Flowers, Swords and France

"Good afternoon, Miss Treville." Charles nodded to his sister with a flat smile, then reached out and wiped the tears from her eyes, "Why are you crying? Are you so unhappy to meet me?"

"No, I'm just too happy, sir..." Fran shook her head, then struggled to sit up, "I haven't seen you for so long, I miss you very much..."

"Oh, thank you." Charles patted her forehead gently, "It seems that you have had a good time recently?"

"Yes, very happy, thank you for letting me out to relax," Fran showed a grateful smile on her face, "In addition, I also want to thank you for forgiving my willful behavior after so many things..."

"If you really appreciate me, then don't cause me trouble like before . "Charles sighed softly, "I have never asked anything of you, this is the only one."

"Yes, I won't do it again... Don't worry." Under her brother's touch, Fran closed her eyes, and tears came out again unconsciously, "If all this is what you really want, then I will obey silently."

"You don't have to be so serious... People who don't know would think I'm bullying you." Seeing his sister speak so seriously, Charles couldn't help laughing again, "Okay, you continue to rest first, I came here just to see you today, by the way..."

Prompted by the irrepressible joy, Charles' smile became more intense, "I also want to tell you a good news."

"Good news? What?" Fran blinked in confusion.

"I'm afraid you already know that Charlotte is accompanying Her Majesty the Queen on a tour. However, today, I received a piece of good news from Windsor Castle..." Charles said slowly, "Charlotte is pregnant. It won't be long before you have a lovely nephew... or niece."

Under Charles's gaze, the curiosity on Fran's face was instantly replaced by astonishment.

She slightly widened her eyes and looked at Charles in disbelief. Even the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and she couldn't tell whether it was joy or uneasiness.

They are about to have a child?

After a moment, a sense of loss and confusion surged from Fran's heart.

She raised her head and glanced at her brother, and found that there was an indescribable joy on his face, as if he wanted to share this joy with everyone.

However. Although Fran was not without joy in her heart, she was several times more angry and uneasy.

In her brother, she could imagine Charlotte's joy now. Only because of this, she felt even more pain.

Yes, he should be happy, he is going to be a father... He and Charlotte already have everything, and then they happily show it off to me...

How great it would be if it was mine.

If I could have a child with my brother...

She suddenly felt her nose sore, and tears almost flowed out of her eyes again.

But she didn't cry. Because she understood the intention of her brother to tell her about this.

If she couldn't even accept her brother's upcoming child, how could she say that she had changed her mind?

Even if it was acting, at least she had to play this role to the end.

She bit her lips. Feeling the slight fishy smell, she forced a smile on her face with the stimulation of this pain.

"Congratulations, sir. You have fulfilled your obligations and allowed our family to continue the bloodline... Grandpa will be very happy."

"Oh. He will definitely be very happy." Charles nodded in agreement. "I wrote to him before I came here. It won't be long. He will know the news. I guarantee that he will run to his brother to show off as soon as possible!"

"Yes, he is the first one of the two brothers to have a great-grandson. He will definitely be very excited..." Fran also echoed with a smile.

Just then, there was a knock at the door, and then Mary pushed the door open and walked in.

Obviously, after hearing the news that Charles was coming, she interrupted her nap and ran over.

"Sir, you are finally here. Fran has been talking about you these days." Mary saluted to Charles with a smile, "She has been worried that you are still angry with her!"

"Now she has got the answer." Charles shrugged.

Marie's hesitant eyes swept from Charles to Fran, as if to confirm whether the equally stubborn siblings had just quarreled again.

Marie finally breathed a sigh of relief after confirming from Fran's expression that the two had not had another conflict.

Then, she winked at Fran and asked her what she had just talked about with her brother.

"Mary, my brother told me something, it's great news..." Fran immediately understood, and then continued to say to her, "My sister-in-law, Mrs. Treville, has been confirmed by the doctor to be pregnant not long ago."

She was relieved to see that after hearing the news, Marie's face showed the same stunned expression as the two siblings when they first knew it - for people of her age, this is indeed a very novel experience.

"Congratulations, sir! Thank God, He has given you an extremely precious gift." However, Mary quickly recovered from the initial shock, and then saluted Charles again, "With your Serve the country with wisdom and courage, and God will bless your children and grandchildren in peace and prosperity!”

"Thank you too, Mary." Charles bowed to Mary in a rare gesture of gratitude.

Although he knew that such flattery was of little value, he had to say that Ciel was still very happy after hearing it.

Then, in order to make Charles happy, Mary continued to compliment Charles constantly, but the corner of her eyes was focused on her friend, watching her expression full of sadness and loss.

No, it's better to change the subject quickly, otherwise she will be so sad... Mary sighed in her heart.

Sorry, Fran.

"By the way, sir... I have something to report to you." After continuing to compliment for a while, Mary's face returned to seriousness, "It's about our trip..."

"Huh? What?" Ciel blinked in confusion.

Then, perhaps thinking of something, he suddenly turned his eyes away and drove to his silent sister. "What's going on?"

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He knew about Mary's feelings for Fran. If it got to the point where she had to report it, God knows what big thing it would be... Thinking of this, Charles couldn't help but feel a little uneasy again.

"Actually, it's not a big deal..." Because Charles suddenly became a little serious, Mary's mood also became nervous, "It's just... it's just... after we came here, we learned from Mr. Kongze I heard...I heard that you have a friend here. You value him very much and often provide money to support him..."

It took Charles a moment to realize who Mary was referring to.

Then, he felt a little unhappy.

What's going on with Kong Ze? Is it okay to talk nonsense like this?

"Then what?" he asked rather stiffly.

"Then...then..." Mary hesitated at first, but soon made up her mind, "Then, the lady became curious about this doctor, so...so she asked Mr. Kongze to take us there. ”

Anyway, this kind of thing can't be hidden from him, so it's better to have the final say now. If I tell him now, maybe he will be angry, but at least I can still find a way to alleviate his anger; if he finds out through other channels in the future, he will be furious by then, but no one will come to defend Miss Treville's arbitrariness. It's a shame to say something nice.

As expected, Ciel frowned after hearing her narration.

"Then, Kong Ze really took you there?"

Now he was very unhappy with Kong Ze.

"Yes...he took us there..." Mary's voice trembled slightly because of her nervousness, "But please don't worry, we just went over for a visit and did not reveal your identity. To this day they still don’t know who you are.”

"Is that really true?"

"Yes, absolutely. Don't worry. I stood by Fran the whole time when she was chatting with the doctor and his wife. I can guarantee that she will never reveal your identity."

That's not bad.

After hearing this assurance, Ciel finally felt a little more comfortable.

"It's just...just...in order to hide her identity, Fran made up an identity for herself...she said...she is Madame Dantès, your...your widow..." Mary's forehead appeared. Sweatdrops, she never thought she would have such difficulty speaking. "She said that she discovered that you had been sponsoring him when she was sorting out her late husband's documents, so out of curiosity, she came to England to visit him..."

"Well……"

Mary's next words made Charles fall into shock again.

He was dumbfounded, looking at Mary and then at Fran, not knowing what to say.

It's not that he was angry. He was more confused about whether to laugh or cry.

"Can you give me an explanation?" After a moment, he finally regained some composure and looked at Fran sternly, "Why do you do this? Don't tell me it's to cover up. There are many ways to cover up. There’s no need to use one like this!”

"No reason, I just said that because I was happy." Fran replied with a look full of resistance and challenge, "Anyway, you just gave him a fictitious identity, why can't I continue to make it up? Besides, it’s done now and it’s too late for you to object!”

"You..." Charlotte suddenly felt angry. (To be continued...)