[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

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Plum Tess never thought that so many things would happen on the first day in this strange age.Edmund's fading gaze and desperate expression lingered in her mind, as well as Fernand... She couldn't forget old Dantes' sad tears.

These entanglements seemed to interweave into a painful web, entangled her tightly, and made her feel suffocated.

But who brought her here?She wasn't the real Plum Tess, so why did she have to bear all this.If she hadn't come 200 years ago, but had been buried in the sea, would everything have gone right?

No sleep for one night.

It was not until a gleam of light leaked in through the rough cutouts in the narrow arched window that Tess Plum fell into a drowsy sleep.

When she opened her eyes again, she found that she was in a dark palace under the sea.All the walls are made of black crystal, cold and hard, rippling with sparkling water.

Plum Tess asked doubtfully, and the only answer was her own echo.This made her uneasy, so when she saw a faint light in the distance, she rushed across it recklessly.

The light guided her through corridors to a grand hall.Three burning torches hung on the circular dome of the hall. The warm flames made her let go of the fear in her heart and stepped onto the gorgeous red carpet.

She hadn't taken a few steps when the door slammed shut behind her, so she could only keep going.When she walked up the steps directly in front of the hall, she found a door on either side of the platform at the top of the steps.The door on the left was tightly closed and hidden in the shadows; the door on the right was completely open, so that the light of the torch shone directly in, and the whole dark room was warm and bright. indivual.

She suddenly remembered that there happened to be three of the same boxes in her cabin, so she walked through the door on the right.But the closer she was to the box, the longer the shadow in front of her was. When she was only one step away from the box, the fire outside the door suddenly became flickering and almost extinguished. The strange thing was that there was no wind here.

Doubt seized her.She took a few steps back unconsciously, and a longer shadow suddenly enveloped her original shadow, almost completely blocking the light outside the door.

"Weak people cannot live without light, but light is always accompanied by shadows." A deep female voice sounded, "Only the light emitted by oneself will not produce shadows, and such light can only be found in the dark."

Plum Tess turned her head suddenly, and saw a cat-headed man much taller than her standing at the door. "Who are you?" She tried not to let fear seep into her voice.

"Best," said the owl. "These boxes don't belong to you. They belong to the former Plum Tess. The bottom one contains truth, the middle one contains love, and the top one contains wealth and power."

"True...love...wealth and power..." Plum Tess thought of the fishing net covered with beautiful sea squirts, the dress with long shadows, the portrait and shield Emblem of coins.

"She was a pure and kind Catalan fisher girl who made a living by weaving fishing nets and helping others, but she was happy and at ease, that's her truth. Later, she captured the heart of a sailor and got His love can finally get rid of poverty..." Best pondered for a while, "But this love is accompanied by hidden dangers. A conspiracy took away her lover, which was originally a test for her, but During the long wait, she chose to give in, and married the sailor's enemy, gaining wealth and power."

"And then?" Mei Tess couldn't help asking.

"It wasn't until one day that the person she loved came back for revenge, and she realized that she could have had all three, but in the end she lost all three. Lost love, lost wealth, and lived between two graves all day long. I will never go back to the innocent and happy days when I was a fisher girl..."

Plum Tess opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything. At this moment, she only felt infinite sadness in her heart, as if Best was telling her own story.

No, I don't want this ending.She turned her head and stopped looking at those boxes, "Please let me get out of here."

"Come with me," Best turned around and walked out the door, "I will also give you these three things, but it's up to you whether you can keep them."

Mei Tess felt a force forcing her to follow in Best's footsteps.They returned to the platform and stopped before the door on the left.

The door was closed again after they entered, but the three flames flew away from the torch as if they were alive, and landed on Mei Tess's head, left shoulder and right shoulder respectively, and followed them into the dark room.

In the center of the dark room was an ebony cabinet, studded with stars, exuding a mysterious atmosphere, which reminded her of the Hebrew Ark of the Covenant.Oddly enough, this cabinet also happened to have three drawers, just like the one in her room.

"Go ahead," Best said deadpan.

Plum Tess stepped forward and subconsciously reached for the first drawer.Inside lay an iron ring with a brilliant sapphire inlaid on the ring.

"You're going to get love," Best said.

Plum Tess tried to put the ring on her finger, but it was so hot that she took it off and put it back.Then she opened the second drawer, which was filled with bewildering jewels.

"You will be rich."

Mei Tess stretched out her hand and grabbed a handful of gold coins, but found that they were covered with blood. She threw back the treasure in her hand with some fear.After taking a deep breath, she opened the last drawer.

What appeared in the drawer this time was a book with an isolated island drawn on the cover, a cross erected on the island, and the words in French next to it - "The Count of Monte Cristo".

"You will get the truth!"

Mei Tess picked up the book curiously, but when she opened it, she found that it was full of white pages, and only the first few pages had words.She wanted to see the content clearly, but the handwriting suddenly became blurred, and then the whole palace began to tremble and collapse!

"Remember, those three flames are the flame of your life, never let them all go out..." Best said finally.

Plum Tess woke up screaming, but when she carefully recalled the eerie dream, she only remembered the vague plot. "Love...wealth...truth..." She caressed the gold-plated ring decorated with waves pattern on her finger, and smiled self-deprecatingly, "No, it was just a dream."

Yes, that was just a dream.Right now, there is a more pressing problem waiting for her.