With the arrival of autumn, the historic Henry IV High School is celebrating its annual anniversary.

Although there is still a long time before the school celebration is held, it is already bustling outside the school gates, with students and parents walking through everywhere, and everyone talking and laughing loudly with each other, so that this old and often silent school is like a bazaar at this time. As a school where the children of the powerful gather, Henry IV Middle School usually has very strict school rules and discipline, and it can even be said that it is a little rigid, and such a lively scene is very rare.

In this hive-like scene, Charles walked leisurely on the road inside the school, as in the past, without being disturbed by this unusual hustle and bustle.

Beneath the surface of politeness, there is a kind of arrogance that is almost intangible, as if with a smile to say, 'I respect you, but in fact I am superior to you'.

A seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man will naturally always have this kind of spirit that is not afraid of heaven and earth, even if he has brought some tactfulness and accidents because of his two lives, but the arrogance in his heart has not been damaged.

Perhaps this is also the temperament that the Marquis of Tréville deliberately cultivated.

However, he is not exactly the same.

Today, instead of wearing the black school uniform, he wears a more retro baroque outfit, he wears a blue velvet short shirt and wide loose trousers, the gilded buttons are shiny, the wide sleeves are embroidered with lace, and the rich patterns set off this handsome and Sven teenager even more handsome.

And in his right hand, he pulled a little girl who looked to be twelve or thirteen years old.

The little girl had fair skin and no blemishes, and her facial features were very delicate and well-defined. The eyebrows are slender and the bridge of the nose is high and straight. Her blue eyes sparkled, and she wore a wide-brimmed floppy hat trimmed with lace. Long golden shawl hair poured down the edge of the hat, shining in the morning sun.

With such a appearance, almost everyone who has seen her has no doubt that she will definitely be able to grow into a great beauty in the future.

At this time, she carefully held Charles's hand, and while following Charles, she kept looking around, curiously looking at the appearance of the middle school, as if her cheeks were crimson with excitement because she could come to such a lively place.

"How? It's not bad here, right? "After walking for a while. Charles lowered his head and asked his sister.

"yes, that's great! It's hard to imagine that you can spend every day in such a fun place! The little girl responded enthusiastically to her brother, "It's a novelty here." ”

"But if you stay here every day, you don't think like that, it's just a flat place." The young man waved his hand nonchalantly. "Today, though, I can show you around here."

"Thank you!" Excited, Fran respectfully thanked her brother again.

"Nothing. It's a reward you deserve. Charles replied with a smile, then stretched out his left hand and pinched his sister's face, "I will be serious in the future!" ”

"Hmm...... I will. "Because my brother acted so affectionately in public. Fran's face turned crimson, but she didn't avoid it, just lowered her gaze shyly. "Don't worry, I'm going to be the best painter I can be. Never fail to live up to your expectations! ”

Recently, Fran, because of the rapid progress. So Charles was very happy. Therefore, at the request of his sister, as a reward, Charles decided to bring his sister into the school for a visit to the school during the school anniversary.

Although family members can come to school together during school holidays, it is usually the parents or brothers of the students who come, and it is very rare to bring a child. However, Charles, who was a well-known and excellent student and made a good impression on the teachers, still did not have much effort to get permission.

"Hey, you don't have to say it so harshly......" Charles shook his head again. Continuing to pinch Fran's face, "Anyway, as long as you work hard, it's not that important if it's the best or not." ”

If I can make you happy, I will be the best. Charles didn't feel the determination that was hidden in his sister's heart.

Along the way, many people looked at Fran next to him, and it was obvious that the young men were amazed by her amazing beauty - and Charles, although she pretended not to care on the surface, was secretly proud that her sister was being so noticed.

However, because Charles is popular at school on weekdays, many students also greeted Charles and wished him victory this afternoon.

That's right, there will be a sword competition today, and as one of the best students in the whole school, Charles is a natural participant, and has made it his main goal to win the first place.

"You seem to be very popular with your classmates, don't you?" Fran glanced at Charles with a hint of reverence, "They all want you to win!" You must feel good, right? ”

"If I hadn't worn something like this, I would have felt better." Charles raised an eyebrow, trying not to look too high-profile, "As for the next game...... Anyway, except for a few people, I don't have to pay attention to the rest. ”

"What's wrong with you dressing like this? I think it's beautiful! I wish you were dressed like this every day......" Fran asked, puzzled.

This glamorous seventeenth-century appearance is indeed very much in line with the aesthetics of a little girl like her.

"As far as I know, people only wore it this way a year or two hundred years ago." Charles shrugged his shoulders regretfully, "If you wear it like this now, you're going to be laughed to death, it's too cheesy." ”

If you look at it from the time of Louis XIV, this baroque costume is quite good - but the times are really different, and it has become a period costume.

Nowadays, this kind of clothing, which has been eliminated by the times, makes him feel extremely strange to wear, as if he has become a drama on the stage.

"That's how our ancestors dressed, and no one says how they ......," Fran pouted, clearly disapproving at the cookie-cutter style of dress.

"You can't say that, can you? At that time, our ancestors still wore wigs, do you think I can walk around wearing wigs? Charles joked again.

He's joking, though. But Fran seemed to take it seriously.

Her eyes widened and she looked intently at her brother. Then she stood on her tiptoes slightly. Then he raised his hand and made a slight gesture in the air, as if imagining the composition in his mind before painting.

"You can wear a wig like they do. It's going to look good, too! In the end, she came to a conclusion sternly. If you don't believe me, I'll go back and draw a picture for you, and you'll know when the time comes......"

Hey, this kid is too serious, can't you see that I'm joking...... Charles couldn't laugh or cry in his heart.

"Wow!"

Just as he was about to say something else to distract his sister's attention, a shout suddenly sounded next to him.

Attracted by the shout, the Tréville siblings turned their heads at the same time.

Then, Charles discovered. This was the best of his classmates - Albert de Fouay Grass. The young man opened his mouth slightly, as if he was stunned by something.

Charles subconsciously took a step forward, blocking his view of Fran.

It was only then that he seemed to come to his senses, almost as if he was shouting, "Charles, is this your sister?" You often say she's beautiful, and sure enough...... It's true! ”

"What do you mean by sure enough? Am I going to lie to you? Charles disguised his pride and happiness with a disguised dissatisfaction. Hey, you still say it's my friend. And you still don't believe me? ”

"Hey, it's my fault, can't I admit it? But who told you to blow it so exaggerated?! Albert smiled and waved his hands, then looked at Fran carefully. Well. Now it seems that you are not wrong......"

"Sir...... How do you tell your classmates about me? Fran's face flushed a little, and she protested to her brother in a stern manner. How can you make fun of me?! ”

"Don't believe what this bastard says. I've only occasionally mentioned you to people when they're talking about family......" Seeing Fran look a little angry. Charles hurriedly explained to his sister, "And. I swear to God, I have only said good things about you, because in fact you are perfect, and I can't say anything bad......"

Under Charles's unremitting coaxing, Fran's anger finally slowly disappeared, but the flush still remained on her face, and she lowered her head timidly, not knowing whether she was dissatisfied or happy.

Albert still looked intently at Fran, an energetic young man who had already tasted debauchery, and who was a little distracted by her charm mixed with innocence and loveliness, and suddenly leaned into Charles' ear, and made a very stern request to Charles, "Why don't you let me go on a date with Miss Treville, and I will let you win the next contest?" ”

"Fuck off! Do you think I need you to make it? I'll beat you up later! Charles pushed him away without thinking, "Am I crazy to let someone like you approach my sister?" Sue you, from today onwards, if you dare to walk up to her again, I will kill you! ”

"Hey...... Don't say it so unkindly...... How can I be so terrible? Albert, who was sternly rejected by Charles, was visibly frustrated, and sighed softly, but after all, he was also a young man, and he quickly regained his strength, leaned forward slightly towards Charles, and made a fencing preparation.

"If you don't, forget it, I'll knock you down later, and let your sister see for herself who the greatest hero is! She'll be ...... then."

"If you win him, I'll hate you to death!" Just when Albert was still thinking about what to do, Fran suddenly opened her mouth and looked at Albert very strictly, "But I'm sure you won't be able to win against him." ”

"Uh......"

Albert was at a loss for what to do with such unrelenting words, and he looked at Charles, and then at Fran, and stopped there in a very ridiculous manner, looking embarrassed and ridiculous.

"Poofhahahaha......" Charles couldn't help but laugh, "now you understand, right?" Even my sister can tell who's strong and who's weak. ”

"She's partial, I'll let you know I'm good later!" Albert stood up straight again, then scratched his head and looked at Fran with a forced smile. "Lovely Miss de Treville. It's not that I'm bragging, I'm a well-known swordsman at school. Few of my classmates can beat me, and your brother is good. But it's still a little bit worse than me, we have played so many times, and he has lost more and won less......"

"Hmph." Seeing that Albert was still so good, Fran snorted, then turned her face away, and simply stopped paying attention to the rude young man.

"You brothers and sisters have a lot of affection...... Albert shook his head and sighed softly.

Maybe he was secretly lamenting that his relationship with his relatives at home was so unharmonious.

As soon as he thought of this, Charles suddenly thought of his aunt Agnes who suddenly said goodbye to him a while ago and said that she was going to go away, and then she became slightly melancholy.

I wonder how Agnes is doing outside now?

Never mind. It doesn't make sense to think about that now.

"Okay, I'll see you later, I'll take her to visit the school building first." In order not to completely ruin his good mood, Charles said goodbye to Albert and then pulled Fran away.

In this way, the brother and sister held hands again and walked up in the middle of the campus as if no one was around.

Fran looked around the school building curiously, but always kept her eyes on her brother from time to time.

When he got to the front of the school, where classes were held on weekdays, Charles stopped.

This brick and stone building has endured many years of wind and rain. It has an old blue-gray color, and there is a lot of moss between the corners of the wall and the cracks in the masonry, but it still looks very delicate and elegant.

Because everyone was already preparing for the school celebration, there was no one around. The silence was as good as usual, and Charles finally felt relieved.

"Hmm...... Look here, didn't you say you want to go back and paint a few pictures? You can draw this place as well. Charles held out his hand. Pointing to the building, "You don't usually get a chance to come in here. It's a rare opportunity, but don't forget to leave a souvenir. ”

"Hmm. Thank you. Fran nodded in thanks to Charles, then looked up at the school.

Suddenly, she took off her hat, and the sun, obscured by the thick clouds, cast only a thin shadow on the ground, and she looked intently ahead, her hair swaying gently in the breeze, and her small body seemed to blend into the scene.

Charles watched the scene quietly, waiting for her to say a different place.

However, Fran's sudden words were very different from what he expected.

"By the way, you don't seem to have been to see Charlotte lately...... Did you quarrel with her? ”

Because she was facing the school building, Charles didn't notice this moment, her demeanor and tone were not at all like a child, but there were many gains and losses that did not belong to this age.

"Well, I had a fight with her recently, so she won't come to see me, and she's still angry." After a moment's pause, Charles replied with a little regret, "You don't know, she has a big temper, and she always likes to tell me to listen to her, and if I don't obey at once, she'll get angry with me—back and forth many times." ”

"In that case, don't see her, lest you always be angry." Fran frowned slightly, inadvertently revealing something worldly that is difficult for children of this age to see, "Every time I see you impatiently dealing with her, I feel sorry for you...... Why bother? ”

"There's no need to be so exaggerated...... "Charlotte is just spoiled by her parents, and she's used to being commanding on weekdays, but in fact, she has been quite restrained by us." ”

Hearing her brother exonerate Charlotte like this, Fran's childish face was now full of clouds.

"What about you...... Are you going to put up with it? "Can you bear to stay with someone like her?" she asked in a trembling voice. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to stand it...... Anyway, their family is rich, they don't look down on our family, and they always like to treat us as servants...... Our family hasn't taken anything from her, so I don't know why she's so domineering to you! ”

"You always speak ill of her behind your back, if she knows, she will definitely hate you." Charles still smiled wryly, "Besides, although it is true that our family does not have much money right now - the future is not certain, and the world has become very fast." ”

Just as Fran's heart was cold, Charles suddenly sighed again.

"But I'm not going to beg her for mercy this time. It's boring to keep doing this. Forget it, she can do whatever she likes. When the time comes, let's not talk about it now. I'm here to play with you today......"

Although Charles tried to change the subject, Fran still seemed to want to hold on, and was obviously much more excited.

"Huh? Are you telling the truth? That's great...... It's a pity, I heard grandpa say it...... He plans to marry her in a few years...... If you leave her, you won't be married, will you? After a moment, she hesitated and asked again, as if she was worried about her brother.

"Hey, why are you asking so many things?" Charles couldn't help but sigh, then reached out and patted his sister's forehead. "Okay, don't worry about it so much, I haven't thought about that kind of thing myself now, how can you make you like a sister? Besides, you don't have to get married. ”

In the second half of the sentence, he was a little angry, obviously a little angry with Charlotte in his heart.

"Well, you're right, what if you don't get married?" Where to know. His words received a very solemn response from his sister, "You will still be the most outstanding person in this country." And I'm ...... And I'm ......"

After a long time, Fran, whose face was flushed, finally whispered the next words.

"And I'...... It's okay for me to be with you all your life...... As long as we're staying together, what's there to worry about? It doesn't matter if it's poor or rich. We already have a qiē ......"

After hearing Fran's words, Charles was a little shocked at first and blinked. A moment later. As if he had heard something funny, he burst out laughing.

"Huh. It's so nice to be able to say something like that! Thank you. Thank you for your heart. Charles smiled and bent over his sister, "What treasure should I repay you for this loyalty?" ”

Children's jokes are always so easy to make people happy, almost every daughter will say something similar to her father - it's a pity that this child, who has lost his father since childhood, has replaced his father's role in the eyes.

I hope that when they reach the age of marriage, they will still be able to retain half of their current brother-sister affection - then they have been in vain for so many years of careful care of their sister.

Such a casual attitude of her brother made Fran a little annoyed in her heart.

"You...... You...... Why don't you believe it? I'm serious......" She stomped her foot uneasily, as if considering how to convey her heart to her brother's heart.

"Well, okay, I understand." After laughing for a while, Charles returned to Yan Sù, he took his sister's hand again, and then solemnly made a promise to her, "I will take care of you for the rest of your life." ”

As soon as his words fell, the sound of Fran's deep breathing could be heard clearly even by Charles behind him.

The great ecstasy instantly engulfed her still young heart.

She didn't have time to discern how different the meanings of the two people's words were.

"You...... That's what you said......" she said in a trembling voice, as if relieved, "that's what you promised me!" Don't forget your promise! ”

"Well, I promise you." Charles reassured. "Look at what you said so solemnly, is there anything I have promised you since I was a child that I haven't done?"

"yes...... Oh, yes...... That's right. Then come over for a moment, I have something to whisper to you. Fran suddenly turned her head, and although there were some tears in the corners of her eyes, there was a smile on her face. A very important thing. ”

"What's going on here?"

Charles was a little surprised, but he smiled wryly and agreed.

Then he walked up to his sister, then bent down and put his ear to her mouth. "Okay, now we can talk about it, right? I'd rather like to know what interesting thing you can tell me...... Uh......"

At this moment, Fran suddenly stretched out her arms, and then hugged him tightly.

Before Charles could react, her face pressed close to her brother's face, and she kissed Charles' cheek gently.

After leaving a wet lip mark on Charles's cheek, he closed his eyes and whispered softly in his brother's ear.

"I like you."

Then, full of excitement, she hugged the stunned Charles tightly. (To be continued......)

PS: Looks like it's late......

But it's better to be late than never......

Thank you, two young masters~~