Chapter 442: Funeral under the GallowsAfter hearing what Armand said, Ranran was almost panicked. She wanted to quickly change the subject of painting.
She can't draw at all, but she is good at drawing talismans.
But the two are completely different systems, and the term "ghostly talismans" is not just a joke!
Once Armand asked her to paint, she was exposed.
Armand looked at her seriously for a while before he said sympathetically, "Fortunately, Elizabeth, you have recovered and you will have a lot of time in the castle, so I am not in a hurry."
"Sooner or later I will own the painting you create for me."
Ran Ran was almost sweating coldly. She never thought that she would use the idiom "considerate" to describe Armand.
She smiled softly, "Count, you have strayed from the topic. We are now discussing the matter between you and Miss Leonor."
Armand smiled when he heard this, "No, it mainly depends on how you view Elizabeth."
Ranran just felt a lot of pressure, but fortunately Armand continued his story.
"If there is no friendship between me and Leonor, it is not too bad. After all, many couples respect each other. A marriage without love is not a bad marriage, as long as she and I are willing to support each other."
"It's a pity that something did happen between us later..." Armand smiled at Ranran, "The [story] you told, Elizabeth"
"In some ways, Leonor is luckier than me."
"She met her love."
Armand didn't give Ranran much time to be surprised, "This is a very rare thing. Most people will never meet their lover in their lifetime."
"The lover I'm talking about is a true lover, one who is compatible with you in all aspects, from appearance to concept to soul."
"Leonor met."
Armand showed a complicated expression that Ranran couldn't understand, "So many times I really envy her."
"Leonor, like me, understood the value of this matter, so because of the appearance of this lover, she ran towards her regardless of everything."
"She left all the marriage traditions, family admonitions, and pressure from relatives behind. She wanted nothing but to be with the one she loved."
Ranran could never imagine that Leonor, who always maintained a calm expression, would act like that for one person, almost going crazy.
Armand smiled. "My dear Elizabeth, you must not misunderstand this."
He seemed to see through her heart, "Leonor was running for something regardless of everything, not for the lover, but for herself who had met the perfect love."
"It's as if the flower eater has kissed her cheeks and brought luck to her. How many people in this world can live like her once?"
Armand's words once again exceeded Ranran's understanding. He said calmly, "I can totally understand her madness."
"But it's just this one thing..."
In an instant, Armand switched from being a party who could empathize with the situation to a rational spectator.
“It was characterized as a major scandal that shocked the whole country.”
"Leonor's lover, the girl who always liked to hold the newspaper and scold the nobles, was hanged in the square."
"As a woman of the family, a very beautiful and well-educated woman, Leonor still had her value, so her family saved her life, but at the cost of..."
"Watching my lover being hanged."
Armand's tone was tinged with memories, "I remember that day, it was a very depressing cloudy day, and it was drizzling all the time."
"The crowds of onlookers filled the square. Leonor was held by her family and forced to watch from the place closest to the gallows." "The girl was not afraid at all. She just stared into Leonor's eyes. I remember her eyes were surprisingly bright."
"She said, 'Make a change, Leonor, and to hell with the rot!'"
"She said, 'If a kingdom that has experienced the baptism of war is destined to fall to this level, then I hope we will never win!'"
"The executioner pulled the gallows, and the girl was no longer breathing in the blink of an eye, but her eyes were still wide open. She died in anger and unwillingness, probably because she did not see the arrival of her ideal [new world]."
Ran Ran was so shocked that she was speechless. Armand continued, "I am standing next to Leonor as her fiancé."
"The drizzle wet her face. I couldn't tell if she was crying or not, but she didn't make any sound the whole time."
"At the king's signal, I raised the black umbrella over Leonor's head, like a qualified husband."
"I saw it at that moment, she was crying."
"Tears are more powerful than rain."
"She broke free, ruthlessly shook my hand away, glared at me with red eyes, and swore at everyone present."
"She said every one of us was an executioner."
"She herself."
"The king was furious, but he had promised the family of Leernoer to forgive her sins, so he could only make a fuss about the death ceremony."
"So he kept his word and ordered the executioner to cut off the girl's head."
"The blood was thrown into the rain, the crowd was shocked and stepped back, and the head rolled down from the dais and landed at Leonor's feet."
Armand continued in a complex tone that Ranran could not understand: "She held the head and cried in the rain. I think..."
"Looking at her lover's eyes that would never light up again, Leonor should have died with her lover at that moment."
Ran Ran was stunned for a long time after listening to this. Finally, she said honestly: "I really can't connect the Miss Leonor you described with the Miss Leonor now."
What she said seemed like she was trying to divert the blame, and such a statement would inevitably make the Count think that Leonor was abnormal.
No, not a suspicion, that's what she planned.
In their five-member team, there are only two women, she and Minister Black Tea. Since her observations after she regained her sight, she has known who the characters who interact most with Doctor Bai are, centered around his confirmed identity.
The head maid Eve is the most obvious.
Ranran had been wary of Dr. Bai since he came to test her, and this vigilance did not disappear even after she knew for sure that Arnold was Dr. Bai.
Maybe no one noticed it at the time, but she noticed that after Dr. Bai tested her, he went to find the head maid Eve.
So Ran Ran had already guessed Eve's identity at that time, that she was the Minister of Black Tea.
The subsequent interaction between Eve and Dr. Bai further verified her guess.
Another identity that is about to be revealed is Haier. As a male servant who is not outstanding, he frequently shows his affection towards the head maid Eve.
The most obvious moment was when he was controlling the coachman, he kicked the coachman's dagger away and looked in her direction, not Armand.
The servants in the castle all knew who their allegiance was and would never do such a thing.
The fact that he cares about her more than Count Armand only shows that Haier is an explorer who has guesses about her identity.
For example, Minister Gao.
