【Photography ABO】White Rose

The day's tour ends at a small French restaurant.Joseph said that the dishes in the palace are naturally good, but the food cooked outside also has a different flavor.He asked Aesop to try this small restaurant, saying that he had been to this restaurant before and it was not bad.

After Aesop tried it, he really felt that this small restaurant was also delicious.But--

Looking at the plates of desserts that were finally brought to the table and displayed among the flickering candles, he finally couldn't help but lower his eyebrows: "Joseph, how fat are you trying to feed me?"

"Why are you so sensitive to desserts? Do you need to lose weight?" Joseph looked calm, "Eat, eat more, anyway, if you exercise at night, you won't gain weight."

"..." This Frenchman's romance is really just superficial...Although there is a candlelight dinner, would other Frenchmen coax their partners like this... Aesop picked up the fork in his hand while cursing, and started to eat .

In the evening, they walked hand in hand through the path of the palace, and met Lina on the road. The little maid couldn't help but smile when she saw their intimate appearance, and her mind was too guessing.Aesop felt a little embarrassed by her smile, and Joseph gave him a wink, meaning that there is nothing embarrassing about legal couples, let her laugh.Aesop had no choice but to nod, and was obediently led away by Joseph, still feeling unbelievable about the relationship between the two now.

He could feel that after the assassination, Joseph's attitude towards him was much closer.This is not to say that Joseph treated him badly before, but that although Joseph was gentle to him in the past, there always seemed to be a little alienation in the gentleness; unlike recently, Joseph has obviously regarded him as his own person, and Take him to eat his favorite dessert, and hold his hand tightly like now.

Joseph obviously took more care of himself, which is undoubtedly a good thing.But is it all too unreal?Aesop always had a feeling of uneasiness. He couldn't tell, but he just felt that the assassination didn't seem to be over yet.

They didn't get up too early the next morning, because they had tossed a lot last night.Joseph didn't have any social arrangements today, so after breakfast he called Aesop to the King's office, saying that he was teaching him how to deal with the new work assigned to him.

Aesop naturally followed him.After arriving at the king's office, Joseph took out a stack of documents from the drawer and handed it to him: "This is the list of our people. The corresponding position is recorded behind each person's name. You can simply write it down." He took out another piece of paper , "This is the inside line that I am currently in charge of tracking this matter in the parliament. He will report on a regular basis, once every three days, if there is an emergency, and he will report immediately. The meeting place is this office, I will bring you to meet him at the next meeting. It is another person who helps to fill people in the parliament. He will come again in the next two days, and we will meet again at that time. These two lines will be carried out in parallel soon, and the coordinator Thank you for your hard work."

Having said that, Joseph's voice stopped.Aesop turned his head to look at him, blinked, and asked uncertainly, "No more?"

"No, that's all for the overall arrangement. Oh yes, you should assign the affairs of the palace to the secretary as much as possible, and you can set a standard for him if you have to review the affairs yourself. You have been doing this for almost two months, and you should be familiar with the situation Alright."

"Yeah." Aesop nodded, and couldn't help feeling, "You do things so fast."

"If the pace is not fast, I'm afraid I'll be so busy." Joseph smiled at him, "You can read the information first, and I will deal with the matter at hand. I will introduce you to the people on the list in detail later. "

"Okay." Aesop agreed, and then watched Joseph quickly pack up the documents at hand, and took out a stack from the pile of documents to read.Joseph's body never seemed to have any traces of age. Whether at work or in normal times, he appeared energetic and extremely efficient; as for his appearance, that's not to mention.Aesop looked at his exquisite facial features and the light shadow cast by his fine eyelashes on his eyelids when he looked down at the document, and thought ecstatically: This man is so good that he never gets tired of looking at it no matter how much he looks at it.

How wonderful would it be to be together like this, the days are long in summer and the warm wind blows, they can comfortably spend more than ten hours together in this room, they can each handle their own work, and occasionally get together to whisper together After exchanging opinions, you can also be lazy from time to time, leaning against each other to sleep peacefully in the warm and quiet air in the afternoon.Thinking of this, Aesop couldn't help but murmured: "That's great... I really want to be with you like this from now on."

Joseph, who was concentrating on reading the document in his hand, froze for a moment, then raised his head.He glanced at Aesop's dazed face in front of him, and finally couldn't hold back the paper in his hand and tapped it: "Don't be dazed, we still have a lot of time together, hurry up and work now!"

In the evening, the day's "work" is finally over.For the last two hours, Aesop has been listening to Joseph explaining the layout of the personnel file and the internal line in his hand, which made him have a headache and eyesore, and it was not much easier than the tossing around last night.

When it was finally over, Joseph told him to get up and walk around to relax and wait for dinner.Aesop stood up obediently and walked around the room twice, then he found the strange object covered in red cloth in the corner of the room.

Unable to suppress his curiosity, he stretched out his hand and tore off the layer of red cloth - a beautiful camera appeared in front of his eyes.Aesop blinked in surprise, and looked back at Joseph: "You know how to use a camera? Can you take a picture of me?"

Joseph was sitting at the table sorting out the messy documents, and he immediately replied after hearing the words: "Don't touch that camera." After he finished speaking, he paused, as if realizing that his tone just now was inappropriate, and added, "Camera There is no film in it, so I can’t shoot it.”

But even though Joseph's tone softened in the second half of his answer, Aesop could still hear something wrong with his attitude: Joseph's attitude may be gentle, joking, and even occasionally coquettish when talking about unserious topics, but he never would be so serious.People who are introverted and silent have the most meticulous thoughts, and Aesop can feel the subtleties in that answer.

Maybe there is some secret hidden in this camera.Aesop retracted his hand embarrassingly, and replied in a low voice: "Oh."

There was a brief silence between the two, and the originally warm atmosphere was changed a little by this little episode.A few seconds later, Joseph stood up from the table and walked towards Aesop.He gently hugged Aesop into his arms, with a sigh in his voice, as if he knew everything Aesop thought, but he also had difficulties: "I will tell you, I will tell you everything about me without reservation .But before that, just give me a little more time. Okay?"

Aesop was silent for a while, and he recalled that when he was talking about the "knowledge" that could make people ageless, Joseph used to talk about him.But in any case, this time Joseph no longer just perfunctory, but made a serious promise to him.This is much better than before.Thinking of this section, Aesop's heart warmed up again, and he nodded: "Yeah."

The atmosphere between the two became warm again.However, this warmth did not last long, and soon there was a knock on the door of the office.The respectful voice of one of Joseph's subordinates came from outside the door: "Excuse me, Your Majesty, there is a letter from the British royal family, and it is a letter to the Queen."

"...Come in." Joseph let go of Aesop in his arms.The subordinate immediately pushed the door open and handed a letter to Aesop respectfully.Aesop took it nervously, and was relieved when he saw that the signature on the envelope read "From Aesop Carl".

Not a secret letter from an assassination plan.If it is a secret letter, the word "Sir" will be written on the signature.

"Maybe it was a letter from my parents. They were really careless. My name should be Aesop de la Thornes." Aesop was talking to Joseph casually, while taking apart his hand envelope.The letter inside has no content, just a thin sheet.Aesop unfolded the letter paper and began to read the letter in front of him with ease.In the end, he glanced at it, and his heart, which he had let go just now, tightened again.

Because the following paragraph was written at the end of the letter:

"Come back to London and visit us before the end of this month, Aesop."

As the person in charge of the assassination mission, Aesop certainly knew what it meant to him to be asked to return home.

——Then, the next moment, he heard Joseph's voice ringing in his ears: "Going home to visit relatives? I'll accompany you."

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