Eagle’s Glory

At the warm invitation of Archduke Carl and his wife, Aigron celebrated Christmas with their family. In the following banquets and other social events, Aigron also attended with Teresa.

Although the Duke of Reichstedt was only an invited guest on the surface, the other guests understood exactly what the Archduke couple had planned.

The court has always hoped to facilitate this marriage, which has long been an open secret, and the performance of Archduke Karl and Princess Teresa has long made the outside world judge that "they are willing to accept".

Even though this matter has not been officially announced, everyone has tacitly agreed, so no matter what they think in their hearts, they are polite to Aigron on the surface, and are already treating him as the son-in-law of the prince.

What amazed them secretly was that until now, His Highness has always faced everyone with a cold calm, without showing any complacency to walk on the road of life, so people secretly admire His Highness's bearing.

After completing all the ritual activities, Aegron found Teresa and bid her farewell.

"Teresa, thank you for your hospitality." He thanked Teresa solemnly, "I will never forget how much your family values ​​me."

"There's no need to say 'your family' at this time..." Teresa replied with a smile, "Mom has already said that, His Royal Highness is also part of our family."

"This is an honor that God has bestowed on me." Aegron nodded lightly, "I hope I deserve it."

"Of course you deserve it!" Teresa replied in surprise, "His Royal Highness is the most worthy person in the world."

"I'm not as confident in myself as you are." Aigron smiled bitterly, "Teresa, I'll go first."

Although Aigron's expression was a little strange, Theresa wasn't puzzled at this time.

From Teresa's point of view, Aigron was just saying goodbye to himself for the time being and went to make a break with His Royal Highness Sophie. It was normal for him to be in a bad mood and uneasy at this time.

She reached out and took the young man's hand.

"His Royal Highness, if you really feel uncomfortable, it's okay to postpone it for a while."

"It can't be postponed anymore. At this point, you should do it to the end. It's better to be ruthless than to delay." Aegron sighed softly, then looked at Teresa, "I'm really an indifferent person, it's not worth it Being favored by you is not worth waiting so long for me."

"Being able to say these words is not considered indifference. Your Highness, some decisions cannot be influenced by emotions. Your sense of proportion in your heart shows that you are a person who can make a career." In order to make the young people happy, special Leisa kept herself smiling and looked at him and replied, "Also, Your Highness, I am happy to wait for you. Now that I have decided to spend my life with you, I should and can make some sacrifices..."

In the cold wind, Aigron only felt a little tingling in his face.

He looked up and saw that it was snowing again.

The snowflakes are getting bigger and bigger. At first, they are like flying insects, and slowly they are like goose feathers. They are spread on the ground little by little, making the city begin to appear hazy in the fog.

"Teresa...you really are the cutest girl I've ever met." He nodded to the girl, then waved goodbye, "Goodbye."

"Goodbye, Your Highness!" Teresa waved with a smile on her face. "Come and play earlier next time!"

===================================================== ====

Amid the whistling of the cold wind, Aegron rode a carriage to the Ruby Theater.

As soon as he came in, a heat wave hit his face. He found that there was a lot of people inside, the seats were full of spectators, and the citizens who were free from Christmas to New Year were using this method to kill his rare leisure time. .

Compared with the brightly lit hall and the snow outside, it is like two worlds.

With heavy steps, Aegron walked up the stairs without a word, and came to the box he was familiar with.

Although it has only been less than a week since the last time he came here, when he stepped into it, he only felt like he had passed away.

As he expected, Sophie was inside, leaning against the railing, staring blankly at the performance on the stage.

After hearing the sound of the door opening, Sophie suddenly turned her head and smiled with joy.

"Aigron... you are still here, I thought you would never come again!"

"Since I promised you, I will come here." Aigron said, taking off his coat and throwing it on the seat of the box.

"Is it a good time to spend the holiday with that family?" Sophie asked a little nervously.

In fact, she has heard a lot of rumors in the past few days, and these rumors are all saying that Duke Reichstedt has been fully appreciated by Archduke Karl, and he and Princess Theresa are also in love, and their marriage is about to end. Public announcement.

She was sitting here with the last hope, and even once suspected that the boy would never come again.

She was very afraid to hear that answer, but the pride and dignity in her bones made her not allow herself to show her fear, so she just looked at the young man quietly, waiting for his sentence.

"It's a very pleasant time to get along." Aegron nodded lightly. "They appreciated me very much, and were more enthusiastic than I expected."

Looking at his serious expression, Sophie seemed to notice something.

"So you've made your choice, haven't you?" she asked softly, trying not to shake her voice.

"I made a choice a long time ago," Aegron replied in a low voice.

"A long time ago..." Sophie smiled wryly. "That is, you came to say goodbye to me? Fake a way to let our secret end in a decent way?"

"I really came to say goodbye to you..." Agron nodded again.

"Farewell..." Of course, Sophie couldn't misunderstand what it meant, so for a moment, she only felt that her eyes were darkened, her feet were so soft that she could not stand firm, and she managed to hold on to the railing so that she did not fall to the ground.

She took a few deep breaths and finally regained her sanity, then raised her head to look at the young man, "So, you still choose prosperity and wealth?"

"No... Your Highness, I chose something more dangerous." Aegron shook his head.

Then, he walked in front of Sophie and hugged her tightly to prevent her from doing anything to hurt her and herself next.

"I'm going to tell you something very important, you... can you take a moment and listen to me to finish it?"

"It's this time, what else do you want to say to me?" Sophie tried to struggle, but was easily disintegrated, so she soon gave up her struggle and just leaned weakly in the arms of the young man. "Do you still want to deceive me with your good lies?"

"I did tell you a lot of lies, but I guarantee with my life that what I will tell you next is the truth, not at all false." Aegron looked at her sincerely.

Then, he picked up his pocket watch and looked at the time. "After confirming that I stepped into the theater, at exactly nine o'clock in the evening - that is, an hour later, someone would shoot and make trouble in the theater, and then I would leave in the chaos, and then escape Vienna under cover - and even Austria."

Although he spoke very clearly, Sophie seemed to have been confused, and stared at him with wide eyes, as if she had heard his nonsense after a high fever.

"Your Highness... do you still need me to repeat it?" Aegron asked.

"You...you colluded with your comrades and wanted to escape?" After a while, Sophie seemed to have come to her senses, she asked in a trembling voice.

"Yes." Iger nodded solemnly.

Contrary to his expectations, Sophie wasn't so shocked, she just looked very sad.

"Do you have a hunch?" Aegron couldn't help asking.

"I've stayed by your side for so long, getting along every day... I can feel that you have a strong will to hate your situation and want to escape from everything here." Sophie seemed to have lost her footing. People leaned on him to maintain balance, and his words were weak, "I thought I could influence you, let you find the meaning of life, stay here with peace of mind and stay by my side... As a result, it turns out that I have been dreaming all the time... …”

As she said, she smiled bitterly, "It turns out that all those sweet words you have been talking about are just coaxing me, you are using me to collude with your comrades behind your back... You help me as a tool, God, I... I Why didn't I find it until today! I could have found it sooner, but I deceived myself with luck and deliberately pretended that I couldn't see it, I didn't want to see it! But... today's dream is broken."

"His Royal Highness, I'm not deceiving all the time, although you must not believe my words." Aigron hugged her tightly, and then replied, "I like you very much, but I have no choice, I I can't let my life go to waste here, I have to do something because..."

"You want me to forgive you? No, don't think about it! Don't think about it!" Before he could finish speaking, Sophie, who seemed calm, suddenly broke out violently, "Cunning thing, do you think you can get everything? You stole my heart, then stomped it to pieces, and now you come and tell me that you just want to run away? Shameless liar, don't think I'll ever forgive you! You told me So many sweet words, but now you have to leave me mercilessly, do you think you can still trick me into pretending that nothing happened? Don't think about it! I will take revenge on you, and I will do everything I can to take revenge on you !"

"His Royal Highness..." Agron was surprised when he looked at Sophie who suddenly burst out.

This was the first time he saw her look so vicious.

Sophie blushed, and then, with the strength she didn't know where, she pushed the young man away.

"As expected of the cannibal devil's son! You are worthy of him, too worthy, just the same viciousness! I... I really want to cut out your heart and see what color it is inside!" She forgot In his own identity, he cursed the young man in the most vicious language, "If you can't run away, you will be caught like a wild rabbit, arrested, imprisoned, shot, and hanged to show the public!"

After scolding for a long time, there were tears in the corners of her eyes, "God, I'm crazy... I must be crazy, yes, I've already been driven crazy by you! You drive me crazy, I'll let you What you paid for, I want your life to pay me back!"

Aigron didn't answer, but put his hand into his arms.

Then, in Sophie's sight, he took out a pistol from his pocket.

Sophie was startled for a moment, but soon stared at the young man without fear.

"Why, do you still want to use a gun to scare me?" She scolded sharply, "I'm not afraid! Shoot me if you have the seeds, I'll get rid of it as soon as possible and wait for you in hell! You bastard, you will definitely be fine in it. suffer!"

"If you want me to pay the price of my life, then I can pay you now without the need for the future." Aegron picked up the pistol, but instead of pointing it at the other party, he aimed it at his forehead. "At this point in the matter, I will not leave myself a retreat. I will either escape or die. I will not endure the humiliation of being captured again like my father..."

As he spoke, he moved his finger and put it on the trigger.

"I owe you, so I'll give you the choice, if you like now, you can go out and call someone to arrest me, I'll give myself another shot, everything will be fine, and none of us will have to worry anymore. It's all that simple ."

He stepped back slowly, showing that he had absolutely no intention of stopping Sophie.

He was absolutely certain that Sophie would not do it.

If there is a 1 in 10,000 chance that she will do this, then she should just get rid of it earlier. He also hit **** himself.

Although his fingers moved, the anger on Sophie's face was replaced by panic.

"Stop!" She covered her mouth to keep herself from screaming.

"Aigron... Aigron!"

She wanted to come over, but she couldn't move because her feet were weak. After barely taking a step, she fell to her knees directly on the ground.

Her spirit has collapsed, and she hastily stretched out her hand, trying to grab the young man's feet.

"Don't shoot...I don't want you to die!"

Aigron put down the gun, walked to her side, crouched down and grabbed her hand.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for saving my life." He thanked the other person tenderly.

"Why do you have to get this far..." Sophie burst into tears, sobbing hard, "Why can't you just stay with me, I beg you not to leave? I beg you... why do you have to take risks? Woolen cloth?"

"I'm sorry...but I've made up my mind." Although Aigron was heartbroken, he shook his head firmly, "I can't tolerate being treated as a trivial person and being manipulated by others; I don't want to be right all the time for the rest of my life. The Austrian Emperor bows his knees...I want to be someone who can control my own destiny, I know it will cost a lot, but...His Royal Highness, I have no other way to go."

Then, he leaned down and kissed Sophie's cheek, "I owe you so much, so I don't expect you to forgive me, you can keep hating me, even cursing me to death just like before, it's all you rights - I just hope that you can take care of yourself until we meet again."

"Will we meet again?" Sophie asked, crying.

From her point of view, even if Aegron and Teresa married, the two could still communicate, and it was not impossible to maintain the original relationship in private—after all, there were too many such things in the noble world.

But if he just ran away, then God knows when we'll see you again - maybe even never

The more she thought about it, the more desperate she became, and the tears couldn't stop flowing.

"Yes, I will definitely come back to see you." Aegron held her tightly, and then assured her, "One day I will break into my own business and come back to see you."

"Are you sure?" Sophie asked reluctantly.

"I promise." The boy replied solemnly.

Sophie didn't say anything anymore, because she knew it was useless to say anything.

She scolded and begged at first, but none of them had any effect. After the anger and pain subsided a little, in the end she was only left with sobbing.

"Put the gun away, I feel bad when I see it." After a while, she cried. "Why can't you love yourself?"

"No one is born to like to gamble, but I have nothing, and I am not qualified to cherish myself." Aigron replied, and then put the gun back obediently.

"How are you going?" Sophie asked in a low voice.

"Jump from here." Aegron replied.

Then he briefly told Sophie of his plan.

"Don't tell me you won't be found out if you mix in the crowd? You're too dazzling." Sophie shook her head.

"So I prepared something else." Agron shook his head, then bowed and took out a package from the sofa.

Then, he opened the package, and pulled out the ... female costume that Chanel had put in it for a long time.

"So Chanel is one of your accomplices..." Sophie finally understood everything and glared at him. "You bastard... liar!"

But while scolding, she helped Aegron take off his tie and shirt. She knew that time was running out. If this plan failed, her beloved young man would really commit suicide.

She had felt that visceral fear, so she didn't want to try it again.

So she has no choice.

With her efforts, the young man quickly completed his disguise, even wearing a golden wig on his head. Because of his slender body, he looks like a slender girl.

"Even so it looks good...you little bastard." Sophie cursed in a low voice.

"Your Highness, take care." Aigron whispered. "I'm sorry to have caused you so much trouble, and you will surely be blamed in the future."

"Don't worry about it so much, can it be harder than you are?" Sophie sighed. "Besides, I said I couldn't take it, would you stay? Stop hurting me, bad thing."

Then, she seemed to think of something.

"You must be short of money during this time? Damn it, I don't have anything valuable with me now..." She took the necklace off her neck and handed it to the young man.

The delicate and small gems are held in the palm of her hand, as if carrying her body temperature. "Take it. This is our last farewell gift. When we are short of money, we will take it to the pawnshop and sell it. It is worth a little money."

"I will never sell it..." Aigron's eyes couldn't help but become sour, and he managed to keep himself from shedding tears.

Sophie looked at him again, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, she sighed a long time.

"Hold me tight."

Aigron obeyed her order, and then hugged her like this. The two of them were sticking together like close sisters at the moment, quietly waiting for the moment of farewell.

Time seems to be very long, and it seems very short.

Slowly, the pointer of the pocket watch came to the fateful moment.

The actors on the stage are still dancing tirelessly, the audience is either cheering or talking to each other, everything seems so normal...

"Bang!" The huge sound suddenly drowned out all the sounds.

Before people could come to their senses, the sound of gunfire continued.

"boom!"

"boom!"

People reacted, and then there were screams that came together and made the whole theater seem to be shaking.

Time is up.

Agron looked at Sophie and nodded apologetically to her.

And Sophie didn't suppress herself any more at this time, she burst into tears, but at the same time she let go of her hand.

Yes, this is goodbye.

There is no more time to say goodbye to each other.

Aigron looked at Sophie, walked backwards step by step to the railing, then turned his head ruthlessly, grabbed the fringe and railing beside him, and slid down.

At this time, the theater was already in chaos, there were gunshots and screams everywhere, people were running around desperately, and no one cared about the "girl" who slipped down from the third floor.

Although the theater was extremely chaotic at the moment, there were noisy sounds everywhere, but the crying behind him seemed like a ghost, lingering in his ears all the time.

enough! Can't think about that anymore!

Aegron forcibly restrained himself. He looked at his surroundings, then stood up and walked towards the background.

Now people are running to the door subconsciously, so the door must be blocked, of course he will not be stupid enough to squeeze.

He had already looked around the theater with Chanel, and he knew he could escape through the window behind the stage.

He followed the path of action that he had demonstrated 10,000 times in his mind, walked all the way to the back of the stage, then came, picked up the chair, and slammed it against the window.

With the crisp sound of shattering, the window was opened, and then Aegron jumped and jumped out from inside.

It was a gravel road outside, and it was very slippery because of the snow. Aigron almost fell to the ground, and managed to maintain his balance.

It was late at night, and it was pitch black everywhere, only the dim light in the distance showed him the way.

But that's enough.

Aegron took a deep breath, then reached out and wiped away the snow that fell on his face.

From this moment on, there is no way for him to retreat, and he must move forward from now on.

Then... let's go.

He followed the predetermined route and walked along the alley toward the destination, where there was a carriage, and Chanel was also waiting for him.

There is no one around, he only needs to advance a few hundred meters here, and he can be free...

Yes, that's it! The young man walked forward step by step with fearless determination.

"Your Highness, where are you going?" At this moment, a question came from behind him.