My XX deal with Sister Nero

Samosata was the base camp of the Roman Empire's Mesopotamian Front and also a logistical support point. The food transported from the Roman Empire to the front line and the food transported to the Mesopotamian Front would basically be concentrated in this city first and then transported to the front line.

So to some extent, the strategic value of this city is extremely outstanding, but...

However, the Angolan Mainu did not analyze the strategic value of Samosata from this perspective.

"According to the information I have, this Prince was originally a vagrant. He was not found until two years ago by the Roman Emperor, who brought him back to Rome and bestowed the title of Prince, right?" Angra Mainyu asked Tiridates, leaning lazily against a Greek stone pillar.

"Yes, that's right. It is rumored that this prince was lost when he was five years old and was not found until two years ago." Tiridati nodded.

"Children are all somewhat dependent on the people who take care of them. This little prince is more dependent than others because he has been wandering around. In other words, he is more dependent than others. And because he has not learned the arrogance that is unique to the nobility during this period when he is the most capable of learning, so... what do you think he thinks of the servant who has taken care of him for a long time?"

What's your idea?

It was not difficult for Tiridates to guess.

This prince ran away from home when he was very young, so he did not develop the bad habits of aristocrats. Also, because of his experience of wandering outside, he is more dependent on others, or in other words, he will be closer to those who are good to him.

According to intelligence, the prince's father Claudius had died long ago, and his mother Agrippina the Younger was exiled and placed under house arrest for assassinating Claudius when he returned. Although his sister Nero liked him, because Nero was the emperor and for some unknown reasons, the brother and sister did not meet very often. Tony was often accompanied by... the team of maids who were responsible for taking care of the prince!

And this team of maids were originally the people around His Majesty the Emperor. In other words, their ability to take care of people is first-class!

Therefore, it is not difficult to judge that this prince must be very close to them, otherwise he would not even bring them with him to the battlefield and let them follow him and serve him!

In other words, Angola Mainyu's proposal...is it very feasible?

Chapter 471: The Magician with the Magic Eye

Tiridates was considering whether to do this or not.

If he led a large army to attack Samosata, the Romans would most likely return to defend quickly, and he could then send out an ambush to intercept and kill the enemy halfway.

Or he could believe what Angra Mainyu said and send a small group of elite troops to capture the prince's maid alive. In this way, he might be able to attract the prince to Ctesiphon.

But...what if they don't come?

"If they don't come, what will you lose?" Angra Mainyu looked at Tiridates and said with a smile, "You send a small force to capture the maidservant beside His Royal Highness. If His Royal Highness doesn't come, you will only lose a few days of round trip time and the lives of a few soldiers. But if they come... then you will make a lot of money, right?"

"That's true..." Tiridati nodded. If it was really as Angola Mainu analyzed, then he would have made a lot of money.

"Well... you can give it a try." Tiridati nodded and said, "Then you will be in charge of this operation."

"Me?" Angola Mainu was stunned for a moment, then shrugged and said, "I don't care."

"Well, I will select twenty soldiers for you now. You take these twenty people and go get the personal maid of the prince. Then spread the word and see if you can attract the prince to come here." Tiridati thought for a moment. Twenty elite soldiers should be enough, right? Or two court magicians?

I heard that these two court magicians have mastered an ability called the Magic Eye. Perhaps this ability should be helpful for this operation?

Soon, under the order of Tiridates, the Parthian side selected twenty elite soldiers and two magicians. Then, our comrade Xiao An got up early the next morning with these twenty-two people, left Ctesiphon and headed towards Samosata.

Tony never dreamed that someone could control people's hearts to such an extent!

Yes, Tony and Ola were indeed close.

But the reason for this closeness is not because Tony has been wandering for many years. After all, the soul in Tony's body now is Xiao Yun's soul. In his previous life, Xiao Yun... also ran away from home. Well, he ran away from home for three hours.

Well, anyway, whether Xiao Yun ran away from home in his previous life or not, it has nothing to do with Tony.

In this life, the reason why he was close to Aura was, after all, because he could barely be considered a lolita complex.

Besides, Ola has been taking care of him for so long like a little adult. He can see Ola every day when he wakes up and can also see her before falling asleep. It would be strange if you say they are not close to each other.

And now, Tony has almost been turned into a useless person by Ola, otherwise, our Prince would not have brought his own maid group with him when going out to fight, right?

However, Tony knew that the front line was too dangerous, so he left Ola and others in Samosata. But he really didn't expect that someone would be so good at analyzing people's hearts that he could figure out that he was very close to Ola.

Although there were some mistakes in the process, but the ending...it's really like this!

Tony is a human, not a god, so he didn't expect this at all.

Just as Tony was following Bruce's arrangements and gradually taking over Parthian territory, on the other side, under the leadership of Angra Mainu, this elite Parthian team finally arrived outside the city of Samosata.

Logically speaking, Angra Mainyu originally had no appearance or personality. His appearance and personality were a replica of Shirou Emiya, but Shirou Emiya did not exist in this era. In order to facilitate his activities, the Suppression Force also gave Angra Mainyu the appearance and personality of Angra Mainyu, which was the same appearance as when Angra Mainyu was still alive.

Although Samosata is located in the border area, the defense of the city is not very tight due to the withdrawal of Tiridates. After a thrilling identity verification, Angola Mainyu and his party arrived in the city.

"Angora...Sir, where should we find our target now?" Standing on the city street, a court magician following behind Angora Mainyu asked with a frown.

In such a big city, it must be difficult to find a stranger, right?

"Use your brain, magician." Angola Mainu tapped his temple lightly, looked at the magician behind him with disdain and said, "A prince in a strange city can only live in the governor's mansion, and his personal maid must also live there. Since the prince did not take the maid away but chose to leave her in the city, then his maid must still be in the governor's mansion."

"...That makes sense." The magician, who was originally a little unhappy with what Angola Mainu said, opened his mouth, but finally nodded, admitting that he was right.

"So, let's go and take a look at the governor's residence in this city." Angola Mainu shrugged and said to the soldiers and magicians behind him.

It is undeniable that the defense of the Executive Mansion is very weak. When Tony was still there, there were two important places in the city that needed to be heavily guarded. One was the Executive Mansion where Tony lived, and the other was the military camp outside the city where a large amount of food and grass was stored.

But now, Tony has left, so the Governor's Mansion has lost its defensive value. In addition, Tony's maids currently live here, so the city's Governor is embarrassed to move back and can only temporarily live and work outside the city.

Therefore, at present, there are only a small number of troops defending the outer perimeter of this Chief Executive's residence.

Perhaps, in the eyes of the public, these so-called maids should actually be the prince's harem. After all, in this era, although you can't openly marry these maids, but as a noble, if you really want to do that... who would say anything to you? Who dares to say anything to you?

"Then next... My Lords, the two magicians who possess magic eyes, I would like to ask you... what kind of magic eyes do you have?" Angola Mainyu suddenly asked, looking at the magicians standing on both sides behind him with some curiosity.

"...My magic eye is a red binding magic eye, which is the worst kind of magic eyes and can only bind others. My companion's magic eye is a cyan illusion magic eye, which is only slightly better than mine..." Although he did not want to reveal his own cards, because Tiridade specifically told the two magicians to listen to Angora Mainu before leaving, the magician finally answered Angora Mainu's questions truthfully.

Chapter 472: Target, Taisifeng!

What is the Evil Eye?

According to the Type-Moon worldview, the Mystic Eye is an engineering magic that turns one's eyeballs into magic circuits, transforming the function that should have passively received information into the ability to influence the outside world. The Mystic Eye is also divided into natural and artificially created Mystic Eyes.

Turning one's eyeballs into magic circuits and being able to perform magic instantly is not something that ordinary magicians can do. Even if there are magicians who can do it, most of these magicians with magic eyes only have low-level magic eyes.

Of course, there are exceptions. Some people are not great magicians, but they also have magic eyes. Most of these magic eyes are purchased artificial magic eyes. Of course, there are also guys like Tony who obtained the magic eyes by some chance.

But the two magicians following behind Angola Mainu had their magic eyes created by themselves.

Moreover, it is a magic eye that can attack directly, unlike Tony's clairvoyance, which can only be used as a telescope at best.

"Can your magic eyes confirm how many defenders are there in the governor's residence?" Standing in an alley and taking a close look at the Roman soldiers standing at the door of the governor's residence, Angra Mainyu suddenly asked the two magicians beside him.

"Our magic eyes don't have this function." One of the magicians shook his head. There are many types of magic eyes. Magic eyes like the one mentioned by Angra Mainyu do exist, but they belong to the large category of clairvoyance. For example, some perspective-type magic eyes can detect how many Roman soldiers are in this mansion just by standing here.

But these two magicians, one has a binding type magic eye, and the other has an illusion type magic eye, their magic eyes... do not have the ability to see through.

"You are too weak." Angola Mainyu curled his lips with a look of disdain.

"Every profession has its own expertise. Our magic eyes are not just this kind of magic eyes." A magician snorted coldly and said to Angora Mainyu, "But we have other magic to detect the number of the opponent's numbers."

"Oh, there are magic tricks in this area? That's really convenient. Then... could you two please investigate?" Angola Mainuel grinned and said to the two magicians in a playful manner.

"Hmph!" Looking at Angola Mainu's playful smile, one of the magicians could not help but snort again, and then he reluctantly summoned a butterfly-shaped familiar and flew towards the direction of the Chief Executive's residence.

After about ten minutes, the magician suddenly spoke up and said calmly, "There are two at the back door, four at the front door, and six living in the room next to the front door. There are twelve soldiers in total."

"Twelve soldiers?" Angra Mainyu touched his chin. His Royal Highness's maids... really had no strategic significance. If he were a general of the Roman Empire, he would not send too many troops to protect these maids... A few to guard the gate would be enough. If they were not His Royal Highness's maids, the general would not only not send troops, but might even kick them out, right?

"Twelve soldiers, divided into two groups, does that mean there will be only two people guarding the back door at night? Well... let's take a short rest and look for people when it's almost dawn tomorrow~" Angola Mainu looked up at the sun in the sky and said after two seconds of silence.

The reason why Angora Mainyu chose this time period was that this was when people were the most sleepy and their guard was least relaxed. At the same time, once they succeeded, they would not have to wait too long. They could take the Prince's personal maid out of the city and take her to Ctesiphon as soon as the city gate opened.

After having a meal in the city and staying in a random hotel, at dawn the next day, Angola Mainu and his men quietly bypassed the patrol soldiers in the city and came to the back door of the Chief Executive's residence.

It is undeniable that the magic eye is really useful.

Using the magic eye of illusion to knock down the guard at the back door, Angola Mainu and his men sneaked into the governor's residence silently.

"Everyone, split up and search quickly!" After looking around vigilantly, Angola Mainu lowered his voice as much as possible and gave orders to the people behind him.

"Yes." Upon hearing the order, everyone present quickly dispersed and searched for the target they were looking for.

About half an hour later, a Parthian soldier carried a little girl who was wrapped up like a dumpling in a white gauze skirt and had her mouth gagged. He rushed to Angora Mainyu from a house not far away and whispered, "Sir, the target has been obtained!"

"Are you sure?" Angola Mainuel asked curiously after taking a look at the little girl on the soldier's shoulder.

"Sure!" the soldier replied seriously.

"Okay then." Angola Mainu nodded: "Go and inform everyone to call it a day."

Without any danger, under the leadership of Angola Mainu, the group accurately captured Aura and took her out of the city.

"What did you say?! Ola was captured?!" Inside the central military tent, Tony looked at the Roman soldier kneeling in front of him, stood up subconsciously, and shouted in disbelief.

"Yes, Your Highness. It was the Parthians who abducted Miss Aura, and... they took Miss Aura to Ctesiphon!"

Ctesiphon?!

Hearing the place name, Tony took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down quickly, and began to analyze the current situation.

Although it is not known for what reason the Parthians captured Aura and brought him to Ctesiphon, it is undeniable that this trick is really useful to Tony!

To be honest, Ola has taken care of Tony for so long, and Tony is not a heartless man. He still has some feelings for Ola. Of course, this feeling has nothing to do with love. Tony is just grateful to Ola for taking care of him.

It was impossible for Aura to have made enemies with the Parthians. Even if she had, the Parthians would not have gone to great lengths to capture her in Samosata and bring her to Ctesiphon. After all, Aura was just a slave. If she had really made enemies with the Parthians, the most likely action of the Parthians would have been to kill her directly instead of spreading the word that Aura had been captured by them in Ctesiphon.

So it's obvious that Ola was taken away because of Tony!

"Your Highness." Seeing Tony's somewhat anxious look, Bruce, who had been sitting beside him without saying a word, suddenly said, "Your Highness, he is just a slave. Relax and don't take it too seriously."

Chapter 473: I can point out three mistakes out of two. This is common sense!

If it weren't for the fact that Bruce was the commander-in-chief of the Royal Guards, Tony would have chopped off his head with one blow!

Listen to this, listen to this, is this human language?

Of course, from Bruce's point of view, what he said was not wrong.

Who is Ola? Although in everyone's eyes, Ola is Tony's personal maid, the one who takes care of Tony's daily life, and although everyone usually gives Ola a little face and calls her Miss Ola, in essence, Ola is just a slave, and all of this is given by Tony.

In the eyes of people of this era, slaves... were not even considered objects, so for Bruce, Ola was tied up in Ctesiphon... so what?

Perhaps His Highness is still young, and it is indeed very sad for His Highness to lose a beloved item, but...

"Your Highness, I know you are sad right now, but please cheer up. As for Miss Aura, after this great victory, you can return to Rome and let His Majesty assign you a new maid."

During this period of time... no, from the moment Tony was brought back to Rome by Nero, Bruce's impression of Tony was that Tony was not like a child at all. He was resourceful and calm, just like a veteran who had been in politics for decades. Such a veteran might be sad because of the loss of Ola, but... his sadness should pass quickly, because he would analyze the pros and cons and judge whether Ola was worth saving.

Obviously, any normal person would make such a judgment.

He is just a slave. Is it worth it for a prince of the Roman Empire to save him?

not worth it.

So His Highness might be sad, but with a little comfort, he should be able to distinguish the pros and cons and know what he should do, which is to proceed step by step and chip away at the advantage step by step.

"I'm going to Ctesiphon." Just as Bruce was thinking about these things, Tony, who was sitting behind the table, suddenly stood up and said to Bruce with a serious face.

"Is...eh?" Bruce subconsciously wanted to answer, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he realized that something seemed wrong.

What did your highness say just now? Do you want to go to Ctesiphon?

Are you kidding me?!

"Your Highness! You..."

"I know what General Bruce wants to say." Tony waved his hand and interrupted Bruce's words: "I will go to Ctesiphon. During the time when I am away from the army, I would like to ask General Bruce to take over the command of the army and continue the battle according to the battle plan we have formulated before."

"Your Highness!" Bruce came to his senses after hearing this. At first, he thought that His Royal Highness would rashly lead the army to attack Ctesiphon, so Bruce's plan at the beginning was to do everything possible to stop Tony's idea, because the other party might have deployed a siege and attack tactics to fight against the Roman Empire.

But Tony chose to go alone? From what His Royal Highness said, he wanted to go with his guards to rescue people?

You might as well let others surround the place and attack the reinforcements! At least if you are surrounded and protected by a hundred thousand troops, Your Highness still has a chance to escape. If you go there alone, isn't it obvious that you are seeking death? !

"Your Highness...if you really insist on doing this, then I can only crash my head into the barricades at the door and die. Anyway, if Your Highness only takes your personal guards to rescue Miss Aura, I will not be able to return to Rome alive if something happens. I will die anyway. Rather than being sentenced to death by Your Majesty, I would rather die in front of Your Highness." Bruce took a deep breath and said slowly.

???

Is this person... poisonous?

Tony looked at Bruce in some confusion, tilted his head, and thought about it carefully...what Bruce said seemed to make sense.

If something happened to him when he went to Ctesiphon alone, his elder sister would definitely not let Bruce go. After all, Bruce was not only the commander of the Royal Guards, but also his elder sister's teacher. From this perspective, Bruce could barely be considered half of Tony's elder.

If he could still lose his life under the care of this half-elder, then Nero dragging Bruce out and hanging him would be considered a light punishment.

"General Bruce, I will correct two of your mistakes first." Tony coughed lightly and looked at Bruce seriously. "First, I am not planning to rescue Aura with my personal guards. Instead, I plan to go to Ctesiphon alone to rescue Aura. Second, perhaps in the eyes of General Bruce, I am just a powerless teenager, but... the general may not know that I have obtained a certain power. I have rarely used this power on weekdays, but I can guarantee that once I use this power, there will be few people in this world who can hurt me... Well, to some extent, the general can understand that this is the power of God."

Tony paused before continuing, "In addition, there is a third point. Perhaps in the eyes of the general, Aura is just a slave, a slave who is not even as good as an object. But in my eyes, Aura is a life, a living life, and...she has taken care of me for so long. I can't let her take her away like this and do nothing."

"Your Highness..." Bruce had already guessed from Tony's serious expression that Tony was determined to save Aura, but he really couldn't figure out, what on earth was there in Aura that was worth His Highness risking his life to rescue? Could it be...