What is the concept of father?

I do not know.

For as long as I can remember, the first man I remembered, he claimed to be my father, that man, everyone else called him Quintus, and I was forced by him to call him father.

Quintus was young and he had a terrible scar on his face...... Probably because of his ugly face, Quintus had a gloomy face all day long, as if someone else owed him money.

Quintus was not tall and stooped, and he could not stand up straight, and it is said that it was because he owed an unpayable debt when he was young.

Quintus frequented the Roman slums, where the gangs had built underground casinos.

I've heard everyone else say that going to a casino isn't a good thing, but Quintus goes to the casino almost every day. Unlike other people who say that sooner or later Quintus will lose all his pants in the casino, Quintus wins his daily drink money from the casino......

Quintus didn't just have one child, he also adopted a number of other children, such as Cahiro, Silas, Bass, and others.

To be precise, I was brought up by Caihiro, who was a good guy in the middle of the word, and he often looked at other people with a smile, and when this expression appeared on his fat face, it always brought people a sense of security that they could trust.

In my childhood, my father was just a ...... The concept, a concept that smashed things in the house all day long, and sold me and others into slavery at every turn.

Seriously, I'm scared of Quintus......

I was afraid that he would send me away to be a slave, even though I didn't know what a slave was at the time.

Whenever I sneak out onto the streets of Rome and watch the so-called male citizens of Rome shop in the shops with their children and play around the fountains, my doubts deepen.

What is the relationship between them?

When I told Cahiro about this question, he smiled and said to me, "Their relationship is that of a child and a ...... Father ......"

I don't understand why Cahiro had that inexplicable emotion on his face when he said these words.

Later I learned that this emotion is called envy......

He, like me, was envious of other people's fathers.

After I had grown up a little more, suddenly one day my father told me......

"You're grown up now, I need your help!"

I didn't understand what it meant to grow up, but I was happy when my father said he needed my help......

Because Caijro told me that if you want to be with your father, then you need to be useful to him, and I'm honored that I was useful to him......

So under the tutelage of Cahiro and my father, I began to learn to pickpocket......

After that, I often showed up on the streets of Rome and stole the wallets of those pedestrians......

No one told me if it was right or not, and I didn't know if I was doing it right, but when I saw my father's greedy smile, I was young at the time and thought I was doing the right thing.

Obviously it was a wrong idea, but I didn't know it until many years later......

I was a thief on the streets of Rome day after day, and of course there were times when I was caught, but after my father had secretly handed the guards some ore, I was able to go back to the street and continue to help my father "collect" ore......

As the days went by, and I became more and more proficient, my father said that I was born to do this, and that I was born to be a thief......

Inborn?

Does this still need to be born?

This is probably the easiest thing I've ever done - pick what my father always called a "fat sheep", then bow my head and pretend to be careless, bump into him, and then take the heavy cloth bag from him...... That seems to be called a money bag?

What is a thief?

This seems to be easier to understand than the father-son relationship—when I see the neighbors around me, and look at me with disdain, I understand.

But I don't care, I just need to satisfy Cahiro and my father!

So I stole more and more Ole, and I saw more and more smiles on my father's face.

Until one day......

A young man with a majestic face, but a faint hint of kindness, came outside our dwelling.

His guards, carrying long swords around the neck of my father Quintus, politely asked, "Where has my master's purse gone?"

I know this man, and it seems to be my fault, and I stole his money bag......

My father didn't know anything about it, but he turned his attention to me—he knew it had something to do with me...... Because I was the most brilliant and the most daring of the children he adopted......

That's when I saw anger in his face......

I'm scared......

I'm afraid he'll hit me like he used to......

Keshro remained silent, he didn't say anything, but motioned with his eyes for me to hand over the money bag......

So I gave him back the money bag I had stolen from the young man......

The young man looked at me for a long time, and suddenly he raised his head and asked me with a smile, "Would you like to come with me?"

I was tempted to shake my head, but Cahiro seemed to notice this, and he rushed out as fast as he could, ignoring the guards' obstruction, pretending to care about me, and said sincerely, "Kale, he's only four years old...... It's all Quintus taught us to do...... He adopted a group of orphans and worked hard to steal money for him......! will be sent by him to the Colosseum to please the senators and nobles......"

Hearing this, I froze, and I finally knew where my missing brothers and sisters had gone......

Quintus was lying, he was lying to me, lying that my brothers and sisters had gone to play somewhere else......

Caihiro is also lying to me, because when he lies, he can't help but look at the ground......

At that time, I suddenly realized that Cahiro was not trying to defend me, but wanted to kill Quintus by the hand of the young man in order to gain freedom......

As I expected, Quintus was sent to the Inspectorate by angry youths and guards, and after that, I never saw Quintus again......

And I, Cahiro, and the other orphans adopted by Quintus, were all adopted by that merciful young man......

After that, we learned that his true identity was actually the venerable Augustus, the emperor of Rome, Caligula!

Inside the palace, we learned literacy, etiquette, poetry, and warlike spirits......

At that time, His Majesty Caligula was often busy dealing with the greedy senators.

But when he returned to the palace, no matter how tired he was, he would come to see us......

We felt kindness from him, we felt ...... Truly as kind as a father...... Even Caishiro, who had closed his heart for a long time, seemed to be slowly opening up to him......

After that, whenever I looked at his back, there was always an impulse, that urge, to call him father......

It's a pity that I thought about it many times, but I didn't practice it once!

Later, the conflict between His Majesty the Emperor and the Senators became more and more intense, and those Senators even openly declared that His Majesty the Emperor and his sister had that despicable relationship!

But how is this possible?

His Majesty the Emperor was fraternal, and he gave his love to every Roman citizen...... Including us.

But that doesn't mean he's a legendary saint, holy enough to be compared to his loved ones.

His Majesty's love for his youngest sister is as selfless as a father's love for his daughter!

However, the patriarchs refused to give up, and just kept slandering His Majesty the Great Emperor......

His Majesty the Emperor had been patient, and even when the Senators asked him to withdraw from the Senate Chamber, he did not hesitate to agree - even if it meant that he could no longer participate in the Senate's decision-making......

In Caishiro's eyes, this was a very stupid mistake!

Think about the latter three, Antony obviously has many advantages, but why didn't he beat Octavian?

The reason is simple, because he withdrew from the heart of the republic - Rome!

And now, even if the position of the Roman emperor is unshakeable, the core of the Roman Empire is the Senate......

All decrees must be carried out from the chamber of the Senate with the consent of the majority of the senators......

His Majesty the Emperor, for some reason, lost his wisdom...... actually agreed to the group of elders, such excessive conditions......

Unfortunately, at that time, we were just a group of teenagers.

However, we are not willing to sit like this, watching our emperor...... It was also our father who was forced so embarrassed by that group of insidious magnates!

Thus, the royalists were formed.

At the head of the group were two people, one was Her Royal Highness Princess Fiona Julius, the youngest daughter of His Majesty the Emperor, and the other was the eldest and brightest of our adopted children, Cahiro.

After this, we began to consciously infiltrate the various points of power that entered the empire.

And I myself chose to join the army, from the beginning of an ordinary soldier, to become a centurion...... Centurion...... Until the Legion Commander......

Not long after I became the commander of the legion, the winter of Rome began.

Initially, due to the death of His Majesty's sister, we were called back to Rome to confront the senators who had bad intentions.

After that, bad news kept coming from the border, and reinforcements had to be sent everywhere!

His Majesty the Kind-hearted Emperor knew that it was a trap, but he did not hesitate to let all the legions disperse......

A long time has passed, and I, who was fighting against the orcs on the eastern border of the empire, suddenly received a message from a holy clan general one day - His Majesty the Emperor is in danger!

After hearing this news, I was so anxious that I ordered all the members of the legendary legion "Augustus" to march back to Rome and rescue His Majesty the Emperor!

Hopefully, it's all in time......