Chapter 285 Location

"Levi must be here, Levi must be here!"

During this period, Luca kept sending people to search around the palace. He almost knew the detailed information and whereabouts of most of the Augustus Guards, that is, the accompanying Royal Guards. However, after Luca sensed his presence when he entered the city, he never saw Levi again.

As if he had evaporated from the face of the earth, he just disappeared right under Luca's nose. Under such simple conditions, looking for Livy's trace is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Time passed by minute by minute. Valentinian became particularly enthusiastic during this period. No matter what activities, big or small, as long as Valentinian wanted to go, Luca would follow him and never leave. Luca also had to admit that Valentinian, this willful Augustus, was not a good king or even a good husband, because Aetius himself and his bureaucrats were in charge of the internal affairs. The only thing he had to worry about was to beware of Aetius, fearing that this dictatorial guy would usurp power. Now with Luca and Licinia, he could rest assured, because he was always protected by Theodosius II.

"Life is short, enjoy it while you can!" This is probably his life creed. He didn't care about the pregnant Licinia at all. Even though Licinia had fascinated him, she was already an adult. Valentinian could not understand Licinia's cold attitude towards him. Even if they were sleeping in the same bed but dreaming different dreams, it would be better to have some fun on his own. Fortunately, he remembered Luca again. This could guarantee his position as Augustus, so he naturally tried his best to win him over. This was probably what his mother Placidia meant. After all, this far-sighted woman would never let Luca go. Even if Luca led the legion to the ends of the earth, Placidia would always keep in touch with Luca because of Aetius.

Valentinian looked extremely relaxed. Of course, the guards on his left and right were the purple-clad guards, but they were all unfamiliar faces, and Livi was nowhere to be seen. Every time he returned to the barracks, since Sebastianus and Andrew were in charge of this matter, Luca had learned to read their faces. If they frowned like him, it meant there was no hope. Of course, Luca had never seen their brows relax every time he returned.

"Could it be that Levi has returned to Aetius's command?" Luca once suspected this. Every night when he dragged his tired body back to the barracks, the intelligence on Levi on the table was always blank. This person, it was as if he had never appeared, because his disappearance had no effect on anyone, and life was still going on as usual. No one in Rome was affected by his disappearance. If there was one person, it must be Luca. Luca wanted to mobilize the entire legion to search every house in Rome, but he couldn't do that. All he was left with was disappointment day after day and new hope for tomorrow.

"How about making a confession to Valentinian?" Luca was disheartened and felt that everything was impossible. He looked at the dim firelight and talked to himself.

The next day, a month after Luca arrived in Rome, Valentinian's envoy arrived in the morning as promised, as if to wake Luca up. Now Luca had a new job, which was to become Valentinian's playmate and accompany him everywhere in this huge city of Rome, either in the baths, the Colosseum, or in the major squares. At the very least, he would just ride a horse and wander aimlessly on the streets of Rome with the guards on foot. In short, anywhere is better than the most prestigious palace in Rome, at least there is no old woman who nags all day long, and the asshole woman who has a cold face when she sees him. Yes, these are Valentinian's original words, which shows how deep his resentment towards this family is! "Caesar!" As if he had mustered up great courage, Luca called Valentinian hesitantly, as if he had made a mistake when he was a child and wanted to confess to his teacher.

"What's wrong? My nephew!" Valentinian used the name that made Luca crazy again. Now after more than a month of torture, Luca has also let it go. Anyway, such days will always come to an end. When he goes to the Great Sequanorum and the emperor is far away, let's see how Valentinian calls him. Will he call him? What a joke! "Well, I'm just very curious!" Luca breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He can't be careless this time. All the key depends on this struggle! Luca adjusted his mentality, stopped his mouth from trembling, and then said calmly: "If I remember correctly, since I met you, Caesar, I haven't seen your captain of the guard, the commander of the Guards, His Excellency Levi. By the way, His Excellency Levi should have been responsible for protecting Caesar, so he should never leave. How come it has been so long, and he hasn't appeared by Caesar's side? In this way, will it make you, Augustus, unsafe?"

"Oh, you mean that damn guy!" After Luca mentioned Levi, Valentinian couldn't help but snorted coldly. Such an attitude was enough to show his absolute disdain for Levi.

"It seems that Lord Levi's work does not make Caesar feel satisfied from the bottom of his heart." Seeing Valentinian's clear attitude, Luca naturally knew what was going on, so he became bolder. If it didn't work, he would help Caesar scold this bastard. As long as Caesar was happy, he would know where Levi was in minutes.

"That guy, I have never been happy since he became an officer of my Royal Guards. I can't have fun when he is around. I always feel like there are a pair of eyes staring at me. You know, Luga, my nephew, oh, you must not have this feeling, because I may be the only one in the whole empire who has this feeling, oh, this damn guy!..." What Luga never expected was that with such a small provocation, the resentment actually poured in like a flood that broke through the dam, and the endless torrent made Luga overwhelmed.

"Hey, hey, hey, I'm not interested in knowing these!"

Although he smiled and said yes repeatedly, he couldn't help but scream in his heart: Can't you Augustus follow the plan and talk one by one slowly? What you said is completely meaningless, at least to me! But how could Valentinian easily suppress his dissatisfaction without organization? He may have been tired of Livius for a long time, but Aetius was behind Livius. Not only him, but even the regent Queen Placidia naturally didn't dare to get rid of this damn guy casually.

"Since Caesar is so angry with this bastard, why not tell me his location and let my nephew help you deal with this ungrateful bastard!" Luca took the opportunity to ask as Valentinian became more and more angry.

"Him! Humph, that bastard said he was sick and wanted to go to Ludinan to recuperate! You are a tall and strong guy like a bull, but you get sick easily. You can't stay in Ravenna and have to go to Ludinan. I don't know why? But it doesn't matter, just get out of here, and I will feel relieved!"

"So! Levi, in Ludinan!" Just like rain after a long drought, this news made Luga's eyes light up. It is truly a case of searching for something without any effort, but finally finding it!

Valentinian nodded slightly. Now that was good, Luca couldn't wait any longer.

"If Caesar is so angry about this guy, I will go out now to get rid of this damn Levi and put out Caesar's anger!"

Before Valentinian could say anything, Luca had already galloped away and disappeared at the next intersection. No matter how hard Valentinian called out, he couldn't call Luca back.

"Strange." Valentinian scratched his head and said, "It shouldn't be so positive."

"Andrew! Andrew! Come out."

As soon as he rushed into the military camp, Luca jumped off his horse, not caring about the pain in his feet after landing, and rushed into the command room in the military camp. At this time, Andrew and Sebastianus were still sorting out various materials.

"Stop doing this useless stuff!" Luga rushed in and knocked the parchment out of their hands.

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"Hey, Luca, what are you doing?" Seeing the clues he had painstakingly sorted out being knocked to the ground by Luca, Andrew was naturally angry and wanted to argue.

"Levi, Levi!" Luca said breathlessly, "I found Levi, now pack up and let's go!"

(End of this chapter)