37: 033 Suddenly turned into a back-to-back duel_2 37: 033 Suddenly turned into a back-to-back duel_2 After washing the wound, Anning felt a significant reduction in pain, not knowing whether it was a psychological effect or the alcohol enhancing the effect of his healing.
Duke grabbed Christina: “He is an adult, he knows what he is doing; just wait here and congratulate him.”
With that, the Duke handed Christina to an approaching servant, took the bandage from the servant himself, bandaged Anning, and then turned to Talleyrand, indicating, “We are ready on this side.”
Talleyrand nodded, confird that the Marquis was also ready, then raised his hand: “Both parties step back 15 zhang!”
The Marquis, holding a pistol, stood where his guard had fallen just now.
By the way, the Marquis’s servant had just carried the guard, Edward, away, and the blood on the ground had not yet been cleaned.
Anning also returned to his previous standing spot, noticing only a small amount of blood on the ground, probably from when he was shot.
Seeing the blood, Anning’s shoulder began to hurt again.
But that did not hinder his smooth completion of the pistol’s loading.
Talleyrand raised his right hand: “Prepare!
Both parties load!”
Because his hand was shaking, the Marquis took much longer to load than Anning.
Due to waiting for the Marquis to load, the entire venue montarily quieted down.
Anning took the opportunity to glance at Christina and saw her face tense with worry clearly written on it, as other noble ladies around her tried to comfort her.
Finally, the Marquis completed loading and shakily raised his gun.
Seeing this, Talleyrand raised his right hand and then swiftly chopped down: “Begin!”
After Talleyrand’s command, the Marquis imdiately walked towards Anning with his gun raised, ready to fire at point-blank range!
Anning was amused, thinking how he could not let this succeed, as he could see the sight and knew at what distance he could ensure a hit.
So Anning stood still waiting for the Marquis to walk into his sights, and the mont the sights fully encompassed the Marquis, he fired!
He did not forget to step to the side in the instant he fired.
The mont he stepped, the Marquis also fired.
Anning felt no sensation of being hit.
He wasted no ti, imdiately began to reload, knowing the Marquis’s slow loading speed, he would definitely fire the second shot first, practically guaranteeing victory in this duel!
Then he heard the sound of a heavy object falling.
Anning turned to look at Talleyrand.
Talleyrand rushed over, crouching down to check sothing.
Because of the smoke, Anning couldn’t see clearly what was happening and just continued to reload standing where he was.
In case the duel hadn’t ended, Anning could fire imdiately.
At this mont, Talleyrand loudly said: “Marquis Li Xia’er is no longer breathing!
Our Andy Frost has once again won the duel!”
Anning breathed a sigh of relief, then heard soone in the crowd say: “Damn, so he killed both the Marquis and his son?
A leatherworker’s son, actually killed two nobles!”
“It’s nothing strange, hundreds of noble youths die in Paris every year, all in duels, just like Reginald with his troublemaking nature, he is bound to die in a duel eventually.”
Then, the Duke approached, patted Anning’s shoulder: “Great job, this completely resolves the trouble, anyone who questions this duel is challenging .”
Anning raised his eyebrows: “You also think the Marquis was troubleso?”
The Duke shrugged: “He’s written more than once to propose a marriage for his son, and if you hadn’t killed his son, he likely would have proposed again on this visit to Paris.
These countryside nobles are a bit…”
The Duke shrugged, then spoke his judgnt: “A bit stubborn.
Even if I ntioned that Christina was going to Briena Military School, he wouldn’t stop.”
Anning raised an eyebrow: “So did I solve a big problem for you this ti?”
“Yes, you could say that.
That’s exactly why I agreed to be your witness.
I am a Duke and don’t take such roles lightly.”
By this ti, Talleyrand also ca over from beside the Marquis’s body, smiling at the Duke: “Then, the Duke has witnessed the passing of the Marquis.”
“Oh, Your Excellency the abbot, do not speak as if I wished for the Marquis’s death,” the Duke spread his hands.
“I can only express regret regarding the Marquis’s passing, but duels are bound to have casualties, and bullets are rciless.”
Anning gravely added, “Yes, bullets are rciless.
It’s just that the Marquis thought it was an opportunity since he assud I was injured, but things did not turn out as he wished.”
Talleyrand looked at Anning’s shoulder, “Are you alright?
I must say, you are one of the toughest young n I have seen, winning two duels despite being shot, truly incredible.”
Duke: “That’s why I have high hopes for him!
It is by his bravery that he rescued my daughter from the battlefield!”
“Is that so, is that how it was?” Talleyrand nodded repeatedly, “Although the son of a Leatherworker, he has acted like a true Noble, bold and valiant, quite remarkable.”
Anning: “This fully demonstrates that a person’s quality is unrelated to their background, Your Excellency.”
“Indeed…”
At that mont, Christina ran up and gave Anning a solid hug: “Andy, you won again!”
Duke: “My goodness, Christina, be gentle, he’s still injured!”
Anning: “Not to worry, Your Excellency Duke, the miss’s hug as a reward surpasses all pain.”
Christina then imdiately pulled away, “Sorry, I forgot you…
does it still hurt?”
She softly touched the bandage on Anning’s shoulder.
“The mont you touch it, the pain disappears,” Anning quipped.
Christina chuckled.
At that mont, Mirabeau erged: “Beautifully done, now you’re also a man who won three duels, achieving what Reginald had boasted about before!”
Anning: “Plus, I won the third duel while injured.”
“Right, won the third duel while injured, tomorrow I must write about your story in the paper, the title will be…
will be…” Mirabeau pressed his temple, “Let think…
it will be called…”
Anning: “How about The Valiant Legend of a Leatherworker’s Son?”
Mirabeau: “Do we have to emphasize the leatherworker?
Right, highlighting that you are a son of a leatherworker creates contrast, yes, it’ll be called The Legend of the Leatherworker’s Son!”
At that mont, more people shouting “Andy!” Anning turned around and saw it was Robespierre and Dan Dong among others.
Turns out the mbers of the Brittany Club had also arrived.
Dan Dong ca up and gave Anning a hug: “Impressive!
Now we commoners also have soone who has won three duels!”
Robespierre: “I was already preparing to help you sue the Marquis, planning to pull out all the stops to have the Marquis thrown in prison.
Well now, you’ve sent him to Heaven!”
Anning: “No, no, such an outrageous person as the Marquis, he wouldn’t go to Heaven; I guess I sent him to Hell.”
Robespierre was a bit puzzled: “Hell?”
Dan Dong explained: “The Marquis had a bad reputation, it was said he often abused his serfs and when younger, he even demanded droit du seigneur.”
Robespierre frowned, “Droit du seigneur?
Impossible, he would have been sued.”
Dan Dong: “Not every place has lawyers and judges like your father who are willing to help the commoners with lawsuits.
In many areas, old Marquis lords still hold significant authority.”
Anning nodded.
Indeed, after the Revolution broke out, peasants in places like Vendée couldn’t really accept the Republic.
Moreover, after the Revolution, the National Convention passed the Clergy Oath bill, attacking traditional Catholic forces everywhere and driving away the ‘good Priests’ as seen by the peasants, so undeveloped areas like Vendée erupted in Royalist Party rebellions.
Marquis Li Xia’er likely also ca from those remote, underdeveloped areas.
Perhaps after the Revolution broke out, rebellions of the Royalists might also erupt in the Marquis’s territories.
But that’s all in the future and has nothing to do with the current Anning.
Anning: “Shall we celebrate sowhere tonight?
Duke, please join us!”
Duke nodded, “Let’s hold a victory banquet at my residence tonight!
All friends of Andy are welco!”
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