My XX deal with Sister Nero

"Finally... I caught you." Tony pushed open the door with gritted teeth and said to one of the guards, "Send someone to check. There should be an Oriental man with short hair in Rome now. Bring that bastard to me!"

"Yes, Your Highness!" Although he didn't know why His Highness asked him to capture a short-haired Oriental man, since His Highness had already given the order, then... just execute it.

"Rosa, Rose, tsk tsk, a man with this name, is he planning to move all of Pinru's wardrobes? Tony muttered as he returned to his desk and sat down. He thought for a moment, then grabbed a pen and began to practice calligraphy.

Lius and the others came back quite quickly.

"General Vespasianus, in this war, I think it would be better for you to leave your son in Rome."

In a military camp outside Aquileia, Lius came to Vespasian with a bowl of thick soup, sat down, and spoke in a low voice.

The empire suddenly ceased fire. Although the reason given to the soldiers was that His Majesty the Emperor had compassion on the world and was unwilling to continue this meaningless war, so he chose to cease fire with the enemy after the empire had achieved a certain level of victory, in fact, senior generals like Levius and Vespasian basically knew why the Roman Empire suddenly ceased fire.

The god of war Mars died, the ancestor of gods was resurrected, and in the south, a godslayer named Cefalu appeared!

Therefore, this triumphal ceremony must have been very hasty. After all, according to His Majesty's request, only a small number of elite troops from the Eastern Legion could enjoy this triumphal ceremony, and the rest of the army immediately headed south to the province of Africa to deploy defenses.

And this time the enemy is not a certain country, but... a powerful godslayer.

There was no strategy or tactics at all, just bloody massacre.

"I will consider this." Wei Paxian said with a wry smile.

Honestly speaking, the reason why he took Titus to the Parthian front was naturally to train Titus, hoping that he would be able to stand on his own when he grew up. However, fighting with that Cefalus... obviously, it would not serve any purpose in training him.

"Speaking of which, General Lius, what do you think of that prince?" Vespasian opened the wine bag and took a big gulp of wine before asking Lius, "To be honest, I haven't had much contact with this prince, so I want to hear your opinion."

"My opinion?" Unlike a pure soldier like Levius, Vespasian was more like a politician who was interested in profiteering. "To be honest, I first met Your Highness because of the Battle of Thessaly. Your Highness invented the rattle arrow and stirrup for us, which solved the problem of inconvenient transmission of orders on the battlefield and shortened the time required for us to train cavalry."

At this point, Lius suddenly smiled and said, "General Vespasianus, I was thinking at the time, if this kid can join the army and become a general when he grows up, as long as Your Majesty trusts him enough, I think... no one in this era will be more dazzling than him."

"It seems that General Lius is right." Vespasian shrugged and said, "Indeed, just the strategy of attacking Babylonia is enough to make him leave a mark in the history of the Roman Empire."

As he was talking, Vespasian suddenly came up to Lius and said, "I have an idea now, that is, to be loyal to His Highness, General Lius, what about you?"

Be loyal to His Majesty? Lius looked at Vespasian carefully and said meaningfully: "Now, Your Majesty is still very young."

"But His Majesty loves Your Highness, doesn't he? Rumor has it that His Majesty once intended to give up the throne to Your Highness, but... Your Highness refused."

"Then you..." Lius frowned and looked at Vespasian, not understanding what he meant.

He knew that Weipaxian was investing for the sake of his own family, hoping to gain the favor of the next emperor as soon as possible.

That's right, His Majesty Nero really wanted to pass the throne to Your Highness. There were even rumors that during the time Your Highness lived in the suburbs of Rome, Your Highness occasionally had to handle some government affairs for His Majesty. But... no matter what, Your Highness had made it clear that he did not want to be emperor.

Is there something wrong with your investment?

"I know what you want to say, General Lius." Vespasian said with a smile, "Your Highness is still young, only thirteen years old. How can you know what benefits will come after becoming the emperor? Believe me, General Lius, when Your Highness grows up, he will naturally take advantage of your majesty's love for him and become the next emperor."

PS: It's thundering, go to sleep

Chapter 264: Your Majesty, you are going too far!

Vespasian's idea was somewhat similar to Galba's, and even many nobles in the Roman Empire held the same view.

His Majesty dotes on Your Highness, and at the same time, His Majesty has no intention of managing the empire. Judging from the current situation, Your Highness is the one with the greatest right to inherit the throne.

Moreover, although His Highness has made some hostile actions against the Senate and the Guards, the Guards and the Senate still believe that His Highness is more suitable to be the emperor than the current Majesty Nero.

The current Majesty intends to pass on the throne, and the Imperial Guards and the Senate also agree with Your Highness. To put it bluntly, the entire imperial leadership is just waiting for Your Highness to nod in agreement.

So, what is the general public’s attitude towards His Highness?

Dragon Slayer, Your Highness invented a new fertilizer to increase food production.

In general, the public has a very good impression of His Royal Highness. After all, Tony handles some government affairs related to people's livelihood, and he is a dragon slayer. According to intelligence in Rome, even many noble ladies mention His Royal Highness the Prince the most when they gather and chat privately.

The top leaders hope that the people will support him, and the nobles also have a certain degree of goodwill towards His Highness. In short, if His Highness intends to usurp the throne, I am afraid that the entire Roman Empire will choose to have collective amnesia to help His Highness conceal this matter.

But...our prince is not an ignorant child, but he really...does not want to be the emperor, does not want to push himself to the forefront.

"I say, Your Majesty, haven't you gone too far?" In the study of a villa outside Rome, Tony frowned and stared at Nerva who was standing not far from him with an unfriendly expression and asked.

"Hehe." Nerva smiled awkwardly. To be honest, he also felt that His Majesty had gone a little too far.

When Tony is away, although Seneca and others will help handle some government affairs, Her Majesty has to handle a considerable portion of them herself. In the end, the government affairs handled by Seneca and others will still be returned to Her Majesty for her review.

But ever since Tony felt bored and had nothing to do and offered to ask His Majesty to share some of the government affairs, our Majesty Nero happily handed over almost all of the government affairs in his hands to Tony, and even told him generously: "Brother, do it boldly! Even if you make a mistake, I won't blame you... Oh, by the way, I'm going to be busy with the Nero Festival these days. You don't need me to review the government affairs after you finish them. Just send someone to report. In addition, you can also review the documents returned by Teacher Seneca and others for me~ Brother is the best, I will definitely reward you well when I'm done~"

All the government affairs of the empire are handed over to me for decision? What does this mean? Isn't this just making me a de facto emperor?

Looking at the seal ring on his desk that was supposed to be placed in the palace, Tony rubbed his forehead with a headache.

Even the seal ring that symbolizes the emperor's power was handed over to me. If this continues, I will probably have to wear a golden laurel crown on my head that symbolizes the emperor's status, right?

"Then... Your Highness, I will take my leave first?" Nerva asked cautiously with his head down.

"...Okay, you can leave first, and come to my place to get these documents in the evening." Tony took a breath and said to Nerva.

After sending Nerva away, Tony sighed and looked at the documents on the desk with a headache.

About three days later, a guard brought news from the palace: "Your Highness, I am here on His Majesty's orders to inform you that the Eastern Legion has arrived in the eastern suburbs of Rome. His Majesty wants you to get up a little earlier tomorrow morning and go to the temporary military camp outside the Fleming Gate in the eastern suburbs. The triumphal ceremony will officially begin at 10 a.m."

"Are we officially starting the triumphal ceremony..." Tony frowned, glanced at the unfinished documents on the table, and said, "Well, you sort out the documents on the table. I'll stay in the East Suburbs military camp tonight."

"This..." After taking a look at the documents on the table, the guard swallowed.

As a personal guard, she certainly knew what the documents on the table were. It was obvious that His Highness had not finished reviewing these documents. If she handed these unreviewed documents to His Majesty... His Majesty would definitely not do anything to Her Highness, but she would definitely be the target of His Majesty's wrath, right?

No matter what, I have to be scolded...

"Your Highness, I...I think it would be better for Mr. Nerva to sort out these documents...After all...I am a military officer, and I am worried about something going wrong..."

"That makes sense..." Tony nodded and said, "Then go to the living room, invite Nerva over, and then ask Sister Aura and the others to go to the East Suburbs Military Camp with me."

"Yes, Your Highness." The guard nodded and then withdrew.

Just as Tony was packing up and preparing to move to the East Suburbs military camp, Princess Ryan suddenly came to the door of Tony's study and asked curiously, "Where are you going, Your Highness?"

"Huh?" Tony was sticking his butt out and was about to stuff a history book into his luggage when he suddenly heard Princess Ryan's voice behind him.

"Ah, it's Your Highness." Tony turned his head to look at Princess Ryan standing at the door, stood up, coughed lightly and said, "It's like this, Your Highness. The triumphal ceremony will be held tomorrow. I have to go to the East Suburbs Barracks in advance, because tomorrow's triumphal ceremony will start from the Flamin Gate in the east, and will arrive at the Pantheon after passing the new triumphal arch near the Mausoleum of Augustus. Then His Majesty will announce the reward at the gate of the Pantheon. Well, that's about it."

"Ah! That's right! His Royal Highness the Prince commanded the army to defeat the Parthian Empire!" Princess Ryan clapped her hands, with little stars twinkling in her eyes: "I will definitely get up early tomorrow to watch the ceremony!"

...As long as you are happy.

Tony is the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Legion. Although he did not really play a big role in this war, but as for the gilding... the most important person under the spotlight is naturally our Prince.

According to the scale of this war and the casualty ratio, Tony was qualified to wear a pure purple toga, a laurel wreath, and receive the blessings of all Roman citizens.

Taking more than a dozen slaves, several maids and personal guards, Tony and his party passed through the city in the late afternoon and headed for the temporary military camp on the eastern outskirts of Rome.

At the East Suburbs Military Camp, Levius and Vespasian, who had received the news from Tony, had already cleared a piece of land near the central military tent for His Highness to set up camp. After all, in name, Levius and Vespasian were both deputy commanders, and only Tony was the commander of this Eastern Legion.

Chapter 265: I was forced to drag Attila to find ORT!

Although Nero was unwilling to be emperor, she did not want to accomplish nothing during her tenure as emperor.

The simplest way is for the empire to win a great victory during this period, and then Nero can build a triumphal arch for the imperial soldiers and generals to be remembered by future generations.

Besides, the commander-in-chief of this war is my younger brother, so even if everyone can't remember me, they can remember my younger brother. There's nothing wrong with that, right?

"Long time no see, General Leonius and General Vespasianus." When Tony arrived at the central military tent, he waved to the two deputy commanders of the legion and greeted them with a smile.

"Long time no see, Your Highness." Looking at the little prince walking in from outside, Lius and Vespasian quickly stood up to greet him.

From a military perspective, both of them admired Tony's imaginative strategic ideas.

When Tony deployed two legions to launch a surprise attack on Babylonia, his purpose was to disrupt the enemy's deployment and gain an advantage in the enemy's front line. However, what was unexpected was that Tony's strategic conception this time exceeded the task.

The Parthian Empire was essentially a nomadic people who were not good at farming. Although the people of the Parthian Empire had now largely settled down, they still had not fundamentally gotten rid of the disadvantages of being a nomadic people.

Yes, they are not good at farming.

Although the Parthian Empire was gradually becoming an agricultural empire, compared to the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was a natural agricultural empire, they did not have so many fancy operations and were more dependent on land. The most fertile land of the Parthian Empire was the Mesopotamian region.

That’s right, the grain production of the entire Mesopotamia and Babylonia region accounted for almost one-third of the entire Parthian Empire!

Tony's original intention was to adopt a local supply strategy to create panic in the Parthian Empire and even threaten Ctesiphon, but the Mesopotamian region was the richest place in the Parthian Empire. Tony's local supply strategy not only caused great panic in Parthia, but also burned some grain fields in Babylonia, resulting in no harvest in these areas, and a considerable number of people will face the threat of food shortage this year.

Therefore, it is precisely because of this fantastic yet very effective strategy that Vespasian and Lius had to admire it.

"I think you all know it, right? What will you do after the triumphal ceremony?" After finding a seat and sitting down, Tony looked at Lius and Vespasian with a serious face and asked.

"I heard about it." Vespasian and Lius looked at each other and smiled bitterly, "A godslayer appeared in the south. She is very powerful, so powerful that she even killed the god of war Mars."

"Yes, Wandering Soldier Sefalu, that's her name. She's very powerful. According to the information I have, she fought with the gods ten thousand years ago, but the two sides ended in a draw. Sefalu should have been sealed or chose to sleep on her own. Two thousand years ago, Sefalu appeared in the Kingdom of Uruk, killed a god and left. Until now, she has awakened again for unknown reasons."

"Draw with all the gods..." Levi and Vespasian couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment. If she had only defeated one god, that would be fine, but to be able to draw with all the gods, this... In a sense, perhaps only all the gods together could defeat her, right?

"Then...then why did she let us go?" Weipaxian shook his head and asked in confusion: "Since she can tie with the gods, then we...shouldn't be her opponent, right?"

"Because Cefalu's goal is to destroy all civilizations on this land, and the Roman Empire, as one of the most powerful civilizations in the world, is of course Cefalu's priority target. Why should we attack? It's simple. We need to defend ourselves. Behind us... are thousands of Romans, our families."

"What?" Weipaxian subconsciously widened his eyes: "That being said, but...what should we do?"

"It's very simple." Tony smiled and acted confidently: "God will not allow this world to be destroyed. Therefore, no matter which god of which pantheon this world belongs to, they should stop Sefalu. At the same time, the will of this world is constantly awakening the dead heroes and driving them to fight. Moreover... I have a way to defeat Sefalu."

"It turns out that Your Highness has a way to defeat this guy." Vespasian and Lius breathed a sigh of relief almost at the same time. Since Your Highness has a way to defeat this guy, then this matter will be much simpler.

Does Tony really have a way to defeat Cefalu?

The answer is of course... No! Just kidding, the information Tony has about Attila in Type-Moon History comes from either FGO or Heroic Spirit Tony. What? You mean Fate/EXTELLA? Unfortunately, Tony never played this game in his previous life.

Therefore, Tony is simply Red Vespasian and Leus.

But if we really want to talk about it, since there is still the concept of death, then theoretically it can be killed by a knife, unlike ORT which has no concept of death. Besides, in addition to the Heroic Spirit, there is also the Jewel Old Man and some living Twenty-Seven Ancestors of the Dead Apostles in Rome.

At worst, he can take Cefalu to South America to fight ORT and see who will win. One is a wandering pioneer and the other is Type: Mercury. Anyway, Tony feels that these two guys should be evenly matched, right?

Besides, in this era, besides ORT, there is another ceiling-level person named Zhu Yue who is still alive!

In short, even if Tony is really helpless, the restraining force will not allow Cefalu to destroy the earth. Maybe he is already forging the holy sword in secret.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. We will be attending the triumphal ceremony tomorrow. I think based on your current official records, General Vespasianus should be very likely to enter the Senate and become a new senator. Even if he can't, he can get a position as a senior consul to gain some experience and enter the Senate. And General Lius..."

Tony paused for a moment, frowned, and said, "I guess General Lius should be able to get the position of military tribune, right?"

"Really?" Although he was not very willing to get involved in politics, Lius was still very happy when he learned that he had a high chance of becoming a military tribune, because it meant that he was only one step away from the position of senator in the Senate.

Vespasian had served as consul before, so he should have been a senior consul by now. But why did he become a senior consul several years later? The reason was simple. He had offended Nero before, so he voluntarily gave up the title of senior consul and fled to a small country town for refuge.

"What about you, Your Highness?" Weipaxian asked interestedly.

"Me?" Tony was stunned. Although he was not very willing to take up an official post, according to Nero's character, she would probably give him the credit for the first merit in this war. It was impossible not to reward him with an official position for such a great achievement as defeating Parthia. So Tony estimated that he would most likely get a nominal position of financial officer, or a nominal position of knight commander.

Chapter 266 This dress... is a bit disgusting

The triumphal ceremony is the most joyous moment for the citizens of Rome besides major festivals.

Around seven o'clock in the morning, at Ola's gentle call, Tony got up early, washed up, and had a simple breakfast in his tent. Then, with the help of the maids, he began to put on the toga that weighed almost five kilograms and looked very complicated.

This pure purple toga with gold embroidery, which is specially worn at triumphal ceremonies, is very valuable. Not to mention that this toga, which weighs five kilograms like a quilt, is made of pure silk and is inlaid with gold thread. Just look at the pleats on it. These pleats were fixed bit by bit by the slaves who spent an entire night last night. The Roman Empire even had relevant laws. If you accidentally touched someone's toga, they could ask you for compensation on the grounds that you deformed the pleats.

So... when Lord Caesar comes back in a few days, should I go and ask him if he was cursing before he died, asking why the idiot Brutus stabbed him in the back, and not only that, but he also messed up the pleats of his toga.

Looking at the wrinkles on the clothes, an idea suddenly popped into Tony's mind.

Seems okay?

Watching the maids struggling to put on Tony's clothes while gently tidying up the wrinkles that were accidentally messed up while putting on the clothes, Tony suddenly took a deep sniff and asked curiously, "Hmm? These clothes smell good, did you use laundry detergent?"

"What is laundry detergent?" Ola asked as she helped Tony straighten out the wrinkles on his clothes with some difficulty.

"Ah... It's okay. I'm just curious why this dress smells so good."

"Ah... it's just the scent of flowers. His Majesty said that if we don't add some floral scent, the clothes will have a strong smell and Your Highness will not be able to adapt to it." Ola touched the sweat on her forehead and said with a smile.

"It smells strong? What smell?" Tony was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion.

"Ahem." Ola looked at Tony with a blush on her face and said, "It's like this. In addition to using the conch as the raw material for dyeing this dress, the most important thing is that a medium is needed to dye the purple color on the dress. This medium is... urine..."

"Oh, urine..." Tony nodded, and suddenly felt something was wrong: "What did you say? What the hell?!"

"Urine..." Ora's face was still red as she said to Tony, "But Your Majesty knows that Your Highness's living habits are somewhat different from ours, so..." At this point, Ora's voice suddenly became as soft as a mosquito: "So the urine used... is my own..."

"Please stop talking. If you keep talking, I'll throw up my breakfast today." Tony stroked his forehead with a headache. Although he knew that the technology of the ancients was not as good as that of modern people, but... Tony really didn't know that this purple color was actually infected with urine, even though this urine came from a little loli who lived with him day and night...

Oh my god, this is not only weird but also a bit disgusting. I suddenly felt like I was living in some Japanese movie.

Although Tony knew a long time ago that the Romans used urine very extensively.