I Am Louis XIV

  Chapter 63 The past of the wizard Vesalius and a corner of the wizarding world (1)

This was not the king's intentional arrangement, because Varo Vesalius was still in his room before, and he might have something important to tell the king - the wizard recognized Duke Mortemar at once, and his face suddenly It turned gray, and then revealed a sickly blushing, but when Louis turned around, he found that the Duke of Mortemar only showed a slightly puzzled smile. He looked at the king, and then at Visa. His eyes were indifferent and calm, especially when he passed the black robes of Vesalius - he had heard that there were many scholars and doctors around the king, perhaps this person was one of them, and these people, For the Duke, it's always a little crazy, so the Duke doesn't care much about his faux pas.

  The king walked forward, followed by the Duke of Mortemar, leaving Varro Vesalius alone in the corridor.

Varro Vesalius imagined so many times, more than he could count, that if he had won great honor and high status in the court, he would stand before his enemies—he would humiliate him , tormenting him, taking away all hope from him as he did to himself, but only to this day did he realize how foolish his thoughts were - the Duke of Mortmar had seen him, he had seen the Duke, but he remembered Duke, as if a sharp knife had been carved into his head, but what about the Duke? The Duke of Mortmar didn't remember him at all, he didn't even have the slightest impression - to this noble man, he was like a simple wooden box containing precious gems, and in order to take the gems, a wooden box was destroyed. Isn't it the most common thing to be thrown away? What qualifications does he have to be remembered by the other party?

   And his previous fantasies...will only be fantasies in the end...

  Varro Vesalius just stood in the corridor like this, and all the servants who passed by cast curious glances at him, but he just stood there, silent, and after a while, he let out a low and desperate laugh.

  —

   "Is it important that Varro Vesalius came to me?" said the king, "Let him in."

Bontang leaned over to obey, and he brought Varo Vesalius to the king. Vesalius looked normal, but the king only glanced at him and knew that he had suffered a lot: "What do you have to do? Did I say?"

   "I came to see you because the potion you ordered me to configure has been completed." Vesalius said.

   “How about the cost?”

   "Two acupoints in a liter," Vesalius continued before the king could inquire, "to purify fifty bushels of water."

"A lot." The king nodded lightly. For the refugees, the natives of Versailles, and the immigrants in Paris, besides food, the most important thing was water. There was no decent water source in Versailles. The Vaal River draws water, and at the same time, the swamps are excavated into ponds and reservoirs, but now the commoners of Versailles can only get water from the swamps, which are full of parasites and germs, but they have to, so before the outbreak of the disease, purify The source of water became one of the most important and urgent matters. Louis was satisfied that this matter could get the result so quickly. He asked Bontang to take a hundred gold louis and give it to Vesalius as a reward to him.

  Varo Vesalius bowed his thanks to the king, but did not leave immediately.

   "Do you have anything else to ask me?" Louis asked.

   "Did the Duke of Mortmar be by your side before?"

"Yes."

   "He can't remember me at all." The wizard murmured: "For people like you, do little people like me need not care?"

  The king thought for a moment: "Oh, to be exact," he said: "It should be said that anyone who is worthless to us."

When Varo Vesalius heard this sentence, he couldn't help raising his head and staring at the young ruler, and then he understood that perhaps to the king, he was valuable, but he was not able to achieve it. To the extent that a king is willing to lie to comfort, the importance in the king's heart is far lower than that of the Duke of Mortmar. He took a deep breath and was about to retire to escape the answer that made him feel ashamed. The king raised his hand, motioning him to stay.

   "Mr. Vesalius," said Louis, "I know what you want to accuse me of, but aren't you the same?"

"what?"

"When we first met," Louis said with a smile, "you couldn't even find enough bread for your wife and children. Fortunately, you saw Mary, you saw your former student, so You endure the shame and ask her for help, you know who I am, but you have no intention of serving me."

   "That's because you're not satisfied with me," Vesalius argued.

"Then why did I hire you again?" Louis pointed out sharply: "Is there any difference between you then and you now? Don't tell me that what you showed me was learned in a prison that sees no light. arrived."

"You just don't want to work for a non-wizard," Louis continued quickly, without giving Vesalius a chance to chime in: "I'm not without wizards," he said: "I know the world and the world too. , I also know something about you, and the first thing I understand is your arrogance. Huh?" The king smiled contemptuously: "Yes, you think you are above mortals, even if I am your king, but in In your heart, I'm still not as good as you, because you have extraordinary power and I don't, so you'd rather wag your tail to beg for mercy to a little witch than bow to a mortal who can kill you - even though you're just an exile The world is just a poor worm without a place to live and nothing to eat."

   "I didn't! I was, we left by ourselves!" Vesalius shouted uncontrollably.

The king did not speak, but silence can sometimes mean many things, and the wizard stood there, his eyes gradually becoming dull, and the king stabbed him in the heart, yes, as Louis said, he still had a trace of his own Unperceived arrogance, he was a wizard and a duke or king was not. But it was useless, his talent and talent did not allow him to gain wealth, respect and status, neither in the world nor in the world, he used to be self-satisfied, but what the two worlds gave him were just merciless lashes again and again.

   It's time for him to see reality.

   "Why did you leave the inner world?" the king asked.

Vesalius bit his lip in pain, he knew that, as the king said, they could only see what was valuable to them, and his value to the king, aside from witchcraft and medicine, was only the inner world—the inner world Although people need the outer world, they are vigilant and guarded against the outer world. After all, the outer world is larger, more prosperous, and more dangerous than the inner world. The power of wizards, spirits and dark creatures can certainly make them surpass mortals, but mortals The number is enough to make up for this shortcoming, and with the passage of time, the machines and gunpowder invented by mortals have further tilted the balance of fate in the direction of mortals. It will be thought that after the barrier between the inner and outer worlds is opened, the outer world will be swallowed up instead of the inner world.

   This is evident from the fact that the nobles of the world are constantly seeking the power and wealth of the world.

   And the people who watch the world know nothing about the world is their best bargaining chip.

   Maybe some people don't quite understand that Varo Vesalius still stubbornly clings to the secrets of the inner world, but Louis can guess a little - after all, this is the only thing he can rely on.

But he had to give the king an answer, because—the sorcerer king had more trusted little witch Mary, and as his authority grew, there would be more wizards willing to serve him, like his enemies—as for Medicine, the king has thousands of scholars here, and as long as they have the support of the king, they may not be able to do what Vesalius can do.

  The king never even concealed his preference for the Duke of Mortemar, and Vesalius also knew a little about the reason. The duke's agility and bravery made the king praise him for the value of a legion. What about Vesalius? When will his value surpass that of the Duke?

   is almost impossible, but he also knows that if he is rejected by the king, he will fall into the real abyss, and no one will come to rescue him this time.

"I…"

He says.

   "We left the inner world just to avoid the pursuit of the Mancini family... Your Majesty."

   (end of this chapter)