The Righteous Player(s)

Chapter 1223 What should come is still here (5100)

After the old grandmother woke up, Lin Dong's originally turbulent political situation returned to stability in an instant.

As for the Melvin family that disappeared out of thin air, it seemed to be forgotten by people.

For a full week after they disappeared, no one asked a word, and no one even asked.

Of course, they couldn't know the truth about the gods on earth, but they probably all knew what happened.

It has not been a year or two since the Melvin family tried to rebel.Except for Rasputin, almost every family in the Duchy of Winter has more or less ideas about the position of Grand Duke.

Although the person who holds the three-color scepter can only have the surname "Rin Dong", according to the tradition of Rin Dong, the Rin Dong family does not allow intermarriage within the clan.Because this means an increase in the mortality rate and the solidification of talents.

However, regardless of men and women, the other half of Winter can't withstand the destructive power of the extremely cold dragon's blood on the internal organs - exchanging body fluids in emotionally agitated situations is basically equivalent to the absorption of diluted activated dragon's blood by the mucous membranes.

This is actually the same as the ceremony where the Winter family was transformed into the Dragon Blood family.

If he can survive, his body will be transformed into a real frost-scaled dragon.But most of the time it's unbearable.

This means that even though the Ling Dong family is very fertile, each intercourse will greatly shorten the other party's lifespan and weaken the other party's physique.

This is also why in the Lindong family, women are more likely to leave offspring - because after being damaged, even with the treatment and protection of rituals and magic, it is easy to miscarry during pregnancy.

This is also the reason why the Northland Alliance has always attacked Annan, but never ignored Dmitry and Maria.Because Dmitri was cursed by a rotting man, it is no longer a secret that he lost his fertility... So as long as Annan dies, the only one who will leave offspring will be Maria.

——And the offspring she left behind must be the next generation of Grand Duke Winter.

At the same time, Maria is the Daughter of the Storm, and she may not be dedicated to the Tower of Storms at any time... She will not live too long, and the young Grand Duke may inherit the three-color scepter at the same age as Annan.

Then, as the only relatives of the Grand Duke, they are very likely to become the family that secretly controls the Duchy of Winter.Become a family with a higher status than Rasputin - in the case of the extremely sparse population of the Winter family, they are undoubtedly the first family.

This is a conspiracy with high feasibility and low turnover rate.And it has nothing to do with the strength and background of the family, as long as there are children in the family who can be liked by Maria.

——The premise is that they can really kill Annan.

But obviously, they dare not do it.Because this semi-public plan can only be regarded as an addition to them, it is naturally good if they have it, and they don’t force it if they don’t have it.Except for the Northland Alliance, the living environment of other families is far from the level of "must assassinate the Grand Duke".

But they can watch from the sidelines.

Therefore, almost all families know about the Northland Alliance and the plans of the Melvin family.

They all watched from the sidelines, they still support the Lingdong family on the surface, but they are not helping each other—but if Annan is really killed, they will all fall to the Lingdong family, and they will all vie with each other .

And if any family couldn't help but wanted to do something and crossed the "wait and see line", they didn't mind selling their colleagues and reporting it to Grand Duke Annan.

They don't support Melvin and the Northland Alliance, and they are not really loyal to the three-color scepter-the only target of their loyalty is themselves.

It can be said that everyone has their own selfishness.This is also very normal.

It can even be said that the Rasputin family is willing to always stand with the Winter family only because Annan and Maria's mothers are from the Rasputin family... They are Annan's natural allies because they are biggest beneficiary so far.

Although they did have malicious intentions before, Annan did not intend to let them be "convicted of their thoughts"——

After the old grandmother woke up, their thoughts were already shattered.

And more importantly, after the arrival of spring, as the winter resources become abundant in an instant, the economy will recover rapidly.They no longer need anxious infighting to compete for that little bit of interest with each other.

Under such circumstances, no one dared to pursue matters related to the Melvin family.

After all, the old grandmother woke up the day the Melvin family disappeared.It would be too coincidental to say it was a coincidence.

The ghost knows if the Melvin family did something particularly taboo and angered the old grandmother—the first thing she did when she woke up was to burn the Melvin family to the ground.

Asking questions at this time will inevitably make her think that she is an accomplice of the Melvin family.

After all, if you want to talk about it, you can actually say that every house of the nobles in the cold winter is not clean... There are no clean nobles in this era.If you really want to talk about scrutiny, no one can stand the scrutiny.

And if you really can't find any black history, it's an even worse sign-let alone aristocrats, even saints, it's impossible for everyone in the family to grow up in the legal provisions.If so, there are only two possibilities.

Either they used some means to erase the relevant records and evidence; or they specially restrained everyone in the family to be cautious in their words and deeds for a certain purpose, and to keep their reputation clean.

Either way is very dangerous.

The Duchy of Rinwinter is actually a special case - because only the Rinwinter family is inherited by blood heirs appointed by the righteous gods.In this way, the righteous gods bypass the chronological rituals and directly intervene in the rule of the secular society.

Now even if Annan really wants to liquidate the entire cold winter nobles and their interest groups, he will not encounter any resistance.But that would only cause more confusion.

The current three-dimensional supervision system of the church, the Hand of Winter, and the old grandmother is still operating normally.During the period when the economy of the Duchy of Winter has just begun to recover, the primary contradiction that the Duchy of Winter needs to solve is to solve the problems of hungry residents and lack of resources.

What Annan did was to replace all the high-level and important nodes of the Hand of Winter with his own people, so as to ensure that the Hand of Winter would not be bribed—after all, Annan could share any information about the players.

As for other aspects, since he doesn't understand, he won't move.Just as he delegated power to Dmitry, he will now delegate power to nobles and ministers.

Even though Annan has retrieved the memory of Black Annan now, he actually doesn't know the people at the bottom of the Duchy of Winter - he has never had formal and comprehensive contact; he actually doesn't understand the rules and traditions of the Duchy of Winter , customs... After all, he is the youngest son in the Lindong family, and he is not even an adult yet.

In any case, Annan was the one who was "modestly" and "protected":

You know, Annan has never touched real wine in the Alcoholic Dukedom of Winter!

No matter men or women, no matter if they were human or werewolves, no matter if they were of high or low status - no matter if they were farmers, military families, or young heirs to nobles, even Annan's older sister, Maria, was already used to drinking at this age.

Perhaps it was because Annan was carrying too heavy a fate.

From the very beginning, he was very far away from the word "ordinary".And after Annan's sublimation, he will be farther away...

That being the case... All Annan can do is not to make decisions for others indiscriminately, and not to dictate their lives.

Today, Annan, as the grand duke with the addition of the old grandmother, can kill almost anyone with just a word or a gesture without paying any price.

And after Annan's ascension, the "authority" he holds will be further improved.How can the power of a mortal prince be compared with the power of a god?

If he is now used to oppressing people with power and taking away life, beliefs, desires or other things at will, then after he becomes a god, he will become the kind of existence that Annan used to hate the most.

——Become the existence of his "mirrors".

Yes.

Although Annan has not had a very clear "what existence must I become" so far.His desires are inherently weak, and his goals in life are not clear...but all he knows is "I will never be someone".

After being sublimated with a heart of justice in the future, Annan will also involve the authority of "justice", and his management scope will also radiate to the whole world.When the sky train is officially launched and begins its tour of the myriad worlds, he may even affect other worlds.

This power is not to make Annan more noble than others, nor is it to allow Annan to kill anyone and manage anything willfully, and to let himself act recklessly for a lifetime——

It is different from Annan's mirrors.

His power, his authority, his apostles... will always exist for the purpose of "making others happier".

Annan is confident that this is a path that will never be denied by his past self and regretted by his future self——

Although the holy bones could not restrain Annan, but with the change of identity, Annan began to restrain himself.He began to pay close attention to his every move... Reflecting on his latest actions, whether they were based on justice, rationality, or just made random decisions based on emotions and personal likes and dislikes.

Just like this "tyrant" and this "madman", when he was sober, he put many chains and shackles on himself.He restrains himself with his own rationality and morality, just like before he crossed over.

——But it was different from Annan who was often melancholy and confused at that time.

Today's Annan doesn't think it's a mistake—

Different from the path of most gods: Annan does not intend to abandon his humanity, and only pays attention to things related to his field.

He will hold on tight to his humanity.

To be human means to be angry, to be sad, to be sympathetic.He will err in judgment and act on a whim.

He will be a man who can go wrong, not a god who can never do wrong.

However, this flexible and changeable path... may be more suitable for "justice" and "hope".

But at the same time, Annan will also self-monitor this free humanity from another angle, so as to prevent him from making wrong decisions and causing unnecessary harm to others.

——In order not to corrupt the glory that belongs to Tianche, Annan has already made up his mind and will do his best for it.

Humanity and divinity, freedom and rightness...he wants it all.

After clearing his own path.

Annan seemed to feel that some membrane had been broken by him——

He felt very clearly, the call of the Tianche.

As long as Annan holds the sublimation ceremony now, he can complete the ascension immediately.

...but no.

Annan still has a lot to do.

For example, a rotten man, for example...

"……child?"

Annan was a little confused: "But I'm still a child."

The old grandmother confirmed without hesitation: "You have to know, Annan - after you have completed the sublimation, you will lose your physical body. And you are not like me, Ananke and Sybele, who have' Goddess of the field of 'breeding'.

"That way, you'd never be able to have kids again."

"...Maria should be too."

Facing the old grandmother's urge to marry immediately after waking up, Annan argued with a guilty conscience: "Isn't she not married? And when I kill the rotting man, Dmitri's sterilization will naturally change." All right."

With the help of the old grandmother, Maria had already put on the Heart of Winter that Annan had given her.

Putting on her brother's heart was like putting on her brother's kaleidoscope Sharingan—Maria immediately broke some kind of bondage.

As Annan guessed at the beginning, in "Ode to the Storm and the Heart", the heart and the storm are equally important.

The previous Maria lacked half of human emotion.She couldn't realize the existence of "heart".

Maria is now able to smile from the bottom of her heart...

The book of truth that belonged to her finally appeared at this moment.

The Daughter of the Storm, who has been passed down for generations, will eventually inherit the mantle of the "Eldest Daughter of the Storm", pick up the relics of the predecessors, and continue on the road of truth.

Facts have proved that the way of the "Eldest Daughter of the Storm" at that time and her understanding of the truth were indeed wrong.

Mary, who manifested the fragments of the truth in the correct way, could hear the clear drumbeat just by walking.She can stir up a storm with a slight smile, and thunder with a straight face. Even disasters such as volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and earthquakes can be rolled up or calmed down at will.

This is not the truth about "wind" in the first place.

But the truth about natural disasters, disasters, and the "heart" that overcomes all of them——

Just like the truth of "betrayal".

Compared with the betrayal itself, the redemption after betrayal is the essence of truth.The storm protects nothing, it is only a phenomenon.

Rather...

It was because of the death of the eldest daughter of the storm that the Tower of Storms became the guardian in front of natural disasters—and this allowed Maria to understand the meaning of this truth.

From this perspective, she is indeed the true heir of the eldest daughter of the storm.

Under the accumulation of hundreds of generations of inheritance, perhaps Maria's sublimation ceremony will be earlier than Annan's.

"Dmitry's child will be used to inherit the Duchy of Winter, and it has nothing to do with you."

But in the face of Annan's sophistry, the old grandmother was unmoved: "As for Maria—who in this world can be worthy of Maria?
"That child is so outstanding... the only thing she loves in her heart is her relatives. And as 'He', what he loves extends to the whole world. Mary will be the most orthodox god. She is the guardian of simplicity, the living pillar of the world. She is not like you.

"You have someone you love, Annan. Don't let yourself regret it."

"...I'm actually not sure whether it's love or not."

Annan was silent for a while, but answered honestly: "And I'm not sure if she has true love for me—not for idols, gods, elders, and teachers, but love between partners. Love.

"With the uncertainty of this relationship, I don't think it would be a good thing to have an heir."

"So, have you asked her?"

asked the old grandmother.

Annan was silent.

The old grandmother, who was rarely stern, asked: "You have doubts in your heart, but you don't ask them. You hope that the child will realize what you are thinking, and then rush over to tell you everything she thinks—— Not only do you have to meet your request, but on this basis, you also have to convince you to trust her?

"Is that what you think, Annan?"

"……of course not."

"Then why are you hesitating, what are you holding back? Is your status not worthy of her, or do you think you are not worthy of her? Or, in fact, you look down on her?
"You know, that child is the queen. She is still very young, but she must have her own offspring in the future—to continue the existence of the kingdom. Can you accept her having children with other people?"

The old grandmother said seriously: "Go and confess, Annan. Don't let yourself regret it.

"You haven't even confessed once, are you waiting for that little queen to give up her dignity and throw herself into her arms? Or is it that your love for her is far from enough to make you 'give up face' to confess? "

"...I do like her. I just—"

The young Grand Duke, the future god, was a little hesitant at this time.

Only at this time, Annan will look like a real child.

He could roughly guess Cafney's answer, but he was still uneasy, apprehensive, and hesitant about it.

...Speaking of which, shouldn't Annan have past life memories?

Could it be that this child had no one he liked in his previous life?

That's inevitable...

The loving and stern old grandmother sighed and decided to give it another push:
"Listen well, Annan—don't come back immediately after you kill the rotten man.

"You go directly to Noah, and tell her everything you worry about, everything you want to know, from cause to effect, from the beginning to the end, in an open and honest manner. Tell her all your feelings for her, and then wait for her response.

"This immature and confused relationship is the most precious among the many relationships in life.

"Many people's feelings, in this hazy era, ended before they became clear and before they started, leaving a lifetime of regrets.

"—You have to face it, Annan. Don't run away.

"If you have to run away from 'love', how do you face worms? How do you claim that you understand love and understand love?"

"……it is good."

Annan nodded lightly, and responded firmly: "I understand.

"Thank you, grandmother."

The old grandmother didn't respond, but just hugged Annan, shook his body, patted his back, and the sternness on her face gradually turned into doting.

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