Eagle’s Glory

Water vapor filled the small bathroom, isolating it from the outside world, and everything seemed to be trapped in a hazy mist, which was both real and illusory.

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

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

Originally, Aigron just wanted to enjoy a moment of leisure that belonged only to him, but now he found that the feeling of having Teresa by his side was also very good, even more wonderful.

Although it seems absurd to talk about "a lifetime" at this age, he has already decided in his heart that this is the partner he will spend his whole life with in the future—he believes that Teresa has recognized this point earlier than him.

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

This gave him a whole new motivation.

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

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

"What are you going to do with those Greeks?" Teresa asked in a low voice. "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, too, was among the crowd watching as Aegron came ashore and talked with Panos-Kolokotronis.

She keenly discovered that although the scene of welcoming young people was grand, it did not involve the participation of the local people, and the surroundings were heavily guarded. In addition, she also inquired with Edmond Dantès and learned about the current status of the father and son of Kolokotronis.

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 each other, and no one is convinced." After listening to Theresa's worries, Egron laughed instead, "At least we don't It didn't make the situation any worse."

"Then how do you plan to prevent it?" Teresa asked,

"You can't just ignore everything and just act by luck?"

Aegron hesitated.

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

"Teresa, in fact, I have just ordered Edmond to continue to maintain contact with the opposition. I will not only bet on one place. If Kolokotronis and his son can keep their status, then we have a happy cooperation; if they are not worthy of continued cooperation, 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."

"It would be the best if this is the case." Teresa immediately felt relieved, "Your Highness, as long as you are not overwhelmed by the momentary success and can continue to act rationally, then I can rest assured. We are still In a harsh environment, there is no time to celebrate or relax, please continue to be as cautious as before."

Teresa's words touched Eggron's heart-now, Teresa is probably the only one around him who dares to say these words to him.

Since gaining freedom and starting to expand his power, he has used both soft and hard tactics to subdue all his subordinates and cousins. They have all been loyal to him and recognized his authority, but this also means that they will deliberately avoid those who Listen to topics that you may not be happy with yourself.

If a person is in such an environment for too long, it is possible to lose prudent judgment over time, become vain and conceited, only believe in his own judgment, and dismiss the opinions of others.

Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, he needs someone around him who dares to speak up to him at any time - Teresa is just right.

At least he doesn't have to worry about the motives of Teresa's actions.

"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 had enough of soaking this long, and time is running out, and Panos Kolokotronis will throw a banquet for me next--it must be a very boring event, but I have to be there."

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

"It would be fine if it's just flattery." Aigron smiled disdainfully, "They will also spy on my reality in every possible way, and try to gain benefits from me. If I don't pay attention, I will fall into the trap. End like Byron."

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

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

Then he briefly explained Byron's experience to Teresa.

To put it simply, Byron's experience really illustrates 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 just started, a congenial friend persuaded him to participate in this great cause.

After hesitating for a while, he finally decided to join the battle.

Then he threw himself into it with all the enthusiasm of a poet, chartered a ship to Greece, and paid out of his own pocket to sponsor the fleet of the Greek Rebels, desperately trying to help the independent cause of the Greeks.

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

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

And these different factions didn't respect the poet very much. They saw a naive British rich man throwing money everywhere, and they completely took him for a ride, and they also wanted to use the poet's reputation as their own signboard to get the European powers. support.

As a result, various factions scrambled to win him over, and the leaders of all factions wrote to Byron, hoping that Byron would join their factions, saying that only they were the real revolutionaries, and the other factions were fakes or bandits. You can only cooperate with him, and then seek financial sponsorship from him by the way.

Receiving such wrangling letters every day made Byron feel dizzy. He doesn't know which faction is right, but he correctly judges that the Greeks are scattered and spend more time fighting among themselves than against the Ottoman enemies, and he believes that neither of them can win Greece's independence , Later, Byron even witnessed the fight between the two factions of the revolutionary army, and then sighed helplessly in his own documents.

Since the "revolutionaries" can't afford his ideals, and he is unwilling to retreat, he has to bite the bullet and bear various responsibilities by himself, form an army and maintain the expenses of the army, and even find a way to solve the problem. supply of military supplies.

The revolutionary leaders had no money to pay the soldiers, so many soldiers came to Byron for money. He spent most of his property on military pay alone. But later the revolutionary cause did not go well, and Byron was almost running out of money. 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.

However, in a poor place like Greece, a British rich man suddenly fell from the sky, and people naturally wanted to get benefits from him, so people often flocked inexplicably, asking Byron for money under various pretexts, In the end, he could only complain helplessly in letters to his friends and business agents, admitting that he was overwhelmed.

Finally, after dissipating all his wealth and going through untold hardships, he finally formed an army that had begun to take shape. He planned to use this army to attack the Turks and add luster to the cause of Greek independence-however, in this Before the military operation began, he unfortunately contracted pneumonia due to exposure to rain, and eventually died.

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

It took a while for Aggron to briefly describe Byron's experience to Teresa, and then he made a rather harsh summary——

"So Teresa, I would learn from Byron that I would never take their flattery seriously, and I would never open my purse for them easily. No doubt I am happy to support my friends, but if I If I agree to the demands of these people, I will fall into the same predicament as Byron in a short time." Aigron 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 are never worthy of my all-out support, I just want to get something from them."

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

Both admire 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.

"So that's it... I see. It seems that the people here are worse than I imagined...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 future generations are not up to date, so what can the ancestors do? Time will change many things, Teresa." Aegron shrugged and replied with a sneer. "So, I don't expect much from them, I just want to buy and sell fairly, give what I have, and use them for my purposes. And that's enough! They really don't deserve my high expectations."

Then, he waved his hand again, "I am very clear that the only ones I can really rely on are the members of the Knights I have selected. When encountering difficulties, most of them will unite with me and follow me to overcome those difficulties instead of dispersing in a crowd, so I will never let those Greeks Anyone who interferes with the command between me and my knight order, my force can only be used by myself forever, and no one will ever get involved!"

In the hazy mist, Teresa silently watched the young man's proud and arrogant expression.

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

She firmly believed that His Highness would definitely do better than Byron.

Because His Highness has this talent.

"You are so right, Your Highness." She couldn't help but sneered, "However, hurry up and put on your clothes, it won't be good if you catch a cold."

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

It's time to end this short break and devote himself to his career again.

He is neither excited nor timid, he just goes about his duties as naturally as he breathes.

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

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

"What news?" Eggron asked.

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

It is conceivable that now that Egron has publicly landed in Greece, the news will spread immediately, and will soon become a sensational news and spread to the whole of 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 could get her mother's secret support, at least he could have one more source of information, and he could use it to understand the movements of the Austrian government.

This is indeed 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, "But...whether he will help you in the future, 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 that things have happened, what can't be forgiven? He will definitely." Teresa asked confidently.

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

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