"..."
Lianye smiled but gave no answer. Wait until they wiped out the United Empire? By then, he, Gudako, Mash, and the other Servants would all have returned to Chaldea. This empty promise had no chance of being fulfilled.
"To refrain from answering at once—how refined. No matter, no matter. I merely hope you shall seriously consider this possibility. When the allied forces have been successfully conquered, I am willing to grant both Gaul and Britannia to you. To become the governor commanding the provinces of two regions would make you the first of your kind in Roman imperial history!"
"As everyone knows, I am generous, but such lavish efforts to win someone over are exceedingly rare!"
Lianye could truly feel Nero's generosity and sincerity.
But—
Although he was the Emperor of the Sands, he was unmoved by the power of an "emperor." Even if Gaul and Britannia were granted to him, it would be meaningless. Could Lianye somehow find another Artoria and Jeanne d'Arc on the island of Britain and along France's border with Gaul?
"I understand, I understand—I'll consider it."
Lianye replied vaguely, brushing her off.
"Your Majesty Nero Claudius!"
Boudica suddenly called Nero's name in a stern voice.
"What is it, Boudica?"
Caught up in the joy of a great victory, Nero failed to notice the suppressed anger in Boudica's tone.
In truth, as an emperor, she naturally could not be so delicate as to perceive everyone's emotions.
"—!!"
Nero had not noticed that at all. She merely regarded it as something perfectly natural, as though it were common sense.
Although it had been customary since ancient times for Romans to call "Britain" the province of "Britannia," to Boudica, that name brought back humiliating memories—especially when it came from the mouth of Emperor Nero, who had