June 20th, 1803. At the Palazzo Reale di Milano Milan, Napoleon was having a conversation with the Vice President of the Republic of Italy, Francesco Melzi d'Eril.
"Your Excellency, the news about you becoming an Emperor of France is not new. It has been the talk in the Consulate of what would become of the Republic of Italy when you become Emperor of France. Would it stay as a republic or it become a kingdom?"
"The answer is obvious, Signor Melzi, The Republic of Italy will become the Kingdom of Italy," Napoleon announced.
"And who will become its King?" Melzi asked.
"Of course, it's going to be me," Napoleon declared. "The Italian people would accept that as they saw me as liberators. Not to mention the fact that I was of Italian descent."
