My XX deal with Sister Nero

Chapter 243: Frentunus' Proposal

After returning to his hotel, the first order Tony gave to Mary was to impose a total curfew to prevent the Governor from becoming desperate. After all, depriving someone of their money is like killing their parents. This was already the revenge for the murder of their father. Tony was really worried that the Governor would suddenly send troops to attack him and Nero.

Fortunately, the Governor did not take desperate measures. After Nero and Tony left, he suddenly realized that his career as Governor... might be over!

"Your Excellency, Senator! Your Excellency, Senator Frentunus! Please, for the sake of the fact that we are both Romans, save me!" Looking at Frentunus who slowly stood up, the governor wailed and held onto Frentunus' thigh.

save? How to save?

Frentunus shook his head. Is there no way to save him? His Highness made the ruling himself, and His Majesty acquiesced. This is no longer a question of whether you can continue to be the governor. It is obviously a question of whether you can survive!

"Your Excellency Governor, let me give you a suggestion first." Frentunus took a deep breath and looked at Florus with some pity.

Just as His Royal Highness said, the salaries of Roman officials were not enough for them to maintain their huge expenses. Since the Republican era, Roman officials have only two ways of making money, one is exploitation, and the other is to set up sweatshops. From His Royal Highness's tone, Frentunus also understood that His Royal Highness did not want to make everyone completely honest, because this was a rule that had continued for hundreds of years in the entire Roman officialdom, and it was not something that His Royal Highness could change overnight, so His Royal Highness had only one request, and that was not to be too harsh and make the people live in misery.

It is obvious that the Governor-General... has gone too far, to the point where His Highness can no longer bear it.

"Please speak, Senator." Just like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw, Florus looked at the senator with hope and spoke quickly.

"You can't keep your position as governor. Your Highness has said so much. Plus, he is with His Majesty. I think your attitude should represent His Majesty's attitude. In other words, His Majesty has tacitly agreed that you want to remove you from the position of governor. Even... judging from your Highness's expression, he seems to want to kill you." Frentunus analyzed.

"Want my life?" Florus opened his eyes wide, his face full of horror.

Why?! Everyone is greedy, why does His Highness want to kill me alone? How did I offend His Highness?!

"So now, there are only two choices before His Excellency the Governor. Either kill His Majesty and His Highness and make the Jewish province independent, or do everything you can to satisfy His Highness and save your own life," said Frentunus.

"Kill His Majesty? Are you kidding?" Florus asked Frentunus, looking at him as if he were a fool.

Unlike the world in Tony's previous life, this world does have gods. Gods are no longer the illusory existences in myths and legends, but really exist in this world. Therefore, the Roman emperor is the true descendant of God in terms of authority. He is different from the Roman emperors in the world in Tony's previous life who used tiger skins as a banner.

Not to mention whether killing the emperor and the prince would be punished by the Roman gods, the very least, now the Roman Empire's Eastern Legion of more than 100,000 troops are attacking the Mesopotamia region. If he really launched a rebellion, the enemy could easily rush to the Jewish province in a very short time and kill him.

Besides, how many soldiers are there in the Jewish province now? Most of them have been transferred to the front line!

"So you have the second choice." Frentunus shrugged and said, "Do whatever it takes to satisfy His Highness!"

"Satisfied? How to satisfy?" Florus' eyes lit up. This was indeed a good idea, but...how to satisfy His Highness?

"Your Highness is now very concerned about King David and King Solomon for some reason. I think... even if you have lost the power of governor, you should still have some people in your family that you can control, right? My suggestion is that you should transfer these people to the Jewish province to gather information for your Highness. In addition, your Highness is now expanding his territory and is short of money, food, and even people. I think... if you can help your Highness, he should remember your kindness and not kill you in the end."

After hearing Frentunus's suggestion, Florus' eyes first brightened up and then...his expression became a little gloomy.

It’s easy to send people over to help, but the support for territory construction later on... I’m afraid this is not something that one family can handle, right?

Seeing Florus's embarrassment, Frentunus said, "Don't think too much. It's okay. You have to know that His Majesty loves you very much. His Majesty must have taken the lion's share of the help in the construction of Odni Territory. You... just need to express your attitude."

Also.

Florus nodded. His Majesty doted on His Highness very much, and almost everyone in Rome knew that. If that was true, then it wouldn't matter if he spent some money to show his support.

"Also..." Frentunus looked at Florus and said, "Also, be more restrained these two days. Don't feed the Jews with your leftovers. While you can still serve as governor for two more days, cook some delicious meals for them. His Highness will probably stay here for a few days. By then... well, I hope His Highness can see your attitude and give you a lighter sentence."

"Thank you for your guidance, Mr. Senator." Florus nodded to Frentunus and then withdrew.

After saying goodbye to Florus and leaving the Governor's Palace, Frentunus made sure that no one was following him and quickly turned into a small alley.

"General, I have done as you said." In the alley, Frentunus looked at the young man standing in front of him wearing the armor of a general of the Royal Guards, and said in a flattering manner.

"Very good." The young man nodded, waved his hand impatiently at the elder, and said, "Now, you can go. I will destroy certain evidence as we agreed before."

"But..." Frentunus frowned and said, "What if you...didn't destroy it?"

"Then you can only gamble." The young general smiled indifferently and said, "But, there is no use for me to keep your dirty laundry, so don't worry!"

"I hope so." With the handle in the hands of this general, Frentunus decided to swallow his anger for the time being. After returning to Rome, he would put pressure on the Guards through his family and force this man to hand over what he had!

PS: Orange replied that it would take until Thursday, so I can only wait until this Thursday or Friday to make a statistics of my outstanding updates and then issue a new reward.

Chapter 244: Mars is dead!

Although it would take some time to dispatch his own men from Rome, correspondingly, it would take about a week for His Highness and His Majesty to convey the news of his dismissal to the Senate, and for the Senate to draft the dismissal documents and then send them here. In other words, he could probably only serve as governor for another week.

During this week, in order to save my own life, I can only be His Highness's licker.

"Brother, what are you going to do next?" Nero looked at Tony and asked with some concern.

"Hmm? The next step is of course to find the whereabouts of King David and King Solomon." Tony looked at Nero strangely and asked, "Didn't I say this a long time ago?"

"No, brother, didn't you notice? You have offended the governor now, right? Brother, you also know that he spent a lot of money to become the governor, and you just took it away... Aren't you afraid that he will cause trouble for you?"

"Why should we be afraid?" Tony smiled indifferently and asked, "What can he do? Raise an army to establish his own army? If he dares to do so, the Eastern Legion can march south to defeat his army at any time. Besides, governors like him are all supported by big families. Otherwise, where would they get the money to spend in the early stage? How can they spend money without some money? If he dares to do so, his family will also suffer. So... he can only try to please us and protect himself as much as possible."

"Hmm, that makes sense. It seems that my brother is more suitable to be the emperor than me! Why don't we talk to the Senate after we go back and let you take the throne!"

At this point, Nero suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "That's right! Wouldn't it be better to grant you the title of Augustus and give you the duties of vice emperor?"

???

Vice Emperor?!

No, this is a co-emperor that only existed in the middle and late stages of the empire! Wasn't this something invented by Diocletian? How did Nero come up with such an idea? !

If this continues, should I go to Byzantium to establish Constantinople and appoint my own "Caesar"?

No, although the four emperors ruling together can solve the problem of the empire being too large and the central government's orders not being implemented, the administrative costs caused by four emperors will be higher, and the tax requirements on the people will naturally be higher. In the short term, perhaps everyone can still take out their spare money to pay taxes, but over time, the empire will inevitably collapse due to high taxes!

This definitely wasn't Nero's idea, so who the hell came up with this stupid idea?!

Wait a minute... Tony suddenly remembered that his future self seemed to be named Tony Claudius Augustus Germanicus?

Augustus?!

"Sister, let me ask you something." Tony took a deep breath and suddenly asked, "Will I be handsome when I grow up?"

"Handsome! Of course he is handsome!" Nero almost blurted out and answered seriously.

"So...sister has seen my future self, right?" Tony asked, frowning at Nero.

"Yes, my brother will be so handsome when he grows up!" Nero said excitedly.

This is not surprising.

Four emperors ruled together, with Augustus as the main emperor and Caesar as the vice emperor. Presumably in the future, in order to let his younger brother share some of the responsibilities with him, Nero probably heard about the four emperors ruling together from Tony, and then appointed his younger brother as his deputy to assist him in handling government affairs.

However, the title of the vice emperor was Caesar. Nero probably felt that his younger brother should be on an equal footing with himself, so he gave him the title of "Augustus".

And now, his future self appeared in the form of a Servant, met Nero, and told Nero the meaning of his name, so... Nero naturally came up with this wild idea to accept his fate as the vice emperor.

Seeing Tony's uncertain expression, Nero patted his brother's shoulder happily and said, "It's decided! I'll tell the elders when I get back!"

"Hiss..." Tony took a deep breath. What did he say just now? Who the hell came up with this lousy idea? If it was really as he inferred, this must have been Nero's own idea, even though he was the inspiration.

and so……

"Wang Wang Wang!"

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Tony suddenly barking like a dog, Nero was stunned for a moment, and quickly reached out to touch Tony's forehead, and said anxiously: "Brother, what's wrong with you? Don't scare your sister."

"It's okay, I just sometimes think it's good to be a dog." Tony said a little depressed.

???

"Then...sister too...?" Nero touched his chin with his index finger and thought for a while before asking tentatively.

"No, sister, if you go down like that, I'm afraid the God of War Mars will be unable to sit still."

As soon as Tony finished speaking, Tony and Nero felt their hearts tighten almost at the same time, and a huge sadness quickly filled their bodies.

"What... happened?" Tony and Nero looked at each other in confusion. For some reason, tears were already streaming down their faces.

"Sister, why are you crying?" Although there seemed to be a voice deep in his heart constantly telling him that a close relative had died, but...but Tony was still very confused. Wasn't Nero standing in front of him?

"I... I don't know either." Nero was also a little confused. For some reason, she had a similar feeling to Tony, as if a close relative had died. But... these were the only people in the Claudius family at the moment. Could something have happened in Rome? !

At almost the same time, outside Jerusalem, Rosa looked at Tony, who also had tears on his face, and was bewildered: "Did you go back to the city to drink secretly? Why are you crying in the middle of a conversation?"

The heroic spirit Tony reached out to wipe away his tears and was about to say something when suddenly, he slowly opened his eyes and a look of extreme fear appeared on his face.

"What's wrong?" At this moment, even a fool could tell that something was wrong with the heroic spirit Tony.

"The Age of Gods... The Age of Gods is ending! I understand, I understand! I know why these Heroic Spirits were resurrected! I know why the Age of Gods ended. The Resistant Force, just as I expected, the Resistant Force, it was the Resistant Force that resurrected the Heroic Spirits!"

"What? Is it really me?" Rosa looked at the heroic spirit Tony with a confused face and asked.

"Who do you think you are!" Tony, the heroic spirit, looked at Rosa with tears in his eyes and an angry expression. He shouted, "Bloodline, the death of my closest relatives, caused me to cry unconsciously. I think, at this moment, besides me, Nero and Tony in the city, and even everyone in the Claudius family far away in Rome are crying."

"What on earth happened?" Looking at the appearance of the heroic spirit Tony, Rosa also became a little scared. From the tone of his voice, it seemed that something big had happened!

"What happened? What happened? Haha... The God of War Mars is dead!!!"

Chapter 244: Wandering Star Soldier Saifalu! (Additional update 51)

God of War Mars, dead?

he died? !

Are you kidding! ! !

Rosa was so shocked by the news that he was speechless.

How is it possible? God is dead? Gods in this world really exist! How could they die?

Wait a minute, the end of the Age of Gods, the death of the God of War...

"Tashili Plateau!" Rosa's expression suddenly changed. As he uttered the place name, his eyes subconsciously looked towards the southwest.

"I'm afraid we have to go over there to take a look. Besides... we don't know how many heroes will go to the Tasili Plateau to fight." After wiping away his tears, the heroes Tony and Rosa stared at the southwest, as if their sight had passed the mountains and landed on the Tasili Plateau.

Although the Heroic Spirits are strong, they seem to be a little lacking compared to the gods. Even the Heroic Spirits who are qualified to be the champions are probably no match for him.

After all, the Seven Grand Servants are only the strongest among the servants, and that one is already the ceiling of combat power in the Type-Moon worldview.

"Does Tony know about this?" Rosa suddenly turned his head and looked at the heroic spirit Tony and asked.

"He knows nothing!" Tony clapped his hands vigorously. "Gaia told me this. Mars is dead. I guess the Roman gods are organizing their army now. As for the Egyptian gods who are closest... I'm afraid they will be defeated in a few days. Even the gods can't stand it. Do you think the Roman Empire can stand it?"

"That's right. No matter how powerful the Roman Empire is, it's just a mortal kingdom." Rosa frowned and sighed. "You should pass this message to Tony first, and then we will go to the Tasili Plateau to have a look. At least with my strength... I should be able to protect you from that guy." Rosa sighed.

……

Wiping away their tears, Nero and Tony, who didn't know what was going on, looked at each other in confusion. At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open. Mary opened the door and knelt at the door and said loudly, "Master, here is a letter for you."

"Oh?" Tony was stunned at first after taking a look at the cowhide envelope in Mary's hand. This was... a letter sent by himself after he turned into a heroic spirit. Such a letter suddenly came at this critical moment when he and his sister were crying for no reason. For some reason, Tony suddenly felt extremely uneasy in his heart.

After taking the letter, opening the envelope and unfolding the letter, Tony quickly glanced at the contents of the letter.

The content of the letter was very simple, with only a place name.

Tahiri Plateau.

Tahiri Plateau? I seem to have heard of this place somewhere.

"Eh? Whose letter is this?" Nero asked curiously as he saw Tony's thoughtful expression.

"Ah, since you've seen it, there's no need for me to hide it. This is a letter written to me by my future self, but I don't quite understand it."

As Tony spoke, he handed the letter in his hand to Nero: "This place...does sister know where it is?"

"Tashili Plateau?" Nero put down the letter and thought for a moment, feeling somewhat confused: "This place... I don't seem to know where it is..."

"Your Highness...are you asking about the Tasili Plateau?" At this moment, Mary, who was kneeling outside the door, suddenly raised her head and said, "Although I don't know why Your Highness is asking about this place, I happen to know where it is."

"Hmm? Tell me about it." Tony raised his eyebrows and said curiously.

"The Tashiri Plateau is located south of Tripolitania Province. I remember it seemed to be an uninhabited area, right? Why did Your Highness inquire about that place?"

Tripolitania? I remember that place... seems to be the northern part of Algeria two thousand years later? If it is south of Tripolitania... Tasiri Plateau... Nero and I both cried for no apparent reason... The heroic spirit Tony wrote about such a place in his letter...

……

Is it possible...

Tony, who had figured everything out, was instantly horrified. He shouted in a somewhat inappropriate tone, "Sister, hurry up! Go back to Rome!"

"What happened?" Nero was a little puzzled by Tony's loss of composure. In her impression, her younger brother seemed to have always been in a calm state. No matter what time it was, her younger brother always had an expression as if he was confident of winning.

So...why did my brother lose his composure like that?

"I know, I know!" Tony said without thinking, while he took out his own package beside the bed, threw some sundries on the table into the package and said loudly: "Sister, hurry up, notify the troops in the African provinces to enter a full state of war readiness, and at the same time order the Numidian tribes in the south of the empire to be on full martial law and prepare for war!"

"What on earth happened?" Looking at Tony talking nonsense while frantically packing his things, a sense of unknown fear suddenly spread in Nero's heart.

"Tashili Plateau, my future self reminded me of something." Tony said to Nero as he tied his package tightly, "There is a terrifying existence there, and our crying just now is also related to that place."