Eagle’s Glory

The water vapor permeated the small bathroom, isolating it from the outside world, and everything seemed to fall into a hazy mist, both real and illusory.

Aigron and Teresa sat side by side in the bathtub, letting the hot water and steam soak into every inch of their skin, enjoying the intoxicating comfort.

They didn't talk, they just enjoyed the space to be with each other.

Originally, Aegron just wanted to enjoy a moment and only his own leisure, but now he found that having Teresa by his side felt very good, even more wonderful.

Although it seems a bit ridiculous to talk about "life" at this age, he has already determined in his heart that this is the partner he will spend his life with in the future - he believes that Teresa has recognized this earlier than him.

Therefore, he has to create a better future not only for himself, but also for her and their future family.

This gave him a whole new level of motivation.

"Your Highness...?" At this moment, Teresa suddenly opened her eyes and looked at him.

"Well, what's the matter?" Agron asked.

"What are you going to do with those Greeks next?" Theresa whispered. "As far as I can see today, the Kolokotronis family has not been able to fully control the situation. Although they launched a coup and temporarily controlled the government and parliament, they probably don't know how many people support them."

Teresa also mingled with the crowd and looked around as Aegron went ashore and talked to Panos-Colokotronis.

She was keenly aware that although the scene of welcoming the young people was grand, there was no participation from the local people, and the guards were heavily guarded everywhere. In addition, she also inquired with Edmund Dantes and learned about the current status of the two fathers and sons.

The more she understood the situation, the more worried she became.

Although they were invited to Greece as VIPs at this moment, no one knows how long this glory will last - if the Kolokotronis family suddenly loses power, wouldn't Aegron be in an embarrassing situation next?

"Teresa, don't worry, Greece has always been like this. There are many factions among them, fighting with each other, and no one accepts the other." After hearing Teresa's worries, Agron laughed instead, "At least we don't. It didn't make the situation worse."

"Then how are you going to prevent it?" Teresa asked, "You can't just ignore everything, just rely on luck?"

Aigron hesitated.

In the end he decided that he would not hide it from Teresa.

"Teresa, in fact, I just told Edmund to keep in touch with the opposition. I won't bet on just one place. If the two of Chloe Kotelonis can keep them If they are not worth continuing to cooperate, then I will find another person who is willing to support me. In short, since I have come here, it is not so easy to drive me away.”

"If that's the case, then it's the best." Teresa suddenly felt relieved, "Your Highness, as long as you are not dazzled by the temporary success, but can continue to act rationally, then I am relieved. We are still In a harsh environment, there is never a time to celebrate or relax, please continue to be as cautious as before."

Teresa's words touched Aegron's heart too - now, by his side, only Teresa dared to say these words to him.

Since he was freed and started to expand his power, he has used both hard and soft tactics to subdue all his subordinates and cousins. They have all been loyal to him and acknowledged their authority, but this also means that they will deliberately avoid those Hearing topics that may be unpleasant.

If a person is in such an environment for too long, he may lose his prudent judgment over time, become arrogant and conceited, only trust his own judgment, and dismiss the opinions of others.

Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, he needs to have someone by his side who dares to speak out to him at any time - Teresa is just right.

At least he definitely didn't have to worry about the starting point of what Teresa did.

"I will, Teresa." He nodded.

Then, he took another deep breath and stood up from the pool.

"Your Highness, are you leaving?" Teresa asked reluctantly.

"Yes, I've been soaking for so long, and time is running out, Panos-Kolokotelonis is going to throw a banquet for me next - a very boring event for sure, but I have to be there."

"I understand." Teresa nodded. "Those Greeks will definitely flatter you."

"It would be nice if it was just flattery." Aegron laughed contemptuously, "They will also spy on me in every possible way, and try to get benefits from me, if I don't pay attention, I will fall into Let Byron end up like that."

"Byron's situation?" Teresa immediately became interested and hurriedly asked.

"Yes, Teresa." Agron shrugged, "You read and read poems in a study in Vienna, so you may have a lot of romantic imaginations about Mr. Byron's experience in Greece, but I'm sorry, the real world Much uglier than a romantic dream world..."

Then, he briefly explained to Teresa about Byron's experience.

Byron's experience, in short, does illustrate the poet's confusion after touching the real world.

He went to live in Genoa, Italy at that time, and then the Greek War of Independence had just started, and a congenial friend persuaded him to participate in this great cause together.

After hesitating for a while, he finally decided to go to war.

Then he plunged into it with the passion of a poet, he rented a boat to Greece, and then sponsored the fleet of the Greek insurgents out of his own pocket, desperately trying to help the Greeks in their cause of independence.

However, with the passage of time, he gradually discovered that the Greek independence movement was not as wonderful as he imagined, and there was no Greek nation that was united and enthusiastic to make a revolution to regain freedom from the invaders.

The revolutionary army was divided into many factions, and they fought openly and secretly with each other, and sometimes even used knives and guns to kill. Byron had to spend a large part of his energy on persuading the insurgents of these different factions to unite.

And these different factions didn't respect the poet too much. They saw a naive British rich man who was throwing money everywhere, and took him as a pawn. They also wanted to use the poet's reputation as their own signboard to win the European powers. support.

As a result, various factions scrambled to win him over, and the leaders of each faction wrote to Byron, hoping that Byron would join their faction, saying that only he was a real revolutionary, and the other factions were fakes or bandits, so Byron Can only cooperate with him, and then ask him for financial sponsorship by the way.

Getting this kind of **** letter every day made Byron feel dizzy. He didn't know which faction was right, but he correctly judged that the Greeks were scattered and spent more time fighting with each other instead of fighting against the Ottoman enemies. He believed that no matter which faction among them would be able to win the independence of Greece Later, Byron even witnessed the rivalry between the two factions of the revolutionary army, and then sighed helplessly in his own documents.

Since the "revolutionaries" couldn't bear his ideals, and he was unwilling to back down, he had to bite the bullet, take on various responsibilities, build an army and maintain the army's expenses, and even think of ways to solve it. supply of military supplies.

Revolutionary leaders had no money to pay their soldiers, and many soldiers came to Byron to ask for money. He spent most of his fortune on military pay alone. Later, the revolutionary cause did not go well, and Byron's money was almost exhausted. In order to raise funds for the revolution, he sold his ancestral estate in Scotland, and planned to use all the money for the Greek independence movement.

And in a poor place like Greece, a rich British man suddenly fell from the sky, and people naturally wanted to get benefits from him, so people often flocked to him, asking for money from Byron under various pretexts. In the end, he had no choice but to complain in letters to his friends and business agents, admitting that he was overwhelmed.

In the end, after exhausting his family's wealth and going through untold hardships, he finally formed an army that began to take shape, and he planned to use this army to attack the Turks and add luster to the cause of Greece's independence - however, in this Before the military operation began, he unfortunately contracted pneumonia from the rain and eventually died.

Therefore, in order to realize his ideal, the poet Byron actually paid a heavy price until he paid his own life, and his independent career could only end in an anticlimactic manner.

After a while, Agron briefly described Byron's experience to Teresa, and then summed it up rather caustic--

"So Teresa, I will learn from Byron, I will never take their flattery seriously, and I will never open my purse for them easily. No doubt I am happy to help my friends, but if I one by one If I agree to the demands of these people, it won’t be long before I fall into the same predicament as Byron.” Agron said with a sneer, “No amount of money can make up for the greed of human nature, this is a bottomless pit, these Greeks People don't deserve my support, I just want to get something from them."

Teresa listened to Aigron's description quietly, with mixed feelings in her heart.

Both admiration for Byron's sacrifice and courage, and regret that his efforts were so let down.

In the end, she could only let out a helpless sigh.

"I see... I see. It seems that the people here are a bit worse than I thought... God knows how their great ancestors have such descendants now? They once created a great civilization, and now But to fall into such a situation..."

"The descendants are not good enough, so what can the ancestors do? Time will change a lot of things, Teresa." Agron shrugged and replied with a sneer. "So, I don't expect much from them, I just want to trade fairly, pay for what I have, and use them for my purposes. And that's enough! They really don't deserve my high hopes."

Then, he waved his hand again, "I know very well that the only people I can really rely on are the members of the knights that I have chosen. These people are truly loyal to me and are willing to go through fire and water for me. I gathered the things under my command. When encountering difficulties, most of them will unite by my side, follow me to overcome those difficulties, rather than go away, so I will never let those Greeks If it interferes with the command between me and my knight order, my force can only be used by myself, and no one will ever want to interfere!"

In the hazy fog, Theresa silently looked at the young man's arrogant and arrogant expression.

She, who has always been fascinated by young people, is even more excited at this moment.

She was convinced that His Highness would definitely do better than Byron.

Because His Highness has such talent.

"You are so right, Your Highness." She couldn't help sneering, "However, put on your clothes quickly, it's not good if you catch a cold."

It was only at this time that Aigron realized that he was posing naked. He was immediately a little ashamed, and quickly picked up a bath towel from the bathtub and wrapped himself.

It's time to end this short break and get back into his business.

He was neither excited nor timid, he just performed his duties as naturally as breathing.

"I'm leaving first, you continue to take the bath, Teresa." He waved goodbye to Teresa. "I'm sorry I can't introduce you to everyone right now, but soon there will be a day when every one of them will be around you and flatter you."

"No amount of flattery can compare to talking to you," Teresa replied, "Your Highness, let me tell you one more news."

"What news?" Agron asked.

"I have written to my mother." Teresa lowered her voice again, "I told her that I have come to Greece with you and that we are fighting for a great cause, and I implore her Do your best to help us who are far away, say good things about our cause, and let me know as soon as possible if there is any news."

It is conceivable that since Aegron has publicly landed in Greece, the news will spread immediately, and it will soon become a sensational big news spread throughout Europe-perhaps at this moment, there are many Couriers are already on their way to European capitals.

So Teresa is not a leak.

On the contrary, if he can get the secret support of her mother, then at least he can have one more source of information, which can be used to understand the movements of the Austrian government.

This is really a great help.

In addition... there is one more thing that Aigron is more concerned about.

"Your father, do you know?" he asked hesitantly.

"I didn't know before, I didn't tell him, but he will definitely know after Mom receives the letter." Teresa replied, "As for whether he will help you next, I don't know."

"I don't dare to count on this." Aigron replied with a wry smile, "However, if I can get his forgiveness, I will be very happy."

"Now, what can't be forgiven? He will definitely." Teresa asked confidently.

Next, she lowered her head a little dejectedly, "However, I don't think he will be able to attend our wedding... I hope my mother can come."

"It doesn't matter, he will see me one day." Aigron replied, "I will tell him that I will never live up to his expectations."