[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

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The condition of the priest is getting worse and worse.

Edmund can only pin his hopes on Bess now.He also brought out the empty potion bottle, and Bess is a witch, and witches know a little bit about herbs. If she can make a similar medicine, maybe Father Faria will be saved.

However, when Bess opened the bottle cap and tilted the bottle slightly, he found that nothing could be poured out.She sniffed the mouth of the bottle again, "The smell is too weak, I can't make it out."

Edmund couldn't help feeling remorse. If he hadn't been so impatient when saving Father Faria that he poured all the potion into the priest's mouth, this situation would not have occurred.

But Bess said, "Captain, you don't have to blame yourself. I can see that your father's illness is not the first time, and this attack has done a lot of damage to him. So, the third attack will take him completely. No medicine will save his life. We can only pray..."

"What?" Edmund frowned tightly.

"Pray that he dies before the last one, so it won't be too painful..." Beth explained.

"No, there must be some other way," said Edmund bitterly.

"Actually, in the divination before the attack on the Château d'If, I calculated that the person you want to save is no longer alive. It is a miracle that he can persist until now." The witch told the cruel truth, " But this is the limit. His time is running out, maybe he stayed here to tell you something, maybe you..."

"I know what to do," Edmund's blue eyes sparkled.

He returned silently to Father Faria's room.At this time, Plum Tess was taking care of the old man, and she gently wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth with a folded towel.As if disturbed by the footsteps, Father Faria groaned again.

Edmund half knelt beside the bed, gently holding the priest's hand.As if out of pain, the priest gripped Edmund's hand tightly, digging his nails into his flesh, but Edmund remained still, as if that would save him.

Plum Tess watched the scene silently.The captain managed to rescue his father from the Château d'If, but Bess said...it was cruel and sad.

In the following time, Father Faria was unconscious for most of the time.Once he was sober, he began to keep talking about a place, the island of Monte Cristo.

The captain immediately ordered the Nemesis to sail to that island, and if that was the priest's last wish, he would fulfill it no matter what.

At other times, the priest seemed delirious, singing a song they had never heard before:

"On a little island, there was a merry brook,

It has not flowed since the dragon came.

Followed the dragon's footsteps, found her lair,

There was a round dragon egg that turned to stone in its sleep.

It's not dead, it's just waiting,

Only the last ray of sunlight on a midsummer night can wake it up.

It was a little dragon,

It had scales of gold, claws of silver, and eyes of jewels.

O ignorant one, be not deceived by its appearance,

It can only bring blood and fire, and only a noble heart can tame it..."

Plum Tess faintly felt that there was some meaning in the ballad, but she couldn't figure it out.Edmund also had the same doubts, after all, this was the last message left to him by the priest.

At this time, Jacob's voice suddenly came from outside the door, "I saw it! It's Monte Cristo Island!"

Edmund and Mei Tess went out together. They stood side by side on the deck, looking far away, saw the peak of Monte Cristo was dyed golden by the first ray, against the blue sky.

It was full daylight when the Nemesis finally reached the island of Monte Cristo.Edmund directed the pirates to carefully carry the priest off the ship on a stretcher.They made a comfortable makeshift bed for the priest to lie on.

At this moment, the fresh sea breeze seemed to inject vitality into Father Faria. He seemed to have just woken up from his sleep and tried to reach out to the blue sky.

It has to be said that Edmund chose a location with an excellent view. At that moment, the priest forgot the pain on his body, and he only felt as if he was flying.This is the first time he has left the Château d'If in more than ten years, the first time he smelled freedom again.

He turned slowly to Edmund, stroked his face with trembling hands, tears glistened in his eyes.

"Sing...song..." the priest said with difficulty.

Edmund froze for a moment.He felt a tightness in his throat, but it was the priest's request, perhaps the last, and he sang the song of his native Marseilles.

But the priest began to shake his head desperately.He sang the lullaby again, the priest still shook his head.

At this time, Mei Tess, who had been standing beside the captain, squatted down and sang the song that the priest sang, "On a small island, there is a cheerful stream..."

Because she had heard the priest sing too many times, she unconsciously memorized the melody and lyrics.As she hummed, the priest's expression gradually blossomed.

At this moment, one hand of the priest was tightly held by Edmund, so he stretched out the other hand to Mei Tess.The priest finally smiled when Mei Tess also grabbed his old hand.Immediately afterwards, he closed his eyes peacefully, as if falling asleep forever.

Seeing this scene, even Mei Tess, who had seen too much death and sorrow, couldn't help but get wet.Is this the second death the Nemesis has witnessed?Plum Tess couldn't help thinking.No, no, Bess said that real death never came.

She looked at the half-kneeling captain opposite.At this time, on Edmund's face, there was an expression of looking away from everything.

They kept that posture all the time, facing each other and holding the priest's hand, and neither of them wanted to let go.Until Bess disembarked and told them it was time for the priest to rest.

Edmund commanded everyone to bury Father Faria on the island of Monte Cristo, which he had been thinking about before his death.The place he chose faced the sea and was next to the little monkey's cemetery, so they wouldn't be alone.

But what they didn't expect was that Busani, who was still very weak, insisted on disembarking despite dissuasion, and dug the big hole with them.

In fact, the reason is not difficult to figure out, after all, Busani and Faria used to be inmates.But there are also many light criminals released this time on the ship, and they are not as active as Busani.

That night, Mei Tess came to the slope beside the cemetery alone, and immersed herself in the darkness.

Below the slope is the beach and the sea.At this moment, Wan Lai is silent, only the moonlight is shining on the sea.

Plum Tess produced the gilt ring.Now she has confirmed the news of Edmund's death in Chateau d'If, and her fiancé has already died in the sea.

And this ring, maybe it's time to return it to him.

With infinite nostalgia and sadness, she threw down the ring that carried her temperature.

But she didn't notice the shadow in the darkness.As soon as she left, the person who was silently watching the scene quickly came to the beach and picked up the ring that was almost taken away by the waves.