Chapter 17: The Battle of the Bastille (10)
Since Mary became sensible, the seal used to sign the official decree of the Federal Republic of Almany has been kept in her hands, with the seal pattern being half an iris and half an eagle. The Earl of Ile-de-France once solemnly advised Mary that this seal represents him. Every word written on it represents what he said.
Mary was carried on a carriage by Hestein with a sword, and returned to Versailles unwillingly, and took out the treasured mark from her room.
"Do you really want to force me to do this?" she gritted her teeth and asked Hestein. "He will not be willing to be an alliance formed in this way."
"You don't need to be willing, I just need you to have no way out." Hestein replied, "After the government order is issued, the Tianfang Empire will become your enemy, and all you can rely on is our heroic kingdom. Such a covenant is much more reliable than a verbal promise or a contract of one or two."
Mary pursed her lips tightly and handed the seal to Hestein's hand.
"Do you want me to write?" Hestein gave her a blank look, "It was the decree you signed. Write it yourself and stamp it yourself!"
At the end of his life, Mary had to ask Josephine to bring paper and pen. Her words were originally neatly tidy, and each letter looked like a delicate little snack. But now, the words she wrote became crooked, and there were still many ink marks that were extra due to trembling between the lines.
“Written.”
She was not very willing to hand over the parchment to Hestein. But Hestein only glanced at it, kneaded the paper and threw it into the trash can.
"Are you writing or drawing? You're strait-wrong, write me a new one!"
Mary was almost crying. She wanted to end the matter earlier, but the more excited she was, the more her hands shook. She wrote three pieces of paper in a row, and each chapter became less decent than before.
During this period, the entire city's army gathered in the square of the Palace of Versailles, but Hestein stood beside Mary. They were afraid of the rat and could not do anything.
Hestein's scolding became more and more severe.
"I have you ordered that the territories must expel the people of the Abraham church, and you must! What's the matter with writing "can's"? Rewrite it!"
"Written faster! Be slow, be careful I'll spank you!"
Josephine, who was standing by, couldn't stand it anymore. She overcame her fear of Hestein and went up to whisper, "Let Miss Mary take a break first."
"Rest?" Hestein gave Josephine a blank look.
"I want to rest!" Mary whimpered, "I want to have a snack!"
Hestein glanced at the two men in anger. Josephine was so scared that she was almost peeing. She had been kidnapped by Hestein's pirates and was sold to the Earl of Ile de France by Hestein.
But unexpectedly, Hestein unexpectedly agreed:
"Okay. Let's have some snacks first and have some rest."
Mary threw away the paper and pen and lay on the table and sobbed.
Josephine went out to prepare snacks, while Hestein shook his head and sat opposite Mary.
"You can still cry now. Have you ever thought about it? If the Bastille is lost today, will you still have a chance to cry?"
"Now you are forced to do it, it's still the same as losing!"
"That's too different. The Duke of Aquitaine was for the position of the consul, and the rioters were for the solution to the scourge of the Black Death. Now they insisted that the Earl of France and the Church of Abraham. No matter which one enters the Palace of Versailles, you will be in a different place."
Hestein's voice was very heavy and heavy.
"But it will be different if you sign this decree. You can completely turn the blame for the Black Death to the Church of Abraham and order it to be expelled. In this way, you can appease some of the rioters, and the Duke of Aquitaine lost the legitimacy of the uprising. Not only that, some of the nobles who swung in the Almani Federation will turn to you. Moreover, you will also get the support of our Heroic Kingdom and the Kingdom of Britain. Of course, you will offend the Tianfang Empire because of this. However, when the Bastille is about to be lost, do you see that the Tianfang Empire has sent someone to save you? If you stand on the side of the Tianfang Empire, you can only become an abandoned son."
Mary's voice was still crying: "I don't want to hear you educate me here! When I write down the decree later, you will be out soon. When my brother comes back, you will have something nice to you!"
This attitude made Hestein's eyebrows stand up and he was about to get angry. But at this moment, Josephine walked back with a cart of snacks: "Because I don't know what you want to eat, Miss, I brought all the remaining snacks in the kitchen. Miss ran to the battlefield before she finished the snacks this afternoon. She must be hungry, so have a good meal."
Hestein took a deep breath and suppressed his anger. Then he dragged the stool to a corner of the room, where he closed his eyes and rested.
"Eat quickly." He said with his eyes closed, "If you can't write well after you finish eating, don't blame me for spanking you."
Josephine took the plates containing snacks from the small cart one by one and placed them in front of Mary. Then she made tea for Mary with hot water. While sitting on these things, she looked at Hestein in the corner from time to time. After confirming that he was not looking here, she moved slightly, blocked her body between Hestein and Mary, and then quietly exposed a small blade from her sleeve and handed it to Mary.
Mary was stunned for a moment, and after understanding what Josephine meant, she shook her head suddenly. Josephine wanted her to add blood to the water, but she had never used this magic. She could use Juvayus, and she could control everyone who had drunk Carolin's blood, but she had never used her own blood. After all, cutting her own fingers hurts.
This time, Josephine shook her head and stepped forward a little blade hard.
Mary bit her teeth. After some struggle, she took the blade and closed her eyes and cut her fingers. Then, she gritted her teeth and dripped a few drops of blood into the tea bowl.
Josephine breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the teacup, shook it a few times, and the blood scattered in the tea.
“…Hero King, this cup of tea is for you.”
She came to Hestein with the cup of tea with Mary's blood nervously.
"I've had lunch in the afternoon," Hestein said with his eyes closed, "It's just for your snacks."
"How can that little snack be enough for a man?" Josephine forced a smile, "Drink a little tea first, and then drink more snacks."
Hestein then raised his eyes. He grabbed the teacup and drank the water inside.
Seeing the plan succeed, Josephine pressed the smile on the corner of her mouth and returned to Mary.
"Where is the sword?"
Mary used her hand to compare the sword movements, and asked Josephine in a mosquito-like voice. Josephine opened her mouth and was about to answer, but Hestein's voice came from one side:
"I heard that the Carolingian clan has a magic power in its bloodline that can make the person who drinks it surrender."
Josephine shook all over and turned to look at Hestein with a pale face. At this time, Hestein had opened his eyes and stared at the two women in the room aggressively:
Chapter completed!