Chapter 3181 The final storm (one hundred and twenty-three)
Chapter 3181 The Final Storm (One Hundred and Twenty Three)
"Will it hurt... to die?"
Bailey lay in Elaine's arms and asked in a low voice: "Just like Dio, who was stabbed with a knife...and then his stomach was a mess...in throbbing pain, severe pain, the body became cold, and he died little by little?"
"Yes. Yes, it will hurt." Elaine replied in a low voice: "So no, don't say it casually, it will kill you."
"I'm so scared." The little fox whispered: "I want my big brother to remember me. But even if you remember me forever, I will still die. When a person dies, he is truly dead. He can't feel anything.
I can’t do anything. Even if my eldest brother remembers me, it won’t make any difference to me. It’s so empty. It’s so empty.”
This is what he really means.
"Brother, I have something to ask you." The fox boy added, "Brother is a doctor, right? You must know some way to make people die without any pain, right? Or you... use morphine or something... to help
"It hurts! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts! What are you doing, big brother! Let me go!"
"Don't say such discouraging words!" Elaine said angrily before letting go of Bailey.
"But there is no other way." Bailey hit Elaine's shoulder several times in retaliation: "If I have to die, I would rather die in the hands of my elder brother. If I have to die, at least choose a painless method. Yes.
What’s so bad...to satisfy my last point...little willfulness."
"You won't die. I, I won't let you die." The white lion boy said: "One, there must be a way to save you. Definitely."
"Brother, you haven't given up yet. It's impossible to succeed. They want to identify my body, and the body needs to be sent to the King of Soissons and the King of Paris for confirmation. If I don't die, the matter will not be solved at all..."
"I, I don't care." Elaine said stubbornly: "Anyway, I want to save you!"
Bailey was silent for a long time.
This is not reasonable at all, and it is completely impossible. This is not a problem that can be solved by willpower alone. However——
"Tell me, tell your truth." Elaine said, "I don't want to listen to any reasons or logic. I just want to know what you think. Do you want to live or die?"
.Are you planning to give up?"
However, Elaine knows very well in her heart that no one in this world will simply give up their life. Even if they reach the desperate stage, they still want to struggle in the end. This is human beings. Adults who have been devastated and tortured by despair to the point of despair.
, how can he do this? Let alone a super energetic child?
"Impossible." The little fox leaned on the white lion boy and trembled even more fiercely: "There is obviously no way out. If this continues, it will only hurt brother Elaine. You should...be more sensible!"
He took a deep breath and choked.
"I obviously just...want to borrow some warmth from you! Other than that, I don't dare to ask for anything else!"
The child was crying quietly, so Elaine gently stroked Bailey's head.
"Children should be more willful and greedy. There is nothing wrong with asking for more."
"But...but...!"
"Tell me what you really, really think. If you don't say anything, I won't understand. What do you want, please make it clear. Once you make it clear, I will help you."
The little fox grabbed Elaine's shoulders tightly and began to cry: "Uwaaahhhh..."
"I...I really, really still don't want to die! Save me! Save me, big brother!"
I still want to live... I still want to play with my big brother... I want to go to more places, see more scenery, meet more people of different forms, and learn more interesting things.
I...I want to live with you!"
"Understood." Elaine replied in a low voice: "Leave everything to me."
The fox boy cried on Elaine's chest for a while, and then his tears gradually subsided.
"Your Highness, are you okay?" The Holy Lily Knights outside the room asked, probably hearing the crying.
"No, it's okay!" Bailey said, "I'm just showing off to my big brother."
The female knights outside were silent.
"Bailey," the white lion boy wiped the little fox's tears and whispered: "If you want me to save you, then you must cooperate with me. First of all, I want to know, what do those Holy Lily Knights know?
Don’t know your identity? Do they treat you as a real prince to protect them, or do they already know that you are the prince’s scapegoat?”
"Hmm... I don't know either." Bailey replied: "They may be, some are aware, some are unaware. As the superior, Guerlain should be aware, but others may not be."
"Why, why do you want to make things so complicated..."
"To deceive the enemy, you must first deceive your own people." The little fox said: "The person who asked me to act as the prince's substitute said so. Only by letting the Saint Lily Knights protect me without knowing it can they deceive me."
This play was more realistic and finally deceived the people who wanted to kill Prince Cloval. If they thought I was the real prince, when I died in front of them, their reaction would be the most realistic and the best way to deceive the enemy.
"
...After all, no human being would be truly affectionate for an orc slave. If they had known that Bailey was just a substitute for the prince, or a fox, when Bailey died, those Holy Lily knights would probably not have shed a single tear.
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"As expected, can't you ask them for help..." Elaine hummed to herself.
"How does Big Brother plan to fabricate my death? What does he plan to do with the body?" Bailey asked again: "This seems completely impossible."
"Should I take you to jump off the ship and escape?" the young man from the White Lion asked.
"No...it makes no sense for me to be the prince's substitute. Prince Cloval will still be assassinated in the future."
"Who cares about him? Why do you care about that kind of person's life and death? Why do you have to die for him?"
"But this will cause trouble for the real prince. I was raised by the Orleans royal family just to become the prince's substitute. If I let the prince take risks in order to survive, wouldn't I become, well, what is that called?...
…Repay kindness with hatred?"
This kid is really too kind.
"This is okay, doesn't it work..." Elaine fell into thought. Sure enough, he still needed to fabricate Bailey's death, and he also had to fabricate a body that could be used for identification. It was very difficult to fabricate the body, even if Elaine
There is already "material" that can be used. He can rely on his unparalleled surgical skills to plastic surgery the Pygmy remains to look like Prince Cloval. But no matter how he plastic surgery, there will still be flaws. First of all
There was something wrong about the hair color - Prince Cloval's hair was blond, while the Pygmy's hair was brown-black.
What should we do? Which chess piece is missing to break this deadlock?
"Can you cast illusions on corpses to make people think that a certain corpse is that of a prince?" Elaine asked again.
"That's possible, but I have to be present all the time." Bailey replied: "My own head is the [source] of the illusion. If I stay away from the corpse, the illusion will fail. In the eyes of others, it will just be
An ordinary corpse."
Indeed, as long as Bailey is still on the ship, he can use illusions to deceive the people on the ship and make people think that the other corpse is the dead prince. But the corpse still has to be sent off the ship, and it has to be sent to Su
The King of Vashon and the King of Paris conducted autopsies. Of course, those two kings had seen their little nephew Cloval. It was impossible that they could not recognize Prince Cloval's face. The two suspected kings would never give up easily.
The opportunity for an autopsy. They will not give up until they see the prince's body with their own eyes.
In order to maintain the illusion and deceive the two kings, Bailey must keep following the body that was sent there...until the two kings confirm the body with their own eyes. It is unrealistic even thinking about it.
Sure enough, it still doesn’t work...
Just when Elaine was puzzled and extremely puzzled, an alarm bell sounded outside. This nerve-wracking ringing sound was a fire alarm.
"What, what's going on?" Elaine took Bailey outside.
"Fire... came from the kitchen." Guerlain, the Knight of Saint Lily, said, taking out her weapon and shield at the same time to protect the prince.
"Assassin, assassin's attack?" Elaine frowned. However, the Pygmies who were assigned to be assassins have been cleared out by them. Will there be more assassins? And will the assassins set fire to the ship? Will the entire ship be set on fire?
Everyone on the ship was burned to death, so it would be difficult to identify the body. Didn't the King of Soissons and the King of Paris stop until they could identify the prince's face?
A group of people hurried over to see the situation, but the fire alarm stopped midway. It seemed that the fire was put out. Before Elaine could reach the kitchen, she heard a sailor scolding someone severely.
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"I'm sorry..." Queeg apologized.
(So it was you who did it?!) Elaine screamed in her heart.
"What are you doing?" The white lion boy came over to join in the scolding.
"I want to make desserts," Queeg said, "the oven is difficult to use."
Elaine glanced at the oven that was emitting black smoke. It turned out to be that thing that caused the fire alarm just now. It seemed that Queeg didn't know how to use it. He set the wrong time and firepower, and the desserts he sent in to bake turned directly into char.
.Now the things inside have been changed beyond recognition, and only a rough outline can be made out.
"Egg roll?"
"Egg rolls." Leopard nodded and said, "Tea snacks."
What he wants to do is probably the egg roll that Leo made before. He probably wants to make it for tea for Elaine and Bailey. The firepower and time of the oven and other cooking utensils on the Dawn are monitored by Eve.
, it is almost impossible to burn food. And the equipment on this [Flying Frenchman] is not that advanced...
"Really, I was kind enough to lend you the kitchen, but you broke the oven! How should you compensate me?!" The sailor kept cursing. Queeg drooped his ears, looking aggrieved. Elaine
I had never seen such aggrieved expression on Queeg's face before, and I almost couldn't hold back my laughter.
"Can the oven be repaired?" Elaine asked, taking out a few gold coins as compensation: "Probably, it won't affect your dinner, right?"
"The heating structure of the oven itself is not broken, so there is basically no need to repair it." The sailor complained: "But it takes time to clean the inner wall of the oven. If the coke is not cleaned away, everything grilled will have a burnt smell."
"I'm responsible for cleaning up?" Queeg said, "I'm sorry."
"Then hurry up!" The sailor handed over the brush and spatula: "Get it done before dinner time! Don't stop us from cooking dinner!"
"Yes, yes, yes." Leopard began to clean up.
"Do you want help?" Elaine asked in confusion.
"It's okay," the cloud-patterned leopard smiled bitterly: "You go and play."
In order to clean the oven, Queeg began to take out the burnt things inside. The burnt black things he took out could only barely make out the appearance of egg rolls, but other than that they were really crunchy and dark.
A bunch, it looks terrible.
Elaine stared at the burnt egg rolls subconsciously.
"Eh?" He groaned, and suddenly an idea came to him.