Your Mightiness

For the time being, August did not tell Father Joe and Julie about his plans for the secret association, because he was used to asking Raphael to make sure that no matter what happened to him.

Unfortunately, August is doomed to be disappointed this time.

He waited on the soft bed until he fell asleep, but he couldn't wait for Raphael to come back.

When the sun shone on August's face at noon the next day, Raphael had already gone to work again, leaving only a note to memorize Latin.

It is said that it was because the tutor went to complain to Raphael, saying that August had a bad attitude towards study.

After August's tutor came to London, he changed a group of local nobles, most of whom were contacted by the Black Prince in advance for his son, and a few were written by Raphael.I don't know where Raphael found the "wonderful work", each one is more critical than the other, even if it is just a letter that is not good enough, he will ask the entire word or sentence to be rewritten.They would not abuse and did not dare to abuse August, and they even kept their voices soft and low, but they were capable of annoying August and wanted to overthrow the table.

For example, if August refuses to rewrite, the other party will say over and over again, Your Excellency, please rewrite, please rewrite, Your Excellency the Duke... Don't be afraid that your voice will be smoked!

This is not over yet, August discovered another skill of theirs today - complaining.

God, are they elementary school students?Sue the parents if something cannot be resolved, despise them!August stared at the note, and he was still angry, but did they see him and Raphael complaining?No!

"I can't see the count even if I want to sue you." The old butler had to remind August.

His Excellency the Duke was very angry: "Why don't you stand on their side!"

"Of course I'm on your side. Their teaching methods are really for your own good." The old butler was very pleased that August was becoming more and more aristocratic.Maybe August himself didn't notice, but under the subtle influence of these tutors, August has already changed a lot.The words are more rigorous, and the movements are more elegant, even when he is losing his temper, there is a sense of pleasing to the eye.

After eating, August was about to start his day's study. Even if he was angry, it allowed him to maintain good study habits.He secretly thought in his heart, wait for me when I finish studying!

Then, another day passed.

"..."

This went back and forth, as if the way of getting along was different in several time zones. It lasted for many days between August and Raphael, until August made up his mind and pretended to be sick to escape the tutor's lecture. After sleeping for a whole day, and secretly drinking a lot of "Islamic wine" without telling the old housekeeper at night, he barely managed to wait in the living room until Rafael came back.

"Why haven't you slept yet?" After Rafael entered the room, besides the smell of cigarettes, he also brought the air-conditioning blowing on his face.At the end of spring, which is warm and cold, the cold nights are not inferior to late autumn.

Silly Bambi was lying on the carpet next to August, and he had already fallen asleep.When he heard Raphael's voice, he woke up and stared at Raphael with eyes as dark as copper bells.After confirming that the person coming was someone it was familiar with, it lay down again and closed its eyes.

August was also very confused. When he saw Raphael, he instinctively opened his hands to hug him.

Raphael took off his coat, rubbed his hands vigorously, and waited until it was no longer cold like a piece of ice, then stepped forward, first rubbed Bambi as a reward, and then supported Augustus Te's arms hugged August, and August let his hands naturally wrap around his neck, his head limply drooping to one side, with wholehearted dependence.

When I smelled it closely, I found that August did not have the familiar aroma of milk, but only the bitter "Islamic wine" smell.Raphael supported August's hip with one hand, stroked the back of his golden head with the other, and said helplessly, "Did you drink?"

"It's coffee!" August defended himself.

"It's all the same." In front of the ancient Raphael, coffee is also a kind of wine, but it is non-alcoholic wine, but it also affects the brain. Raphael does not agree that August should be exposed to these things at this age. , "Or why haven't you slept until now?"

"I'm waiting for you." August rubbed Raphael's neck uneasily, like a stalking kitten.

"What are you waiting for me?" Raphael's tone was so soft that he would find it unbelievable. He walked up the steps step by step with August in his arms, "Don't wait for me in the future, okay? I will I'm very busy, sometimes it's too late and I might just fall asleep in the office." Because in two hours, it will be a new day.

This made August, who was going to say what he was going to do with Raphael, suddenly unable to say it. Raphael is so busy, he really shouldn't bother him with his trivial matters.

"However, it still makes me very happy that you can wait for me." Raphael clasped the back of August's head and hugged him tightly.It's such a wonderful feeling to have someone waiting for you to come home, no wonder August looked forward to it so much in his previous life.Raphael's drowsiness is gone now, and his whole body is incredibly light. If it wasn't for the fear that August would not be able to fall asleep, he would even want to hold August and dance on the moonlight corridor. It's just the two of them. I retreat, is elegant ambiguity.

August was even more speechless, he could only lie limply on Raphael's shoulder, and said softly: "Then I will wait for you every night from now on?"

Originally, that was what August planned at the beginning, but later, later...

"Sleep too late and be careful not to grow taller." Raphael laughed softly, like the feeling of a feather slipping by, making people's hearts unknowingly crisp.

August thought, yes, this is it, and for this reason, he always dared not really go to bed too late.

In his previous life, August was not tall among men in the north, 171cm, and the big sisters with long legs in the north could basically be taller than him in high heels, which made August feel inferior for a while.Anyway, he can be regarded as having inherited half of the European and American genes. Isn't it said that European and American people are tall and powerful?Half of this life has directly changed to the whole, so it must be able to grow very tall, right?

When Raphael put August on the bed, August's eyes were already narrowed to the point where there was only a slit left, as if he could meet with the God of Sleep as long as he said good night.

But August still insisted on asking: "What are you busy with? Do you want to tell Uncle Richard that he can't treat you like this."

August was still wondering how Richard II would change his attitude towards the illegitimate son of his mother and lover whom he hated so much, but now he felt that he finally understood that it was not him and Raphael who made Richard II change The blood relationship between, but Raphael became more and more useful.Like Cromwell, they are all tools in the hands of Richard II.When dealing with tools, your attitude will naturally be much better. After all, the source of tools does not matter.

Even a tool with a problematic background makes people feel more handy.From Archbishop Wolsey to Raphael, their fate in the first half of their lives was extremely bad.

"Cromwell is going to be executed." Raphael dropped a heavy bomb, and the rest of the life of these tools will not be so good.

"!!!" August woke up all of a sudden, he opened his eyes suddenly, originally it was azure blue, but at this moment it looked more like dark blue, he held Raphael's cold hand, feeling like It was holding a piece of metal that would not change temperature, "How? What did he do?"

"Introduced 'Crivius' Nightmare' to Richard."

"Just, just because of this?" Cromwell deceived Richard II on Princess Anne's appearance. It is indeed his fault, but it is not a crime to die for, right?

"It's also because the wave of people's opposition to Cromway is already a little bit unstoppable," Raphael was suddenly full of desire to confide. According to the usual routine, he should not say anything at this time and coax August to sleep. Instead of stimulating him more and more energetically, Raphael finally chose to share his "stimulating" life with August, "Do you know that Richard is sick?"

"Huh?" August was a little confused by these two things that sounded like they had nothing to do with each other.

"Richard was sick and had nightmares every night. He began to be suspicious, thinking that this was God's punishment for his ungodliness. Later, the news leaked out and was known by the Duke of Norfolk. The Duke of Norfolk is the grandfather of the current queen-to-be. , He is a conservative. Conservatives want to take advantage of Richard's fear and make Richard intend to return to Catholicism. Or it can be said that Richard is already preparing to do so."

The Six Sacred Articles Act, which now sits on Rafael's desk in his office, clearly states that it "supports the elimination of diversity of opinion."

Not only that, Richard also intends to restore the old-school style of Easter prayers and bowing to the cross in the almshouse.

"Do you understand what this means?"

"Uncle is going to start attacking Protestant evangelicals." August's face turned pale. Every time there is a religious change, a group of people will die. It is Richard who supports Protestantism, and it is also Richard who wants to attack Protestantism. .

"The results of the evangelicals are good, and the Anabaptists will be directly sent to the stake." Don't ask how Raphael knew, he is the person in charge of the preliminary preparations for this secret operation.That's why he was so busy, so busy that he didn't touch the ground, "Cromwell, who confiscated the Catholic Church, was just used to kick off this change."

"You can't participate in this!" August hugged Raphael's arm, "You work for your uncle, and he gives you power. This is a fair deal."

But if Richard is simply thinking about letting Raphael take the blame and die for him in the future, then that won't work!

Before August, I couldn't help but feel that Richard II was the kind godfather who would enthusiastically hold his hand and say "I can give it to you whatever you like", but he always forgot that Richard II was also A king known for his brutality.For Richard II, there was nothing that could not be sacrificed except his brother.

Raphael looked at August's reflection, his pupils were trembling with fear, he suddenly smiled, like a stone being thrown into the water, the smiles rippled layer by layer .

"What are you worried about? Don't make up your mind. I'm not worried about the death of the rabbit, but because Cromwell has too many things. I wish I could let his things belong to me overnight. Look, scare you." Yes, why are you so cute. When Cromwell dies, we can change to a bigger and more comfortable house, are you happy?"

August looked at Raphael suspiciously. The other party was so powerful that he couldn't tell whether Raphael was acting to tease him before, or acting at this moment.Raphael's smile is so sincere, even his eyes are full of jokes, and his tone is very relaxed...

"Are you really okay?"

"I'm really fine." Raphael pushed August down again, put his index finger between the lips of the two, and looked at each other in the dark like black eyes without blinking, and finally He said softly, "I'm sorry to scare you. I was wrong. But, promise me, will you have more confidence in me next time? I'm Raphael Mortimer."

Raphael is not a soft persimmon to be slaughtered by others. After so many precedents, Raphael will naturally prepare himself for a retreat.

"Go to sleep." Raphael covered August's eyes with his hands and helped him close them.

"How can I sleep?!" August was very angry.

Raphael hugged August with an expression of "I'm just waiting for your words" and said, "What about this? Uncle sleeps with you, okay?"

"!!!" August became even angrier.

However, it is possible that Raphael was wearing some soothing perfume, or that August was really tired, and he fell into a deep sleep after a few minutes.

After that, Raphael was still so busy.

August also began to appear in various fraternities and sororities. By the way, he revealed the news of the king's bachelor party at the meeting. A limited number of parties.

As for the gay secret association, August decided not to tell Raphael. Father Joe and Julie can also do a good job. This is probably the biggest use of these two hedonism.They are good at all kinds of food, drink and entertainment.After telling Father Joe and Julie about the plan of the secret association, August immediately appointed himself as the president, and made Father Joe and Julie his vice president.

Then, the work of the president ended here. As for the other parts of the secret association, the president said, "Shouldn't this be something that the vice president needs to consider?"

Female Vice President: "..."

Male vice president: "You, what are you talking about, what are you gay, me, me, me..."

"Don't tell me you're still in the closet, you can't walk every time you see my knight training." August and Father Joe opened the skylight to speak bluntly.

"But you're watching too!"

"Yeah, I'm a dead guy."

"..."

After waiting for a full minute, Father Qiao digested the huge amount of information in August's words, and he was slow to react and exclaimed: "What?!"

But Julie whistled in a rascally way: "I knew, hon, that anyone who can resist my whiteness and tenderness (the name she gave her breasts) can only be a gay man!"

"Are you sure you like men? You're only nine years old, do you even know what liking is? It's not like liking your family, and it's not like liking your friends. Yes, yes, uh..."

"The kind of liking I want to fuck him."

"!!!" Father Qiao blushed completely, how could he say this word so vulgarly!

Father Joe was not a homophobic closet, and he often covered up young priests in the Vatican whom he discovered such tendencies, so that they would not be burned.He knew how difficult this road was, but it was precisely because of this that he didn't want August to take this road of no return at such a young age.

They can't get married, they can't show up with their lover in the name of a couple, and they are afraid of being discovered even if they are a little bit too close.

"Believe me, I know, I understand," and even I've been through it, "so that's why I want to start an organization like this."

Not for the convenience of having same-sex sex, but to do something for this marginalized group, and do something decently.Tell the other party not to feel inferior because of this, and not to overindulge yourself because you can't see the future.You are a minority, yes, but you are not alone.There is nothing wrong with homosexuality, what is wrong is promiscuity, cheating marriage, knowing that you have AIDS and deliberately infecting others!

Uh, well, AIDS has not appeared at this time, so there is no need to worry.Until someday in the future, someone in the United States will catch the disease from an orangutan.Really can't imagine how the orangutan got it from him.

"I want to catch them or them before they go wrong."

Maybe just because of one sentence, a person's life is changed.Why didn't August do it when he had the ability?Like the gay fraternity he had heard about, it continued into the twentieth century and made an indelible contribution to the legal existence of homosexuality.

Julie and Father Joe glanced at each other, showing the same conniving expression of "I can't help August", they made up their minds together, and willingly became the vice president of the Duke of the Hands-On Shopkeeper. A secret society with only three members.

The King's bachelor party is tomorrow.

Julie finally breathed a sigh of relief from the high tension. She held up her red wine glass and slumped on the floor, not looking like a lady at all: "I have a friend who is a widow, and I will definitely use it in the future."

"Friends? Do you have friends in London?" Father Joe also poured himself a glass. He doesn't drink often, but after getting in touch with Julie, who drinks like water, he gradually developed the habit of drinking occasionally. habit.

"I'm new." Julie giggled, feeling that Father Joe had asked a silly question.

"We're friends right now?" Father Qiao was incredulous.

"Isn't this a very normal thing?" Julie shrugged. "How long does it take to make friends? It's all about feeling, you understand? It's like falling in love. People can't find a topic even if they get along for ten years."

"You're right." Father Qiao pursued this kind of spiritual feeling.

August exposes Julie: "You can have a good conversation with anyone."

Julie blinked: "Yeah, so I always have friends. Is this hard to understand? I don't need them to stab me twice, of course, I won't do it for them. I just want to think I want some friends who can discuss dressing, drinking and dancing with me."

As a bisexual who eats both men and women, for Julie, there is no saying that "beautiful women have no friends, only courteous male suitors".In fact, she prefers to be with pretty girls than men.A woman always knows better how to woo another woman.At a time when men would only say to drink more hot water, Julie had already personally brought people and medicine to ask for warmth.She even really dared to climb up to each other's window at night like Romeo and Juliet, just to send a rose.

August & Father Joe: "..." Well, well, you are amazing, you are awesome.

"If it goes well, we can host the king's next pre-wedding bachelor party." Julie thought in the long term, and she was still thinking about the theme of the next party.

"And next time? This is already his fifth marriage." Father Qiao knocked jealously, because he couldn't have it once.

"It's the fourth time." August had to remind that Princess Anne didn't get married that time.

"Is there a big difference between four times and five times?" Father Qiao broke down a little.

August ignored the priest's convulsions, but affirmed Julie's foresight: "That's right, my grandmother wrote the same thing. She won't attend this wedding, and she'll wait for the next one."

The queen mother was very rude, but even Richard II himself felt that there was some truth in what she said.

……

The bachelor party the next day was naturally a success.

Countless celebrities and dignitaries came, wasted a champagne tower, and played countless games that only break the lower limit that can only be found at bachelor parties.Everyone had satisfied smiles on their faces, reluctantly making an appointment with August for the next time.After hearing that most of these were due to Ms. Matt, she tried every means to invite this French Helen who not only sings well, is beautiful, but also knows how to play.

"Helen" was busy introducing August to her new friend, Catherine Parr, a very wealthy baron widow.This young lady, who should be considered young, has already been married twice, but each marriage did not last long and ended with the unfortunate death of her husband.

August only took one look at the other party, and understood the reason why Julie became friends with her, because she was beautiful, with both the face of a girl and the style of a young woman, and few people could refuse her.

"Nice to meet you, Your Excellency." Mrs. Parr raised her skirt and saluted.

Miss Mary happened to come over with Richard II at this time.Before the king could say anything, Miss Mary cheered in surprise: "Oh, Catherine, my dear Catherine."

Both August and Miss Mary's male companion, Henry, looked like they had seen a ghost. Who is this?Mary?

"Nice to meet you, Princess...Miss Mary." Mrs. Parr obviously prefers to call Miss Mary Princess Mary, because her mother was once the maidservant of the first Queen Catherine of Aragon, and she has been raised since she was a child. In and out of the palace, he became one of Miss Mary's childhood playmates.

Miss Mary brought Catherine to meet Richard II beamingly: "Remember, father? Her mother is the only female attendant who has not become your queen."

"..."

Now, everyone understands where Miss Mary's enthusiasm comes from.

To be honest, Richard II's hobby of serving ladies is really terrible. The second queen is the serving lady of the first queen, and so is the third queen.The queen-to-be is now the lady-in-waiting of the "king's sister" when she was the king's fiancée.What is his strange preference for this profession? !