Flowers, Swords and France

"In that case, I have an idea..."

Phillip muttered softly, which suddenly sparked hope in Charles's heart.

"What's the idea?" he asked quickly.

"This..." Phillip's eyes suddenly flickered, as if he was hesitating for something.

"Hey! Why are you doing this with me at this time?" Charles couldn't help but urge. "Tell me quickly..."

"She is my sister after all. It would not be good for me and you to deal with her..." Phillip still hesitated and glanced at Charles uneasily.

An ordinary person might be deceived by his behavior, but Ciel would not. He knew this cousin too well.

"Okay, Philip, I'll tell you clearly..." Charles sighed, and then looked at his cousin seriously, "As long as you can help me coax Charlotte to change her mind, then I owe you a It’s a great favor that I will always remember.”

Charles's statement finally brought a smile to Philip's face.

"Okay, brother, since you have already mentioned it, I will tell you carefully..."

He was very happy now. As long as he got this promise from Charles, his future, which seemed to be in jeopardy, would be more secure. Besides, if he really broke the engagement, where would he find his sister? What about a more suitable marriage partner?

Then, he reached Ciel's ear and spoke softly.

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After today's summons was over and a group of self-defense army officers were frightened into submission, Charles finally finished his schedule for the day. Returned to his home again.

Then, when he found out that Mary was there, he called Mary into his study.

"Good evening, sir." Mary saluted Charles with a smile.

After this period of recuperation, the red marks on her face had completely disappeared. On the contrary, because of living in seclusion, her skin became fairer, and she looked much more beautiful than before.

Maybe it was an illusion, but Charles always felt that the half-exposed white patch on her chest seemed to be a little taller than before.

Looking at Mary, who was obviously dressed up carefully, Charles couldn't help but be stunned, but he quickly came back to his senses.

"Good evening, Mary. Seeing how beautiful you are now, I can't bear to ask you to do things..." He complimented half-heartedly.

"Have your way with me, sir." Mary looked up. The smile was full of respect, "I've been really bored recently, and I've wanted to do something for a long time. Besides, I have to give you a place of use, otherwise you won't have time to remember me. ”

"Ah, this is too much to say. How could I forget your hard work and service all the time?" Charles shook his head quickly, "Mary, don't worry. After going through so many things, you are my absolute trust." His subordinates, like Albert..."

In fact, Charles's trust in Marie is of course completely impossible to compare with his trust in Albert, but anyway, good words don't cost money. Of course, he is not stingy about giving as many compliments to others as possible.

Sure enough, after hearing such praise from Ciel, Mary's face flashed with excitement. She bowed to Charles again.

"Thank you, sir...I promise you. As long as you entrust me with important tasks, I will never betray your trust."

"Oh. I believe you." Ciel nodded.

After inspiring his subordinates with these polite words that were not sincere, Charles finally got to the point, "Mary, since you have already talked about this, I don't have anything to ask you... "

"Please say so!" Mary shouted back.

"It's like this..." Charles lowered his voice intentionally, "Recently, I wanted to sell off all the railway bonds in my hands, but I was too busy to do it myself. I hope you can do it. Help me...get cash out of the market as smoothly as possible."

Although this task came out of the blue, after a moment of surprise, Mary nodded immediately, not appearing too surprised. "Okay, I understand, I will help you deal with it."

After several years of non-stop issuance, the sales of railway bonds are no longer as popular as before. The market has entered a relatively stable stage, so it is impossible to continue to appreciate too much. What needs to be done now The thing is to sell off the bonds in your hands and exchange them for freely disposable cash.

And because Shire holds too many bonds, in order to avoid the sell-off causing panic in the market, this sell-off must be sold step by step in a planned manner, so as to extract as much cash as possible from the market. And because Charles had too many official duties, he absolutely did not have the energy to deal with this kind of thing, so he could only ask his assistant to handle it.

"You must keep this matter secret because I don't want to cause too many unnecessary shocks to the market." Charles warned again, "However, if you need any help, just tell me and I can have someone come. assist you."

In other words, if I dare to do anything wrong, will someone come and deal with me at any time? Of course Mary could understand Ciel's subtext.

However, she wasn't angry about it. Being entrusted with such an important task, it would be strange if the other party didn't take any precautions. Now being able to point it out is a kind of trust.

"I will definitely do what you want, sir." Mary assured Charles again.

Then, she frowned slightly, "But...if you said you were going to help, I do need it..."

"Huh? Please feel free to say so." Ciel nodded. "Anything I can do, I'll help."

"Actually, you don't need to put too much thought into it. All you need to do is allow me to get close to someone." Mary smiled mysteriously, "Yes, I mean Matilda..."

"Matilda?" Charles looked at Mary in confusion, "Her? Why?"

He was indeed very surprised.

Let's not talk about whether he can order Matilda at will, even from other aspects, this is a bit strange. Ever since that day when Mary told Matilda everything about seducing her, according to Charles's opinion, even if the relationship between the two would not break, it should have become bad. Why did Mary suddenly make such a request to him? ?

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"The reason is very simple." Mary raised her head and looked at Charles with a smile, "Matilda is the daughter of the Railway Minister. It will be very beneficial for me to carry out my mission if I have more contact with her."

Seeing that Ciel was still looking at her suspiciously, she sighed again.

"Besides, sir, despite all the regrettable things that have happened, I still want to repair our relationship with her..."

This reason blocked everything Ciel originally wanted to say.

After all, he was a part of all kinds of regrettable things.

Although I don’t know why Mary suddenly made this request, it seems like a good idea. If the two of them could mend their relationship, it would indeed be a kind of compensation for him.

"Okay, as long as you can complete the tasks I assigned you, you have complete freedom of action." After a moment, Charles nodded and agreed to Mary's proposal, "I will write to Matilda. Write a letter and ask her to help you."

"As you wish, sir." Suppressing the excitement in her heart, Mary saluted Charles again with an indifferent smile.

She had reason to be so happy.

Because of Ciel's arrangement, why would she be able to keep a large amount of money in her hands at her disposal at any time - although the ownership of the money belongs to Ciel, but she can pass on it, even if it is in a way that will not offend Ciel at all. She can also earn a lot of profit from it.

At the same time, and more importantly, she had the legitimate opportunity to interact with Matilda on an equal footing as a representative of the Shire, and to plan the next thing safely.

This joy even made her slightly break her usual indifference, and she looked at Ciel curiously.

"Sir, I still don't quite understand, what do you plan to do with so much cash? Although there is not much room for appreciation of railway bonds now, they can still be regarded as a source of profit. If held for a long time, the future income will definitely be It’s still quite impressive…”

"I know," Ciel sighed, "but I have more important things to do now."

"Is it Miss Treville's business?" Mary asked Charles with a strange keenness.

This sudden speculation made Charles feel a little overwhelmed for a moment, but in the end he calmed down and nodded. "Yeah... sort of."

Seeing Charles behave like this, Mary gradually got the idea in her mind and stopped asking any more questions.

Although Charles kept the news that he and Charlotte had fallen apart secretly, Mary had already known it clearly through Matilda's channels. However, even so, she didn't think she had any chance. After all, the status gap between the two was too big. Not to mention that her employer was not very obsessed with her in the first place. Even his grandfather, the newly promoted army officer, The marshal would never agree to their marriage under any circumstances.

Since she doesn't expect such unrealistic things at all, Mary is also thinking very wildly. She just wants to take advantage of her employer's current vacant state to further expand her influence in his heart so that he can't leave. assistant.

However...even so, she still had an unquenchable feeling of jealousy towards Charlotte in her heart, and it even took a lot of effort not to show it.

"Okay, sir, I understand. I wish you all the best." (To be continued...)