Chapter 154: Entry Ceremony

"Let's see the strength of Lord Boniface!"

An old voice sounded from behind him. This voice was very familiar to Alessio. He turned around and it was indeed him, Thermitius.

Thermitius was no longer as sneaky as before. Instead, due to the arrival of Boniface, Thermitius was no longer afraid that Aetius's men would arrest and imprison him. He wore a red and white dress, looking solemn and flamboyant. Behind Thermitius, Aresio saw countless admiring glances from both men and women, which made him very tired. However, there was no need to worry, because of the huge gap in status, these admiring men and women could only look from afar and dared not get close.

"How come, in such a short period of time, you have jumped from an ordinary retainer to a senator in the Senate? Such a gap is beyond my expectation!" Aresio ignored those gazes and deliberately spoke sarcastic words to Thermitius, although three parts of his words were sarcasm and seven parts were dissatisfaction.

"Ha, the Treasurer is joking again!" Aresio smiled, the wrinkles on his face almost covering his eyes. "These old guys in the Senate are not fools. They can't fail to see who has the upper hand now!"

Aresio couldn't help but look at Themitius with contempt for his servility, but he had no right to laugh at Themitius because he was standing here.

"Look, handsome Alessio."

"Oh, my goodness, he's on Boniface's side now, too."

"This is not surprising. Look at how much benefit he got from Boniface. If it were me, I would also stand in Boniface's camp."

"Boniface is a Roman, Aetius is a barbarian!"

The Roman citizens behind him were talking among themselves, but all of them looked towards the river, paying attention to the slowly approaching ship.

“Haha!”

With a crash, a small warship was seen rushing straight onto the river bank, which caused a burst of exclamations from the citizens. They began to speculate on Boniface's intentions.

"I've never heard of entering Rome without taking the road. Instead, the warships have to go upstream and enter the city from the river." Aresio sighed and focused his attention on the soldiers who got off the boat later.

The first batch of soldiers who came ashore were very strange, because their skin was dark, their lips were tightly closed and only their eyes could be seen moving. Their equipment was also full of foreign characteristics, chain mail, and turbans to cope with the hot areas in the desert.

They lined up neatly along the river bank, just like a Roman legion in training, marched in neat steps, stepped onto the main road in front of everyone, and walked towards the Senate Hall with their heads held high.

As if they had been arranged in advance, the second century and the third century followed. Like the previous one, they had dark skin and desert attire, which caused the Romans watching to talk a lot.

"This must have been done deliberately by Boniface." Alessio said disdainfully: "He just wanted to show off his strength to the Romans and tell them that he has enough ability to solve the so-called troubles facing the Romans now!"

"Mr. Boniface has made a desperate move, Mr. Treasurer!" Thermitius said, standing behind Aresio. "He asks for nothing but the trust of the queen and the destruction of his mortal enemy!"

The black army marched for ten centuries, and then a magnificent warship slowly approached the shore as the other warships left.

"Boniface!" An unknown fanatical follower in the quiet crowd shouted his name loudly, and then, like a stone that caused a thousand ripples, in an instant, everyone present raised their arms and shouted together.

"Boniface! Boniface! Boniface!"

Such momentum was totally different from Caesar hundreds of years ago, and it further proved that in Rome, military strength was the ultimate embodiment of everything. The tower could allow people to obtain anything that could be obtained in the empire, including power, position, money, women, and of course prestige and love. Amid the cheers of everyone, Boniface slowly got off the boat under the protection of the guards.

He wore a golden breastplate and a red cape, and a golden laurel wreath on his head. His tall stature made the armor look very heroic. When he got off the ground, he raised his head almost to the sky, like a victor, enjoying the tributes from the Roman citizens without any guilt.

"He is acting exactly like the emperor now. I really don't know if he is doing this for the Roman citizens or for the emperor and the Senate!" Aresio thought secretly in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.

Boniface walked slowly to the main road. The Roman citizens on both sides of the road seemed to be crazy. If it weren't for the guards on the side of the road, they would have rushed to Boniface and kissed his cheek desperately. But Boniface was not moved at all. He still held his head high and put on a proud attitude. Gradually, his eyes were attracted by Aresio who was standing on the side of the road and kept dodging backwards.

Alessio didn't know why, but he just couldn't be happy in front of his former partner who had made a fortune with him, even if he was pretending.

"Alessio!" Boniface smiled and stretched out his hand to Alessio. "We haven't seen each other for so long. Don't you feel like an old friend?" Boniface's move made everyone present look at Alessio. Facing so many eyes with unknown mentality, Alessio stood there, holding the corner of his clothes tightly with both hands, clenching his teeth, at a loss! Damn it, they are all men! They are actually a little shy. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Alessio lowered his head and secretly complained in his heart.

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On the contrary, Boniface seemed very calm and composed at this point. He walked straight forward and grabbed Aresio's left arm.

"What's going on?"

It was not until his left arm was tightly grasped that Aresio suddenly came to his senses. He looked at his left arm in surprise and tried to break free. But how could he break free from Boniface's eagle-claw-like palm?

Boniface did not hesitate and pulled Alessio to his side. Alessio was terrified. He was a man, but for some reason, his heart was pounding and almost jumping out of his chest. There was no room to dodge now. He lowered his head and dodged the gazes of hundreds of people around him! This action really made him look like a virgin, which was heartbreaking.

"Citizens of Rome!" Boniface took Aresio's hand and said loudly to the people around him: "This is the treasurer of our empire, the most beautiful person in all of Rome! We are very happy that he is on the same front with us, firmly opposing the barbarian who only confuses and offends the emperor and the public!" As he spoke, Boniface grabbed Aresio's left arm and raised it suddenly.

"Down with Aetius!" At the same time, the fanatical Roman citizens roared and shouted at Boniface at

the top of their lungs. What does this mean? Aresio raised his head and looked at the fanatical crowd around him, then looked at Boniface. Boniface just raised his left arm and looked around at the roaring crowd!

(End of this chapter)