My XX deal with Sister Nero

He looked around at the Chinese characters he had written, nodded with satisfaction, threw the small stone in his hand casually, and walked out of the thatched hut with a vigorous step.

Yes, that's right, Tony's vigorous steps only continued until he walked out of the thatched hut.

Because he was hungry...

As soon as he stepped out of the door, his feet suddenly felt weak. If he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have landed on his face.

After frantically holding onto the door frame, Tony first breathed a sigh of relief, then began to curse: "What the hell is this? Other time travelers who traveled to ancient times have all kinds of golden fingers, and all kinds of harems, courtyards, and concubines, but why do I have to starve to death when I travel here! This is unscientific!!!"

After cursing for a while, Tony suddenly remembered a very crucial thing!

It seems that time travel...isn't it unscientific?

Chapter 3: Uncle, you have a daughter?

After going out, the first thing Tony did was to find a tree on the side of the road, then break off a straight branch from the tree and tear off the leaves on it, leaving only a bare branch.

Looking at the straight branch, Tony contentedly put it crookedly on his waist, treating it like a sword.

There is no other way. When walking in the wilderness, you always need something to protect yourself, right? Although this is just a branch, it is useless, but it is enough to give yourself some psychological comfort.

After walking and resting along the desolate road, when it was almost dark, Tony finally saw a tiny glimmer of light coming from the earth in the distance.

"Oh my god, we're finally there." Looking at the faint light in the distance, Tony finally breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that he was about to reach the first stop of his life, or rather, the place where "him" had been before.

However, it seems that the distance is very short, but Tony knows that it will probably take another hour or two to walk.

Looking up at the moon in the sky, Tony decided it would be better to walk faster.

Although there were many signs of human activities nearby, and Tony didn't remember any large wild beasts nearby, he couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't encounter anything tonight. After all, this was an unfamiliar place.

Rubbing his hungry stomach, Tony walked quickly forward.

However, he stopped halfway.

Oh, there is an apple tree on the side of the road!

Tony almost shed tears of emotion when he saw an apple tree beside the avenue.

To be honest, when Tony was still Xiao Yun, he seldom ate apples. The reason was simple: he didn't like eating fruits.

Now, as soon as he saw the apple tree, he felt that even if it was a durian, let alone an apple, he would find a way to eat it!

This can fill your stomach! Either starve to death or don't be picky about food. Why are you still picky about food at this time!

After picking a few apples and stuffing them into his mouth, Tony felt like he had escaped death.

When he was still Xiao Yun, he had read time-travel novels and wondered what he would do and what would happen if he traveled through time, but he never thought that he would starve to death here!

It's fine to die heroically in battle, but isn't dying of starvation a bit too cowardly...

After eating two or three apples, Tony barely felt that he had regained some strength. He took a deep breath, rubbed his stomach, and walked towards the town.

On the way, Tony sorted out his memory again and finally found some useful details.

The first detail is that those militiamen were wearing red uniforms, and the second detail is that although he had never inquired about state affairs, at least he knew what the title of head of state was!

Caesar Augustus!

Caesar Augustus is the title of the head of the Roman Empire. Generally speaking, the first person to use this title was Octavian, the first head of the Roman Empire.

"So, the era I'm in should at least be the Roman Empire? It seems that the words I wrote before were not wrong. I was worried that if it was the Republic era now, would my writing of these words be a bit treasonous?"

Tony muttered as he walked towards the town.

In the middle of the night, when the moon was high in the sky, Tony finally arrived at the town.

The town was not big, surrounded by a symbolic low wall, and crooked stone houses were piled up in a disorderly manner along the streets. Seeing this desolate and dilapidated scene, Tony's first reaction was to wonder if he had run away to those provinces in Africa...

If the "him" in his memory had not seen only white Europeans, beautiful grasslands, rivers and groves, he would really think so!

"I'm not interested in African girls..." Tony muttered and shuddered.

"Let's make our first pot of gold in this town and get some intelligence first!" Tony said as he looked around, intending to find a place sheltered from the wind to rest first.

Soon, Tony found a good place.

Under the eaves of a cottage, someone had piled up a pile of hay. Tony, who was born in the city in his previous life and a little wanderer in this life, had no idea why there was a pile of hay here. He guessed that it might be used to feed livestock?

Well, no matter what it is, at least it shouldn't be a big deal to sleep here.

Fortunately, it is summer now. Although it is a bit uncomfortable to sleep in the haystack, it should be warm enough.

And the most important thing is, according to Tony's memory, this family was quite kind to him before. When they came last time, they not only gave him a small bowl of milk to drink, but also gave him a small piece of bread to eat.

Although the noodles don’t taste that good, they are still filling.

Thinking back, this family's daughter... Hey! This family has a beautiful daughter!

Ahem, the previous Tony was a kid who couldn’t even get enough to eat and didn’t know anything. Even his concept of beauty was vague. But Xiao Yun was different. In his original world, he could eat enough and had plenty of time to distinguish beautiful women.

Based on his memories, Tony can now tell that this girl, who looks about the same age as him, is a real beauty!

So! We can have a loli training or something...

As he was daydreaming, Tony slowly closed his eyes.

"This child...why did he fall asleep here?"

Tony didn't know how long he slept, but in a daze, he seemed to feel someone talking in his ear.

Judging from the voice, he should be an adult man.

When I opened my eyes, the first thing that caught my eye was naturally the rising sun... and a small area of ​​black that appeared in my sight.

After turning his head towards the black area, Tony realized that the black area was a person's black hair, well, or part of the hair.

This is a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties, a typical Roman. Perhaps because of his years of hard work, there are many fine wrinkles on his bronze face.

Shaking his still confused mind, Tony quickly recalled this person.

His name is Antonio. He is the backbone of the family and the only labor force in the family.

"Good morning, Uncle Antonio..." Tony greeted him subconsciously.

"Ah?" Antonio didn't react at first when Tony asked this.

In his memory, Tony was a taciturn boy. The only conversation between them was two days ago, when Antonio handed Tony a small bowl of milk and Tony said thank you in a low voice.

If Tony hadn't said this that day, Antonio might have thought he was a mute.

But even after saying this, Antonio could tell from his expression, his behavior and other subtle factors that this was a kid who was not good at talking.

As a result, the first thing Tony said when he opened his eyes was to greet him, which made Antonio a little confused on the spot.

"Good... morning." Antonio replied subconsciously.

Tony subconsciously crawled out of the haystack, reached out to pat his clothes to remove the grass debris on his clothes, and then gave Antonio a big smile.

→_→ Let’s start with the third one. Although I don’t know how this book is written, I feel that it is better than the last one I wrote.

Chapter 4 Yes, This is Very Roman

Seeing Antonio's confused look, Tony tilted his head and asked in a cute tone: "Uncle, can you give me something to eat? I haven't eaten for a long time, and I'm a little hungry."

Tony hasn't figured out what this world is like yet, so he decides to disguise himself as a child and explore the specific situation of this world first.

"Oh..." Antonio slapped his head and quickly recovered from his dazed state, saying, "Child, get up and come to my house first."

Tony nodded, climbed out of the haystack, patted the hay off himself, and then said to Antonio: "Let's go, uncle."

There is actually a reason why Antonio is so good to Tony. Antonio's family only has one daughter and no boys. In this era where boys are favored over girls, although it is not as serious as in ancient China, it is not far off.

So Antonio has always wanted to adopt Tony, a wandering orphan, as his son, and even if possible, let his daughter marry him.

Well, the topic seems to be getting more and more weird...

Well, anyway, Antonio was nice to him because of this idea, but he didn't expect that the little guy left the town not long after taking the food and drinks.

I thought this idea had gone to waste, but who knew this guy would suddenly appear.

Although Tony's previous life, or Xiao Yun, was more or less a working party with some social experience, there was no such a weird thing in that era? If you don't have a son, you can understand if you want to adopt a godson, but if you want to adopt a son to marry your own daughter... Damn, this seems very weird no matter where you put it!

So how could he have imagined that someone would come up with this idea?

Following the uncle, Tony entered the yard.

Speaking of which, Tony's most intuitive source of the architectural style of the Roman Empire is a game he used to play often, "Rome: Total War". When you click on the campaign map in the game, you will see Roman-style buildings and barbarian-style buildings. Of course, there are also Egyptian-style buildings in Africa.

How should I put it, the place where this uncle lives, well, in one sentence it is: yes, it’s very Roman!

Looking at the architectural style, Tony could clearly tell that it was Roman style, because in ordinary villages or towns of the barbarians, the houses where ordinary residents lived were mostly cylindrical in shape, with pointed roofs made of hay, and the architectural style was much more rough. Roman-style buildings were not like this.

After entering the courtyard, two small houses come into view.

The one on the left should be a barn because of the strong smell, which seems to be from large livestock such as pigs or cows. The house in front should be the main living house.

Tony is somewhat of a history enthusiast. Although he doesn't know much about ancient Roman history, he still noticed something wrong after seeing the structure of the courtyard carefully.

It can be seen from the farm tools leaning against the barn that this uncle has his own fields. In the Roman Empire, those who could own land were at least citizens, not slaves. Citizens who could own land could not be too poor.

Although it is not clear how big this uncle's land is, based on the material of his clothes, his income should not be small. At least, he can afford to support one or two slaves.

But...where are the slaves? Why don't I see any slaves?

And looking at the size of the yard... at least it can be seen that this family has not had any slaves in recent years, and it is even very likely that there have never been slaves!

Thinking of this, Tony rolled his eyes and asked, "Uncle, what year is it now?"

Antonio was stunned for a moment, then turned around and looked at Tony in surprise, saying, "You don't even know what year it is now?" But then he thought again, this is indeed possible. After all, Tony has been wandering outside for a long time, and his concept of time should be vague, so he replied, "It's July of 807 now, what's wrong?"

807 years?

Tony's first reaction was 807 AD, but upon closer thought this was definitely not right. The Roman Empire was divided in 395 AD, and the Western Roman Empire only lasted for eighty-five years.

And what about the Eastern Roman Empire? Later, they converted to Christianity, so... oh, I forgot the Julian calendar.

Tony slapped his forehead and suddenly remembered that the Roman Empire seemed to have used the Julian calendar before. The year 807 should refer to the Julian calendar 807, which translates to... AD 53?

In 53 AD, Tony still knew who the emperor was at this time. It seemed that the emperor on duty now should be Claudius.

Tony didn't know much about Claudius. He probably knew that during his tenure, he conquered Britain and made it a province of the empire. Of course, it was also because of his conquest that the British Queen Boudica launched a rebellion against the Roman Empire during the reign of Emperor Nero.

Well, one thing we know is that a year later, in 54 AD, he would be poisoned to death by his own queen.

Speaking of which, this emperor was quite tragic. The Roman citizens laughed at his ugliness, because he was cheated by his first wife and was also mocked by the Roman citizens for his cowardice in family relationships. His own relative, Caligula, the third emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, also used him as a good toy for daily sarcasm and ridicule. Even the famous Roman historian Tacitus called him a "cowardly" emperor in his works.

Of course, for Tony, the Roman emperor has nothing to do with him!

What he wants to do most now is to return to the colorful society where he originally lived. If he can't go back, then the second thing he has to do is to change the environment in which he lives into a colorful world.

But then again, the Roman Empire in the late Julio-Claudian period was notoriously corrupt and decadent.

"Come to think of it, the inquisitor is also a prince of the empire. Well, or perhaps it should be said that she is a princess." Antonio chatted as he stepped into the door of his house.

"Oh, Princess, what's your name?" Tony knew the position of magistrate. The magistrate, or the chief justice, was a very important position in the Roman Empire. He knew about it when he played Rome Total War. The high priest, the consul, and the chief justice were all extremely important positions.

"The princess' name is Nero, right? Yeah, that's what I heard, I think I'm not wrong." Uncle Antonio said as he moved sideways to motion Tony to go in.

"What the hell?" Tony staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Princess? Nero?!

I ride a horse...

He knew the name of Nero, the last emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, who burned down the city of Rome.

Yes, this is the historical Nero.

But historically speaking, the minimum age for a praetor was 30 years old. How old is Nero now?

In 54 AD, Nero succeeded to the throne of the Roman Empire. At that time, Nero was only 53 years old. What about now? It is now AD. In other words, Nero is only years old!

Also! The historical Nero was a man!

And now, there is a sixteen-year-old princess named Nero, whose official position is a magistrate... If this Nero refers to the Nero who became emperor a year later, then Tony can really find someone who meets this condition...

Nero, or rather the Red Saber from Type-Moon!

Eh, this world line is poisonous, right?

Are you sure this world line was not written by that little industrial revolution expert Mushroom?

After taking two steps forward, Tony steadied his steps, then looked up at Uncle Antonio who was standing next to him and didn't pay any attention to him, then looked at the furnishings in the room. Finally, he took a deep breath, and thousands of words were combined into one sentence.