You and me under the world tree

"Did you hear what I said earlier?"

"Ok?"

"I said... In fact, we should stay in Netherlands for a while longer."

"why?"

"Because the princess of Burgundy is there now!"

Seeing Hilda's dazed look, Nanna couldn't help showing a look of resentment.

"Why don't you have any sense of crisis at all!"

Chapter 57: Girls' Whispers

Nanna is not the kind of 'enthusiastic crowd' who likes to gossip.

There are actually very few things she cares about, and things about her best friend are the most important among them.

And now, as an outsider (in her opinion), what she worries most is Hilda's 'corner'.

In the recent period of time, Nanna has really emphasized this aspect with her a lot.

Nanna even said many times that she should pay more attention to Siegfried, because that woman named Krimhild was also in Skywrath King City.

Although it was just a woman's intuition, she always felt that that woman was not easy to mess with.

In every sense of the word...

Beauty means self-esteem, and excessive self-esteem even means vanity to some extent.

It's not that she is making any random conclusions, but a kind of observation and guessing from her own.

After all, no matter what, she herself is also a woman shrouded in this halo.

Even long ago, she had such an almost childish vanity.

However, because of the environment in which she grew up, she was not proud of it, because she knew very well that her best friend Hilda was a better person than her.

So under the influence of his ears and eyes, the inexplicable arrogance and comparison mentality that he had when he was young gradually dissipated.

Of course, although there are reasons why she is not arrogant by nature, she has at least experienced that mentality.

Because the stars hold the moon, and because he is favored by his father and brother, he takes it for granted that there is nothing that he cannot get.

And after going through a series of recent events, Nanna actually recognized the essence of the so-called beauty--if beauty alone, it can only be reduced to some kind of tool in the end.

However, Krimhild is different.

Nanna could feel the pride in her, it was a very different path from hers.

"She seems to be the kind of character who hasn't suffered any setbacks since she was a child. She wants something. Even if her father and brother don't help, there must be many warriors in her kingdom who are willing to work for it."

Nanna thought for a moment when she said this.

"I heard that in the Kingdom of Burgundy, many warriors are willing to serve the royal family in order to witness her demeanor... One can imagine how beautiful she is."

"Well, I don't think so, but that's all."

After hearing what his best friend said, Hilda was still indifferent.

"To be honest, Siegfried told me about it, she looks too 'gorgeous', and she is not the kind of person to get along with."

"I know that too, and I don't think she is very beautiful."

It's just that the Kingdom of Burgundy is extremely famous.

Which princess here is not widely sought after?

Even Hilda has arrogance in this regard.

"It's precisely because Siegfried treats her with the kind of politeness that anyone can see, that's why I'm worried about this aspect."

"worry about what?"

"Krimhild, this kind of woman is easy to go to extremes. She will be impatient about what she can't get, and when she is impatient, she will have all kinds of extreme thoughts."

"Um……"

After hearing Nanna's slightly worried voice, Hilda couldn't help but nodded.

"probably."

"What is 'probably'."

Seeing Hilda's unmoved look, Nanna couldn't help feeling a sense of powerlessness in her heart.

On her side, she was extremely anxious, and even more worried about her feelings, but she herself was fine, and until now she had no motivation.

Not even the most basic sense of crisis.

"That Burgundy woman may have used some unspecified means. There are many such cases in the stories narrated by the bard."

After all, this world is a supernatural world with runes and magic.

While emphasizing individual heroism and making "heroes" and "warriors" famous, the central character as a "hero" cannot be uncontrollable.

Of course there are rebels.

In fact, when most people's fame is loud enough, or even powerful enough to influence the battlefield situation, their hearts will expand rapidly.

This is actually human nature.

Why be bound?

Since I am so strong, why should I be bound in the same place?

Because more than one person has such an idea, and not everyone is willing to regard loyalty as their own glory.

So until now, the rulers of various kingdoms, as well as those lords and nobles, have regarded attracting those powerful warriors as a subject that must be studied carefully.

Whether it is power, money or territory, he even enjoys a special status second only to the king, and sometimes he is drawn in through marriage and other methods.

In short, there are many methods within the rules, and there are many methods outside the default rules.

"Witches often use magic to manipulate those heroes, and even modify their memories. No matter how bad they are, they will also prepare various medicines. It only takes one pill or a small sip to make them lose their proper memory."

In this way, Nanna narrated the stories she had heard from the bard.

Of course, she almost forgot about the specific process of the story, and even the name of the protagonist.

Because at this point, the poets are actually not satisfied with describing the legends of heroes that exist as "facts". Under the acquiescence of the Valkyrie and the gods, they advocate the adaptation and expansion of certain hero legends.

Even later, they even allowed complete fiction, as long as the 'gist' was not a big problem.

And there are so many bards in the atrium world, some of them have gone astray.

Originally, the so-called bard should be a character who sings the legend of heroes and makes the deeds of heroes linger in this land forever.

But later, in order to have more audiences and to make themselves famous, they began to delve into various routines.

They will write whatever routine attracts people's attention.

There's nothing wrong with that, after all, who doesn't want to be famous?

On the one hand, I use the title of 'Popular Science History', but on the other hand, I sit crookedly, thinking that I have a little bit of fame, and my works are well-known, so I feel that I must be correct.

I don’t want to accept criticism, and when people point out the problem, I start to talk about literary creation, and I feel that I have been labeled as something.

There is no fundamental difference between this kind of people and those who confuse things like 'diaries' with literature.

After all, Nanna is a princess, and she is not the kind of commoner who can only be confined to taverns. She has been listening to various stories created by bards, and she can easily feel the homogeneity.

So in the end, she couldn't remember clearly.

Just remember those fixed bridges...

"What if she uses these off-the-shelf tricks?"

In the end, Nanna confessed all the worries in her heart.

However, at the moment she said it, she herself felt something was wrong.

Then, when she looked up, she saw a delicate face.

At this moment, her best friend Hilda looked at her with a very strange expression.

"You told me...be careful with magic methods?"

"what……"

She was anxious for a while, so she forgot that her best friend Hilda was a character who had learned seventeen runes since she was a child.

It can be said to be an extremely orthodox wizard...

Chapter 58: Setting Up Camp

Hilda, the only princess of Iceland and the only future heir.

Her father is Wise Griple, and although Griple himself does not have any heroic legends like others, he is also a figure who has traveled abroad since he was a child.

What he really relied on to become famous in the atrium world was his magic. Because of the existence of magic, it can be said that the crumbling Kingdom of Iceland defended its own land.

As his daughter, Hilda naturally inherited his father's talent.

Today, she may not have much talent for the legendary No.18 rune, and she may not even be able to make reliable inferences like her father.

But in other ways, her talent is so vivid that even her father, Gripal, would praise it.

She is a princess, a warrior, and a wizard.

And Nanna was talking about some supernatural violations in front of her, so naturally she felt a little tricky.

What's more, she is not proficient in magic, and she is far less talented than her best friend.

So at the end, Nanna couldn't help showing an embarrassed expression.

The words of persuasion that he had prepared were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't speak them out.

After all, it would be embarrassing to say it now.

She was too anxious before, but ignored this point.

However, when she fully noticed, she realized that the ignorant person was herself.

"Ugh..."

In the end, Her Royal Highness Princess of Norway inevitably bowed her head.

Seeing his best friend showing such a lost look, Hilda couldn't help but sighed.

"Okay, I don't blame you for laughing at you."

In this regard, she stretched out her hand and gently stroked her best friend's hair, and then showed a smile.

Of course she knew that the girl in front of her was kind, and she was just caring about her.

"But you are right. Krimhild is indeed a beautiful woman, and she has a strong vanity and likes to be competitive."

she said.

"Besides, I can also see that she is like a wild beast, and the way she looks at Siegfried is like looking at her own treasure."

At the end, Hilda couldn't help closing his eyes.

To be honest, there was no clear communication and exchange between her and Krimhild, and nothing was said at all.

But at the banquet every night, King Gunter of Burgundy chatted with her a few words.

That is commonly known as striking up a conversation, but she also dismissed it casually.

However, she could clearly sense the malice towards her from the beautiful Burgundy princess.

If you think about it carefully, the source of everything is actually in the first moment.

I remember that at the banquet, Siegfried handed her a handkerchief to wipe her mouth, and until now, he has not asked to go back.

Of course, for Hilda himself, the handkerchief is not really the point.

In fact, Siegfried mixed something into the handkerchief.

It was a note, which recorded the time of the secret meeting, and the so-called secret meeting was actually just finding a free time to secretly 'sneak' into the palace.

They actually discussed the upcoming itinerary every night, and this was the reason why she could know Siegfried's upcoming arrangements and the safety of her best friend in advance.