Nova Roma

Chapter 225 - Castrum Opus

Julio woke up the next day and the first thing he did was throw up the contents of his stomach that were only bile juice but they made him feel better.

After this Julio took from the bureau that had a glass jar next to him that had water, took a small drink to rinse his mouth and spit it out and then drink as much as he could of water to quench his thirst

He could feel a pain in his head which caused him to throw the jug out of the water and hold his head carefully at that moment Dr. Orazio entered who could see the prince suffer from the headache.

From his white coat, he took out a small bottle containing opium, approached Julio and gave him a little so that he could relieve his headache. "Prince drinks this medicine with this you can relieve the pain.

You suffered a great bruise on the head due to the blow of a wood that broke away from one of the houses that were on fire, I can not be sure if you will not have sequels but thanks to the helmet you used you did not die.

Because you survived the blow I can assume that you will not have an inflammation of the brain, but I have to constantly check your condition if it is an inflammation of the brain or there is a blood clot I will allow you to commit euthanasia since there is no way to operate without dying

Prince Flavio could do the operation but he left and his most faithful apprentice Mrs. Dalia is in Emerita Augusta, we can only hope that his situation does not get worse or we will have to take you to Hispania. "

Julio heard what the doctor was talking about while his headache disappeared, Dr. Orazio heard Julio’s stomach growl from hunger.

Dr. Orazio smiled "Rest a little prince I will prepare a nutritious apple porridge so you can eat, you can not eat meat or drink for a while in which you regains his health."

After this, the doctor left the room where Dabria was the commander of the Castrum Opus and Aventino who asked Dr. Orazio "How is the prince, can he survive?"

Orazio adjusted his white coat and then looked at Aventino "I can’t be sure but if he survives this week the worst part may have passed, it will depend on the strength of his body, his willpower and mainly his luck."

Dabria opened one of her eyes as she was leaning against a wall with her eyes closed. "I thought doctors didn’t believe in superstitions."

Orazio smiled as he looked towards Julio’s room. "I don’t do it but Prince Flavio used to say When it’s your turn to die even if you avoid it, you’ll die when it’s not your turn to die even if you put in a dangerous situation you will survive.

Our duty as doctors is to take care of the patient until the end by giving the best we can in the process, in this case, the blow suffered by Prince Julio could have killed him at the time but he did not.

So I have to turn the little hope that can survive into a reality, I would like to talk a little more but I have to prepare a porridge so that the prince can eat if he survives this week I can guarantee that he will not die soon. "

The two commanders watched as the doctor goes to the kitchen of the fort, Aventino could only sigh "We will have to pray to the great god Jupiter for the safety of the prince otherwise we will have to choose whether to go south with Emperor Augustus or go to the west to meet prince Nero.

Who would say that these cursed beings could provoke a situation similar to a civil war, I hope that the prince will cling to life otherwise Gaul or Britain will fall into the wrong hands. "

Dabria shook his head "The members of the imperial family are resistant, have a little confidence in July after he recovers we can leave to the next place.

We may not be a legion but we are the elite of Rome, we can defend the road until we reach Gaul or further north if necessary, with Julio on our side we can free Rome from these cursed beings and recover the glory of the empire. "

Aventino sighed "I hope Jupiter heard you Dabria, for the moment we can only wait and wait and help the doctor in the things he needs.

But if something is certain, the prince will not be able to fight in the front line because it has very high importance, I hope you can act as the voice of reason with him.

Now it was a blow to the head but what will happen if Julio is later bitten by one of those damn things, I don’t want to kill the future of Rome with my hands. "

Dabria sighed "I will do my best but you should know that I am not a woman who is very good convincing I prefer to take action, however you can be sure that I will work to keep Prince Julius safe."

After this talk the two returned to their daily work, the days began to pass and Julio was recovering to the point of being able to eat some vegetables from the Castrum orchard to vary his diet.

During the days that Julio was in bed, Drabia was in charge of taking care of her needs, Julio one day asked her while she was washing his body with a sponge with soap "Why you help me Drabia, you are a commander, not a servant."

Drabia smiled "You know I owe a lot to Prince Flavio and Azalea for getting me out of the shit hole that was my life and leading me on the path I think is right.

You can call it my retribution with the empire and the imperial family, without them maybe I would be a prostitute in a place of bad death or worse yet one of those cursed beings."

Julio did not decide to ask more since it would be irresponsible of him, many times Estela questioned his lack of tact with women so he prefers to give her space

If she wants to tell her story, she will do it when she feels ready, after a week and after many changes of the band, Julio was able to stand up and take some small steps.

As they spent a few more days he could walk with the help of a cane, it was at that moment that he decided to meet with Aventino and Drabia to talk about the future of the expedition.

On a large table was a map of the empire and Drabia and Aventino were sitting, Julio took his place with some difficulty "Thank you for coming and for trusting my recovery I would like you to update me on how many troops we have and how many supplies we have. "

Drabia started with his report "We currently have 2000 Vi Opus and Praetorians, we also have 2000 guards from different cities who have joined our camp.

We have 5000 auxiliary warriors from different parts of the empire who decided to fight with us, as a population we have only 3000 people between adults and children.

Many of the cities evacuated before suffering a fate like Rome or are currently a necropolis. "

Aventino took out his report "We have food to survive a prince year, but water is a problem because we have to boil it before drinking it or use it to avoid getting a disease, the wood reserves will only last a few months.

We also lack medication and other resources that are important, we cannot stay in this area. "

Julio scratched the headband "Can we stand a trip through the Alps?"

Aventine shook his head "We can try but we would lose many lives."

Julio sighed and looked at the map "In that case, we will have to go to the city of Pisae and from that place go to the city of Genoa to climb to Gaul.

Pisae is a very important military city so we can reapprove ourselves, at best it is a city to which we can enter the worst is a necropolis.

We will leave as soon as Dr. Orazio says that I can move freely, I don’t want to be a drag "

The two commanders were a Roman greeting and left Julio alone in the room, Julio looked towards the courtyard of the Castrum where there were some happy children and playing, Julio clenched his fist "I must protect what remains of Rome if Gaul is finished regroup my troops in Britain.

I will do what is necessary to save Rome. "

After this Julio left the room leaving the room empty ...