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, confirmed 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.
