【Photography ABO】White Rose

"Is His Majesty De La Thornes still busy?" Aesop Karl asked in a room of the French royal palace while receiving the bouquet from the messenger.

"Yes." The envoy's voice was full of apology, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty. Your Majesty the King has important matters to deal with recently, and I'm afraid I won't be able to see you before the wedding. Your Majesty is also very sorry about this, and he specially sent me I have come to present you with this bouquet as a token of apology. This bouquet is white roses, which His Majesty says are just suitable for your pure and noble character."

Hearing this, Aesop subconsciously looked at the bouquet of flowers in his arms.They seem to have been picked just this morning, and the morning dew still hangs on the petals, making the whole bouquet look bright and delicate.Aesop stared at the pretty plain white petals for a while, then looked away: "Then, please help me to thank His Majesty De La Thornes."

Flowers are good, but unfortunately they have no soul.

——Aesop understood that although the two were about to get married, His Majesty De La Thornes didn't care about him at all.He didn't even show Aesop his portrait or photo.If you are interested, no matter how busy you are with business, how can you not even have the time to meet and get to know each other in person?But this is also good: if that majesty has feelings for him, Aesop thought, it would make him unable to bear to carry out the next plan.

After Aesop bid farewell to the envoy, the envoy left the room and closed the door.After he left, Aesop threw the bouquet of white roses on the table casually, went to the bed and opened the book under the pillow, continuing to study his "Assassination Plan".

That's right, Aesop's identity is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

Aesop Carr, the noble young master of the Carl family of the British royal family.The period of his growth coincided with the continuous development and growth of neighboring France.The current king of France, De La Thornes II, once worked hard to govern the country in an orderly manner; however, this alpha king is over fifty years old, but has no children, and the only queen died more than ten years ago.

Therefore, the British royal family took the initiative to marry the unmarried young master Aesop as a political marriage.

However, all these are just appearances.The real task facing Aesop Carle is to assassinate De La Thornes II and gain the right to rule France.

This is because the French royal family is at a time when there are no successors, and the De La Thornes family has no heirs of the right age.Therefore, as long as Britain marries a "queen" at this time, and when the queen's status is consolidated and the king dies "accidentally", the queen will become the best successor to the throne-of course, if the queen has a son of the king , even more foolproof.In this way, the British royal family achieved the goal of easily overtaking the French royal family without a single soldier.

Therefore, Aesop Carr, as the only unmarried young omega male in the family, became the best candidate to carry out this conspiracy.On the one hand, he has a handsome appearance and an introverted personality. He is the kind of harmless type who is pleasing to alpha and will not be suspected of murder; on the other hand, he has certain physical strength and has the ability to assassinate the king by surprise.

Poor young aristocratic young master with a quiet personality and inexperienced experience was suddenly dragged into the torrent of political struggle and became a figure at the forefront of this conspiracy.Needless to say, he must be under heavy mental pressure at this time.

Aesop flipped through the book for a while, then threw it aside, closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.He has long been familiar with the assassination plans written in the notebook. The difficulty lies not in memorizing and executing the procedures, but in how to deal with unexpected situations during the implementation of the plan.

Before coming here, several teachers gave him special "remedial lessons", covering a wide range of topics, from assassination methods, French royal etiquette to bed skills, everything is exhaustive.Aesop noticed that the word that every teacher emphasized the most in the class was: "adaptive".

If you are asked rhetorically when spying on the tone, you should answer skillfully according to the situation and adapt to the situation.When you meet other people when you are preparing to attack, whether to prevaricate, silence or suspend the plan, you must adapt to the situation.Even the bed had to be improvised, because different men have different quirks and it's hard to tell which one this king belongs to.

Adapting to circumstances is a headache.Aesop pressed his forehead, carefully hid the notebook, stood up, put on his usual mask, and walked out of the room.When he passed the table, he glanced at the bouquet of roses lying on the table, finally folded one at random, held it in his hand and walked out.

He wanted to go around the garden, get some air, and survey the terrain along the way.Anyway, the king has confessed that he, the queen-to-be, can move freely in the palace.

He walked through the resplendent palace and walked into the lush grassy back garden.It was a spring afternoon, the flowers in the garden were in full bloom, and there was a faint fragrance of flowers in the air.There is no one in the field of vision, and there is a comfortable and lazy taste in the afternoon sun.Aesop couldn't help but stop, took two deep breaths, and then continued to walk across the flower path.

He likes nature very much.The seasons come and go, life has its ups and downs, these are things that nature told him.Therefore, his personality has always been calm and indifferent. Even on the day when he was told about the marriage mission, he never felt angry or resentful.

He walked the long path and turned a corner.Then he stopped in surprise—because in that open space stood a strange young nobleman.

The young man turned his back to him, holding a long knife horizontally in his left hand, lowering his head, as if he was carefully cleaning the blade.Aesop didn't know knives, but he could guess that it was a good knife, because its blade was sharp and shiny, and its golden handle was studded with precious stones.

The young man has very rare silver hair, slender figure, not much taller than Aesop, but judging from his tall and straight figure, it is likely that he is a martial arts practitioner.The fine fabric of his dark blue gown, embroidered with gold, was a sure sign of his nobility.

Aesop stopped where he was, and he was a little dazed: Why would he meet a young French nobleman in the king's back garden on an ordinary afternoon?

The next moment, the man seemed to have finally sensed the sound behind him, and turned his head towards him.At that moment, there was only one word left in Aesop's mind: beauty like the sun.

That young man had a face of a beautiful youth that can only be seen in classical paintings.Whether it is the sky blue pupils, long and dense eyelashes, straight nose, slightly pointed chin, they are all good-looking but not feminine, which makes Aesop, who has been praised many times as "delicate and good-looking", feel ashamed of himself.Seeing the man looking at him suspiciously, Aesop, who was already a little socially phobic, became even more nervous. He moved his lips, but said nothing.

The white rose in his hand slipped from between his fingers and fell to the ground without a sound.

"Sir, I don't seem to have seen you?" In the end, it was the young man who asked first.

"Ah... ah, I'm an envoy from England." Aesop finally realized, and he began to stammer, "I plan to meet the king, but I haven't received a reply from His Majesty, so I'm just going around casually." have a look."

The young man paused for a moment, then he put the knife back into its sheath, stood up straight, and smiled at Aesop: "Well, it's been a long journey, and the procedures in the palace are really cumbersome. Why are you wearing a mask, sir?"

"..." Aesop noticed that he was still wearing a mask, and felt a little embarrassed.He swallowed: "I...hay fever allergies."

"Understood. Sir, don't be nervous, I'm just asking casually." The young man walked to the flower bed casually, sat down, and signaled Aesop to sit down with his eyes, "Since we meet by fate, why don't we chat casually. What's your name, sir? I It’s a distant offshoot of the De La Thornes family, currently staying in the palace temporarily, just call me Joseph.”

Aesop came over obediently and sat next to Joseph.As soon as he sat down, he could smell a faint fragrance from the other person, like the fragrance of an unknown wood, which seemed to be the smell of pheromones, very elegant and pleasant, and Aesop didn't feel his own rejection of this smell. Alpha?Aesop's heart moved, and he looked at the young man's face.Such an appearance and physique... He thought the other party was a beta.

"Hello, Mr. Joseph, just call me Aesop." He nodded to the other party, thinking, the name "Joseph" seems familiar?Not surprisingly, though, it's not an uncommon name.

——Yes, at this time, Aesop had forgotten the full name of De La Thornes II.

"Aesop... hello. Are you from London? How's the weather there?" Joseph started chatting with ease.

"The weather... mostly foggy, but occasionally clear. It's always been like this."

"It's the same as before. Speaking of which, I haven't been to London for many years." Joseph sighed, looking old-fashioned.Aesop looked at him and blinked, thinking that this person looked about his age, only in his twenties, how many years could he say "many years"?

However, he liked the way this gentleman spoke, which made people feel mature and friendly. Aesop didn't feel much pressure when talking with him.

So the two chatted like this.Most of the time, Joseph asked questions, and Aesop answered. They talked all the way from London and Paris to the books they read recently, and found that there were many overlaps in their hobbies.Just as they were talking happily, the bell on the bell tower in the distance rang, no more, no less, exactly five times.

The two stopped talking and looked in the direction of the clock tower in the distance.Joseph stood up after ringing the bell: "Time flies, I still have some things to deal with, so I'm leaving." He looked down at Aesop, "I will still be here at this time tomorrow. You will come ?"

His clear blue eyes stared directly at Aesop, and Aesop suddenly felt his heart beating wildly, and the answer subconsciously came out of his mouth: "Okay...Okay."

After answering, he realized that an envoy was unlikely to be so sure about his timing, but it was too late to take back what he had just said.He couldn't help blushing, he stood up, said "see you tomorrow", and hurried away as if to escape.As he walked, he thought: Fortunately, he wore a mask today, otherwise, how embarrassing it would be for Mr. Joseph to see his blushing.

What he didn't know was that Joseph raised his hand shortly after he was gone, beckoning a guard standing not far from the garden to come over.He asked the guard: "Help me check if that person just now is my 'quasi-queen'."

He bit the last three words very hard.The guard nodded yes, turned and left.Joseph stayed where he was. He leaned over and picked up the white rose that Aesop had left on the ground just now, twirling the plump petals with his fingertips, thinking.

The guard returned within a few minutes and saluted him back: "I checked, the gentleman's name is Aesop Carl, and he is indeed your queen who will be married in a week." Joseph nodded and motioned him to return to the original Post, then he put the long knife back on his waist and walked away.

He thought, this young omega named Aesop Carr is kind of cute.Will he appear here again tomorrow?

TBC

I figured out, next time I can write about the wedding x Joseph's lost horse booking

3.24 Supplementary note: "De La Thornes II" does not conform to the historical nomenclature. In history, the European "XX II" was called "XX II", and the preceding XX is a first name rather than a surname.But because the lo master thinks that "De La Thornes II" is better than "Joseph II", and the bug is long and difficult to fix, it has not been changed, so let's treat it as a different rule in the overhead world... Everyone who sees this Please take me as a lesson, don't be as bad as my history x