Eagle’s Glory

While Edmond Dantès was following the orders of his master and starting to carry out special activities in Paris, Aiglon was staying in Ioannina to manage his own territory.

As time went by, Teresa's belly became more and more distended, her movements became more difficult, and she remained reclusive. And Aigron has always deliberately set aside time in his busy schedule to be by her side, making her happy and relieving her boredom.

Although he already has a child, he has never witnessed any moment from the conception to the birth of Kristel. Until now, he still doesn’t know what Kristel looks like, so he has not “become a father”. "The real feeling.

But this time it was different. He witnessed Teresa's process from pregnancy reaction to delivery. In a few months, he would witness the birth of his own child. This was his first experience of becoming a father. experience.

Moreover, Teresa was his wife, which meant that the children she gave birth to were bound to have high hopes from his supporters, and the meaning was even more different.

Both Teresa herself and other relatives of the Bonaparte family are eagerly looking forward to giving birth to a boy this time. Although Aigron does not care about this, from a political perspective, he admits that he has a son. It would be more beneficial to him.

——Of course, this can only be decided by fate. If it were a daughter, he would be very happy.

Even if it's not a son this time, he and Teresa will still have a lot of time in the future, and sooner or later they will give birth to an heir.

Teresa's due date is gradually approaching, and the civil and military officials in the Principality of Ioannina are eagerly awaiting the birth of the child. The relevant celebrations are already being prepared in an orderly manner, and the child will be born amidst grand celebrations. To the human world.

In addition to preparing for the newborn celebration, the newborn Principality of Ioannina naturally has a lot of things to do, and it can be said that there are countless things to do. Fortunately, the Prime Minister of the Principality, Father Faria, and other officials were working diligently, so everything finally fell into place.

Of course, the most important reason is Aigron's reputation. All orders issued in his name are passed smoothly within the principality, and no one dares to question it. . Moreover, because of Aigron's special arrangement, this new country has a clear hierarchy. The core layer is all senior members of the Knights designated by him. There are no particularly complicated interest groups, and internal friction is controlled to a minimum.

However, all this comes at a price. The top officials have put in a lot of effort, especially Father Faria, who is the Prime Minister. He is already old and in poor health. After more than half a year of mental fatigue, I have endured super-intensive loads, and my body has become worse and worse.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the priest is wasting his short lifespan. Of course Father Faria knows it better than others. However, even though he knows this, the priest still ignores his own fatigue and still devotes himself to work with high intensity.

Finally, the consequences of this high-intensity consumption showed up. He began to pant frequently or twitch uncontrollably, and sometimes even fell into a brief faint.

And all this was seen by Chanel.

When Father Faria came to Monte Cristo, Chanel was asked to take care of the old man, and they formed a deep friendship. Although she no longer has to be responsible for this work, she still visits from time to time. Father Faria, worried about his health.

Father Faria warned Chanel in every possible way not to tell His Majesty about his current situation, but after he fainted again, Chanel finally couldn't bear it anymore. He told Aiglon about the priest's current situation and begged Your Majesty to let him go no matter what. Take a break.

After listening to Chanel's statement, Aigron was also quite shocked and heartbroken, and quickly came to visit the priest.

As the prime minister of the principality, Father Faria naturally has a rather grand official residence in the city. He usually works in this official residence. Occasionally, he will let his attendants push his wheelchair to let him go out and walk along the streets to breathe. Take a breath of outside air - but recently, as his body has become weaker and weaker, this kind of leisure entertainment has become extremely rare.

After Aigron arrived at the official residence, of course the guards did not dare to stop him. He walked directly into it and then came to the Prime Minister's office.

At this time, Father Faria was half lying on the rocking chair, squinting his eyes slightly, listening to the secretary reading the official document. He had fallen asleep, but the opinions and orders he dictated from time to time proved that he had not fallen into a deep sleep, and his thinking was still as before. The ground is sharp and sober.

While he was doing business, he heard the sound of the door opening. It was difficult for him to turn his head to see who was coming, but he felt very unhappy in his heart because he hated being surrounded by others while he was doing business. disturb.

"Who is it? Wait outside first, I don't have time to meet you now!" he whispered.

However, he soon knew that he had made a mistake, because the secretary next to him stopped reading, but looked in the direction of the door tremblingly and saluted, "Your Majesty..."

Father Faria was startled, and then he struggled to get up. The secretary quickly bent down to help him. Only then did the priest see clearly that His Majesty was standing at the door, and behind him was Chanel, two people. They all looked at him worriedly.

The priest looks much older now than when he first came to Monte Cristo more than a year ago. Although his body has been neatly cleaned by the servants, the wrinkles on his face and completely gray hair make him look full of decay. It's old-fashioned, and the smell of medicine that permeates the room proves how weak the owner here is.

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Aigron looked at his "veteran" and felt a little uncomfortable.

After returning to the principality, although he met Father Faria a few times, he mainly focused on accompanying his wife and did not realize that the priest's physical condition had weakened to such an extent.

But in this environment, smelling the smell of medicine filling the room, and looking at such an old priest, he felt the ruthlessness of time.

The priest is not an old official of the Bonaparte family. He was even imprisoned because of the imperial spies. However, since he joined his subordinates, he can be said to have helped him with full enthusiasm. Aiglon can be sure that for his own sake, He has put in as much effort as anyone else in his career.

At his urging, Aigron appointed him as the prime minister of the principality, and he had really worked hard in this position. Aigron believed that no one among his men would do a better job than him.

But if this continues, it will be obvious that the priest will soon run out of energy and leave the world - this is something Aigron never wants to see.

In the original world line, Edmond Dantès was imprisoned in 1815. The priest died after 14 years in prison. He took the opportunity to escape from prison, which means that the priest died in 1829.

The current timeline is mid-1828. If the priest continues to be consumed like this, Aigron estimates that he may not even live until 1829 and die.

In other words, after he joined his subordinates, he shortened his life span even more than if he had stayed in a dark prison! If this became a reality, it would be very embarrassing for him.

While Aigron was deep in thought, Father Faria looked at His Majesty in surprise, and no one else dared to speak, so the room fell into an awkward silence.

After a moment, Aigron walked carefully in front of the priest, then squatted down to look at the priest. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, I heard that you have been in poor health recently, so I came to visit you."

"I am honored to receive your majesty's care." Father Faria came back to his senses, and then replied in an old and weak voice, "But please don't worry, I can still hold on and can perform the duties you have given me normally. mission."

"Come on, let's not say such cliches." Aigron interrupted the other party directly, "Father, you know that I am a smart man. I will judge what I see based on my own eyes. Your current body I can tell what your status is at a glance, so don’t be pushy."

Father Faria did not dare to defend anymore, but raised his head and glanced at Chanel. Chanel could only bow to him with a wry smile, and asked the old priest to forgive him for his "leakage".

"Don't blame Chanel, all her intentions are for your own good. She hopes that you can live a few more years and continue to stay with us." Aigron also saw what the priest was thinking, so he spoke again, "Father, I grant you a period of leave. During this time, you no longer need to engage in such heavy government work. You can just rest and relax. As for the time, it will be determined by your physical recovery."

Father Faria became anxious upon hearing this. His breathing became rapid and staccato, and he begged him in a hoarse voice, "Your Majesty...are you going to dismiss me? I beg you not to do this..."

"No, I didn't say I was going to fire you. You are still the Prime Minister and you will always be." Aigron shook his head. "I just said that you need to rest so that you can better perform your duties as Prime Minister in the future."

Aiglon did not expect that the priest did not appreciate it, but became more and more resistant, "What you are doing is even worse than dismissing me... You are announcing to everyone that I am not qualified for my job, and it is only because of past friendships." I feel pity for you, so you give me this honor so that I can use my official position as my shroud and honestly answer to God."

"You shouldn't think like that..." Aigron frowned.

At this point, few people dared to refute him face to face or resist his decision, but seeing the priest looking so old and weak, Aigron couldn't bear to rebuke him anymore, so he softened his tone and said, "You Everyone can see your work achievements and your loyalty to me. No one will believe that I deny your work, let alone pity you... I just want you to recover as soon as possible and work for me. Serve for a longer period of time instead of running out of work in a few months! If you want to hear good words, then I will say it directly, Father, I can't bear to leave you. I hope you will still be with us in the future, at least You have to live until my coronation! But it’s really hard to have confidence in the way you are now.”

Although Aigron had long been accustomed to misinterpreting his words, his words at this time were somewhat sincere. This sincerity moved the priest to almost tears.

"Do you know how precious it is to me to be needed, especially by a big shot like you, and how hard I can't give up?" There were some blurry tears in his old and cloudy eyes, and then he said to me As Aiglon confided, "Your Majesty, I received a strict education in my early years and became a clergyman. This was not my own wish but the arrangement of my parents. No one has ever asked me what I want, what I want to be, what I like... I was just assigned to do this and that, and I did it without any complaints, but I didn't receive a few compliments. I was just an inconspicuous person in this world, and I wasn't even qualified to be recorded!

Later, I was fortunate to become the secretary of the Spada family, and I was finally taken seriously. The prince treated me like a nephew. He gave me real warmth. He worked with me patiently and taught me how to become an excellent secretary. It was with him that I finally experienced the feeling of being respected... But even so, our identities were too far apart, and I was not qualified to do anything for him. Then he passed away, and that was it. Say goodbye to me. Then, it didn't take long for me to enter the cell. Everyone regarded me as an old madman, an old madman who claimed to have a huge treasure! No one respects me, no one believes in me, no one is even willing to spend a trivial price to verify whether what I say is right or not. It is clear that I have put a golden mountain in front of them, but no one is willing to cherish my value. , they laughed at me and scolded me, treating me as a joke...I could only sit in the black mud of the prison, gritting my teeth and enduring all this. I was abandoned by the whole world...I was desperate, I thought I would die like this, Melt into this black mud and leave no trace in this world. "

Then, he raised his head and looked at Aiglon, and then his tone became excited, "But, fate favored me in the end, just once, but this time is enough... Your Majesty, I got your Recognition and trust, I have been entrusted with an important task by you. This is a small thing to you, but do you know what this means to me? I have been recognized by one of the most powerful people in the world! I A lifetime of knowledge and a lifetime of ups and downs all have meaning now. I can finally leave traces for the rest of my life... I am a person, not a puddle of black mud. Your Majesty, do you want me to turn back into black mud? "

The priest looked at Aigron like this, his eyes were full of tears. This look made Aigron not know what to say for a moment.

Yeah, what should I say?