Eagle's Glory

"Yes, I completely agreed with you at the time." Louis nodded, "So have you decided now?"

"Yes, I've made up my mind." Aigron nodded immediately, and then his hand moved slowly on the chart, finally stopping at a spot in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

"Monte Cristo Island?" Louis looked carefully at where his hand was pointing, and then pronounced the name.

"Yes, Monte Cristo Island is here." Aigron nodded, "When I stayed in Genoa, I bought a lot of relevant research materials. After careful consideration, I decided to make it our temporary destination .”

Before Louis could ask, Aigron carefully explained the reasons for his decision. "First of all, the location of this island is very good. It is located in the middle of the ports of France and Italy. There are cargo ships and smuggling ships passing by everywhere. It is very beneficial for our next operations, and we can easily maintain contact with the European continent there. ;Secondly, the island is now uninhabited. There used to be a monastery on it, but it was abandoned because it was ransacked by pirates in the 16th century-this means that we can easily occupy this uninhabited island and turn it into our own. The original site."

Brother Louis and Charlie looked at each other for a while, and then nodded at each other. Obviously, they also very much approved of Aigron's proposal.

"Your Majesty, even though it is an uninhabited island, we must be careful if we want to occupy it. After all, smugglers often pass by and settle temporarily." Louis thought for a while, and then reminded Aigron.

"Yes, we can't occupy there right away. We can only pretend to be smugglers temporarily settled in the beginning." Aigron nodded, "We need the necessary force to stand firm, so I have already asked Treville Marquis, recruit me some people as soon as possible, preferably old soldiers who have served the empire, once I recruit enough people, the island will be mine!"

"You're absolutely right." Louis expressed his sincere conviction for his opinion, "I have no other opinion."

Aigron looked at Charlie and Chanel, as if asking for their opinion.

Charlie shook his head silently, expressing that he agreed with Aigron's opinion, and Chanel replied directly, "Your Majesty, I obey all your orders."

"Very good, we have reached a consensus." The young man nodded with satisfaction.

Then he added, "Let's occupy the island of Monte Cristo first and accumulate strength. Once I feel that we have enough strength, we will go to other places... You tell the sailors now and do as I say."

Aegron waved his hand.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Louis bowed and saluted, then left with his younger brother.

And Chanel stayed here.

"Your Majesty, go to bed early." She looked at the young man's face worriedly, "If you feel uncomfortable, I can give you a massage."

"I'm fine, Chanel." Aegron shook his head stubbornly.

Then, he lowered his voice again. "Chanel, remember what I told you before?"

Chanel also became alert. She first subconsciously looked outside the cabin, and after making sure that no one was eavesdropping, she also lowered her voice to answer.

"Is it about the treasure...?"

"Yes, that's what I want to say." Aigron nodded, "I brought everyone to Monte Cristo Island with perfect reasons, but as I said before, I will only let you accompany me To see the treasure... I can only rest assured that these treasures are in my own hands."

"I understand, Your Majesty." Chanel nodded quickly, "I will not reveal a word to others!"

"Chanel, it's up to the two of us to adapt." Aigron smiled wryly, "But I believe you can do it."

After explaining everything, Aigron suddenly felt an uncontrollable exhaustion all over his body.

He just felt dizzy, and it was hard for him not to vomit.

"Your Majesty!" Chanel screamed in fright, "Are you alright?"

While speaking, she hugged the young man in a panic.

"I'm fine, Chanel." Aigron shook his head.The voice was a little weak, "This is the first time in my life to take a boat, and I'm just not used to it."

"Then you have a good rest, I'll hold you." Chanel helped Aigron to the hammock, and hugged Aigron tightly, "Before at the foot of the Alps, you let me rest like this. Your Majesty... …You can rest assured that even if you show your weak side occasionally, it will never in any way detract from my respect for you."

"Okay, thank you." Eggron smiled and closed his eyes.

Perhaps because it was so comfortable lying in Chanel's arms, Aigron gradually recovered from the nausea of ​​seasickness, and then fell asleep unconsciously.

As time passed, the sky gradually brightened, and the sun rose from the sea again. The sailboat without any logo circled the island of Corsica, where Napoleon was born, and the island where Napoleon once ruled when he abdicated for the first time. Elba Island, sailing all the way south.

On the next morning, Louis knocked on the door of the captain's cabin.

"Your Majesty, we are almost there."

Aigron quickly got dressed, then walked out of the hatch with Chanel and came to the deck of the ship.

On the distant skyline, a small island is already in sight.

With the help of binoculars, Aigron looked at the outline of the island.

The small island, covered with sparse vegetation and an abandoned building in the middle, looks unremarkable and unattractive.

But ... that is the island of Monte Cristo.

Yes, Monte Cristo, here we come.

Hope everything goes as expected...

Aigron tried his best to look expressionless, and then looked at Louis next to him.

"Close at full speed, I want to go to the island immediately to have a look."

"Okay!" Louis smiled, and immediately agreed, "I sincerely hope that your rule will start from an uninhabited island and end with the most powerful empire in Europe, Your Majesty!"

"Without a doubt, I will." The young man nodded firmly. "This island is the blessed land of my destiny, and our family's magnificent epic will surely turn a new page from here! Future generations will remember this place, I have no doubts."　　

21. Open Sesame

Under the command of Aigron, the sailors steered the sailboats to approach the small island of Monte Cristo.

Then, as when boarding the boat, two small boats were lowered on the boat, and the sailors rowed the small boats to take Aigron, Chanel, and the Louis brothers to the beach, while the others stayed on the boat temporarily.

In order to prevent accidents, they also brought weapons and gunpowder in the boat.

The feeling of stepping on land again made Eggron, who had been tortured by seasickness all day, feel a lot better. He raised his head and looked at the small island he had just set foot on.

Monte Cristo Island is just a small island of about ten square kilometers, but because the center of the island is a high mountain that blocks the view, it feels bigger than it actually is.

On the mountainside, wild goats shuttled among them, gnawing the weeds in the cracks in the rocks, and in the gaps between the peaks, the outline of the abandoned monastery was looming.

It was already April at this time, and the goddess of spring not only came to the European continent, but also visited this small Mediterranean island, where the grass and moss were already lush.

Looking around, the dusky soil, white and brown rocks and light green vegetation alternate with each other, forming a beautiful mosaic picture.

And this place will soon belong to me.

Aigron raised his hand leisurely and pointed to the peak of the mountain.

"This is a gift from God to me. I will never taste the pain of being dependent on others. From now on, I only need to fight for myself!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chanel echoed the master with a trembling voice. "From now on, we will only serve you."

Thinking of the experience of the past year, she also has mixed feelings now, and she is so excited that she almost cried.

When she was young, she experienced the pain of her whole family being wiped out, and finally escaped from France, and had to be sent to serve others. Has she ever seen hope in this life?The belief that supported her to continue living was nothing more than the desire for revenge.

Who would have thought that in the end, her luck would turn around again. Because she became the dowry of Princess Sophie, she came to a foreign court, found the only person in the world who could avenge her, and finally became his follower?

For her, the ups and downs of this life, in exchange for such a result, can be comforted for the rest of her life. Even the parents in the kingdom of heaven will feel relieved seeing today.

From now on, she will no longer have to taste the pain of homelessness, she has found a destination for her life - that is to follow His Majesty until the end of her life.

Seeing the performance of the two, the Louis brothers looked at each other without making a sound, and there was some sigh in their eyes.

Soon, Aigron woke up from his emotion.

Now is not the time to be complacent, the road has just begun.

Aigron picked up the rifle, reloaded it methodically, then raised the muzzle and aimed at the goat in the distance.

The ignorant goats are still gnawing weeds between the rocks, not feeling the impending death at all.

"Bang!" With a loud noise, the goat was shaken by the kinetic energy of the bullet, and then slowly fell to the ground.

"Wonderful!" Louis applauded, and then he also picked up the gun and shot at the goat in the distance.

In this way, the first thing Aigron and his party did after they landed on the island was to start hunting.

While shooting, they walked up the mountain along the moss-covered stone steps, towards the abandoned monastery in the mountain.

Soon they climbed the mountainside and came to the gate of the monastery.

Although it has been uninhabited for two or three centuries, because it is a stone and brick building, it can roughly maintain the original structure, but a few places have collapsed, exposing large gaps.There are wild flowers and weeds dotted between the stone walls, unknown insects crawling around, and even snakes.

There is a desolate mottled of ruins everywhere.

"It seems that this place needs to be well repaired before people can live in it." Louis couldn't help but shook his head.

"It doesn't matter, we have plenty of time anyway." Aigron replied, "Anyway, the route here is convenient, we can buy living materials through smugglers, and then renovate this place-although it is not necessary to renovate it into a palace, but let everyone It should be comfortable to live in.”

"Yeah, let's continue to live on the boat recently. Anyway, there is no need to worry." Louis nodded approvingly.

After that, they looked around and shot and hunted, which seemed to be leisurely.

However, the time soon reached the afternoon, and the four of them were a little hungry.

"Your Majesty, why don't we go back first?" Charlie asked. "Anyway, I've seen enough of it today, and I'll continue to go to the island to clean it up tomorrow."

Aegron did not answer immediately, but frowned slightly.

Then, he suddenly looked at Louis, walked to his side, and whispered in his ear. "It's really hard for me to be seasick for a day. I'll rest here for a while. You guys go back to the boat first... By the way, bring back the two goats we killed as our extra meal tonight. Chanel and I are in Continue to hunt here, and continue to stroll around. You don’t have to wait for me, we just need to eat some dry food now, and the sailors will come to pick me up at night.”

Aigron pointed to the hunted goat in the distance, and then lowered his voice, "By the way, I plan to have a good rest here, there is really no private space on the boat, it makes me sick! "

Louis was stunned for a moment, and then managed to control himself not to smile.

"Okay, Your Majesty." He gave Egron a very understanding look, "Then let's go back first, you and Chanel are here... have fun, and come back for dinner at night."

"Thank you." Aigron nodded, praising the other party's "sensibility".

Louis whistled once and glanced at Chanel.

Chanel blushed immediately, and retreated behind Aigron, not daring to look at His Highness.

Louis also knew in his heart that Chanel was a maid brought by His Majesty from Austria, and she had always served by his side. The relationship between the two of them was extraordinary, and they must not be treated as ordinary servants, so he was not surprised by Aigron's words.

He winked at Egron. "Your Majesty, take care of yourself. Let's go first, so as not to disturb your hunting pleasure. You have been seasick for so long, it's time to 'relax'."

The two brothers looked at Chanel with strange smiles, then turned and left, leaving Aigron and Chanel behind.

Although the two of them had already left, Chanel still blushed, lowered her head and dared not speak.

"Chanel, I'm sorry, I have to find a reason to convince them to drive them away." Aigron shrugged. "Tired you."

"It's okay, Your Majesty, for your plan, I'm willing to cooperate!" Chanel replied in a low voice, "Even if you really need something..."

She didn't go any further when she said this, "Okay, let's go!"

So, the two men walked out of the ruins of the monastery with guns in hand.

While walking, Aigron looked around.

Although he looked calm on the surface and was full of confidence that he was sure of winning, his heart was not so stable.

In fact, even though he has arrived on the island of Monte Cristo, he has no way of completely concluding that the treasure really exists-his only theoretical guidance is just a novel "The Count of Monte Cristo" that he has read.

What if the so-called plot of the novel does not exist at all?What if Morcerf's existence was a mere coincidence?What if the so-called "treasure" is just my imagination?

If these are true, then all his efforts will be in vain, and his plan will suffer major setbacks.

He didn't want to see such a result.

In addition, even if the treasure exists, can he really promise to find it today?

Today is the best opportunity. In the future, he will not be able to send everyone away so naturally. He can't just say that he wants to be alone with Chanel every time. His cousins ​​will definitely become suspicious.

It's like throwing dice into a bowl, and you only see the dots when you lift the bowl.

The torment of this waiting is indeed uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty... are you afraid?" Chanel seemed to feel the torment in his heart, and then leaned against him, "Actually, I have also thought about it. After so many years, the treasure may have been stolen first Let's go, after all, not everyone will remain loyal all the time... But, I think even if the treasure has been discovered, it's just a small regret. It's a surprise for you to have it, and it helps a lot ; But if not, you are still our majesty, my master... You are not followed by me because of wealth, I firmly believe that you will have an empire that is thousands of times more precious than treasure!"

Chanel's comfort made Aigron suddenly feel relieved.

Yes, he has experienced the worst situation so far. He can't help himself in doing anything when he is in prison. Now that he has escaped, it is bottoming out.

Regardless of whether there is a treasure or not, he has already made a lot of money anyway, so what is there to be afraid of?

Well...then let's uncover the cup to see the points. Is fate giving me a gift, or is it playing a vicious joke on me?

Either way, I have to win.

With the arrogance after being inspired, Aigron followed a secret path to the small island and the gorge based on his own memory. Finally, he saw a small stream.

They followed the stream, and found that it led stealthily into a little bay, deep in the middle and wide at the mouth, in which lay a little sailboat so decayed that it was almost unrecognizable, surrounded by vines and Covered in moss, it is completely invisible from the outside.

After confirming this discovery, Aigron's heart beat suddenly.

Right on!It all fits right on!

He restrained his ecstasy, and then followed the stream again, and finally saw a large rock at the bottom of the canyon. This rock was very large, and it rolled along the side slope to where it is now.And beside the big round rock, there is another big stone. This big stone must have been used to withstand the rolling force of the big boulder as a cushion stone. Many stone flakes and pebbles were stuffed around the rock to cover it up. More earth was put on, and weeds grew out of the earth, and moss covered the stone surface, and myrtle trees took root there, so that the boulder seemed to be firmly rooted in the ground.

As written in the original book, it really exists!