As Julius and Serena rode their mounts out of the stable they were greeted with a sight.
Zeff, and Miri along with their toddlers.
Yuri dressed up to the nines in a full ensemble of fabric and jewelery to make ones heart beat stronger and leave a bitter aftertaste in ones mouth knowing you were leaving something important behind.
And lastly his Commander in charge, Fihatri.
Four members of his inner court, all that remained of his original inner court who had not yet been sent out to newly conquered lands to manage in his stead until the regional government could be instituted and their reassignment or return to the Eternal city could be facilitated.
The sight of these four, these four who had been with him almost since the very beginning.
Just the nostalgia of the fact that without these four, along with Elheat, Hadin, Yusen and Givens who were currently serving as Generals and Commanders in other parts of the empire right now, he would be dead in a ditch back in Aquitania.
