33. A sense of foreboding
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Perhaps it was the sudden foreboding when he left Snowy City, Asa didn't let Serana follow him before coming in, and his backpack couldn't be brought in openly this time, and Asa didn't want to hand it over to the guards, so he simply let the two girls watch outside. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Now Asa is also wearing a ** division robe all over his body, and even so, Asa didn't expect to recognize it at a glance for Ufrik.
"Being remembered by the famous Storm Cloak Collar also gives me the capital to brag about in the future. Contemptible Asacher, the Baron of Snowman, I have come this time to bring you a message from Lord Balguf, Lord of Snowman. ”
"Really? I suppose you forgot to include the titles of Winterhold's Mage Xi, a Contemporary Dragonborn, and the Honorary Captain and Honorary Court Mage of the Dugu City Court Guard, right? And that's not even counting the folk title of Hero of the Dawn Guard. I don't know if it's an accident or not, Ufric knows more about Asa than Asa thought, Asa had thought that he wasn't necessarily the kind of person who could impress people at a glance, and now that he thought about it, maybe he was too modest.
Seeing Asa's somewhat uncomfortably wandering gaze, Ufrik simply returned to the topic and said, "I've been speculating about when Barguf will send someone over." It's just that I didn't expect it to be a messenger like you, what about his token? Oh? An axe? Interesting! No wonder Joseph's expression just now was weird. Hearing what Ufrik said, it seemed that the squad leader didn't tell him in detail just now, he walked straight down from the throne to Asa, took the axe in Asa's hand, pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled: "You dare to bring this information alone, it is really commendable!" It's a pity that you're on the wrong side...... You can now bring this axe back to its owner, so that he is ready to welcome the 'guests'. I'm looking forward to a lot of exciting things happening in Snowy City in the near future. ”
With that, Ufric handed the axe to Asa, and walked back to the throne without looking back. Asa couldn't help but sigh in his heart as he took the axe, Oufrik was a hero after all. Just as he had returned the axe to himself, Asa had seen Uphrek's eyes up close for the first time in a long time. The conviction in his eyes had not changed from beginning to end, not when Helgen was about to add an axe, and still not yet.
As a half-elf, Asa is born with a lack of affection for the racist Storm Cloak, but a hero like Uhfrik can often cross the simple barrier of personal likes and dislikes, and even after learning that the other party is likely to be a pawn of Somer, Asa still has no inner dislike for Uffric. Perhaps it was this mentality that made him not turn around and leave, but asked a somewhat abrupt question.
"I saw in Dugu City that the soldiers who let you out of the city were beheaded. He said that you killed the High King in the course of a traditional duel, and that he could even die generously to prove it. I'm not from Nord, but I learned about it in hindsight. At the time, you could have asked for the succession of the High King and sought support from other lords, but why didn't you? And to drag your own compatriots into the vortex of war after escaping? Why did you have a better chance of becoming the Supreme King and justifiably declaring independence from the Empire at that time!? Assa's tone became a little agitated as he spoke, because he already had a "reasonable" answer in his heart, that is, some kind of secret agreement had been reached between Somer and Oufrik!
Ufrik, who was about to sit on the throne, paused, then turned around, looked at Asa, who had never left him, and suddenly asked thoughtlessly, "You are quite familiar with another dragonborn, that is, the princess of the empire, right?" ”
Asa didn't understand why he suddenly asked Hamiya, but nodded in agreement.
"Then you should have heard about her disguised entry into Somer's embassy a while ago, right?"
"Why do you suddenly ask this?"
"Because I'm wondering if you've heard from her about my affair with Somer." There was no fluctuation on Uffric's face, but this sentence caused quite a stir in Asa's heart. Asa subconsciously looked at the surrounding members of the storm cloak, but there was no surprise on their faces,
Do they all know!?
This thought instantly crossed Asa's mind, and then he saw Ufric slowly sit back on his throne and say generously, "Don't be surprised, this matter is an open secret among the real Nords in Windhelm City. ”
"......" Asa's mind spun quickly and asked tentatively, "You are also using Somer?" ”
"You've probably thought about this possibility, but do you think that instead of using each other with Somer, why don't you align with the Empire, I'm undoubtedly just Somer's pawn if I don't have such a choice?" Ufrik shook his head expressionlessly and said, "I once shed my blood for the Empire, and I am ashamed to use intrigue and trickery against my former comrades-in-arms. But Somer is different, they have been my enemies from the beginning. In that case, why not use your enemies at all costs? Especially when they think they have everything under control. ”
"Titus-Maed II may have thought that going to war now would devastate the empire that had been recovering so hard, but he didn't think about what would happen when people lost their blood! I've made it clear to everyone that when our lords of Skyrim accept the small favors of the Empire, we have become cowardly, and if a world war breaks out again, will we Nords still be able to fight as valiantly as last time? So I'm going to give them a way now, a way back to prosperity! Without sacrifice, how can there be progress? Every wheat has a shell. The empires and lords who supported them must be expelled. This is everyone's request, and this is my request. ”
"I see what you mean, but peace doesn't just make people vulnerable, and war doesn't necessarily make people strong!"
Ufrik only shook his head at Asa's rebuttal and said, "The theory is correct, but it doesn't apply in the era of strong enemy feeding. Only thirty years after the World War, the faith of Talos had all but disappeared from the Empire, and the Emperor who had conquered the Isle of Summer and conquered the Great 6 was now being abandoned by the people of the nation he had created. When the emperor made such a decision, he probably didn't know what he had abandoned, it was an honor, a spirit! And not just a belief! ”
At this time, Asa finally realized what his previous foreboding was, that is, the kind of wavering in his heart now! 8