"Siegel, don't take such extreme measures, you can't go on like this. ”

In the palace of the Scandinavian Empire, Sigourne, dressed in a pure white gown, is trying her best to persuade Segal.

The cause of the incident is still the two large-scale stories, the truth of which has been processed by Alice's art, so that the Scandinavians, who still miss "Beowulf", recall the history of their success in fighting against Attila under Beowulf.

Because of the spread of these two stories, not only did a large number of people below have become unstable with Siegel, but even those soldiers in the army, including some generals, have complained about Siegel.

"Sigourney, don't get involved in this matter, I'm measured. ”

Siegel looked at Sigourney and said with a solemn expression: "Among the three enemies we are facing at the moment, the most difficult is the coalition army established by that Gorm, and he is the biggest threat to us!"

The surrounding maids and attendants have already left far away, and with Siegel's anger, it is very likely that he will be directly executed if he approaches at will, Siegel has never had anything to do with mercy, and his arrogance and cruelty are his characteristics.

"They have the same beliefs, the same culture, and the same language as us, and if they defeat us, then I will never believe that the subjects of my country will die to the end, they will definitely put all the fault on me, and then hold high the white flag, take off the imperial clothes, and turn around and become the subjects of Gohm, and offer their loyalty to him. ”

Siegel could no longer suppress the anger and anxiety in his heart, and his voice with Sigourney had grown louder and louder, and the servants in the distance could hear it clearly.

"But the Attila Empire is the real enemy of our Scandinavians, they destroy our farmlands and villages, kill our people, capture the survivors and sell them as slaves to slave traders, and the people of those borders have fled in a large area in panic, which forces us to disperse our army and garrison our long borders, which is not possible. ”

As he spoke, Siegel swept the slaves in the distance with extremely sharp eyes, and the slaves immediately scattered, leaving space for the two highest-ranking and most powerful people in the Scandinavian Empire.

Due to the expansion of the war, the Scandinavian Empire continued to send young men to the front line to fight, which led to the vacancy of personnel in some places in the rear, giving the raiders of the Attila Empire an opportunity to take advantage of, in addition to the Attella Empire, those natives living in the Norwegian mountains also attacked them from time to time.

"The coalition forces on Gorm's side, they are still measured, they know that we still have a common enemy, they will not attack our villages, they will not destroy our farmland, they will not clash with my hunters in the forest, they can still help us fight against the Attila Empire, and a large part of their territory borders the Attila Empire, which attracts the attention of the Attila Empire. ”

A cold sweat had already appeared on Sigoney's forehead, and it was the first time in years that she had seen such anger as Siegel, abandoning the anger of reason, and he was able to maintain his apparent composure even when their child suddenly disappeared.

"In addition, we should pay more attention to the Baltic Empire, although the alliance we signed with them before has not been annulled, on the surface we still maintain the relationship of allies, but everyone knows how fragile our alliance is, we all know Alice's ambitions, we know that she has been watching this land blessed by the gods, if we now officially start a war with Gohm's side, the Baltic Empire will inevitably have ideas and make some attempts. ”

Hearing this, the look on Siegel's face was a little ugly, he had never ignored the powerful neighbor next to the Empire, but because of the war between the Baltic Empire and the Ural Mountains during this time, he paid a little less attention.

As Sigourney said, now is not the time for war with Gohm's side, both the Attila Empire and the Baltic Empire are eyeing the surroundings, the former after several years of recuperation, gradually recovering the national strength, a large number of soldiers in the army who have gone through the war, to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army.

"So, now we have to maintain a tacit understanding with Gorm's side, and we need to bring more support to Francis Drake, the Tempest Demon King, who has now been pushed to the edge of a cliff. ”

Speaking of this, Sigourney was worried, whether it was internal or external, the Scandinavian Empire was in a very difficult environment, and if it was changed, it might collapse immediately, and if it didn't change, it would also step by step into a state of destruction.

Looking at his wife's sad and worried expression, reason returned to Siegel's brain little by little, he took a few deep breaths of cold air, forced himself to calm down, and then said in a tone that forcibly suppressed and became calm.

"Don't worry, Sigourney, I've calmed down. ”

"Now that the empire has reached a critical time, as the ruler of the empire, I need to be more cautious, and I will send an envoy to communicate with him, hoping to have a meeting at the right time and in a suitable place about the affairs of the Attila Empire. ”

Siegel grabbed the belt tied around his waist hard, and the cyan veins rose from his skin, obviously his heart was not completely calm as he said.

"As for Francis Drake's side, there is very little we can do, our forces in the North Sea are still too weak, and now we have opened all the ports for Francis Drake's fleet to dock, repair their broken ships, provide them with free supplies, and provide them with weapons and equipment obtained from Baltic merchants. ”

Sigoarney's expression had calmed down, and she said softly: "This is not enough, Siegel, we know who is behind Francis Drake who is supporting them, and now the so-called North Sea Kingdom is still relying on Francis Drake's personal strength to not be destroyed, it is precisely because she can manipulate the power of the storm at will that she can survive the pursuit and encirclement again and again." ”

"However, we all know that this is not a long-term thing, it is only a matter of time before they are completely wiped out, there are fewer and fewer sailors willing to fight with them, and there is no way to replenish their fleet ships after they are sunk, although they are very unwilling, but the ships built by our empire have no way to participate in their naval battles. ”

Siegel looked at the sky in the distance, watching the clouds of various shapes drift through the sky, his face melancholy.

"Siegel, I know it's a bad feeling, but the more times like this, the more we have to calm down and calm the anger in our hearts, so that we can not be swayed by emotions. ”

Sigourney is still persuading that at this time she is playing the role of an excellent wife and an excellent queen, even if she is a picky person, there is no way to continue to harsh her in this aspect.

Just as the two of them fell silent, not knowing how to continue the discussion around the topic, the sound of small, dense footsteps reached their ears, and then two small figures frolicked into the garden.

"Father, Mother, what are you doing?"

"Father, Mother, are you looking at the flowers?"

Two boys who looked similar to Siegel saw the couple in the garden, stopped playing, and rubbed their hands nervously, because of the violent running just now, their faces were still flushed, and they looked like a sunset in autumn, which was very cute.

"Dear children, if I'm not mistaken, you should be on the training ground now, under the training of your teacher, or did you find some excuse to escape from the training ground?"

Sigourney looked at the two little boys, her eyes flashing with a cold light, but she said slowly in a soft voice.

The two little boys shivered at the same time, looked at each other, lowered their heads, and Leo did not dare to speak, the two little boys were more afraid of their mother than their father Siegel, and did not have the courage to resist.

This made Sigourney even more angry, and she stepped on her shoes hard, made heavy footsteps, walked up to the two children, looked at them blankly for a few seconds, and then grabbed them by the collar and lifted them up.

In such a process, the two children did not dare to resist again, because previous experience has shown that it is better to accept punishment obediently at this time, and the more they resist, the more they will eat

The more bitter it is.

In the past few years, Sigourney has integrated into the palace, as if she had escaped the nightmare of the past, focusing on her own role, and after her youngest child disappeared, she focused more on the other two children.

She never wanted her children to become aristocrats who were only left to reproduce and keep their bloodlines alive, she hoped that through rigorous training, they would grow into strong and brave warriors like her brothers, even in desperate situations where there was no hope, they would find ways to resist.

But the result still made her feel very disappointed, the child who had half of the Barusenge blood in his body was not brave, he would cry because of the pain, and he would lose his temper because of unhappy things.

Not only that, but both of her children were afraid of training, unwilling to go through the hard and tiring training, preferring to play with the maids and to stop the unrealistic stories written by the bards.

She could even see the future of her two children, who grew up in such a palace, without any danger from outside, because Sigourney and Siegel were so busy with government that they could only grow up with the teachers and maids, and when they grew up, they would not know what sorrow was, what sorrow was, what toil was, and what danger was.

In order to make her two children become the people she envisioned to be good kings, she has changed several groups of teachers to teach, but in the end, they have not been able to achieve satisfactory results.

Because they are Siegel's sons, the teachers do not dare to use harsh words and means to teach, because Siegel's doting is more like slaves and nannies who dare not have any resistance than the teachers.

"Today you have to complete the training plan I have set for you, I will keep an eye on you, and I will not give you a chance to be lazy. ”

Sigourney shouted angrily, where did she still look like she had just persuaded Siegel at this time.

"Why? ”

"I'm so tired from the sun now. ”

The two children complained quietly, but when they saw their blushing-faced mother, they had to bow their heads again.

"It's unbelievable, are you really Scandinavian children, not even the most basic training, when at your age I could have followed my brothers into the forest to hunt bears. ”

Sigourney roared loudly, she looked at the two children who bowed their heads without saying a word, and had no intention of resisting, she began to miss the youngest child who had disappeared, if it was the child who the gods prophesied that he would definitely grow into a hero, she would not be so slack.

He would surely grow up to be a good Balusenger, like his maternal grandfather, like his uncles, with great force to repel invaders and protect the territory and its people.

"It seems that the training plan I made for you before is still too gentle, tonight I will discuss with your father to make a harsher training plan for you, I will never allow my Sigourney child, such incompetence and scum. ”

"No, Mother, you can't do that. ”

"Mother, please don't do this, we will be obedient in the future, please spare us. ”

The two little boys heard their mother's words, and they knew that their mother would never make such jokes, and struggled with control and begged for mercy, hoping that she would give up such an idea.

It is a pity that their plea for mercy did not dispel Sigoney's doctrine, but made her more determined, because even in a hopeless desperate situation, the Barushinger people will not bow to difficulties, will not beg for mercy from the enemy, and there will be no such thing as surrender.

As a people with the blood of Odin, the Barushinga people are a people with glory, a proud and uncompromising people, who would rather go to war and sing loudly to death than kneel to survive.

But at least for now, Sigourney didn't see even a little bit from her two children, the characteristics of the Barusenge people, and she didn't see it at all.