“......”

There are many winding stone staircases in the castle, these stairs exist to prevent the invasion of foreign enemies, and hinder the enemy's progress as much as possible, but at this moment, there is only a young girl under the guidance of the attendant in front of her, walking towards the core of the castle step by step.

Despite all the hardships, when the girl was really about to approach the future king of France, she couldn't help but clasp her hands and her heart beating, and it was not long before the winter came, but she already felt the heat all over her body.

Excited, nervous, restless...... and a little unreal and unreal.

......

Since she was thirteen years old, she could gradually hear some voices in her ears, those whispers seemed to say something to her, but she never heard it really, only vaguely heard words such as "crown prince", "mission", "restoration of the country" and so on.

It wasn't until a few years ago that she finally seemed to understand what those voices were urging to "let her go and help the crown prince restore the country." ”

"But I'm just an ordinary country girl, I can't ride a horse or fight, what can I do?"

The little country girl said in confusion, but the voice in her ear did not answer her.

After a long time, she finally decided to fulfill her mission, perhaps because of her piety, or perhaps because of her youthful impulsive enthusiasm, which made her try to see the vastness of the world, and was not willing to just die in a small village.

So when she was sixteen years old, she secretly ran to the stronghold of Vauxural, a French stronghold that traveled between England and France, and the local commander was Robert de Bodricourt, a nobleman who had military power but did not want to interfere in the war between England and France.

For Robert, the outcome of the war only determined who the king of France was, he was a nobleman with his own fiefdoms, subjects, and army, and it didn't really matter who was the king of France. And when he learned that there was a little girl who actually claimed that she was going to save France, he couldn't help laughing.

"Give her a few slaps in the face and take her back to his father. ”

The lord told his soldiers, and the little girl, who was forced to return home, had to face the teasing of her own country, and they pointed to the little girl.

"Behold, the woman will revive France and the royal family. ”

It was the most helpless moment in Jeanne's heart, no one understood her, she was like in the past, shepherding, hoeing, weaving, doing all the things that a country woman should do. Her parents even arranged a marriage contract for her, but Jeanne refused to comply, and the only other things she could do were the occasional sound.

"Go to the crown prince and make him king in the name of the king of heaven. ”

The whispers were like that, but they never taught Jeanne how to do it, they just kept urging her.

Half a year later, the little girl who had failed in the past persuaded two young people from her hometown to come to the Vokulel stronghold again accompanied by them.

"Why are you here again?"

This time, the commander just frowned, but did not drive her away directly, the last failure made Jeanne no longer so impulsive, after half a year of thinking about it she had made quite a lot of preparations, facing Robert, she said unhurriedly.

"In the name of God, I will help the crown prince to be crowned king, and after these great things, I will marry and have three children, the first will be the Pope, the second will be the emperor and the third will be the king. ”

The pope, emperor, and king in Jeanne's mouth are actually parables in the classics, meaning kingship, clergy and peace, however, Robert in front of him did not understand Jeanne's words.

Robert then replied: "Since they are all big men in the future, I would love to have a son with you and then I will be worth a hundred times"

"No, noble Robert, God will bring it to effect. ”

Jeanne said stubbornly.

Eventually, Jeanne persuaded Robert, or at least he would be skeptical, to send six soldiers to escort him, and after crossing the territory of the British, Jeanne escorted him to Chinon after a journey of ten days.

And now, she is finally going to see the crown prince, and the mission told by the voice that has sounded in her ears since she was a child can finally be realized.

Unbeknownst to others, Jeanne clenched her hands and prayed silently on her lips.

......

"Rolling ......"

In front of a wooden gate, two attendants slowly pushed open the heavy door, and behind the gate were a number of well-dressed courtiers and nobles, who were arranged in two rows, revealing a passage in the middle, and at the end of the passage was the crown prince who sat on the first seat.

It was a tall adult man with a straight nose, dressed in a red robe and a round hat on top of his head, hiding his hair in it.

Looking at the crown prince in front of her, a sense of joy immediately sprouted in Jeanne's heart, but then a voice sounded in her ears.

"It's not him. ”

She froze, then looked around, among the many nobles and courtiers, all who came into contact with her gaze bowed their heads in salute, and finally, she locked onto a person in the distance of the crowd.

Looking at the man, who was hiding in the crowd and did not look very tall, or even a little short, Jeanne immediately realized that it was her king.

She walked over excitedly, knelt down in front of the man, lowered her head and closed her eyes, clasped her hands, and said.

"I have found you at last, my king. ”

"Buzz ......"

Immediately, there were bursts of exclamations and discussions among the nobles and courtiers, and looking at Joan of Arc in front of him, the man in front of him could only laugh, and the "crown prince" on the first seat also walked down and said respectfully to the man.

"Your Highness, it seems that she is indeed true. ”

......

A quarter of an hour ago.

"After that, I will swap identities with one of you to avoid her being an Assassin and to test her for real. ”

Faced with a large number of courtiers and nobles, the crown prince said.

......

After this little temptation, the Dauphin and Jeanne entered the secret chamber of the castle and began to talk, and no one knew what they had said to each other, except that they had spoken to each other for a long time, for an hour or two. So much so that the later English playwright Shakespeare still had malicious speculation in his play "Henry VI".

He listened to the woman's report until he heard her flesh in her clothes, otherwise how could he have dragged the conversation so long. ”

However, when the two of them came out of the secret room, Charlie looked around at all the nobles and courtiers in front of him.

"In a few days' time, she will lead my army to Orleans in my name. ”