Yes, Her Royal Highness Princess. But with regard to the trade in goods in the port of cold water......"

Dmitry was halfway through his words when he suddenly stopped.

The young man with a straight back and a grim expression frowned slightly, looking at the old man who was in a decadent spirit and had a thin body.

"What about Annan?"

Seeing old Merlin come back on his own, Dmitry asked flatly.

His deep, ice-blue pupils were like the frozen sea. I don't see the slightest emotion.

Elizabeth knew that this was the talent of Winter's direct bloodline...... It's called the Heart of Winter.

This is a testament to the blood of cold-blooded ladies flowing through their bodies.

The Duchy of Winter is a country where winter years alternate with good years. Just like the underground city-state, the old grandmother is able to unconsciously transform the surrounding ecology on a large scale just by existing.

The old grandmother is a righteous god in two forms.

When He was awake, He was a three-meter-tall beauty with frosty hair and blue eyes. This form of the old grandmother is the god of tradition - whether it is giving birth to the Winter bloodline, establishing the Duchy of Winter, or teaching his young children and grandchildren, helping the contemporary Grand Duke to handle government affairs, presiding over domestic festivals and activities, and even being responsible for the marriage and birth funeral ceremonies of his children and grandchildren, it is all his actions at this time.

It's like an immortal grandmother...... It has an absolute voice within the family and is extremely active. When the old grandmother was sober, everyone would be respectful of the Winter Clan—because they had a protective, strong, and powerful Righteous God Ancestor behind them.

That's why He was affectionately called "Old Grandmother." Because this habit of caring for children and grandchildren and loving children is not limited to one's own bloodline...... He also often gives gifts to obedient and lovely children, or likes to mediate family conflicts with others. At this time, the Duchy of Winter was called "Harvest Year" by the Winter people.

But because of the habits before becoming a god, the old grandmother had the habit of falling into the "dragon sleep" of unknown time from time to time.

At that time, he will transform into a dragon that is 100 meters tall when he just lies down.

That's more than thirty stories tall.

He was the god of frost.

His breath will roll up a never-ending blizzard. This blizzard can act as a barrier to protect the Duchy of Winter from the gray mist when the old grandmother falls into the dragon's sleep, and can also act as a barrier against foreign invaders.

But this blizzard will also cause the already cold temperature of the Winter Principality to plummet. Some newborns and the elderly will freeze to death at this time, crops in the wild and weak ordinary beasts will not survive, and even trees will fall into a "hibernation" for years or decades.

Even those transcendents who die in a blizzard don't have nightmares - even curses are frozen and turned into part of the blizzard. And the Winter People will refer to this cycle as the "Winter Year".

In the interior of large cities, there are also thermostatic enchantments arranged by wizards, greenhouse crops crafted, and food crops imported from other countries through underground passages. And those villages, only those powerful hunters and warriors, can go out in the blizzard, in the woods, in the snow, or in the sea, for the villagers to hunt the same frost beasts that can survive in the blizzard.

These frost beasts are monsters that have been immersed in a cursed blizzard for a long time, and as a result, their flesh has been mutated. They feed on curses, so they are able to multiply in large numbers when humans are locked up in cities by blizzards, and once they have gathered a certain number, they will attack human settlements.

But those who possess the blood of winter can tame and command these frost beasts in winter. This is also the fundamental reason why the Winter clan cannot be replaced.

Yes.

They are also devotees of the Old Grandmother...... and His Son.

After all, this is the part of the old grandmother as a dragon, and the effect on the beasts when the dragon sleeps.

This is also the reason why the Winter family, known as the "wolf king" and the white wolf as the family emblem—the frost beasts with the largest number are the "social species" with the appearance of "wolves".

But it's important to note that frostbeasts don't attack humans in the thirst for blood...... They are special species that resemble elemental life and do not need to eat meat.

They just crave "love".

But it's not just love, but it's not just

Hope, compassion, loyalty, joy...... Frostbeasts have the ability to devour positive emotions. But the frostbeast itself has no feelings, and it doesn't have much intelligence.

So they follow their instincts, follow the taste, find humans, attack them, and devour their feelings - but they will not show mercy to the humans who "produce food".

And after an attack, humans often don't have many positive emotions...... This will make the Frostbeast even more irritable and look for the next gathering point.

Only other Frost Beasts, the "Winter Hands" who do not have positive feelings, and humans who possess the talent of Winter Heart can avoid being attacked by Frostbeasts. In the perception of the frostbeasts, the humans of the Winter Clan are a kind of "humanoid kind", and they are their superior species. So they will be loyal to the "kind" they see.

Then they will be arrested and put into the army. After domesticating the frost beasts, they can form a symbiotic comradeship with the warriors - they have learned to "keep a mouthful" and not directly gnaw their partners to despair.

And the Heart of Winter isn't just a talent for domesticating frost beasts.

It allows the holder to have a sense of immortality.

Once the damage is beyond the boundary, the damage will be transmitted to the old grandmother, who will bear it on her behalf; If He is awake, He can be found immediately, even if He is asleep, once He has endured too much...... It will also gradually wake up.

If you want to kill the Winter, you can only use the Frost element. This is the "family law" that the old grandmother set aside for herself - he is, after all, the god of tradition.

But as we all know, all the gold-level transcendents who have awakened the frost element were born from the Duchy of Winter.

Therefore, it is almost impossible to kill the people of the Winter Clan.

You can only tie your hands and feet and throw them into the sea, or tie them up and throw them in the basement...... When he couldn't bear it anymore, he decided on his own.

In addition to this, the Heart of Winter can also give the wielder a cold and indifferent heart.

From birth, the Rinsy Winter people have to endure the eternal training of "never being happy". This is so that they do not indulge in the lust for power, and that they will always be sober and always act for the people.

No matter what they do, they don't get happiness. So for them, only the "rules" and "traditions" that they have learned from an early age are noteworthy...... They are the kings of the Ice Hearts who have acted for the sake of others since birth.

This is undoubtedly cruel.

But for the Duchy of Winter, which sometimes falls into winter, only a king who is harsh, disciplined, and unkind, and able to endure people's resentment, swearing, and incomprehension can maintain a shaky public order.

The old grandmother's idea was simple.

If people need such sacrifices – then the victims should be their own heirs.

This may be unfair to his own children...... But this is the "traditional" choice.

While the old grandmother was unusually protective of her shortcomings, he was also extremely strict with his own children. Under such training, each generation of the Grand Duke of Winter ...... Even the son of the Grand Duke of Winter is the best ruler of all nations.

They will not be lazy in the pursuit of easy pleasure, nor will they be arrogant because of the pleasure of superiority. They will not be flattered by the compliments of their courtiers or envoys, nor will they be tempted by beauty—procreation is only an "obligation" and not a "pleasure" for them.

With such a ruler...... Why should such a terrible and desolate country go to war with them?

Elizabeth's idea was so simple and pure.

She tried her best to defuse the aftermath of the war brought about by her father...... It's because she's scared.

She didn't want to go toe-to-toe with such an enemy.

This is also the main reason why the eldest princess is willing to put down her body in person and offer to receive the eldest son of Grand Duke Ivan in person.

She didn't want her stupid siblings to mess things up.

They don't understand at all...... The horror of the Winters.

“…… What the? ”

After old Merlin whispered to Dmitry, Dmitry was stunned for a moment.

He shook his head and muttered in a low voice, "Annan actually ......"

"What's the matter, Your Highness?"

Elizabeth's heart tightened, and she asked casually.

Dmitry looked back.

Faintly, she seemed to ...... from Dmitry's emotionless ice-blue pupils See a little dazed?

"Annan seems to be having a good time with a young lady named Kafne."

Dmitry shook his head and replied calmly: "Brother is rude, Your Highness the Princess." ”

Hearing this, Elizabeth's heart moved.

“…… No, His Highness Dmitry. ”

She smiled and said gently, "Or, let's talk...... What is the matter with His Highness Annan? ”

This chapter is almost three thousand, and the second chapter is after midnight......

I estimate that there are no more than 6,000 words, but 5,000 words can still struggle...... Of course, just a thousand words less won't count as much as a mile.

(End of chapter)