Chapter 350: Alliance

"Li Jinia's intentions are very clear now." Lu Jia secretly told himself in his heart: "Although I can't guess why Li Jinia is targeting me, I can't even know which side of this woman in front of me is real."

After thinking about it, Luca couldn't think of anything.

"You are too young after all." Luca was filled with emotion. After enough psychological struggle, Luca finally stepped forward and put his hand on Likinia's shoulder and said to her: "Don't worry, as long as I am here, I will never let Eudoria get into trouble."

After saying this, Li Jinia looked up, tears smudged her makeup, and surprise was clearly in her tearful eyes. Regardless of whether this was Luca's biological child as Li Jinia said, at least Luca could see from Li Jinia's eyes that she was sincere to this child.

"I swear, I promise you." Luca smiled and involuntarily reached out to touch Likinia's face. He didn't know how to comfort this woman, but this action surprised Likinia. But soon, the surprise on Likinia's face was filled with a happy smile. She reached out and held Luca's hand on her face tightly, and she seemed to have never been so happy.

After walking out of Likinia's room, Luca felt uncomfortable. He began to feel uneasy, ashamed of his indifference, and felt that he should do something. However, he had no ability to change anything at the moment, so he began to think hard.

"I need a helper." Luca said to himself. Soon, he thought of Aetius, the first person who could help him.

"But, but." Luca quickly shook his head. After all, he was now Luca's opponent. He couldn't be so generous as to agree to Luca's every request, especially to ask Aetius for an alliance when he was so weak. That would be too ridiculous. Yes, Aetius would definitely make a laughing stock of this and reject Luca harshly. This was something that made Luca feel ashamed. If this was really the case, Luca would never be able to raise his head in front of Aetius in his life.

Should he ask those elders for help? If Thermitius and his people knew about it in the Senate, it would embarrass Luca even more.

In this back and forth, Luca was struggling, wondering what to do.

"Hey, Luka, you are here."

This sudden sound frightened Luca so much that he jumped up. He came to his senses and looked carefully. It turned out to be Aetius. Aetius looked at him with a puzzled look, then smiled apologetically and asked Luca: "What's wrong, Luca? It seems that I scared you."

"Oh, no, no, no, that's not the case, Lord Aetius, that's not the case." Luca waved his hands repeatedly, nodded at Aetius with an apologetic smile.

"Oh, then I'll leave so as not to disturb you, Lord Luca." Aetius smiled and nodded at Luca, then turned around and prepared to leave.

"Uh, Mr. Aetius." After thinking for a long time, Luca was afraid that Aetius might run away. He had to find some topics to talk about, especially the very unreliable idea he had thought of. Now that there was no one around, it was an opportunity. If he was in a crowded place, he might

"What's up, Master Luca?" Aetius turned around, frowned, looked at Luca, and then said, "Do you have anything to talk to me about?"

"Oh, oh, that's right, that's right." Luca didn't know where to start for a moment. He scratched his head and couldn't think of a feasible topic. Seeing that Aetius was losing his patience, Luca hurriedly continued: "Hey, sir, today, um, at the banquet today, did you eat well? I mean, are you full?"

"Oh, what's this topic?" Aetius smiled and said to Luca, "Sir, your way of chatting is, well, really special. It seems that you are not a good orator, which is not right, because you can't persuade those old guys like this."

"Oh, yes, yes, Lord Aetius, this is indeed bad." Luca touched his nose and spoke hesitantly.

"What's the matter, Lord Luca?" Aetius could see that Luca was very reserved. He took a step forward and asked Luca as if to test his opinion: "What's the matter? Did you encounter any troubles, or did you discover some secret of Augusta?"

"Secret? Oh, how is that possible? This is such a funny joke!" Luca smiled awkwardly, then took a deep breath, as if he was fully prepared, and said to Aetius: "Aetius, I have a favor to ask."

"Just say it." Aetius looked serious, as if he wanted to listen carefully.

"I just want our strategic positioning to be at a higher level." Luca wanted to explain this problem to Aetius tactfully, but he was still embarrassed to say it directly.

"You have confused me, Lord Luca." Aetius did not understand what Luca meant, and explained to him with a smile.

"Okay, that's it." Luca took a deep breath again and exhaled heavily. He continued: "I want to make a political alliance with you. Yes, we can be allies. In the political and military fields of the Western Empire, we can take care of each other. Yes, do you agree?"

"Alliance? Ha, interesting!"

Aetius obviously realized that Luca was serious about what he said. He began to restrain the smile on his face and replaced it with seriousness. This question was very cautious.

"Can you tell me your reasons, Master Luca?" Aetius said to Luca, "Alliance has contractual benefits and is a very serious matter. Master Luca, you must understand that this is not a game for children."

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"I think very clearly, Lord Aetius." Luca said solemnly: "Looking at the entire Western Empire, Lord Aetius's strength is unmatched. Now I'm afraid you have seen my ability and the relationship with the Purple Chamber. What's more, we have been appointed as consuls by Augusta. I think as long as the two of us work together, we can solve many problems in the empire."

"Well, it's really tempting." Aetius nodded thoughtfully and continued, "But can I think about this?"

"What?" After expressing his thoughts, Luka felt that a heavy weight had finally fallen from his heart. His heart stopped beating and he spoke more fluently. "Yes, this is a very important issue to consider. So, can you promise to give me an answer when?"

"Maybe in two weeks." Aetius said, "I may need to discuss it and weigh the pros and cons before we can proceed."

"Okay, I'll wait for your reply." Luga said, turned around and slowly walked down the stairs.

"What on earth is this guy thinking about?" Aetius thought to himself as he looked at Luca's receding back.

(End of this chapter)