King's Landing in France

Chapter 46 Fighting
As the days at the Brienne Military Academy wore on, Napoleon began to grow.

But it is a pity that other people are either older than him, or have good nutrition and develop early, in short, they all start growing early.

Not to mention An Ning, who was already an adult.

So in the end, Napoleon is still the shortest person in the class or even in the grade.

As long as An Ning, the "backer", is not with Napoleon, he will inevitably be ridiculed by his classmates as "Corsican potatoes".

One day after the beginning of summer, An Ning's military uniform had a big tear, which was beyond what Fanny's needlework could handle, so she went to a tailor in the city to mend the clothes.

When he came out of the tailor shop after patching up his uniform, he saw a group of cadets from the Brienne Military Academy running past excitedly.

The leader shouted, "Hurry up, if you go too slowly you won't see it. Corsican potatoes are dueling!"

An Ning was shocked.

Napoleon was indeed sensitive and irritable, but because An Ning, his "ally", was always by his side, his mood swings were within an acceptable range.

And Napoleon should have been used to being laughed at by his classmates.

He is often appreciated by the monks who teach cultural classes in the school, and he maintains his self-esteem by relying on this appreciation.

Theoretically speaking, there shouldn't be such a violent outbreak.

An Ning hurriedly caught up with the cadets and asked loudly, "What's going on? Has someone challenged Napoleon to a duel?"

At this time, An Ning still felt that Napoleon was too mean and offended some nobleman, and then his gloves were thrown away.

But the leading cadet replied: "That's not it! He threw his glove at others! Now he is being pinned to the ground for repairs!"

An Ning raised her eyebrows, turned her head to Fanny who was mending his clothes and said, "Go back by yourself, I'll go and have a look."

Then he ran with the cadets who were much younger than him.

Fanny hugged the patched clothes, sighed, and started walking home.

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When An Ning rushed to the scene with a group of cadets, the cadets had already surrounded the two fighters.

The onlookers cheered Napoleon's opponent one-sidedly: "Fuck the little Corsican!"

"Hammer him to death!"

An Ning was blocked outside and couldn't get in, so she could only yell to open the way: "Stop! The school rules stipulate that if you fight in school, you will be locked up!"

As soon as the people on the periphery turned their heads and saw An Ning, they stepped back and shouted: "The servant of Corsican potatoes is here!"

An Ning said angrily: "I am not a servant of anyone! When will you learn to respect the personality of common people?"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone said in a strange voice: "Where do rude civilians get their personality?"

An Ning speaks Latin directly. At this time, other European countries regard being able to speak French as a symbol of culture, while in France, being able to speak Latin is the most compelling.

An Ning angrily reprimanded in Latin: "A person's knowledge depends on his upbringing, you bunch of ignorant guys know nothing!"

Then he switched back to French, because most of these noble young masters were not very good at studying, and their Latin scores were very low.

An Ning: "Look! You don't even know what I'm scolding you for. What right do ignorant pigs have to pretend to be elegant in front of me? Rather, you bastards are embarrassing your own title!"

The suppressive effect brought by the Latin language, coupled with An Ning's personal force, immediately had an outstanding effect.

The cadets were all wilted.

"Get out of the way! Let me in!" An Ning shouted.

The crowd in front of him divided like Moses divided the sea, and he finally saw clearly Napoleon in the innermost part of the crowd.

The short Napoleon was pressed down by a cadet who was many years older than him, but he did not admit defeat, and was still trying to gouge the face of the person who suppressed him with his hands, leaving two blood marks.

An Ning shouted, "Okay! Let go!"

However, his voice was ignored by Napoleon's opponent, so An Ning went up and punched his opponent in the face.

He has never had any worries about these nobles.

Anyway, his backer is the duke, the top nobleman in France, who even has the right to inherit the throne.

The guy riding Napoleon was punched by An Ning and flew to the side, spitting on the ground with broken teeth and blood foam.

Napoleon was finally liberated, he stood up, and immediately ran to the flower bed next to him, picked up the hoe beside the flower bed and waved it to settle accounts with the fallen enemies.

An Ning grabbed Napoleon: "That's enough! If you go up and beat him now, you will get into trouble! You don't want to be murdered, do you? What's going on?"

Napoleon angrily pointed at the man lying on the ground and shouted: "He said my father was a traitor from Corsica! He betrayed Pauli! He said I was the son of a traitor!"

The man on the ground turned over and got up, sneered: "Are you not? You are now a French nobleman, registered with the Civil Service Bureau, and officially certified as a nobleman! This is the reward for betraying Corsica!"

Napoleon said angrily: "No!"

"No? Then where did you get the money for your studies? I have heard that His Majesty the King rewarded your father like a dog, rewarding him for serving France for ten years! Your father, the sergeant, betrayed Corsica has been ten years!"

The furious Napoleon wanted to charge up again brandishing a hoe, but An Ning stopped him.

"Don't let anger replace your reason!" An Ning said loudly, "Think about what you told me before!"

Napoleon told An Ning more than once that he didn't want to be as knowledgeable as "these idiots" and that he would use the knowledge he learned from France to liberate Corsica in the future.

He said that these domineering classmates are his future defeats, and they are not worthy of his current anger.

But obviously these words have been thrown behind Napoleon in a rage.

After An Ning's reminder, Napoleon seemed to finally recall those words, and his anger gradually extinguished.

He shook off An Ning's hand holding his shoulder, and glared at the enemy who had just gotten up: "Hmph, let's celebrate, it's Andy who is here today, and you saved your life!"

The big boy who was several heads taller than Napoleon spit on the ground and said angrily: "Wrong, if he doesn't come, you will be naked and bruised this time! You will be ashamed for the rest of your life. Into the classroom!"

An Ning: "Enough! Get lost!"

His roar was quite intimidating.

The guy who bullied Napoleon walked away cursing, not caring about An Ning who just knocked out his teeth with a punch.

He probably didn't dare to care about it, because he was afraid that An Ning would really fight him.

Seeing this scene, the non-commissioned officers who were watching also dispersed in twos and threes, and only An Ning and Napoleon were left in the entire garden.

Napoleon wiped his face and said cursingly: "I'm fed up with the ridicule of these foreign boys. They are just richer than me, and far less noble than me in spirit! I want to write to my father and I want to go back to Corsica Go, join the fight in Corsica!"

An Ning remembered that Napoleon's biography did record that he wrote a similar letter to his father, wanting to return to Corsica.

Anning recalls Napoleon's father's simple response: "We don't have money, so you have to stay there."

An Ning: "Did you know, Napoleon, there is a fable about the ancient country in the East."

Napoleon asked suspiciously: "An ancient country in the East? Is it India?"

"No, no, it is a country further east than India, the land of gold described by Marco Polo. That fable says that if God wants to entrust a person with a heavy responsibility, he must first work hard on his mind and body—that is, Let him suffer. Napoleon, all the suffering you have experienced today is for the prosperity of the future."

Napoleon pursed his lips, apparently waiting for An Ning to continue.

An Ning: "You should learn knowledge in France and wait for the opportunity. When the opportunity comes, you will not only be able to liberate Corsica."

Napoleon frowned: "But I don't care about any other place except Corsica, except my hometown."

——That is now, it will change in the future.

An Ning: "If you are willing to write a letter to your father, just do it, but before writing, think about your family's situation, think about your family conditions, and calmly speculate whether he will agree."

Napoleon was silent for a few seconds, then shook his head: "No, my father won't agree."

An Ning: "Right, you only need to think about this kind of thing for a while. Napoleon, use your brain and don't act on impulse."

Napoleon held back for a while, then sighed: "You are right, I was too impulsive. I'm sorry."

An Ning was taken aback.

What the hell, that Napoleon apologized to me?
(End of this chapter)