[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

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After leaving the island of Monte Cristo, the suspicion of Busoni has always been lingering in Maisie Tess's mind.

This newcomer is even more out of place on the Nemesis than when Plum Tess joined the Maiden Amelie.

Even Jacob didn't like him very much because he was so dull.After all, how can you open your heart to a person who is always silent and doesn't know what he is thinking?

So when Jacob complained, Mei Tess also learned something new.

"You say that Busoni's name is not on the list of prisoners in the Château d'If?"

"Yes, he still has a special cell in the Château d'If." Jacob folded his hands. "The jailer in the prison even arranged for someone to shave his face. This is not the treatment a prisoner should have."

Mei Tess knew that Busani was a nobleman, but on the Nemesis, there were no nobles, only the captain and crew.After thinking for a while, she asked again, "Did you see a surname named Villiers in that list?"

"Let me think about it...it doesn't seem to be, or maybe I didn't pay attention." Jacob pondered for a while, "Is that Villiers someone of yours?"

Plum Tess frowned, he was not her kind.Even if it is, it is also her enemy.

Villiers was the surname of the Duke of Buckingham. Jacob didn't know it, but it would be bad if it was passed on to someone who cared.Therefore, Plum Tess gently lifted the topic, "It's just an old acquaintance."

After that, she continued to secretly observe the man who looked like the Duke of Buckingham.

Busoni couldn't do too much heavy work, but he was willing to be brave in front of the captain, so much so that he once dropped the cargo on the deck and hurt his own foot.

After Bess healed his wounds, the captain gave him the job of cleaning the decks.So every morning they could see Busani grinding the deck to a bright white with the "Bible Stone".In fact, it was just a piece of pumice, because it was about the size of a Bible, so it got this name.But when Busani held it, there was a kind of piety in his expression as if he was really holding a Bible.

The crew of the Maiden Amelie were friendly to him, but the pirates were not.Busoni has the same handsome face as the Duke of Buckingham, only less violent and more gentle, but this face should not appear on a ship full of pirates.

At first, the pirates just soiled the floor while Busoni cleaned the deck, which he tolerated, and gradually they began to touch him, or pretend to touch him as they passed by, or When I was tired from work, I went to pat his butt and pretended to tell him not to be lazy.

Mei Tess had wanted to help him, but she was more curious about how Busoni would react.If he couldn't handle this situation, he would not be able to gain a foothold on the Nemesis, so she suppressed the impulse in her heart.

Fortunately, this farce is over soon.

Mei Tess heard a shout from the deck, and she hurried over to push aside the applauding crowd, and found that Busani was scuffling with a pirate.

She just wanted to stop it, but found that the surroundings suddenly became quiet.It was the captain. He walked over on the deck, with a chill in his eyes, causing the two people who were still fighting to stop unconsciously.

Edmund soon found out what had happened.It turned out that some of the pirate's actions after secretly getting drunk crossed Busani's bottom line, so the conflict broke out in a fierce form.

It's just that at the end of the fight, the pirate didn't suffer any injuries except that his head was smashed by Busani with the pumice stone, but Busani was beaten until his face was covered with nosebleeds.

"Take Busani to Bess," Edmund ordered, suppressing his anger.Then he turned to the pirate, "Do you know the punishment for offending your companions on board?"

"He did it first," argued the pirate.

"Okay, let's have a fight now." Edmund folded his hands, "I'll let you go first too. If you win, I'll spare you this time."

The pirate had seen the captain's skill and dared not go forward. He finally realized how ridiculous his excuse was.

"Not to mention you're secretly drinking," Edmund said sternly.

This time the pirates had nothing to say. Whether they were on a warship or a pirate ship, anyone who stole alcohol would face severe punishment.

The torture tools for execution are ready-made, untie a strand of cable and dip it in water.Because it is nine small ropes after untie, it is also called nine-tailed cat whip.After a burst of screams, all the pirates watched as the nine-tailed whip left scars like scratches on the perpetrator's back.

After that, no one took the initiative to provoke Busani for a long time.

But after landing in the next port, Busani seemed to be a completely different person.There was a faint shadow of the Duke of Buckingham in his expression, which made Mei Tess worried.It was as if a lost soldier had finally found his knife, and he was no longer afraid of those who offended him.

What Plum Tess was worried about was, what exactly was his knife?

However, Busani never showed the intention of showing the knife.

Plum Tess could see that he was waiting.So when Busani was acting alone, she followed him quietly.What she didn't expect was that the other party had the ability to successfully throw her, a former Dark Star spy, away.

She would have reported the matter to the captain.But before returning to the harbor where they parked, the crew of the Nemesis broke out with a group of local robbers.Mei Tess was scratched on her arm in order to protect the captain.

When Edmund carefully pulled off her sleeve, the mark left by the Duke of Buckingham on her hand was also exposed.

"What is this?" Edmund asked curiously.

"It's my family's coat of arms," ​​Mae Tess explained.

"A very special coat of arms," ​​Edmund commented.

Plum Tess smiled awkwardly, but luckily it belonged to Venus' pentagram, not Milady's lily.She didn't want to give the captain a bad impression.

None of them noticed the extremely complicated look in the eyes of Busani who was standing aside.

Because of this episode, Mei Tess did not report to the captain about following Busani. After all, when the two sides exchanged fire, Busani also contributed.

But one night a few days later, Busani took the initiative to find Mai Tess.They stood on deck, the sails casting huge shadows in the pale light of the waning moon.

After a brief silence, Mei Tess asked, "What exactly do you want to say?"

"Venus of the Dark Star", Busani's eyes flickered, and his tone was not so much a threat as a insistence, "You have to go..."