Rhine Stories

A remote town was lit up by a sea of ​​flames that night. People screamed far more than they cried. People couldn't even find a safe place in the fire, and they were all German gun targets.

"Shoot! Don't stop! That monster will heal soon, isn't the artillery unit ready?!"

On the night when autumn was approaching, before the peaceful town had time to step into tranquility, the sound of gun battles interrupted people's lives.

Sometimes ruthless rulers say it's just bad luck that the Germans are looking for someone in their area.

So just like severely punishing those selfish hegemons, the monster was found as they wished, but the price was that all the people in that town were wiped out——

The monster that was supposed to be in hibernation returned to the earth, and her sight was occupied by the chaos of war, so no one told her what to do, and all she could think about was killing, killing anything, as long as it was moving. Come...she can protect herself.

Just holding this thought, somewhere in her heart is still screaming, why wake her up, how she hopes to die painlessly during the hibernation period.

Perhaps, this is the effect of the blood of the evil dragon, making her no longer like an ordinary person, just like her husband...

"Fire!!"

Hearing a bang, a destructive force hit her body hard, but Clinesed didn't react at all, but solid scales instantly grew on the surface of her skin, which grew out to protect her when the artillery fire approached. of.

"..."

But her hand was indeed damaged, but before shed a few drops of blood, the dragon's sharp claws quickly grew from the wound, making it impossible for any attack to be effective.

"This woman... what is the thing growing on her body? It's dark..."

And at night, people couldn't see her appearance at all, but the golden pupils shone with sharp colors like melting gold in the setting sun. Those eyes were no longer the eyes that humans should have, but beasts.

"Come again! Why are you not moving!!"

At this time, seeing the monster in front of him was about to charge here, the commanding officer urged the soldiers angrily, but he said softly: "But... but sir... there is a child in front..."

50 meters in front of the artillery fire, a silver-haired boy was crawling out of the ruins. Now he can't stand up and can only drag on the ground.

"No... I can't do it! Sir, please!"

"You coward! You're just a child! You're dead!!"

And seeing the monster getting closer and closer to him, the commander stepped forward to push the soldiers away and opened fire himself...

"What's your name?"

The fire burned in the town for four days and four nights, and the survivors were left homeless, not to mention the street orphans who had no shelter.

"..."

In order to avoid the crowd, the boy took himself to the woods not far away to hide for a while. During this time, they could only eat bark or hunt birds to fill their stomachs. During this time, Kelin Sid gradually calmed down, and slowly approached the boy who was not saved by him.

"I don't have a name either, and my parents died a month after I was born."

At this time, the boy sat down in front of her and watched her carefully pick the scales on her body silently, but because it was too strong, the fingertips were injured.

"Are you uncomfortable with these things...?"

"..."

I have to say that the monster that the boy always wants to calm down suddenly is a very silent older sister.

"It's going to get better, don't hurt yourself anymore."

At the beginning, the boy had no hope for his future, but at the last moment he was very grateful to Clinesed for saving him, maybe it was just her unintentional action.

"Since neither of us has a name, let's take each other's names!"

"...Tsk."

As soon as the words fell, Kriemhild frowned suddenly and made an unpleasant sound, and she immediately picked up a branch from the ground beside her, and wrote the name 'Kriemhild' on the ground.

"Is this... the name of the heroine of "Song of the Nibelungen"?"

At this time, the boy looked at her in surprise, and suddenly realized, "But what you look like...a dragon? Is it Clinsed who turned into a dragon?"

"...Siegfried."

At this time, Clinesid pointed at the boy and said softly.

"Siegfried...?"

Suddenly, the boy laughed and said, "Then my name will be Fried, Clinesed, please take care of me from now on."

This is how Kleinshid and Fried met, and in the second year after that, the two returned to the town where people lived and started a new life.

It's just that for Clinesid, no matter how many years pass by, it will have no effect (except for the mind), and the time of Princess Burgundy has stopped at that moment hundreds of years ago.

As for her child Fried, he has also grown into an outstanding man during the 18 years with her.

"Ah, Miss Crimm, are you waiting for Fried in the shop again?"

In a remote town in Munich, Kleinshid and Fried have just settled here for two years, although this is the fifth time they have moved to a new environment.

"You don't have to tell him, Angie, I'll just sit here for a while and leave."

The black-haired woman sitting on the bar suddenly smiled wryly, rubbing the ring on her left finger with some embarrassment, and ordered a glass of milk after a moment of hesitation.

"Don't be embarrassed, Miss Kerim. Since you came here, Fried has been worrying about how to pursue you every day. Now that he has got his wish, we are all happy for him."

"...ah... is it..."

Immediately, Klinesid was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help raising her eyebrows, "Yes... I am really happy to have a husband who loves his wife like him."

"Haha, I wish you happiness."

At this time, the owner of the coffee shop seemed to see the protagonist coming, so he left the stage first, without winking at Clinesed.

"Early in the morning, I noticed something shiny came in. After a closer look, it turned out to be you."

"..."

Before Kleinshid could react at first, she watched someone holding a rose from behind and raised it in front of her, and approached her and said.

"I'm sorry that it's not a beautiful and charming girl, but a dark widow."

Kleinshid tried her best to hold back her anger at the first moment, turned around and pinched the man's cheek with a smile, "Fried, I think it is necessary to send you to the police station and lock you up now."

"Ahaha, Kerim, you are the cutest of this place."

In front of him, the man with silver hair and green eyes was smiling, as if he didn't care a bit about the powerful strange force pinching him.

"I'm afraid your skin is thicker than the walls of Worms Castle."

As soon as the words fell, Clinesid let go of her hand, watching Fried rubbing her face in pain.

"There's nothing wrong with that, Kerim, I mean it anytime."

When Fried said this, Clinesid gave him a blank look, raised her hand and poked his temple, shook her head and said, "So what about your dream? Didn't you say you want to be a musician?"

"Well, that didn't give up, but you come first."

Hearing this, Kleinshid couldn't say anything immediately, but just when she was about to say something more, she saw that Fried's face beside her was very heavy.

"Now is really not the time, Kerim...I am very worried about this country and those innocent people..."

"..."

After the words fell, Kleinshid was stunned for a while, and couldn't help thinking of the gypsy woman they rescued not long ago who had no choice but to steal to make a living, and ended up in a very miserable end. It was also because of this incident that Frey, who had always had a strong sense of justice, Germany was hit, but it was not a small blow.

"So I decided that I would give up trying to influence people through music...Since my name is Peace, then let me do it myself."

"Are you going to participate in the conscription next month?"

At a loss for words, Kleinshid can always understand his thoughts quickly, because before that, there was also a man who was very similar to Fried...

Just that guy, never telling himself what's on his mind.

"Well, that's what I most want to do right now, and..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Clinesed didn't react, she watched Fried suddenly hugged her, leaned into his arms and listened to him say, "There is such a beautiful wife waiting for me at home, I can go over mountains ridge!"

'Boom——! '

In an instant, Freed was punched on the top of the head, and he watched Kleinshid stand down from the bar, "It's still hundreds of years before I catch up, Freed."

After finishing speaking, Kleinshid looked back at the man she had been with for nearly 20 years. In fact, she really wanted to let him understand that their time is not the same at all. Fried will grow old, and now he has grown from a child to a man , he still has a long way to go in the future, but it will never be too long.

"It hurts, Kerim, girls should be gentle sometimes."

Therefore, Kleinshed knew that even in the face of Fried, who was still tolerant and smiling, she would never be able to obtain a second happiness.

"I'm sorry, Fred,

Even if I can't forgive, my heart only allows one husband,

Besides, you are...」

"You go there to see if there are any buried people? The falling rocks may have hit them."

"Okay, I'll go right now."

"..."

I don't know how long the darkness in front of me took away consciousness, but after the unimaginable disaster, even if Clinesid was negligent for a while, she is now buried deep in the ruins, waiting for the guards of the Yogdomirenia to rescue her. ,as well as……

Who was that 'Laidicia' last night?

At this moment, the first consciousness formed in Clinesed's heart was vigilance. She didn't care about how many stones were pressing on her body, but she just stood up suddenly, and those heavy stones rolled down one by one, which scared You who was about to move the stones away. Godomirenia.

"what……"

Clinesid was confused for a moment, but quickly raised her hand and said with an embarrassed smile, "I'm fine, you go and save others."

As soon as the words fell, Clinesed got up, pretended to be nonchalant and walked forward, and ran away as soon as she reached the corner, so as not to be seen by anyone who knew her.

But thinking about it carefully, the last time I came to Tulifas was more than 200 years ago, so no one knew about her except a certain Patriarch and Vlad III.

However, the appearance of 'Ladycia' will definitely make the people of Ugdomirenia vigilant, and I am afraid that Siegfried's heart will also be strictly guarded...

Thinking of this, Clinesed has never understood why the Yoggodomirenians value Siegfried's heart so much, and...how did that man's heart fall into their hands?

Hagen once wanted to snatch the heart just like himself, but in the past few hundred years, he has focused on himself. Is he afraid of Vlad III or will he kill himself first?

Unknowingly, Clinesed gradually slowed down, and after thinking about it several times, she felt more and more strange about this series of facts, but she didn't want to go to the king of the Yogdomirenians to ask for cooperation.

After all, it's all about yourself.

"Ah! Kleinside, you are here!!"

Suddenly, Astolfo's voice brought Clinesid back to reality, and he raised his head in bewilderment.

"Clinside, where have you been all night? We're all looking for you."

Before she opened her mouth to respond, the blond girl came up, with a somewhat reproachful tone, "There was such a big fire here last night, where did you go alone?"

"Jeanne, calm down, just find Sister Kelin now."

On the side, Chigurh seemed very surprised that Joan of Arc had such a big reaction, and wanted to come up to smooth things over but knew he couldn't get in the conversation.

"It's not something to worry about at all, Chigurh. It's Clinesed who ran around without telling us first. It's really capricious."

"Okay, okay, calm down, Joan, it's all right now."

On the other side, Astolfo was also startled, but he was more courageous than Chigurh, standing directly between Joan of Arc and Clinesed.

『"Don't go...don't go there...Crinsed..."』

"..."

Suddenly, the image of the church flashed in his mind. The black-haired woman looked at the blond girl lying on the ground in front of her, trembling back and forth looking at the church. Just this scene reminded the current Kleinshid of Redish Ya's death, that well-behaved and kind-hearted girl, if you don't want to intervene in the grievances between her and Hagen, you don't have to die.

"I see, I'm sorry Jeanne."

At this moment, Clinesed put her hands in front of the hem of her clothes, and half-bowed apologetically.

"...You know best, Clinesed, everyone was really scared by you last night."

After finishing speaking, Joan raised her hand and put it on Clinesed's shoulder, "You are no longer alone, so no matter what you are going to do in the future, please remember to tell me."

The first night I saw Clinesed, it was a night of heavy rain, she was like a poor homeless person, knelt down and hugged her young self in the rain, said sorry over and over again, and cried loudly.

Maybe, she lost someone who could comfort her heart, or more than one person, but God will not show any mercy to her, because she is a person whose sins are so serious that they cannot be forgiven.

——This is Joan's thought that has not changed since she met Clinesed, so if no one forgives her, then let yourself be that kind of person.

『"Let's defeat Heloheim together!!"』

And after hearing about such a terrible and cruel experience, Joan of Arc could no longer see any trust in Clinesid's eyes. Her hope of living and her trust in anyone were all wiped out by the hatred of fate. All the love, the husband she loves deeply, the child she should protect the most... and the other two people whose lives passed by but made her feel miserable...

The reality is to constantly deprive and destroy her will.

Thinking of this, Joan also looked at Sigurd and Astolfo who were behind him. They didn't know the identity of Clinesed, they just heard about Heloheim's evil deeds, and they were willing to work together to bring that Organization crushed.

Of course, this is just a small team established for the first time by four fragile and strong-willed people.

——》》

"The fire at Tulipas will serve as the beginning of the Worms plan."

In the city of Tulifas, the high viewing platform can overlook the territory of the Yugdomirenia tribe, so it is the most suitable place to use as a viewing platform.

"I think Hagen will be very happy with how it turned out last night."

The man with black hair and golden eyes sat on the edge of the platform, he didn't seem to care that the people walking under his feet were like ants, but when he looked into the distance, he seemed to realize that there was someone behind him, so he muttered to himself.

"But you stopped me yesterday, is that what father wanted?"

At this moment, the blond-haired girl and the silver-haired man appeared behind him, folded their arms in disdain, "You actually called your father by his name, you are even more rude than Siegfried over here."

"Father's father's... that man's name is Hagen, and we don't have such a close relationship with us."

Hearing this, the black-haired man sneered, stood up and said, "Among the three of us, only you two are in awe of him. Maybe I'm an outlier?"

After finishing speaking, he spread his hands and glanced at the man beside Leticia, "What about you, even Clinesed has seen it and still maintain such an indifferent look? In fact, you hate her very much in your heart." Bar?"

"..."

However, the man called Siegfried didn't say anything, standing here like an emotionless puppet.

"Hmph... It's another body after all. Hagen still has great hopes."

After all, the man turned around, put his hands in his pockets, tilted his head and looked at a certain place in Tulifas, and said, "I am different from you, for Hagen and Clinesed, they are both The opponent I most want to kill - even one of them, is my sister."