The dark forest, shining with a little light, led the Duke to a lake, where it was like a fairyland, and everything was beautiful, with a small pond in front of it, covered with lotus flowers.

The gold was thrown into the pool by Duke Robert, and the heavy gold fell into the water with a clattering sound, and soon sank into the pool and disappeared without a trace.

One piece, two, three, four, piece after piece of gold was slowly thrown into the pool, and the gold pocket that was originally full on horseback also dried up at this time, Duke Robert threw his gold ring into the pool, and saw that the dark pool in the night was like a bottomless black hole, even though it swallowed all the gold he brought, it did not show the slightest abnormality, and Duke Robert rummaged through his pocket, turned out a dozen gold coins, and threw all the gold coins in his pocket without any hesitation.

"Isn't that enough?"

Duke Robert took a deep breath, now he can fully understand the feeling that the French king was robbed by his grandfather back then, handed over the Danish gold to buy peace, took off the golden crown on his head, and threw it into the pool, at this time the originally calm pool finally moved.

Goo-dong, goo-dong.

The water in the pool seemed to be boiling, making a strange noise and boiling, and under the reflection of the moonlight, a beautiful lady emerged from the pool, and the whole person appeared as charming as the moonlight.

It's so beautiful, it's not the first time I've seen it, but only in front of this lady does the Duke know what beauty is, what is true beauty.

"I said that your son will only be born when the flower seed I gave you blooms."

The figure in the pool spoke, she stepped on the lotus leaf, and the lotus flowers in the pool gathered together as if they were alive and conscious, and opened their leaves to pave the way for her to the ground.

It was a tall girl, dressed in a sky-blue armless robe, with long blond hair falling casually behind her, looking somewhat like the figures in the Greek gods painted by Italian artists.

Narcissus in the pool, in French, is the Lady of the Kind, that is, the Lady of the Fairy, in England it is the Nymph of the Lake, in Greek mythology it is called the Nymph, and of course there are witches in France who are called the Lady of the Fairy because of the fear of the world.

The beautiful girl in front of her is not a witch, not even an ordinary water elf, as we all know, the Nymph is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the Nymph in front of her is an extremely superior existence.

"The flowers have bloomed, because of Edward's blessing, I came to see you, but it is withering, don't speak to me in this tone, please don't forget, this is also your son."

Duke Robert said angrily, although he knew that the other party was not human, and he was far from being able to restrain the other party with human feelings and ethics, but reason understood it, but emotion made him angry.

"Oh, that future saint!" The beautiful girl looked down at the withered flowers on the ground, picked up the pot, stroked the withered flowers and leaves with her hands, and said with pity, "I let you irrigate with music, with virtue, with justice and love, courage and faith as nourishment, and with wisdom and sweat, but I did not expect it to bloom in advance through the blessings of the saints." ”

The girl's face showed sadness, and tears even welled up in her eyes, after all, it was her own child, even if she was not human, she was not without feelings. It's not that flowers can't bloom, but they can't bloom now, and now it's just a seedling that grows, and their children wither after they bloom.

A saint is a witness of eternity, and if he is a saint one day, he will be tainted with the brilliance of God, present, past, and forever.

Even if the current Prince Edward has not yet become a saint, it does not affect the validity of his blessing.

"I wonder, what should I do now?" Duke Robert asked.

He knows that this is not Edward's problem, but the problem of him and his family, the conception of his own children requires wisdom, courage, virtue, justice and love and many other positive existences, as a descendant of the god Odin, the descendants of the Vikings, he and his family do not lack courage, nor lack strength, but also lack of confidence, but as a pirate family, the only thing that is lacking is virtue, so it is a seed in all kinds of delays, and it has never bloomed, even after his various efforts, and grow green leaves, but it has always been stuck in the last step, If it weren't for Edward's blessing, the Duke wouldn't even know if he would have been able to see his child born in his lifetime.

"I will bless my son, I will bless him, my son will always walk on the right path, my son will always walk on the path of chasing his dreams, my son will surely make me proud. My son is not only superior to others, but also has courage that no one else can match, extraordinary talents, and immaculate virtues. ”

The beautiful girl said her blessing to the flowers, since the flowers have bloomed in advance, it is useless to put them back into seeds, and the congenital deficiencies can only be made up for the day after tomorrow.

How tall and handsome a person can grow is determined by the genes given by their parents, but this does not mean that the acquired efforts are meaningless.

Flowers slowly regained their vitality, recovered from the original withered state, exuding a fragrance, almost all nationalities have many moving legends and stories about flowers, during the Roman Empire, the Romans believed that flowers and maidens symbolized youth and life, in Greek mythology, the beautiful boy Nacissos because he was addicted to the reflection in his own water, and finally fell into the water and died into a beautiful narcissus.

The fact that a beautiful girl's child appears in the image of a flower does not mean that she is a flower fairy, but that she has already shown the strength and characteristics of the other party's youth and life.

Nymphs, as they are often referred to as elves and fairies, are generally found in mountains and forests, fields, springs, seas, etc., and are naturally transformed spirits, giving the image of the spirit of all things.

The Nymphs will appear as beautiful maidens, will not grow old, sick, will not die, in Greek mythology, some Nymphs tend to live in the realm of the gods, serving the gods, pouring wine for the gods, as a secondary goddess.

The forests of Mount Olympus do not have only twelve main gods, but also secondary gods such as the god of sleep and Hercules, and the Nymph is one of them, the union between the gods and the gods will give birth to the gods, the combination of the gods and mortals will give birth to the heroes of the demigods, but some of the combination of the Nymphs and the gods will give birth to the same immortal gods, depending on the nature of the Nymphs' life, whether they are elves, fairies or goddesses.

The flowers bloomed, the baby's cry sounded, and in the arms of the beautiful girl, the flowers turned into a lovely baby, and Duke Robert was so happy that he wanted to take the child from the fairy's hands, but when he came over, he showed a surprised expression.

"Two children?"

"Yes, two flowers bloom, one for each branch, please choose, choose who will be your son, and the other I will give to the other."

The fairy was holding two babies in her hands, and Duke Robert was angry in his heart, "Why, these are all my sons, both are mine, what are you doing behind my back?" ”

"I married two husbands and gave birth to two sons, but I couldn't be a mother." The fairy said, her eyes still calm and innocent, "Isn't everything your human wish?" If you want to marry me, I'll marry you, and if you want a son, I'll give birth to a son for you, but, at the beginning, because of my kindness, it wasn't just you, but also your knight, wasn't it? ”

Duke Robert was speechless, he clenched his fists, looked at the beautiful girl in front of him, the possessiveness in his heart rose, he wanted to snatch it, but he couldn't do anything, from the identity she was already his wife.

"I am not a human being, I don't need to be praised by the world, I don't care about the slander of the world, I don't want success and fame, I don't care about difficulties, I am not friend or foe, I am neither good nor evil. I do not ask from you, nor do I give. The beautiful fairies showed their attitude, looking at each other with pity.

"But I am a dignified duke, I have the blood of Odin in my body, I am the monarch of the world, I am a duke, I have the power of a king, I rule the most powerful army in the world, and that man is just an ordinary person, I run a country, bring the well-being of the people, let them live and work in peace, I am the great ......"

Duke Robert was furious, he knew that he could not keep this lover who was like a flower in the moon mirror in the water, but he could not keep his beloved girl, but at least he had to keep her child, which was himself and her child.

"When I became a human being, I never thought that I had power and status, that I was superior to others, that I could control the fate of each other and the world, that the king was great, and that the queen was great, but the joy, the glory, the pain and the humiliation were not within the control of human beings, everything was capricious."

The fairy chuckled, like a silver bell, "Isn't it the king's duty to let his people live in peace?" Since it is your duty, you can't talk about virtue and politics, nor is it a favor to the people, but what you should do, show favor to the people to highlight your greatness, but if there are no people, you can't be a king. ”

"You are very ignorant, the sun, the air, the rivers, the mountains, the plants, they also give the world blessings, but they never boast of their contribution to the world, let alone their greatness. Choose, who will be your son and who will be the son of that person. ”

"The duke's son, the blacksmith's son, is obviously also my son, with the same roots, but because of their different origins, their identities are different, from the perspective of human beings, one has a bright future, and the other has a bleak future."

"But my dear child, I want to say to you that you are not to me the son of a duke (nobleman), nor the son of a blacksmith (commoner), but my son, and that is enough."

Duke Robert had a son, and his choice would determine the fate of both sons, although for the Queen, both of these children were her children, and there was no difference in the slightest, but for him there was a difference.

Which to choose?

The two children are exactly the same.

The two princes, one who would become the future duke, and the other who could only become a commoner, Robert's hands trembled, and they were supposed to be his sons.