121 – Episode 119
Roman’s office of Pompey.
“Senator Alexander, what is going on here?”
Pompey, a sturdy middle-aged man, narrows his eyes and sits across from Alexander.
“Heh heh. “Do you find it so strange that I am visiting a fellow congressman?”
When the slightly thin man with a grin answered, Pompey shook his head.
“That’s not true… Because it’s a strange thing.”
Pompey was not a nobleman, but was a member of the National Assembly elected with the votes of the people of the Roman Empire, the capital city.
Basically, neither the imperial faction nor the anti-emperor faction can get close.
For Pompey, who feels that the two factions are no different from a fight over food, as a nobleman, this is not a very happy time.
“hahahaha. “I came here to receive support from the congressman before requesting a declaration of support from the National Assembly.”
At those words, Pompey looks at me with cold eyes, as if he is saying something trivial.
“I don’t know what it is, but there’s nothing I can do to help.”
It is obvious what the lawmaker representing Nicaea will submit.
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It would be a bill that would benefit the interests of the country.
Because it is a symbolic position as the only member of parliament in the capital Roman, there are always many nobles who want to receive his support.
“Let’s look at this first.”
[Request for fulfillment of engagement]
“Request for fulfillment of engagement?”
This is his first time seeing a document of this type. Pompey calmly accepts the paper with a puzzled expression.
Alexander, seeing this, smiles in conversion.
It contains a message to keep the previous promise to hand over Epirus and Egypt to the imperial faction and to keep the promise to betrothed Princess Joy to the son of Ioanes.
Of course, I intentionally left out the fact that Ioannes received Epirus and Ezib.
I don’t want the imperial faction to notice anything strange.
Pompey, unaware of such a conspiracy, turned the first page and read the next with a puzzled look on his face.
You can clearly feel Pompey’s eyes trembling.
“This… This is ridiculous…”
Pompey quickly reads the next chapter and the next, and Alexander watches leisurely.
Pompey explodes with anger after seeing the attached document of the agreement with the archduke’s seal and Ioannes’ seal as evidence.
“How can the Grand Duke make such a promise?? This is a treaty that ignores the authority of the emperor. “Whether you are an imperialist or an anti-imperialist, they are all the same!”
Pompey, who bursts into laughter, continues.
“Do you think the Imperial Diet will accept a treaty that is so useless? Even though it is an anti-emperor faction with an idiot as its leader, this is the first time I thought the imperial faction was at such a low level. How could a traitor make an unscrupulous treaty to receive the territory and princess he obtained by persecuting the emperor?”
Pompey and several politicians and nobles had previously attacked the imperialists when they reached the Roman countryside.
I was once puzzled when I saw that the imperial faction and the anti-emperor faction had made a dramatic peace agreement without a war breaking out.
Because it was difficult to understand the reason why the imperial faction concluded peace in a war they had already won.
I think something was popular in the world, but no one thought it would be Epirus and Ezip.
Of course, handing over the territory where the emperor’s absolute power comes from means that the emperor will no longer be able to wield omnipotent power as before.
Of course, omnipotent power will be recognized through imperial law, but in a chaotic political situation, law is powerless in front of spears and swords.
Alexander simply smiles meaningfully in the face of Pompey’s criticism.
“Well? We avoided war and maintained peace in return for what the Archduke offered. And the Archduke… Doesn’t he have some skills in internal affairs? “Isn’t he the perfect person to represent your inexperienced emperor?”
In fact, everyone recognizes Debian’s resourcefulness in securing various projects and finances.
However, regardless of his abilities, there is quite a bit of opposition to using the emperor as a puppet to rule the empire as he pleases.
“Are you using that as an excuse?!”
-Boom!
Pompey can’t hold back his anger and hits his desk with his fist.
-Boom!
“You and the wretched Grand Duke are all the same! “They are like parasites who only want to strengthen their own power without considering the people of the empire.”
At those words, Alexander frowns and warns.
“Be careful what you say.”
“Careful what you say?! If I have to be careful with my words, you will have to be careful with your actions! Aren’t you afraid of His Majesty the Emperors of all time, Almighty El, and the great Dragon El Dra Shamhat?!”
Alexander taunts those words.
“Hey, you’re talking too much, Senator Pompey. Why do we fear the Great Ones? We protected Roman, which was almost in ruins. And didn’t we reach an agreement with the Archduke to settle the chaotic situation?”
At those words, Pompey got up from his seat.
“Your Nicaea has long been a kingdom renowned for its learning and culture, so are you betraying the fact that Emperor Aurelius conquered it, treated you generously, and maintained the kingdom?! Didn’t our ancestors swear to serve the emperor and the empire from generation to generation?! But you return the favor with vengeance!”
“Wow! Calm down. Representative Pompey. “If you insult us any further, I will not remain silent.”
“Shut up! You’ve been receiving the empire’s favor for generations and then you’re planning something like this! They say it is a kingdom where intelligence and culture live and breathe. What kind of person with both intelligence and culture would act like this?! “You are no better than poor children without a mother or father.”
In response to the harsh criticism, Rep. Alexander raises his head and speaks.
“I try to listen and move on as much as possible. What? A poor child without a mother or father?! “You have such a foul mouth, perhaps because of your humble origins!”
“Yes! Although my blood is low and my mouth is foul, I know what grace is and what loyalty is! Aren’t you of great noble blood?! But why do you, a subject who has received grace from generation to generation, commit such a senseless act that even a rat living in a sewer would not do, make excuses, and say nonsense?! If it were me, I would drown myself in the Tiber River out of shame, but how on earth does King Ioannes, who is famous for being noble, plan to die?!”
“What… What?! Have you said everything? Pompey!”
Pompey said as he watched Alexander’s face turn red at the criticism he heard in the local market.
“No!”
-Puck!
“Ugh!”
Pompey raises his fist and strikes Alexander in the face.
“What a bastard!”
A man with a dirty personality who cannot tolerate evil intentions in the world.
That’s the word for Pompey…
Act with your fists rather than with words.
“aaah! Bye…Guard!”
At Alexander’s screams, the guards assigned to the parliament burst into Pompey’s office.
“What on earth is happening, lawmakers?!”
The guards who saw the scene were so shocked that their eyes almost popped out.
-Puck! Puck!
“Die! “You are worse than an animal!”
“Ugh! Sa… Save me! “Ugh!”
The sight of the sturdy Pompey sitting on Alexander and punching him was something they had never imagined.
But it was difficult to remain absorbed forever, so the guards pulled Pompey’s body and pulled him away from Alexander…
“Let go of this! “Today, if I don’t kill the little Nicaean bastards who don’t even look like humans, I won’t be angry!”
When the beast-like Pompey falls, Alexander says in disgust.
“What a crazy guy! “I will report today’s incident to the chairman so that he can be severely punished!”
Pompey shouts as he sees him leaving the council chamber in an unsightly manner, saying that.
“Can’t I just stand there?! “You rat!”
Alexander, fearing that Pompey might break through the guards and approach the voice, quickly moves his feet and leaves.
***
Reports posted every day.
I see some unusual signs, so I quickly prepare to return to Roman.
I would like to stay a little longer, but the timing is not so good.
War is fast approaching.
Ioanes made a decision and it would not be surprising if war broke out at any time.
After I told my family to get ready to go back.
Mary quietly came to my office.
“Oppa. “Are you going already?”
“I have to go quickly. “Nicea’s side is unusual.”
After Mary’s wedding, all the guests except us left.
Thank goodness we stayed here the longest.
“Okay… Okay.”
Mary swallows while trying to say something.
“Take care of yourself, brother.”
At those words, I spread my arms and say.
“Let’s give it a hug.”
At my words, Mary gently approaches me and falls into my arms.
“Oppa… Be really careful. “If anything happens, call us.”
“Don’t worry. “There’s no way I’m going to let the empire’s best knight and general play around, right?”
In fact, these two people are the people I rely on the most in war.
Mary slaughtered enemies with ghost-like movements on the battlefield, and Agrippa did not fall behind against the mighty devil’s army.
Without these two men, the war against Ioannes is impossible.
“Ugh… Okay. And please take good care of your new sister.”
I say with a puzzled expression what Mary said.
“You always take good care of me?”
Mary shakes her head and says at my words.
“Not that, at night. “How long are you going to leave me like that?”
The younger sister speaks with cold eyes.
No… Why do I have to get scolded by her sister for having an affair?
“This?! “There’s nothing a little thing can’t say, right?”
Mary shakes her head and says at my words.
“I’m an adult now, and I talk to Octavia about marital relationships, right? Plus, do you know how worried her sister is because her brother won’t sleep with her step-sister?”
She was pricked inside by those words.
Sister Octavia… After her mother passed away.
She supported my precarious position within the Grand Duchy and strengthened my position, and with her sister’s influence, she protected me both materially and physically.
In a way, you can say that she protected me on behalf of my mother who passed away.
In fact, Valorant behaved violently toward me and Mary, but he did not do so toward Octavia.
“Anyway. “Don’t upset your sisters, but if you’re going to do it, do it quickly.”
I say that with a bitter smile.
“Report… The war comes first now.”
With that said, I also finish packing my bags.