Chapter 174: Back To Where We Belong
The journey from the newly conquored territories was fairly brief all things considered, Julius and his retinue made the journey stopping at key points along the way to install forts and station soldiers for the region’s defence.
The journey itself was only a week, and as The Eternal City walls came into view once again, Julius himself knew his return would not be as simple as he’d like as the representatives of their neighbours aside from Visigoth had already arrived.
The more peaceful ones to be expected would be the Delegations from the Germanic Confederation, and its neighbours of Dacia however those who are coming from Ramie, Parthia, and even Roserun are more often than not going to be hostile towards us.
Ramie, who took over most of Carthage during its civil war has more likely than not come to learn of our acquisition of the Carthaginian ships, while Parthia is one of the 12 Great Family nations their powerful cavalry makes them an awe-inspiring foe even though their current lands are not all that impressive, and lastly and probably the most hostile would be Roserun, former Ally to the Lunan Kingdom, we have not official treaties or alliances and technically speaking by declaring our retaliation war against their vassal lord Roserun should be in a state of war already against us, however with the fall of the rest of Lunan and in such a short amount of time they should be reconsidering.
However with Princess Yurasia remaining as a retainer and in their eyes possible candidate to become my Duchess their nobility and possibly even the teenage king fear her making claim against the kingdom to bring them into the fold as an incorporated province of our Grand Duchy stripping them of their powers, and rights.
The people are surely behind Yuri more than the nobles or their king after the war with Bridget as the nobles surrendered or ran for their lives leaving the commoners to suffer at the invading army, while Yuri fought on the frontline, pleaded Lunan for reinforcements, and then stood side-by-side the Lunan commander to not only repel but then capture the invading kingdom.
This tale circulated by the people makes her to be their hero and the more the nobles try to quash the story the grander it grows along with their resentment of the current rulership.
Zeff riding alongside me was frankly giddy in his saddle upon seeing the city, and one couldn’t really blame him it was the third time he’d be returning from war to see his beloved Miri knowing she was just as if not more excited to see him return.
The others who seemed to be just as excited were the Germanics who were seeing the newly founded capital after only hearing about it from Zeff and the other legionnaires along the journey.