Rhine Stories

The first encounter did not impress Hagen deeply, because he is a person who is not easy to be influenced by his surroundings.

"The first time I saw you, I thought you were a 30-year-old man."

And this is the first evaluation of him by everyone including Gong Te, even his younger brother Dankvat said——

"Brother is now His Majesty's knight, so pay attention to your own image."

"You are all too exaggerated, and you don't need to say such things."

With impatience, Hagen specially chose a remote place in the palace to make some repairs, such as shaving his beard, cutting his hair... and then burying them, it is better than going back to the living room to be buried by Dankwatt or others. See, kindly want to help him.

The location is beside the Rhine River in the north of the castle. Hagen thought that it was close to the palace of Queen Ute, who liked quietness, and no one would disturb him.

"What a rude layman, are you going to pollute the water of the Rhine?"

Sometimes fate is so wonderful and twisted.

"I thought this place wasn't very crowded. I'm very sorry, Your Royal Highness."

After the words fell, the other party was obviously startled, and said, "Since you know that I am a princess, why don't you turn around and salute to me? I think you know court etiquette?"

"Please forgive me, Your Royal Highness, I am currently undergoing repairs, and you don't want to see me half-shaven before seeing your beauty?"

"..."

Hearing this, the princess raised her eyebrows silently, thinking only of 'this man is simply rude', "Tell me your name, and I will go to my brother to propose to guide your upbringing."

"Heh...you really are a very worried princess."

After the words fell, Hagen reached out and washed his face with the Rhine water, then turned his head and looked at the noble princess of Burgundy standing twenty steps away, "Hagen von Tronje, the knight of His Majesty Gunter, Princess Clinesed .”

"...It seems that you still know how to measure."

Seeing the man curtseying now, with impeccable posture, Princess Burgundy turned her head and did not want to say much, "Please leave now, this is the queen mother's court, and it also belongs to me."

"Oh, but in the city of Worms, no... everything in Burgundy belongs to His Majesty Gunter and the others."

"I'm his sister, can't I order you?"

"I, Hagen, never listen to a woman."

After the words fell, the blond Hagen sneered, but due to his status, he didn't look directly at the princess, and only looked at her long hair, which was a very beautiful cherry color.

"...Are you underestimating me?"

At this time, Hagen could hear the obvious hostility in Clinesed's voice, but he thought that he, as a fief, would have trouble with the king's sister, so he had to let go of himself and say, "No, please don't worry about what I said just now, I I just want to see what kind of person is Princess Clinesed, who is causing His Majesty the most headache."

"Brother Gongte... He really told you something, right?"

Having said that, Clinesed turned her head, stepped forward and said, "Hagen, I allow you to stand up and watch me speak, and you don't need to use honorifics."

"Even if you don't say so, I will do it."

Saying that, Hagen stood up, raised his head and stared at the past, the Burgundy princess under the sun was still a stubborn child, although Hagen had met many women who flirted with him, but Clinesid's golden The eyes are as pure and bright as the tranquil evening, without any shadow at all.

"It's really cute, she will be a good woman when she grows up, but she has a bad temper..."

"You are really a shrewd man. I thought I could take this opportunity to mock you."

"Haha, it's ten years too early for you to mock me, princess."

In an instant, the stiff atmosphere between the two became inexplicably clear, and it seemed that Hagen and Clinesed were typical of the kind who didn't know each other without fighting.

"But are you really Hagen? I can hear people around... Hagen is a man in his thirties."

Having said that, Hagen frowned slightly, thinking in his heart whether this was done on purpose by Clinesed or...

"Your Highness, I am indeed a person who has gone through the award ceremony and experienced many things, but my actual age is not very old."

As he said that, Hagen put his hands on his chest and said seriously: "This year is my sixth year as a knight, which means that I am the same age as Your Majesty."

"Pfft...I didn't expect you to have such a serious side, Hagen."

Suddenly at this moment, Clinesid couldn't help laughing, and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "So you are only five years older than me, I am really more and more curious about what you looked like before gone."

"Ah... I'm so sorry I didn't take care of my leisure, my hair is long and messy, and my beard is full of my chin."

At this moment, Hagen's whole face became gloomy, and he felt that the palace's message was really terrible.

"But it looks good now, and it seems like a different person."

Looking at Hagen's expression, Clinesed smiled sympathetically, then turned around and said, "I think if you meet Brother Kunt now, he will definitely not recognize you."

"Ah...that's true."

Hearing this, Hagen couldn't help but smiled wryly for a while, thinking in his heart: But she is really a naive princess, if I were a bad person, I could use her to blackmail His Majesty to ask for gold.

"But having said that, is Her Majesty's determination not to marry really true?"

At this moment, Hagen suddenly changed the subject, and brought the focus from himself to Clinesed herself.

"I knew Brother Gong Te would talk about it to any cronies he met, so what about you? Are you planning to persuade me?"

At the first moment, Clinesed was a little wary, but she knew that Hagen was different from other knights, at least he would not try to curry favor with her.

"Your determination is not good for Burgundy, but right now you haven't met any outstanding princes, so it doesn't matter if you delay getting married for a few years."

"...Hmph, you are really right."

At this moment, Kleinshid turned her head and said word by word, "I probably haven't been favored by God, or maybe I wasn't born to be in love, but I won't be lonely, and I won't let myself be lonely."

"Ah... Are you going to find a way to keep yourself from being alone? But it will still be very hard, princess."

"I will not let anyone into my heart. Even if the other party is Siegfried from the Netherlands, my heart is still as solid as a stone and will not be shaken."

When Kleinshid said this, she stretched out her hand to make an oath, which made Hagen on the side feel a little interesting, and looked at it with raised eyebrows:

"That's just right. I don't like women either. Since you don't marry, I won't marry a wife."

At this time, Hagen never thought that the 'agreement' here would imprison him in a state of suffocation, but this is also something that cannot be said...a secret hidden deep in his heart.

"Then you will regret it, and be prepared to be lonely forever."

And Clinesid also turned her head, showing no malice in her smile.