A Bouquet for the Countess of Monte Cristo [Classic Literature Crossover]

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A brainless Mary Sue story. Everyone will fall for the female lead. A gender-swapped Count of Monte Cristo, not a transmigration story. The heroine has power and influence behind the scenes and can do anything. In public, she's a delicate, pitiful, affection-starved airhead, while she operates a whole world of secret identities.

There are major changes, including a little time manipulation. Characters from works set in the same period all share one universe. A crossover with The Red and the Black, Les Miserables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, the Sherlock Holmes stories, and more.

A countess, a wealthy woman, adored by all?

A tyrant, a priest, a benefactor to people from every walk of life?

The political rising star Julien Sorel owes his fortune to the Count of Monte Cristo. Miss Grandet, the richest person in Saumur, welcomes Miss Heidi, who came from Paris. The great detective is intrigued by someone hidden behind the curtains, known by the code name Sailor Sinbad. And Mayor Madeleine of Montreuil, a French seaside town, is forever grateful to Father Bouin.

Who is she?

"I'm a ghost, a ghost who was killed long ago," said the black-haired woman. Her pale yellow eyes were like the moon over the wilderness, showing no pity for a starving pack of wolves.

And yet, my friend, I consider myself an apostle of God. A father's debts must be repaid by his children, and so it should be for seven generations.

But where will her salvation be found?

An upcoming story: Will the Elf King Dream of a Succubus?

Celia is the famous Rose Countess of Eshe City. The black-haired, red-eyed succubus is wicked by nature, commits every kind of evil, and is breathtakingly beautiful.

Wanting to get some fresh air in the territory of the light, Celia volunteered to the Demon King for a mission: seduce the powerful and radiant Elf King and steal the gem called the Heart of the Forest, the source of their power and blessings.

Celia thought her disguise was flawless, until she was executed with a single sword strike at the temple entrance, just one step away from the gem.

Celia decided to keep up the basic professionalism of an actor until the very last second. Grabbing the lapels of the golden-haired, blue-eyed Elf King, she gave him an enigmatic smile and, spitting blood, said with deep affection, "So you really did figure me out. That's nice, too."

After her mission failed, Celia tossed and turned in her two-hundred-square-meter bed, getting angrier the more she thought about it. Ten years later, after restoring her body and soul, she returned to the place where it all happened.

She heard that the Elf King had never married, and that the body of his beloved, who had died tragically young, was kept in the Valley of Flowers.

Standing before the crystal coffin, Celia looked at the familiar face, the body of the previous doll she had made with her own hands, and fell into deep thought.

Something seemed to be very wrong.

Theme: People have to fight for their own happiness.