Chapter 57 Meet the future father-in-law
"The soldier holding the kingdom flag should be the Mesapi people?"
"The announcement said that his name was La Kelesis, a soldier of the Ninth Legion (the Ninth Legion is mainly composed of Mesapi people). When he captured the city of Lusenia, he rushed to the top of the city, killed four enemies in a row, and was stabbed in several spears, and continued to fight until his comrades rushed to the top of the city..."
"No wonder he is still wearing a bandage, so the brave soldier deserves the honor of the triumphal flag hand!"
"La Kelesis is a famous warrior in our city of Udie!" someone next to him interrupted in stiff Greek.
In such a celebratory atmosphere, the conflicts and disputes in the past will be abandoned, and people's minds will become broader. The person who spoke before said happily: "Whether they are Greeks or Mesapis are the people of Dionians. If you Mesapis join the army of Dionians, our legion will be stronger!"
"Dionia's Legion won thousands of victories!"
"The Ninth Legion has won thousands of victories!"
"Good Rakelesis!"
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The parade arrived at the first Arc de Triomphe, which was the starting point of the outer city in northern Turiyi.
This Arc de Triomphe was built after the Southern Italian War. The four reliefs on the arch record four exciting battles that determined the fate of Dionia in the Southern Italian War. They are: the Battle of Poseidonia, the Battle of Turiyi, the Battle of Crotone, and the Battle of Mearo.
The soldiers who passed this Arc de Triomphe had a little more solemnity in their excitement. They were eager to make more contributions and were remembered by the history of the Kingdom of Dionys...
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The surroundings of Victory Square were also full of spectators, but unlike the people along the way, their status was different, including Gentile envoys, invited guests, kingdom officials and officers, and their families...
This of course also includes Davers' family, who sit on the viewing platform next to the Grand Council Hall, surrounded by soldiers guards.
"Getia, you don't have to stretch your neck so long. The parade is still early here. Now it's not as good as before. There are five or six miles from the outer city to the inner city-Oh!" The quirky girl was tapped by the dignified and generous girl beside her, and then she heard the girl scold her softly: "Eunice, don't be so rude! Getia is older than you, you should call her sister!"
"Okay, Sister Gitia!" Eunice's flexible big eyes flashed with a cunning light: "You don't have to worry about finding it. Steflos is the legion flag hand of the Eighth Legion this time. He walked in the forefront of the team and could see it without stretching his neck."
When the petite and beautiful Gidia heard this, she blushed and quickly retracted her delicate body on the railing. Looking at the two sisters who were smirking with their heads down, she couldn't help but defend herself: "I don't want to see Stiflos, but I want to help... I want to help Cynthia find where Patroclus is."
"My sister won't be as anxious as you. Anyway, she will get engaged to Patroclus in a short while!" Eunice blurted out, and although the voice was not loud, it also surprised some people.
Cynthia was also a little shy and immediately patted Eunice: "Don't talk nonsense!"
Unisie was distracted and said with a smile: "Sister Gitia, look at my sister is about to get married. When will you and Stiflos get married?"
"ah?……"
"Eunice!"
"Ouch!"
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Alexis was riding in a gorgeous chariot led by four dark horses. Today's Kingdom of Dionia is no longer as poor as it was when it was first built. It is easy to find four tall and majestic horses without a trace of variegated dark horses.
Behind him is Leotizides, also a four-horse chariot.
Then there were the twin-horse chariots riding by several legion commanders, which made the legion commanders such as Amintas and Oliverus a little uncomfortable.
Leotizides stood in the carriage, straightening his chest, and greeting the cheers and praises of thousands of people. He had participated in the triumphal ceremony many times, but it was the first time he participated as the commander of the war zone. The attention he received as the protagonist was naturally different from the past. He was also extremely excited and waved to the surroundings with a rare slight hurdle.
When their carriages entered Victory Square, thunderous cheers came overwhelmingly.
The carriage ran around the periphery of the square for a while and stopped in front of the Senate's Grand Seminary Hall.
Alexis, Leotizides and several legion commanders got off the carriage one after another and walked up the steps with a solemn expression.
On the platform at the end of the steps were noble kingdom elders, surrounded by King Davers with crowns.
"Your Majesty!" Alexis, who was the first to walk onto the platform, gave a respectful military salute.
Davers solemnly returned the gift and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Alexis! Thank you for adding new territory and people to the kingdom!"
"This is my duty as an army commander." Alexis replied.
Davers took the golden scepter of victory from Henipolis with a smile and handed it over. This was a foot-long cane made of gold, with an exquisitely carved statue of the goddess of victory at the top. This was a reward for the commander who returned from triumphant. Now, with the strength of the kingdom, it is no longer a verbal commendation for the winner, but also a substantial prize.
For the kingdom general who commands the battle, this is the highest reward. Therefore, Alexis, who usually doesn't value gold and silver, also took it with excitement and pressed it tightly on his chest.
"Your Majesty!" Leotizides gave a clean and neat military salute.
"Prosous, good job!" Davers smiled even happier: "You did not disappoint my expectations, and it was beyond the expectations of many people!"
Davers said, handing over the scepter of victory. After Leothi handed over to take it, he patted him strongly on his shoulder and said in a deep voice: "I look forward to your next victory!"
Leotizides was also excited. He understood that this showed that King Davers valued him very much and didn't know what to say for a moment, but just kept saying: "Yes! Yes!..."
Davers then presented silver scepters to several legion commanders including Amintas, Olivers, and others.
When he was going to wear the three-headed Dog Warrior medal made of gold for several flag hands, he saw the Rakelesis tied up from Mesapi and couldn't help but remember the scene when he gave the military flag to the wounded Dracos in Amendora more than ten years ago. He couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, so he gave the heroic soldier a powerful hug, grabbed his hand, and raised it high.
The soldiers in the square cheered loudly, especially those from Mesapi and Puchetti.
After Davers carefully wore medals for the flag-makers one by one, he then strode to the platform and faced the thousands of soldiers below the stage and shouted loudly: "The heroic soldiers of Dionia, the citizens of the kingdom!"
"The Kingdom of Dionia is a thousand victories!!!..."
"King Davers wins!!!..."
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The triumphal style came to an end with the cheers of the soldiers roaring and thundering.
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The triumphal ceremony just ended yesterday, and today Paltrowros received a notice from the Military Affairs Department: He asked him to go to the palace immediately.
Although he had received news from Cynthia last night, Patroclus was still uneasy along the way. After all, this was the first time he was received by King Davers alone.
When he arrived at the door of the King's Office on the second floor of the palace, the guards had not had time to go in and inform him. Henepolis happened to come out from inside and saw Patroclus, the court clerk who was once the "youngest elder" looked at him with interest, and then said with a smile: "Young man, congratulations!" Then he turned around and went in.
After a while, when he came out again, Henipolis brought two clerks and comforted Patrocross and said, "Don't be nervous, go in."
Patrocross said softly thankfully: "Thank you, Lord Henepolis!"
Patrocross walked in softly, leaving only one person in the room.
The founder of the Kingdom of Diony, the supreme commander of the Diony's army, descendant of Hades, and also Cynthia's father, King Davers sat behind the desk more than 20 meters away, staring at him calmly.
Even Patroclus, who was usually brave, couldn't help but beating quickly with a "bang! bang!..."
"Your Majesty... I'm here." He tried his best to control his body and saluted Davers.
Davers looked at him with a look of scrutiny and a hint of kindness. He saw Patroclus' nervousness, and he said in a gentle tone: "Sit, Patroclus."
"Yes!" Paltrowross sat on the wooden chair next to him, calming his mind a little, then he felt his lips dry and tight, and he subconsciously swallowed.
Davers smiled: "You're thirsty, I'll give you a cup of water."
"No, thank you, Your Majesty!" Patrocross waved his hand quickly.
"Before the Triumph, I reviewed the list of recommended candidates sent by Alexis as the flagship player of the Triumph Legion and specially deleted your name." Davers said slowly: "You must have complained, right?"
"No, your majesty." Patrocross said without hesitation.
"Do you know why I did this?" Davers asked further.
"It's because... we need to avoid suspicion." Paltrowross answered softly indeterminately.
"Yes, to avoid suspicion." Davers gave affirmation and said in a deep voice: "You are a young man with great military talent, but when you marry Cynthia, you will be infected with the background of the Wang family. Everything you get will be considered by others as the result of my care. So there will be many things to avoid suspicion like this in the future. You may not become the "youngest commander" and the "youngest commander" like Prosous..."
Chapter completed!