"Apis, I'm sorry about Octavia, I can't change anything, even though I know that my daughter loves you so much. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info But your status was so disparity in the beginning. ”

A few days later, just when Apis was feeling emaciated and uncertain, Attia came to the door. Apis should have been touched that a noble woman of high status could take the initiative to come to his apartment and express her heart to herself, but Octavia's departure was too heartbroken for Apis.

The bedside was piled with the drinks that Apis had drunk these days, most of them strong wines, and Turus led Attia to the room where Apis was, and as soon as he entered, the Roman noble woman took off her cloak with her. Picked up a bottle on the ground that had bottomed out. His eyes were full of helplessness.

“……”

Appis didn't speak, just sat at the head of the bed and continued to look out the window melancholy. The crowds on the streets are still flowing endlessly, and in the huge city, how many joys and sorrows are staged every day, who cares.

"Aduneus, you are excellent and talented. In just four years, he was able to transform from an ordinary soldier to the chief centurion of today, a candidate for tribune of Rome. I still remember when you were in my yard and Bartinius brought you over, when you were still a young man. Octavia must have met you before that, but I know a lot of things, and I'm just pretending not to know and protecting Octavia's fragile mind. ”

Attia pulled up her chair, sat down gracefully, and spoke to Apis in a gentle voice.

"What are you doing now? Nothing will change. Mistress, tell me why you're here, you don't just want to catch up with me, right? ”

People who should be treated with great respect, Appis is not in that mood at the moment. In fact, at this moment, no matter who mentioned Octavia, Apis felt a pang of pain in his heart, like a sharp knife stuck in his heart, and then pulled out bloodily. Appis would rather suffer as many sword wounds on the battlefield as he would have suffered from such mental wounds, which could barely heal. For a long time to come, Octavia will likely remain in her memories.

"Well, I do have something else to say."

Atia looked into Appis' eyes and said calmly. She was always so calm and graceful, even so calm that it made people feel a little cold-blooded, which Octavian inherited from his mother.

"I'm listening, hostess."

Appis replied, picking up a bottle of wine on the table, continuing to open his throat and swallowing it in one gulp.

"Octavia was married to Sextus under Caesar's arrangement, but I hope you don't resent Caesar, he is one of the Triumvirate, after the death of Crassus, Pompey's attitude towards him was no longer friendly, at that time, Caesar was still in Gaul, fighting with many tribes, he had no room to turn back, he could only use this method to stabilize the relationship with Pompey. Caesar is a politician, the commander of the legion, and in his position, many times he can only do this, do that, these seemingly ruthless actions, many times, are to preserve the family. If it weren't for Caesar, Octavia might not have the right to choose her own marriage, you know? ”

"That's what you're trying to say?"

Appis wanted to speak calmly, but the cramping in his heart always made him speak with dissatisfaction, although Apis also knew that in this matter, he could not blame Atia. She could only agree to the whole thing silently.

"Not just Caesar, but for my daughter's future and future."

Attia continued to speak calmly, but Apis noticed that she began to sigh softly as she spoke. It's so similar to Octavia.

"For Octavia? Why? ”

Appis straightened his hair, trying to calm his emotions.

"You know, Octavia is married to Pompey Jr., and we can't change it, and I know that this matter is a huge blow to you and to her, but what I want to say is that since it has happened, we will not pursue it further. I hope you don't go back to Octavia in the future. ”

"Why?!"

Appis couldn't control his emotions a little.

"Because every time you go to see her, it will make her suffer a little more, and she loves you deeply, but she can't be with you, and it hurts her greatly. Every time she sees you again, it reminds her of a lot of the past, and she will be unable to extricate herself from you. However, this is not good for both of you. Because you can't change anything now, neither can she, and even if you take revenge on Sextus in the future, you won't be able to erase what she has been through today. ”

Atia still spoke in such a gentle tone that she seemed to be the same to everyone, whether it was a nobleman or a commoner.

"Do you want me to be like this, gradually forgetting her? Do you want her to let her, like that, gradually forget me? ”

Appis wanted to be angry, but thinking about it, Attia is a noble person after all, and she is not the mastermind in this matter, not even the mastermind, she is just a mother, protecting her daughter. Coupled with his current identity, in fact, if it weren't for Atia taking the initiative to come to him, with the power of Caesar, he would have to remove himself, it would still be a matter of one sentence. So, to Attia, Apis was once again respectful......

"Appis, I know it's cruel to you, but I hope you look at it sensibly. In the future, your life is still very long, Caesar values you so much, your future is bright, don't ruin your future because of the impulsiveness and emotion of your youth. Octavia, my daughter, probably doesn't want you to be so depraved because of him, do you? ”

Atia was sincere, and Appis admired Atia, a noble noble woman, who could take the initiative to come to a commoner's house and persuade him so much. In other Roman aristocrats, there may only be contempt and contempt. But Atiya handled that very well. It seems that she admired Appis's abilities and did not want to tell Caesar about it. Perhaps, it was also to come to Appis to make some kind of deal?

It occurred to Apis, perhaps, that it was for Octavian?

"Mistress, I understand what you think, but with all due respect, there is another meaning for the purpose of your coming to me today, for Octavian? You don't want Octavian to know about it, do you? ”

Apis said bluntly. Now that Atia already knows a lot, there is no need for her to hide anything.

"Apass, you are indeed a wise man, a very talented man. Octavian was right, he needed you as a friend. ”

Seeing that Apis was so direct, Attia no longer concealed it, but said it so bluntly...... (To be continued.) )