You and Me Under The World Tree

While both Regin and Siegfried are concerned about accepting the Gothic Prince's seemingly casual but actually meaningful 'help', Hoder instead cares about things that only players will care about.
As for the so-called decision, he had the answer as early as when His Royal Highness asked the question in this regard, but before that, he threw the question to someone behind him.
"Siegfried, what do you think should be done?"
"Huh?"
At the moment when he was suddenly asked, Siegfried's handsome face couldn't help but reveal a touch of astonishment, as young as he thought that he was not qualified, whether it was thoughts or other abilities were stuck in an extremely immature stage, it was impossible for him to fully consider the stakes.
So at first, he didn't think his uncle would throw the question to himself, but he did it anyway.
But Siegfried is not a fool, perhaps because he has just experienced a life-and-death crisis, and the immaturity that exists in his heart has long faded a lot, so the whole person is not flustered, but thinks seriously.
He was the last descendant of the Völsung clan and he chose the path of inheriting the will of his father, so he would become king...
In fact, some time ago, he didn't have any real sense of what happened to him and what his uncle and adoptive father said, and he cared more about this journey as a flight and a writing trip than these things, and his mind was actually very scattered, and Hoder's criticism was right, he never had the sense of crisis that he should have in his heart.
But it's different now...
Because he has really experienced the crisis of life and death, and tasted the ups and downs of losing and regaining, he already has that sense of vigilance and reality in his heart.
So...
"I ... I'm sorry." He was a little incoherent, and although the proposal was indeed a bit exciting, Siegfried rejected it.
The young warrior slowly came to his uncle's side, staring intently at the prince who seemed to have made a friendly proposal, although in terms of momentum, Siegfried, who had just begun to polish his embryonic form, was certainly not as good as the Gothic prince, who was already a murderous sword, but he would not just retreat.
"There will be no free lunch in the world, and there will be no treasure delivered to you, and it is even more impossible for your help to be gratuitous, and it is even more impossible for me to promise you anything."
Although there is no evidence, after a week of getting along, Siegfried feels that he has a certain degree of understanding of the Gothic prince in front of him - he is not a simple guy, as a prince, his education is completely unable to create a heroic character of Yihai, and he will always put the interests of the kingdom first.
So it was impossible to send troops to help him just for the sake of this friendship that fought side by side, he must have other demands.
But whatever it was, Siegfried knew that he couldn't do it now, and maybe he wouldn't do it in the future, so he simply refused here.
"It will not be easy to completely conquer the Netherlands with you alone."
The prince is old and spicy after all, although he may be the same age as Siegfried, but after all, his vision is wider than Siegfried, although he is not good at words, but this short sentence stuffed all Siegfried's words back.
In this atrium world that advocates individual bravery, the strength of just three people may be able to destroy the guards of a royal palace and even slaughter the city, but pure killing does not mean a stable rule.
He needs an army, a banner and even subordinates to rule the kingdom...
If he didn't have the help of others, he would have to rely on himself to prepare for this, but how could he do these things with the strength of just three people.
"Maybe you'd like to take the help of the winged birdmen?"
Valkyries...
If the Valkyries were willing to go to war and use their reputation in the Atrium world to establish Siegfried's prestige, then ascending to the throne would be a matter of course, but ...
"No kidding, I don't have a crush on those winged women."
Just when Siegfried couldn't resist the prince's question, Hoder spoke, and at the same time, he also reached out slightly to block Siegfried behind him.
He was probably laughing...
Because of the helmet, His Royal Highness the Prince couldn't see the other party's face clearly, so he couldn't see the other party's expression, but from the tone, he could hear a trace of detachment.
"His Royal Highness the Prince is worried about this, we will figure it out ourselves."
Speaking of which, the relationship between this man and the Valkyries seems to be complicated...
The sage Hoder of Völsung, although this name has already become a name that can only be heard in by gossip 20 years later, His Royal Highness has a teacher: Hilt the Brave, a warrior who has been in the service of the Goths since Völsung's time, and who is deeply trusted by King Dietmar, he certainly knows the figures of his rapidly rising neighbors.
When teaching his disciples, the wise brave man mentioned a name: Hodder, the man of war.
Although he seemed to hide himself completely in the light of Siegmund's Völsung heroes, he was no less to ignore, as he was the teacher of the famous 'Helgi Hendinsbana Völsung'.
And it is not an exaggeration to say that there is hatred between him and those Valkyries...
Thinking of this, His Royal Highness the Prince couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, because he himself didn't have a good impression of those women, and the Gothic Kingdom had no Valkyries to protect him since he was born, and the kingdom didn't need those women to protect him.
In other words, in this regard, they actually have a common topic, and in the atrium world where the prestige of the Protoss has been rooted for a long time, it is rare to find such a person.
So...
"Of course, if it weren't the Gothic prince standing here today, but a warrior who couldn't get used to seeing giants oppressing the people and pulled out his sword to help, maybe we could still be friends." Just as the prince was thinking about Völsung, Hoder spoke.
"Friend..." The prince couldn't help but feel a little strange as he read the word.
This world ... In particular, there were very few people among Midgard who could be called his friends, perhaps Hildebrand, who was his mentor and teacher, was one, and Princess Zebul, who was far away in Jotunheim, was one.
Because there are some things that are really hard to explain to other people...
But it has to be said that the word 'friend' has an extraordinary allure for him, but ...
"Wearing a helmet is not a 'friend' thing."
"I'm just used to wearing a helmet." After hearing His Royal Highness the Prince say this, Hodder was not hypocritical, he directly took off his frontier helmet, revealing that simple face.
On the other hand, His Royal Highness also took off his helmet, which couldn't help but attract Hoder's attention.
He has modeling under his helmet?
Thinking of this, Hoder couldn't help but want to take a screenshot, but before he could open the menu interface and open the camera perspective, the incomparably conspicuous white in the firelight attracted his attention.
People in this era don't actually shave their hair much, and His Royal Highness the Prince's white hair just hangs down on his shoulders.
Although his whole body looked a little wet because of sweating, his blood-red eyes and fair skin couldn't help but attract some attention.
"So, now, we're friends?"
But Hoder didn't respond, because he had only one thought in his head:
Friend, why are you so similar to my wife?