I Am Louis XIV

"Mancini."

"Yes, Your Majesty, Mancini." Vesalius said, "I used to be Marie Mancini's potions teacher, because my father also worked for the Mancini family."

"As far as I know, the Vesalius family is from Brussels."

"Habsburg Netherlands, Your Majesty, the Vesalius family is a medical family. Jane Vesalius obtained a medical degree at the University of Pavel, and then a professorship at the University of Leuven. Vlad Vesalius was the royal physician of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. His son Andris succeeded his great-grandfather, and later became the personal attendant of Charles V. My great-grandfather was It was Andreas Vesalius you mentioned, he had three sons, the youngest was his posthumous son, my grandfather, and my father was also his youngest son, who was born at the age of six I found out that it was a wizard, but fortunately we were in Italy at that time, and a wizard was willing to be his teacher and bring him into the other world."

"Then he is representing the world..."

"Once he enters the inner world, he is a dead person to the outer world. Your Majesty, there is still a small place in the mausoleum of the Vesalius family, where a child who died young is buried."

"I see, go ahead, Vesalius."

"The wizard was a potionist, and my father became his apprentice, and for that reason, and the gifts he inherited in his blood, he was more successful than his master, so his master recommended him to Munch Ni family."

"What kind of family is Mancini?"

"In the inner world, Mancini is a very ancient family, which can be traced back to ancient Rome, but before the fifth century AD, there were records of them in the external world, but these records are little known." Speaking of this, Wei Sarri smiled strangely: "Of course, they were once very prominent. As far as I know, the daughters and sons of the Mancini family have more than once been the wives of priests or consuls, or close friends of powerful people." , because this family has been beauties for generations, but since Merlin's plan finally came to naught, and the kings and emperors no longer recognized wizards and converted to God, the gap between the inner world and the outer world could no longer be bridged. Chini's parents finally decided to move their family to the inner world and give up the outer world. It is precisely because of this that they must ensure that their status in the inner world will not be shaken by some absurd legends—so they almost never mention it. the past of the world."

"Do people in the inner world hate the outer world?"

"Of course, Your Majesty," Vesalius said almost subconsciously, and then he realized that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly added: "I mean, in the beginning, the inner world was full of people who could hardly express themselves. The poor people living in the world, they either have a deformed appearance, or they can't control their own power. They can be said to be...exiled to the other world, so they always have some too...too vicious thoughts. "

"Then even the Mancini family migrated to the other world later."

"Since the fifth century AD, Your Majesty, Merlin has been the last and biggest bet made by wizards and non-human beings. Unfortunately, he still failed. As you can see, the church began to expel and destroy us."

"Because you are competing with the Church for power."

"It is inevitable," said Vesalius, "that the court is so small."

"Then there are aborigines in the inner world, and wizards have migrated to the inner world since the fifth century." Louis said, "Then what happened to those Extraordinary people?"

"They can be said to have the same ancestors as wizards," Vesalius said: "In the beginning, the church was not strict with wizards, no, they were not called wizards at that time, they were priests, shamans or priests. It was a witch doctor, and then some who were willing to convert to the church became ascetics, paladins, and others who were unwilling to bow their knees to their former enemies became wizards."

Louis remembered that Bishop Mazarin had indeed mentioned to him that some people in the Inquisition were still stationed in the other world. It seemed that, as Vesalius said, they were just two branches protruding from a giant tree, and their roots were still there. Deeply rooted in another world.

"Where is the other world?"

Vesalius showed a bitter smile: "It was originally a good place."

"Very nice place..." said the king.

"Originally," Vesalius repeated, "but then, you know, too many wizards and non-human beings came there, too many, and it became tense whether it was water, food or even a place to live. After all, there have been several wars between the aborigines and the immigrants, but those huge families have absolute advantages in every aspect, so..." He skipped some details, but the king can think with his toes, The war for resources has always been the cruelest and most despicable: "Later, the inner world barely reached a balance, but you also know that it has been a thousand years, Your Majesty, the ever-growing population has caused great pressure on the inner world—— Ever since my father's time, there have been people who think that foreign wizards or non-human creatures should be restricted from entering the inner world."

"Where is the other world. I mean, somewhere out of reach, another world, or just out of sight, out of reach?"

Vesalius obviously hesitated: "They are real."

"In other words, they still belong to this world." The king said as if talking to himself: "I know there are wizards in many places, are they not in the same place? Because Mary will say that she is Italian."

"Yes, it is."

"Is there no king or emperor," said the king, after a moment's thought, "is there any doubt about that?"

Vesalius felt that he seemed to have grasped the king's thoughts: "But that is their territory," he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, just like your princes and dukes."

The king smiled at Vesalius, and this smile caused Vesalius to feel chills all over his body for unknown reasons: "But my prince and duke will serve me and fight for me," he said softly: "Wizards can fight for me." What are you doing?" He clapped his hands lightly: "By the way, I didn't even have a French wizard around me, are they all dead?"

Of course not, Vesalius said in his heart, he had met wizards in France, but their arrogance was even worse than their counterparts in Italy, and the king should know this, because his great-grandmother was Catherine of the Medici , she once summoned the famous wizard Nostradamus and asked him about the future of her seven children. At that time, Nostradamus had indeed seen their future, but in order not to offend this noble woman , he could only vaguely say that all three of your sons could become kings. It is a pity that they died before leaving any descendants. The throne of France finally fell into the hands of King Henry of Navarre. That was Henry IV, Louis' grandfather, who married Catherine's daughter.

It is said that when Nostradamus accompanied the then queen Catherine Medici on a tour of Salang, he saw a young man among the queen's entourage, so he boldly stepped forward and asked the young man to let him see the body of the other party. A mole, although the latter rejected it unhappily, Nostradamus still bribed the young attendant, saw the mole, and then he said, this is the future king of France, and at that time, Mary The two sons of Queen Medici are still alive. This can be said to be a great disrespect and threat to the queen, the two subsequent kings, and the third king, but he still did so. You can see It can be seen that his respect for the king and queen is not too much, if any.

And the French wizards that Vesalius encountered were even more swaying. They disdain to serve the young king under the sleeve of the cardinal, but a few are interested in the Prince of Condé or the Duke of Gaston. It's hard to say whether Vesalius' impression of the king was influenced by them.

Vesalius couldn't help sighing, he was really worried that the wizards in France would "all die" if they continued to be arrogant like this.

The more you get along with this young king, the more terrifying you can feel him—there are not many cruel or brave kings in history, but his master has the qualities that many rulers lack, that is, in this world, There are few things that can limit him. On the contrary, he feels that everything should be within his limits, not out of his control.

"Go on," Louis said, "is there a king in the other world?"

"No, but there are parliaments and courts."

"A republic?"

"Roman."

"Oh, political giants." In other words, the electors, several big families take turns to govern and hinder each other.

"Do all men live by them?"

"Mostly, except priests and monks."

"You mean the roots of the Inquisition?" said the king. "How did they hold out, surrounded by enemies?"

"Not all of them are enemies," Vesalius said. "In fact, very few wizards were executed by the Tribunal. Most of them dealt with vampires and werewolves. In the other world, werewolves and vampires are also the enemies of wizards."

The king raised his head and made a pyramid table in his mind. It is now clear that at the top are the lords of the other world, then the officials (he can guess this without asking Vesalius), and then the commoners. Below the civilians are ordinary werewolves and vampires (he doesn't think wizards will treat those powerful beings equally), and then the aborigines, as Vesalius said, may be monsters and goblins in people's legends.

He didn't know where the bloodlines of wizards came from. For wizards, they were the descendants of gods and humans, but the church always believed that they were the offspring of devils and humans, just like Merlin has always had several backgrounds But it doesn't matter, the king can roughly outline the current situation of the wizarding world-worse than the watch world, fighting against each other, hating each other, with forts all over the small territory, civilians are precarious, and their rulers may not be able to improve Good day pillow.