Creeland was gone, and for months there was no news, and the Duke of Cornwall gradually turned from calm to restless, and he had less freedom than Louis, and could scarcely leave the room, and the English clothes were put away and changed into French clothes, lest any Frenchman recognize him and do something irrational.

Britain and France have always been political and religious rivals, and in recent decades they have been economically at each other's knots – both countries can be said to rely on commerce to replenish their coffers to protect their agriculture and industry. In India, they fought each other for cotton and textiles, in the northern Atlantic, fish became their boastful capital, in North America the furs of wild animals were the object of their exploits, and in West Africa they plundered as many slaves as they could and sent them to work on the sugar plantations of the two countries in the West Indies.

To put it simply, there is a small island in the Caribbean Sea, about 7 francs long and only 2 franca wide, and on such a small island, the British and the French have fought more than three times for its ownership.

The Duke of Cornwall, if he was not desperate, would never want to come to Paris, surrounded by enemies, and even if Louis was willing to give him assurances, he was worried that someone would crawl into the room at night and cut his throat.

What happened to Breland before he left was even more worrying, he intended to summon the wizards of the English court, but he gave up because Paris was now full of ascetics and clergy - Louis could have boldly sheltered Breland, but he couldn't, after all, since Henry VIII defected from the Church and established himself as an Anglican Church, and at the same time held the church and royal power in his hands, the king of England was a group of damned heretics in the eyes of the church- If it weren't for the fight against the dark forces, even the Inquisition would have completely evacuated the island of Great Britain after Henry VIII's Reformation.

In order to appease the poor future king, Louis often invited him to dance, play cards and enjoy food. In addition to dancing, the Duke of Cornwall did find a lot of fun in playing cards and enjoying good food, because Louie would always lose to him when playing cards - that is, they had agreed that Louis would lose about 4,000 gold louis to the Duke of Cornwall in total, enough for all his expenses on the way back to England. As for enjoying the food, the Duke of Cornwall's rounded cheeks, in spite of his daily sorrows, speak for themselves—the young King of France had committed at least two sins, but who cares, for here he tasted many things he had never seen or heard before, and even those he was familiar with were different because of the freshness of the material and the delicacy of the ingredients.

And he could feel that Louis's attitude towards him was entirely from his heart, not pretentious or disguised, and he felt the kindness of the other party, and only hated himself for not being able to repay it for the time being.

Thankfully, before the harsh winter enveloped the harbor, Breland finally returned to the Duke of Cornwall, and he brought good news that the Scottish Presbyterians and some of the English nobles were willing to support Charles and support him to return to the throne and ascend the throne, which made the Duke of Cornwall finally return to his original optimistic and cheerful appearance, and at the card table, he even joked with Louis, "Your Majesty," he said. Of course I am grateful for your generosity, but it would be an insult to our affection to repay it with money, so why don't you tell me if there is anything you need me to do? ”

"In this way," said Louis, also jokingly, "I may need a port, preferably closer to Paris and closer to you, so that I can see you at any time by boat, and you can come to see me by boat at any time." ”

"If that's what you want. The Duke of Cornwall generously said, "Well, I swear, I will pay the debt owed to you tenfold." ”

There are no secrets in the court, although the Queen Mother Anne and Bishop Mazaran have heard about it, but they are only laughing, after all, one is only an eleven-year-old child, and the other is the Crown Prince in exile, their fate is unpredictable, and no one knows how much such a joke can become a reality.

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The Duke of Cornwall departed on the coldest day, and when he did he finally took off his French clothes and changed them into English clothes, the beaver skin cloak that Louis had given him was wrapped around so as not to attract attention, and Breland and several of his tall guards escorted the crown prince away—noteworthily, this time the guards were still not on horseback.

Louis was relieved by Charlie's departure, and his attention turned to Paris, a chaotic but important city, at least for him now.