"Thanks to the interest of our farmers, Italy has learned to grow almost all the world's fruits." - Columella, an ancient Roman agronomist

――――――――――――――――――

"Nothing rude." When the high priest saw Richicia's condition, he also felt sentimental, as if he had returned to the old days when he had first come to the city of Rome and was the treasurer of the Holy Treasurer, "You lie down like this." Then the high priest sat down on a single chair beside him, looking at the cold furnishings of the room, a little overwhelmed, it was obvious that he had something to ask him, but he was a little difficult to say.

"When I was ten years old, I began to serve the Holy Flame for thirty years, and I should have retired long before you came here, so that I could have left the priesthood and lived an independent life." ”

"But you didn't retreat, for what reason, because of the Sybil prophecy?" The High Priest asked in a deep voice.

"Perhaps, it has been a notorious book since the founding of Rome, and people both feared it and could not live without it, and King Numa gave it to the management of the Virgin Clan, but even a figure like King Numa could not control this lich theory. It was in the prophetic book of Sybil that I received a revelation that I was slow to leave the position of the First Virgin, until the time of the fulfillment of the omen, and I passed it to Zeno. ”

"Zeno, as rumored to be, your daughter with Crassus?" Li Bida looked at the virgin standing at the door, and then turned his head and asked.

Lisilia laughed, "It doesn't matter. It's not a big deal. You just need to understand. The Flame of the Vesta and the Book of Sybil's Prophecy will be passed down from generation to generation, and Zeno is just the chosen one. But Crassus had deceived and played with my feelings when he was young, and when he was hiding in Spain, he had felt the power of the gods, but he quickly forgot about it, and he pursued me, which made my heart move. But the real purpose was to defraud the temple of the hearth, but it didn't matter, he was punished for offending the gods - I was right, right, high priest, no, Calabis. After speaking, Li Xilia's eyes turned to Li Bida, which was meaningful. Looking at the high priest's hands trembling slightly, the secret in it. It made Li Bida even more restless.

"But you are very good, you are a temperate bad person, that's why you were chosen by the gods, in fact, you already knew that Zeno admired you in your heart, but you dissolved this lust, you always regarded Zeno as a daughter, or a sister." Lisilia sighed, "But Zeno is a poor child, as pitiful as me, virgins have been entering the temple to serve Vesta since they were about ten years old, thirty years later, even if they can get the so-called freedom, but we have lost the age of pursuing and enjoying sweetness, and our hearts are also due to long-term imprisonment and chastity, we can no longer integrate into the life of normal people, maybe the current death is the best ending for me, right?" ”

But the High Priest was already a little impatient to listen to her own journey, and he was more concerned, "Sybil's prophecy is actually the master of history and the future, right, it is the measure of the gods. ”

After hearing this, Licilia nodded slightly, "Yes, but why don't you ask me directly and give you the prophecy book, or your Aemilius family will be in charge."

The High Priest was stunned for a moment, then laughed with Richelia, who laughed with much more difficulty, "No, the honorable Chief Virgin, not even like me, is so stupid. Sybil's Book of Prophecy is by no means as simple as this book, even if I take it, even if I burn it, can it change anything? Since fate has chosen me, I will go on step by step. ”

"Respect the choice of the gods, no matter what the future holds." Richlia closed her eyes in satisfaction, the sunlight pouring down from the window on her face, "Perhaps one day, the Sybil prophecy itself will come to naught in the vastness of history." ”

Li Bida respectfully put his hand on Li Xilia's forehead, as if he was caring for the dying person, and the virgins who saw this scene outside were all crying.

Who would have thought that Li Xilia suddenly opened her eyes and said to Li Bida mysteriously, "Do you want to know your lifespan?" In return for comforting me, I can sue you"

The High Priest tilted his face instinctively and curiously, and Richilia whispered a number, then closed her eyes again, "Thank you, but you should have more important things, I will die in about a day or two." ”

Then the high priest stood up with some tears and laughter, and did not know what kind of thoughts and attitudes to hold towards Richillia's "gift", which is like this: since ancient times, he has tried to understand his life from the prophets and sorcerers, but when it is laid naked in front of him, there is a feeling of sadness and helplessness, which will produce great regret in his heart, as if he had opened Pandora's box.

"That's it, it's better to know than not to know, and it's better not to know than to know." The high priest repeated this sentence and walked out slowly, and then he looked at Zeno standing in front of him, the old maiden had grown up, and her perfect and pretty face had left some marks of time, the square virgin gown, the bun of her hair pulled up, her slender white neck, and only the pure eyes were as pure as ever, as when the two of them first met on the streets of Subura, "Do your duty well, for the sake of the republic." These were the words of the high priest to her, or rather the encouragement, and then Li Bida came to the courtyard, looked at the walnut tree from Greece for a long time, then shook his head, nodded again, and walked out of the wall of the virgin's apartment under the escort of the guards.

In the days that followed, the planes of war were turning rapidly, and four more legions had begun to move to Brindisi, while the other four legions, which had completed their pacification mission in Spain, were also approaching in fleet.

Brutus's mood became more and more anxious, and on the day he had set up, he gathered everyone together again, and personally drew the short sword that Cassiillo had given him, which was used to assassinate Caesar, "We must not delay any longer! Are you still sticking to your previous beliefs and not changing? ”

Everyone in the seats nodded, and then Brutus sighed, "Then vote!" ”

In the end, Horace, Virgil and other young forces had the upper hand, and it was decided that the six legions would immediately send out their troops to attack Epirus and fight the seven legions left behind by Turinus. (To be continued......)