[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

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At the end of the old stone-brick alley, there is a barren ruin.

The moonlight in southern Europe and the afterglow of the setting sun in the east have the same effect. Under the mysterious moonlight of this summer night, this historic site seems to have magical powers. Those relics that do not know which gods belong to Rome seem to tell in the evening wind. old ballad.

Mei Tess knew that the singing actually came from Piazza dello, it was carnival, and all the people were singing to their heart's content on the busiest street in Rome.And here, in this lost world, there are only the two of them.A ludicrous thought flashed through her mind: There could never have been a more romantic date scene, if not for the two of them still on the run.

She carefully supported Edmund against the stone wall, and then untied his clothes by the moonlight.The light was very dim, and she could only see a bright red.It was blood, and he bled a lot.

"I'll get a doctor over," said Mei Tess anxiously.

However, he stopped her, "It's okay, the bullet should just pass by...Stay here, those people must still be looking for you."

"But..." Plum Tess still hesitated.

"Just be with me."

Plum Tess had no reason to refuse.She looked down and saw that the hem of the boat dress on the stage had been stained with colored flour, so she cut a piece of cloth from the clean cuff with a dagger and pressed it on the wound to stop the bleeding.

Her fingers touched the captain's cold and firm abdominal muscles for the first time, she raised her head slightly, and found that he was staring into her eyes calmly.

This scene reminded her of that icy dawn, when Edmund escaped from prison in order to see her, and was wounded by the jailer who escorted him, and she had to bandage the hideous wound for him.She still remembered that Edmund had been watching her with tender eyes at that time, just like the captain now.

But now she is no longer the girl who would blush because of this, she has already learned to bury her feelings in her heart.

"The Duke of Buckingham seems to know you?" asked the captain suddenly.

Plum Tess opened her mouth, but lost her voice in surprise.He must have overheard the conversation between Buckingham and her, but when she thought about it carefully, she couldn't remember what she had said.

"He said that mask would suit you well," the captain went on.

Mei Tess only felt her heart sank for a moment, if he knew that she was once a spy under Buckingham... But she quickly realized that she is still the actress Salome of the Argendino Theater , and the real self is still protected under the mask.

"I used to be a member of the Dark Star, the spy organization under the Duke of Buckingham." Mei Tess pondered for a while, "but I betrayed him."

"A wise choice," Edmund's mouth curved slightly.

"Then what about you, why are you dealing with the Duke of Buckingham?" Mei Tess asked suspiciously.

"I've been in a dark place for a long time..." Edmund just said it, but he felt wrong again.She shouldn't treat him as a vampire like the ladies and ladies he and Busani met on the road.

He unconsciously glanced at Mei Tess, and found that she didn't show surprise or fear, so he continued, "I thought I would die there, but when I was about to lose hope, God let I saw the light again. At that moment I thought, maybe he set me free for a reason, maybe he needs the hand of an avenging angel to get rid of those villains."

"And the Duke of Buckingham is a heinous man," added Melissa Tess.

Edmund nodded.

He was going for the Duke of Buckingham.After learning about his many evil deeds from Busani, he decided to get rid of this demon, for all the crew members who died on the Nemesis, and for Mel.

They managed to follow the Duke of Buckingham to Rome, ready to do something at the carnival.However, when Buckingham sent his men to hunt down the opera singer, Edmund couldn't help but make a move.And the price he paid for this impulse was the Duke of Buckingham's escape and his own injury.

Yet he has no regrets.

Edmund looked at the beauty beside him who made the Duke of Buckingham chase him to Rome. On the stage, her singing seemed to have a magical power to soothe the soul. For some reason, he always felt that he had heard it somewhere.And now, even though she was beside him, the magical moonlight shone on her hairline, making her look far away, as if she was not under the same starry sky as him.

Time seemed to stand still for a while.

Until a loud noise broke the moment of tranquility.Plum Tess immediately turned sideways and looked out through the doorway of the ruins.It was Mera. She brought several strong men and surrounded the ruins with torches. They could not escape.

No, Mera probably hasn't met the Duke of Buckingham yet, she just came to find her.

Realizing this, Mei Tess glanced at Edmund beside her, and their eyes briefly met at that moment.

Plum Tess knew immediately what she had to do.

She carefully hid the dagger snatched from the hands of the Duke of Buckingham, then took Edmund's hand, and pressed it lightly on the cloth covering the wound, "Take care..."

Edmund, realizing what she was about to do, took her hand at once.But perhaps from the excessive blood loss, he felt dizzy for a while.The moment he let go of his hand feebly, he finally noticed the black pentagram on Mai Tess's arm.

Edmund suddenly felt as if something was gripping his heart. Countless possibilities flashed through his mind, but his intuition stayed on the most unlikely possibility.

She is Mel?

He almost cried out.No, it should be said that he did yell out, because Mei Tess suddenly let go of the hand holding his wound, and stood up abruptly.

In the flickering firelight, half of her mask appeared black and half golden.The black half of the head has coquettish snake hair, which is the symbol of the Nemesis, and the golden half of the hair is like soft grape vine silk, as if being caressed by the gentle breeze. If he guessed right, it represents love. With Venus, the god of beauty.

The Duke of Buckingham said that the mask was suitable for her, and it was true. It was only now that he knew that Mel, who had always been with him, was also a person with two faces, but he wanted to see her without the mask even more.

But she wants to leave him.

"No..." Edmund wanted to stop Mei Tess's action, but found that his throat was tight and he couldn't yell out at all.

Plum Tess took a firm step, not even turning her head to give him one last look.Because she knew that once she turned around, the determination she had made so hard would be shaken.So she held back the tears that were about to collapse, and hurried out of the ruins.

At that moment, in Edmund's eyes, that beautiful figure gradually overlapped with Mel, the first mate of the Nemesis in his memory.

That's right, it's her!

He used to feel angry for her leaving, but when he finally discovered the secret she had been guarding all along, that anger was like a violent but powerless wave, and when it receded, another hidden emotion was left behind. On the other side of the soul.

No, he couldn't let her go, couldn't let her leave him again.

Edmund struggled and fell to the ground, stretching out his hand with the last of his strength, trying to catch the fading figure.But he could no longer stop Mel, he could only let him disappear into the blurred night, out of his sight.