You and me under the world tree

"Not everyone can bear this, and if you do this, there is no way to turn back, Sead."

Faced with Wittig's warning, Sead just closed his eyes.

Of course he has considered this kind of thing, and he also understands that Wittig's warning is not a deterrent, but a fact.

but……

"help me."

"Sead, you..."

"help me!"

Chapter 19: Just do your best, there's no shame in it

Wittig fell silent.

Sead's voice is not loud, but it is extremely powerful.

But, he heard a tremor.

That's right, just like the self who decided to face Etzel back then.

Although it seems that some kind of decision has been made, but the bottom of my heart is still afraid.

After all, no one wants to die, and no one wants to lose everything they have now.

"Human beings are actually very fragile, Sead."

Thinking of this, Wittig couldn't help whispering.

"And your brother is just a special case in a certain way. Not everyone has the opportunity and good luck like him. In general, even if ordinary people are transformed into animals, their sanity will be completely torn apart by the wild. , do you know what that means?"

"..."

Sead said nothing.

At that moment, he didn't even look at Wittig, his eyes just moved down, and he looked at the jar of dragon's blood on his table.

Why doesn't he understand?

The so-called rationality being torn to shreds means that his consciousness will be completely swallowed and reduced to a transformed beast.

In other words, even if this ritual is completely successful, he will completely become a fire dragon.

"Once this kind of 'transformation' succeeds, it means that you completely give up your identity as a human being, not to mention what the cognitive 'existence' is like, and you will lose your self-cognition alone."

It's not a pure shape change after all.

"And when the time comes, even if I find a way to separate your 'wildness', your sanity and human side will be torn apart."

Having said that, he felt that he had made it very clear.

After all, his approach is different from that of Studus.

Studdus is still human in essence, he just separated out his own transformation curse, just like a human puts on a suit of armor.

The inner core is still his own consciousness.

But Sead's approach is to push his rationality and human side to a dead end.

"There is no fluke in this kind of thing, Sead."

Of course, he hoped that Sead would give up this bad idea and seek some other safer ways to deal with it.

However, at this moment, Wittig couldn't see the look he wanted to see.

Sead was still sitting there, and that silence had actually expressed his attitude.

However, Wittig can also see that His Royal Highness is not at all peaceful at this time.

His fists were clenched, and his body tensed.

As for the expression, it is even more difficult to describe it with pure words.

It is very complicated, and there are even a variety of emotions mixed in it, bravery, perseverance, madness, sadness, and helplessness, but there is no regret in it.

He's not backing down on that, not by any means.

In the end, His Royal Highness the Great Prince sighed.

With a deep breath, the complicated expression disappeared from his face, and what remained was only a touch of determination.

Then, he spoke slowly:

"Wittig, help me."

Maybe he should have something else to say.

In Wittig's eyes, the eldest prince had already unconsciously bit his lips to draw blood.

He is resentful, he is disturbed.

But in Sead's view, there seems to be no way now.

The Norwegian invading army is in sight, and whether it is Gothic or the Netherlands, these support will take time, and before the arrival of the reinforcements, Gitland is bound to face off with Norway.

"Rose City is actually the last line of defense, Wittig, our royal city is behind us."

Can't we just abandon the royal city and head towards the western region?

It was the former Danish area, and when the Goths completely annexed Denmark, they also allocated a piece of land to the current Gitland with a big wave of their hands.

It should be fine there.

Wittig wanted to say that, but just before that, he heard Sead's voice.

"We're not going to evacuate."

"Is this the pride of the Geat royal family? Or is it for the stability of the kingdom?"

"Neither, in fact, I asked my father to arrange the evacuation of the people long ago, and now King Yeat is also ready for battle."

Sead slowly closed his eyes.

There are some things that he has considered early on.

Even though he had decided to put all his eggs in one basket, he couldn't force his people to join him.

And just like he moved away the residents around Rose City in advance, he made the same suggestion to his father.

"Father, he has fully disclosed the current situation and handed over the power of choice to the people."

"..."

Hearing this, Wittig raised his eyes.

A feeling of emotion suddenly appeared in his heart.

How should I put it, carefully snapped his fingers, he knew quite a few monarchs.

Most of the monarchs are extremely confident, such as Dietrich, the triumphant king he once loyal to, is such a person.

Her self-confidence has even reached the point of pride.

And relying on her own strength, she can laugh at herself as a tyrant, but she can also call out that she is a goth.

At the same time, the Lord of Hosts in the Netherlands did the same.

Although he had always put the people of the Netherlands in the main position in previous trials and enthronement ceremonies, his promises were also made in his own name.

He believes that he can do it, which is also a kind of self-confidence.

It may be because of the high position and weight. In fact, looking at the world today, most monarchs are proud.

But the King of Gitland and his eldest son were different.

Should it be because Gitland's own environment can't make them proud?

Or was his uncle the king good at learning his lesson?

But in any case, Wittig thinks this is not a bad thing.

During the period guarding the Gothic eastern frontier, he

"At least the people have the right to choose."

"Yes, if people want to evacuate, then we will arrange for them to go to what is now the eastern border, where several new towns have been established, and immigrants are also needed."

Then, there was another enigmatic silence.

"Haven't you already made arrangements?"

After realizing that he really couldn't pick any thorns, Wittig couldn't help but speak.

From a certain point of view, this may not be the optimal solution for being a king and ruler.

Because announcing the kingdom's crisis at this time will inevitably cause some confusion, and even have a certain blow to reputation.

However, at least he has enough opportunity to protect most of the people.

"It's not impossible to demobilize the troops and fight guerrillas everywhere. Anyway, we just need to wait until the reinforcements from the Netherlands and Goths arrive."

"..."

Faced with Wittig's persuasion, Sead still did not speak.

And the way he bowed his head inevitably made the Silver Snake Warrior feel a little impatient.

"You really don't need to seek such extreme means, really..."

After a long time, he spoke.

However, Sead just stared at the dragon blood in his hand, as if distracted, and Wittig was not sure if he was listening to himself.

After gritting his teeth, he still spoke out what was in his heart.

"Retreat if it doesn't work, and retreat after exhausting all means. This is not too much."

Chapter 20: The dignity of the royal family

If it doesn't work, retreat.

This is the attitude Wittig wants to express.

In his view, Sead can do this.

Because just like he said, it is not too much or shameful to retreat when the means are completely exhausted.

Moreover, in fact, the fundamental purpose of this war is very clear.

Norway wants to completely conquer Gitland, so for Gitland, when the frontal battlefield is almost hopeless, what needs to be done is "persistence".

From a strategic point of view, they only need to wait until the aid of the Netherlands and Goths arrives.

The continuous evacuation and let Norway encroach on the land is obviously an extreme but useful method.

However, when Wittig said that, Sead turned his gaze away.

He didn't look at the silver snake warrior at all.

"Can I ask a question?"

As if he didn't take what Wittig said to heart at all, Sead asked calmly.

Although Wittig was a little dissatisfied with his attitude of completely ignoring the wind, he still nodded slowly.

"Just ask."

"What were you thinking at the time?"

For a while, Wittig was speechless.

"What do you want to say?"

Having said that, his voice also subconsciously slowed down.

In fact, at the moment when this subconscious question blurted out, he felt that he had probably understood Sead's thoughts.

He knew what His Royal Highness wanted to say.

But it was precisely because of this that he stared at him intently.

Watch him say what he thinks: