Rhine Stories

"Siegfried! I want that little bird, catch it for me."

On one side of the Rhine, the lush woods lie on the north side of the Burgundian court, where birds often roost.

"Hurry up, the bird is flying away, I want its feathers."

The black-haired girl desperately grabbed the knight's hand, pointed to the blue bird flying high in the sky, and said in an orderly tone.

"Clinside, the bird should be flying in the sky, let it be free."

The silver-haired knight was once a wish-making machine for thousands of people, no matter how unreasonable the request was, he would fulfill it.But here, in the world where there are only the two of them, Siegfried is by the side of the child Clinesed, and he abides by some rules.

"……flew away."

Therefore, the black-haired girl could only watch it fly away, and when she looked back, she muttered, clenched her small fist and hit Siegfried heavily, "Why didn't you do as I said? Obviously you All wishes come true!"

"..."

And Siegfried didn't speak, just squatted down and straightened her long skirt. Just now, because he was dragging himself to run, the girl's skirt was stained with a little dust, "Be careful not to run around in the forest, it will stain the clothes."

"..."

The girl froze for a moment, and was very dissatisfied with Siegfried's attitude of not blaming her for anything. She turned her head and said unhappy, "So what? Anyway, my skirt is black."

"..."

However, as if he was used to it, Siegfried didn't give any lessons to Klinesed in front of him, but just spoiled his child like a father, even though she was really too much sometimes, "Go back."

At this time, Siegfried took her hand and wanted to take her to the castle.

"Wait, I'm going to the Rhine, I want to see the scenery beyond the jungle and the castle."

Clinesed stopped immediately, looked up at the dragon slayer, and made a request.

"No, you can't go there."

Seemingly feeling that Siegfried was holding her hand tightly, Kleinside lowered her head and heard that this man always disobeyed her, and decided in her heart that she must go and see for herself.

"Clinside, you can't go to the river."

Seeing the disappointed look of the girl in front of him, the silver-haired knight turned his head and hugged her, "Let's go, I can take you wherever you want to go."

— except the Rhine.

+++ Bottom of the Rhine

"It should be going here...the last time I saw my father walking like this..."

The blue river water is the sky here, and the world under the Rhine River that no one knows is made of magic (curse). A little girl with black hair and golden pupils, wearing a gorgeous white dress with gold trim, is the owner of this place.

Accompanying her was a knight with red hair and red eyes, because his appearance was quite special, especially the red hair always made her care whether he was a Celtic from the Gaul region.

But he was Hagen of Trony, her knight.

And she also has a mission to stay here, that is, the guardian of the Rhine gold, and Hagen also protects her and the existence of gold.

"Uh... it's true that there are stairs... is there some kind of hidden door?"

At this moment, the girl looked at the endless river bottom in front of her, looking left and right for the key that could enable her to break through the difficulty, but nothing...

"Cleansed, do you want to go up again?"

At some point, the red-haired knight followed her all the time, and always appeared suddenly, almost frightening her.

"Father!"

The girl turned her head immediately, and watched the man put his hands on her shoulders, but always kept a straight face.

"It's not 'Father', you have called me Hagen many times, right?"

Hagen bent down and hugged Clinesed, "And I'm not interested in raising children."

"But, you are my father."

At this moment, Clinesid tilted her head, held Hagen's face with her small hand, and pinched the flesh on his cheek again: "Father, I want to go up and have a look. There is only gold and river water here. I think there is someone who can A companion to play with me."

"I've said it many times, you can't leave the bottom of the Rhine, just stay here honestly, and I will accompany you."

Hagen listened to the girl's persistent pleas to him, but the rules did not allow her to leave here, so he denied it while taking Clinesed into the golden palace and letting her sleep on the bed.

"There is a terrible monster on the river. It is a man cursed after killing the evil dragon. You'd better stay away from the shore."

After ordering Kleinshid to lie down, Hagen sat on a chair beside him, propped his head on one hand, and held her hand with the other.

"In this case, it would be good if my lord father went up with me, my lord father will protect me, right?"

"That's why I've said it all, don't call me this name, call me Hagen, Hagen."

Seeing the innocent smile of the girl, Hagen could only sigh and reminded him many times that nothing changed.

"Why are we here? We're not fish..."

At this moment, Clinesed turned her head, holding Hagen's hand and drawing something on his palm, "I want to get out of here, my lord father."

"..."

And Hagen didn't answer, just patted her on the head, watched her fall asleep before leaving.

Maybe he knew that the Klinesed in front of him would one day leave the Rhine by himself...

--but not now.

+++ a few days later

"Ah... I finally got rid of Ziggy, why does that person always follow me?"

Finally, on this day, Klinesed on the bank walked out of Siegfried's sight alone and was walking towards the river.

"Who are you? Why are you exactly like me?"

And there, the same girl just came to the shore, and she was surprised that the same girl appeared.

"Are you... a monster?"

Clinesid down the river looked at her in amazement, and found that the only difference between them was the color of their skirts.

"You're so rude! I'm Clinesed, Princess of Burgundy! I'm not a monster transformed!"

"I'm sorry... I'm the Witch of the Rhinegold, Kleinshed, are you and I sisters?"

Kleinshid in the black dress was stunned for a moment, thinking that Siegfried had never mentioned that there were people alive under the Rhine.

"Probably not? But we really do."

The witch's Clinesed raised the white dress and bowed friendlyly, "It's the first time we meet, my friend, I thought there was no one else here except me and Hagen."

"Since we think so, let's call me Klime, nice to meet you, Kleinshed."

Klimt also took a step forward at this time, holding Klingsed's hand, "But who is Hagen... your father?"

"Eh... um... um, but Father doesn't seem to be happy with me calling him that."

Kleinshid put down her hands, turned her head to look at the Rhine River behind, and said really incomprehensibly, "My lord father wants me to call him by his name, but...that's very rude."

"I'm just like you, just a little different."

At this moment, Klimt raised his head, followed Klinesede's line of sight to the Rhine, and said word by word, "My father is Siegfried, but I don't like to call him Father...and he sees I also don’t like being called like that, so the name ‘Siegfried’ was called out directly.”

"But I can't do it, my father is my father, I can't be someone else."

When Klinesid said this, Klimt turned around and asked, "So do you like your father?"

"Huh... Kerim?"

"Because you are like my sister, I can tell you."

At this time, Klimt puffed up his chest and declared to the Rhine in front of him, "I like Siegfried, but love between father and daughter is taboo."

"Klim..."

"As for you, you seem to respect your father, but you really don't like him."

Hearing Klimt's conclusion, Klingsid was stunned for a while, then immediately shook her head and said, "No! I like my lord father! I also like my lord father just like you!"

"Cleansed, calm down, calm down."

Seeing that his companion was agitated by his words and deeds, Kreem immediately raised his arms and hugged Kreinshid, stroked her black hair and said, "I'm not denying your feelings for that Hagen, but I'll do it for you just now. Apologize for your words and deeds.”

After finishing speaking, Kelim also let go of her, and said goodbye to her: "I must go back to Siegfried's side now, let's come here to play together at this time in the future."

"Uh-huh!"

Kleinshed nodded immediately, thinking that she was really happy to have finally found a companion of a similar age.

"Then goodbye, remember to go back and take me to say hello to your father!"

"Ah."

TBC