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Chapter 87: Father's Love

No one knew that the old king of Burgundy died in the mansion of the sage.

What's more, no one knew that the old king Jibixi didn't have much rest at all.

After he arrived in the royal city of the Netherlands, he went to find the palace minister Hagen non-stop, and went straight to the sage's mansion after walking around in front of his old lover's tomb.

Finally died there.

Moreover, this incident happened in one afternoon, and the Burgundian mission did not arrive in the royal city until noon.

When you think about it, it's actually quite ridiculous.

The old king came all the way to the royal city, but he didn't even see the daughter he wanted to rescue.

It was as if he had made a special trip to Wangcheng to die.

"To be honest, I still don't understand."

In the kitchen, when the oven and several pots were fully fired, Dietrich's voice came from Hodder's ear.

After hearing her words, Hodder couldn't help but sighed.

This was a question she had asked before, and if Hela hadn't interrupted on a sudden whim, Hodder would have answered her before.

But because of Hela's interruption, the matter was just exposed.

However, in Dietrich's eyes, it was obvious that this matter did not pass that easily.

Because she can't understand...

But to be precise, she is not incomprehensible, because the logic can be easily figured out.

After all, she should be uncomfortable with such behavior.

"You should be able to understand?"

Glancing at the burning stove, Hodder replied casually.

"Is it because...weakness?"

"In theory, yes, although the Kingdom of Burgundy is not a weak kingdom, it is stronger than the Netherlands ruled by the Hengding family, but he may have been observing the construction of the Kingdom of the Netherlands along the way. "

"Observe?"

"Well, the long years have endowed him with unparalleled powers of observation, so he can see the treasury of the Netherlands from those basic constructions...at least those constructions gave him such an impression."

Howard said.

"Combining the external strategies of the Netherlands and various trade alliances, he infers that the Kingdom of the Netherlands has strong logistical capabilities and is capable of supporting a large-scale war anytime and anywhere."

"So, he surrendered before the war had fully started?"

"No, he didn't throw in the towel, but he felt he couldn't do anything else."

At this moment, Hodder didn't continue to look at Dietrich's expression, he just stared at the flame rising from the stove.

"Do you think he can do anything after coming to the City of Wrath?"

"..."

Facing Hodder's words, Dietrich fell silent.

In fact, this kind of thing is easy to understand, and the answer is obvious.

Why did Jibixi drag his old body for a special trip?

Isn't it because his daughter has been placed under house arrest?

And through conventional thinking, a large part of the reason Jibixi came to the City of Wrath was to 'replace the hostages'.

He stayed in the Kingdom of the Netherlands as a hostage with his old body, and then exchanged for Krimhild.

After all, he had already seen that Krimhild had never mattered.

Only a fool would be entangled in the truth of the poisoning incident at this time, and Jibixi is obviously a smart person, so in the previous conversation, he did not mention these things at all.

"After all, I can be regarded as having a bad reputation. People who have offended the Volsung family basically have no good end, and the cause of death is more or less related to me..."

"If Jibixi hadn't come to you...or if there was no such thing as today, what would you have done?"

"I will let Krimhild die as a 'runaway', the cause of death is an attempt to escape from prison, and finally use this excuse to detain Jibishi who 'colluded' with her."

"..."

Dietrich didn't respond directly to Hodder, she seemed to be listening quietly.

But Hodder didn't care about these, he just continued to narrate things in this regard:

"Perhaps, Jibixi is afraid that if his movements are slow, these things will happen immediately."

"It looks like he's been played by you all the time." Dietrich said.

At this moment, Her Royal Highness's thoughts could not help but diverge, because she thought of what the man in front of her said before.

"You said before that he won..."

"He did win, because he saw through my previous thinking, so 'cut the loss in time'."

"However, he won't know what happens next."

"No, he probably knew, so he died, because he knew what the 'optimal solution' of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was."

"A hostage..."

"Yes, they are hostages. In any case, theoretically speaking, only one of Krimhild and Jibishi can die, neither can they all die, nor can they all live. Only by holding hostages can the Kingdom of the Netherlands maximize their lives. Let Burgundy be furious and at the same time throw the mouse and take advantage of the battlefield."

Having said that, Huo De couldn't help but pause for a moment, he took two steps back a little bit, and walked out of the kitchen.

From his angle, he could just see the old king Jibixi who was still sitting on a chair, with his head bowed and sleeping.

"In that respect, you could say he's confident to a certain extent."

"This is also called self-confidence..."

"Yes, self-confidence. He feels that without the Volsung family participating in the war, the relationship between the army of the Netherlands and their Burgundians may be... six vs. four? Maybe less, but he wants to take down Burgundy. Gundi is obviously not easy, so a little 'outside trick' must be used."

"On the one hand, I feel that Burgundy is unlikely to lose head-on, and on the other hand, I am begging you?"

"Because life is like this, no matter how proud he is, even if he is full of confidence in his former rule, he can't directly gamble with the whole family, because he knows that Hagen has always hated them, even if I don't intervene, Ned After Lan defeated Burgundy, the royal family might be wiped out, and they would be dragged out and beheaded one by one, so he wanted to come to me to ask for a promise."

At this moment, the sage took a deep breath.

Then, he raised his head and looked at the bright moon outside the window.

"This is no longer a matter of whether it is effective, but that if he does not do these things, he will definitely feel at ease. Not as a king, but as a father, the interests of the kingdom may make it difficult for a king to put down his body to plead and fight against an enemy. A card of favor, but a father can grovel for his own child, deny his own life, and trample on his dignity."

Then, he turned his head to look at Dietrich.

"Maybe people's hearts are unpredictable, but it is undeniable that parent-child love can sometimes make people give up everything they have, just like your father, Dietrich."

"Father..."

King Dittmar, he obviously has the power to escape, but in order to keep Dietrich's last secret, he chose to "suicide". He who controlled the power of magic and demons just fell to the family he once wanted to protect under the sword.

Thinking of this, Dietrich couldn't help lowering her head.

Then, Howard hugged her gently.

"I'm homesick, Hodder."

She gently grabbed his black sleeve.

"I want, too."

"where is home?"

"I don't know, Dietrich, I don't know."

Listening to the man's voice lingering in his ears, Her Royal Highness gently closed her eyes.

"Isn't the so-called 'home' right here?"

Then, at this moment, an untimely voice came, breaking the original dull and sad atmosphere.

And at this time there is only one person who does this kind of thing:

"Hella!!" Dietrich suddenly yelled loudly.

I don't know if it's because of anger or shame.

In short, the sad atmosphere was indeed washed away, but there was one more injured person.

"What's wrong! I'm not wrong!!"

In short, today is another day of turmoil for the sage's family.

Chapter 88: War Inspired

Jibishi died, quietly.

The Hodder family didn't react much, the child had already fallen asleep, and they didn't know exactly what happened, so it wasn't a big problem.

As for Hodder, Dietrich, and the so-called Brunhilde, these three are not normal people. Even if there is a dead body lying beside them, they can still eat dinner, and they eat slowly without changing their expressions. .

It is simply unrealistic to expect them to have a psychological shadow or rejection of a dead body.

And in Skywrath King City, the only ones who were anxious about the old king not returning all night were the envoys and guards who accompanied the old king to Skywrath City.

Obviously His Majesty the King promised to return on time, but he disappeared in this foreign country?

Since they are now living in the land of other kingdoms, and the palace minister Hagen, who is in control of the regime, has shown a hostile attitude towards the Burgundian kingdom, which makes the envoys dare not act rashly.

However, they are destined not to have a good rest that night, because their hearts are destined to be occupied by panic.

Are you worried about the king's life?

Or are you convinced that His Majesty the King has been assassinated by Palace Chancellor Hagen, and then start to worry about your own safety?

No one will know this except themselves, and these theoretically have nothing to do with the people of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, because even the guards patrolling outside don't know what happened.

Perhaps, only the guard who sent the old king to the mansion knew where the source was.

But this is not important, because after a night of panic, Hagen came to them with the Skywrath guards the next morning.

"You are ready to meet your Highness the Princess."

Staring at the envoys and guards with dark circles, the short palace minister said.

"Today, we will release Her Royal Highness Princess Krimhild, and Jibishi will live in the court of the Netherlands. He will assist us in investigating the incident of His Majesty's poisoning and prove that Krimhild innocent."

And just when Hagen said these words in a formulaic and cold tone, someone finally couldn't help asking:

"Is that all?"

Yeah, is that all?

For everyone, this is a doubt hidden in the bottom of their hearts, but the only difference is that the anxious guard asked directly.

In the face of his questions, Hagen wasn't even interested in answering them.

"It's just that, but what exactly is it, I think people who are a little bit smarter can understand it?"

At this moment, maybe it was because he felt that he was in control, so he was fearless, so the half-blood warrior from Tronpage didn't even bother to hide it, and simply put certain things on the table.

He doesn't say it directly, but hints at something.

The so-called poisoning is now just a bargaining chip in the hands of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Maybe the people don't know it, but the courtiers who are often in contact with court politics can fully understand this aspect.

And, just because they understood, they didn't open their mouths to continue talking.

Because it is useless to say anything now, this has risen to the conflict between the kingdoms.

Moreover, the real cause was a personal conflict.

"You're just venting your hatred, Hagen."

"Tsk tsk tsk, don't spit blood here."