[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

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During this period of time, Mei Tess would be haunted by countless terrifying dreams almost every night.Those pale faces appeared before her eyes again and again.She is not afraid of them, because they have countless sins on them, and she will kill them again without hesitation.

However, she found that her hands were empty.

"Where is my sword?"

No one answered her.She had to flee before the death-like faces could get close to her.

Plum Tess walked through the fog, and she saw Edmund smiling and walking towards her, but he was holding another girl's hand. "This is Amelie," he introduced to her.

"Edmund, I'm really happy for you," Mei Tess hugged him gently.Edmund was finally released from the Château d'If and found happiness, and her promise was finally fulfilled.But for some reason, her heart was extremely bitter.

Plum Tess went on, and she saw old Dantès drinking happily in the palace of flowing water.There is an invisible wall between them, no matter how she calls, he does not respond to her.

There was a force in the darkness, forcing her to move forward, and this time she saw a noble woman fell under a carriage.Plum Tess couldn't see her bloody face clearly, but her voice sounded very familiar.

The woman murmured a name, and Mei Tess barely heard it when she leaned in close.

"Valentine..."

Plum Tess sat up suddenly in bed.No, no, it was just a dream, she told herself.

But she still couldn't restrain the beating in her heart.She knew who that woman was, and her voice echoed in her head to this day, "Plum Tess...Promise me..."

Renee once said that if the child she was carrying was a girl, she would call her Valentine.She remembers, she remembers all.

No, Renee will be fine, definitely not.She is kind and pure like an angel, she will definitely be blessed by God, and she will live happily.

Plum Tess didn't want to recall the earlier dreams, she knew they were all bad dreams.She gently lifted the quilt, and the sword lay quietly beside her.

Since being forced to become a Dark Star, she has had to face such fears.Over the years, girls have been sent to the castle and girls have died.No one could tell if there would be hands clutching her neck in the dark, so she had to rely on this sword to protect herself.

However, under the watery moonlight, she faintly felt that the blood on the sword appeared again, and she had obviously cleaned it many times.

Mei Tess got up gently, took a sword and a buckskin, and came to the garden behind the castle.

She was allowed to enter this garden after completing the higher level tasks.To be precise, this is a forest surrounded by walls on three sides, full of beech, English oak and sea holly, and a few statues from the time of Charlemagne standing here and there.

There is a small pool in the middle of the woods.Plum Tess sat quietly by the water, dipped the buckskin in the water that shone like silk under the moonlight, and gently wiped the blade.

The cool night breeze gently shakes the tree shadows, and the embrace of darkness makes her feel safe, and this is a place of deep silence and suffocating shadows.It seems that only here can Mei Tess find inner peace, and sometimes she even feels that she can hear the singing of the gods.

Plum Tess did not stop until the sword reclining on her lap was shining and flawless.

In fact, she doesn't use this sword very often.

As spies trained by Buckingham, they use their beauty more.But the Duke of Buckingham used to say that beauty can also be a weapon, but this is on the premise that you already have other weapons, such as lies, such as poison.

But she couldn't do without the sword.

Since coming here, it doesn't seem to matter who she used to be.She had to play the role of spy well, otherwise she would be the one who died.

Buckingham's demagogic words still linger in her ears, "Now, with the sword of vengeance in your hands, what will you do?"

"If they are guilty," Mei Tess told herself, "I will judge them with this sword."

At first the effect of these words was limited to alleviating guilt, but later, Mei Tess also began to believe that she was the embodiment of revenge.

Although before each mission, the Duke of Buckingham would always list the crimes of the mission targets, and then let them choose by themselves.But she didn't fully believe what the Duke of Buckingham said. Before each action, she would give those people enough opportunities to confess the truth and repent of everything they had done.

Sadly, the Duke of Buckingham has been telling her the truth every time.

Therefore, Mei Tess acted as a tool for him to remove obstacles again and again.

In fact, the person she most wanted to judge was the Duke of Buckingham.He is cruel, cold-blooded, and will do anything for his own benefit.But as far as she is now, it's not enough.

The Duke is always protected by the mighty Mars, who not only commands the murderous Boggs the Panther and Deimos the Falcon, she is a formidable opponent in her own right.

Plum Tess stood up again, stretched her numb knees, and began practicing sword ecstasy.

Here, she forgot time, forgot the past... She still remembered the time when Buckingham found her golden ring and ordered her to throw it away.

She pretended to do so, but soon retrieved the ring, put it in a small box, and buried it under the only juniper tree in the garden.While filling the soil, she seemed to bury her past here.

She was Maise Tess, a fisherwoman from Marseilles.Today, she can be a lady walking through Somerset House, a showgirl on a Venetian terrace, a homeless beggar lurking on the way home from a dignitary, or even a man...but only Not herself alone.

It's not that she didn't want to run away and get back that Marseille Mai Tess.

The only few attempts were unsuccessful.She still remembered Buckingham being outraged the last time he escaped and was caught.

She was ready to die, but instead of punishing her, Buckingham ordered his men to throw Mitty, her maid, from the castle gates.From the terrace at the top of the castle, Plum Tess looked at the girl as she once looked at herself.

Barefoot, Mitty ran towards the woods in a panic, but she didn't know that her every move was under Buckingham's control.A bad premonition suddenly rose in Plum Tess' heart.

"What do you want to do?"

The Duke of Buckingham did not answer her.He took the arrow Saturn handed him, and aimed it in the direction the girl was fleeing.

"No!" Mei Tess wanted to step forward to stop her, but was firmly restrained by the strong black woman Mars, forcing her to watch the next cruel scene.

Buckingham let go of the taut bowstring, and the first arrow pierced the girl's calf.

"No! I will never run away again," Mei Tess cried, "Please let her go..."

The Duke of Buckingham did not shoot the second arrow, however...

Plum Tess didn't want to go on remembering.All she knew was that she hadn't run away since then.

She continued to attack imaginary enemies in the shadows.

She is not strong enough.

Waving the silver sword in his hand, the leaves rustled and fell.No, not nearly enough.She stabbed with each step, with deadly strokes, as if the shadow was the Duke of Buckingham.

But she stopped suddenly because she became aware of other sounds in the garden.

"Who?"