【Photography ABO】White Rose

Aesop had a dream.

In the dream, he returned to his family's mansion again.His parents died young, and Aesop was adopted by a distant relative when he was very young, and this adoptive father was in charge of work related to punishment.His adoptive father had always wanted him to inherit this official position, but he was hesitating.

The house is very quiet, and the stairs to go upstairs are very long, and it seems that they will never come to an end.After walking for a long time, Aesop finally reached the end of the turning staircase, and saw the door of his bedroom opened in the light.He walked in, sat at his desk, took a book from his hand and opened it.

Over the past ten years, most of his time has been spent like this.But this time, he didn't look at it for too long, and there was a "squeak" sound of the door being pushed open behind him.

Aesop turned his head and saw the teacher who taught him assassination techniques standing at the door.The teacher strode over and put a dagger in his hand: "You have learned the assassination technique very well. Now, England wants you to complete a political marriage, and then wait for an opportunity to assassinate King de la Thornes II of France. "

When he heard that name, Aesop's heart twitched.He shook his head vigorously: "I don't want to!"

But the teacher didn't hear his rebuttal at all.The man turned around and left just like that.

Aesop lowered his head, staring blankly at the dagger in his hand.Another hand suddenly appeared in his field of vision, overlapping the hand holding the dagger.The adoptive father's voice sounded in his ears: "Aesop, I said that the interrogation and punishment are not to torture people, but to implement the treatment that the prisoners deserve. The same is true for De La Thornes II. He is simply a monster. Long overdue. You just need to give him the execution he deserves."

Aesop shook his head, his voice trembling: "No, you are lying, I thought you were right before, but after reading the book, I realized that your punishment is really excessive! Joseph never did anything wrong, He's just running the country well!"

It was the first time in more than ten years that he mustered up the courage to refute his adoptive father, albeit in a dream.But he didn't get an answer from his adoptive father.

The scene in the field of vision rotated rapidly, and after the scene stabilized, Aesop found that he was standing in the center of Joseph's bedroom.He was still holding the dagger in his hand. Joseph sat on a chair not far away, crossed his legs, held the long knife out of its sheath in his hand, and looked at him with a smile.The man said: "Sure enough, even you betrayed me. Take poison and pretend to die of illness to preserve your reputation, or go back to England with a stigmatized name, choose one."

After finishing speaking, he raised the knife in his hand, and pointed the sharp tip firmly at Aesop's throat.Aesop backed away in horror. He looked at Joseph and tried to defend himself: "No, Joseph, I didn't want to kill you... Don't be sad, I really like you..."

But Joseph laughed: "Don't make it up, my dear. You brought a dagger on the first day of your marriage. Didn't you come here with an assassination mission?" His knife moved forward two inches, the cold knife The tip touched Aesop's throat, "You can die."

……

Aesop suddenly opened his eyes, and in his vision was the ceiling of Joseph's bedroom.He broke out in a cold sweat from the nightmare, and he is still panting with lingering fear.In the next second, Joseph's pretty face came into his field of vision, and his beautiful sky blue eyes blinked: "What's wrong? You seem to be having a nightmare."

Aesop's eyes turned to his direction: "Did I talk in my sleep?"

Joseph paused for a moment: "No." He said.

So Aesop breathed a sigh of relief—it's fine if he didn't say anything, no matter what he said in this nightmare, if he was shouted out, a clever Joseph would probably be able to guess the secret assassination.He wrapped the quilt tightly and sat up from the bed: "You dressed up so early today, what's the big deal?"

It was just around eight o'clock, and Joseph had already changed into his dress, and his hair was neatly tied up.When Aesop asked this, he was bending over to lift his boots: "Forget it. I'm going out today to give a speech. Do you want to come and listen?"

"No, there are still matters to be dealt with in the palace, so it's better for me to stay here." Aesop imagined Joseph standing in the lecture hall and giving a speech, but finally chose to give up reluctantly.He paused for a moment, then asked again: "What time are you leaving? Can you talk to me for a while? It's fine to talk about anything."

He was terrified, and the things in the nightmare frightened him. It seemed that only talking to Joseph at this time could dispel the uneasiness in his heart.Joseph pampered him very much, and the man sat down next to him: "There is still nearly half an hour, don't worry." He looked at Aesop with smiling eyes, "My Aesop must be very energetic. Dreaming is a sign of excess energy."

"..." This Joseph was talking nonsense again.Aesop looked away embarrassedly, cleared his throat: "I think you have better energy, you wake up so early every day."

"Have you ever seen an elderly person snoozing? If you want to praise me for being energetic, you can give other evidence." Joseph's words obviously meant something.

"Why have you already entered the ranks of the elderly?" Aesop finally couldn't help complaining, he refused to fall into Joseph's trap.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and finally couldn't help laughing.The cloud in Aesop's heart was also dispelled by this short conversation. He thought that the intimate physical relationship would really easily enhance the relationship between two people - because they had shared joy and pain countless times, and they knew each other's body. deepest secret.

Besides, they love each other.

But Aesop was still conflicted.He still doesn't know many things about Joseph, and he doesn't know if something will change his view of Joseph in the future.Right now there are still insiders sent from the UK to be arranged, everything is unknown.

The two chatted a few more words, and it was time for Joseph to go out.The subordinate who came to pick up Joseph knocked on the door, and Joseph got up and left after answering the door. Before leaving, he did not forget to give Aesop a superficial good morning kiss.

After he left, Aesop also got up, dressed and went out.However, his destination today is not the king's office, but an abandoned pool deep in the back garden of the palace.

Two days ago, the insider sent by the UK had successfully entered the palace and had contacted Aesop by letter.They had agreed to meet today, and this was the real reason why Aesop couldn't go to Joseph's speech.

Wearing the same inconspicuous gray clothes and a mask when he came to France, he avoided the eyes and ears of the palace guards all the way to the meeting place.He saw a hooded young man who was about his height leaning against a corner not far from the pool, carelessly playing with a saber in his hand.

Aesop had guessed what this person looked like before he came, but it was only then that he realized that the appearance of this retired mercenary was quite different from what he had imagined: he was not tall, with a thin figure, and that photo that was considered to be With his handsome face, it is difficult for people to associate him with the word "killer".But then, the young man's words and demeanor made him quickly realize that this man did have the indifference of a killer.

Nab Sabeda raised his eyelids and glanced at him: "Aesop Carl?"

"Yes." Aesop nodded.

"Yeah." Neb glanced at him again, "Have you ever had a relationship with the king? But it hasn't been marked yet."

"Yes." Aesop admitted frankly - there is no secret between omega, and the smell of pheromones on each other has already exposed everything.Aesop knew that he obviously had a smell that belonged to Joseph, but they had been married for nearly a month and hadn't reached the final step.He was also surprised to find that Nab Sabeda's situation was very similar to his.

"Very good. Your teacher asked me to care about your situation, and it seems to be going well. If you can make up your mind, you can accept the mark." Naibu's speaking style is very simple and straightforward.

"……it is good."

"Let's cut to the chase. The British side asked me to assist you, but it's not time to start. What do you need me to do during this time?"

Sure enough, it came.Aesop raised his eyes and looked back at the other party. He tried his best to make his voice calm and calm: "I want you to help me investigate De La Thornes II. I have tried him, and there are still many mysteries about him that I don't understand, such as his The mystery of his immortality, as well as the interest relationship between him and the council. If these circumstances are not clear, I am afraid we will not gain any benefit by killing him, you understand."

What he said was true, but the suggestion he gave was to delay the attack.He had thought about it for the past few days, if he confessed the inside story directly to Naibu, he would definitely be met with fierce backlash from the other side, and if it was serious, the other side would even choose to carry out the assassination plan alone.Therefore, it is necessary to temporarily stabilize him, and then decide the next step according to the development of the situation.

The other party nodded as expected: "Okay, I understand. Let's end the meeting here. If it takes too long, others will become suspicious." He paused, "By the way, I heard that you are gradually controlling the personnel of the palace. Deployment, I hope you can provide some convenience for my actions. Pleasant cooperation."

"Happy cooperation." Aesop nodded, watching Naibu turn and leave.He finally breathed a sigh of relief after the other party walked away, thinking that he was really not good at deceiving people.

He picked up his mood and walked towards the office, recalling the things he hadn't finished dealing with while walking: there are still a group of people who will enter in two days, the employment status of many people has not been reviewed last month, some buildings in the palace Still needs repairs...

He suddenly felt dizzy, hot and heavy, and his legs were a little weak.At first, he thought it was because he was tired these days and his body was not feeling well. He supported the pillar and sat down on the steps in front of the corridor, wanting to relax a bit.But the symptoms of discomfort became more and more severe, until strange hot flashes came up from the inside of the body, and some unspeakable feeling swept over the whole body, and Aesop realized belatedly:

It turned out that I was too busy to forget that today is his estrus period.He set off for France after the estrus ended, and today, exactly one month since the last estrus.

And—he gritted his teeth—

He had considered too many factors when he packed his luggage, but instead he forgot the most important thing for him at this time: inhibitors.

TBC