My XX deal with Sister Nero

"Your Highness...if Your Highness wants to feel something special, you can only feel it by entering this church." Looking at Tony's curious look, Mary took half a step forward cautiously and said to Tony.

"Do we have to go in..." Tony nodded and stepped carefully on the wooden ladder. After making sure that there was no problem with the ladder, our little prince slowly climbed down the ladder.

"Huh? What is this?" The moment Tony's feet just touched the ground, Tony clearly felt that the interior of this secret church, which was like a cellar, was filled with an indescribable feeling, a sacred and peaceful feeling. This feeling... seemed to be able to gradually calm his originally anxious mood.

"This feeling... is that what it is?" Feeling the change in his mentality, Tony was stunned for a moment, and then he realized this indescribable feeling and didn't know what it was.

"I see. This feeling... is it magic?"

Tony, no matter Tony in his previous life or Tony in this life, has no magic circuits in his body. Logically, he cannot feel the existence of magic, but after he becomes a heroic spirit, Tony's body is quietly changing and he can feel the aura of magic. This is a good proof.

As an ordinary person, Mary could only feel a sacred and peaceful feeling. But Tony was different. Although he had not received any systematic magic training, as a heroic spirit, he understood the origin of this feeling almost immediately.

The so-called sacred peace is nothing but a trick played by magicians among Christians!

Chapter 429: The engagement ceremony with my sister begins!

In the Type-Moon world, there are four basic elements: earth, fire, water and wind. When a magician performs magic, these basic elements will emit according to certain rules. If sensed by other magicians, then there is no doubt that others will get a message from them.

A stupid guy is about to perform magic!

But the magic in this underground church is a little different.

The magic in this lowly church is a very simple kind of magic. It can even be said that it is exposed to the outside just to allow people to sense it. This kind of magic that makes the elements somewhat ambiguous and sticky has no effect on magicians. At most, they will feel that the elements are very active. But for ordinary people, this sacred and peaceful feeling... isn't this a miracle?

"It looks like... I should be able to use this stuff to simulate miracles in my ground gate in the future." Tony touched his chin, then looked up and said to the people above: "Sister Mary, please ask a few people to come down and look carefully in here. There should be some strange runes on a certain floor tile or a corner of a wall in this church. After you find them, help me copy them and then destroy the original runes in this church."

"Yes, Your Highness." Mary responded after hearing Tony's order, and then ordered her subordinates to prepare to go down.

For Tony, this discovery was just a small episode. Using magic to deceive the world was a similar situation in the world where Tony lived in his previous life. The only difference was that the people in his previous life relied on tricks, while the people in this world relied on magic.

After leaving the scene to Mary and the others, Tony looked up at the bright moonlight in the sky. It was getting late and he had to get up early tomorrow, so he might as well go back and get some rest.

Compared to Tony, who had already experienced an engagement ceremony, Nero could be said to have tossed and turned in bed tonight.

When Tony was born, due to various reasons, the responsibility of taking care of this little guy fell on the shoulders of Nero, who was still very young at the time. Tony lived up to everyone's expectations and was extremely cute since he was a child. In addition, he was raised by his sister, so Tony seemed a little weak when he was a child. As for this cute little brother who liked to hide behind her by pulling her skirt and looking timid... My God! Is this child a treasure given to him by God!

Not to mention Agrippina the Younger, even Nero treated Tony as if he was holding him in his hands for fear of dropping him, and holding him in his mouth for fear of melting him.

Then, Tony was lost.

It is not difficult to imagine how desperate Nero was when she learned that her brother was lost. Nero even had a tendency to become autistic at the time. She even wondered if her brother ran away because he didn't like her.

Fortunately, this idea was dispelled by Agrippina the Younger.

Although Nero knew that Tony's disappearance was not his fault, he was still his beloved brother after all. That was why Nero would always carry with him the birthday gift he had prepared for his brother, which he had not given away, no matter where he went.

Until she met Tony again in the province of Macedonia.

Tony once encountered an incident in his previous life.

When Tony was a sophomore in high school and was talking about his junior high school life with a close friend, he mentioned that he had a very good relationship with a female classmate in junior high school, but they basically lost contact after graduation. And just when Tony was talking about this, the female classmate called him and wished him a happy birthday.

Although that day was not Tony's birthday.

Then, Tony, who originally only had a good impression of this female classmate, fell deeply in love with her.

So Tony could understand Nero's thoughts very well. He originally just liked his younger brother, but under the influence of compensatory psychology, he became hopelessly in love with his younger brother.

At this moment, Nero couldn't sleep because she was about to marry her beloved brother.

……

At dawn the next day, Nero sat up from the bed with dark circles under her eyes, looking helpless. She had finally fallen asleep in the second half of the night, but she unexpectedly had a dream. In the dream... ahem, the content of the dream was extremely inappropriate for children, and our Majesty was so excited that he woke up early.

With the help of his maids, Nero put on the gorgeous mythological ceremonial costume, assembled the Praetorian Guards who served as his vassal, and rode towards the villa on the outskirts of Rome.

"Your Highness..." Standing in front of Tony, Tita gently adjusted the collar of his armor for him. She smiled at Tony and said with an expression as if she was watching her daughter getting married: "Your Highness, you must take good care of His Majesty in the future and don't let His Majesty worry about you anymore."

"Ahem." Tony coughed awkwardly twice, holding his helmet with one hand and scratching the back of his head subconsciously with the other hand: "Sister Tita, what you said seems... as if I often cause trouble for you."

"Eh? Isn't it?" Tita was stunned for a moment, and counted on her fingers: "She sneaked from Crete to Byzantium, then ran to Ephesus, and then secretly ran to Ur Village, and..."

"Stop talking." Tony interrupted Tita's words with a headache, and said with embarrassment: "Ahem, I... I have my own reasons! It's not because I want to play!"

"Yes, yes, my brother has his own reasons." Tita smiled and gently pinched Tony's little face: "Okay, anyway, my brother will let His Majesty be more careful in the future."

"Of course I can make His Majesty worry less..." Tony thought to himself as he looked outside through the window. After an unknown amount of time, Tony finally saw a group of brightly dressed guards surrounding Nero and slowly walking towards him in the city of Rome not far away.

"Your Highness! His Majesty's procession will soon arrive here, please make preparations early!" Almost at the same time, a girl wearing the armor of the Royal Guards suddenly appeared at the gate and knelt on one knee in front of Tony.

"Is it finally here..."

After taking a deep breath and slowly calming himself down, Tony threw his cloak behind him and shouted to the guards standing at the door: "Let's go, let's go pick up my elder sister!"

Wearing golden armor, Tony came to the gate of the villa with a group of personal guards. After Nero arrived at the gate, Tony took two steps forward to Nero's side, stretched out his hand to help Nero get off the horse, and then nodded slightly to Seneca who was not far away and said: "Well, I'll trouble you next, Teacher Seneca."

"That's easy." Seneca dismounted and nodded slightly to Tony. According to the previous resolution, Romulus acted as Nero's elder, and Seneca acted as Tony's elder.

ps: I use my mobile phone to type and upload in my spare time of part-time job. Ah, I am so tired and hungry. I am in the car now. I will continue typing after I go home to eat.

Ahem, now that Tony and Nero are finally engaged, how about... some recommendation votes, monthly tickets and rewards?

Chapter 430: Passionate Engagement Ceremony

"Then, Your Majesty, are you willing to stay in the palace, obey His Highness, and not find a lover? Will it not bring shame to His Highness?" In the hall of the villa, Marcus, who was one of the witnesses of Tony and Nero, stood in front of Nero and Tony and asked Nero.

"Of course! Of course I am willing!" Nero tilted his head slightly and said to Marcus with a smile.

"Then Your Highness, can you guarantee to support Her Majesty and not abuse her?" Marcus looked at Tony kindly and asked with a smile.

"I..." Tony opened his mouth and said a little depressed: "I think, even if I do nothing, my sister won't starve to death, right? And abuse... How could I possibly abuse my elder sister?"

"Emmmm..." Marcus, who was choked by Tony's complaint and was speechless, was silent for two seconds. It seemed...was there anything wrong with what he said?

To be disrespectful, even if the overall national strength of the Roman Empire began to decline at this moment, based on the current foundation of the Roman Empire, this huge empire cannot be defeated in just a few decades, unless Your Majesty and Your Highness did something extremely rude that caused the empire from top to bottom to betray them. Otherwise, as Tony said, even if he did nothing, the two of them... would not starve to death.

"Ahem, then next, please let Your Highness put the ring on His Majesty." Marcus coughed twice awkwardly and said to Tony.

"Yeah." Tony nodded slightly, took a deep breath, took the iron ring that had been prepared long ago from Tita, and put it on the middle finger of Nero's left hand.

This custom is actually the original version of the custom of exchanging wedding rings in later Christian weddings, except that in the Roman Empire, it was generally the man who put the ring on the woman's finger, while the man did not need to wear a ring.

"Then next, both parties will exchange betrothal gifts and dowries." Seeing Tony putting the ring on Nero's finger, Marcus smiled slightly and continued.

Like the East, the West also has the concepts of betrothal gifts and dowries. If two families decide to get engaged, the man's family will first give the woman's family a betrothal gift. Then, if the woman's family feels that there is no problem, they will bring the dowry and hold an engagement ceremony.

Of course, Nero and Tony are exceptions.

After all, this pair of siblings... forget it, I don't want to distinguish who is marrying who anymore, and no matter whether the sister marries the brother or the brother marries the sister, the betrothal gifts and dowry... are just transferred from the left hand to the right hand, there is no need to worry about these things.

Although Tony did not prepare a betrothal gift, as her elder sister, Nero not only prepared a dowry, but also a betrothal gift!

That’s right, for Nero, she was both marrying her brother and marrying her brother!

Anyway, I'll just treat these things as pocket money for my brother~

Tony took the cloth from his elder sister and took a quick look at it. This betrothal gift plus the dowry... this... is really a generous gift!

In addition to the usual gold coins and gems, Nero also gave Tony two great treasures.

One is the complete privatization of the British province. In name, the British province still belongs to the Roman Empire, but in reality, both the administrative agencies and the army have completely become Prince Oddney's private army and administrative agencies.

It can be said that, apart from the fact that it has no title, the British Province is already the open territory of Prince Oddney!

The second treasure was an island given to Tony by Nero.

The Island of Malta!

Malta Island in the province of Sicily has been a very important transit point in the Roman Empire's maritime trade since the Phoenicians settled here in the 10th century BC until now. This small island in the central Mediterranean has always been a very important transit point in the Roman Empire's maritime trade. Precisely because the Roman Empire was a commercial empire, the strategic position of Malta Island has always been very important.

Now Nero has privatized the island and given it to Tony. This... Let's not talk about the fact that Malta has beautiful scenery and is indeed suitable for vacation and settlement. The very least point is that this island belongs to the province of Sicily, and the province of Sicily is the province of the Senate!

Maybe... Nero has certain political intentions?

Forget it, today is a happy day, I don’t want to think about these trivial things.

After the exchange of betrothal gifts and dowries, Tony and Nero's engagement ceremony officially entered the second step, which was to go to the Pantheon, receive Romulus' blessing, and select a suitable wedding day.

"Let's go, brother." After helping Tony onto the horse, Nero came to his own horse, Pang Nian, and jumped onto the horse cleanly and neatly. Tony was envious of his posture.

It’s not that Tony doesn’t know how to ride a horse. After all, he had been to Hulunbuir in his previous life and learned how to ride a horse. It’s just... Tony in this life has just turned fourteen years old and is still a child. This horse is a little bit tall, so... it’s not actually his fault. After all, height... ahem, that’s a congenital problem, right?

Surrounded by the guard of honor composed of the Praetorian Guards, Nero and Tony walked on the red carpet towards the city of Rome.

"Sir, Prince Odney has already left the villa and is heading towards Rome." Inside a house, a young man who looked like a civilian quietly opened a door and came to another young man and whispered.

"That guy... is here already?" The young man in a white toga stood in front of the window, looking at the noisy crowd below, his mouth curled up slowly, and he said slowly: "So, how are our magicians preparing?"

"Your Excellency, the magicians are ready, waiting for our little prince to enter the ambush site." The young man who looked like a civilian grinned and laughed.

"In that case, then...it all depends on your performance."

Tony didn't know, or he never thought that the Christian was so bold that he dared to assassinate him openly at this time!

At the moment when Tony and Nero entered the city gate together, dozens of Roman citizens who had been prepared long ago threw rose petals in their hands around the city gate to send their blessings to the newly engaged couple.

"Wow~" Although he had expected it, Tony still exclaimed subconsciously when looking at the enthusiastic smiles of the people around him. This time... compared to the last time he married Princess Ryan, it seems that the citizens of the Roman Empire are even happier?

Come to think of it, if the last time was a political marriage with a foreign princess, then this time, it is the union of His Majesty and His Highness, which is double the joy, so... it seems reasonable that the citizens of Rome are more enthusiastic than last time.

Chapter 431: The Attacking Magician

Looking at the enthusiastic Roman citizens on both sides of the road, Tony was somewhat happy. After all... this was a blessing from the people to himself and his elder sister, wasn't it?

After entering the city gate, Tony kept waving to the Roman citizens on both sides of the road.

"It seems that my brother is really loved by everyone." Looking at the enthusiastic reactions of the Roman citizens present, Nero chuckled and said softly.

"...Yes." Tony nodded awkwardly.

The reason why Tony is loved is very simple. First, he really has the capital to be loved, such as suppressing the Boudicca Rebellion and the Pontic Rebellion, taking back Armenia, and defeating Parthia. It can be said that Tony is a hero, a hero of the Roman Empire. No matter in the classical era or in modern times, people admire heroes very much.

Coupled with the deliberate instigation of the imperial officials, the Roman citizens almost all believed that these wars were won decisively by Tony alone. In addition, the unofficial and popular rumors that Tony had defeated the evil god made Tony almost a living god in the eyes of the Roman citizens.

That’s right, there was a rumor circulating in Rome that Tony had secretly defeated a huge evil god in the south of the empire!

Come on, Sefalu come out and get beaten.

In short, Tony's actual battle record, coupled with the deliberate promotion of the imperial officials, has made our dragon-slaying hero, Prince Odeni, famous throughout the Roman Empire... no, in the entire Europe and Central Asia.

As for the reason why Tony was embarrassed... to put it bluntly, it was just like that. Tony had some idea of ​​how much water was added to his actual performance. Others were adding water to pork, but his performance, in his opinion, was simply adding pork to water.

"Here they come!" Just as Tony was thinking about these things, a young man who was throwing flower petals in his hand among the crowd on both sides of the road suddenly threw the basket in his hand towards where Tony was, then quickly took out a dagger from his arms, crossed the militia responsible for maintaining order on both sides of the road, and rushed towards Tony.

The young man's action seemed to be a signal. Almost at the same time, dozens of young men suddenly appeared on both sides of the road, also holding various daggers, and rushed towards Tony past the militia!

"Assassins?" Tony was stunned at first when he saw the young men rushing towards him. Then he whispered in surprise, "Are these people... all fools?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the guards who were serving as the guard of honor, who had already reacted, lowered their spears and pointed them at the dozen or so assassins.

"The security forces, expel the citizens from this section of the road. The Royal Guards, line up and kill the enemy!" A Royal Guards general looked at the assassin rushing towards him, waving the dagger in his hand with a gloomy face, and shouted orders.

"Yes!" With a bloody response, the Guards quickly formed a battle formation to deal with the assassin's surprise attack.

However, what no one present expected was that before they could rush to the front of the battle formation, these guards suddenly felt the ground shaking beneath their feet, and then dozens of skeleton soldiers crawled out from the ground waving tattered weapons.

"Is this... necromancy?" Tony blurted out with an idea in his mind as he looked at the skeleton soldiers that suddenly appeared in the Royal Guards camp.

Although I don't know much about magic, but necromancy... this is too representative. Since someone on the other side performed necromancy, it means... did the assassins send out a magician?

"Hold your ground! Don't panic!" Looking at the somewhat turbulent army formation, the general dismounted from his horse, waved his hand to cut a skeleton soldier in half, and then shouted to the guards.

"Hmm? These skeleton soldiers are quite fragile. Does that mean they are not dragon tooth soldiers..." Touching his chin thoughtfully, Tony analyzed very calmly.

Dragon Tooth Soldiers look similar to Skeleton Soldiers in appearance, but in terms of combat effectiveness, Dragon Tooth Soldiers are much superior to Skeleton Soldiers.

After all, one is an ordinary human skeleton and the other is a dragon's tooth. Which one do you think is stronger?

Well, dragon teeth are not so easy to collect. It is not surprising that the magician among this group of assassins cannot create dragon tooth soldiers.

only……

Looking at the battle situation in front of him, Tony's face gradually became gloomy.

Using skeleton soldiers to intimidate and harass the Guards, causing them to order assassins to attack when there was a commotion. Although this tactic did cause some losses on the Guards side, after all, the other side only had more than twenty people, while the Guards had as many as four hundred people, so... they must have a backup plan!

"Be careful, Your Highness!"

Just as Tony was thinking, suddenly, he saw the general of the Royal Guards grabbed Tony's belt and pulled it to the side. Tony, who was already a little distracted, was pulled off his horse by the general of the Royal Guards without paying attention.

"You..." Just as Tony was about to open his mouth to say something, suddenly, Tony heard a mournful cry from the warhorse beside him, and then... it fell to the ground with a bang.