Genshin Impact: I, the Prince of Winter, rule over the world

There is also a lonely grave under the tree, where the most beloved woman of his youth lies.That woman was a girl from the same village with whom he had been married since childhood. She was not pretty, with red lips and white teeth. Capitano had promised her when he went out to explore, and when he became successful, he would come back riding the most beautiful war horse and marry her in style. .

After Capitano joined the Fools, his reputation and status grew higher and higher, and the enemies he faced became more and more cunning and dangerous.Soon, something unfortunate happened. The rebels captured his woman and threatened him to release several prisoners.

If they were ordinary prisoners, they would have been released, but those prisoners were senior generals of the rebels and had extremely high intelligence value. In order to capture them alive, the cavalry team had killed dozens of brothers.

The [servant] Arecino, who was in charge of intelligence work, personally escorted several prisoners to him and persuaded him to take the prisoners back to replace them. However, Capitano said that my brother could not die in vain, and the empire would never trade with the rebels. !

That day, Capitano led the light cavalry on a long-distance attack to rescue the people.On the way, more than a dozen of the strongest war horses died from exhaustion.The cavalrymen usually take care of their horses like wives. When the horse dies, they don't care about being sad. Even if they are running, they have to return to the village as soon as possible.

After all, we were a few steps too late, and when we met again, the simple woman whose face turned red when she touched her hands had already passed away. I heard from the villagers that the rebels killed the woman when they learned that she refused to exchange prisoners.

After burying the woman, the furious Capitano led the cavalry to slaughter the rebel army, and finally took the head of the rebel general back to the village to pay homage to the woman's spirit in heaven.

"Master General, you are here. It's time for Xiaoqing to eat."

A maid from the prince's palace came to report the matter. Seeing the chief executive who could make all the officials tremble even if he sneezed in the court, her face showed a look of pain and despair, and she almost couldn't help but laugh. Come.

Facing the little maid, [Harlequin] Piero did not show any of the majestic official airs he showed just now. Instead, he took the initiative to help her carry the bucket despite the maid's strong objections, and said with a smile: "Xiao Qing was unhappy yesterday. Right? I fed her without even looking at me. You must find a way to help me today, otherwise, His Highness will find Xiaoqing has lost weight when he comes back, and he won’t know how to handle the situation. "

"Master General, you are too polite. I am just a little maid. If you have any work, you can just give me orders." The little maid responded politely, but there was a little pride on her lips. It turned out that this Ding Ding Aside from his cold face, the commander-in-chief of the daimyo is actually a very cute old man.

The day before His Highness the Prince led the delegation to visit, Piero went to see him specially and offered to share His Highness's worries. He said that he would be in trouble with His Highness if they did not arrange tasks for him.His Highness gave him the task of taking care of Xiaoqing and told him to do his best. If Xiaoqing loses weight or becomes unhappy, he will come back to hold him accountable.

The Tongtuo official obviously underestimated this job. On the first day, he accidentally stepped on Xiaoqing's dragon tail. Xiaoqing was furious. The high-temperature dragon flames instantly burned off a lot of his beard and hair. The cave was deserted and fled.Fortunately, he ran fast. If he had been a few steps slower, the commander-in-chief would have become bald.

In the following days, she had to assist Piero to feed Xiao Qing. Even so, the governor was still "bullied" by the vengeful Xiao Qing every day. Either his clothes were burned clean by Long Yan, or his pants were burned. There were several big holes, but luckily she reminded them in time every time, otherwise the governor would not have been laughed out of his face when he went out like this.

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[Doctor] Datore came out of the heavily guarded Solstice Palace and returned to his executive mansion.

Naturally, it cannot be compared with the Prince's Mansion, but it is the largest among the executive officers. When the Queen gave him this manor, she was so excited that it was hard to sleep for days and nights.

When he was expelled from the Sumeru Order, his research was interrupted and he fell into great pain. It was not until [Harlequin] Piero appeared and invited him to go to the Solstice Kingdom to continue his research that he regained hope and agreed to go to the Solstice Kingdom. , join the crowd of fools.

When he was promoted to executive officer, the Queen asked him what his wish was.

He told Her Majesty the Queen that he wanted a spacious manor, preferably equipped with some basic equipment to facilitate research.

Three days later, he obtained this manor, which was formerly the Zhidong Academy of Sciences. It had the most advanced equipment and instruments and was even better than the conditions of the Xumi Order Academy.

Later, he learned that in order to provide him with the best conditions, the Queen had driven the entire institute elsewhere, leaving only the most advanced and comprehensive instruments and equipment for him to use as he pleased.

He understood the world through various taboo experiments, and he also needed someone in the world to understand his ambitions. That person was the Ice Queen, and since then she has made up her mind to serve the Winter Country until death.

However, in such a large manor, he did not hire a large number of servants and servants like other executive officers. Instead, he fired all the original workers here, leaving only a housekeeper who was over sixty years old.

In fact, she was not a housekeeper, but a gardener in this manor. She was mainly responsible for cultivating flowers and pruning plants. She had worked hard here all her life.

Her children died young, and she divorced her husband early in her life. Being dismissed meant she was homeless.

Dotore chose to keep her at first just because she accidentally said that she could cook.

Hearing the footsteps in the room, the old housekeeper walked out of the resting dormitory in his pajamas, respectfully called "Sir Doctor", then turned around and made him a cup of coffee, "Sir, you haven't had dinner yet, have you? The food is all gone" It’s cold, I’ll go to the kitchen to heat it up.”

I don't know whether it was a sip of hot coffee or the old butler's caring words, [Doctor] Dotore only felt warm on his body, "It's too late, you should go and rest."

"Sir, I'm not tired. It's you who really need to rest. You haven't slept for more than ten days."

Accustomed to the sunny and sunny weather in Xumi, Dotore joked in his mind that he might freeze to death in the future when he first came to Zhiwin. Fortunately, he had an old housekeeper at home. No matter whether it was windy, rainy or snowy outside, no matter whether he wanted to or not. When it comes to mealtime, she will get into the kitchen and get busy.

This hint of fireworks made him feel like home.

Dotore doesn't know how to cook. Sometimes when he listens to the clinking of pots and pans from the kitchen, or the sound of the old butler chopping vegetables, he will have a slight illusion, as if the kitchen is more powerful than the floating things everywhere. Chemical smell laboratories are more complex and high-end places.

[Doctor] Dotore always thought that he was lucky to have allowed the old butler to stay.

That day, after completing the injection of the devil's residue for His Royal Highness, he returned home anxiously. The old housekeeper asked him if he was sick. Then he went to look in the mirror and found that his face was pale and he could not even hold the hand holding the mirror. They were all trembling slightly.

As Piero said, things like the devil's residue are extremely high-risk items and are incurable poisons for ordinary people. If the gods are contaminated, they will corrode the godhead.

The human experiments he conducted were all the remains of the devil diluted tens of thousands of times, and the devil's power contained in them was very small. Even so, a large number of experimenters passed out within a few minutes, and he needed to be rescued every time. Save a life.

His Highness the Prince was the only person he had ever seen who was still alive and well after being injected with a large dose of the Demonic God's residue. To be honest, he was really worried that the power of the Demonic God's residue would cause an unknown conflict with the curse of heaven and cause irreversible damage to His Highness's body. Damage, if it really caused such consequences, Her Majesty the Queen would definitely kill him according to her temper.

Under great mental pressure, he returned home and told the old housekeeper about the incident, not to seek advice from the old man, but just to share the incident with others and reduce his irritability.

He also told the old housekeeper that if he died, he should quickly take the money and go out to avoid the limelight.

Unexpectedly, the old butler wiped the dining table calmly and laughed: "Sir [Doctor], I don't understand what the devil's residue is, and I don't understand what you are talking about. I only know one thing, you I have absolutely no intention of harming His Highness the Prince. When my child died, the white-haired man gave the black-haired man a gift, and I looked at the terminally ill child lying on the hospital bed. At that time, my face was as pale as yours now."

When [Doctor] heard this advice, he was silent for a long time, and finally muttered something that only he could hear, "His Royal Highness is trying to protect me, how could I dare to harm him?"

His Highness the Prince suddenly summoned him that day. After he went there, he noticed that His Highness had a bad look on his face, and as expected, he asked him why he was conducting human experiments that violated human ethics.

"It's here to preach again." He thought at the time that the worst he could do if he left the Winter Kingdom was just like he left Sumeru. He couldn't believe that he couldn't find a place where he could concentrate on research in such a vast continent of Teyvat, so he told the story of the plan to create artificial gods. out.

His Royal Highness asked him why you want to create gods. He replied that there are only seven recognized gods. Even if others have power comparable to gods, they still cannot obtain godhead. I want to break the order of heaven.

As for why there are always only seven gods, this question has troubled the Xumi Order Academy for thousands of years, and the answer to this question has not been answered by all the great sages of the Order Academy.

The contemporary great sage Azar had his own opinion, telling him that only by obtaining the wisdom of the Great Ci Tree King could he find the final answer. However, he later discovered that he was just an abandoned son of the Sumeru Order. Guys who claim to be wise are actually arrogant and extreme idiots.

It was only later that he figured out the philosophical answer to this question. Human beings live under the order of heaven. Heaven stipulates that there are only seven persons, so there are only seven persons. Therefore, humans rack their brains to think and search for the so-called answers and truths. However, It's just a meaningless fantasy.

He made this idea public, and all the scholars scorned him, saying that he connected to the void terminal too frequently, which caused mental problems, and thought that another scholar was crazy.

Well, since you don’t believe it, then I will create a god for you!

He told His Royal Highness all these experiences that day, but His Highness praised him greatly and said something that shocked him extremely, "If there are more scholars like you in the Teyvat continent who doubt the nature of the world, then the Queen and I will It will be much easier for Your Majesty to resist the great cause of heaven."

Later, His Highness the Prince also told him that human experiments are not necessary for the god-making project, and the demon god's residue cannot optimize the human body. Dotore, your research has deviated from the direction.

In order to increase his persuasiveness, His Highness the Prince said, "I am willing to be your test subject to test the effect of the Demon God's Residue. I can tell you in advance that the Demon God's Residue does not do any good except causing harm to the human body. It does not do any good to anyone in the outside world. Including Her Majesty the Queen, when they ask you, you have to answer that I want to use the power of the devil's remnants to weaken the curse of heaven in my body, do you understand?"

That day, he was deeply moved.

In order to achieve his goal and verify his wrong ideas, His Royal Highness was willing to be his guinea pig.

When he returned home, he almost collapsed emotionally.

Fortunately, the old housekeeper's words made him feel at ease.

Ps:

Two chapters are combined into one chapter, published together.

Chapter 174: People don’t understand the solstice

In addition to this incident, [Doctor] Dotore still remembered another incident that impressed him deeply on the old butler.

It was that time that he sent more than a dozen sliced ​​prosthetics, the highest-quality replicas among his many clones, to meet His Royal Highness. It took Her Majesty the Queen some time to distinguish his true form from them, and she even praised him at that time. Slicing technology is getting better and better.

If this technology is not perfect and mature enough, and only ordinary humans have a small chance of successful replication, otherwise the Queen plans to use his slicing technology to make ten god clones, "If I have ten lives, will it be enough to resist the law of heaven?" The Queen looked up to the sky and asked this rhetorical question, then asked him to step back and fall into deep thought alone.

That day he found out that Her Majesty the Ice Queen, like everyone else, occasionally fantasizes about her wishes coming true.It's just that ordinary people's fantasies have nothing to do with life, but Her Majesty the Queen's fantasies, or her ambitions, are to overthrow the supreme and eternal Court of Heaven.

If before, he accepted [Harlequin] Piero's invitation to join the Solstice Country just to facilitate blasphemous research, then now, he has touched the soul of the Solstice Country from the Ice Queen. Really decide to tie your own destiny to it and work hard for the same goal.

Why are there only seven gods in the continent of Teyvat?

In the past, he was thinking hard in the Apostolic Academy, but Winter Kingdom had already found a solution to the problem. He felt that he was sorry for seeing each other at such a late date. The blasphemous experiment was not as satisfying as directly upending the world!

In the past, I always felt that no one in the world understood him. In fact, it was he who did not understand Zhidong. In fact, it was the world that did not understand Zhidong.

After coming out of the Winter Palace, he took more than ten pieces of prosthetic bodies to visit His Highness the Prince.

His Royal Highness was receiving a group of children who came to visit him at the orphanage.

The children of the "Hearth House" have the priority to see His Royal Highness the Prince. This is a well-known fact in the Winter Solstice Kingdom. Even if he, the second-ranking executive, has something urgent, he can only follow the rules and communicate with those waiting to see him. Sir, I stood in the cold and windy Prince's courtyard and waited quietly.

A thick layer of snow fell on the official hats and expensive mink coats of the people queuing up, making them look like many snowmen.

Several of them are hereditary dukes and earls who are close relatives of the Queen, and several are civil servants and military generals of the first rank. Which one of them is not a majestic dignitary who attracts everyone's attention when riding in a carriage, but when they get here, they are all He behaved very humbly. No matter how arrogant, domineering, and authoritarian he was in the past, he had restrained his habits. No one dared to show any impatience, and no one dared to urge him.

He, the executive officer, was no exception. He stood for three hours before getting permission to enter. As soon as he entered, he was shocked by the scene in front of him. More than ten children, large and small, were playing hide and seek, ranging from three to four years old. They were all over ten years old and made a mess in His Royal Highness's usually tidiest study room.

Looking down, I saw at my feet was a "Secret Scroll of the Solstice", a work written by a famous writer more than 800 years ago. The writer's personal seal could still be vaguely discerned on the messy footprints. This was not something that could be found anywhere on the market. The visible manuscript is a priceless and unique copy written by the author.

There are also several torn pieces of calligraphy lying in the corner next to it. The handwriting is vigorous and elegant, and it penetrates the back of the paper. It is the original work of a calligrapher more than 600 years ago. It was also displayed in the city's museum at the beginning of the year, and dignitaries wanted to see it. I was so busy trying to get a ticket.

There were also a few naughty children gathered in front of the table, holding paint pens and smearing on an oil painting. The painting turned out to be completed by one of the most famous contemporary painters for a year and a half. Under the guidance of His Royal Highness the Prince, A landscape painting presented as a gift at the second anniversary ceremony. At that time, many collectors asserted that in another hundred years, this painting would definitely become a masterpiece.

Although he doesn't like antiques, calligraphy and paintings, he still knows the cultural value contained in them. Even he feels that these naughty children are completely wasting their natural resources. What's more, the civil servants waiting outside the house may vomit blood if they come in soon. A few couldn't stand the stimulation and fainted.

And on the neck of His Highness the Prince, there was actually a little boy over three years old with a bare head riding on his neck. He could not even speak clearly. At this time, he was amused by His Highness and giggled. His saliva dripped from the corner of his mouth. His Highness's head and face.After thinking for a long time, he couldn't remember which minister's precious son this was, but then again, I'm afraid even Her Majesty the Queen's biological son wouldn't dare to act like this.

The naughty children noticed that ten identical people came in, and their attention was immediately attracted. They all gathered around him and looked at each prosthetic body curiously.

His Royal Highness the Prince said kindly to sit anywhere, but he was so surprised that he could not speak.

Because when His Royal Highness the Prince was speaking, his eyes were always focused on his body!

Obviously, His Highness recognized which one was the real body at first sight.

He asked His Royal Highness the identity of these children. His Highness pointed to the six oldest children and said that they were secret spies who were about to go abroad to perform intelligence missions.

Secret spies are a special kind of spy in the Winter Kingdom. Unlike other spies who collect intelligence, secret spies usually perform the most dangerous undercover missions. In order to keep their identities confidential, they can never return to Winter, even if the mission is completed. We must continue to lurk, waiting for the call from superiors to be activated again one day in the future.

The most famous spy in the history of the Winter Kingdom has been operating in Liyue for three generations. If he was not discovered by Morax at the last moment, he almost ran for the position of "Tianquan Star", the first of the "Seven Stars of Liyue" more than 100 years ago. .

Because they have mastered a large amount of secrets and intelligence, once the spy's identity is exposed, it means the end of his life. Therefore, every spy is the pride of the Winter Country.

But this time, the mission of these secret spies is no longer to monitor the Seven Kingdoms, but to find the spies placed by Tianli among the Seven Kingdoms.In addition to supporting the Seven Gods as agents to manage the Seven Kingdoms, Tianli also secretly cultivates spies and informants among the human race to serve it.

This is not a secret. The reason why Tianli was able to accurately grasp the internal situation of Kanria was precisely because he developed a large number of spies in Kanria, which helped Tianli eliminate Kanria in a very short time.To sum up in a sentence from a later historian, Kanria was infiltrated into a sieve by Tianli's intelligence agents, and the "traitor" accelerated the demise of Kanria.

The six children in front of them have only one mission in their lives from now on, which is to find the "traitors" hidden among humans and prevent them from transmitting information to Tianli.

Today is their last close face-to-face contact with His Highness. Once they start performing their mission, they will never be close to His Highness again in this life. In the future, they will never allow any emotional fluctuations when they see His Highness again at any place or on any occasion.

In their hearts, the person they admire the most is His Royal Highness. This is probably more uncomfortable than killing them.

Chapter 175 For the winter, for the glory

His Royal Highness pointed to the two children next to him and said that they are both children of heroes.

The Winter Kingdom is actually among the seven kingdoms. The period of peace is the shortest and the period of war is the longest.

Due to the fall of the Ice Queen 500 years ago, the new Ice Queen's temperament changed drastically. She regarded the other six countries as lackeys and accomplices of heaven. She adopted a militaristic policy and continued to squeeze the strategic living space of the other six countries. In the past 500 years, Over the years, countless small-scale wars broke out with the armies of the six countries on land and at sea.

Coupled with the long-term internal fighting among the eleven executive officers, the civil and military officials formed cliques, and separatist forces and rebels often appeared in the empire's territory.

In addition, on the northern border, bordering the ruins of the ancient country of Kanria, in order to resist the invasion of alchemy monsters and dark creatures, there will be 10,000+ soldier casualties every year.

The parents of the two children introduced to him by His Highness the Prince died on the battlefield to protect their wounded comrades. They were later adopted by Arlecino. They spent their entire childhood in the Hearth House. Today is the birthday of the two children. It is also the death anniversary of their parents.

His Royal Highness told him that if these precious antique calligraphy and paintings can be used to let the children know that someone will care about them as much as their biological parents, and treat them as more valuable than the antique calligraphy and painting, even if it is a kind of doting, it will be a sign of their parents' spirit in heaven. The best comfort is the best training for children.

At that moment, he suddenly realized that this matter would soon spread, and every warrior on the battlefield would risk his life in the future, because behind them there was a great prince who would respect their sacrifices and take good care of their descendants. .

He then respectfully asked His Highness the Prince who was the little boy riding on his neck, but His Highness smiled and said that you had misjudged Dotore. She was a beautiful girl. Due to her special constitution, her hair contained a certain Substances that delay the spread of cancer cells.Ever since she was born, every time her hair started to grow, it would be shaved off and used to save people. Over time, she became bald. When I first saw her, like you, I thought she was a little boy. Who would have thought she was a little boy? A little princess.

The world is full of wonders. If what His Highness the Prince said is true, this little girl is like a moving human-shaped potion. Her hair can actually delay the life of cancer patients. But there is no doubt that when the little girl grows up, she may become like this. You can only stay bald forever in your life, and you must be careful at all times to prevent being kidnapped or murdered by bad guys with ulterior motives.

Since the little girl was sent to the orphanage, her parents were obviously gone. Then she heard His Royal Highness say that the child's parents were brutally killed by thugs who broke into the home to protect her. Dotore, I have a suggestion. Wait until we put this On that day when the sky turns upside down, how about everyone join her in shaving her head.

The remaining few children were ordinary, but because they were their childhood playmates, they received an exclusive interview with His Highness. Many years later, these children and their playmates will remember the mess they made in His Highness's study. He cherished the precious friendship based on his deeds. When he grew up, he casually walked into an unpopular but noisy tavern, drank strong drinks, and bragged about this story to the strangers around him, and burst into tears.

At that moment, he knelt down on one knee respectfully, bit his lip tightly and said the slogan that everyone must shout in unison every time he goes to court in the Winter Palace, "For Winter, for Glory."

This time the feeling is different from usual.

When the naughty children heard these eight words, they instinctively knelt down with him. Even the bald little girl on His Royal Highness's neck calmed down, as if she had grown up in that moment.Among them, the four oldest children, who were about to be sent as secret spies, kowtowed deeply to His Highness the Prince, then rushed over to hug the Prince and cried loudly.

That day he returned to the manor, sat at the dinner table and chatted with the old housekeeper, telling the story of how he brought ten sliced ​​prosthetics to see His Highness, but was instantly seen through. Did it.His Highness's study room was full of children just now. It was not convenient for him to ask, and he was too embarrassed to ask.

The old housekeeper opened his cloudy eyes and said, "His Royal Highness treats you as a relative."

He was stunned for a moment and asked why, but the old housekeeper said, you let ten prosthetics be sliced ​​out.Then it took the old housekeeper a few minutes to identify the true identity.

He was dejected, and that was all, His Highness. The proud slice clone was so easily seen through by the old butler who didn't understand elemental power at all, and he began to doubt whether the previous research results had failed.

The old butler told him earnestly that the appearance and voice of the ten prosthetics were no different from his own, but there were slight differences in personality, which technology could not make up for.Just like a pair of newborn twins, outsiders often can't tell who is who, but a mother who loves her children in her heart and always pays attention to her children must be able to.

The old butler rolled up his sleeves and said happily that His Highness the Prince values ​​you, and you must behave well.

He smiled and nodded.

Sometimes the simplest truths are often the most convincing.

After these two incidents, he began to unconditionally trust this old butler who asked for help.

[Doctor] After Dotore finished dinner, the old housekeeper said while clearing the table: "Sir, a few people came here in the afternoon with bad words. They said they were here to ask for money. You bought a batch of experimental equipment from the black market last time. Today The repayment period has passed.”