Father Mavie

The suburbs of Paris, the Palace of Versailles.

The swaying flowers are extremely beautiful in the sun, enjoying the early summer breeze. On the wide lawn in front of the palace, Levin and Daniel strolled slowly, occasionally looking back at the nun not far behind, talking in a low voice.

It has been two days since they came to the Palace of Versailles, and it has always been calm, as if nothing happened. The nuns took care of them in every possible way, just like Anatole said, as long as they asked, the nuns would definitely agree, no matter how excessive.

Anatole did show his sincerity in wooing them and was comfortable here, but Levine was always worried about Mavie.

"Brother, they won't come back"

Levin, who had read the newspapers for the past two days, said worriedly: "A man as sensible as Big Brother should know what to do. Hmm."

"Brother, he will definitely come back." Daniel and Levin had different ideas: "When did he abandon us?"

"Didn't you throw us away two days ago?"

"That was a last resort. If the eldest brother didn't leave at that time, he would also be caught by Anatole, and there would be no room for maneuver in the matter!"

"That's true." Levin sighed: "I've been flustered for the past two days. I don't know why. Do you have similar feelings?"

Daniel shook his head and said, "No, I slept soundly, but I seemed to hear wolves howling last night."

"Wolf howl?"

"Well, around four or five in the morning, I heard it when I got up at night."

Levin didn't hear howling wolves, and he didn't care about howling wolves. The Palace of Versailles was originally located in the suburbs, surrounded by many mountains and forests. It was normal for wild wolves to appear, so there was no need to make a fuss.

"Hey."

Looking around, Levin took Daniel to a place under the shade of a tree, and said in a low voice, "I have observed everything. Our room faces the inner garden of the Palace of Versailles. Every evening, there will be a gardener pushing a cart of flowers and plants to tidy up the yard. If we jump off and land on the flower cart, we can avoid getting hurt."

"Why not just use magic to escape?"

"You are stupid!" Levin stared: "Anatole is here, we will be noticed by him immediately if we use magic! On the contrary, the success rate of sneaking away without magic is higher!"

Daniel nodded: "Go on."

"I have two escape plans, one is after dinner, jump on the float in the evening, stun the gardener, and jump out of the toilet window on the first floor, which leads directly to the back mountain. As long as we enter the mountain, we can activate the magic ring engraving the heart of the jungle and escape!"

"What's the second plan?"

"The second plan is a little more complicated, but it has a higher success rate." Levin whispered, "The nun's last night patrol and inspection of our room was at 11:7 p.m. After that, she would not come again until 4:[-] a.m. the next day. We tied the sheets into ropes, slipped them into the yard through the window, turned into the living room on the first floor, walked through the corridor on the first floor, arrived at the kitchen on the first floor, and hid under the car. Someone will deliver the garbage at [-]:[-] a.m. the next morning. We can leave here with the garbage truck!"

After listening to it, Daniel also felt that the second plan was more reliable and comprehensive, but they only had one chance to escape. If they failed to escape, Anatole would definitely lock them up and even search them.
The magic rings hidden on them are sure to be found and everything will be revealed.

But then again, they don't want to escape, so why don't they just stay here and wait to die?

Sitting and waiting is not in Daniel's character, nor is it in Levin's character. On the day they arrived at the Palace of Versailles, they were planning to escape.

I have been wandering around the Palace of Versailles for the past two days just to observe the terrain and prepare for my escape.

While Levin and Daniel were discussing the escape plan for the night, a maid walked out of the palace, wearing white stockings, walking in small leather shoes and small steps, bowing and saying, "Mr. Felix, Mr. Jonas, it's time for afternoon tea."

Afternoon tea. Another wicked afternoon tea!

Levin and Daniel felt sick when they heard about afternoon tea now. Although Frederick Kingdom and Windsor Kingdom also had the habit of drinking afternoon tea, they hadn't had afternoon tea for a long time, especially Ma Wei didn't have the habit of drinking afternoon tea at all. Over time, they almost forgot what the life of a standard upper class was like.

The steps of afternoon tea were cumbersome and very time-consuming. After all, this was originally an entertainment for the ladies to pass the time. Several ladies gathered together to talk and laugh. It sounded very good, but it was a bit tormenting for Daniel and Levin.

Because it was none other than Anatole who enjoyed afternoon tea with them.

The huge tea room is full of flowers, delicate irises and bright red roses complement each other, violets and cornflowers are used as embellishments, and there are even lily of the valley and tulips which are more expensive than other flowers
The room was full of floral fragrance, and the sun was shining through the glass skylight on the round table in the center of the room. Anatole was holding a cup of black tea, and sat reclined on the rattan and bamboo wooden chair with his legs crossed, admiring the beautiful scenery outside the window with a peaceful expression.

"Felix, Jonas, you are finally here, the tea is going cold."

Seeing Levin and Daniel walking into the tea room, Anatole showed a kind smile. After two days of contact, he felt that his relationship with Levin and Daniel had improved a lot, and he should become friends.

"You are really very elegant." Levin sat across the table and took a sip from the teacup. Anatole was right, the tea was indeed a little cold, but it was drinkable.

Raising his hand to ask the nun to refill the hot water, Anatole smiled and said, "There's no need to use honorifics anymore. I'm different from other gods who believe in me. I don't have so many airs, and I don't like to communicate with others with a superior attitude. It's too boring, and you can't hear the truth at all."

Anatole, who was once human, is indeed in many ways more human than godlike than other gods of faith, as both Levin and Daniel discover.

"Can I understand that you want friends?" Daniel picked up a piece of mille-feuille and took a small bite. These pastries are too sweet, so you can't eat too much at a time, otherwise you will burn.

"Friends, sincere and reliable friends, yes, I want this kind of friend." Anatole nodded slowly, and his tone was very earnest: "Who doesn't want such a friend? Felix, Jonas, do you have such a friend?"

Levin and Daniel looked at each other, nodded and said, "Yes, there should be."

"I can't be sure, which means that you haven't experienced the critical moment where you need to make a choice, but this is enough to make people enviable."

Anatole said: "I don't have any friends like that around me, not even a single target who can think like you guys. I don't have any friends, not a single one."

"You are a god, and everyone is in awe of you. It must be more difficult to make friends than other people." Daniel said.

"A tiger will never be friends with a rabbit." Anatole took a sip from his teacup and said lightly, "In the eyes of a lion, a rabbit is just food, and only those with equal status can become friends."

"I would be more than happy to be friends with you." Anatole smiled and said, "Because you, like me, are predators in your own fields. The status of the Manstein family in the field of potions is as high as mine in the belief in gods. We are the most suitable to be friends, aren't we?"

Levine and Daniel understood what Anatole meant.

It's not enough to win them over, but also want to be friends?
Are you going to tie them down as friends?

Under other circumstances, Levine would have scoffed at Anatole's statement, but now.
"Yes, I also think that we are very suitable to be friends." Levin said with a smile.

"It's been two days, and there's still no news from your eldest brother, Nicholas." Anatole suddenly frowned and said, "Do you think he left you and ran away?"

"No." Levin said, "Brother, he will never leave us."

"I hope so too." Anatole nodded and said, "But if there is no absolute, you should make good plans for Nicholas not to come back."

"What do you mean?"

"The Manstein Potion Company is a family business. It has developed to this day without the help of your two brothers. I heard that you, Felix, have a lot of shares in the Manstein Potion Company?"

"...That's right, I have about 17% of the equity in my hand."

"That's it!" Anatole said happily: "This 17% equity is your confidence! It is indeed a beautiful thing for brothers to do business in partnership, but there are not a few people who break up in the end. In my opinion, if Nicholas refuses to come back and abandons your two brothers, why don't you two brothers stay in Paris and use the equity in your hand to share part of the management rights?"

Anatol's abacus was beating loudly. Two days later, Ma Wei still didn't show up. He didn't know what to do. His heart was in the middle of his stomach. Even his dearest brother was stabbed in the back. Who knows if Ma Wei will come back?

If he won't come, do I really want to kill Levin and Daniel?
What good would it do me to kill them?
Just out of anger.
In contrast, if Levine and Daniel can be instigated and let them split Manstein Potion Company, not only will it cause a major blow to Manstein Potion Company, but also gain a part of the company's control.

Anatole's thoughts sounded a little funny to Levin and Daniel, but they didn't express their thoughts immediately. Seeing their silence, Anatole said generously, "Think about it carefully, and don't rush to draw conclusions. After all, Nicholas may appear at any time, and I don't want to destroy the feelings of the three brothers. I just want to give some pertinent suggestions as a friend."

Levin and Daniel didn't say a word, they went back to the room silently, closed the door, made a careful calculation, and decided to adopt plan two to escape tonight.

They hoped that Ma Wei would not come back, but the longer the time dragged on, the more it proved that Ma Wei was making some big moves.

Levin and Daniel know Mavie too well, two days is enough for Mavie to go back to the Romanov Kingdom, or there are other plans.
It is a good choice to stay in the Palace of Versailles and wait for the rescue. However, Anatole suddenly mentioned the matter of splitting the Manstein Potion Company today.

As for the second prince and Archbishop Brandon, they were not in Levine's plan at all. He didn't even want to save the second prince and them.

In the evening, Anatole ordered someone to prepare a sumptuous dinner, as if to show his trust. He did not appear on the dining table, which was long enough to accommodate dozens of people. There were only Levin and Daniel. All kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas were more luxurious than the feast in the palace.

It has to be said that the cooking skills of the Bonaparte Empire were much better than that of the Windsor Kingdom. After drinking and eating, Levin and Daniel returned to the room with their stomachs in their hands, lay down and fell asleep.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, it began to rain lightly outside the window, and the raindrops slapped the glass, making a rhythmic bass sound. The nun holding the oil lamp silently pushed open the door, saw Levin and Daniel sleeping soundly, and left in peace.

As soon as the nun left, the snoring in the room stopped suddenly. Levin opened his eyes, turned over and sat up, slapped Daniel awake, then tore off the bedsheets and tore them into strips, twisting them into a spiral shape while tying them together.

The bed sheet was not long enough, so I tore off the quilt cover, and after patchwork, I finally got a long enough rope, opened the window, and there was a dead silence in the garden, only the sound of the pattering rain.

A white rope made of strips of cloth was thrown out of the window, and it fell to the ground not too long or too short. It was immediately wet by the rain, as if fearing that it was not strong enough, Levin waited for a while, waiting for the rain to completely wet the rope before turning it out of the window, and landed silently little by little.

After falling into the garden, Levin took out a steel wire, easily pried open the window lock on the first floor, beckoned Daniel to climb into the house, opened the door a gap, and observed the situation in the corridor.

No one is empty.

Everything was going according to plan. After leaving the living room, Levin and Daniel came to the dark kitchen, smeared to the garbage truck at the back door, and did not hide in a hurry, but sat on the table beside them.

The workers who transport the garbage don't arrive until 4 o'clock, and it's 5 minutes before midnight. What are you doing in a hurry to get into the smelly garbage truck?
After lighting the oil lamp and opening the cabinet, Levin took out the leftover snacks from dinner and signaled Daniel to replenish his energy. No one knew what would happen next. If they failed to escape, they might not be able to eat such delicious snacks for a long time.

The clock turned slowly, and suddenly jumped to midnight. Anatole, who was resting upstairs, suddenly opened his eyes and looked towards the west of the empire.

There
There was a shocking wave.

The body turned into a cloud of black mist and dissipated. Anatole rushed to the west coast of the empire. He wanted to see who was so bold as to attack the border of the empire.
"what?"

Just after midnight, Daniel, who was eating cake, suddenly raised his head, looked around vigilantly, and pricked up his ears, saying, "Listen, it's coming again!"

"what?"

"Howl!"