The Dragon That Devours the World

(Fix a mistake. I said before that the population of France was 5 million. In fact, it was the figure in the early Middle Ages. I was wrong... In the late period, the French population had reached 20 million, which is very huge)

Inside the Chinon Castle on February 25, 1429.

Château Chinon, this is a castle located behind the Loire River, the terrain is difficult, Henry II moved here, and later built it into a difficult fortress to conquer. During the Anglo-French War, the crown prince always lived here and issued various orders from this castle.

In a sense, this castle seems to be the political center of the whole of France, although...the whole of France is already in danger.

Only a few tens of miles away from Chinon is Orleans, and it is also the front line between Britain and France at this moment. France at this moment can be said to be supported by the defense line constructed by the Loire River and the city of Orleans. Chinon in the center is less than a hundred miles away from the front line. It is indeed the most difficult moment for France.

Once Orleans fell, the Loire could no longer be held. The English army directly crossed the Loire. Under the attack from north to south, France would no longer have any chance. The eight-year-old King Henry VI of England will also rule France, and will also have two crowns of England and France. By then, he will also become the most powerful monarch in the entire continent.

So, what if Chinon is only tens of miles away from the frontline? Where can France at this moment retreat? Enemy everywhere, losing streak in a row, it is already impossible to retreat.

On this day, in Chinon Castle, there was a rare sound of singing and dancing. Numerous noble men and women are invited to the banquet here. Clowns, magicians, and musicians are not grand but they are complete enough.

"Oh……"

The laughter and exclamation between men and women sounded from time to time, but as the host of the banquet, Prince Charles was not happy. He was still thinking about the battle on the front line.

Orleans has been under siege for four months. There is no food supply and no foreign aid. No one knows when Orleans will fall. This life-and-death matter makes Charlie anxious, even if he is surrounded by food and singing and dancing. pharynx.

The minister on the side noticed his complicated emotions and said to the crown prince in front of him.

"His Royal Highness, why don't you use meals?"

Charlie shook and sighed.

"How can I eat in this situation."

The minister in front of him looked at the frustrated prince in front of him, and quietly ordered the guards to terminate the banquet and let the prince be quiet for a while.

The crown prince Charlie next to him stared at the food in front of him in a daze. There is no doubt that he is a crown prince who is extremely embarrassed.

His father was mentally ill, and it was because the failure of the Battle of Akujin caused the entire kingdom to lose nearly half of the nobles, and he was forced to agree to inherit the throne to King Henry V of England after his death. The Anglo-French Hundred Years War originally had its results at the time of Henry V, but who would have thought that the two kings would die almost at the same time. This gave the French nobles an excuse to refuse to recognize the current King Henry VI of England. that power.

And the one who didn’t like his mother Isaboo, even more openly declared that he was not the biological child of Charles VI, but that she and his lover gave birth, although Charlie denied it directly, claiming that his mother was coerced by the British. Yes, but he doesn't even know the truth.

As the crown prince, he is even more in debt.

The Queen of Sicily, the Royal Minister of the Seal, and even his cook are his creditors. Many merchants have borrowed a lot of usury from him. Even the fish he eats are pond fish raised by local priests in Boer. Therefore, the priests are also his creditors of course. He stayed in Chinon Castle and he didn't mean to hide his debts...

No matter how you look at it, this country seems to have no hope, so that an idea suddenly emerged in Charlie's heart.

"Maybe...it would be better for me to retire?"

Would it be better to give up this inborn throne?

He is the Crown Prince of France, but also the Earl of Anjou. He has a large number of in-laws in England and France. Even if he gives up the throne, his in-laws can protect him. Even if Henry VI really dared to ignore the opposition of the nobles and insisted on cutting the grass and roots, he would just hide in his Anjou territory.

This thought was so strong that Charlie's heart was about to move, but at this moment...

...

"The saint of Lorraine?"

Listening to the messenger's words dumbfounded, Charlie didn't answer directly. Instead, he first looked at the minister beside him. Only the minister could understand the confusion in his eyes, but the minister looked at the prince's eyes and said straightforwardly.

"It's not my arrangement."

In the Lorraine region, there is a prophecy that has been circulating for a long time, "One woman will destroy the Kingdom of France, and another woman will revitalize the Kingdom of France."

For the courtiers of the prince, the first woman was the prince’s mother, she was a big trouble, but no one knew about the second woman. In order to use this prophecy, the crown prince concocted several saints of Lorraine, hoping to boost the morale of the public, but none of them worked...

Therefore, when he heard that another saint of Lorraine had come, the crown prince almost thought it was a matter of the minister again.

"What kind of girl is that?"

The crown prince asked the messenger immediately, and then the messenger did not dare to neglect, and spoke in detail.

"That was a civilian girl from the village of Donremi in the Lorraine region. She claimed that she had listened to the voice of God since she was thirteen years old. God ordered her to help the crown prince ascend to the throne of France... Now, that girl is in the castle. Besides, waiting for your Highness's call at any time."

After asking the messenger in detail, the crown prince began to ponder. This saint of Lorraine was different from the several saints of Lorraine he had concocted before. Her reputation has been accompanied by her bold and courageous behavior at this moment. Spread all over the area passed by.

However, the crown prince was still hesitating. He didn't know what this girl who claimed to be listening to the voice of God meant.

"perhaps……"

A thought flashed in his mind that he couldn't believe it.

Two days later, the prince’s consultants repeatedly discussed it several times. They had very different opinions on whether to meet the girl. Some people suspected that she was an assassin. Others felt that the situation was like this, even if the interview was fine.

But in the end, the hesitant crown prince gritted his teeth and resisted all the arguments~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and decided directly.

"Whether it's true or not, if I don't even dare to see a woman, I'm still a crown prince."

However, the prince was not completely so reckless, in the castle, he said to the courtier in front of him.

"However, in order to prevent her from being an assassin and to test her true or false, I decided to do a little test..."

...

So, after waiting for two days outside the castle, the girl from Lorraine who claimed to have received the apocalypse was finally able to enter the castle.

"Go in."

The guard who always guarded the gate of the castle carefully looked at the woman wearing the burqa in front of him, and after confirming that she did not have a weapon, she said immediately.

The woman in the burqa nodded, then lifted the hood on top of her head to keep out the cold, revealing her blond hair and a pair of bright eyes. She looked at the inside of the castle wide open in front of her curiously, and then the girl stepped in. In this castle.