Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1004 The most distinguished guest

"So the most honorable person in the audience is Shangluo, right?" Phaethon covered her forehead. She didn't expect Victoria to take action directly.

"What do you mean the most honorable? How did I become the most honorable? Isn't this the seat for serving dishes?"

[Tsk, that's why I said there's something interesting waiting for you inside - in order to receive Victoria, they sat according to the Roman seating order. Roman etiquette stipulates that the first person in the seat is the most honorable person.]

"Why?" Shangluo was confused. Not only was he confused about the meaning of this understanding, but he was also confused about Victoria's purpose.

“Ahem.” Victoria said, “I think Shangluo is indeed the most distinguished person in the whole place. Because Shangluo is a guest of this world.”

"So, Emperor Victoria, what about you?" Zhu Ling asked from the opposite side, "How about I let you sit?"

"You are the emperor's sister, and I am just a tourist. Of course you are more noble than me. Therefore, you should sit opposite me."

"Okay." Zhu Ling shook her head. She didn't object. From this angle, she could face Shangluo and watch him eat.

"Wait a minute." Phaethon said, "The seat next to Shangluo is not yours either. You are a guest here, but I am still a Roman, and you are my monarch. So you should let me sit there."

[Great! The Greek drama has begun! They have started fighting! ]

"What the hell is going on here?" Shang Luo was still confused. "Smart Miss Apollonia, please send me a manual. How should Romans arrange their seats at a meal?"

【Please see JPG.】Apollonia sent him a picture.

The picture shows the seating arrangement for a Roman banquet. If there are five people, they should sit in an arc from left to right in the order of 5. The most distinguished No. 15432 and the second most distinguished No. 1 sit at the two ends facing each other.

"I see." Shangluo stared at the picture, "Let me study it carefully."

Although he could understand the content of the picture in one second, in order not to be involved in the fight between the gods, he did not dare to look up.

"Oh, really." Victoria tilted her head slightly. "I almost forgot that Mr. Phaethon is the special consul of the Senate and the executive commissioner of the Twelve-member Committee. Although he is a senior member of the Senate with honors, he is still a minister of the Empire."

"So, Your Majesty still remembers this matter. I thought that during the time I was in Zhendan, the Empire had stripped me of my position."

【Let me explain to you. The Senate currently has 2193 members. In theory, all senators are equal in the Senate, but it is impossible for more than people to vote on all matters. So in actual implementation, the senators will form various committees, which are named with numbers. The Committee of Ten is the Cardinal Committee, which is the primary bearer and responsible person for major military and political affairs, and the person who actually runs the empire; the Committee of Forty constitutes the Supreme Court of the Empire, which is responsible for handling the final appeal of all appeals and deciding the use of the death penalty, eye gouging and castration; and there is also a Committee of One Hundred and Twenty that handles the municipal affairs of Constantinople, and a newly formed Committee of Eighty-Two for the Civil Court.

[Phaethon's Twelve Committee is a special committee set up for demigods, symbolizing the twelve gods of Olympus. Elders with extraordinary qualities handle extraordinary affairs here. Phaethon is part of this committee - well, but she mostly attends the meeting remotely, she doesn't have that much time to go to Constantinople to attend the meeting. The other demigods basically attend the meeting via video. ]

"In that case, Mr. Phaethon, who do you think has the lowest status among those present today?" Victoria's eyes wandered over several people. When her eyes swept over Yanqiu, the latter raised his hand:
“Please don’t consider me. I don’t want to sit next to Shangluo.

"Ah? Why?" Victoria was stunned. She couldn't understand why someone didn't want to sit here.

Shangluo also raised his eyes slightly from the mobile phone screen and secretly glanced at Yanqiu out of the corner of his eye.

"Because I think Shangluo's 45° side profile looks better than his front profile~~"

"Really?" Victoria tilted her head and looked over. "It seems so. I think everything is good."

"Well, I just need to watch him quietly from a distance. It's this sense of distance that makes it more beautiful than getting close. Well, you guys have your own conversation. And it's my treat tonight, so it's reasonable for me to sit in the middle."

"Yes, it's a reasonable proposal." Victoria nodded. "According to the etiquette of Aurora, the host should indeed sit in the middle. Then Phaethon, there are only two of us left."

"Your Majesty Victoria," Phaethon asked, "You are not going to say that you are lower than me just for this position, are you?"

"Are you interested in the throne?"

"If there is no curse, then it is indeed possible. Now, forget it. My fate after carrying this name is already heavy, and I really don't want to bear it twice. I dare not imagine how much karma I must have as a demigod emperor."

"Ah, look at this." Victoria spread her hands. "You are all immortals, and I am the only one trapped in this pitiful body. Am I not the smallest among all the people present? I... My weak body is telling you the pain of mortals, Lord Phaethon."

"." Phaethon covered his forehead. Although Victoria showed a formulaic acting like a Greek drama, her words were true.

Everyone present, including Yanqiu, has reached a state beyond mortals. Although Phaethon once fell, the golden hair on her hair is slowly coming back, and it is just around the corner to return to her original state. Among the people, Victoria is actually the only one who is trapped in her own body.

"Well... since you've said that, just sit there. I always feel that sometimes my empathy is too strong."

"Thank you, Lord Phaethon~~" Victoria sat down. Excluding Phaethon from the legal point of view and excluding Phaethon from the human point of view, this seat is finally hers. Today, Victoria did not live up to the name of "Goddess of Victory". She won again.

"Why do I feel like it's been hard to refuse you since we were little? You always get the upper hand." Phaethon muttered as he sat down at seat 3, "Is it because your name is Victoria that I can't beat you?"

"A name is indeed part of destiny." Victoria took a sip of water from the glass in front of her. Suddenly, she frowned slightly.

"What's wrong?" Yanqiu, the host, leaned over and asked, "Is there something wrong with the water?"

(End of this chapter)