[Phantom of the Opera] Devil's Beauty

At dawn, before the sunlight gilded the statues in the Duke's manor, the whole manor began to work.Like a huge but precise machine, from the master to the slave, every gear is locked and rolled extremely precisely.The servants were awakened by the alarm, well-trained to wear headscarves and aprons, and filed into the back kitchen. In the curling steam, they made tea, toasted bread, spread jams of different flavors, and cut fresh seasonal vegetables into neat slices. Shredded, topped with salad dressing.

All of this is not for the owner of the manor, but for the most secret existence in the manor—the female pet.

The Duke of Clayton's pet is a special hobby. He firmly believes that a young and beautiful girl can make a man strong forever.The amazing thing is that Duke Clayton is not sentimental. On the contrary, he attaches great importance to his reputation and chastity, almost to the point of being a martyr, and he is only willing to be the best among the lucky ones.

Blanche (Blanche) was originally the most outstanding and most popular among female pets, and in a few days, she would be able to become the lover of His Royal Highness the Duke.

But that was all before tonight.

After tonight, she will be evicted from the manor.

The female pet who was still jealous of Bai Lanzhi, after learning what happened to her, basically stopped being jealous, and only remained full of sympathy.

Without him, the "godmothers" in the Duke's manor did not teach them any survival skills, only taught them how to pray with tears, how to act softly, and how to kneel and obey.What's more, Bai Lanzhi is still so beautiful-hair color is as light golden as the snow reflecting the sun, skin is as delicate and smooth as satin, and her lips are small and delicate-after being expelled from the manor, she can only die, and I don't know how she offended His Royal Highness, the duke, was given such a severe punishment.

Bai Lanzhi packed her luggage silently.The great godmother took pity on her and allowed her to take an extra coat to keep out the cold, but that was all.

In fact, she didn't know exactly how she offended the Duke.At that time, she was walking in the garden.There are strict regulations and divisions for female pets' activities, and the garden is the only place where they can move freely.Bai Lanzhi couldn't talk to other female pets, so she sat alone by the fountain in a daze.The entire garden covers an area of ​​nearly [-] acres, even if the whole manor is put in, it will not appear crowded.But that day seemed different. The duke seemed particularly bothered by the presence of outsiders.

He brought back a female musician.

Generally, the most respected title for a soprano is "Madame", like Madame Carlotta of the Paris Opera House.

This woman is different.Her name is Audrey.A year ago, Odell was still a little-known little dancer, but a year later, she rose rapidly. Relying on her wide vocal range, which is difficult for ordinary people, and her extraordinary musical talent, she won the nickname of "Female Musician" , Attracted a large number of fans in the upper class.It is said that some people are so infatuated with her that they are willing to drink the wine in her high heels.The godmothers had told them this as a joke, so Blanche had no idea that the Duke, who was always noble and elegant, was also one of these crazy music fans.

Looking at the Duke, who was aloof in the past, he is now like a puppy begging to be petted, showing great hospitality to Odell.Bai Lanzhi was startled, took two steps back in astonishment, and bumped into a female pet behind her.The female pet rolled her eyes and pushed her directly into the fountain.

"Whoa-"

The sound of falling water broke the silence in the garden.

Odell casually looked at the source of the sound, but was first surprised by Bai Lanzhi's appearance.Even if she had a system, she couldn't modify such a beautiful face.Jealousy and hatred flashed across her eyes, and she said casually, "It turns out that there are so many beauties in the manor of His Highness the Duke. It seems that His Highness is not sincere to me, but just a whim."

The Duke's expression froze, a little dissatisfied with her sarcastic tone, but at the same time, his desire to conquer this woman became stronger.He was always polite in front of her, so he couldn't show his arbitrary and cruel side to her, so he could only vent his anger on Bai Lanzhi: "She's not a beauty, she's just a pet. If you don't like it, I can drive her out .Compared with this flashy idiot, I admire a talented woman like you more. The song you performed last time still echoes in my mind. Baby, you must not know that when you sang the highest note, even The wine glass in my hand cracked a fine line in shock..."

Bai Lanzhi couldn't hear the latter words.Her arms were cut behind the back by two guards, she was roughly lifted out of the garden, and discarded on the grass.

The mocking and probing eyes from all around almost burned her through.It's not that she doesn't want to clarify for herself, but in front of His Royal Highness, she has no right to speak at all.I thought this was the most humiliating moment of her day, but I didn't expect that when night fell, the Duke's servants came to convey the order to drive her out of the manor!

After inquiring about the reason why Bai Lanzhi was expelled from the manor, the female pets couldn't help but laugh.This Odile has such a great influence in front of the Duke, even the most beautiful Bai Lanzhi was expelled from the manor because of her light words.

What would happen if they accidentally angered her?

Will it be worse?

In an instant, everyone was in danger.

******

On a snowy night, Blanche was sent to the outskirts of Paris by a carriage.The coachman lowered the stairs for her, looked at her bewildered expression, sighed and said: "His Royal Highness still takes pity on you and did not throw you into the wilderness. This place is not far from the city center. If you are lucky, you can find One family survived tonight, if you are unlucky, you can only wait to die."

As he spoke, he patted her on the shoulder pretending to be pityful, and at the same time, his eyeballs were drooling on her face.Bai Lanzhi's heart was full of alarm bells, but she didn't turn around and run away. Instead, her eyes turned red quickly, and her light blue eyes were covered with a layer of wet mist: "...I don't want to die, please, help me..."

Not even the Duke himself could resist her beauty, let alone a country coachman.It was freezing cold, and she forced the coachman into a hot sweat.After scratching his head for a long time, he took out twenty francs from his trouser pocket and gave her: "I'm afraid of you, this is my wages for driving this car, you take it well, don't be robbed by tramps!"

Bai Lanzhi had no concept of money, but judging by the distressed expression on the driver's face, twenty francs might not be a small sum.After thinking about it, she deliberately took away only a few: "Thank you, you are such a good person."

The coachman wanted to take advantage of the duke's lady with the pretext of twenty francs.But he is an honest man after all, when he heard her sincere thanks, his old face blushed, he waved his hands and said you're welcome, and hurried away in the carriage.

Bai Lanzhi wrapped her ermine cape tightly, clutched a few francs, looked calm on the surface, but looked around blankly.

She didn't know where she could go.She was born as an inferior person, and was engraved with the word "humble" when she was born. After living a slave-like life for a long time, she gradually forgot her true self, and could only be pushed forward by the wind and snow.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, she finally saw a brightly lit house.She couldn't help speeding up her pace and rushed over there, but when she got closer, she realized that it was not a residence, but a dilapidated tavern in the suburbs.

As soon as she appeared at the door of the tavern, she attracted the attention of several alcoholics.

The wine bottle in their hands fell to the ground with a bang, and they stared intently at Blanche. They had never seen such a beautiful girl before.

The blond hair seemed to be moonlight-colored seaweed, and it was slightly messy on her shoulders.The young girl's skin is delicate and moist, even under the dimly lit candle, it looks more dazzling than Bai Xue.If it weren't for her deceptively delicate eyes and her cold and bloodless lips, they almost thought they had met a snow elf.

"This woman is as beautiful as his. mother's goblin!"

"That cloak on her is worth at least a few hundred francs..."

"Oh my God, it's really interesting, giving women and money."

Although Bai Lanzhi was smart enough, her experience was still too shallow. After hearing the last sentence, she only realized what they were talking about belatedly.Pushing away their dirty hands, she ran towards the gate of the city.

It was cold, bone-chilling cold, and the cold wind was like a sharp knife, which made her throat burn and hurt.The godmother only taught her which body shape is the most pitiful to men, and which voice can most arouse a man's desire to protect, but she never told her how to resist when encountering gangsters.After a while, her hair was grabbed by those people, and her knee was kicked hard by them.She knelt on the ground in humiliation.

"Don't touch me—get out!"

Her bloody and tearful accusation made those people even more excited.Pushing away her soft blond hair like a pet cat, the eyes of the men almost popped out: she is so beautiful, how can there be such a beautiful girl.

Feeling the filthy gaze on her body inch by inch, Bai Lanzhi was so ashamed and angry that she almost wanted to bite her tongue and kill herself.

At this moment, there was a sharp sound of breaking through the air, and there was a loud "bang", as if something heavy had fallen on the snow.The weight on her body disappeared, as did the big hands pinching her neck, but Bai Lanzhi still didn't dare to raise her head, fearing that this was another way of insulting her.

A few seconds later, she heard the sound of leather boots rolling the snow.

When he raised his eyes, the first thing he saw was a pair of slender and tight black leather boots.

The owner of the leather boots was holding the rope with one hand, and the other end of the rope was wrapped around the necks of those drunks.I don't know what method he used, the few men who were vicious just now turned into lambs to be slaughtered in an instant.

"It was you... who saved me." She whispered.

"Hmm." He pulled her up with the other hand, and then let go, as if he didn't want to have too much contact with her.

Seeing that he took off the rope around the drunk man's neck, turned around and was about to leave, she looked around, afraid of repeating the scene just now, after all, she was powerless, even if she was given a knife for self-defense, she would only Become a tool for others to kill her.She gritted her teeth and grabbed the man's hand.

He stopped without looking back, as if waiting for her to speak.

"Can you help me... I really have nowhere to go." In order to survive, she used all the seduction techniques taught by her godmother, with tears in her eyes and a trembling voice.She bent down, and obediently put her cheek on his leather glove: "I, I can do anything for you!"

"Really." He turned around, pulled her mercilessly, lifted her chin, and carefully looked at her face under the moonlight.Almost everyone would show amazement when they saw her for the first time, but he remained expressionless, as if he was looking at a utensil, turning a blind eye to her beauty.

She couldn't help feeling a little inferior, and lowered her head in embarrassment.

"Just right, it's inconvenient for me to do certain things recently." After a few seconds, he let go of his hand, "From now on, you are my mask."

She didn't understand what this sentence meant, but it didn't prevent her from understanding that this person was willing to take her in.

The author has something to say: Open a new one! ! !

This article and the previous one are two completely different Erics, because I set them with different backgrounds when shaping the characters (mostly the background of musical dramas in the previous article, and most of the original works), so they The way of doing things will also be somewhat different.

Before writing the article, I showed it to my friends, and they all said that the characters were portrayed very Su, so I was relieved... The main reason is that Eric in the original book is indeed very Su (a big guy who knows everything, and has gone through thousands of sails)...

This article has a manuscript (rereading), please little angels water me vigorously

In this chapter, pick ten lucky geese, reward one kiss, and pick twenty lucky geese to send red envelopes, okay?