You and me under the world tree

This is the Queen of Goth and the wife of King Dietmar. She is actually almost 40 now, but her fair skin still gives people a sense of firmness that can be broken by blows and bullets.

She is well maintained and has enough money in the Gothic Kingdom to support her expenses, which can make her what she is today.

However, this woman does not look easy to mess with now.

She just walked slowly to the crib, ignoring that she was only wearing silk pajamas.

Then, she bent down, regardless of her beautiful figure being exposed, and then gently patted her child.

"Good~ good." She whispered

After finally putting the child back to sleep, she turned her head and stared at her older husband.

"Dietmar..." Instead of addressing him by his nickname, the queen directly called him by his first name, and the queen said angrily, "I finally put the child to sleep, what are you doing now?"

Then, at this moment, King Dittmar looked a little embarrassed.

"I just want to see our kids..."

Chapter 35: Once Gothic

To the outside world, Dittmar is a strict, almost cruel king. Because of this, the power he has accumulated since he took the throne is enough to overwhelm most people.

After all, in the era of King Dietmar, the entire Gothic was in a state of internal and external troubles.

Even if his father, King Angnar, is good in himself, he can't change this sad fact: the Gothic Kingdom was once extremely weak.

His father, King Angnar, was very talented and believed that under his leadership, the entire kingdom would usher in unprecedented glory.

But then a bad thing happened: Siegmund re-established the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

When Angnar finally defeated his uncle Yamguna and inherited the throne and turned his eyes outside, Siegmund had revived his kingdom in the northwest of Midgard.

At that time, the Volsung family was still expanding outwards.

The neighboring kingdoms of Burgundy, Gothic and even Denmark have basically been beaten, and the territory of the Netherlands annexed by the Gothic kingdom through conspiracy was also forced to spit out.

Of course Angnar was not happy. Who would be able to sit on the throne without black hearts?

For that seat, relatives who usually seem extremely harmonious can turn against each other.

Angnar is certainly not the kind of person who would obediently spit out the territory his brother annexed through conspiracy and trickery, so at the beginning he also thought about putting down the rebellion of the 'Volsong Clan'.

However, the Gothic Kingdom annexed the territory of the Netherlands through intrigue and trickery for more than ten years, not even 20 years.

Perhaps the new generation of young people have gotten used to the rule of the Hengding family supported by the Gothic Kingdom, but those people are just teenagers, and there are actually more old people who are used to and miss the Volsung family.

Not to mention, the Volsung family at that time was accompanied by Valkyrie.

According to legend, that Valkyrie is still the current leader of the Valkyrie, the Goddess of Storms, Slude.

It is conceivable how prosperous the Volsung family was at that time.

Originally, Angnar originally wanted to take advantage of the unstable moment in the Netherlands to launch an attack and quickly suppress the 'rebellion'.

As Sigil's younger brother, he knew exactly what terrible things his elder brother had done.

Regardless of the process, the result is that almost all of the Volsung family died, and the real Volsung family left only Siegmund himself and his child Simfiotley.

There are only two people, which means that their grass-roots logistics team has not been set up.

And at this time to attack them in all directions, even if no frontal battle broke out, their newly established kingdom regime would soon be wiped out.

Because a kingdom without a complete system is extremely fragile, Agnar believed in this.

Therefore, he communicated with the Kingdom of Burgundy at that time, and the two sides hit it off.

The Gothic Kingdom agreed to cede part of the land belonging to the Netherlands, and at the cost of asking the Kingdom of Burgundy to send troops, plus the Hengding family who originally lived in the Netherlands and Denmark, which was like a grass on the wall, so The four-sided offensive formed a siege.

In the eyes of Angnar and other kings at the time, this strategy was simple and effective.

Because there is only one holy sword of wrath, it means that they can only function on one battlefield.

If Siegmund participated in one of the battlefields, it meant that he had to give up the other places.

The holy sword of wrath may be able to protect the city of Volsung, but other lands will definitely be eaten away.

Then there is no more then.

Agnar's plan failed, and Siegmund launched an attack as if he had lost his mind, and even led his army into the original territory of the Gothic Kingdom alone.

But it was in this situation that should have created an emptiness in the rear, the new kingdom of the Netherlands withstood the joint attack of other kingdoms, and even the kingdom of Burgundy, which was thriving at the time, failed.

It was also at that time that a name came into their field of vision: Hodder.

Although he seems to have known Siegmund since he was still hiding in the forest, it was during the founding battles of the Netherlands that he really became famous.

When Siegmund and his children were slaughtered in front like hunting wolves, he sat alone in the royal city and took up the logistics work alone.

Even though there were no lords at that time, he survived.

Then, because Siegmund had won consecutive battles on the front line, after an army swept around the border, the Valkyrie came forward to mediate.

The reason why the Valkyrie came forward to mediate was because the fighting power of the Siegmund clan was too strong. If they didn't mediate, they could even penetrate the defense line all the way and hit the king city.

Agnar has always been brooding over this matter, and the battle that he originally wanted to make famous has achieved the man's invincible reputation.

In the end, because of this incident, the Gothic Kingdom was on the verge of collapse, and Angnar, as the king, obviously had a lot of things to do.

Because in the process of mediation, one thing spread like wildfire: the Valkyrie who originally represented the Gothic kingdom disappeared.

The woman named Brunhilde has disappeared since she appeared after Agnar's coronation ceremony, and even the mediation of the Valkyrie did not appear.

And what does the disappearance of the Valkyrie mean to the Gothic Kingdom?

it's chaos...

Because the Valkyries did not re-establish Angnar's 'legal' dominance after his defeat, some lords in the Gothic Kingdom were just about to move.

Under such circumstances, Angnar, who had just faced a defeat, had no choice but to devote himself to another 'counter-insurgency'.

Since Harald, the war-toothed king, the disadvantages of the lordship system have been established, and Angnar was also the lord (king) of one party before he became the supreme king of Goths. Basically, he has to check and balance those lords.

Countering rebellion by force, various alliances or benefits, this kind of political struggle has always filled the entire kingdom and Angnar's life.

Dittmar was born in such an environment.

The loss of a Valkyrie is a great blow to a kingdom, because it will make people feel extremely lucky: maybe the gods are waiting for a king who can really lead the Goths.

In the absence of the endorsement of the Valkyrie, the symbolic representative of the hero, the Gothic kingdom has always maintained a fragile balance.

Then Agnar died.

Young Dittmar ascended the throne on such a delicate balance—with no Valkyries to celebrate, which meant he was not the 'chosen' king in the eyes of everyone.

And under this kind of environment, Dittmar, who has come all the way to the present, certainly has no shortage of killings, and that kind of court struggle has always surrounded him.

If there wasn't such a little adventure, his government orders wouldn't even be able to get out of his own territory.

And even with the so-called adventure, he had to rely on his own judgment to survive the sword.

And because of this, he was able to marry the woman he loves.

Moreover, it is precisely because he has seldom felt family affection since he was a child, so he has his own longing for the warmth of the family.

After getting married and having a child, this longing turned into a unique kind of tenderness.

"I didn't want to disturb the children."

"Now you know you care?" Otilia snorted coldly facing her husband who was showing embarrassment, looking ungrateful.

"This child will cry when he sees you. This is proof that he feels strange. Think about it carefully. How many times have you been with him?"

as if never once...

Chapter 36:Birthday

In fact, the question doesn't even need an answer.

When his wife's question lingered in his ears, Dittmar involuntarily came up with the answer: no.

As a king, he has been wandering between the courts. Although his life here is much better than that of his father's generation, it is also extremely busy.

Even though he is almost fifty years old now, he doesn't feel relaxed at all.

So of course there is not much time to spend with young children.

In fact, it's not just Dietrich, it was the same when Dietrich was born.

As a father, he doesn't have much time to spend with his children, so he can only bring him by his side in the name of teaching when the children grow up.

Dietrich was also like this at that time. When he was babbling, as a father, he had no time to teach at all, and Hiltebrand taught everything on his behalf.

As a father and also as a king, what he can teach is only the political content, as well as the experience and qualities necessary to be a king.

Of course, Dieter Heier is no exception.

If Dietermar was still king of the Goths and still had to deal with a lot of government affairs, he certainly didn't have time for Dieter Heil.

But now it's different.

"After a while, I will have time." Looking at his beloved wife, he said, "After a while, when I am free, I will spend time with you mother and son."

"Ok?"

Perhaps today's Dittmar's words are a bit wrong, and Otilia couldn't help hearing something wrong.

So at this moment, she couldn't help raising her eyebrows.

"What? You, the big king, finally have some leisure?"

Seeing the eccentric attitude displayed by the still beautiful wife, Dittmar felt only guilty.

So at this moment, he couldn't help stretching out his hand and hugging his wife in front of him.

"Not now, but there will be in the future."

"Ok?"

"I'm going to call that Dieti kid back."

"?"

After hearing what Dittmar said, Otilia's complexion finally changed at this moment.

"you……"

At this moment, perhaps due to shock, her tone couldn't help but elongated.

And finally, after the emotions in her heart finally calmed down, her tone finally returned to normal.

"Have you finally thought of calling the kid back?"

"Well, of course."

Didn't notice the unnaturalness in his wife's words, Dittmar said softly.

"I've thought about it for a long time, Otilia, Dettie has worked hard enough, and her efforts should be rewarded."

Then, with his hands on his wife's shoulders, he looked into Ottilia's.

For a moment, he always felt that his wife seemed a little excited, but he didn't take it to heart.

After all, when Dietrich had a quarrel with him and even refused to return to Ravenna in a fit of rage, she was very sad as a mother.

"I want to pass the throne to that child, and then I can have a good rest."

"Oh."

When hearing what Dittmar said, Otilia just nodded slowly.

"That kid has a stubborn temper, so you..."

"I know, I'm tired too." He said.

"So, are you going to write now?"

When it came to this, Otilia just lowered her head.

But at the next moment, she suddenly felt that her movements seemed a little unnatural, so she just turned around and set her eyes on the crib.

Then, she walked slowly to the crib, and gently touched the child who had fallen asleep again.

The movement of gently shaking the crib seemed to indicate what she was worried about.