Rhine Stories

The hero of the Netherlands, the dragon slayer, the wishing machine of Burgundy...

Ever since Gunther could remember, the shadow of his father Siegfried had been hanging over him. The man he hadn't seen a few times since birth was the source of his greatest pain for a long time.

"Abelich, why was I born?"

If anything changed Gunther, it was his seventh birthday when he chose to tell his mentor about his long-standing 'complaints'.

The knight of the Nibelung, Alberich, is said to have personally dedicated the guarded Nibelung treasure to Siegfried, and waited for Siegfried for ten years before he became king.

Therefore, under Siegfried, Abelich was the most outstanding and loyal knight. Even King Sigmund gave him the orphaned Gunther with confidence. Trusted by the royal family.

"My parents... If there is no love between them, what would I do if I was born?"

"..."

Abelich of the Nibelung was very shocked by the little prince's words at this moment, and he did not expect that he would be suspected from all directions at such a young age, even his own birth would be doubted, "No, Your Highness Gunther, although I don't know What do you hear out there, but those are rumors."

Abelic was about to raise his hand, but he noticed that the prince's shoulders trembled slightly, and he didn't put his hand up, "No matter what others say, you have to believe that you were born with everyone's blessing, including you father, queen and queen."

"But...my queen mother also approached him for the gold of my father, right? Otherwise...she was in the Huns...how could she kill someone for her father?"

I don't know when, a certain expectation deep in Guntel's heart has been extinguished, and it is like a weak and flickering candle, without the strength to struggle, and is directly destroyed by reality, "My mother...is a very vicious woman, right? I've heard that the queen mother screamed where is the Rhine gold until the last moment before she died..."

"His Royal Highness, that's not the case! The truth is——!"

At this moment, Aberich grasped his shoulders. The reason why he didn't do this just now was because he saw that Gunther looked very depressed. Maybe the poor orphan would collapse if he touched him a little bit. "Your father, queen, and queen love each other. Even if the world wants to distort this, I, Abelish, will never forget it!"

"However, my father abandoned her, and also abandoned me... just because of Burgundy's absurd reason, I thought I could end everything satisfactorily and be a hero, didn't I?"

Speaking of this, a sneer that is not suitable for children appeared on Gunter's face. He obviously had the same nostalgic green pupils as his father, but at this moment it seemed empty, "Father and king don't love mother at all, he In the end, he carried out his stupid decision and became a wish-making machine for thousands of people, without even the slightest responsibility—right!"

Suddenly, the child screamed heart-piercingly, and grabbed Abelich's armor tightly, laughing with tears in his eyes: "Why am I the son of Siegfried!! Why am I born!! Father! The king doesn't care about what my mother and I said, why did he marry my mother?! Even if his death can appease the anger of the Burgundians, even if my mother accepts his death, I will not forgive him!! I am willing to use I swear in this life, I will never forgive him!!"

"..."

All of a sudden, Aberich was frightened by this morbid speech, but because of the agreement with King Sigmund, in order not to hurt Gunther, he could only choose not to say anything.

But is it really okay now?Kuntel's heart has begun to twist, towards his queen mother, towards his father and king...

"What kind of son of a hero... In the end, he is also a bastard who doesn't understand responsibility and loves his relatives. The queen mother... is because he thought he could die, and the mother mother——!"

At this time, Gunther suddenly didn't continue speaking, but immediately took a deep breath, swallowing all the words as if swallowing something.

"Sorry, Abelich, it's disrespectful to yell at you."

All of a sudden, the hero's child regained his composure, as if those words just now were Abelic's illusion.

"I won't say such capricious words again, and this is the last time I will be capricious, I promise."

But in the heart of this prince of the Netherlands, something was completely broken, and there would be no chance of healing.

"Yes, nothing happened just now."

And Aberich could see that even in the next 17 years, Siegfried's orphan was indeed getting stronger and stronger, but his heart was so distorted that even the dying King Sigmund didn't know what he was doing. what to think.

At the funeral of King Sigmund, Gunther did not shed tears, and even tried his best to hold a grand and solemn funeral for his grandfather in a very flat manner, and then inherited the throne and picked up his father's Balmon.

Probably because of the thin dragon blood in his body, Gunter tried to communicate with dragon species while pursuing strength, and placed them on an isolated island. This incident made the entire Netherlands uneasy for a while.

Obviously his father was the dragon slayer of Glory I, but his son now works with dragons, so the title of "Dragon Knight" quickly spread to the outside world, and even spread throughout the entire Rhine River.

Because of this, Abelich became more and more worried that Gunther would go astray, but as the most trusted knight of the Sigmund family, he was not only entrusted by Siegfried and Kleinshid to guard the Nibelung gold. , was also hoped by King Sigmund.

『Please raise him to be a wonderful and gentle hero like his father.』』

However, Abelic doesn't know whether he can see Gunter's future ahead of him, whether he can forget the past and become a hero in people's eyes, or whether he is regarded as a dragon species and is attacked by all countries...

But there is only one thing that Abelich can guarantee, that is, the Dutch warriors and Nibelung warriors who followed his father in the past are willing to fight for Gunther to the end.

As long as that prince wishes, he will obey even if he destroys Burgundy, which has finally recovered its prosperity...

After all, not long ago, Burgundy suddenly sent an envoy to visit, inviting Gunther to Burgundy to participate in the celebration where the prince welcomed the Icelandic princess, and Abelich hadn't seen the hero's child smile for a long time.

"You are there, don't be impulsive."

In the end, Abelich also had to stay in the Netherlands and Santen because Gunther's order was absolute.

"I didn't go there to attend my brother's wedding banquet."

In 24 years, Alberis watched him grow up. At the beginning, everyone said that Gunther really looked like his father, but they never expected that 24 years later, he would look exactly like Siegfried.

It's as if the great hero died unjustly, and now he's coming back for revenge.

"Brünnhilde should be surprised to see you, right?"

"Ah, I have a face with the man I hate the most, as expected of a child born in a 'vassal' family."

Gunther showed a slight smile, and he didn't look reluctant at all, "Don't worry, Abelich, even if I want to let the Icelandic woman's head fall, I won't do it blatantly."

At this point the silver-haired knight turned to his entourage and told him it was time to set off.

"I hate the reality of being the son of a hero, and I hate that my father is Siegfried..."

And Gunther didn't look at Abelich again, and walked out of the palace, carrying the Balmon.

"He thought he had fulfilled everyone's wishes, but he couldn't fulfill mine,

He is just an incompetent coward who cannot see his own wishes and cannot understand the wishes of others.

Such a person... Does the queen mother love him, or is it just for his wealth?

I just want to know the answer before making a decision...

——Should all Burgundians pay the price? 』

The author has something to say:

This is a part of the text in the manga, inspired by the words of King Sigmund after the death of Phineas in the original novel. As for Abelichna being a loyal knight of the Dutch royal family here, it is also subject to official approval. The impact of setting Hagen and Phineas as friends, and secondly, children who are heroes are always painful, especially for a strong and gentle person like Phineas. The glory of the father will follow the child all his life, including his shame and embarrassment This always reminds me of the Iliad Trial when Agamemnon and Achilles are fighting each other and always move out the other's father ==

In the original work, the Netherlands is also doomed to be hostile to Burgundy in the future. This is an indisputable fact, but the ending only ends after Kemei's revenge. In fact, I also really want to see what the follow-up will be like. Of course, here After all, it is a brain hole. Maybe what the original work points to is that too many people died and too many people bleed, so children don’t need pain or revenge in this life. Everyone forgets the past and lives well, which is also a tribute to the ancestors. The best feedback, so what I want to write here is that Brother Fei's son has to go around a lot of circles to reach the more abusive and gentle end. Therefore, Xiao Gong who came up may make everyone feel disgusted, but I This is what I want to convey, rumors can kill people and distort personality...

In short, I will continue to fill in the pits. I played Dark Fables for four days this week =3=, and there are too many plans in the future OTZ