The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 312: Dmitry and Maria (2 in 1)
"Player Super Justice ()"
Dmitri stood in front of the Grand Duke's Palace and took a deep breath.
Pale white breath is scattered in the air...
He didn’t expect...
Less than a week after he left Frost Whisper Province, his father had already transformed into a dragon. It can even be said that something happened to Grand Duke Ivan as soon as he left Frostwhisper Province.
He was not able to see his father for the last time as a human being, nor was he able to participate in Annan's enthronement ceremony.
Emotionally speaking, he wanted very much to go back, drive out all the visiting ministers, and get Annan drunk... but his rationality told him that this made no sense.
This will only cause more trouble.
He was once the eldest son of a king, and now he is the elder brother of the new Grand Duke.
As Dmitri, any abnormal behavior on his part will lead to over-interpretation by others. All he can do now is to try to maintain the stability of all parties in the winter and maintain Annan's rule... After all, this is the path they set eight years ago.
Even Dmitri thought that maybe it was not that he turned into a dragon just after he left Ivan... but that Ivan deliberately sent him away because he knew that he was about to turn into a dragon.
- It has nothing to do with Dmitri's own wishes.
Most people don't know that Dmitri has lost his ability to have children.
If Dmitri and Annan were in Frostwhisper at the same time when Grand Duke Ivan turned into a dragon, then Dmitri, who also had the same claim, was older, and had been in contact with government affairs for a longer time, even if he himself did not The nobles will spontaneously form the "Demetrius" if they want to seize the power of the Grand Duke.
After Annan succeeds to the throne, he will encounter some trivial troubles at the political level. Although in terms of his personal ability, this trouble will not cause actual obstacles.
Although the core power of the Principality of Winter is in the hands of the "Ten Fingers"... However, even this trivial trouble is still eliminated by Grand Duke Ivan.
He is such a conservative and steady ruler, as solemn and steady as the endless glaciers in the north in the cold winter. It is precisely because of this that he can still maintain the stability of the Winter Principality in the winter.
"Come on, Dmitri."
A cold voice sounded behind him.
The short girl in white robe said: "Don't stand there stupidly at the door, you are blocking my way."
That is his biological sister Maria.
You can tell just from the tone of voice that this is indeed a kiss...
"I was just thinking about my father."
Dmitri whispered.
He subconsciously wanted to touch the cigar on his chest, but Maria gave him a gentle push from behind.
So he coughed lightly and put his hand back into his pants pocket without leaving a trace.
He was still wearing the dark gray frost animal skin coat, and he still looked like he was not well dressed - the cuffs were not inserted, and they were floating behind him like a long cloak. His shirt sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, his hands were tucked into his trouser pockets, and there were quite obvious, bulging veins on his exposed forearms.
If Ivan saw him dressed like this, he would definitely teach him a lesson. He will be asked to put on his clothes properly and roll down his sleeves.
"——Why, do you want to hit someone?" He was admonished like this.
If someone smells like cigarettes or alcohol, they will be scolded again.
"My father is not dead."
Maria said coldly: "He turned into a dragon and protected us and the winter from another world."
"Ah, I know that too."
Dmitri murmured: "It's like the old saying, 'There is no funeral for people in winter.'"
"'When a person dies, he will be buried in the ground, don't be too sad.' My father said."
Maria followed him and whispered.
——This is a unique tradition in winter.
Because the natural environment in winter is harsh and resources are scarce. Folks often do not have the habit of extravagant and complicated rituals.
They had no feasts to celebrate births, nor feasts to commemorate the dead.
Newborns are often not sure they will survive, so they don't even get their own names. Generally, they will get their formal names when they can feed themselves and run around.
The same goes for the dead... People in Winter don't miss the dead much.
This is not because they are indifferent, but because too many people die too quickly... and too urgently.
If you cannot escape from sadness for a long time, then sadness will come one after another until you are completely buried.
Generally speaking, when someone dies in a family, they find a sunny day and bury the body quietly under a certain tree. For those who are a little more particular, they will erect a monument and wait until next spring to send a bouquet of flowers to show that everything is fine...at least they still have the time and mood to send a bouquet of flowers.
They must be strong - even in a declining town with a population of less than four digits, walking on deserted streets, they must be able to live their lives calmly and steadily.
——Or, leave the Principality of Winter.
In the Principality of Winter, the most solemn ceremony is the wedding.
Because in this difficult living environment, it is easier for two people to survive than alone... Only for weddings, the grandmother's priest must be invited as a witness.
In addition, the Principality of Winter will not even celebrate the New Year. Because the New Year is in January every year. In December, after the heavy snow fell for a whole month... until January of the next year comes, after the month of bone burial, it is often the day when most people die in the winter.
Many old people cannot bear the cold winter and die of various diseases. For the Principality of Winter, the New Year is not a day worth celebrating.
Compared with the New Year, the contemporary Grand Duke’s birthday may be more commemorative.
After Dmitri and Maria entered the house, they saw no one in the living room and went straight to the second floor - that was the room that originally belonged to Grand Duke Ivan, but now it has become Annan's room.
The moment he entered the room, Dmitri was in a daze for a moment.
Because the decoration of the room has changed slightly...the two paintings hanging above the double bed are gone. Instead, Ivan's portrait was hung at the end of the bed.
There are still no jewelry decorations in the room, but a few paintings painted by Zhiji are still hanging in place. There are still documents on the desk, in addition to several occult books.
In Demetri's eyes, his former young brother who needed protection was wearing a strange asymmetrical dress, revealing his left shoulder with a strange curse pattern, and holding upside down in his right hand a symbol of the Principality of Winter. The three-color scepter of authority stood in front of the window, watching the people coming and going outside the Grand Duke's palace.
The moment Annan heard the sound of opening the door and turned around.
This young man, who is only fifteen years old, overlaps with his father, Ivan Lendong.
"Annan...Your Majesty."
The moment Dmitry spoke, he paused - because when he blurted out, he realized that he didn't know whether he should call him Annan, his Majesty Annan, Grand Duke Annan, or directly. Your Majesty is more suitable.
Maria, on the other hand, did not hesitate at all.
"——Annan!"
She took off her hood and called without hesitation.
On that delicate face, there was a simple and calm smile.
Even if you don’t feel positive emotions, the anxiety, worry and burning longing in your heart are not false.
At the moment when these negative emotions are eliminated, the purest tranquility will still be born in the mind that returns to the balance point.
"Dmitri, and...sister."
Annan nodded to Dmitri, then looked at Maria: "Well... long time no see."
His voice hesitated for a moment.
It was only for a moment, but he believed that Maria might have heard it.
Because in fact... this is the first time Annan has seen Maria during this week.
It is true - that is indeed a face very similar to Annan.
But compared to Annan, whose smile clearly gave people a sense of warmth, even Maria who smiled seemed much indifferent... Just like a still immature queen, there was no emotion in her ice-blue pupils.
Compared to Annan, Maria's inhuman attributes are obviously deeper.
Annan only has slightly invisible dragon scales and light white hair.
And Maria’s hair color is as cold as ice.
Her silky waist-length hair is now shorter than Annan's - it is silvery white with a slight bluish tint at the end. Unlike Annan's knife-cut long hair, the hair near the end is of different lengths caused by natural production, and therefore shows a sense of layering.
There are silver-white dragon horns on both sides of her head, and obvious dragon scales emerge from her slender neck, wrists, ankles, etc.
Her top is a warm fluffy sweater that covers half of her thighs. Her lower body is made up of flat short boots and thick black stockings that are above her knees. The milky white loose windbreaker with a hood is worn outside and covers up to the calf. From the outside, you can't even tell whether you are male or female... This is also Maria's way of hiding her identity.
This is quite an everyday look, and will give people a very friendly and warm impression when they meet for the first time.
Annan only needed one glance to know why Maria was dressed like this.
"I know that you have no memory of me in your heart now..."
Maria tried her best to remain calm, as if she was worried about scaring Annan, and said in the lowest possible voice: "But it doesn't matter.
"We will get to know each other again. If there is really an extremely sincere relationship, it will be like a name engraved on ice... Even if new ice covers it, the traces will still be wrapped in it."
Annan knew that neither Dmitri nor Maria...that softness existed in their hearts.
Their hearts are made of ice. They will never feel the love, warmth, touch and joy of the world...but even so, the love they give to others is still extremely real.
——You can still give love to others even if you don’t feel love yourself.
Feeling Maria's sincere feelings, Annan took a deep breath.
He finally showed a gentle and natural smile: "Sister...
He called it this.
"...first meeting."
"First meeting, Annan..."
Maria stared at Annan and whispered softly, but it seemed as if she was reading it to herself.
"Okay, okay," Dmitri coughed, seeming a little uncomfortable with this scene, "Your Majesty Annan... let's finish talking about the business first, and let's talk about old times."
He interrupted the silence and asked directly: "I heard that Soupu went to your place?"
"...Wait a minute, who is Soufflé?"
Annan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then added: "Also, Dmitri. You don't need to call me that...when we get along in private, just call me Annan as usual."
"I clearly remember what I told you!"
Hearing this, Dmitri breathed a sigh of relief.
He scratched his scalp, and then Maria hit his arm again for this obviously impolite behavior.
"That's the humanoid frost beast... I heard that you picked her up from Viscount Dolgoruki in Wrangel Province?"
"That child's name is Soufflé?"
Annan was a little surprised, but still stubborn about Russell's naming rights: "I remember she said she had no name...I have already named her Russell."
"Soufflé is her original nickname."
Dmitri breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the humanoid frost beast was indeed here.
He then explained: "You also know that according to the custom of us Winter people, we do not give names to children.
"She is a werewolf... She was attacked in the wild when she was an infant and toddler before she got a name, and she fell into a coma outside the small barrier. We learned the name Soufflé from her mother. ."
When Dmitri said this, he snorted coldly and showed an expression of obvious disgust: "But how could such a cub, which was only one year old, live alone in the wild... She didn't say anything. .
"——Ha, but I know even if she doesn't tell her."
There is only one answer.
That is "Miu Su"'s mother, who plans to abandon her. ~IndoMTL.com~ Female werewolves with children or pregnant are often not welcomed in the village - this is an experience brought by countless **** lessons.
In order to allow their children to obtain more resources, they may go crazy and hurt other people's children, just like a cuckoo squeezing other birds' eggs out of their nests. This is the racial instinct of werewolves.
But on the other hand, if you cannot restrain this crazy instinct...
Then you can also "counter" this instinctive trigger point.
That is, their children themselves.
She secretly gave birth to her child, found an opportunity to abandon it into the wild, and then entered a strange village. This is a new style of life for female werewolves.
"Only these beasts who don't understand emotions can commit such a heinous crime against human ethics."
Dmitri snorted and said calmly: "If you don't want to kill the children yourself, just throw them directly into the wild in the snowstorm - what is the difference between this and killing them? This kind of meaningless Compassion..."
"Mention it beforehand, Dmitri."
Annan saw that Dmitri was about to start talking about the original sin of the werewolf again, so he immediately interrupted him: "I know that Russell has special value. But I don't want you to drag her away for breeding...or anything else. What a bad experiment.
"I have promised to take good care of this child."
"Hey, Annan. Who do you think I am?"
Dmitri said without emotion: "You don't have to say that, and I won't do it. She has no special value to the Winter family. I ran around looking for her. ——Just to prevent her from being caught by others and used to do this kind of thing.
"I am here to protect the Principality of Winter, secondly to protect you, and thirdly to protect other people... and by the way, to protect herself."