You and me under the world tree

For her, at least in the recent period of time, it is very interesting to listen to other people's stories about the situation in the kingdom, the situation on the battlefield and so on.

Because it made her realize that she might not be alone now.

Completely different from others, the man in front of her knew her secret.

This feeling is actually very strange.

At first she felt a little uneasy, but later, after a little trust, she felt an unprecedented comfort.

Perhaps, this is the feeling of being in company?

Completely different from Hiltebrand and the others, this feeling of almost knowing everything is really amazing.

But her calm attitude made Hodder feel a little uncomfortable, but this discomfort was only for a short while.

"If there is only Denmark, Elf will of course be cautious...but what if there is more than Denmark?"

Putting his hands on the wooden table, the sage in bodyguard armor bent down, from top to bottom, he looked into the eyes of His Royal Highness the Gothic princess.

One side is like blood, and it is as hot as fire.

One side is like chaos and cold as water.

"Next, it depends on Burgundy's actions. Elf is a very impulsive person..."

Chapter 12: Memory is Proof of Existence

Elf getting angry?

Dietrich just supported her cheek with her hands, staring at the face of the sage.

At this moment, a complicated thought appeared in her mind.

If you had to say it, the emotion that emerged from the bottom of her heart should be a lingering surprise.

Because the man in front of her had a completely opposite view of the Danish king, and this was what surprised her.

"Are you being impulsive..."

Chewing the word carefully, she finally shook her head.

After all, she is not Siegfried, and she doesn't have that kind of respect from the heart for Hodder, so she won't be led away subconsciously by the man in front of her thoughts.

As the princess and heir of the Goths, she naturally believed in her own judgment even more since she had lived in the court since she was a child.

Although after getting along for a while, she believed that the man in front of her would not lie to her in this regard, let alone harm her in this regard.

However, for her, this kind of questioning has become instinct after all.

"Well, I know you are not so easy to believe."

Hodder, on the other hand, is no idiot either.

In fact, with just one glance, he could detect Dietrich's mood from the details of her expression changes.

Even, this does not require any magical assistance.

Because her habit has never changed.

Even the 'she' Hodder knew well was like this.

"It's not that I don't believe it, it's just that I..."

"You had a confrontation with Elf, right? But that confrontation just showed you a side of him."

Bending while supporting the table is actually not comfortable, because the pressure of the whole body is concentrated on the hands.

So soon, he straightened himself up, and then put his hands behind his back.

"Although this matter is too long for you... because you were not even born at that time, but Elf once did a very risky thing."

"Ok?"

Dietrich suddenly realized what the sage was going to say.

So at this moment, her brows couldn't help but go up, and even at this moment, she hesitated to speak, obviously wanting to say something.

However, Hodder said that in a calm tone:

"More than 20 years ago, Elf attacked the Netherlands together with Legney of the Hendin family."

It really is this matter...

At this moment, Dietrich didn't have the slightest surprise, but even so, she finally sighed.

Perhaps in the past, she would not comment on this.

But now it is different, because in a sense, she has such a feeling of empathy.

Do not……

It should be said that his situation at that time should be even worse, and it was an extremely serious blow in various senses.

Maybe the person involved didn't care, but at this moment, Dietrich felt a subtle discomfort.

"Fortunately, you can give an example of this kind of thing." Finally, she whispered.

"Um……"

Huode didn't say much at this moment, he just nodded calmly.

Immediately afterwards, he let out a long sigh of relief, as if he was feeling something.

"Some things... just because you don't think about them, doesn't mean they don't exist."

Then, he stretched out his hand and tapped his chest.

"However, on the contrary, as long as you face it, this can prove traces of their existence, at least they have been active and existed."

"..."

After hearing Hodder's words, Dietrich didn't answer immediately.

But from the expression on her pale face, it can be seen that her mood at the moment is very complicated.

But in the end, she still restrained the complexity in her heart.

"Even if it hurts?"

"Even if it hurts."

Facing Dietrich's questioning gaze, Hodder nodded slowly.

"Perhaps you don't understand that human beings are actually very fragile, and it is very easy to erase a person's existence. Even if it is a famous hero for a while, even if there are many deeds that can be told, but what are those deeds? How outrageous it is, you know it too, right?"

Dietrich herself was, after all, a hero of the Gothic Kingdom.

Although she is very young, because of her once extremely strong attitude and record, this makes her an excellent creative material.

Yes, creative material...

After all, even those bards who write poetry can't know the real deeds. Most of them know only some consequences, and then create the stories they want based on them.

That's it.

There are even common operations of stepping on one another, which are very normal.

And the only ones who can pick out the mistakes in this area are the person concerned and his true friends.

And when these 'heroes' die, only their family members and friends can really remember their existence.

And when decades later, who can remember their real appearance?

"Bards usually exaggerate their characteristics, so as to ignore their essence... After all, they are just ordinary people."

Hodder's voice was a little low, but because of this, Dietrich was able to trace an answer from it.

Speaking of which, more than 20 years have passed since the fall of the Volsung family.

Of course, Siegfried, Siegmund's posthumous son, could not remember what his elder brother and father looked like, and the current Danish queen Theotis only remembered how gentle Siegmund had been to her.

Only the person in front of him who was once hailed as a sage rose together with the God of War and his eldest son.

Hand in hand, they passed the most difficult moment. He guarded the rear for the human god of war, allowing him to move forward with peace of mind and rampage on the battlefield.

He even educated his heirs and cultivated a generation of young heroes.

But in the end, it's as if none of those things existed, because in the end, there's nothing left.

"Now...the only one who can remember their existence is probably you," she said.

So, even if it hurts his heart, even if it sometimes makes him uncomfortable, he has to recall it from time to time.

It will always be placed in the most vivid place in memory.

Because he was afraid of forgetting...

"Once you forget, there's really no one to prove what they really are."

At this moment, Dietrich felt inexplicably a little sad.

In fact, she didn't mean to lead the topic here before.

Of course, she never thought of making this topic so heavy, so at this moment, she felt uncomfortable.

"Feel sorry……"

"Let's get to the point."

At this moment, Hodder reached out and knocked on the desk in front of him.

This is probably a change of subject.

"In short, no matter what, more than 20 years ago, it was extremely risky for Denmark to support the Hengding family, and even a little carelessness would lead to retaliation from the Netherlands, but Elf still chose to do so. Do, do you know why?"

"..."

"Queen of the Netherlands... former Princess Theotis of Iceland."

Just under Hodder's narration, a figure who was about to disappear appeared before Dietrich's eyes.

Chapter 13: The Secret Messenger

"Theotis..."

When Hodder mentioned the queen of Denmark, the image of a woman easily appeared in Dietrich's mind.

Of course, the reason why she reacted so quickly was not because Theotis himself was so famous.

Even, the image that emerged in Her Royal Highness's mind was not instantly made up by her relying on her powerful imagination.

At this moment, the image in the mind of Her Royal Highness is indeed Queen Theotis herself.

And the reason why she could think of her quickly was because they met once.

In the City of Wrath of the Netherlands, they met once.

It was time to congratulate the people of the Netherlands on welcoming their true king.

But at that time, Theotis himself kept his own place and didn't make any troubles by using his mother's identity, so this matter was just exposed.

"What's wrong with that woman...?"

"It's nothing, I just want to say that Elf has been coveting that woman for a long time. In addition, Siegmund once intervened in the war in the northern peninsula, leading the army all the way through Denmark and across Jilin Trander blocked Norway, so that man Elf should hate the Netherlands."

Just when Hodder mentioned this, Dietrich suddenly frowned.

These things were a long time ago for her, so she didn't have such a strong sense of reality.

But even so, she still noticed something.

"Are you aware of the problem? At that time, Siegmund still had a great reputation."

"No matter how you think about it, this is...it shouldn't be, because there is no hope at all."

"Yes, but he still did it. He assisted the Hengding family to launch an attack... Of course, in this, a certain courtier who was loyal to the Hengding family played a big role, because it was he who was in Denmark. lobbied, but it was Elf himself who really made up his mind."

"But at that time, didn't the Hengding clan still have the assistance of the Valkyrie?"

"In the end, this kind of talk is used to deceive the ignorant people. Those women will never appear in front of them. What's more, if the Valkyries really appear majestically and protect the rule of the Hengding clan, then Elf will not He dared to exploit so hard that he even regarded the Netherlands as his own treasury."

Immediately afterwards, at the moment when Dietrich was thinking secretly, Hodder reached out and knocked on the wooden desk.

Accompanied by the slightly heavy ringing, he also spoke eloquently about the next words.