsible for supervising the internal customs.

As for the vacant seat... Nero could only gather some nobles who were loyal to the Claudius family and let these guys occupy the seat first.

"We have almost arranged the personnel, but..." At this point, Nero scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "It's just that my sister doesn't have enough people, so overall, we are at a temporary disadvantage in the customs."

There are not enough people... Tony nodded. Nero's foundation is weak, and she basically lost the best parts of her hands to Tony, so there are really not many people on the Nero customs side.

"Well, that's expected." Tony curled his lips. He was no longer going to ask about the ocean-going fleet. As far as the situation in the Egyptian province was concerned, it was estimated that they would not be able to build an ocean-going fleet within a year.

"Brother." Just when Tony was thinking about whether to take action against Wales, Nero suddenly looked at Tony seriously and said, "Sister is thinking about something."

"Ah?" Tony was stunned for a moment, a little confused: "What's the matter?"

"It's like this." Nero turned his head and glanced at the maids around him. After sending them away, he lowered his voice and asked, "Brother, are you really going to marry me?"

"It's not marrying, it's marrying... Never mind, as long as you are happy..." Tony felt a headache when he mentioned this topic.

"Ahem, this is not the point~" Nero held her brother's face with her hands: "Sister is thinking about something~ Brother, do you want to sleep in the same room with sister in the future? You see, it's so dark outside at night, sister is scared to be alone~"

???

I was thinking...even though the city of Rome is not as brightly lit as in later generations, it is not pitch black at night, right?

Tony thought about it carefully. Because most of the wars in the Roman Empire were maintained in the border areas, the city of Rome had not implemented a curfew policy for more than a hundred years. That is why the city of Rome is still very dazzling at night.

So how did you come up with this bullshit about being afraid of the dark?

Are you lying with your eyes open?

"Well, sister, I think it's more comfortable to sleep in my own bed..." Tony looked at Nero with a conflicted look on his face.

"Ah! I understand!" Nero nodded, pulled his brother to sit on the chair next to him and said, "Brother, wait here for a while, I will be back soon."

Chapter 365: Sister's Smooth and Flowing Maneuvers

Sitting on the bed, Tony fell into deep thought.

At this moment, Tony is in his elder sister's room.

To be honest, he knew that Nero wanted to sleep with him all the time, but he didn't expect that Nero would be so cruel this time.

Thinking back to what my sister did in the afternoon... emmmm, it was really smooth as flowing water.

"Ah? Is it comfortable to sleep in your own bed?" Nero was stunned for a moment, then said to Tony: "Brother, wait here for a moment."

Nero walked out of the hall while speaking, called over a few guards, and then... asked them to move Tony's bed to his own bedroom.

"This..." Tony was following behind Nero, watching Nero's operation in amazement. He was stunned.

How the hell can you play like this?!

"Do you have any questions, brother?" Nero turned his head to look at Tony and asked with a smile.

"I...ahem, I...right! If I sleep in my sister's bedroom, it's too far from my study and it will be very tiring to walk back and forth!" Tony's eyes rolled quickly and he quickly came up with an excuse.

"That's right." Nero nodded: "If my brother sleeps here, it's indeed a bit far from his study."

As he spoke, Nero called another guard over and said to her, "Go find a few people to move all the things in my brother's study, including tables, chairs, benches, bookshelves, etc., to my study."

???

You are determined today, right?!

Tony looked at Nero in shock. What on earth did she want to do? !

"Brother, do you have anything else to say?" After giving his instructions, Nero continued to look at Tony with a smile and asked.

?

What else can I say? What else can I dare to say? If I tell her directly that I just don't want to sleep with my sister, Nero probably won't force me, but... she will definitely be sad.

But what if you don’t say it directly?

Then I will definitely not be able to escape from my sister's clutches.

So now, Tony sat in his sister's bedroom, on the edge of his bed, and sighed.

I don't even have a bed, what else can I do? 【%

"Sister...how about...let's each cover ourselves with a blanket." Tony looked at Nero and began his final struggle.

"Cover each of us with a blanket?" Nero was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook his head: "Brother, you see the weather is still very cold, can you bear to watch your sister shivering in bed alone?"

...I beg you to stop acting like a spoiled child!

Looking at his sister's aggrieved expression, Tony felt like he was about to cry. Can you please stop acting cute!!!

"Sister, you can actually cover yourself with two more quilts." Tony spoke like a straight man.

"But... I just want to hold my brother to sleep, and..." Nero giggled: "Now my brother's bed is here with me. Is there any other place for my brother to sleep besides here?"

...I beg you to be a human being!

Tony pointed at Nero with a look of grief and anger, and said, "Do you know how hard it is for me to control the gun every night?"

Sometimes Tony even doubts that if he were to travel back in time, with his basic gun control skills, he would not be able to easily lead a girl to win a game of PUBG!

Hey, don't get the wrong idea. I'm talking about real gun control skills and the real chicken-eating skills in the game, not those messy things you think of.

"Huh..." Tony let out a long breath and glanced at the tables, chairs and benches not far away.

What can I do? Sleep on the sofa? Do you believe that as soon as Nero says this, he will immediately take out the primordial fire and chop the sofa with a knife?

"Sis, let's be honest." Tony looked at Nero and said seriously, "Although I agreed to sleep with you, but, you know, I can't sleep with you at night."

"Ah... I know, you mentioned it before, brother~" Nero gently rubbed Tony's little face and said, "Brother, do you know why you can't sleep?"

"I... don't know." Tony opened his mouth. He originally wanted to say that he couldn't sleep because of the gun control, but after thinking about it... he estimated that if he said that, Nero might ask what gun control was, and it would be very troublesome to explain it at that time... Forget it, just say that you don't know.

"Sister, let me tell you, because your brother likes to sleep close to the bed every time he goes to bed, that's why you can't sleep well. After all, you are afraid that you will fall off the bed." Nero said with a giggle.

???

I sleep next to the bed and I'm worried that I won't be able to hold my gun steady!

"So... sister means that I should hold my sister while sleeping so that I can sleep better?" Tony raised his eyebrows, looked at Nero and asked.

"Of course~My brother is so smart~" Nero touched his brother's head with great satisfaction.

It is undeniable that although Tony is a male, maybe because he is still a child, his hair and skin seem to feel better than girls.

WDNMD... Tony took a deep breath and said, "Ah, you are... such a terrible person!"

"Brother?" Nero's heart suddenly tightened when he saw Tony sitting there in silence.

Although Nero pretended to be tough on the surface, and even moved her brother's bed to her in order to make him sleep with her, she knew that as long as she didn't push her brother too hard, he would compromise with her more or less. But if her brother really became serious and said nothing, it meant... she might have touched his bottom line a little bit.

If my brother's bottom line is really touched... then... with his personality, he might rather run to a villa outside the city overnight than sleep in the same bed with me.

"Ah?" Hearing Nero calling him, Tony looked up at Nero in confusion and asked, "What's wrong, sister?"

Seeing Tony's confused expression, Nero breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems... my brother was just thinking about something just now?

On the other side, in the city of Londinium.

"It seems that our little prince has given us a difficult problem!" Looking at the magician's body placed on the table, Barthelmero said indifferently.

The corpse of the magician lying on the table is not a simple existence. When he was alive, he was a crown magician with the "Seal Designation"!

As we all know, the Sealing Designation is an order issued by the Magic Association to "protect" those rare magicians. Generally speaking, it is to imprison those magicians with rare talents, and this crown magician is one of them.

This time, he used the fact that the Magic Association was exploring the underground to strike a deal with the Magic Association. He could help the Magic Association explore the underground of Lundinnim, but in return, the Magic Association had to expand his scope of activities.

After several days of discussion, the Magic Association agreed, and then... this crown magician died underground.