Chapter 6: A Blessing Is a Curse
Seven fairies came to the palace of the Duke of Norman, the first fairy blessed William with beauty, the second with courage, and the third with wisdom.
The fourth fairy took the baby in swaddling clothes, kissed the baby's forehead with her lips, and whispered, "I bless my child, he has power, this child has the blood of Thor, the god of thunder (son of Odin), he will have the power of giants, infinite power, lift the sky, like Hercules, like the giant Goliath, sweeping the battlefield, invincible." ”
When the Norman Duke heard the blessing of the fairy, he looked at his child, if wisdom, courage and beauty are not yet visible to newborn babies, then not for strength, in mythology, Hercules, as the son of Zeus, sucked the milk of Hera, the queen of heaven, so he had the strange power to support the sky from birth, and strangled a poisonous snake that intended to harm himself when he was a baby.
The Norman Duke placed a golden wine glass on William's hand, and the baby looked at the golden wine glass handed by his father with curiosity on his face, and with a slight pinch of his fingers, he made a small finger print on it, and the golden wine glass was crushed in an instant.
What an amazing blessing, Duke Norman took a deep breath, this kind of blessing is simply the son of the gods, the great heroes of the heroic era should have.
If there is any fly in the ointment, it probably does not seem to be a positive model in this era, whether it is Hercules, Thor, or Thor, the god of thunder, or the invincible giant Goliath who swept the battlefield.
Hercules, the god of Hercules, suffered all kinds of setbacks since he was a child because of his divine power, unintentionally killed his teacher, was exiled, became a sinner, and became a slave, and the god of thunder, Thor, also brought a commotion to the divine realm because of his recklessness and belligerence, and the giant Goliath, with his mountain-like strength, fought against Israel on the battlefield, and was finally killed by David, the shepherd favored by God, so that King David was born.
The Norman Duke was worried that it would not be a bad thing for his child to have such a blessing in the future, but it was not necessarily a good thing for such a young child to have such a powerful power.
The fifth fairy took the baby in swaddling clothes, felt the strange power of the little one at this time, and prepared to begin to say her blessing in front of everyone, "My child, you already have beauty, wisdom, courage and strength, as your godmother, what blessing should I give you?" ”
The fifth fairy said thoughtfully, her face showing deep thought, as if she no longer knew what to give to her child, and after a moment of contemplation, she said, "Then, my child, I will wish you good fortune." ”
"Lucky, what kind of luck to be worthy of the illustrious status of a prince, with a king as a father, a beautiful princess as a wife, and the land of Tian Qianmo as a territory, and an invincible army to support him."
As soon as the fifth fairy said the blessing, the fourth fairy couldn't help laughing, if wisdom, beauty, and courage cannot be devalued, then the blessing of luck is really a bit dispensable.
If a fisherman is blessed with good luck, then he can go to the sea to catch many, many fish, hunters can hunt many, many prey, merchants can make a lot of money, and poor boys can get the favor of beautiful girls because of luck, money, career, love, these can be regarded as lucky, but they are not worthy of the blessing of a fairy.
The level of blessing is too low, and this should be a blessing given by a witch or elf.
Bless an ordinary person to be lucky, this blessing can be said to be more than enough, but to bless a prince, the future princes, this is not good-looking, to bless a poor egg to be able to make a windfall, such as winning the jackpot, this is of course a blessing, but to bless the world's richest man to win the lottery, although it is not to say that it is meaningless, but it is really not of much significance.
Prince William was born into this ducal family, and it was already great luck to become the son of a duke, instead of being held to the common people, and becoming a little blacksmith.
In the fairy tale world of the Middle Ages, princes and princesses are the protagonists of this world, even if they are commoners, they end up either marrying a prince or marrying a princess. The brave defeated the evil dragon, not also to marry the princess and inherit the kingdom after becoming famous.
"Ailian, what do you mean!" The fifth fairy glared at the fourth fairy with some annoyance, and actually questioned her blessing.
"I don't mean anything, when the princess Bai Xue of the Earl of Hanover was born, the three of us blessed the princess, you said three blessings, let the queen choose any one, the first blessing is that as long as the little princess keeps a kind heart, the princess will become more and more beautiful day by day; The second blessing, every time the little princess says a word, a gold coin pops out of her mouth; The third blessing is that the little princess will have a prince who will inherit the kingdom to marry her and protect her. ”
The fourth fairy Ai Lian told the black history that made the fifth fairy shame the fairies, and the face of the fairy who originally said the lucky blessing turned black in an instant, which is indeed a very good blessing for the common girl, but it is not suitable for the little princess, so that the queen directly rejected the fairy's blessing at that time.
"The first blessing, Snow White is the most beautiful person in the world, even if she is not blessed, she will become more beautiful day by day, this is her fate, it is the blessing of her fate. The second blessing, Snow White was born in the Countdom of Hanover, one of the electors of the Holy Roman Empire, owning a country and not lacking money, let a princess spit gold coins when she speaks, you must know that it is painful to conceive gold coins from the throat, this is not a blessing but a curse. The third blessing is even more ridiculous, Snow White is originally a princess, and the king does not have a daughter of her own, so it is not that she wants to marry a prince or a king, but that she can choose her husband to become the king, and your blessing is either superfluous, or like a curse, or meaningless. ”
"Indeed, Ailian, you have said a lot, but do you want to understand, if Snow White is hurt, because she is jealous of her beauty, because she is poor because of her trouble, and because of the broken country, my blessings can protect her, although her appearance is born, it is not incapable of being injured and disfigured. Although the treasury has money, the key to the treasury is not in her hands, and the gold coins that come out of her mouth are in her own hands. In human society, the happiness of princesses born in the royal family often depends on the father, brother, and husband of the king, and it is not for nothing that the brother who has lost his father and has no one to rely on is protected by her husband. It's the same with luck, no matter how great a hero is, if he is not lucky on the road, he will eventually fail due to various accidents, and luck can avoid this. Luck is not meaningless, because misfortune is something more terrible than a strong enemy, a strong enemy can still be defeated, if because luck is not as good as the other party, so the bad luck is planted in the hands of the other party, then is it not ......"
The fifth fairy held the little prince to the sixth fairy, looked at the Norman Duke and said with a smug smile, "Luck is the favor of fate, and it can turn evil into good fortune in times of crisis." Your Royal Highness, do you think my blessing is fake now? ”
The sixth fairy took the little prince and slowly said her blessing, "I bless this child of mine, you will accomplish great feats that others cannot accomplish in the future, defeat one powerful enemy after another, and become a hero." ”
The seventh fairy married the little prince, and suddenly a strange smile appeared on her face, "I bless this child, he has an incomparably strong self-esteem (ambition) and enterprising (desire), conquers everything, dominates everything, owns everything, for the land, for wealth, for power, for women......"
It's this child, not mine.
Duke Norman suddenly woke up, remembering the blessings that the seven fairies had said before, and the additions he had made, as well as what the seventh fairy had said, and he was keenly aware of something, he drew his sword and shouted, "Shut up, stop your blessings......"
These are not blessings at all, but curses, outright curses.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness the Duke, our blessing has been completed, His Royal Highness the Prince has to bear a great fate, although the blessings of his fate are simply not enough to bear these, the blessing of fate has taken effect."
The seventh fairy said with a smile, looked at the little prince in her arms, and pinched his face with her hand, "You are lucky to be born in the Duke's family, your future is destined to be dazzling, but there is also darkness where the brilliance is dazzling, you are destined to bear this dark side, this is the fate of your birth in this family, the blood in your body." ”
"You are handsome, but your appearance is not lucky, too outstanding appearance will bring disaster, especially if you have the same appearance as a god, the beautiful young Adonis because he was favored by Venus, the god of love, which means that he was hated by the husband of the god of love, the god of fire and craftsman, Hezhestus, and was killed by a wild boar, you will not only be favored, but also hostile. The most beautiful is you, so you can't look down on other beautiful women, they are not as beautiful as you, even if you will be favored by other women, the person you love will only be yourself, such as Nacissos, who is obsessed with his own reflection and fell into the water and turns into a daffodil, or he falls in love with someone who is similar to you, but who in this world can be similar to you, that is your sister or your mother, His Royal Highness the prince does not seem to have sisters, then only mothers, oops, This is a felony that King Oedipus would commit in the general love of his mother, which is not tolerated by the world. ”
The seventh fairy's smile was smug, and the holy sword in the Norman duke's hand slashed directly at the fairy's head, and every time he heard this blessing, he was furious, and wanted to kill the fairy, so that she would not say the rest of the words.
"Your Royal Highness, it is against the civil law and the way of the guest to use the sword to greet your guests, is this how you greet your guests?" The great fairy gently grabbed the sword that the duke swung in anger with two fingers, and in an instant a fist swung out of the second fairy's hand, smashing the duke into the air and landing on the nearby table, the sword fell to the ground with a loud sound, and the originally beautiful dress was full of greasy food.
"You have courage, so you are not afraid of the challenges of the world, you are resilient, you have faith, but this complete courage acquisition is not innate, but created by the environment, you will experience all kinds of challenges, your unfortunate childhood will be full of setbacks and misfortunes, and only in this way can you achieve your courage. What kind of courage will shape such a character, I think it should be the loss of the protection of my parents, the loss of my kingdom, the betrayal of my relatives in the family, being hunted down, becoming a prince in distress, and losing everything. ”
"You are smart, you have wisdom, but this kind of wisdom is destined to make you unable to communicate with other people, you are a sober person in the world, you will be wise to protect yourself, you know what is at stake, but we have not given you selflessness, nor have we given you innocence, to put it bluntly, you are just a refined egoist, because of the arrogance that this wisdom obtains, which is destined to make you unable to reach the realm of light. To attain the wisdom of a saint is not just to be blessed. ”
"You have power, but you can't master it because you're young, so even if it's not what you want, you have to pay for the mistakes you made when you were young, and Thor, Hercules, and Goliath the Giant have all gone astray because of their power, so so do you."
"Your luck will propel you forward, you will build merit, but it will also make the mistakes you make greater, the more impossible feats will consume the blessings of your destiny, your ambitions and desires will bring you disaster, because the earth can meet the needs of human life, but not the desires of man, your desires are unlimited, the pursuit is infinite, and you will eventually be swallowed up by everything you have."
The seventh fairy didn't care about the duke who fell to the ground, the fairies used their power unscrupulously, and the Norman duke stood up from the table, "Damn, you are violating the civil law and the way of the guest and the host, not a blessing, actually cursing the newborn baby, even if he is my son, he is not guilty at all." ”
"The first point, I didn't violate the civil law and the way of the guest and the host, it was you who wanted to attack me, and my companion fought back, even if you swung the sword, we just used our fists to fight back and defend, the second point, how is this a curse, this is all a blessing, but the blessing of fate enjoyed by your son is not enough to bear this blessing, this is a blessing that is difficult for the son of God to bear in the heroic age, and you are just a mortal, and your son is also a mortal, even if he is the son of a fairy, he is still a mortal. If you want to be blessed, then we will do our best to bless as much as we can, and it will all come from your will? ”
The fairy said, the Norman Duke was a little crazy, and the last sentence, as his wife said to him, everything was out of his own will, and after making a wish, whether it was a good result or a bad result, he had to bear it himself.
The combination of gods and mortals will give birth to demigod heroes, the combination of demigod heroes and humans will only give birth to ordinary heroes, and the Nymphs, if they combine with gods, will either give birth to demigod heroes or equally immortal gods. In mythology, with the exception of Hercules himself, who became a god through the twelve trials, only the union between the gods and the gods, and between the gods and the Nymphs, gave birth to the immortal gods.
Is it just that the Norman duke is a god? No, he is just a mortal, even if her wife can bear the power of the gods and give birth to immortal gods, but her husband is an ordinary person, then he will not give birth to a demigod hero, only an ordinary hero, this is the limit.
"Giving face will be coveted by the wicked, giving wealth will bring disaster, giving wisdom will bring arrogance, giving courage will meet challenges, giving luck will bring danger, we have given so many things to your son, the blessings of your child's fate have long been exhausted, and by a human standard, I don't think he will live to be 15 years old."
"Why?"
"Why, you have to ask why, isn't it all the good deeds done by the Duke your father, your grandfather, and the dukes of your youth and past generations, burning down forests, cultivating forests into farmland, killing treants, thus building trebuchets, building palaces, hunting centaurs, expelling elves, or using magic to dominate, as slaves, you gain power from the conquest of nature, and nature also accepts the resentment of nature. It is true that your unknown fairy wife gave birth to a child with human and fairy blood flowing for you, and wants to be a bridge between the two, but she does not represent the will of all fairies and elves, and we do not accept peace. ”
"Okay, then declare war, you group of Bichi, whether it is me or my son, I swear to destroy you!"
The Norman Duke roared hysterically, his eyes were red, and with his roar, the castle was alarmed, the bronze bell rang, and the knights in the castle took action, they knew that this was the duke's conscription order, and the war was about to start.
"We can afford to wait, what happened before is still vivid, the hatred has not disappeared, but can you afford to wait? How long will you live, and how long will your son live. ”
Talking and laughing, the fairies suddenly turned into silver-white moonlight and disappeared, the concept of time between humans and fairies is completely different, for the duke himself, this is nearly a hundred years ago, but for the fairies, it is tantamount to yesterday and the day before yesterday.
"Your Royal Highness, what happened?" A knight in armor came to the dining room with a mess of cups and plates, and was a little surprised to see the dirty duke.
"Go, let my secretary, reply a letter, and tell Canute of England that I have agreed to his proposal to my sister Emma, but I have one condition, that he must declare war on those things in the forest in his capacity as King of England, King of Denmark, and King of Norway, and call messengers to the king, and let him summon the nobles of all the places to fight for me in the name of the king, which is the kindness which I have supported him in the past, and he must repay me now. Let my brother, Bishop Robert, send someone to the Pope to get permission for this war to be a holy war in the Church. ”
Duke Norman hugged the child at the table and said to his subordinates, his eyes were full of cruelty, and when he looked at the innocent child who did not understand what was happening, he couldn't help but cry.
"Yes, Your Highness." The knight nodded in reply, and suddenly understood that war was inevitable.
It is difficult for human beings to live in harmony with those in the forest, human beings set fire to mountains, cut down forests, reclaim wasteland, and conquer nature, in fact, all for their own survival, and the population is increasing, that is, it is inevitable to invade the forest, in fact, this is all sacrificing the earth to obtain their own harvest.
It is not enough to just support themselves, the knights, merchants and farmers are eager to get more land and more wealth, but the reclamation of the previous duke was stopped by the current duke, and no one dared to oppose the duke's order, so I originally thought that this was it, but I didn't expect that there was finally a turnaround today.
The war began, the dukes declared war, the nobles looked forward to it, the knights enthusiasted, the merchants and farmers cheered, the church wanted to punish heretics, and everyone supported the war from all walks of life throughout the country.