Chapter 34 Choices
On the fourth day of the incident in Agrignon, the other nobles stationed in the surrounding area finally noticed the vague abnormality. The nobles who went to Agrignon broke off contact a few days ago, and the messengers sent were either speechless or returned without success, and all the important roads in various places were blocked. The only reply from the army stationed on the Pinios River was to stand by on standby, and all the signs were all hinting that something must have happened in Agrignon.
However, although Prince Theodor's vassals and generals were suspicious, Romanus Ducas's handwritten reply and his fear of the safety of his relatives in Agrignon eventually made these nobles give up and choose to wait and see.
So, in 1207, a very funny scene occurred in the entire western border of Rome. After tens of thousands of Roman troops expelled the Latins in Macedonia, they split from each other, but they were still staggering. Neither side of the civil war across the Pinios River did anything, as if the war had become an armed parade.
In his eyes, it seemed as if he had grasped everything. Musval, standing on the head of Agrignon, looked at the evening sunset and looked very comfortable, while standing behind him, his disciple Romanus.
"More than half of the Macedonian nobles have chosen to be loyal to Rusnina, and the Bulgarians are willing to form an alliance with your father. If you do not make any mistakes at this time, their coalition should have arrived in Thessalonika. If nothing unexpected happens, those who oppose him within half a year will be destroyed. So at this time, don't be clever, my child."
After saying that, the Saracen man looked at the disciple standing aside.
At this time, Romanus was silent and silent. The only thing he could see was that his gloomy expression was towards Muswar in front of him.
Musval didn't care at all about this, because he knew that from the moment Romanus made his choice, the noble prince had no way to look back and could only rely on him. Romanus, who was in power in power by fathers, had no basis for rule, and he knew exactly what would happen without Musval. So this once low-ranking jester is now the master of the city.
Now, Musval openly beat Romanus in a jokey tone, and the noble young man who had always been arrogant and irritable in the past could only accept it.
"I'm just sending someone to find the whereabouts of my mother and sister."
"It's not your trouble. Whether they exist can no longer affect the current situation. Moreover, they are probably still in the city now, and it's only a matter of time before they are found." Musval concluded with a disdainful tone that although the two women were actually allowed to escape in the church, he was not worried about these things, because among the little girls Mikhail and Irina, most of Theodor's vassals would choose the former. This is due to interests. In fact, what he needs to be wary of was the illegitimate son of Mikhail Dukas. Musval saw through his disciple's true intention at a glance. The so-called sending people to find their whereabouts was just an excuse to contact the nobles of Agrenion. Romanus was still dreaming of mastering the territory of Prince Theodor. At this point, he was really worthy of being the son of His Majesty Mikhail.
Romanus, who was pushed back in a few words, still did not give up, "But what about Hendriel? Didn't you say that his body was not found on Corfu? What if what happened in the temple before was what he did?"
As soon as he said these words, Musval, who was originally calm and calm, frowned slightly. This was indeed a heart-wrenching problem of his heart. The so-called Venice raid on Corfu was just a play directed and self-acted by the Navy General Nickifrus, who was bribed by Agrenion. Half of the defenders were slaughtered unexpectedly, but because of the advancement of the plan, they did not wait for the other half of the defenders of Corfu, who should have returned from Molia. After that, Hendriel and the army seemed to have evaporated and there was no trace on the map. They were playing with Theodor Ducas, and with Musval's understanding of Hendriel, the man would never be indifferent to what happened in Agrenion at this moment.
However, heart disease is heart disease, and these can't shake Musval's plan at this time. He looked at Romanus and took out the pen and pen that had been prepared long ago and said, "You don't have to worry too much about this. I'm already prepared. Hendriel alone can't cause any storm. All you need to do is to be responsible for signing."
What Musval gave Romanus was that he had written an edict, but he only needed to sign it, but the decisions above were not made by Romanus. Musval completely regarded him as a rubber stamp in a human form, which made Romanus very annoyed.
"What's this?"
"It's just some personnel transfers. There are too many restless people in the Legion on the Pinios River. In order to avoid trouble, your transfer order is needed." Musval said softly.
"As the master of Agrignon, I have no right to refuse, right?" Romanus glared at this matter with resentment, and still wrote his name on the paper.
And Musval took the order and said coldly: "Your Highness, now you should better recognize the situation. Agrignon has never belonged to you. Even if you are the son of His Majesty Mikhail, he is not only you, not to mention Rusnina, you have a younger brother who is still in his infancy. If you want to get anything, taming the others will be much stronger."
The sarcastic words of Saracen's man shot into Romanus' heart like a sharp arrow. He was suffering from the bitter fruit at this moment and could only swallow his anger. The only thing Romanus could comfort himself was that even if he did not launch a coup, Prince Theodor, who knew that he was not his biological son, would never regard him as his heir. His situation is better now than when he knew the truth.
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"My Lord Taranit, now I need your help. The rebellion of Agrignon must end it. And you, as the lord of the valley of Tanbee, and the person most trusted by His Highness, are the only one who can control the situation in Agrignon." The man in the camp, who tried his best to persuade him almost begged.
Chapter completed!