Sur ma peau

38.

Abefica left Paris to become His Majesty the King of Versailles, and completely severed contact with Minos. The two lived separately as if nothing had happened, and a few years passed by.The eldest princess and the little prince who were sent to the United States for asylum at the beginning have been welcomed back home, and the heir of Louis XVI has become the crown prince designated by His Majesty the unmarried King.

"Your Excellency the Chief Justice." I haven't seen her for a few years, and the immature girl also has a bit of a royal posture. Her Royal Highness, the side profile angle is somewhat similar to that person.

Of course, Minos could not be enthusiastic about this uninvited guest.

"Your Highness Princess." He replied coldly. After the establishment of the new regime, the old flashy etiquette was abandoned, and nobility no longer enjoyed privileges, only honorary titles remained.

"I've come to ask for your help."

"I'm afraid I don't have the ability, Your Highness." He also didn't want to have anything to do with the royal family.

"My other uncle, the Earl of Artois, will return to China soon."

"He will not pose any threat to you. His Majesty the King will take care of this matter." Even though the dragoons were still at the border, Abafika still had a guard in his hands.

"What if the king is too ill to continue ruling?"

"Speak carefully! Your Royal Highness." The words of rebuke blurted out.

"Under the current situation, Charles and I cannot find a trusted doctor. Are you willing to stay in the palace?"

"impossible."

People always have to let go of the past in order to be strong and move on.

"Please excuse my intrusion, Your Excellency." The eldest princess was young, and it took a few seconds to clean up the disappointment on her face, and calmly informed: "The Earl of Artois will gain the authority of the regent when he returns home. , I hope the court will make preparations as soon as possible to restrict his behavior."

"Lord Minos." Just as Her Highness the Princess left the reception room, the butler's voice sounded outside the door, "I have your letter."

"Give it to me." Minos replied in a low voice, he needs to deal with some other things to get rid of the disturbing emotions.

The sender’s information was not written on the thick paper bag, and the postmark showed that it was sent from Paris a week ago. It was not processed at the counter and put into the mailbox. The post office only opened the box once a few days, so it was like this so slow.

The letter opener on the table in the reception room is an old thing left by Abfika when she lived here. It is a delicate and slender silver product. The handle of the knife is made of curly and stretched fern leaves. Thin, not used as a weapon, so the tip of the knife is rounded, handicraft-like utensils, and it will not hurt your hands when you play it.

Those times of cohabitation, looking back now, seem to be a fabricated delusion.Minos twitched the corner of his mouth mockingly, cut the seal of the paper bag, and threw the letter opener away.

Inside the paper bag is a kraft paper bag, tightly packaged, with a mysterious meaning.Minos patiently removed it, peeling off the paper cortex layer by layer, revealing the thick leather cover engraved with the royal family's coat of arms on the innermost side, the gold edges were frayed, without the suppression of the package, and the inner records and labels made the cover slightly bulge , what Minos has been looking for for a long time.

Royal Medical Records.

He turned to the first page, and His Majesty the King's name was written in the name column.

The records from birth even include the records of spitting up milk and teething, depicting a person's growth process in detail.

From wailing for food to toddler, at the age of five, there were frequent bumps and bumps in swordsmanship lessons, which gradually decreased. Minos could imagine a healthy and beautiful child holding a practice sword in a serious manner in his mind, and he couldn't help but smile. .

The sparse records stopped at the beginning of 74, followed by a diagnosis in July. The densely packed records filled five pages, including aphasia, weakness, unresponsiveness, malnutrition, loss of emotion, and abnormal pain sensation... The handwriting that penetrated the page was almost I can feel the anger of Sir François who went to treat him as a doctor at that time.

"I committed the crime of patricide and was imprisoned in this castle."

"A suicide cannot be buried in a church."

"The Dauphin dug out his own heart."

Of the three testimonies, only one person was lying. He was charged with unwarranted crimes for his father's reputation, was imprisoned and severely punished, and his humanity was worn away, and he became the sword of kingship.

In the records of more than ten years that followed, a large number of calming and conditioning medicines were recruited from Versailles to comfort and accompany the attendant from childhood, and then the collapsed child was fixed into the perfect French rose that the world has seen.

The old wounds that had been healed were re-excavated in the Bastille. Current events and political situations deprived them of the time for rest and rest, and deteriorated to the point where poisons were needed to suppress them.

The following two-year gap was the time when he forcibly took over Abafica's personal health. His ignorance and arrogance interrupted the treatment plan originally planned by Jazz, so that Abafica increased the dosage after returning to Versailles. The face with light makeup is not prepared for attending salons and balls, but to cover up the poisoned look.

The record stops at the day before the war with Austria.After the dragoons left Paris, the courts and parliament seized power, the knight died in the turmoil, and the medical treatment was suspended.If it hadn't been for the sudden outbreak of war, perhaps the man would have died years ago from the poison that was getting worse day by day.

A piece of paper fell out of the medical record he picked up, and was caught by Minos.

"A gift." Signed with the Roman letter V, Maximilian Robespierre's code name when he contacted him.

A lunatic cannot sit on the throne, not even a hidden danger.This evidence is enough to strip the king of his identity, and he can even be supervised and imprisoned by the court according to the law.

"I inherited my father's illness. When I can't control myself, I will turn into a weapon that loses myself and attack everything instinctively."

"If I become such a monster, please kill me."

Minos once again opened the medical records in his hand, read them word by word, and made sure that there were no omissions. Then he opened the binding of the paper volumes and threw them into the fireplace one by one. The black ashes flew like butterflies in the fire, After staring at the firelight for a long time, there are spots of light in front of my eyes, dotted with stars, like falling into a dream.Having done this, he summoned attendants.

"What time does His Majesty the King normally receive visitors?"

"From three to five in the afternoon."

"Make an appointment for a visit for me."

"The palace has suspended visitor appointments for two days."