Chapter 289 - 286 - Emperors Speech
The crowd before him was roaring with fervor, the peoples spirits which had just weeks ago been as low as they could be were brought up to the peak of existence.
They once more had a king, no they had an Emperor, and their Kingdom, had become a part of a new Empire!
Julius stood resolute atop the stage still holding Serena’s hand as the pair watched their people celebrating in front of them.
That is until Julius silenced them by raising his right hand.
Empress Serena stood by his side awaiting their emperors next words just like her people.
His hand raised and when the people saw it they started to fall silent, only a few at first but like a wave the silence spread until it touched every corner of the square.
"Then by the will of the Carthaginian people, I no longer shall call myself a King, just as Serena beside me shall no longer refer to herself as a Queen. No. The time for such small titles has passed. From now on I am Emperor Julius Aquitania Ceasar, Sovereign of the Romanus Peoples, and as you all know this beautiful young lady by my side shall be my Empress-the very heart and sould of this land has ordained the pair of us and we shall strive to fight to become a beacon of our nations future."
He slowly turned, letting his eyes scan across the sea of foreign faces-farmers, soot-stained blacksmiths, veterans, even wide-eyed children.
"Together, we shall not only rebuild this wartorn land, We will forge a far greater nation than this world has ever known. One that will not fall to petty squabbles or foreign crowns, nor fade beneath the weight of time. We shall revitalize these lands. Every road rebuilt and made better, Every field replanted and treated to produce greater yields. Every village restored and not to what it once was but to what they should always have been. Your children shall be educated-not as servants to nobility but as stewards of the nation, to expand our interests in science, military arts, and law. Schools and academies shall rise where ashes once lay."
His new romans before him were murmuring, some questioning whether or not this new monarch of theirs really could deliver on all his promises, while the majority were just swept up in the moment and cheered on their new Emperor, and Empress believing they could change the very laws of the word.