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Legatus Gaius launches into a flowery introduction that leaves you bored and uninformed as to what his true intentions are. By the gods, this envoy loves the sound of his voice as he goes over the glory that is Roma. You ponder how much these 'Romans' are like the Romans from your world. It's improbable they're anything alike. If you ran into a Kingdom calling themselves 'Japan' here in Avalon, you doubt that they would be anything like the Japanese of your world.
It is a challenge to keep polite attention on the envoy until, at last, he comes to the meatier substance of his speech.
"That King Mordred did arrive and kneel before Imperator Lucius Hiberius as supplicant. Therefore we declared the Kingdom of Logres; amici populi Romani! Whereupon the Senate and people...."
"A moment, Legatus Gaius. You did it again; you used another foreign term I don't know. Please explain what 'amici populi Romani' is supposed to mean."
This question annoys the dollman; he can't quite believe how many times you had to stop him mid-speech to explain his foreign terms plainly. It is curious how presumptuous the Romans are; they simply expect you to understand innately what they are saying. They really don't like it when you call their language 'foreign'.
"It means that the Kingdom of Logres is 'friends with the Roman people' and we are allied for our mutual benefit. The Imperator and Senate ordered I, Legatus Gaius, to assist in enlightening Camelot to the glory of Roma and build it up. King Mordred had the map to show us the way over the cruel seas. Yet what do we discover upon our arrival? That there is a different King who rules Camelot."
Ah, so Lord Mordred is the one who told the Romans where Camelot is located. Or did she truly? If what this envoy is saying is true, then why did they not come back with any Baphomets? Surely, Lord Mordred would send back a few goat men with these Romans and come ashore with them to inform Camelot as to what is going on.
That's when you realize something. If there was a Baphomet, they would have immediately informed the Romans of the change in Kings. The envoy has inadvertently revealed that no Baphomet is on board the ship out in the harbor. The moment you took over Camelot as King, every goat man no matter where in Avalon automatically knew. Even if that vassal is thousands of miles away on a distant island, they would know. This is something Hanbei told you during your 'education' on Kingmanship.
Something isn't right. You try to keep the same placid and polite face to the envoy but observe the Romans very closely for other discrepancies.
"Since the Kingdom of Logres are socii, a word which means allies in your inelegant tongue, we expected a ship of warriors to help defend the Roma under the command of the Imperator."
