Looking at the girl's slightly blushing face, Novia kissed her.
"That's it."
"Hmm, you can continue, teacher, but this is also good, hehe..."
Nero's gaze was like a flame, and beneath the flame was a look like black mud that would devour everything.
054: Please, don't hate me
With the end of the new emperor's coronation ceremony, night officially arrived.
Having appeased Nero with a kiss, Novia refused the girl's invitation to go to the palace and returned to his home outside Rome where he had lived for several years.
However, the moment he opened the door, Novia saw the silver-haired girl who was the incarnation of Albion staring at him with gloomy eyes.
"Human, you............."
Albion's voice was devoid of warmth. It was so deep and chilling that for a moment, Novia even felt as if his body temperature had dropped sharply.
She usually looked lifeless, but now there was an even more strange atmosphere surrounding her.
This was exactly what Novia had expected, because when he kissed Nero, he sensed that the "gun" he had brought to the Pantheon was about to explode with its magic power.
Novia had guessed early on that Albion was interested in him, but Novia had always been using this strongest dragon. It was not until Albion did those things for him sincerely in Jerusalem that Novia began to regard him as a friend and a trustworthy person.
When it comes to liking something, the level of affection is naturally not as high as Nero's. After all, they have been together for so many years, and this strongest dragon is also a tsundere.
It seems that we have no choice but to attack first. After Novia made his decision, he said to Albion with a cold expression:
"Don't be so self-willed, Albion."
In the air of treading on thin ice, Novia broke the deadlock.
"Human, what did you say........."
"I mean, I have a name. To be honest, I'm tired of you. You're so weird all the time. I've been with you for so long, I've had enough of you. I'm telling you clearly that I hate you. We're no longer friends—"
Before Novia could finish his words, Albion rushed over to him again, losing his mind like last time.
She opened her mouth wide, revealing her sharp teeth, and bit off a piece of flesh from Novia's belly. Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and the lower half of her face was stained red by the splattered blood. But she was still not satisfied. After swallowing, she bit deeper.
Seeing this, Novia could only silently accept the pain of his body being bitten, after all, this was what he planned.
When Albion heard Novia say "I hate you", he felt his heart making a sound, an exceptionally large and loud beating.
I was his one and only brilliance, he said. It was the first time anyone had ever said that to me.
From that moment on, completely different feelings that had never reverberated in Albion's heart began to sprout.
It's not fear, trouble, or desire to dominate. It's something more like body temperature.
But now, now——
"Novia."
Just saying the name sent a sweet pain through Albion's heart.
"Don't hate me. I don't want to eat you."
Despite the words in his mouth, Albion continued to bite, reveling in the flowing blood.
"It's okay." Novia endured the severe pain, held Albion's head, and smiled, "You're welcome. If this can satisfy you, then there's no problem."
"Novia, please don't hate me. I won't be willful anymore."
The silver-haired girl trembled more and more violently, and finally raised her head. Transparent drops of water flowed across the corners of her bloody mouth.
Seeing Albion like this, Novia breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she had finally convinced Albion. She probably wouldn't get angry at any time in the future, and her attitude would change.
"No problem, as long as you behave yourself in the future, I won't say anything like that again."
Novia creates a warm atmosphere with his gentle voice, which is an area where he excels.
"That...water or something, aren't you going to drink it?"
Albion, who was curled up in Novia's arms, said timidly.
"You should be the one drinking water to wash the blood out of your mouth."
Novia's words rose to his throat but failed to come out from his lips, because Albion pounced on him again, sat on his waist, held his hands with both of his hands, desire was revealed in his golden pupils, but his face was still timid.
"Well, I know. You definitely have to drink it because the taste of that human is in your mouth. You don't like it either, Novia, right? So you have to wash it clean, otherwise you will be defiled. It sounds comfortable, right? I will completely cover up her taste like that..."
The silver-haired girl licked her lips gently and stuck out her tongue, immediately revealing a pleading expression like a cat, and buried her head hard in the young man's chest. She first licked the blood from the bite marks on Novia's body and used magic to heal the wounds, and then tried to clear all the smell of Nero from Novia's mouth.
.......
"Hey hey hey hey, the teacher asked for leave?! Why is that?"
Nero, who had just become emperor, heard the report from his minister Seneca and his originally happy expression instantly fell.
Although he dealt with the reported matters seriously, he ran back to his bed and became unhappy as soon as he finished.
She had originally planned to see her teacher Novia early in the morning, which would put her in a good mood for the whole day.
"How could this be? This shouldn't be the case. The teacher has never asked for leave before. Could it be because—"
Just when Nero was confused, she suddenly remembered the kiss between her and Novia in the Pantheon during the coronation ceremony yesterday. She felt a little shy when she thought of her boldness, but she didn't expect her teacher to be like this.
"Hmm, Hmm, so the teacher is so innocent, what? Haha, I didn't expect that she would be as cute as a small animal, hehe..."
Nero's mood suddenly improved and he felt hungry, so he called Locusta and asked the green-haired girl who was in charge of food safety in the palace to cook mushroom soup for him.
For some reason, Nero particularly likes mushroom dishes now, and she also has great trust in Locusta, who was arranged by her teacher.
Speaking of which, the teacher has rarely given me poison to drink recently. Is it because I have been drinking it for too long and the poison has lost its effect? That won’t do. As the teacher’s apprentice and the person he values most, I can’t let the teacher get into trouble.
Next time the teacher gives it to me, I will ask Lokusta to help research a more toxic one. The teacher will definitely praise me for that!
“Mmmmm…”
Nero couldn't help laughing while drinking mushroom soup.
"Your Majesty, why are you laughing suddenly?"
Lokusta, who was standing aside, had a puzzled expression on his face. He didn't understand why the emperor laughed while drinking. Was it because the drink was so delicious?
"Because I have thought of a good way to get the teacher to praise me!"
055: If I don’t see my teacher for a long time, I will be very sad.
"Your Majesty, from now on, regarding the leader of the Guards, can the current Governor of Britain, Lucius Longinus, be appointed?"
Somewhere in the Roman Palace, various varieties of flowers are planted. When the weather is warm and the flowers bloom, the place is surrounded by suffocating floral fragrance.
"absolutely okay!"
The girl with dazzling blonde hair nodded and smiled without saying much.
In response to this suggestion, Nero believed that it was impossible for a man as capable as his teacher, who sincerely wanted the best for Rome and everyone, to treat the most important woman like him badly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Bruce, the leader of the Praetorian Guard appointed by Claudius, had proposed to retire as early as after Nero successfully ascended the throne. Novia knew that he wanted to protect himself, but because he knew the current situation and would not do anything to cause trouble, he let him go.
As for the control of the Guards, Novia was not only planning to have the overt control. He let Lucius be the leader in order to use the "Christian" faith to prevent these "elites" who were carefully selected from the Roman Empire from falling into a life of decadence and make them have faith in Christianity and Rome.
The current Royal Guards have not yet developed to the lawless level that they will be in the future. As long as Lucius takes some time to reset it, it will be completely fine.
Take the British Legion where Lucius was, for example. Under his training, it had become one of the most powerful legions in the Roman Empire. The last time Novya pacified the Jewish province, the British Legion was the unit that contributed the most.
"I say, teacher, when we are alone, there is no need to call me Your Majesty or anything like that. Although my status has changed, my essence remains the same. I didn't say anything."
She held her chin and said with a look of displeasure.
Nero had always believed that after helping his teacher, he would get a little pleasure from looking at Novia smiling at her and calling her name, but now he just called her "Your Majesty" and he felt nothing at all.
"Your Majesty, this is necessary etiquette."
"Okay, since you like this, that's fine." Nero nodded, and did not continue to force it. He smiled and continued,
"Teacher, why did you ask for leave yesterday? Was it because of me that you were not feeling well? Well, actually, I also felt that it was too fast to do mouth-to-mouth at the beginning, but other than mouth-to-mouth, it is ok... No, actually, I was very happy, very happy to have skin-to-skin contact like this, but... well... I don't mean to ask you to... how should I put it... hehe..."
Nero's originally confident smile became less and less confident as he spoke, and he suddenly turned red and flustered.
This was not only because the panicked expression on Novia's face that she expected did not appear, but also because she associated it with something more intimate.
As for Novia, he finally experienced what a real dragon tongue tasted like yesterday. It was like a lizard's and too long. However, it might be because Albion had only seen Novia kissing Nero before and had never seen anything else, so he just kept kissing.
Judging from the results, Novia's deliberate provocation of Albion was very effective. At least from now on, Albion's attitude towards him will change greatly.
But until now, Albion has not been seen, as if he ran away. Novia spoke to him in his heart but he did not respond. He was also confused about it, because isn't Albion a soul now? It can be considered as an instrument spirit, why does it have a real tongue? It's a bit strange. Could it be that he is in the process of getting a physical body? But what is the reason for this...
"By the way, teacher, can you accompany me to the Greek Peninsula later? Because the ministers suggested digging the Isthmus of Corinth on the Greek Peninsula, so I want to participate in the construction."
Because Novia didn't react to her words, Nero almost thought that she had upset her teacher, which would be bad, so she quickly proposed something that she thought would make the teacher happy if she did it.
Moreover, building a canal across the Isthmus of Corinth would improve the Roman Empire's commercial control over Greece, which would benefit the country and the people.
Nero, who had just become emperor, randomly distributed various gifts to the masses every day. In addition to food, clothes and livestock, he even gave gold, silver, jewelry and real estate. He also required free bread to be distributed monthly to influential old soldiers. He also paid annual salaries to the downtrodden senators to recognize their past contributions. He also funded the construction of a huge port for the old colonial city...
In short, he looks like an enlightened monarch.
"I'm afraid that won't work. Your Majesty, as you know, the heads of all churches across the country will gather in Rome in a few days. I really can't leave."
On the day Nero ascended the throne, Novia persuaded her to announce in Rome that all the heads of Christian churches across the country should come to Rome to discuss things with him, the leader, pass on the edited New Testament, unify the doctrine, and change the name of Christianity to the Cathedral Church.
Although with Novia's current reputation, there is actually no need to discuss with other believers, but the necessary procedures are still necessary, and no one is likely to refute it.
"Your Majesty, you can go alone, right? Haven't you always loved the Romans?"
When asked, Nero thought about it.
If I had to choose between like or dislike, I would like it very much, but——
"If this happens, I won't be able to see you for a long time, teacher."
"......Then you should also come and attend the Christian conference later."
"Hey, is it okay?! Teacher, I am the emperor, although I have been a Christian for a long time."
She stood up from her chair with a bang and leaned forward as if she had suddenly braked.
"But it will have an impact after all. If I go, it will cause trouble for you, teacher..."
"I don't think so, and I don't mind at all." Looking at the hesitant blonde girl, Novia deliberately made her words clearer, "Besides, Theus of Rome is a saint written in the book. No matter what, she is an important person, right?"
"Saint...Yes...I am still a saint..."
That's right, the blonde girl thought.
She knew she was an important person to her teacher, and this alone made her excited.
When their eyes met, Novia smiled, and Nero couldn't help but smile naturally.
That's great.
056: The Covenant of Novia and the Premonition of Apocalypse
The world conference of Christianity is called the Ecumenical Council.
A church council is a gathering of representatives from the universal church or local churches to discuss church affairs in order to reach a unanimous decision.
There are many kinds of church conferences, such as bishops' conferences, patriarchal conferences, or local conferences, and among them, the world conference of Christianity is called the Ecumenical Council.
And now, Novia officially convened this meeting in the Roman Empire three hundred years ahead of schedule, which was originally scheduled to begin three hundred years later.
For Novia, the glorious Christianity he brought was totally different from the later era, when Christians throughout the Roman Empire had different understandings of faith due to years of hiding from place to place, and it was all up to the bishops of local churches to interpret it.
This also led to the birth of the first Ecumenical Council in history, which resolved the differences among the bishops on the relationship between Jesus and the Father, as well as the problem of Arianism, established Easter, dealt with Milesius schism, and recognized that the status of the Bishop of Rome was higher than that of bishops in other regions...
But in the first century AD, all of these Christian doctrines were preached by Noviya, who was the undisputed leader of Christianity. These problems were not problems or had not even occurred, except for the establishment of Easter.
It can be said that there was no need for Novia to convene an ecumenical council. It would not be an exaggeration to describe him as a one-man show. Even without such a meeting, his words were binding on the churches throughout the Roman Empire.
