Chapter 113: The Wizard's Wedding
After listening to the advice of Melfa and Prince Van Zhuo, Louis considered for a while, and did not use deception to reverse the Mancini family's mind, as people speculated, if he was still just a mortal, or if the Mancini family was more practical, he might be, but when he had the talent to become a wizard, and the Mancini family, although they had reached out to the surface world, they were still proud of their family and talent, he was qualified to negotiate with them.
Marie brought back his message, and the next day, the king met Marie's father, the head of the Mancini family, a middle-aged man with a good look, but if you remove those regrettable fine lines and gray hair, you can see that he was very beautiful in his youth, Felipe Mancini may have inherited his looks, but not his abilities, which made him regret, and this regret spread to his other children, who were either narrow-minded, simple-minded, or naïve and irritable, and none of them could satisfy him anyway, which was one of the reasons why the Mancini family was the first to extend outwardIt is difficult for his children to stand in the inner world, but in the inner world, because of their inherent unfairness, they can be above mortals, even if that person is a duke, prince or king.
The assassination of the king at Dunkirk was not the work of the Mancini, but it gave them a golden opportunity to leave the king in the inner world without the right to transfer the beak, which was no different from their original plan, or even better, but Louis cut off their delusions as soon as he saw him.
"You're crazy......" was the only thing the head of the Mancini family could say.
Louis was very calm, he was gentle and benevolent, but he was deeply disgusted with being blackmailed and coerced, and he sent a letter to both Bishop Mazaran and his royal brother Philip, if he was forced to stay in the inner world, then he would be a wizard, a member of the inner world, and completely cut off all relations with the surface world, and the Mancini family did not want to use his name to seek even a little benefit in the surface world, and even the previous promise would be turned into a piece of waste paper, after all, once he left the surface world, he would be considered dead in the hearts of the people.
"You know that in the inner world, the life of an ordinary wizard can be very hard. Mancini's parents said.
"Perhaps, but I'm at least the Duke of Colonna. "Louis had the most difficult time in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, when they were in danger and had to sell clothes to meet their daily needs, and now he has a palace, a small domain, shops, etc., which Bishop Mazaran has managed to prepare for him, and if he stays here, at least he will not be as miserable as Varro Vesalius once was.
"But without the protection of the Mancini family...... Mancini's parents said slowly.
"Mancini is not the only one here," Louis said softly, "the Mancini family has spent a lot of time and effort in order to return to the world of the world, and of course, there is money, and you have to dig up some of the roots of the world to do this, so although you still maintain your seat in the House of Lords, you still have supporters, you still have fields and estates, and you still have your own army, but it is completely incomparable to a hundred years ago." "A hundred years ago, what happened to Varro Vesali would not have turned out to be the way it is now, it can only be said that at this time, the Mancini family was very stubble on the outside and on the inside, and was unwilling to give up any of the goals that could be exploited.
"Your Majesty...... If you wish to stay here, we are willing to give up a seat in the House of Lords...... I am confident that with your talent and the support of the world, you can still live and even rule as a king. Mancini's parents pondered for a while before he spoke slowly, which made Louis laugh at once, he did want the inner world, but the inner world was the icing on the cake, how could he give up the whole of France to rule such an island? and it was an unknown island, which was not even as big as a large province of France.
"I have another proposal. Louis said calmly: "Monsieur Mancini, I will not give up the throne, but I also thank Marie Mancini for saving my life, and I would like to give back this kindness to her and her family, but I hope that we can be fair to each other." ”
"Fair?"
"A fair contract," said Louis, "since the inner world is separated from the inner world, sir, I am the king of France in the inner world, Louis Dieurdonnay Bourbon, in the inner world the Duke of Colonna, Louis Colonna—in the inner world, Marie cannot be my wife in a formal marriage, but in the inner world, I can, I will marry Marie, and let her give birth to our legitimate son, and inherit all that I have in the inner world— You can not only get my support in the watch world, but also in the inner world, the roots of the Mancini family are in the inner world, I think even if you can gain a foothold in the table world, you will not easily give up the inner world, but without enough support, it is very difficult to fight on both sides, Mr. Mancini. ”
Mancini's parents frowned, he felt that this idea was really incredible, generally speaking, few people could refuse to become a wizard, even if it was the son of the Colonna family, he only did not leave the world for the time being because of his age and his mother's favor, but: "But what should the real Duke of Colonna do?"
Louis glanced at him with a strange look: "Isn't the title determined by the House of Lords after deliberation and voting?" In this case, as long as the Mancini family can control the House of Lords, will it be difficult for a duke to be titled?
But Mancini's parents also have to worry about whether the king will hold a grudge against their previous actions.
As if to be able to see through his heart, Louis said: "I am first and foremost a king, Monsieur Mancini, a ruler, and the most important thing is not to let emotions prevail over reason, not to mention that what you have planned has not caused me any real damage - as for what has happened before, I have punished the perpetrators, and you have been appeased, and I do not think that these will affect our future cooperation." Then he sighed and said, "The world has indeed given me a great surprise, sir, and although I am not prepared to stay here, I think it will be of great benefit to me, and to the children of Mancini, to be the rulers of this place, both for you and for me." ”
"I don't think I can give you an answer right away. ”
"I can wait, sir, but not too long," said Louis, "a country cannot afford to lose its king for long, and once I lose my kingship, then our deal will be broken, and you will have one more enemy than a friend, and I swear to take back from the Mancini family all that I have lost." ”
"Are you threatening me?" said the Mancini parent, who was not angry, because he did not think that Louis could do it—no matter how prominent his status was, he was only a newcomer in the world.
"No, I'm just informing you. Louis shook his head, he may not know much about the inner world, but as long as the wizards are still human beings, have basic needs, emotions, and thoughts, then the theories and practices of the surface world and even the other world can be used in the inner world.
Thinking of this, Louis's mood calmed down suddenly, Mancini's parents were willing to agree to the deal, which was good, but if he didn't, it didn't seem to be a bad thing.
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The head of the Mancini family thought about it for a few days and finally gave Louis a clear answer, and he agreed.
Among these people, the happiest may be the ignorant Mary, who is intoxicated with the sweet atmosphere of being about to make a marriage contract with her sweetheart, although it is not a blood oath marriage, but it can be regarded as a formal marriage contract, although it is only valid in the inner world, in the table world she is only the Duchess of Colonna, but as long as she is in the inner world, she is Louis's only wife, and their children are also legitimate children, and it is even possible to inherit the power of the Mancini family in the inner world- To say that Mancini's parents are also forced to do so, there are only three males in the Mancini family, one was tragically killed in a war against werewolves when he was in college, the other died in the wizarding riot of the inner world, and the third is Felipe, he doesn't like this child, but he is the only remaining heir, who knows that he is stupid enough to use potions to confuse and force Philippe, Duke of Anjou, the relationship between the king and the royal brother is well known, otherwise he would not want to arrange people around His Royal Highness, but what about your charm, your means and your sweet wordsMancini's parents simply had nothing to say about the stupid mistakes their son had made.
It was also Marie who made him angry, perhaps because of Marie's naivety, he was reluctant to let her be with Louie, this majesty's mind was obviously much older than his age - if someone else, he might be confused by Marie, but this one would never be, and in his conversation with the king, he also found that Louis had little affection for Marie...... Of course, no matter how deep the emotion is, it can't withstand such frequent consumption, not to mention that as long as it is a man, he can't bear to be manipulated by others, let alone a king!
But the conditions put forward by the king also made him excited, if he and Marie had a child, the king might be kind to his wife, rightly speaking, love, but the power of the bloodline cannot be separated by anything, and this child will also be the king's mortgage and bargaining chip to stay in the inner world, if it is used properly, then the Mancini family can have more than a hundred years of prominence in the inner world and the outer world, and even pass on a thousand years or more, isn't this what they have always expected?
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Merfa sighed, and squinted at him: "What are you sighing, isn't the current situation bad?"
"Yes, great. "I really didn't expect our king to do this," said Merfa. ”
"I didn't expect that we had already found a loophole in the blood oath marriage contract. Rong Ke said.
"But for that Majesty," said Merfa, waving his arm, helping Rong to erect a huge rose tree, "that would keep him out of control, but he would also lose his ...... to the inner world Probably," he said vaguely, "so it's not enough...... It's just," he said disappointedly, "that he couldn't accomplish what we expected." ”
"Who knows," said Junker, "drive the little goblins away," he said, and the goblins were constantly pulling at his beard and hat so that he could not pinpoint the location of the rose tree, "I heard that this lord is very merciful. ”
"He didn't want to be a wizard. "He ......," said Melfa.
He suddenly closed his mouth, for a group of wizards were coming here, they were the side of the Mancini family, the kind that was trusted and reused, and this time they had been sent to complete the decoration of the Colonna Palace and ensure that the wedding would not go wrong, so even if they were also crushed by the upper echelons, Merfa and Rongke would not be at ease to reveal their true thoughts in front of them, lest they be betrayed— The prison before Rong Ke was partly due to the fact that the big families had always been extremely strict about the exchange of money without permission, and partly because he said a lot of things that should not have been said, which should have been buried in people's hearts, but he said them, and then some people sold them to those wizard councilors, and there is no need to say much about the rest of the matter, if it were not for the guarantee of the Duke of Colonna, he would probably have died in prison.
They watched as the wizards led a group of marble statues into the courtyard, and then they looked around, directing the statues to their proper positions with the commendable aesthetic of the Mancini family, and a few wizards floating into the air, looking down, and making adjustments.
"I say, would anyone run there to admire the statue?" the wizards could ride owls, broomsticks, or float themselves, but the first two could barely levitate, and the latter needed concentration—"don't be stupid," said Rongke, "and they'll add a terrace there." ”
"This is the Palazzo Colonna, not Fort Mancini. Murfa said.
"Anyway, the owner here doesn't care about that. "Water me," said Junke, "no, not me, it's a rose, oh, Merlin!"
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Louis really didn't care about that, "You want to stay here, Miledie." ”
Miladydi now looked like a real witch, and with the help of potions, she had become more beautiful and younger, and when she heard the king say this, she gave a false smile: "As long as you allow me to return to you." ”
"I'll need you. Louis said, gazing at Miledi's peaked hat, "I can get you a baron or a viscountess title...... Any idea why I didn't do that?"
"Yes," said Milady sweetly, "you need me to go down and be with those who are suffering from not being able to see hope—I will be a poison into their hearts, will I?"
"I prefer to call you a plague," said Louis, "and the weak will die, but the one who does not die will become stronger." ”
"And then?"
"And then ......"
It's up to Merlin or God's will.