Flowers, Swords and France

Under the influence of that inexplicable guilt, Charles held Charlotte tightly in his arms and kissed her. However, even with this guilt in his heart, he still did not regret his impulse that night.

After a while, his lips left Charlotte. Looking at Charlotte, whose face was slightly red and her breathing was a little short, Charles suddenly felt a feeling of emotion in his heart.

Even if I spend my whole life with her, there is nothing wrong with it? At least he couldn't see anything wrong.

"Charle, stop making trouble!" After a moment of silence, Charlotte, still blushing, put away his hand, "I'm looking for you today because I have other business matters!"

"Didn't you just say that you just came to see me? What else is there to do?" Charles was a little surprised.

"It's nothing, it's just a little thing..." Charlotte smiled slightly, but Charles always felt that there seemed to be something else in it, "Charle, aren't we going to have a big banquet at my house? Then Why not just call your sister over? She is already at this age anyway, so it would be nice to play with everyone and get to know more people..."

{Ding}Dian{小} said that although she deliberately pretended to be careless, Charles, who had been with her for so many years, still discovered something strange about it.

The relationship between Charlotte and Fran has not been very good. Generally speaking, Charlotte would never invite Fran if she could not do so. However, she took such initiative today, which is a bit strange no matter how you look at it.

"Your grandpa, haven't you given up yet? Are you still thinking about what happened that day? Is it what they suggested? It will really serve multiple purposes... It will make us happy and make them happy."

Because of some displeasure. So Ciel couldn't help but grimace.

Charlotte was a little embarrassed at first, then regained her composure. "Charle, don't say it so harshly, okay? What do you mean by not giving up? Is my grandfather planning something bad that is not good for you? This is not a bad thing in the first place. It doesn't matter if you don't want to, but it's okay Would it be nice for us not to have this attitude?

Besides, Fran is already so old, so what's wrong with letting her go out to social circles more often? Grandpa just wants to give you a chance to get to know each other, and he doesn’t really want to force you into anything... My grandpa means that even if we can’t have a second marriage, at least we should treat you as relatives..."

"Is this too weird to say?" Charles was a little confused.

"Of course it's not surprising!" Charlotte nodded. "Have you noticed that Fran has never been to our home? Even if we don't interact with each other very often, this is too strange. Although our two families didn't interact much in the past years. But you still came many times, except ...Except for those two years. But what about her? She has never been to our house, let alone visited my father and grandfather. She is almost like a stranger to our family..."

Ciel's expression suddenly froze.

That's quite right, since Fran was a child, he couldn't remember when she visited Charlotte's home. Although the elders of the two families rarely interacted with each other in order to avoid suspicion, the younger generations still interacted very frequently without any taboos. Both Charles and Charlotte have been to each other's house many times.

"What you said makes sense..."

Charlotte's defense made Ciel's anger gradually subside.

"So, what grandpa means is to ask Fran to come to my house and let her decide whether it is appropriate or not. It would be best if his proposal can become a reality. If not, it doesn't matter. At least he can meet Fran. , After all, I haven’t seen my great-nephew for so many years, so getting close to my great-nephew doesn’t mean there is any special conspiracy...?”

As Charlotte spoke, she glanced at Ciel.

Ciel also gradually calmed down.

No matter what other intentions he had, at least what he said was correct, and there was no need for him to restrict his sister's social life. Besides, what's wrong with letting Fran meet her cousin and say hello? That's how it should be.

"Okay, then you go tell her yourself. It's your idea anyway." After thinking about it for a moment, Ciel shrugged.

His attitude made Charlotte frown again.

After staring at Ciel for a moment, she sighed again.

"Char, this is not my business alone..."

"But this is your family's treat after all?" Charles replied.

"No, this is a banquet for the two of us anyway, you have to tell her." Charlotte continued to insist, and then directly stretched out her hand and took Ciel's hand, "Or do you dare not? "

"Don't dare...? What am I afraid of?"

"Yeah, I'm surprised too. What are you afraid of?" Charlotte looked at Ciel with a sneer, "Then come with me and talk about it? There's nothing bad to say about this kind of thing?"

Charlotte's gaze made Charles feel a little uncomfortable. He didn't like the feeling of being led around.

Even if his fiancée did this, he still didn't like it.

"Okay, since you insist on me doing this, I will go and tell her, I will go alone." After a moment of silence, he replied calmly, "Wait for me, she should be at home now, I will go there soon Go find her."

Charlotte's lips moved slightly, but seeing Ciel's expression, she finally said nothing.

"Okay, then you go, I'll wait for you here." Finally, she also smiled, "Anyway, as long as you can be happy."

"Thank you, I'm very happy, Miss de Treville." Charles stood up, then bowed slightly to the other party seemingly respectfully, then turned and left.

Soon, Ciel arrived in front of Fran's room.

Then he knocked gently on the door.

"Are you there? Fran?"

There was no response from the door, but soon the door opened, and Fran and Ciel were looking at each other.

"What's the matter, sir?" Fran asked in a low voice.

Perhaps due to lack of sleep recently, Fran's face looked a little pale. Even the tone of his voice was much softer, and he sounded a little listless because he was at home. Her hair was not combed, and her blond hair flowed down the back of her white dress, swaying slightly, as if she had just been awakened from sleep.

But Charles can also understand his sister's current state - ever since she learned everything about her parents, Fran's mental state has obviously become much worse than before, and she even shuts herself in her room a lot of the time. I also lost a lot of weight.

See her current state. As his brother Ciel, of course he felt very sorry for her, but he still did not interfere too much because Ciel believed that she would eventually have to get out of this shadow on her own.

It is precisely for this reason. Ciel refused to bring Charlotte over just now, so as not to bring new excitement to her.

"Can't you let me sit down? Miss?" In order to lighten the atmosphere a little, Charles used as relaxed a tone as possible.

"Of course, please come in." Fran replied quickly. Then got out of the way. Turn around and walk back.

Ciel also walked in and sat on the chair next to her desk, while Fran sat on her bed.

There was an unfinished painting on the desk. It was obvious that Fran was painting before Charles came to disturb her.

It's okay, it's not a bad way to relieve your mood.

Ciel did not look closely at the paintings on the table, but looked directly at his sister.

"There's something I want to tell you."

"Did something bad happen again?" Fran replied dully. "Just tell me, I can bear it..."

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This reaction of hers. Jean Ciel was a little shocked, so much so that he couldn't speak for a while. but. Thinking about it, I don't blame her. Recently, I kept telling her some bad news, so much so that she became frightened...

"Don't be like this, Fran, don't be so pessimistic... This time there is good news." Charles tried to make his tone more cheerful, "I'm here to invite you to play. The masquerade is very fun... …”

"Masquerade?" Fran was a little surprised.

"Well, yes, I'm going to have a dance."

"Why?"

"It's nothing. I was transferred. This can be regarded as some kind of celebration." In front of Fran, who was so unhappy now, Charles certainly didn't dare to make random jokes like he did to Charlotte just now. "This time it's just for fun." Be happy, I plan to invite a lot of people to play, and it will definitely be a grand event, so I think you should come and join in..."

"That's right... ok." Fran suddenly laughed, "Are you going to be transferred? It looks like you're getting a promotion. Congratulations, sir, I will definitely participate."

"Don't be too busy congratulating me, it's not done yet." Charles smiled and waved his hand.

"So, when?"

"The date has not been determined yet, but we will be preparing in the next few days. After all, we have to invite a lot of people." Charles replied, and then added as casually as possible, "By the way, there will probably be a lot of people scheduled to attend, so I'm going to do it at Charlotte's house."

"Put it at Charlotte's house?" Fran was a little shocked. "You want to host it with Charlotte?"

"Yes, her house is big enough to fit everyone in. You don't know that." Although he felt his sister's resistance at that moment, Charles still smiled, "Speaking of which, You haven’t been to her house for so many years, why should you go? Her grandpa is already that old, and he’s not in good health now, so you should go and say hello?”

For some unknown reason, Charles did not tell Fran about Duke Treville's plan. Perhaps he himself thought the idea was too absurd to be valuable in telling her.

After Ciel explained, Fran did not answer at first, but kept looking at Ciel.

This kind of gaze made Ciel feel a little uncomfortable, but just when Ciel was about to ask, Fran nodded slightly.

"Okay, I'll be there...if it makes you happy."

"It's not for me or anyone else, I just want to invite you to have fun." Charles was not satisfied with Fran's answer, "If my invitation makes you feel embarrassed..."

"No, I'm not embarrassed. I really want to go." Fran immediately changed her mind, "I've been bored at home for a long time, so it would be nice to go and have fun..."

"Well, thank you for your presence, beautiful Miss Treville. I will certainly be happy." After receiving a satisfactory answer, Charles was very happy. "However, what I hope most is that you will be happy too... Well, in this case, you can pick out a dress these days. Don't worry about the money. I will pay the bill." Then, he stretched out his hand and pinched his sister's face. "When the time comes, you will definitely make other girls pale in comparison!"

Feeling the warmth from her palm and Charles' caring eyes, Fran couldn't help but close her eyes slightly, intoxicated by this moment of tenderness.

"I will be happy, don't worry..."

If you need it.

"Well, in this case, I won't bother you anymore, you continue to paint." Charles was very happy to invite Fran so smoothly.

Just as he stood up and was about to leave, he saw the painting on the table clearly.

"By the way, what is this?"

Although he asked this question, it was clear at a glance what the painting was about - it was just a portrait.

Charles leaned down and took a closer look.

This was indeed his portrait. The man in the painting was standing proudly under the blue sky, holding a gun and looking into the distance. Next to him was a small lake, with the figure of the man flickering in the water.

"I'm painting your portrait."

"It's really good." Charles nodded approvingly, "But... I don't seem to be that handsome?"

"Yes." Fran replied. (To be continued...)

ps: I haven't written for a few days, and I'm a little rusty... I almost couldn't lift the pen, it's terrible.