Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1157 Witchcraft
"Your Majesty. It is really rude to greet you here, but we are relieved to know that you are well."

Titus met Victoria in the battleship's tea room. Unlike here, Neiwei and Victoria didn't seem to know each other well. Unlike Zhu Xianxun, he even knew the person who restocked the vending machine.

After all, Victoria needed to be shrouded in mystery. Zhu Xianxun didn't need that at all. He had been wandering around for a long time, even ordering takeout for meals - this was simply unbelievable to Victoria, which was why Titus was surprised that she had escaped the care of the court and was hanging out with Shangluo.

"Are you used to eating this?"

“The boiled eggs were delicious.”

"Boiled eggs?"

[Eating spiritual food every day, this treatment is not available even to the emperor. Only in Shangluo is there enough. This is what I eat too. ]

Phaethon explained, "In short, it's great food. Her Majesty Victoria eats much better here than at home."

"Master Phaethon, your presence here also makes us feel much more at ease."

"So you are worried about Shangluo?"

Shangluo was drinking tea on the sofa in the tea room. He raised his head when he heard someone talking about him.

"No, no, no. We have also worked with the King of Rome. He is a very talented man, and his talent matches his gifts. Otherwise, we wouldn't be communicating in Aurora here and not avoiding him."

It was a bit awkward for these people to communicate in Aurora, the language of research, instead of their native language. After all, Shangluo was the only one who didn't understand Latin.

"Don't worry about me." Shangluo replied, "I have a translator here too."

Although he doesn't know how to do it, he has Tianyi Guiren, but he has never used it. After all, he just distracted himself to translate. Apollonia lacks everything now, but not mind.

"Your Excellency, I believe this is necessary etiquette. This is the proper courtesy to a monarch - even if the monarch is a foreigner."

Shangluo almost forgot about this. To them, Shangluo, as the King of Rome, was also a monarch. Perhaps to the majority of Romans, Shangluo's identity was unknown. But these frontline internal guards knew that after the Golden Branch incident, Shangluo had become a monarch with legitimacy that could directly compete with Apollonia.

The two were the "Sons of Heaven" of Rome and Greece respectively, representing the sacrificial rights of the two Roman main ethnic groups. On the contrary, Victoria's power came from the secular government and governance tradition of Rome, and was no longer related to the traditional sacrificial rights.

This is also because the "universal church" has declined within Rome. Unlike the technological barbarians who regard the universal church as the spokesperson of God, the essence of the universal church is just a reorganization of the original Roman Church in accordance with the "Orthodox liturgy" by Emperor Theodosius I in 380 AD, which was selected from a series of religions such as Mithraism and authorized by the winning sect at the Council of Nicaea.

In other words, for Rome, the "universal church" was a title attached to the empire, a political tool established to unify thoughts, and a continuation of the Pantheon. The Romans' general understanding of this foreign religion was similar to "Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty." It was important, but not that important.

Now that the universal church cannot provide the ultimate salvation of Cypernia, theocracy has returned to the ancient tradition. The Roman king and the Greek king are the most legitimate rulers of the two nations, a kind of priest king - objectively speaking, they can also be called witch kings, because this is rooted in witchcraft. "Oh, right." At this point, Shangluo suddenly remembered something: "Since he is the Roman king, can I call for the prophecy made by Apollonia when she was 3 years old? I want to see what it is."

[Eh? Do you really have to watch this? No! That happened when I was a kid. It seems really embarrassing!]

"In principle, it is possible." Titus answered according to Apollonia's cry, "But you can't see it directly. Because the record is the top secret of the Oracle, and there is no electronic file of the original text. If you want to see it, you can only go to the Oracle's archives. And..."

He hesitated.

"And there is some special reason which prevents me from looking it up?"

"Yes. As an operator of the Oracle and a warrior of Lady Apollonia, I understand the rules of the Oracle. From the perspective of confidentiality, this is a huge secret, but with your confidentiality level, there is no doubt that you can view it. However, whether you can view it specifically requires the Apollo Cult's priests to make their own judgment."

【Ah, a bunch of annoying old guys. They won't agree. 】

“Was it difficult for them to agree?”

Titus nodded. "The opinions of the priesthood tend to be conservative—there's a slippery slope that can't be mentioned."

"How to say?"

"You know, the 'Rome' in the Roman Empire actually refers to the Roman city-state in Italy. In our mythology system, the Roman legitimacy comes from Aeneas, the last descendant of Troy, and the direct ancestors are the brothers Romulus and Remus, the "Wolf Twins". Even in this mythology system, Rome is the mortal enemy of Greece and the remnant of Troy. In fact, Rome unified the entire Pan-Hellenic civilization as a conqueror. However, in the final analysis, Greece is Greece and Rome is Rome. The Apollo sect actually holds a Greek-centered ideology, because Rome does not exist in Apollo's prophecy."

"I remember hearing you mention it. I didn't expect to run into a tough guy today."

【So this is a slide that cannot be touched. In the eyes of the Oracle, there are no Romans, only Greeks. The Greeks can even be cut out. Alexander can be cut out first because he is a Macedonian mountain barbarian. Depending on the situation, Sparta can sometimes be cut out because they are clearly foreign conquerors. Even Athens can be cut out because Athens abuses citizenship. 】

"What about themselves?"

[Delphi does not grant citizenship. All the people in Delphi are clergy, strictly selected from the entire Greek world - the selection range does not include Rome. However, they are not an exception. In fact, the Senate is also dominated by Roman nobles - because it is difficult for Greek city-states that practice citizen politics to enter the Roman system. ]

"You guys are living a decent life here. But Rome is about to fall, how can we not be frank with each other? But I'm too busy now, I'll deal with them after I finish dealing with things here - and, as for your matters. Captain Lu has already told you, right?"

"He said he heard there was some nourishing beef."

(End of this chapter)