Your Mightiness

August finally found a way to have a good talk with Raphael (at least not on the bed) - find the black prince to be the crowd eating melons, really. Eat melons.

In the small conference room next to the king's suite, on the long table with milky white and gold edges, the servants have already filled all kinds of cut and plated fruits with different carved decorations, specially prepared for the black prince.This silver-haired man, who was "detained" by his son in Paris because of the spread of the epidemic, has been honest for more than a year. Recently, he has an indescribable love for the sweet and toothless melons and fruits. No one can explain it clearly. for what.The black prince forcibly interpreted it as a mid-life crisis, a bottleneck in his career, and his son's rebellion. Hey, the only sweet thing in life is the fruit.

August looked at it once and wanted to laugh once.

Wearing loose clothes, the black prince sat on the sofa and handed melons to his son, pampering his nerves: "What are you laughing at?"

"The people who eat melons." August is a self-proclaimed highboy, and he can always poke his own jokes. He laughed a lot while talking, leaving others with blank faces.

This is pretty much the scene at this moment.

Fortunately, both the Black Prince and Raphael have gotten used to August like this, and they didn't think it was a nuisance. Instead, they started the topic of this meeting on their own - what should they do with Joan of Arc.

"My personal opinion is to follow the will of the people and burn them to death directly." Raphael's thoughts are always so anti-human.

It's just that Raphael wouldn't show his anti-human side in front of August before, but now he's finally trying to say something.

Just like in a relationship, when you just fell in love, you must not let go of eating in front of your lover, or doing some indecent things, or even not being able to go to the bathroom in front of the person you like when you live together .But when you are an old couple, when your heart accepts the reality that "no matter what you do, you will not scare your lover away" and give your lover enough confidence, you can finally become like a normal person who needs to eat, drink and scatter human beings.

The same is true for Raphael and August, but Raphael lived with August for many years before they had a relationship. He is not afraid of being seen by August for his daily ugly appearance. What is even more frightening is to analyze his ugly heart to August.Even if he knew it, he would be called an unintentional monster in the eyes of ordinary people.

August had to tell the truth, the first time he knew what Raphael was really thinking, even though he knew that Raphael had no sympathy and was a villain who respected people since childhood, he was still scared jumped.

Big jump.

How to describe it well, sometimes (note, sometimes, not in most cases), Raphael wants to kill someone, not because of how annoying that person is, how much Raphael hates him, or because of Raphael wants to do it just because it is more convenient to embezzle so much profit.

Yes, convenient.

Raphael is not the kind of killer who kills for no reason at all, just because he wants to kill.But August felt that the idea of ​​killing the opponent just because it was easier to deploy the plan was a little more perverted.

The most frightening thing is that Raphael has no regrets at all.

In Raphael's own words, he has no heart, no moral values, and no sense of right and wrong. He only regrets that the plan did not succeed, but he does not regret killing people for the plan.He wouldn't think about what to do with his family after he killed this person, or the infinite future of this person. Raphael would never think of such a person.

Therefore, it is natural for August to be scared. He has never met or known that there is such a type of Raphael in his life.

However, it was just being frightened.

Because August has always believed that ideas are just ideas.

For example, when Cardinal Joe is too annoying, August will have some bad thoughts, but does that mean he is not a good person or a good friend?Not necessarily.Because the most important thing is that he won't do it.It was just a passing thought.Isn't that the difference between humans and beasts?Beasts will act when they think of it, but humans will restrain themselves when they think of it.

The only problem with Raphael is that there are times when he just puts into action things that he should have kept in his heart and never put into action.

"You need to learn to control yourself."

"I know. But why would I do that?" Raphael was like a stubborn rock at the beginning, full of difficult and dangerous sophistry, "I have enough ability to accomplish what I want to do, And it won't be discovered by others, and it won't cause you any trouble, why can't I do what I want?"

Just like ordinary people need to work hard to restrain their appetite in order to maintain their figure, but Rafael still has eight-pack abs after eating casually.Then why is he still patient?Why don't you open your stomach and eat Hesse?Just because no one else can do it?

"Because I want you to be a good person, from the inside out. So that we can ascend together after death... wherever you think people will go after death."

"Undoubtedly, heaven." Raphael is a different believer. He believes that there are unnatural forces in the world that are powerful enough to control time and life and death. He just doesn't believe in the existence of what people call "gods" , I don’t think that the Jesus in the story of the Bible is that God.

But in Raphael's understanding, the most powerful possessor of unnatural power is still called God. His or her ability is extremely powerful, and the place where he is located is also called heaven, and only good people can go there.

"I thought you didn't believe this."

"For you, I am willing to start believing." Although Raphael is a pervert, he is also a pervert who conforms to August's aesthetic preferences in every way.

Raphael didn't speak, but thought in his heart, for you, as long as you look at me, I will be willing to restrain myself.

Since that openness, Raphael has become more and more free of himself, and he no longer hides many words, and he will say what he thinks.

This made both Raphael and August feel close to each other at the same time. Even though their brain circuits are different, their thinking angles are different, and they are different from the inside to the outside, but they still feel that there is nothing better than each other. more intimate presence.It's as if spiritually, they're always honest and naked with each other.

August will not deny Raphael in a hurry, but will listen to Raphael's thoughts patiently first, and then together they will seek a third way that can solve the problem without killing people.

Raphael is so smart, he can always think of it, but it's just a little troublesome.The reason why Raphael didn't do that before was, of course, because he was also a very lazy person.

Yes, lazy.

Everyone has laziness, but Raphael's laziness is a little different.

"Why do you think Joan should be burned?"

Raphael folded his legs, took the fruit that August had only eaten, and bit down along the place where August had bitten. It was very sweet.

The Black Prince always felt that he shouldn't be sitting here.

After finishing the meal, Raphael wiped his hands gracefully and said with a smile: "Because it's the most convenient way. Burn Joan to death, the ministers will be satisfied, the people will be satisfied, and it can also paralyze the Pope of the Holy See." Let him think that we are still under his control. After Joan's death, the public will find out that they were wrong, and the current bad situation has not changed in the slightest. Over time, with fanning the flames, the credibility of the Inquisition will be strengthened. Big discount, you don't have to do anything to win. Besides, I don't like Joan, I'm sorry, I just don't like her, I don't like any human beings except you, let alone this human being who made you Such a big problem."

The Black Prince sat there eating and listening, and was almost successfully brainwashed, thinking that this was indeed a good idea.

August rested his chin on both hands, his hair wilted.

Raphael sighed, and added helplessly: "But you like Joan of Arc, you think she is a great heroine, and you don't want her to die, so let's talk about a way for her not to die."

August choked on this forced turn, and stuttered a little, with a happy stammer: "Then, those people are satisfied, what about the credibility of the Holy See?"

Raphael's smile remained unchanged, and his attitude was still so relaxed: "There is always another way."

Ideas are all thought up by people, but some are a little more troublesome and some are a little easier.So far, Raphael hasn't encountered anything he can't solve, except for August's emotional issues, and he doesn't think there will be any in the future.

Just so confident.

"I can also give in." Because of Raphael's bottomless concession, August was a little uneasy.The general situation of negotiating conditions should be that A takes a step back, B takes a step back, and everyone is happy.But Auguste and Raphael are A directly retreating without a bottom line, and B doesn't have to do anything.

"So, your meaningless soft-heartedness is at a disadvantage." Raphael got up, bypassed the Black Prince, and sat beside August.If it were Rafael, he would only push his feet even further, and then gnaw the person who voluntarily retreated until there was not even a scum left.

But August would have a bad conscience.

Conscience is the most useless thing in the world, Raphael insisted, but no matter what August is, he is very cute.The golden hair is very cute, the fair face is very cute, and the milky aroma is very cute.

"Did I disturb you?" Prince Hei suddenly said when the two got closer.

Raphael glanced at his brother impatiently, the meaning was obvious, knowing that you are still leaving?Can there be a tacit understanding?Like closing the door from the outside?

The deer in August's heart was almost killed, and he could only rejoice that it was a good idea to call his father.

Therefore, the discussion plan was finally carried on, and the result of the discussion was...

Joan still had to die.

It's just that "Jane of Arc" is dead, and Zhenzhi, Zhende, Zhenmei, and Zhenlao can live.To hide her name and start from the beginning is also for the good of Joan, so that she no longer has to bear the heavy shackles of fate.Whether it is a saint or a witch, for the woman who once only wanted to do something for her country, maybe she would rather be a shepherdess and live the rest of her life peacefully.

In the bull's-eye hall where the evening meeting was held, the representatives of the close ministers apologized to the king, for their previous wrong ideas, they should not be manipulated by the Holy See, and France is the boss.

The king also blamed himself for his previous rudeness, and agreed to burn Joan to death.It's just that only officials from France and England can participate in the public trial, and it is enough for the Inquisition to send a representative to sit in the seat to witness.

The monarch and his ministers get each other, and they are happy.

After that, August deliberately changed his appearance and took Cardinal Qiao to secretly meet Joan of Arc, who had been imprisoned for more than a year, to discuss with her whether she could accept the proposal.

Bringing Cardinal Qiao was considered a little cautious by August, because he knew that Joan of Arc was a very devout Catholic, and it would be easier to convince her to bring a cardinal from the Holy See.Not to mention that Cardinal Qiao himself is a big fool. Even if the inside is corrupt, at least the outside is glamorous. People who don't know him will easily let go of him, just like the time when August was in Bristol. as it was at the castle.

The plan went well, Joan had no objection to changing her identity, just as August guessed, she never thought about being a saint or a hero, she just did what she wanted to do for her country of.

But the facts proved that what she once believed in was nothing but a scam, and was set up by someone she thought would be Mingjun himself.

Even Joan herself wondered if the plague that spread throughout the continent of Europa was God's punishment for the devastation caused by her being deceived.

"To be honest, even to this day, I cannot accept that the English will rule France. However, the English with only a quarter of French blood have done better than the 100% former crown prince."

"With all due respect, the former crown prince Charles is only half of French blood." Charles' mother is a princess from another country, and August finally couldn't help but say, "Ruling a country depends on what should be done." It is the other party's political skills and love for the people like a child, not the blood of any family in the other party's body.

"And do you love England more, or France?"

After a short silence, August said: "What I hate the most when I was a child is when people ask me, do you love your father more or your mother. Your question now is the same as this one, so I will use When I was a child, I would answer you with the standard answer, I love France as much as I love England, and I will love England as much as I love France.”

In the dark prison, a piece of golden light was illuminated by the sun.

In the light, brighter than that, was the young king of France.Just like the Archangel in the myths and stories, he stands with the light, shines with the sun and the moon, represents kindness and justice, and is ordered by the Almighty Lord to come to the world to fight against demons. He is a friend, a family member, and a protector. By.A smile is the warmth of spring.