The Shadow of the Crown of Snow [Western Fantasy]

"In this way, the three goddesses Selene, Hecate, and Phoebe wiped out the evil, allowing the people of the Northland to thrive on the frozen soil..."

The three goddesses of the Northland are not well-known stories in the Nord Kingdom. Roy dug out a lot of legends about them from some corner, and added a lot of stories about them on the basis of the legends. Imagine the plot, write it down as a bedtime story to read to Selene.

In the original story, the three goddesses of the Northland actually did nothing.There is no "evil" that needs them to eliminate. The only thing that prevents the Northlanders from settling in this land is probably years of wind and snow—and they have no ability to change the climate here, otherwise the territory of the Nord Kingdom would not be It will be what it is today.

The three goddesses worked with the people of the Northland to find a way to live on the snowy field, how to make the house stronger, how to keep the clothes warmer, and how to defeat the beasts on the snowy field... It is not so much that they are high above the gods in the story, they are directly given It's better to say that they are one of the Northlanders.

As a descendant of the royal family of the Nord Kingdom, Roy also participated in Nord's god-making plan. He knows that there are gods in this world, but he believes that the three goddesses in the Northland are definitely not the gods that everyone generally recognizes. They are more like the three leaders who made outstanding contributions to the development of the Northland people at that time, and they are admired and worshiped by everyone.

Over time, this admiration and adoration "deified" them.

The gods worshiped by the northerners are actually heroes.It was the one who led them forward, the one who led the Northlanders forward.

"Don't act too hastily." After listening to Selene's statement, Roy thought for a moment and rejected the proposal, "Don't deliberately promote worship among the northerners, this is a natural process for them, deliberately do this Doing so will lead to trouble."

"Okay, I see." Selene nodded, "Aren't you going to see Hecate?"

There is no soul in Garcia's body, and there is no remnant of habit in this body. All the expressions and movements of Roy are completely displayed, so Selene can see his father's emotions-the calmness on his face is obvious Disappeared.

"Hecate?" he said the name softly and slowly. "Do you think she's alive?"

Do you really think she can be counted as Hecate?

The Guards Corps, the Holy Light Corps, and the Central Corps are gathering together in the city to rest and wait for the next attack.Selene thinks that this is probably the most powerful team that she has the honor to command in her life. The Guards are powerful, but the Kingdom of Nord cannot find a second Guards, let alone a different style from the Guards. But the other two teams are equally good at fighting.

Just as Phoebe expected, the Nagrand Empire seemed to have grasped the last straw, desperately throwing magicians on the battlefield. The magic used by these magicians has not changed at all, and is the same as every batch of magicians thrown in front of them. , both the technique itself and the way of fighting are very extensive.

The mages of Nagrand did not form an effective cooperation with the other arms around them. The fireballs would accidentally injure the soldiers who were charging ahead. The proud cavalry will be disturbed by the magician.

Probably only the priests were not affected by the magician, but in front of Phoebe's Holy Light Legion, the priests of Nagrand could only be described as unpopular.

On the other hand, the magician did slow down Selene's pace and added a lot of casualties to her army.

But, in Hecate's words - "then we can win with our eyes closed".

When Selene left Roy's place, she happened to meet Hecate who was leading a patrol back.

"Sure enough, there is an ambush." ​​Hecate rubbed his palms and reported to Selene enthusiastically. "It seems that we are cornered. There are quite a lot of people, but I have dealt with them."

Selene didn't realize why Roy didn't let her tell Hecate Garcia's identity until Roy refused to see Hecate just now.

In Selene's view, her real sister was just a vague memory in her memory before she was four years old. Afterwards, the one who fought side by side with her through life and death was the Hecate in front of her.

From Roy's point of view, his real daughter was already dead.His soul was torn apart by the power of the ritual, and he was taken to the palace of the Nagrand Empire, but what he saw was his dead daughter and a living body created by Hussein.

But Roy is not completely disgusted with Hecate.

After all, Hecate is a complicated existence. It can be said that she already has a brand new body and soul, occupying the position of the original Hecate and living in the world, but it can also be said that a large part of her body still belongs to the original Hecate. It's just been modified and transformed, or in other words, she is another life extension of the real Hecate...

The biggest difference between Roy and Selene in this matter is that Selene does not have many accurate and clear memories of Hecate in her mind. In the later getting along, the vague impression in childhood It was quickly erased, and she could agree that Hecate was an independent individual without any obstacles, and that the current Hecate also had his own life, instead of relying on the identity of others to survive.

It's not that Roy can't think clearly about this problem. It's one thing to understand the reason, but another thing to accept it emotionally.At present, he can save Hecate when he is in danger, but he can't treat Hecate like he did to Selene.

It is even more impossible to become the cornerstone of Hecate's kingdom of God, and let his soul and consciousness left in the world be assimilated and disappeared.

In addition to Selene, there are two other people in the army who know Garcia's identity.One is Phoebe, and the other is Joshua.

Joshua was brought to the Kingdom of Nord since he was ten years old. For him, Roy is definitely a respectable elder. Leaving aside the positions of the two, his respect for Roy may be higher than his respect for Cole. Respect should be more real.

In the previous few days, Roy did not use some trivial matters to occupy Selene's time, but chose to ask Joshua about most of the current situation in the army, as well as the previous experiences of Selene and Hecate.

Of course, there is the most important part, that is the love affair between Selene and Hecate.

"Joshua, you think I'm Roy, because I have Roy's thoughts and use them to talk to you." Roy explained, "And my appearance belongs to this Tully named Garcia. Officer Si, if Garcia’s family members appear here now, after I tell them the truth, will they still think that I am their family member, the former Garcia?”

The answer is obvious—although it raises more questions for Roy.

At the same time, Selene felt that in front of her eyes was a bright future that she could not have imagined when Nagrand declared war on Nord half a year ago.

Selene avoided the ritual, and Hecate could cross the threshold of the gods in other ways, that is to say, even Roy didn't have to sacrifice, and he could continue to inhabit Garcia's body—or find another A dying man with a convenient status.

Her lost territory will be regained, as will her lost relatives besides her mother.

After thinking of the best possibility, Selene found it hard to be pessimistic. After Hecate was dragged to drink mead by a group of soldiers, she hummed a relaxing song and went to have dinner with Roy. .

Most cities in the Northland are sparsely populated and have facilities for troops to station, but it is still too difficult to accommodate the soldiers of the three legions. Most of the troops are still stationed in the open space outside the city, and they can be faintly heard walking around in the city. the sound made.

Bread and goat cheese.The basket Selene brought contained only two items, and Roy took out a small stove from under the table knowingly and lit it.

Because of the weather and personality, Northlanders always like simple, filling and energy-replenishing food. Of course, they prefer warm things.

Spread goat cheese on the slightly hard bread and smoke it next to the fire. When the cheese melts slightly, the dry and hard bread is also given a new taste.Then a few Northlanders can sit around the fire and have a hearty meal with mead.

Because they don't have much pursuit of food, the recipes of the Northlanders are relatively simple. Even Roy and Selene often have bread and goat cheese as their main meal.

In other words, after half a year, there was only one imprint left on Hecate by the life of the Nagrand Empire: she couldn't accept the taste of goat cheese, but she loved eating donuts.

"You don't have to think of her as Hecate," Selene suggested. "Think of her as someone else."

"Let it be." Roy took a bite of the baked bread, "I don't know what attitude I should deliberately show, so I might as well just let it be."

"We're very close to Frostcovered City." Selene changed the subject nonchalantly, "But I think it's better to take down a few surrounding cities first. Because if Nagrand still has the strength to explode, then Surely they'll be hiding in Frostcover, ready to bite us when we let our guard down the most."

Roy didn't answer, but just hummed to show that he was listening.In this regard, he has always admitted that Selene is far better than himself, whether it is the analysis of the battle situation or intuition.

"And... if you're lucky, Mr. Raymond might still be alive."

"Although I also hope that he can live, it is unlikely. Nagrand...especially Hussein, likes to eliminate future troubles for himself in advance."

"No, this time is an exception." Selene said firmly, "He must really want to find out what the hell we, the Northlanders, are doing."