Chapter 408 The King Doesn't Understand People's Hearts

Snapped.

Henry VIII gently closed the heavy book in his hand.

Annan glanced at it and found that the cover read "Higher Elling - A Detail on the Special Significance of Syllables for Rituals" in squiggly letters.

what is this?

……Live and learn?

Henry VIII raised his head, looked at Annan with a smile, and gestured for Annan to sit beside him, but at the same time he didn't say a word.

So Annan spoke wisely.

He made no salute to the king, no salute or courtesy.

Just glanced at the book on the table and said softly, "Are you studying the Elling language?"

"Yeah, but there are some Dragon language comments that I can't read. It would be nice of you to come and find me."

"—I think you came to me, not to chat with me."

Realizing that he had fallen into passive, Annan decisively interrupted the previous topic.

Henry VIII was not angry.

He just glanced at Kaphne with a smile, then looked back at Annan, and asked with interest, "It was you who came to find me, right? Was brought to see me by little Kaphne...Isn't it?"

When Henry VIII mentioned Kaphne, Annan clearly felt Kaphne's hand tremble and lowered his head. Then some timidly and quietly let go of Annan's hand.

Annan didn't look back at Kaphne.

——But he grabbed directly with his backhand and gently held her wrist.

Kafney was shocked and looked at Annan in surprise.

But Annan didn't say anything, just looked at Henry VIII calmly: "You already knew that I would come with Kafney today.

"Since my current actions are still in your plan... that's why you came to me."

"It's not a plan..."

Henry VIII smiled slightly, his voice flat but contagious: "I have released your identity to show that I have no ill will towards you. No matter whether Philip wants to do something to you or not, no matter what Elizabeth is planning What. As long as your identity is revealed by me personally, you will be fine...isn't it?"

--indeed so.

After all, Annan is not his royal family in the ordinary sense.

As a direct descendant of the old grandmother, Annan was directly under the protection of the old grandmother. If Annan was injured, persecuted, or disrespected to Annan without his knowledge, it would be excusable... As long as Annan does not die, the grandmother is not good at transnational law enforcement.

But after Annan's identity has been revealed, anyone who is hostile to Annan will encounter the revenge of his grandmother when the snow falls in winter.

The grandmother has always been very vengeful - the dragon's concept of time is not the same as ordinary people.

For a grandmother who has been sleeping for a few years or ten years, it is normal for her to keep her spirits up and stay awake for 30 to 40 years.

After all, my grandmother's shelter month is December... The snowfall every winter is deadly to anyone she wants to kill.

- If you have the ability, you will never go out in December. As soon as you go out, there is a blizzard, and when the snow falls on you, you will instantly become an ice sculpture.

The grandmother's revenge is not based on days or months. It's normal for her to stay for more than ten years, decades... If people don't find a chance when they die of old age, they will attack their descendants.

It is a "tradition" for a father to pay a debt to his son; it is a "tradition" to protect one's shortcoming, and it is a "tradition" to take revenge on blood relatives.

She will never stop taking revenge until the old grandmother thinks it can be over.

——No one wants to provoke such a god, except lunatics.

Grandma was notoriously unreasonable.

Therefore, after Annan's identity was announced, his personal safety in Noah was completely guaranteed.

And because it was announced by the king himself, it is impossible for those people to forcibly differentiate "I don't know about this".

"……thank you very much."

Annan was silent for a long time, but thanked him in a low voice.

He immediately asked again: "But you are...?"

...all clear what Philip and Elizabeth are going to do?

"Although I have been staying here,

But I know a lot. Far more than they show. Crows are always loyal to the crown, even if it is rusted and dull. "

Henry VIII sighed softly and said calmly, "Whether it's Philip's relationship with Roof Church and the little crow, or Elizabeth's little hands and feet in the army, school, and my guards... and Marg I know all about Rita and Denton.

"—Of course, including Kaphne and you."

"...Then you?"

This really surprised Annan.

He thought before that Henry VIII should know more or less... but he didn't expect him to know so much and so much.

But he obviously knows everything, but why...he doesn't do it?

"Because I'm dying, Annan... Your Majesty."

Henry VIII spoke calmly.

"But I can see that you are in good shape..."

"It has nothing to do with that. I'm just a temporary substitute."

The old king smiled: "Whether it's the territorial war with Winter, or the contract with the underground group, or the diplomacy with the teaching country... No matter how well I handle it, I can't change a fact.

"—I am not a naturally born human, but a 'child in the cup' created by the power of the woman holding the cup to continue the royal bloodline. It's just a tool for transition and continuation of the bloodline.

"My father, that's how he was chosen - I can only live to be sixty-five years old and have to give up the throne to my children. Even if I live to be ninety-eight years...the same. This is Because of my longevity, the political turmoil that occurred when I succeeded to the throne across generations."

The corners of Henry VIII's mouth rose slightly, revealing a smile of pity or ridicule: "Yes... my father is afraid of me and fears me. When he gave his only child a birth, he was wrapped in a loss of life expectancy. The bond used - just for the continuation of the kingdom."

"..."

Annan was silent.

Facing Henry VIII's words, he didn't know how to respond for a while.

Is it to be reconciled? Is it against? Is it comforting? Is it encouraging?

- but none of this makes any sense.

"So...you don't love your child?"

After a long time, Annan asked slowly.

Hearing Annan's words, Henry VIII showed a relieved and understood smile, and nodded lightly: "If what you are talking about is the love between parents and children...then, yes."

He admitted it.

"Some people have said that the 'in the cup' has no feelings. They may be right... The truth is that the 'in the cup' wakes up too early.

"Humans have the instinct to love babies. Babies feel the kindness and love from all directions, they think they are the kings of the world, and they dare to extend the tentacles of consciousness. They will store this kindness and love as a way to meet others. , the firewood that burns when we know each other and love each other."

The old king said slowly: "But when the child in the cup is still in the cup, before he opens his eyes, he has already become conscious and can hear all the words. And people don't have anything to do with the unborn fetus. avoided.

"Yes, maybe it's a mischief by the woman holding the cup, or a gift... When they're in the cup, before they're born, they can understand everything—but after they're born, they lose this ability.

"That is, before they feel 'love', they have been soaked in the blood of human desire. They can only feel hypocrisy, desire, disgust and regret from their own 'father' or 'mother'... Then comes the 'love' that is revealed.

"The baby in the cup is not a continuation of life at all - it is just a copy of life. Anyone who sees a baby in their cup will have an instinctive disgust, because this baby is exactly like them, and it is their life failure. proof of...

"Man-made things can understand people's love? It's a joke... I haven't felt love since I was born, so how can I love people?"

Henry VIII looked at Annan: "For my father, I am his continuation; and for many of my children, they are my continuation. What if they were killed? It doesn't matter if they are poisoned. Killing is worth it. Mind control has nothing to do with me.

"This is not retaliation, just a statement.

"Since my father sees me only as a vehicle for the continuation of the kingdom and the royal blood, I don't need to express my opinion on anything other than that - which is certainly in line with his opinion.

"If Philip or Elizabeth came to see me, I would lie in bed and put on a feverish and confused look. But unlike them, you are not my descendant, so when I saw you, no Beware, camouflage.

"Anyway, this year is the sixty-fifth year of my life, next Wednesday is the day I die, and it has nothing to do with me... Let them do it. Because I have no 'love' for them.

"To me, they're not as interesting as a book."

He spoke words that were contrary to common sense, but he did not hesitate at all.

Annan understood.

Henry VIII had no "love" at all for Noah's kingdom and his children.

In his heart, there is only hatred, responsibility and indifference - hatred for the "father" who copied his own life and bound his lifespan, responsibility for the "royal family" and "kingdom" that bound his life, and indifference to the future destiny of himself and his children.

He doesn't understand love.

- but without having to understand.

I don't want to understand either.