Chapter 157 Doreen and Bella

Although Annan has considered many things.

But when he returned to the Duchy of Winter this time, he still decided to bring the werewolf Doreen with him.

Annan has not yet figured out why Doreen and Bella look so similar. According to Doreen's identity and background, she and Bella's hometown are still quite far away, and obviously they will not be relatives.

And their age is completely wrong.

If Bella is still alive now, it should be about twenty-four years old.

Just sort out the timeline a bit.

Bella the Betrayer joined the Hand of Winter eight years ago on December 30, 1496, when she was only sixteen. And a year and a half after she joined Hand of Winter... that is, in the gambling game six years ago, she betrayed Dmitry, indirectly causing Dmitry to lose her fertility.

After that, Bella turned herself in, took the blame, and reported that Vladimir was about to betray Winter. The Icebreaker Army, who controlled one-third of the military frost beasts, had no choice but to rush into battle.

After three years of rebellion - that is, three years ago, Bella's strategy triggered the "Frostbite Disaster" and recruited werewolves to form "Windrunner". At this time, Bella should have contacted Professor Wolf.

— But Doreen is only thirteen now.

That is to say, mother and daughter are not quite right...because Doreen does have a biological mother. Nor could her mother be sixteen at the time.

However, there is a relationship between them.

Because it was exactly eight years ago, when Bella entered the Hand of Winter... Doreen met Professor Wolf.

At the time, Doreen's mother went mad, killed the out-of-towner's child, and was imprisoned with the murderer's father. And Doreen, who lost her parents, was only five years old.

It was from that time that she met the wolf professor who called himself "Nicolas Lemay" - Frederic Wolfheart.

At that time, "Frederick", the inner has been replaced by Trisino Seti. As for why Professor Wolf called himself "Nicolas Lemay" at that time, it is also a question worth noting.

For idol wizards, names are very important things.

If the coincidence happens only once, it may be a real coincidence.

But they happened to look exactly the same, and they both happened to know Professor Wolf, and they happened to suddenly experience a big change in their lives in the same year, completely changing the trajectory of their lives. And Doreen's father also happens to be an idol wizard.

With so many coincidences piled up, if they are forcibly ignored, Annan is not sharp enough.

There must be some connection between them. Although I haven't found what it is yet.

If Annan puts Doreen in the underground world, maybe Professor Wolf will notice that Annan and Doreen are separated. By then, Doreen might have been assassinated by other werewolves.

In order to protect this important witness and clue, Annan took Doreen all the way back to Frostwhisper.

This time, he only brought three random players to open the teleportation point of Frostwhisper Province.

They did not act at the same time as Annan. After Annan took them out of the subway station, they would separate. And after opening the teleportation point, they will return underground.

Annan has already discussed with the silver-level players in advance - if there is any danger, they will be notified.

Before that, players were still carrying out expansion operations in the underground world as "hidden eyes" that were not at all secretive.

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Just like the expansion of the Zerg... Even the wise, it is absolutely impossible to notice that the players are digging the teleportation array without any evidence.

After all, they didn't touch anything.

They just come to one place, find a hotel and book a room for a month, and then go out to cleanse their nightmares. After the number of purifications is sufficient, they will leave directly without seeking wealth or fame.

If it is not known in advance, this is itself a "rite of making a teleportation point", who can perceive the meaning of these strange actions of the players?

And in fact,

Players are indeed purifying the nightmares of the underworld - the dangerous things that no one wants to touch, but actually affect their lives.

Even if there are truly wise men who can see into the future and know the purpose of all this. He will also see what Annan and his "hidden eye" have brought them.

Then he will be silent.

By then, he would have become Annan's accomplice.

This is also Annan's conspiracy -

Only the prophets and wizards who really care about the underground world can care about and then know the purpose of the players' actions; but they can also see the results of these actions, then they will instead become Annan's friends and choose to acquiesce or support Annan's actions.

Through countless film and video game works, Annan has long been vigilant against the gods of the prophetic school. They can screw up a very hard thing if they want to... As Arthur Burntooth has said before, no secret is hidden from the Prophet.

As long as they will know about it "later", they can know about it now.

So Annan prepared a strategy for dealing with these prophets from the very beginning.

- Exactly.

Just make sure that they are doing the right thing, that their cause is right, that they are good for everyone and the world in the long run, then at least neutral prophets won't choose to be hostile to the players...even if there are a few The prophets who want to stop Annan will also be intercepted by more prophets before the action.

It's not that difficult to stop a wrong thing, because there is a united effort; to stop a right thing, it is thousands of times harder...because the forces within them are dispersed.

Now Annan has gradually mastered this technology.

This is a manipulative technique compared to a manipulative technique. It's a more advanced technique... it's the power of the "big trend".

This is also the ability that Annan has exercised in advance in order to inherit the position of the Grand Duke of Winter.

He did not wish to be an incompetent Archduke.

He didn't want everything that Ivan guarded to end here... He didn't want to see the people of the Winter Principality under his hands, but suffered more than Ivan.

If you want to do something, you have to do it best.

This is what Annan has done since a long time ago.

Soon, Annan returned to the Grand Duke's Mansion.

Although I was a little worried, if I came back with the werewolf Doreen, it would make Dmitri "see things and think about people" to recall Bella, and make his mood worse... But fortunately Dmitry is very busy .

He wasn't usually in Frostwhisper, so he didn't see Annan and Doreen.

A little bit beyond Annan's expectations.

Even though he returned to Winter with a werewolf until he entered the Grand Duke's Mansion, there was no hand of Winter to stop him or question Doreen's identity.

He even prepared a set of rhetoric in advance, but in the end it turned out to be useless...

But come to think of it.

Annan is not Dmitry after all.

He has always done things without worrying about others.

Annan's position at home and at the top of power has always been high - perhaps because of Annan's very prescient decision-making and keen strategic vision.

Now that he is about to inherit the throne of the Grand Duke, those Hands of Winter will become his subordinates at any time. Perhaps they are already treating Annan as the new Grand Duke... Naturally, no one would dare to express one-sided opinions in front of him.

Keep silent unless necessary - this is one of the dogmas of the Hand of Winter.

Unlike the Three-Eyed Raven, they cannot be in a safe place to spy on the secrets of the nation. Everything has to be done in person, and naturally there will be many things that should not be seen.

But they are only the "hands" of the Grand Duke.

The hand does not need to have its own mind. That just puts an unnecessary load on the brain, or makes mistakes.

They just have to believe.

Young Hand of Winter will only make himself "not to see"; he will force himself to complete his assigned tasks, and ignore everything else.

And as incapacitation spells are used more frequently, their hearts will become colder. These mature Hands of Winter usually choose to "keep silent"...because the Archduke may occasionally need their eyes to repeat what they have seen.

Except for Archduke Winter himself.

Even the wife of the Grand Duke, or the children of the Grand Duke, are also under the silent surveillance of the Hand of Winter.

That is to say...

Am I actually the Archduke of Winter from now on?

Just pushed open the door of the Grand Duke's Mansion, Annan was a little dazed for a while.

"Come on, Doreen."

He was silent for a moment, then said quietly.

He put down his hood, and Doreen, who was following behind him, was also very nervous, imitating Annan's movements and putting down his hood.

She has not yet recovered from the fact that "Ghirlandaio is Annam Winter".

"—The Archduke is waiting for you in his room."

Silently, a female voice sounded behind Annan, startling Doreen. Her gray hair stood up instantly, her tail drooped down, tucked tightly between her legs, and she even trembled when she walked.

But Annan just nodded silently.

In the Grand Duke's Mansion, he walked forward without looking back.