"Let me out, you lackeys of Appis! You are not even as good as beasts, and when I go out, I will dismember you and feed you to the wolves. ”

The captive Tretus had been in a state of collapse for a few days, and the thought of returning to face Appis, his father-killer, would stand in front of him and sneer at him. As soon as he thought of this, Tretus couldn't stand it, he was a man with a lot of self-esteem and a person who was willing to show himself. Now, they are locked up here, like beasts in the arena, for people to see.

Tretus yelled at the GIs around him. He even grabbed the arm of a soldier who was about to bring him food, grabbed him on the fence of the prisoner's car, suffocated him by the neck with his hand, and forced him to hand over the keys.

Fortunately, he was seen by several passing GIs, and the innocent Roman soldier was rescued. Then, several GIs stared angrily at Tretus.

"Beat him up, mad dog."

"No, Appis has orders not to hurt this dog."

Several GIs were talking outside the prisoner van.

"I only said that I wanted to save his life, but I didn't say that I couldn't hurt him, and when there were scars, I said that they were left on the battlefield. It's none of our business. ”

"Well, I'd love to beat up this traitor. I have never enjoyed the feeling of beating up nobles in my life. ”

The leading GI was the first to propose.

After a few discussions, Tretus saw several GIs walking towards him with a wicked smile on their faces outside the prisoner's car, and then the GI in charge of the foreman had the key in his hand and quickly unlocked the lock.

At this point, Tretus panicked.

"Come out, don't you really want to come out? Brat. ”

The leading soldier had a scar on his face, and at first glance he was a ruffian. He held the bat in one hand and said as he dragged Traetus out of the cage with the other.

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm a Roman nobleman, you can't hurt me!"

Dragged out of the prisoner's cart and flipped to the ground, Teretus screamed in horror. However, before he could finish shouting, the veteran with the scar on his face had already swung a punch and knocked him to the ground. Teretus's eye sockets suddenly swollen, and warm blood flowed into his eyes, and the world in front of him was blood-red. The pain came from the corner of the eye, as if the whole eye was swollen and painful. However, the brawl has only just begun......

Several GIs punched and slapped Teretus and knocked him to the ground.

Tretus tried to get up, but was kicked to the ground. There was a lot of on the ground, and Teretus's face was covered in filth.

"What's wrong? The nobility of Rome, the taste of chicken manure is okay. Where did your courage go? You're not going to feed us to the wolves? Rise up, rise up and fight! ”

The GIs kicked Teretus to the ground and then verbally taunted. Enraged, Tretus dragged his scarred body, got up with all his strength, and threw down a GI, spitting blood in the GI's face, and then slamming his fists and slaps like crazy.

"Damn it, this brute!"

The veteran foreman was furious, and he grabbed Teretus from the soldier and struck him in the stomach with his short stick. In severe pain, Tretus fell to the ground again. At this point, several GIs showed no mercy, and they kicked Teretus in the head one by one. Until young Tretus lay on the ground, motionless, with scarlet blood flowing from the corners of his mouth......

"Stop! Stop it! Damn it! Will he die? ”

The leading veteran suddenly remembered something, and stood aside from the others around him who were beating Tretus.

Several GIs suddenly came to their senses, and a sense of panic spread among several people. Appis had a clear order not to kill Teretus, but now it seemed that the young man was lying on the ground, motionless, and blood almost covered his face.

"Wake up!"

Private Scar turned Tretus over and patted Tretus on the face with one hand as he asked anxiously.

However, for a long time, the young man in front of him did not react.

…………

"Look what you've all done! Don't hurt Tretus, this is Apis's order, do you dare to disobey Apis's order? ”

After Tretus was beaten, Maximus was furious. Several GIs stood in place, trembling as they listened to the commander's rage.

"General, what now?"

The veteran with the scar on his face plucked up his courage and asked.

"What do you say? Wait for Apis to deal with your court-martials, and you know what punishment will be given to the soldiers who do not obey orders! Maybe it's worse than that. Tretus was confessed by Appis himself. He was more important than any prisoner of war. You should be glad that he is not dead, but he has a head wound and looks in a trance. And I, too, will be punished by Appis, I am your general, and I have not taken care of you. Damn, a bunch of stupid bastards! ”

Maximus roared. Several GIs lowered their heads and did not dare to say anything.

…………

"Tertilla, thank you for coming to see me, I'm so happy, you know? Teretus was found, alive and unscathed, returning to Rome from Syria. How excited I am, I'm about to see my own child. Thank you, Tertilla, and thank Apys. He did it. ”

When the news of Tretus' rescue and return to Rome arrived, Tertila was as happy as a child. She danced and even spoke incoherently. Tertilla sat there, smiling.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot to entertain you, sister."

After saying that, seeing Tertira's pursed and smiling expression, Octavia realized that he had lost some of his temper. "Otoya, bring me a plate of melons and two glasses of wine." She hurriedly asked the servant to bring a courtesy snack.

"Octavia, I'm so glad for you, that Tretus is back, that your child has been found, and that is the greatest happiness of being a mother. We can live happily as before. ”

Tertilla said ceremoniously.

And suddenly, Octavia was a little lonely, and she seemed to remember something.

"Alas, Tertilla, thank you for being so kind. But Teretus is afraid that he will no longer be the Tretus of the past, and it is impossible for Appis to accept a man who has betrayed him. We have always had good times, and I am afraid that we can only live in the memory. ”

Octavia was suddenly sad, she knew that this time Tretus returned, Tiberius and Nevia could not be as kind and intimate to him as before. Teretus, he was a traitor, an enemy of Rome, and no amount of cleansing could erase this filthy fact. Tiberius, who was on the rise in his career, would never have been contaminated with such a person.