At that moment, in the Kingdom of Northland, a snowflake drifted across the sky. It was going to snow so soon. It was only September, and the moon was clear, but it was already snowing.
Looking at the snowflakes drifting down from the window, Gravel thought of Darlina, who was far away in the south. Many years had passed in the blink of an eye.
He still remembered the first time he saw Darlina. She was tied up in a tavern. Fortunately, Gravel arrived in time to save her. After that, they fled together. Darlina didn't have many good days with Gravel. She even sacrificed herself to save Gravel.
After becoming the empress of the empire, Theoden The Great was burned alive by the Black Dragon Irdele on the night of his 60th birthday celebration.
After that, Dai Lina became the Emperor's widow. She brought along her and Theoden's child, Kaiser, and lived alone in the Imperial Capital without anyone to rely on.
In fact, Darlina and Theoden had another child. It was their first child, a girl. The empire announced that the child had died prematurely, but she wasn't. She was still alive and well in the Kingdom of Northland.
The girl was called Isabella. Theoden found out through his intelligence network that the child he had with Darlina wasn't his. Instead, it was the child of Baron Sedak and Darlina. The child was exiled to the north the moment she was born and secretly imprisoned. It was announced that she was dead.
Therodon didn't kill the child in secret and instead sent people to take care of and teach the girl. This was already very benevolent of him. However, he also took away the girl's freedom. But how many people were truly free? To be able to live like this was already very good.
That was until the Black Dragon attacked Kelandil. Under Gravel's leadership, the Northlands began to fight for independence. Later, Gravel's subordinate, Horf Wood, found Princess Isabella Of Denmark at a place called Bauhinia Manor in Greatbear Town, Gorgon, which was now the capital of the Northland.
They brought Isabella back to Gorgon and brought her to see Gravel.
Isabella, who was almost an adult, didn't look much different from Darlina. She was as beautiful as her mother. However, due to Isabella's past and her current background, Gravel could only keep her by his side as an adopted daughter.
Looking at the growing Isabella, Gravel couldn't help but think of Darlina. Every time he thought of this, Gravel would feel a deep sense of self-blame and guilt in his heart. Although Isabella was the child of that bastard Sedak, she was also Darlina's flesh and blood. This child was innocent. Gravel took care of this child like a biological father. He wanted to make up for his love for her mother and what he owed her to this lovely child.
Sometimes, he couldn't even tell if Gravel loved the child or if it was just because he loved the child's mother. Was that love really just fatherly love?
"Father, what are you looking at here?" Isabella was like a cute kitten. She tiptoed to Gravel's side, wanting to scare this dignified father of hers.
Isabella, who was wearing a white dress, looked very cute and lively. There was only an innocent and pure beauty on her face.
Gravel, who was deep in thought, was a little startled by this sudden sentence. However, his years of shrewdness made him immediately calm down. When he saw the girl in front of him, who was as beautiful as Darlina and even more beautiful than her mother, she walked into his heart.
"You mischievous brat, why are you looking for me again?" Gravel said with a smile. At this moment, his expression really could be called a kind father.
"Father, the swordsmanship master you found for me a few days ago was defeated by me. It seems that his skills are only so-so." Isabella stared at Gravel with her big watery eyes.
Gravel also had a headache when it came to this girl. She wasn't like other noble ladies who liked embroidery, reading, and dressing up. Instead, she was very interested in weapons, military, and combat skills.
It could be said that she didn't like heavy makeup but weapons.
Although he couldn't do anything about this daughter of his, Gravel still doted on this daughter of his. He found many teachers, swordsmanship masters, and military officers to tutor Isabella.
As a matter of fact, the new swordsmanship master was defeated by Isabella in less than two days. When it came to Isabella's combat skills, Gravel really admired her from the bottom of his heart. Whether it was speed, strength, agility, or reaction, it really made Gravel feel that the younger generation was to be feared.
At first, Gravel thought that Isabella was just playing around on the spur of the moment. However, when he seriously interacted with this underage girl, he couldn't help but admire her. In fact, he couldn't help but admire Isabella. Whether it was her views on governance or military affairs, Isabella wasn't inferior to the ministers, generals, and lords around Gravel.
In some aspects, Isabella's unique views were even more brilliant than those of the ministers of the kingdom. After all, these ministers of the kingdom had vested interests. In many aspects, they only looked at their own interests, so it was inevitable that they would be short-sighted. However, Isabella was different. She was able to look at the interests of the kingdom and had higher goals and ideas. She had a very strong vision and strategic vision.
As a result, if there was any problem, Gravel wanted to communicate with Isabella from the bottom of his heart. Although she was still an underage girl, other noble ladies of her age were still playing with dolls every day.
Other than liking combat, Isabella also especially liked reading. For this reason, Gravel even ordered people to collect a large number of books and built a Kingdom of Northland library for Isabella to use.
Sometimes, Gravel would secretly sigh. If only Isabella was his own flesh and blood. But no matter what, Isabella was Darlina's child and his own adopted daughter. Now, in the whole kingdom, not many people knew of Isabella's true identity. Gravel treated Isabella as his own daughter and took good care of her and taught her.
Now, everyone in the kingdom knew that Isabella was Gravel's adopted daughter and the official princess of the Kingdom of Northland.
Fate was really an interesting thing. No one knew where the river of fate would flow in the next second and where it would turn.
All living things were just the most insignificant specks of dust on the chessboard of fate.
What fate awaited the great King of Northland and Isabella?
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