You and me under the world tree

Chapter 85: The Beginnings of Public Opinion

Tired, unenthusiastic, and even feeling like I've lost my way forward.

Dietrich would not be so stupid as to say all these thoughts in her heart, but they did take root in her heart.

After all, reinvigorating is not the same as rekindling enthusiasm or strengthening beliefs.

Because for her, it seems to be an instinctive action to think about the way out for the Goths, or even for her own territory.

For she had long acted as a Gothic prince, and at worst a Gothic princess.

As a royal, she has long been accustomed to look at everything around her with the eyes of a superior.

This layer of identity is indispensable to her, because she is used to this identity that has been with her since she was born.

However, after all the dust settled, she noticed something was wrong.

As described before:

exhausted.

She felt that way even though two warriors skilled in magic had been using magic to make sure she was well rested.

Even now, even though Dietrich had returned to Beian City and slept on her familiar bed, she still felt a sense of emptiness after waking up.

In the past, she always knew what she should do. Every morning, she just had to go through the day's schedule in her mind.

But today is different.

After getting up from the bed, Her Royal Highness just stared at the room where she had lived for a long time.

Generally speaking, the rooms of royal family members will be arranged as luxuriously as possible.

They make their rooms as spacious as possible and stuff all kinds of things into them.

It may be a hanging picture with a literary style, or it may be other various decorations, artworks or the like.

Moreover, they will also work hard on the decoration of the room, anyway, they will never let go of any corner, and they will never leave their bedroom blank.

As for the secret passages other than the gate, it is needless to say, there must be such things.

However, there were no such messy things in Dietrich's room.

In fact, compared to the so-called works of art and sculptures, the most hung things in her room are actually weapons.

Bows, swords, spears, and all kinds of armor.

It is worth mentioning that most of these things are arranged in an order from small to large, which seems to symbolize the growth of a warrior.

Dietrich's own growth trajectory...

The weapons and armor she placed in the room naturally belonged to her.

As far as she is concerned, when she has not obtained powerful weapons and equipment such as the Howling Demon Sword and the Molten Iron Armor, changing weapons can be said to be commonplace.

And she took these replaced and well-preserved weapons for repair and recasting, and finally placed them in her room.

Although compared to other royal families, her personal room is actually not that big, but the dense armor and weapons that almost constitute the second wall are still shocking.

Because of the existence of these weapons, coupled with the cool tone of the whole room, in fact, not many people would like this place.

The only person who will stay here for a long time is of course Dietrich who is the owner of the room.

But at this moment, she was just strolling in the room with limited space, her eyes circling around these weapons.

And from her perspective, she could even see her own reflection on those smooth and sharp weapons.

She just watched and watched for a long time.

And she didn't seem to react until the sunlight fully shone into the room.

Finally, after hesitating for a moment, she took out the washbasin and towel from the cabinet.

There is no need for anyone to help fetch water. Under the effect of magic, the washbasin is quickly filled with cold water.

Although it can also be turned into hot water by magic, Dietrich herself is used to cold water.

That kind of icy cold feeling can make her brain cool down quickly.

Of course, this is true in theory, but for the current Dietrich, this is just a pure habit.

And in this process, no one helped.

From waking up to washing up, as a royal family, she doesn't even have anyone to serve her.

Just as she said before, there is no trustworthy maid by her side.

The so-called trust is cultivated after all, even a woman like Otilia can cultivate a maid who is loyal to her, so if Dietrich is willing to work hard in this area, she should be able to do it.

However, for some reason, she still didn't cultivate those guys who might have flaws.

Therefore, the whole room can't help feeling a little lonely.

From the beginning to the end, there was no one, let alone the sound of speaking, only the sound of the towel soaked in cold water.

And after washing, she wiped away the water with magic, and then let out a long sigh of relief.

After finishing her own utensils, she walked out the door.

But when she opened the door, what she saw was the man in black robe.

He leaned against the wall, his body covered in the jet-black robes of a wanderer.

And the appearance of leaning against the wall can't help but make people feel a little horrified, as if living in the shadows.

Even though there was light falling on him through the room, the light seemed to have disappeared.

"are you ready?"

Then, in such a state, she heard such a question.

"You don't need to be reminded of this kind of thing."

There seemed to be flames flickering in the slightly dark corridor, and while the flames were burning, Dietrich's clothing had already changed into the armor with the flying eagle pattern.

And finally the ram's helmet...

"here we go."

…………

half a month...

This time is not the time for preparations, but the time it takes for the news of the Gothic court coup to spread throughout Midgard.

And the "spreading" referred to here is not just letting the royal families of various countries know, but letting everyone know about it in the true sense.

Because the royal families of various countries have known about this for a long time, and they did not hide it when they returned to their kingdom, the speed of this spread is actually much faster than most people imagined.

Within half a month, almost everyone knew the news that the former King of Goths had died in a palace coup.

At the same time, several other pieces of news spread.

Elmrich, the lord who occupied the ancient capital of Ravenna, exposed King Dietmar's past crimes of massacring the village, and incidentally revealed the true gender of the former prince and the true formation process of the city of Beian.

"Dietrich is not a chosen hero, but an 'heir' created by Dietmar through magic."

And use this as a weapon to question the legitimacy of the inheritance right.

On the other hand, His Royal Highness the Prince of Bei'an City publicly admitted his female identity, but at the same time revealed the truth of the palace coup.

"Queen Ottilia's affair was discovered by King Ditmar, so internal and external cooperation launched a coup d'état!"

Affair, coup, village massacre...

All of a sudden, news about the Gothic Amerungian royal family can be said to be flying all over the sky.

Not to mention the Gothic citizens' views on these breaking news, the people of other kingdoms simply became melon-eating people.

To put it bluntly, neither side is a white lotus now, it's just to see who splashes more black water.

And at the time when all kinds of speeches were overwhelming, in the ancient capital Ravenna, Elmrich couldn't help showing a dignified expression.

The current situation is a bit difficult to deal with, especially the territory directly under His Majesty the King...

Chapter 86: Chaotic Goth

For a month, Ravenna, the ancient capital carrying the history of the Gothic Kingdom, is still under restoration.

Not because of anything else, because the turmoil of the palace coup inevitably spread to the entire city in the end.

Although the fire was contained that night, it did not spread beyond the palace, or even the vestibule.

But it actually took them one night and one morning to completely extinguish the fire.

As for why it took so long, it wasn't that the guards responsible for putting out the fire cut corners or were lazy.

In fact, they did try their best, but to some extent, this flame is indeed extremely evil. Even if there is only a small handful of flames, as soon as they encounter some combustible objects, they will take off instantly.

In order to completely extinguish the fire, many of Elmrich's men died.

However, when they finally extinguished the flames, they found that the entire city had suffered immeasurable damage.

For example, the people beside the palace have been burned to death.

Although they didn't know why the burning range there seemed to be forcibly controlled, but that small piece of land did turn into scorched earth.

Moreover, when the soldiers began to count the losses, they also found a scorched mark leading from the square garden to the outside, and at the end of the scorched mark that seemed to be run over by something was a broken city wall.

And until now, Elmrich didn't know what happened at night. The scorched earth and the traces of the collision definitely didn't look like human beings.

Not to mention, the traces of dragging all the way in one go, and the gap in the city wall that seemed to be smashed by a single blow.

However, these things are only material losses after all. In fact, as long as the money is in place and craftsmen willing to work can be found, then these losses can be made up for.

But that was just the beginning for Elmrich.

Because on the night when the palace was on fire, the whole city was too chaotic. For Elmrich, just maintaining order was already doing his best, so he didn't have time to worry about the guards guarding the city.

Even, because of the chaos, they had to let them participate in the work of maintaining order.

As a result, when they checked after the incident, they found that part of the guards in the entire city had disappeared, and the families of these guards even moved out overnight.

Because the gate of the city was split by the sword of the brave man after all...

Because the city gate was not fortified at all, it didn't seem too difficult to get out of the city in that chaotic time.

In addition, Hiltebrand himself was well-known in the army, and he didn't need to make a speech even if he raised his arms, so the guards naturally chose to follow him.

The coup was sudden, so the city defense system was extremely chaotic for a while.

Many people are simply at a loss.

They didn't dare to stop Hiltebrand, nor did they dare to disobey the orders of this old warrior who had fought for the Gothic Kingdom for most of his life.

Even if he didn't choose to follow him, the guards didn't dare to stop him.

Therefore, part of Ravenna's city defense was taken out in such an instant, and this part could only be filled with Elmrich's own soldiers.

And more importantly, this turmoil is just the beginning.

Because the entire city was in a state of defenselessness, and Elmrich, who did not bring a large number of soldiers, did not dare to extend his hand outside the royal city.

Therefore, in the first few days, he could only wait for the army in his own territory.

He didn't know if Hiltebrand really rushed back to Bean City directly. If he suddenly killed a carbine with the Invincible Demon Sword in his hand, then this would bring serious damage to his rule.

And it was in this tense environment that he learned a piece of news: Hiltebrand didn't go directly to Be'an, the city of Godsend, but swaggered around the territory first.

Then, just relying on his personal identity, he directly took away a large number of fighters.

Not to mention Ravenna, the entire army on the land under the direct control of King Dietmar was directly transferred and left more than half.

The other half didn't change their courts. In fact, they just couldn't believe the news brought by the brave man.

And when the news of the coup spread, they even spontaneously started moving in the direction of Be'an King City.

In fact, from the day when the coup d'etat was successful, such turmoil has never stopped.

For him, such things are the most troublesome, as for other public opinion turmoil, he has no time to take care of such things.

"As expected of you..."

Sitting in the temporary mansion, Elmrich whispered slowly.

At this moment, as Goth's temporary regent, he suddenly felt unable to move an inch.