Eagle’s Glory

"Glory of the Young Eagle ()" Find the latest chapter!

At the warm invitation of the Grand Duke Karl and his wife, Aigron celebrated Christmas with their family. In the following banquets and other social events, Aigron also attended with Teresa.

Although on the surface the Duke of Reichstedt was only an invited guest, the other guests all understood the intention of the Grand Duke and his wife in such an arrangement.

It has long been an open secret that the court has hoped to facilitate this marriage, and the performances of Archduke Karl and Princess Teresa have led the outside world to make a judgment that "they are willing to accept".

Even though the matter has not been officially announced, everyone has tacitly understood it, so no matter what they think in their hearts, they are polite to Aigron on the surface, and they are already treating him as the son-in-law of the prince.

What surprised them secretly was that until now, His Highness has always faced everyone with a kind of indifference and calmness, without showing the slightest complacency on the road to prosperity in life, so people secretly admire His Highness's demeanor.

After completing all the ceremonial activities, Aegron found Teresa and bid her farewell.

"Teresa, thank you for your hospitality." He solemnly thanked Theresa, "I will never forget how much your family valued me."

"At this time, there is no need to say 'your family'..." Teresa replied with a smile, "Mom has already said that His Highness is also a part of our family."

"This is an honor bestowed upon me by God." Eggron nodded lightly, "I hope I am worthy."

"Of course you deserve it!" Teresa replied with some surprise, "Your Highness is the most worthy person in the world."

"I don't have as much confidence in myself as you do." Aigron smiled wryly, "Teresa, I'm leaving first."

Although Aigron's expression was a bit strange, Teresa was not puzzled at this time.

From Teresa's point of view, Aegron is just bidding farewell to himself temporarily and going to make a break with His Royal Highness Sophie. At this time, it is normal for him to be in a bad mood and feel uneasy.

She reached out and took the young man's hand.

"Your Highness, if you really feel uncomfortable, it doesn't matter if you postpone it for a while."

"There is no way to postpone it. At this point, we should go to the end. I would rather be ruthless than procrastinate." Aigron sighed softly, and then looked at Teresa, "I am really an indifferent person, I am not worth it." Being favored by you is even more unworthy of you waiting so long for me."

"Being able to say these words is no longer considered indifferent. Your Highness, some decisions cannot be influenced by emotions. Your sense of proportion shows that you are a person who can make a difference." In order to make the young man happy, I specially Leisa kept herself smiling and watched him reply, "Also, Your Highness, I am happy to wait for you. Since I have decided to spend my life with you, I should and can make some sacrifices..."

In the cold wind, Aigron only felt a little tingling on his face.

He looked up and saw that it was snowing again.

The snowflakes are getting bigger and bigger, like flying insects at first, and then slowly like goose feathers, spreading on the ground bit by bit, making the city appear hazy in the fog.

"Teresa...you really are the cutest girl I've ever seen." He nodded to the girl, then waved goodbye, "Goodbye."

"Goodbye, Your Highness!" Teresa waved her hand with a smile on her face. "Come play sooner next time!"

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Amidst the howling of the cold wind, Aigron rode a carriage and came to the Ruby Theater.

As soon as he entered, there was a wave of heat rushing towards his face. He found that there was a lot of people inside, and the seats were full of spectators. The citizens who got free time during the holidays from Christmas to New Year were using this method to kill their rare leisure time. .

Compared with the brightly lit hall and the snowy outside, it is like two worlds.

With heavy steps, Aigron walked up the stairs without saying a word, and came to the box he was familiar with.

Although it was only less than a week since he came here last time, when he set foot in it, it felt like a lifetime away.

Just as he expected, Sophie was inside, and she was leaning against the railing, staring blankly at the performance on the stage.

After hearing the sound of the door opening, Sophie suddenly turned her head and smiled happily.

"Eggron...you are still here, I thought you would never come again!"

"Since I promised you, I will come." Aegron said, taking off his coat and throwing it on the seat of the box.

"Have you enjoyed spending the holiday with that family?" Sophie asked nervously.

In fact, she has heard a lot of rumors in the past few days. These rumors all say that the Duke of Reichstedt has been fully appreciated by Grand Duke Karl, and that he and Princess Teresa are also in love. public announcement.

She sat here with her last hope, and even suspected that the boy would never come here again.

She was very afraid of hearing that answer, but the pride and dignity in her bones prevented her from showing her fear, so she just watched the young man quietly, waiting for his sentence.

"It was a pleasure to get along." Eggron nodded gently. "They appreciated me very much and were more enthusiastic than I expected."

Looking at his serious expression, Sophie seemed to have noticed something.

"In other words, you've already made your choice, haven't you?" She asked softly, trying not to tremble in her voice.

"I made my choice a long time ago," Eggron replied in a low voice.

"A long time ago..." Sophie smiled wryly, "That is to say, you came to say goodbye to me? Pretending to let our secret end in a decent way?"

"I did come to say goodbye to you..." Eggron nodded again.

"Farewell..." Of course, Sophie couldn't misunderstand the meaning, so for a moment, she only felt that her eyes went dark, and her feet were so soft that she couldn't stand still. She managed to hold on to the railing so that she didn't fall to the ground.

She took a few deep breaths, and finally regained her senses, then raised her head and looked at the young man, "So, you still chose glory and wealth?"

"No...Your Highness, I chose something more dangerous." Aigron shook his head.

Then, he walked up to Sophie and hugged her tightly to prevent her from doing anything that would hurt her and himself.

"It's very important to tell you, can you...can you spend a little time and listen to me?"

"At this point, what else do you want to say to me?" Sophie tried to struggle, but was easily disintegrated, so she soon gave up struggling and just leaned on the young man's arms weakly. "Do you still want to deceive me with your good lies?"

"I did tell you a lot of lies, but I guarantee with my life that what I will tell you next will be the truth, not at all false." Aigron looked at her sincerely.

Then, he picked up his pocket watch and checked the time. "After confirming that I stepped into the theater, at nine o'clock in the evening-that is, one hour later, someone would shoot and make trouble in the theater, and then I would take advantage of the chaos and leave, and then flee Vienna-and Austria under cover."

Although he spoke very clearly, Sophie seemed to have been caught off guard, and stared at him blankly with wide-open eyes, as if she had heard his nonsense after a high fever.

"Your Highness...do you need me to repeat it?" Aigron asked.

"You...you colluded with the party and wanted to escape?" After a while, Sophie seemed to have recovered, and she asked in a trembling voice.

"Yes." Iger nodded solemnly.

To his surprise, Sophie was not that shocked, but looked very sad.

"Do you have a hunch?" Aigron couldn't help asking.

"I've been by your side for so long, every day and night... I can feel that you have a strong will to hate your situation and want to escape from everything here." Sophie seemed to be completely unsteady, the whole The man leaned on him to maintain his balance, and he spoke weakly, "I thought I could influence you, let you find the meaning of life, and stay here with me at ease... It turns out that I have been dreaming all this time... ..."

As she said, she smiled wryly, "It turns out that all your sweet words are just deceiving me. You used me to secretly collude with your own party... You used me as a tool, God, I... I Why didn't I find out until today! I could have found out earlier, but I deceived myself with luck and deliberately pretended that I couldn't see it, and I didn't want to see it! But... today the dream was shattered. "

"Your Highness, I am not lying all the time, although you must no longer believe my words." Eggron hugged her tightly, and then replied, "I like you very much, but I have no choice, I I can't let my life go to waste here, I have to do something because..."

"You want me to forgive you? No, don't think about it! Don't even think about it!" Before he finished speaking, Sophie, who seemed calm at first, suddenly broke out violently, "Sly thing, do you think you can get everything? ?You stole my heart and crushed it so hard that you come and tell me now that you only wanted to run away? Shameless liar, don't you think I'll forgive you! You told me So many sweet words, but now you want to leave me mercilessly, do you think you can trick me into pretending nothing happened? Don’t think about it! I will take revenge on you, and I will use everything I have to take revenge on you !"

"Your Highness..." Aigron looked at Sophie who suddenly broke out, and was surprised.

This was the first time he saw her look so vicious.

Sophie blushed, and then, she didn't know where the strength came from, and pushed the young man away.

"You are indeed the son of the ogre king! You are worthy of him, so worthy of him, just as vicious! I...I wish I could cut your heart out and see what color it is inside!" She forgot With his own identity, he cursed the young man in the most vicious language, "You can't run away, you will be caught like a wild rabbit, arrested, imprisoned, shot, and hanged for public display!"

After scolding a lot, tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, "God, I'm crazy...I must be crazy, yes I've already been driven crazy by you! You make me crazy, I will let you You paid the price, and I want your life to pay me back!"

Aegron didn't answer, but put his hand into his arms.

Then, in Sophie's sight, he took out a pistol from his pocket.

Sophie was stunned for a moment, but soon stared at the young man fearlessly.

"Why, do you still want to scare me with a gun?" She scolded sharply, "I'm not afraid! If you have the guts, shoot me, and I'll get rid of it early and go to hell to wait for you! You bad guy, you'll definitely be in there bear the torment!"

"If you want me to pay the price of my life, I can pay you now without the future." Aigron picked up the pistol, but he didn't point it at the other party, but pointed it at his own forehead. "The matter has come to this point, I will no longer leave a way for myself to escape, I will either escape or die, I will not endure the humiliation of being captured like my father..."

As he spoke, he moved his finger and put it on the trigger.

"I owe you, so I give you a choice, if you want to, you can go out and get me caught, I will shoot myself again, everything will be fine, none of us need to worry about it anymore. It's as simple as that .”

He stepped back slowly, showing that he had no intention of stopping Sophie.

He was absolutely sure that Sophie would not do this.

If there is a one-ten-thousandth possibility that she did this, then she should just get rid of it earlier. He can also be cruel to himself.

Despite the movement of his fingers, the anger on Sophie's face was replaced by panic.

"Stop!" She covered her mouth to keep herself from screaming.

"Eggron... Eggron!"

She wanted to come over, but because her feet were weak, she couldn't move any more. After barely taking a step, she fell to her knees on the ground.

Her spirit had already collapsed, and she stretched out her hand anxiously, trying to grab the young man's feet.

"Don't shoot...I don't want you dead!"

Aggron put down his gun, then came to her side, knelt down and took her hand.

"Thank you, Your Highness, you spared my life." He thanked the other party tenderly.

"Why do you have to take things to this point..." Sophie burst into tears, crying uncontrollably, "Why can't you just stay here with me, please don't go? I beg you... why do you have to take risks?" Woolen cloth?"

"I'm sorry...but I've already made up my mind." Aigron shook his head resolutely despite his heartache, "I can't tolerate being treated as an insignificant person and being manipulated by others; The Emperor of Austria bowed his knees... I want to be a person who can control my own destiny, I know that I will pay a lot of price, but... Your Highness, I have no other way to go."

Then, he leaned down and kissed Sophie on the cheek, "I owe you too much, so I don't expect you to forgive me, you can always hate me, and even curse me to death like just now, it's all up to you rights—I just hope that you can take care of yourself until we meet again."

"Will we meet again?" Sophie asked crying.

From her point of view, even if Egron married Teresa, the two could still communicate, and it was not impossible to maintain the original relationship in private—after all, there were too many such things in the world of nobles.

But if he just runs away, God knows when we'll see each other again—maybe even maybe never

The more she thought about it, the more desperate she became, and the tears couldn't stop flowing.

"Yes, I will definitely come back to see you." Aigron held her tightly, and then assured her, "One day I will make my own business and come back to see you."

"Are you sure?" Sophie asked unwillingly.

"I promise." The boy replied solemnly.

Sophie said no more, because she knew it was useless.

She cursed at first, then begged, but none of them had any effect. After the anger and pain subsided a little, all she had left was sobbing.

"Put the gun away, my heart hurts when I see it." After a while, she said with tears. "Why can't you love yourself?"

"No one is born to like to gamble their lives, but I have nothing, so I am not qualified to love myself." Aigron replied, and then put the gun back obediently.

"How are you going?" Sophie asked in a low voice.

"Jump down from here," Aegron replied.

Then he briefly told Sophie about his plan.

"Don't tell me you won't be noticed if you mix in the crowd? You're too conspicuous." Sophie shook her head.

"So I prepared something else." Aigron shook his head, then bowed and took out a package from the sofa.

Then, he opened the package and found out the ... female costume that Chanel had put inside.

"So Chanel is one of your accomplices..." Sophie finally understood everything, and then glared at him angrily. "You bastard... liar!"

But while cursing, she helped Aigron take off his tie and shirt. She knew that time was running out, and if this plan failed, her beloved young man would really commit suicide.

She had felt that visceral fear before, so she didn't want to try it again.

So she has no choice.

With her efforts, the young man quickly finished his disguise, even wearing a golden wig on his head. Because of his slender figure, he looks like a slim girl.

"It's still pretty...you little bastard." Sophie cursed softly.

"Your Highness, take care." Eggron whispered. "I'm sorry to have caused you so much trouble, and you will definitely be blamed next time."

"Don't worry about it so much, can it be harder than you?" Sophie sighed. "Besides, I said I can't bear it, so will you stay? Don't break my heart anymore, bad thing."

Then, she seemed to think of something.

"You must be short of money during this time, right? Damn, I don't have any valuables with me now..." She took off the necklace from her neck, and handed it to the young man.

Holding the exquisite and small gemstone in the palm of her hand, it seemed to carry her body temperature. "Take it away. This is our last farewell gift. When you are short of money, you can sell it at a pawn shop. It's still worth some money."

"I'll never sell it..." Eggron's eyes couldn't help becoming sour, and it was hard for him not to shed tears.

Sophie took another look at him, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with him, she let out a long sigh.

"hold me."

Aigron obeyed her order, and then hugged her like this. The two of them stuck together like close sisters at this moment, quietly waiting for the moment of farewell.

Time seems very long, but also seems very short.

Slowly, the hands of the pocket watch came to the fateful moment.

The actors on the stage were still dancing tirelessly, and the audience off the stage were either cheering or talking to each other, everything seemed so normal...

"Bang!" The loud sound suddenly overwhelmed all other sounds.

Before people came back to their senses, the gunfire continued.

"boom!"

"boom!"

People reacted, and then there were screams, and these screams gathered together, making the whole theater seem to be shaking.

Time is up.

Aegron looked at Sophie and nodded apologetically to her.

And Sophie didn't suppress herself any more at this time, she burst into tears, but at the same time she let go of her hand.

Yes, this is farewell.

There is no time left to say goodbye to each other.

Aigron looked at Sophie, walked backward step by step to the railing, then turned his head violently, grabbed the tassel and railing next to him, and slid down deep.

At this time, the theater was already in chaos, with gunshots and screams everywhere, and people were running around desperately. No one cared about the "girl" who slipped down from the third floor.

Although the theater was extremely chaotic at the moment, and there were noisy sounds everywhere, the cries behind him seemed to be like ghosts, lingering in his ears all the time.

enough! Can't think about that anymore!

Aigron forced himself to restrain himself, he looked at the surrounding environment, then stood up and walked towards the backstage.

People are running towards the door subconsciously now, so the door must be blocked, and he certainly won't be so stupid as to squeeze.

He had already seen the theater surroundings with Chanel, and he knew he could escape through the windows behind the stage.

He walked all the way to the back of the stage according to the action path he had demonstrated ten thousand times in his mind, and then came, picked up the chair, and slammed it heavily on the window.

Amidst the crisp shattering sound, the window was opened, and then Aigron jumped out of it.

The gravel road outside was very slippery because of the snow. Aigron almost fell to the ground and managed to maintain his balance.

It was late at night, and it was pitch black everywhere, with only a dim light in the distance to guide him.

But that's enough.

Aegron took a deep breath, then reached out and wiped the snow off his face.

From this moment on, I have no way out, and must move forward from now on.

So... let's go.

He followed the predetermined route and walked towards the destination along the alley. There was a carriage there, and Chanel was waiting for him.

There is no one around, he only needs to advance a few hundred meters here, and he will be free...

Yes, that's it! The young man walked forward step by step with fearless determination.

"Your Highness, where are you going?" Just then, a voice came from behind him asking.