The prince was born.

It was a great joy.

When the news of the Duchess's birth came from the attic where the Duchess lived, the whole castle was filled with joy, and the Duke rewarded him lavishly, whether it was the knights or guards in the castle, or the ministers in the palace were rewarded by the Duke, even the commoners were exempted from taxes as appropriate.

The duke intended to let the whole of Normandy, and indeed the whole country, know that his son was born, and the future heir of the country was born.

The Duchess has not appeared in the field of vision of outsiders for many years, and has heard rumors that she is sick, so she does not participate in the social circles of Normandy or even Paris, and no one knows what the Duchess really looks like, even Prince Edward, who lives in the castle, has only heard of the Duchess, and his aunt exists, but no one has seen what she actually looks like, or thinks that he has seen it, but when he thinks of the Duchess's appearance at a critical moment, he can't remember anything.

Therefore, one can't help but wonder, does the Duchess really exist?

Is the Duchess pregnant and giving birth because she is sick and can't leave the room?

But since it was a production, why did the duke still want to pass on his throne to his nephew.

This is a very confusing question, but today's puzzling question has finally been solved today.

The Duchess's room was located in the west building, which was adjacent to the duke, and when the Duke of Normandy pushed the room open, a fresh fragrance came out of the room, and on the table near the window was a pot of picks, on which an unknown plant was planted, and bright flowers were blooming.

This is the beauty of roses, roses, lilies, narcissus, and lotus flowers, and seeing the blooming of flowers, the Duke seems to see the moment when the world tree sprouts and God creates the universe, which is the most touching moment in eternity.

The duke's eyes were already a little moist as he watched the flowers bloom, and the flower that had been transformed from the seed of his own life had finally blossomed today.

No matter how much I used to water the flowers, the seeds in the pot never moved, but today they finally bloomed, with the blessing of my nephew, Edward.

"You're my Igdora Hill!"

The Duke stretched out his hand to touch it, but who knows, just when he wanted to touch it, the flowers that were originally thriving and blooming with flower bones quietly withered at this time.

"No!"

The duke exclaimed, wanting to stop the withering of the flowers, but there was nothing he could do, he could only watch the flowers that had just bloomed wither, his voice alarmed the knights in the castle, and the knights came to the room one after another, and saw the duke with some red eyes, and just wanted to ask something, he saw the duke say in a deep voice, "Hurry, hurry, take all the gold in the castle, ride a fast horse, and go with me to the forest." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." The knights bowed their heads and began to prepare for their journey.

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After a large expanse of desolate meadows, and then into a mountainous area, Duke Robert carried the withered potted plant in his arms, and hurried down the road, with the knights following the duke with gold on their backs.

Although the road was rough, one up the hill and the other downhill, the well-trained knights followed behind the duke, guarding the duke's side, and the howl of wolves was heard from time to time in the forest, but in front of the heavily armed knights, the road was very smooth.

It's getting dark.

Everything around him became dark, the duke dismounted, and the knights on his side raised their torches to light the way ahead, a pine forest, and the forest was silent.

"Your Highness, are you going into the forest? It's not going to work, it's too dangerous. ”

The chief knight on the side held a torch and issued a message to the duke to whom he was loyal, and to prevent the duke from entering the forest no matter what.

The duke's family, as the ruler of the Duchy of Normandy, has a prominent prestige, and the dukes, who are important in France, can fight even in the face of the French king.

As the Norman duke canonized by the French king, the duke's authority did not come from the French king, from Normandy, but from the strong army of the duke's family, many years ago, the duke's grandfather was a Danish pirate leader, in more accurate words, the duke and his family were out-and-out Danes, Vikings.

The Vikings were a rampant pirate force in this era, and the Vikings, represented by the duke's grandfather, led a small number of men to sack Paris, and finally forced the French king to canonize the other party as dukes and let him create the Duchy of Normandy.

Although this legendary feat is not as good as Cnut the Great, who conquered England and established the Nordic Empire, King Godfred who gave Charlemagne a headache, and King Harald of Norway, who occupied a high position in the Byzantine Empire and won the throne, is only the ancestor of the duke, but he is also an extraordinary handsome, and the Norman dukes of the past generations are even more legendary.

The Duke's family was born with the blood of the god Odin and the adventurous genes of pirates, so it was definitely not benevolent, and he was able to become a Norman duke, not as a defector, but as a conqueror.

The Duke's act of aggression against France, for the sake of conquest, for the sake of domination, and the eventual occupation of the province of Normandy, has long ago deeply hurt the country and its people, as well as other existences.

The Duke's family used to cut down trees everywhere, in order to break down the castle, in order to loot the city, the trebuchet needed the trees indispensable, among which the Duke fought with the elves of the forest, killing the treants to make siege equipment.

Fighting with the Treants is no stranger to the knights, and they also understand that the deep forest will definitely not be so friendly to the duke's family.

"Of course, for the sake of my son, I have to go into the forest." The Duke said in a deep voice, "The gold I asked you to bring is my sincerity, and the blood has flowed enough, whether it is us or them, this war should have stopped a long time ago." ”

Before the advent of the great Father, there were not only pagan gods who were regarded as taboo within the church, but also inhabited by various elves on this land, and in distant times, it was said that the relationship between humans and elves was harmonious, and human beings feared the gods and offered gifts to the elves, and human labor could also be favored by the gods, and the elves were protected, so that in the harvest year, by cutting a small poke of the full ears of wheat from the harvest, offering them to the elves, they could also get the blessings of the elves.

Princes and nobles will also get elves, even higher than the elves, such as fairies' home visits and blessings, the relationship between the two is mutually beneficial, but it does not mean that there will be no conflicts and contradictions between humans and elves, the world of humans and the world of elves, and no matter how extreme the moment will evolve into war, human beings destroy nature and harm nature, that is, harm the elves closely connected with nature.

Man is the spirit of all things, that is, human beings are the most spiritual existence of all things, but in the ancient mythology of the West, it is not only human beings who are the most spiritual, so when the spirit of all things appears in the form of man, it is the mythical nymph (narcissus), Dryad (dryad) and Oread (mountain goddess) and so on.

The Duke lowered his weapon, waved his hand to stop the knights who wanted to accompany him, led the horse in one hand, and carried the flower pot in the other, and slowly walked into the depths of the forest, "Come to me, Queen, for my son, no, but also for your son." ”

The duke's voice fell, and a little light appeared in the originally dark forest, although it was faint, but it was enough to guide the direction, and the knight leader showed helplessness on his face, looking at the flower pot and wanting to say something but couldn't say anything.

It turned out that the potted flower was the son of the duke, the prince of the Norman principality, the future heir, and the prince's mother was an outlier who could not tolerate human society.