It was another month, and it was already March, and when Luga's army appeared outside the city of Rome, it was like a sudden explosion of thunder in the city.

There was speculation about the intention of Augustus of Eastern Rome to come here at this time, and it was in the midst of this controversy that Luga and his retinue had sailed into the city of Rome from the Tiber and landed.

Under the astonished gaze of the townspeople, Luga and his soldiers disembarked from the ship and ascended the stone steps to the Roman path lined with stone slabs.

"Who is this? Who's this? ”

The Romans stopped one after another, and they looked at Luga, their eyes full of confusion and puzzlement, and every young man was full of curiosity about this richly dressed middle-aged man.

"Oh damn it, put your hands away!"

At this time, I saw an old man slapping the young man's raised hand, and reprimanded him angrily: "This is His Majesty Augustus!" ”

On a new day, Yudoria had just brushed up on the tedious etiquette of the court.

The children of the aristocratic family must know how to follow the rules from an early age, and as a descendant of the Purple Room, Yudoria should be even more so.

Every day, with the help of the maids, she had to tie her braids, which looked cumbersome, and Yudoria should keep it to the best of her dress and manners, otherwise, what would be the difference with the uneducated wild children?

For this, Yudoria already knew this, she was tired of the comparison, but she had to follow the rules, after all, Valentinian ignored her, and the courtiers and maids in the Roman palace just regarded it as a political bargaining chip between Rome and the Vandals, after all, this princess was going to marry out.

Seeing that the day was getting closer and closer, although Yudoria was tired of such a bound life, she did not have the slightest yearning for going to the southern Carthage, the kingdom of Dido that had long been abandoned and fallen in the mouths of adults, and she even had some fear in it.

At this time, as a Roman hostage, but also the husband of Valentinian Yudoria, Huneric was a free man in the Roman palace, of course, only within the high walls of the palace.

"Augustus of Eastern Rome, that's it, forget it, he's coming!" Hunerik was behind Yudoria, and it was not difficult to see from his tone how bad it was for Luga's arrival to be for him.

"Oh, I see."

Yudoria lowered her head, but she couldn't help but ask the question that had been haunting her for a long time, "What is he doing here?" ”

"Who cares? I think he must have come to the patriarchs, who have received a lot of benefits from the hands of these old men, and he will come to strengthen his momentum anyway, and maybe at some point he will take away the place that rightfully belongs to your father. Hunerik said, smiling without any burden, and he walked unhurriedly to Yudoria's side, and put his hand on Yudoria's shoulder.

Hearing Hunerik's presumptuous words, Yudoria buried her head in the ground, her face gloomy, she was not happy.

"Who cares?" Hunerik snorted coldly, and continued: "Anyway, we are about to return to our land, where I am the king and you are the queen, and there will be no more cumbersome etiquette to bind you, and in the same way, there will be no one to judge you, where you belong only to me, Yudoria, where we will be married, and in the witness of my father, he is an amiable man, and you will like him." ”

"Oh, really?" Yudoria smiled so sweetly, more of a frustration, "I can't remember how many times you've said this, Hunerik. ”

"Yes, yes, so you should trust me!" Hunerik spread out his hands, looked at Yudoria eagerly, and then pounced on Yudoria and grabbed Yudoria's hand, "We will definitely be together, this is God's arrangement, you, and I, cannot escape." ”

"Oh, yes, yes!" Yudoria echoed again and again, but in her heart, why did she yearn for freedom so much but there was a sense of resistance in her heart, and looking at Gaisaric in front of her, she thought of that familiar face again.

The hand clutched his stomach, blood running down his fingers, and his face was pale from pain.

"Oh, oh, yes, it's a given." Yudoria smiled kindly, worthy of being the daughter of Riekinia, she perfectly inherited Riekinia's cleverness, especially in the aspect of demagogy. "So you're not in a hurry, are you?"

Yudoria took Hunerik's hand, and Hunerik's eyes widened in such a gesture, which made him feel so incredible.

"I'm a little hungry and want to eat a snack, why don't you come with me?"

Looking at Yudoria's affectionate eyes, who could give Hunerik a reason to refuse?

Hunerik nodded repeatedly, so excited that he didn't even know how to walk, what did this mean? Everything is self-evident, and he can even imagine how beautiful it will be after getting married.

"Princess! Princess! ”

The old waiter took a bulky step to find Yudoria, who was enjoying a snack in the garden, thinking that it was another carefree and meaningless day.

"What happened?" The rare purity interrupted the waiter, and Yudoria naturally turned back angrily and looked at the elderly waiter with an angry face.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" The attendant apologized again and again, and then said, "Augustus of Eastern Rome, he has asked us to bring you to the Pantheon!" ”

"What kind of nonsense is that?" Before Yudoria could wonder what was going on, Hunerik stood up indignantly and shouted at the waiter, "How can this be a princess who is on call like a slave?" ”

Hunerik's fierce appearance frightened the waiter back and apologized.

But around the corner behind the waiter, only the sound of footsteps was heard, and then Malenius was seen approaching Huneric with a group of heavily armed Janissary soldiers.

"Your Highness." Malenius ignored Huneric directly, stared at Eudoria and said, "Come with me, Caesar is calling you." ”

At this time, in the middle of the empty hall of the Pantheon, there was a circular dome above his head, and the sunlight shone down on the top of Luga's head along the middle movement, with his silver armor and golden crown.

"You really look like a god, on par with the statues present."

The voice made Luga jerk his head up, and he fixed his eyes on Pope Leo.

Leo stood in the doorway, still dressed in gray robes and holding a scepter made of gold, standing in the doorway, looking at Luga with a smile on his face.

"It's mysterious, you came here, and you came so close that I didn't even notice your trace!" Luga looked at Leo with a smile in return.

"Long time no see, my old friend!" Leo smiled and opened his arms at Luga, who hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Leo tightly for a long time before he said slowly, "Long time no see, papa!" ”