36. The boy in the barracks
"Ah, little master, you can't run around, Aditya told me to protect you. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
At night, in the neat and quiet barracks, there was a sudden chaotic quarrel, and looking in the direction from which the sound came, Appis could clearly see a young man in a white robe, and a bloated middle-aged servant in the barracks.
The soldiers focused their attention on the young Roman nobleman, and the nagging butler and servant beside him.
"I told you, I'm just going to go out for a walk, walk around and go back."
The emaciated boy read to his servant impatiently. But the servant did not seem to be at ease, and still followed the boy, scanning the Roman legionnaires around him with nervous eyes. It was as if they were all bed bugs of low status, and only his master, the young Roman nobleman, was an unstained and tall being.
"Hello, young nobleman, what are you looking for?"
Appis vaguely heard the bloated middle-aged servant shouting Atia's name, and out of curiosity, Apis walked over and stood in front of the boy and the butler.
"Soldier, get out of the way, you dare to talk to my little master like this."
When Apis walked up to the boy to speak, the butler, the servant behind the boy, quickly rushed up to Apis, and looked at the Roman soldier in front of him with a look of disdain, as if all the legionnaires were not qualified to talk to the little boy.
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Apis did not speak, and was waiting for the boy to speak, because at this time, it was useless to argue with the boy's servant, he did not want his little master to hang out outside, let alone let him come into contact with other people, especially low-ranking soldiers.
"Who are you?"
The young Roman aristocratic boy spoke, without a hint of contempt. He stood behind his servant and looked with a grim gaze at the Roman soldier in front of him who was talking to him.
"Apis, Apis."
"You're the new Recon Team Leader, Appis?"
The young Roman aristocratic boy asked naturally, without a trace of contempt or contempt in his tone, almost without emotion. Appis stood in front of the boy, feeling like an ice sculpture, with an elegant appearance, cold eyes, and a thin figure revealing the arrogance of the nobility. But all this is completely incompatible with his age, because he is not an aristocratic young man or a middle-aged politician, he is still just a child.
"Yes. Two weeks ago. ”
Appis replied with aristocratic etiquette.
"Moros, let me talk to him for a while, and you can just keep watch by the side."
The young Roman nobleman approached, and his servant reluctantly stepped aside, but it was also because of Appis's politeness that the servant reluctantly agreed to his little master and the young Roman soldier to make small talk for a while. But the personal servant still stared very closely, his eyes did not leave his little master half a step, and at the same time did not give Appis a good look.
Apis sat down with the boy.
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Once again, the topic of conversation unexpectedly spread from barracks life to Rome's politics, economy, and livelihood.
Apis faintly felt that the Roman aristocratic boy in front of him was not an ordinary person, his speech, his interests, his knowledge, were far beyond his peers, twelve or thirteen years old, still an ignorant age, his peers, even with wooden swords chasing each other and fighting, but this boy, but this boy, is interested in the adult world, those boring philosophies, politics? Governance has become a topic he is keen to discuss. Although Apis many times did not dare to answer him? Governance problems. But the boy is still most passionate about this issue. And I hope that Apis will talk more about his own opinions, and he will not reveal the topic of today's discussion to the outside world.
But despite this, Appis did not dare to say more, after all, entrusting his life to a young boy he had just met was completely unreliable.
"Forgive me for taking the liberty of asking, young Roman nobleman, what is your real name?"
Appis finally couldn't help himself and asked the question he was most curious about and wanted to ask. If you guessed correctly, in the whole of Rome, to be able to talk about so many social issues at such an age, and to be so wise and calm, this person, in this era, in the whole of Rome, may be only one person - Gaius? Octavian.
But the servant interrupted Appis's questioning before the boy could answer.
"You dare to inquire about the identity of our little master, this matter is not something that you, a low-ranking legionnaire, should worry about."
The servant Moros stared fiercely at Appis as he called out to his little master, "We should go, it's getting late, little master." ”
"Gaius? Octavian? Turinus. My name. It's a pleasure to meet you tonight, soldier. ”
Just as the bloated Roman servant was about to send the boy away, the boy took the initiative to get up and answer Appis's question. Apis should have guessed the answer, but when the truth was revealed, Apis couldn't help but feel a wave of surprise. I traveled to the ancient Roman era, thinking that I would be a gladiator or slave for the rest of my life, but in just two years, I not only met the greatest commander in the history of ancient Rome - Julius Caesar. He also met Octavian, the founding emperor of the ancient Roman Empire. This is the plot that should be, well, it has to be, because I'm the main character...... Apis's heart began to tremble, and now, all the people around him still looked down on this young boy, but Apis knew that with Octavian's wisdom and means, in a few years, he would become a brilliant politician, the adopted son of Caesar. If Apis was not mistaken, Octavian appeared in the army at this time, and it was Caesar who deliberately cultivated him. But it may have been that Adia was too doting on Octavian, so wherever she went, the servants watched over the young boy like a glass treasure. That's what happened just now.
Appis wanted to ask more about Octavia, but swallowed it back. After all, he and Octavian are not familiar with each other now, and it was just a one-night conversation. Can't be trusted. If at this time, Octavian knew that the low-level Roman soldier in front of him still had a leg with his sister, would Octavian's character do something that he would not do at his age? Apis didn't know, so, after much deliberation, he still didn't mention it.