You and me under the world tree

There is such a faint psychedelic aroma, but this smell is not easy to detect.

After confirming the smell of the so-called love potion, Hodder stroked the table with his palm, and soon, another bottle of potion appeared in his palm.

The crystal bottle is exactly the same, and the inside is refreshing lemon juice.

Hmm, extracted lemon juice, very sour...

He had seen clearly before that Krimhild hadn't uncorked the bottle, so she had no reason to know the smell inside.

And more importantly, it is impossible for her to taste this mysterious potion by herself.

Based on Hodder's speculation and understanding of Krimhild, she is destined to give Siegfried all the potion, leaving no room for it.

So, a little camouflage will do.

'Ding'

After putting away the so-called love potion, the sage tapped the crystal bottle lightly with his finger, and the refreshing lemon juice that turned yellow inside quickly turned into the same pink color as the love potion.

From the outside, there is no problem at all, and Krimhild will never try it herself, let alone let others try it.

For Hodder, that's enough.

"That's it. The sourness of the lemon juice should serve as a reminder."

This is like a signal, reminding the person what he was drinking.

"I'm looking forward to ... what's going to happen next."

After putting the concentrated lemon juice into the drawer as it was, Hodder's figure gradually disappeared into the room.

Not long after, Krimhild returned to his room with his small dinner plate.

She was wearing a plain long dress and cloak, and she was still steaming.

The flushed skin was still stained with water droplets.

She was very impatient, so she didn't wash her body as well as before. As for why, only she knew the reason.

"How to use it..."

After placing the dinner plate on the desk, she opened the drawer and took out the bottle of love potion.

Nothing unusual, nothing ever happened here.

Chapter 55: I'm afraid of the dark

Krimhild didn't notice anything unusual, while Hodder had already left her manor quietly.

For him, the manor where the envoys of the Burgundy Kingdom lived was like a public toilet, and it was commonplace for him to come in and out at will.

Afterwards, he did not choose to use the secret passage in the royal city, but swaggered back to the manor where he was temporarily living under the cover of magic.

The splendor of Mani was still spreading, and his chariot had already run half way.

"If possible, I'd like to rest for a while."

Gazing at the three-story building in front of him, Huo De couldn't help but sigh.

However, for him now, this kind of talk can only be said casually, because starting from getting the so-called love potion, it means that he has a lot of things to do.

In the end, Hodder pushed open the door of the house.

The fireplace in the hall was burning, providing a huge light source, and at the same time, an eerie silence emanated from the entire room.

If it is not known that there are people living here, this huge room can be transformed into a horror movie style in an instant.

It's not good that the house is big...

If there are few people living there, and the light source is not as abundant as the modern age he lives in, it is easy to produce all kinds of dark corners, and those dark corners can inadvertently trigger the deep shadows in the hearts of human beings.

Although it may seem ridiculous to say this, in fact, he himself doesn't like that kind of 'darkness'.

I don't like the kind of shadows shaking in the light source, because it makes him feel a little uncomfortable.

It can only be said that although the visual impairment that accompanied him since he was a child has brought him the kind of tolerance and adaptability to darkness and blinded vision.

But that kind of experience will not make him have any nostalgia for the so-called darkness.

And to say why...

"Humans are really happy creatures." He sighed.

After taking off his armor and changing into a slightly loose robe, Hodder just sat on the chair.

The fire in the fireplace burned quietly, illuminating a corner of the hall and the wolf head decoration on the wall.

At this moment, he couldn't help but think of the scenery of Gurnita Head that he had seen.

The dwarves, who can only live in the dark world, used their wisdom and powerful hands-on ability to create a glorious night sky suitable for them.

Howard still remembers the beautiful scenery displayed by the artificial star.

Perhaps it shouldn't be said about human beings. All intelligent creatures in the Nine Realms are like this, because most people need 'light'. Their eyes can adapt to darkness, but there is really no need to live in darkness all the time.

The so-called 'light' is inherently attractive to living things.

Thinking of this, Huo De subconsciously closed his eyes.

He took a deep breath and looked up slightly.

It is worth mentioning that when he opened his eyes again, he saw two women standing in the corridor on the second floor.

But to be precise, there was only one person standing.

Dietrich.

She stood there, leaning on the railing with one hand, overlooking Hodder from top to bottom.

On the other side is Her Majesty the Queen sitting on a flying carpet.

At this moment, Hodder's eyes suddenly became subtle.

He neither stared at Dietrich nor at Hela, but at the embroidered blanket under Hela's buttocks.

Although he is not the kind of person with absolute memory ability who has the ability of photographic memory, but he will not turn a blind eye to the things that appear in front of him.

For example now...

If he remembered correctly, that blanket seemed to be placed in the room?

"You took out the blanket so quickly?"

Just before the two women were about to speak, Hodder's casual remark suddenly left them speechless.

From Dietrich's point of view, this was simply impossible to answer.

So she quickly turned her gaze away.

"It's none of my business, she made this blanket herself."

"???"

After seeing Dietrich directly denying this point, Ms. Hela couldn't help opening her mouth.

There was a look of confusion and shock visible to the naked eye on her face.

"You asked me to find a blanket... saying that the translucent pure barrier is not good."

Was there something strange being discussed between the two women?

"Okay, it's nothing important."

In the end, just when Hela was about to say something, Dietrich interrupted her.

She also didn't care about the stunned face of the Nether Queen, but put all her attention on Hodder.

"So, you got nothing?"

Perhaps, in the eyes of quite a few people, Dietrich's sudden question seemed to be indiscriminate.

And more importantly, there seems to be no reason at all.

However, this is nothing more than an 'inference'.

In Dietrich's opinion, Hodder is not a person who likes to waste time.

She knew better what he was doing.

And if he had gained anything, he shouldn't just sit here leisurely at this time, but speed up his pace without wasting any time.

This is her impression and her understanding of Hodder.

And it would be fine to use this guess on other people, but now, after all, she made a mistake.

"No, there are still some harvests."

Having said that, Hodder directly took out the bottle of love potion.

"I'm planning to analyze its principle, but..."

Although she was curious about what the pink potion Hodder took out, his elongated tone still caught her attention.

"Just what?"

Seeing that he didn't continue talking, Dietrich couldn't help asking.

At this moment, what she saw was the incomparably subtle expression of the sage.

It's like some unspeakable secret.

"It's just..."

"Ah."

"I'm a little afraid of the dark."

"..."

Then, Dietrich didn't respond.

She just stared at the man condescendingly, as if she wanted to dig out something from the depths of his expression.

To put it bluntly, she didn't believe this statement at all.

Who would believe that a man who is invincible on the battlefield and dares to plot against the gods in the overall situation is afraid of the dark?

This is impossible.

However, she did not immediately refute, just staring at Hodder.

So in the end, a strange silence spread like this, until finally, Hela couldn't bear it anymore.

"Pfft..."

She covered her mouth and looked as if she was trying to bear it.

But in the end, she couldn't help it.

"Hahahahahahahaha! You... Poof, you are afraid of the dark."

She smiled and looked like she was crying tears.

"Can you change your excuse? It's too perfunctory, isn't it?"

"Although I really want to say that the fear of the dark night is actually engraved in the bones of human beings..."

He lowered his head, looked away from the two women, and finally turned to the bottle of potion on the table.

And finally, he started playing with the crystal bottle.

"But sure enough, the joke doesn't sound funny."

"Yeah, not funny at all, especially in front of me."

In the end, Hela gradually restrained her smile.

Chapter 56: Analysis

For a moment, the atmosphere seemed to be a little off.

At least that's how it seemed to Dietrich.

It was supposed to be a bad joke that didn't even qualify, and its sole purpose was to embarrass.