Chapter 203: Goodbye Nobles
Arthur's expression became surprisingly calm, he carefully touched all the pockets on his clothes, and after finding nothing, he asked with some loss, "Which of you has a cigarette?" Charles, do you have one? ”
Arthur's request surprised Charles a little, "I don't think you smoke. ”
Hearing Charles's questioning, Arthur laughed, "Looks like I lied to you all!" Actually, I like to smoke a lot, and the first time I smoked was about the year I was 12 years old, but for the sake of that great ideal in my heart, I forced myself to quit cigarettes to ensure that my body and mind are in the best condition, but now it seems that this insistence is no longer necessary, and what I need most now is relaxation. ”
"My cigar cabinet is in my motorhome, but my car didn't go into Paris, so if you really want to smoke, I'll pick it up now." Charles's mood was a little complicated, looking at Arthur's state at this moment, he, as a younger brother, seemed to have some kind of inexplicable sourness in his heart.
Arthur shook his head and smiled, and said to Charles, "Forget it, it's too late, I may not have much time!" After Arthur said this, he felt that Charles might not fully understand what he meant, so he threw a medicine bottle on the table in front of him, "I took a large dose, maybe the effect of the drug will be sooner, and now I have about the last five minutes of my life." ”
Charles, who woke up like a dream, picked up the medicine bottle and looked at it, and took a long breath, "Poisonous tears!" ”
"That's right, our family's ancestral chronic poison, my plan failed, so I am destined to be a stain and shame on the Porosti family, and correspondingly, I should also end my life in the most traditional way of the family." Although he had already taken the incurable poison, Arthur's expression at this time was relaxed, as if the world had nothing to do with him.
Charles only held the empty medicine bottle of "Poisonous Tears" in his hand, his facial muscles twitched obviously, and he said slowly, "Why, you chose this path?" ”
Arthur sighed softly and replied calmly, "Our family is one of the masters of the European continent, this land and everything on it belongs to us, and now the decline of Europe is actually harming the interests of our family, in the face of today's Europe, if it is our grandfather and father, it will also repeat everything I have done, I am just the inheritor of the will of the family, and the education and cultivation I received since I was a child told me to drive those inferior species out of this sacred land, they only deserve to be enslaved, I don't deserve to enjoy what we have created, however, the fall of Europe as a whole cannot be reversed by my ability alone, and perhaps my defeat was doomed from the beginning, but I have done my best, so I will not have too many regrets. ”
"So...... Why don't you let me bear the will of the family with you, and go through such a difficult struggle alone? ”
Facing Charles's question, Arthur laughed, that smile was really an older brother looking at his lovely younger brother, "These things, I can come alone, since the Borosti family has two heirs, then let you enjoy the wealth and happiness given to you by your ancestors, indulge in lustful dogs and horses, and savor life, you can't let our generation of Borosti family all move forward in a heavy burden, so, as an elder brother, I have done a good job of dividing labor for us." ”
Charles wanted to say something, but he felt himself choked, so he held back his tears and didn't continue.
At this time, a cigarette was placed in front of Arthur, and Arthur and Charles looked up at the same time and found that the person who handed the cigarette was actually Bo Ono.
"Found in the pocket of a French soldier's corpse outside, if you don't dislike it's a dead man's cigarette, smoke it."
By this time, the previous hostility between Bo Ono and Arthur had already been avoided, and the tense atmosphere had of course dissipated, Arthur smiled and picked up the cigarette, nodded and thanked Bo Ono, but he quickly realized, "There is no fire!" ”
He Ran walked over, took out a delicate metal lighter from his pocket, and lit a fire for Arthur's cigarette.
"Why, where did you get the lighter?" Bo Ono asked curiously.
"This is actually a small flamethrower, its maximum attack range can reach more than ten meters, but my design is that its flame can be adjusted, and the minimum firepower is just a normal lighter."
Arthur nodded approvingly, "Mr. He Ran, you are really a genius, you and Mr. Bo are the most outstanding young people in the world, your country will become stronger and stronger precisely because of a young force like you, I occasionally wonder, if I give up my extreme plan that has been brewing for many years and choose to cooperate with you Chinese, will it be better to solve the crisis in Europe?" It's a pity that none of this is a reality anymore. ”
Bo Xiaoye pulled an antique chair and sat next to Arthur, "Mr. Arthur, in fact, I understand your ideals and ambitions very well, I do not deny your cognition, but what I want to say is that in our Eastern philosophy, the way and method of solving problems are divided into two categories, that is, the right way and the evil way, many times, if you can overcome your own demons and choose to solve the problem with the right way, then maybe you will not suffer the tragic situation of failure, in ancient China, there was a hero who led the people to defeat the flood called Dayu, His way of controlling the flood is not to impede the path of the flood to the east, but to dredge the river to let the flood flow to the sea, and if I have the opportunity, I would like to discuss this topic with you. ”
Arthur smiled and said to Bo Ono, "I'd love to hear your teachings too, but unfortunately, I don't have time. ”
Arthur's face had become like a blank sheet of paper, his blood was gradually disappearing, and his pupils were shrinking, and it could be seen that Arthur's heart was failing rapidly, and the rest of his life could only be calculated in seconds.
At the last moment of his life, Arthur held Charles's hand and said weakly, "Don't feel sorry for your brother, don't feel guilty, you did the right thing, I don't hate you, thank our parents for bringing you into this world, so that my life will not be so lonely......"
Charles's tears were already flowing uncontrollably, and he grabbed Arthur's hand and said, "If I had a chance to do it all over again, I would give up those boring entertainments and return to Coney Manor every weekend to spend the weekend with you, my dear brother, for there is nothing more precious to me than my own family!" ”
Hearing Charles's words, Arthur closed his eyes with relief and left this world peacefully, perhaps, for him, this is the best ending.