What to do if your crush is the Earl

"Is it really that bad?" Sitting in the carriage, Wendy's carriage was large enough for eight people to sit in double row without feeling crowded.Martin sat diagonally across from Riel, and asked with a slight frown.

The content of the letter at that time was short of adding a sentence of urgency.If it wasn't for the security issues of the Acropolis City, he wouldn't have rushed back so anxiously.

"Not at all," Riel rested his head on his knee with one hand, looked at him with lake blue eyes, and said with a picky voice, "I just miss you, okay?"

Martin looked at him for two seconds, then lifted his robe and was about to get off the carriage.

"Hey, don't, don't," Riel finally realized that he was playing too much, and reached out his hand to stop the other party from getting off the car.

Martin glanced at him coldly, and sat down again: "Master Wendy, if you want to talk to me about something serious, you'd better not start this kind of joke."

Riel was half lonely and half casually sighed: "Odin has really changed."

Martin didn't speak.

The temptation again failed, and Riel finally stopped being naughty: "It is indeed an important matter. The Acropolis is not stable recently. You will know when you follow me to the governor's mansion."

The Acropolis Governor's Mansion is in the very center of the city, at the end of the Hot Spring Avenue. It is regarded as an institution under the command of the Earl, but it has little involvement with the Sad Manor on weekdays. Only very important matters related to government orders will be reported to the manor. side.

In front of the large building of the Chief Official's Mansion, there were already waiters waiting at the door, and they were brought in to the conference hall on the third floor.

Several of the city's principal consuls and governors were already there.People from the Ping An Police Station were there too.

.........

"My lord. These things have been going on for a long time, so we have to ask Lord Riel to inform you."

"You mean, the Acropolis is infiltrated with spies?"

"Yes, and their whereabouts are secretive. We can only see the handwriting they left behind, but we can't find their traces. Now rumors are spreading around the Acropolis, and people and military camps are all distracted. We always feel that there is a Hands are behind the controls, it should be a unified force."

Martin tapped his fingers lightly on his knees, as if thinking.

Riel's eyes focused on him for a while, then moved away quietly.

"You can tell me what you think." Martin said.

Everyone was silent for a while, and the chief of the police department spoke at this moment: "My lord, according to my news channel, Fancheng has also made a lot of moves recently. I guess... Maybe it's..."

"Maybe what?!" Someone couldn't help but asked.

"Maybe it's an internal traitor from the enemy country." The Director said, "My people in the Fancheng Military Headquarters secretly gave me news, saying that the Empire may want to..."

"What are you going to do?! Don't keep talking halfway." The impatient man said.

"There may be a war!!!"

There was silence in the round table meeting room.

"It's better not to hear this kind of news." Martin glanced at him lightly.

The director seemed to want to refute, but he was stared at by that gaze, and gradually lowered his head.

.........

Everyone had a discussion, and there were different opinions, but Martin figured out the general situation of the Acropolis recently.

Small-scale riots and turmoil are temporarily maintained by the police station and the governor's office.It's not uncommon for this kind of thing to happen, but it's just that it breaks out in a short period of time, so it can't be said to be normal.

There must be an invisible force behind it.

The Acropolis is not a political fortress of the empire, so what is the opponent trying to do with this move?Is it against him?

.........

"What that little head said is true." After everyone left, Riel walked to Martin's side and said.

At this moment, the sky has become dark, and only a rough outline of the surrounding buildings can be seen. In the atrium enclosed by the building, there is a fountain carved with statues. splash.

They stopped by the spring, and Martin asked, "Who?" To the little head.

"Chief of Police." Riel said, "Actually... there is one more thing I didn't tell you."

"Ok?"

"The Wendy family has received a conscription order from the royal family."

"..." Martin was silent for a while, "Why did you tell me?"

"If something happens, I hope you are prepared." Riel smiled. Under the thin blue and dim sky, there was a faint light in his eyes, which seemed to be the same as when Martin first met, green and clear, full of nostalgia Full of love for the world and life.

But Martin knew that this was no longer the young man he was back then.

Looking at this person so closely at this time, those unbalanced moods of youth have slowly faded away with the passage of time and personnel, and have faded to the point where they cannot be seen.

At this time, when I think back to my college days in Denton, it is already as far away as the things in my previous life.

So he was quick-witted, and said calmly and steadily: "Tell the truth."

The expression on Riel's face changed a few times, and finally turned into a smiling face: "This is also part of the truth. The other part of the truth is that Earl Wendy wants to join forces with you."

"Your father?"

"Hmm. 'We are grasshoppers on the same rope, hope we can work together happily', these are the words my father asked me to bring to you."

Martin considered it for a moment: "I see." He said.

Seeing his appearance, Riel added, "Many vigilant upper-class families have noticed the recent turmoil in the empire. Odin, you know that our titles and land wealth are hereditary. If there is anything... …There is no need to live and die with the empire, the most important thing is to protect yourself. When necessary, we can increase the chance of survival by huddling together.”

These words were indeed words from the heart. Martin lowered his head and thought for a while.

"Is that what you were trying to say?" he laughed.

"Isn't that enough?" Riel wondered.

"I have no obsession with the preservation of the Sud Manor," Martin said.

Riel's eyes widened in disbelief: "Are you crazy? Can you ignore the lives and deaths of so many people?"

It's a really big hat.Martin smiled and asked, "Who are you talking about?"

"Of course, those who are attached to the manor and the lord's regime to survive."

"The manor has changed hands, so they naturally still have a way to survive."

Riel looked at Martin with complicated eyes: "You are really a traitor to the nobles."

"Perhaps." Martin smiled, "That title sounds pretty good."

"..." Riel said, "No matter what, I still hope you are well."

"You'd better take care of yourself," Martin said.

"What's wrong with me?"

"I didn't expect that everything on the upper floor has corrupted you to this point." Martin suddenly narrowed his eyes and said coldly.

Riel probably knew what he was talking about, and smiled: "Why, do you even look down on me?"

"No, I didn't," Martin looked at him, "Riel, haven't you noticed? In fact, you have always been the one who looked down on you. It's nothing to be the widow of the late Countess Wendy, it's sad. Yes, you changed yourself into what you are now in order to maintain your status. You ask yourself, are you really happy and happy?"

"........."

"Hahaha, happy? Happy? ——What is that?" Riel laughed loudly, and said coldly again, "——I don't need it!"

Martin closed his eyes, putting away a trace of sadness.

Ruier said: "My father said that there is a saying that is true. No matter how great I am, I will never escape the fact that I am a member of the Wendy family."

It was like a curse, hovering over his head day and night, reminding him of his identity, the source of all his wealth and reputation.

He is not reconciled, if he is subordinated to those two younger brothers, then his mother under the nine springs will never be able to see.That's why...that's why I put down and discarded so much, to grab, to fight for...

"You don't understand, you will never understand." Riel laughed, "You have the love of your brother, and later became the only orthodox heir of the Sade family, how can you understand my feelings?...how can you Understand the grievances of my life?"

"If it's your choice, there's nothing else I can do." Martin sighed.

The moon in the sky has come out, half open and half hidden behind the clouds.

After all, he and Riel ended up on different paths.

Both of them were silent for a while, the dull air spread between them, and the rumbling axles of the carriage sounded monotonously in the distance, one after another, and then gradually went away.

The night sky fell silent, Riel suddenly said: "Odin, do you know... I will be engaged after the new year."

Martin was slightly taken aback.The palpitations in my heart and other thoughts are not at all concerned, but the news is really sudden, so I can only say:

"……Congratulations."

"Don't you ask who it is?"

"with who?"

"The youngest daughter of Earl Moore's family."

Martin was silent for a long time, and said: "It can be regarded as a good match."

Riel carefully looked at Martin's expression and made sure that he was really not moved at all. He smiled: "Yes, father is also very satisfied with this marriage."

"how about you?"

"Me? I don't know." The young man's eyes were empty, and for a moment, he looked like the happy and beautiful young man he once was.

"I used to treat my relationship as a victim, and my marriage as a bargaining chip. Aren't you tired of being a running dog of the family at the mercy of others?"

These words are heart-pounding, and the words are also sharp, but the man said it with such a calm and gentle eyes, making people unable to refute, but also feeling sad:

"Oh. I'm tired!! Why aren't you tired, but if you're tired, will you rely on me alone?" Riel said, his eyes were already red in the dark night.

In these words, the weakness and coquettishness that some parties have not noticed are things that this young man has never bothered to do.

Martin's eyes flickered, he knew what Riel was referring to, but:

"Riel, why don't you understand..."

He had... Countless times, even thought about accepting him again, but what did he do?Use his feelings to seek fame and fortune, and seek a future.for what?Show your family your grades?

He originally thought that he was seeking his own future and earning the status of negotiating with the family.But now it seems that he still thinks highly of him,

"...Your own hands..." Martin paused every word, weeping blood, "—abandoned,—trampled,—throw away this opportunity."

There is no longer any possibility between them.

There was a bang in the spring water, as if some decoration on the sculpture had been thrown into the water, but no one cared.

Time seemed to stand still, and the air was eerily quiet.

The chirping insects that live in the city's sewers have already drilled out, releasing their singing voices in the dark night, reflecting the night road lit by oil lamps, and vaguely shrouded in a layer of smoke.

The youth's figure trembled slightly.

Martin opened the folding cane in his hand, turned around, explored the road, and left slowly.

……

"what----"

In the dark night, far behind, came a painful cry.

Desolate, sinister.

Like an ornament sunk in water, no one salvaged it, sinking into a bottomless darkness.