Having just transmigrated into the Roman Empire in Hero's Last Stand as a pack-mule hero, Matthew immediately found himself caught in a moral blackmail crisis.
Looking down at the senators gathered in the Senate, Matthew declared, "As long as I have no morals, no one can blackmail me."
"I'm just a twenty-year-old retired senior official."
"A pack-mule task like saving the world should be left to a real Roman hero."
"I don't care about retirement benefits. Worst case, I'll live under a bridge in Constantinople and sneak bites of His Majesty the Emperor's tribute offerings."
"Beauty? Money? You're trying to corrupt a government official with stuff like that? What official could possibly resist such a test?"
"Hey, today I'm going to challenge my own weaknesses!"
