Flowers, Swords and France

A deep darkness, a bottomless nothingness with no existence in sight.

She didn't know how long it took, but in the blur, a white light seemed to appear in front of her eyes, which finally made her remember where she was.

Finally regaining consciousness, Fran suddenly opened her eyes.

At this time, she realized that she was no longer in the room that was no different from purgatory, but in the bedroom arranged for her in the homestead. And Agnes was not by her side, instead there was another person.

"You finally woke up." Ciel said with relief when his sister opened her eyes.

After Agnes left, the servant came to clean the room and found Miss Treville sleeping in a mess. In horror, she immediately reported it to Charles, who was so shocked that he abandoned what he was doing and had his sister taken back to the room to rest.

"Yes, I'm awake." Fran also smiled slightly, "Sorry, I caused you trouble."

"It's not your fault." Charles shook his head, and then stroked her hair lovingly, "You are the victim. Well, tell me, what happened?"

Fran closed her eyes slightly and allowed her hair to be gently stroked. "Didn't Agnes tell you?"

"No," Charles shook his head, "She just left a note and left. She didn't say anything about the reason for your dispute, so I can only ask you."

"Aren't you afraid that I will take the opportunity to say bad things about her?" Fran asked in a low voice. "If you just take my word for it, I'm afraid it won't do much to understand the facts."

"Okay, stop being angry at this time!" Charles frowned, as if scolding her, "I'm completely confused about the situation now, and it's better to learn about the situation from someone than not knowing anything at all. . Besides, it’s not that easy for you to lie to me.”

Why are men always so confident? I've lied to you so many times, and I still think I can't lie to you... Fran thought to herself, almost wanting to laugh.

However, her brother's anxious expression made her feel happy, and she didn't intend to keep it secret anymore.

"She...she beat me because she made a request to me and I didn't want to give in to her request..."

"What request did she make to you?" Charles asked immediately.

In his impression, Agnes is not an unreasonable person, and she respects her identity very much, and would never act like beating her niece at will - although the blood of this niece is questionable, so he does not believe that Agnes is Sudden madness.

"She told me to leave you, to leave you forever." Fran replied. "And I didn't promise her, so..."

"She would never do such an inhumane thing. Tell me what on earth she told you!" Charles interrupted her, "Let me tell you again, I have been with her for more than ten years. , I know who she is better than you."

"I didn't lie to you! She told me to give up my love for you, find someone else, and marry any young talent, without causing any trouble to you or anyone else." Fran had to explain immediately, "To me, this is no different than asking me to leave you forever..."

"She...she asked for that?" Charles finally understood.

Then he suddenly became speechless.

A few days ago, Agnes told him face to face that he should restrain his desires and not make a big mistake. At that time, he felt that something was wrong. This time she insisted on following, and the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense. He did not expect that it would be so fast today. This is what really happened.

"Yeah, that's what she asked for, and then I refused her without hesitation and told her that I would never do that." Fran nodded, "It seems that my attitude angered her."

For a moment, he didn't know how to respond. Although Agnes beat Fran, it was obviously for him.

Should she be blamed for being too enthusiastic and interfering in other people's private affairs? Or do you blame yourself and Fran for causing such a big disaster and causing everyone to worry?

He doesn't know either.

Fran saw her brother's rare wavering. She understood that in his heart, Agnes's status was really not low, so it was definitely not possible to say bad things deliberately, but she had another way.

"Sir... it's all my fault." She closed her eyes slightly, "I deserve this. Don't waste time here. Go back and rest. It's getting late. You have more important things. To do.”

"Compared with your safety, I don't have anything more important at the moment." Ciel shook his head, "I just... just... don't know what to say."

"I was the one who put you in this situation. If you want to blame me, then you can blame me." Fran said sadly, "I have committed a sin and I deserve to be punished. Who will show mercy to me?" Who needs to pity me? Agnes is right, this is all caused by my own willfulness. I... I can only blame myself for getting myself into this mess. "

"Okay, stop talking." Charles interrupted her in a low voice, "Don't you think it hurts me to say these words?"

His hands slowly slid down from her hair and fell on her neck.

Seeing the terrible red swelling on Fran's neck, Charles suddenly felt a pain in his chest.

"Ah!" Fran suddenly screamed in pain. "Don't put your hands there, it hurts!"

When Agnes manipulated her like this just now, she didn't beg for mercy or even cry out for pain, but now she kept screaming for pain, finally calling out the love in her brother's heart.

"Sorry, sorry." Charles immediately moved his hand away, but his heart hurt more and more.

"It's okay..." Fran smiled bitterly.

"Agnes... Agnes left me a note when she left." After a moment of silence, Charles said slowly, "She told me to think through all the consequences and then make a decision on my own. Come."

"So how do you want to end it?" Fran asked immediately. "Of course, you have complete freedom."

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"What will happen if we comply with her request?" Ciel suddenly asked.

"If...if you do this, I won't do anything more." Fran laughed sadly, "Really, I won't cause the same thing again, which will bring shame to the family and bring you too much trouble." Trouble...I will just leave, where no one can see it. Maybe...maybe this is a good solution for everyone? Maybe many people are looking forward to this ending."

"Why don't you understand? I don't want to see you die. I don't want you to die before me!" Charles couldn't control himself and shouted at the other party, "You are still so young. God knows what kind of happiness you have. Waiting for you, why...why do you always talk about this!"

"I said this to Agnes just now, and I can tell you again now... Sir, I love you. This is not a sudden impulse of desire on my part, but the result of careful consideration. Everyone says that we matured prematurely. , I am also convinced, because when I was in my early tenth year, I was already thinking about my life. How could I not think about it, surrounded by a group of indifferent and even malicious people, everything was like that? It's disgusting, I... I look around the whole world, where is anyone there? Just beating cold hearts, wrapped in skins with false smiles... Only you... only you are hot and shining. Shining, as if he knows everything and can answer everything, but he loves me wholeheartedly. Only when you hold me do I feel alive... Sir, hold me!"

Her call seemed to have some magic power. Charles subconsciously opened his arms, and then Fran fell into his arms.

"Under such circumstances, how could I not fall in love with you at that time? How could you blame me for being blindly obsessed with you?" Fran's body almost trembled because of her excitement, "Yes, later I I know I have had a dream, a dream that makes everyone sad, but even so, I am still...I am proud of my decision, and I am determined not to change it, absolutely not to change it!"

As she spoke, she suddenly coughed violently, obviously still hurting from the injury she had suffered just now. But she still endured the pain with great courage and continued to shout, "You have the right not to respond to me, but you have no right to stop me from disposing of my life. Yes, either get it or die. I only give it to myself." There are two paths left...and I have enough determination to take them."

"Don't be like this, don't be like this, okay?" In the midst of the dilemma, Charles couldn't help but cry, "I am the minister of the empire, I am powerful, and everyone flatters me...I am in front of others. Playing God, you know, I haven't in a long time? I have begged others, but I really want to ask you not to die, okay? I have seen you die once, and the feeling was too painful. I will never repeat it again. I want you to die before me. , I beg you, don’t talk about life and death like this!”

"As I said, only you...only you care so much about my life and death. This makes me believe that my choice is correct, and it couldn't be more correct." Fran couldn't help crying. Not only was he confessing his true feelings, but he also felt guilty for pushing his brother to this point. "But...but if I really leave you, living like this will be a kind of torture, a kind of torture that makes people want to die immediately! You said that you had seen me die before, and it was very uncomfortable, but that time I didn't It was uncomfortable, but on the contrary, I felt relieved... because I was swallowed by despair at that time! I don’t want to experience the feeling of being swallowed by despair again, which will only make me want to bid farewell to this world.”

"Of course...if you must beg me, I...I will try hard to survive," Fran smiled bitterly. "After all, even those ascetic monks survived, right? I don't think so. It's more painful than them. I promise, if you really choose this, I won't blame you, because it is a decision that is beneficial to everyone. I will not die until the moment I can't stick to it. "

"No... no, I can never accept it... I can't accept you living like this." Charles shook his head miserably. "Compared to this, I would rather let our brothers and sisters be willful once and let everyone down once. I have lived for grandpa and everyone for a long enough time. I only ask for willfulness once... I only ask for willfulness once, right?"

"You..." Fran was immediately ecstatic.

"Okay, okay, I promise you, but it must not be now." Charles held her in his arms, "Now I don't have enough followers, my allies are not strong enough, and I can't do whatever I want. It’s impossible to just leave something completely in the dark.”

"I can wait, I can wait!" Fran answered immediately. "For our happiness, I can make any sacrifice. Sir, please believe me, I will help you become a person who can dominate everything! Please, keep me by your side."

"Before that, you have to sleep first." Charles loosened his arms and put her back on the bed.

"I will sleep for a day for you." Fran closed her eyes obediently, and then suddenly seemed to think of something. "By the way, how can she know so many things? Could it be that she told..."

"Never say bad things about her in front of me!" Charles yelled, interrupting her, "Do you know how sorry we are for her? If you say bad things about her in front of me again in the future, I will beat you!"

"I'm sorry, sir." Fran didn't dare to say more, pulled up the quilt and covered her head. (~^~)