[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

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"You want revenge, for yourself, and for your poor fiancé in prison..." continued the Duke of Buckingham.

"It's none of your business..." Mei Tess argued.

"No, I know you desire revenge, but you must first have the ability to revenge." The Duke of Buckingham leaned closer to her ear, and his deep cello-like voice echoed in her ear, "Stay here and do things for me. When you complete all the tasks I entrusted to you, I will not only let you get what you want, but also find a way to release your fiancé. The French Emperor Louis XVIII owed a lot to the British in the battle of Waterloo and wanted to rescue you My fiancé is just a small opening for me."

"But how many are all the tasks?" Mei Tess gritted her teeth and said, "I can't wait that long."

"If you can't wait, you have to wait." The expression of the Duke of Buckingham suddenly became stern, "Remember that here, you have no right to choose!"

Plum Tess met the Duke's gaze without any fear, but did not speak again after all.She knew what he said was right, here, she had no right to choose.

She looked at the deep sky, at this moment, the brightest star in the sky is Venus.She suddenly remembered Wu Ji's prophecy and that mysterious dream. "True light can only be found in darkness," Best warned her.

Plum Tess lowered her head, contemplated for a few seconds, and finally raised her head, "Remember your promise!"

The Duke of Buckingham nodded with satisfaction.

Plum Tess returned to the room, found a delicate gold chain from the jewelry box, strung the couple rings on her hands, and hid them in her bosom.

She stroked the ring lightly.One day, she will leave here, but now all she can do is wait.

From then on, Mei Tess began to study with great concentration.

Every night, Saturn, the Death Star, taught her how to use various weapons and guided her to fight in the dark.And every day, the castle's steward, the older and wise lady, will teach her and another rising star, Élise, the languages ​​of the world.Her name is Uhura, and she is the only one who has survived to this day among the "Dark Stars" under the previous Duke of Buckingham.

Sometimes Plum Tess would go to the library to read the Duke's collection.From the first duke onwards, you can find all the classics collected by successive dukes.As the language she masters becomes more and more abundant, she can read more and more books, from poison and medicine to classical economics, from Shakespeare's plays to Plato's "Utopia", the treasure house of wisdom left by the ancients For the first time, she was surprised by this modern person.

The Duke of Buckingham returns to the castle for part of each hunting season.Mostly he would watch them practice in silence, but once, for the first time ever, the Duke of Buckingham himself came to teach her fencing.

"Aren't you afraid that one day I will use the sword skills you taught me against you?" Mei Tess asked suspiciously.

"I will wait for that day," said the Duke of Buckingham with a stern smile on his lips.

"But I want to kill you right now." A thought flashed in Mei Tess's mind. She hated him for imprisoning herself here, and she hated him for treating those girls cruelly.But she didn't really say it.

She had learned swordsmanship for a while, and although the sword in her hand was only a wooden sword with a lead skeleton, only the tip of the sword was inlaid with metal, she was merciless when she attacked the Duke of Buckingham, and her moves were fatal.However, the opponent could deftly dodge every time, the long sword was like a living thing in his hand, no more than three strokes, he could always knock down the sword in Mei Tess's hand, or knock her down before she could react.

After a few rounds, Mei Tess was scarred by the rain of attacks.

"Go on," said the Duke of Buckingham.His breathing was very even, and he seemed completely unaffected by the strenuous exercise just now.

Mei Tess gritted her teeth and picked up the sword again. She stabbed and was knocked down; she slashed hard and was knocked down again; No longer able to continue.

The Duke of Buckingham drove the point of his sword into the skin of her neck, and blood dripped down the blade. "Get up," he said coldly.

Plum Tess struggled to do so.She picked up the sword and glared back at him.

"You are not fast enough." The Duke of Buckingham withdrew his sword and folded his hands. "You are about to start your first mission. If this is your highest level, then you are destined to become a shooting star. I said It is not the maid of the castle, but the kind of meteor that is fleeting and leaves no trace."

No, I will be the brightest star in the dark night, thought Maize Tess.

She clenched the hilt of the sword tightly, and quickly launched an attack like a poisonous spider. Some kind of power seemed to explode in her body, which made her feel as if she had merged with the sword in her hand.

"Bang!" There was a violent collision sound after a brief handover.After two strokes, she finally stabbed the Duke of Buckingham. Although she only pierced the leather on his shoulder, this was the first time she found him.

Mars, who had been watching silently by the side, hurried forward, ready to attack Mei Tess, and even the falcon Deimos on her shoulder was eager to fly.But the Duke of Buckingham waved her back.

Blood oozed from the pierced place, but he didn't seem angry at all, but showed a satisfied expression, "Plum Tess, do you know why you were able to stab this time?"

Plum Tess looked at him puzzled.

"Because of anger. It is the hatred in your chest that gives you strength, and you must seize this strength!" The Duke of Buckingham's eyes shone with a strange brilliance.

It turned out that he knew, he had always known that he was hostile to him.

"However, the current level is not strong enough, far from enough." Buckingham brought Mei Tess to a mirror, "Tell me, what do you see?"

"Myself?" said Mei Tess doubtfully.

"No, look into your eyes," the Duke of Buckingham pondered for a moment, "Mei Tess, you and I both know that you are not a fisher girl. A Catalan fisher girl cannot be At the same time, if you master English, it is impossible to know the etiquette of nobles... You are a person with secrets, and the fisherwoman is just one of your masks."

Mei Tess opened her eyes wide in surprise, but the Duke of Buckingham didn't seem to stop.

"You can safely keep your secrets. I'm not interested in that. What I'm curious about is why you are willing to stay in Marseilles and marry a poor sailor... You should do more important things than that."

"Do you mean that the more important thing is to help you kill someone?" Mei Tess said with a sneer.

"No, I don't want you to kill, but I want you to be a judge. Think about it, why your fiancé was put in a dark prison, why did you come here, did you make any mistakes? No! This There is too much injustice in the world, why? Because there are too many Villeforts in this world. It is this kind of person who ruined the lives of many people like you and your fiancé for their own self-interest, and brought despair to countless people. Families, they are guilty, and those he persecuted are incapable of vengeance."

The Duke of Buckingham pondered for a while, "Now, if I give you a sword to avenge a guilty person like Villefort, what will you do? Are you willing to take this sword and avenge them?"

Plum Tess did not answer.

Yet she saw the answer.

She looked in the direction of Buckingham's finger, on the opposite side of the mirror, the girl's eyes were burning with rage.