Chapter 705: 694. Choice
Chapter 705 694. Choice
A group of aboriginal boys and girls stood at the door of Nika's house, watching the backs of Suldak and Samira leaving, they got into the tent one after another, looking at Nika who barely got up from the straw mat, with envious expressions on their faces Said: "Nika, the baron is going to take you out of Kieran Town, he looks really gentle!"
The streets in the slums are full of sewage, some weeds grow on both sides of the road, and there are dirty puddles everywhere on the road.
When Suldak and Samira left, they both walked very slowly.
For a half-elf archer whose vision and hearing are too sharp, Samira hates someone following behind like a tail.
She turned her head and glared at the aboriginal boy hiding behind the hut. The aboriginal boy who was secretly hiding behind the hut and followed all the way ran away in fright.
Samira turned her head and continued walking, ignoring the horrified boy.
The boy ran back to Nika's house panting, put his hands on his knees, and said to Nika: "I took a peek at the archer who was with him. I'm sure she's an elf. I saw her hiding in the hood. The ears inside are long, and they are as crystal clear as in the rumors, and I can even see the capillaries under the skin of the ears..."
The slums are very close to the river, and some shacks are even built on the river.
A group of young men and women will sit on the wooden raft. Although Nika has some injuries on her body, she is also sitting with everyone. She looks at the dim sunset in the distance, and her eyes are shining with hope for tomorrow.
One of the girls who had a good relationship with Nika glanced at Nika who seemed a little nervous, and comforted her and said:
"Nika, stay with the baron, learn more skills from him, and it is best to become one of them. He also invited some of our horsemen in his barracks. Since he is willing to take you away, it is estimated that at least not will hate you."
"Yes." Nika nodded earnestly, and the gaze in her eyes became firmer.
Another girl put her arm on Nika's shoulder and said to her:
"Nica, if you become prosperous in the future, don't forget us. If you have a chance to come back in the future, take us out of here. I'm really fed up with this place!"
"Yes." Nika agreed again.
"I really envy you. Although I have experienced a catastrophe, I also had such an encounter." The girl squinted her eyes and looked at Nika's thin face seriously. She saw that her nose was straight and her thin lips were shaped like a water chestnut. Slightly tilted, although she looked a little embarrassed, she already showed the appearance of a beautiful woman, and said with some sourness in her heart.
Nika put her arms around her and said to everyone solemnly:
"If I can succeed in the future, I will definitely come back."
Golden scales shone on the sparkling river, the end of the grassland was the horizon, and a gray cloud was dyed red by the setting sun.
"You haven't left Kiran Town yet, don't make promises lightly now." The girl who was the best with Nika told her softly.
Nika boldly jumped into the waist-deep river water, regardless of the river water soaking her tattered long skirt, and held the clear river water to her face with both hands.
The river water fell on her body, making her feel much more comfortable.
She stretched her hands into the river, and the red skin on her arms turned into dead skin, which fell off little by little, revealing the fairer and more tender skin inside.
"Could that Lord Baron be a priest? He must be using divine magic, otherwise how could he heal Nika so easily!" The girls sitting on the raft looked at Nika in surprise. , discussing with envy.
Nika seemed very excited, and ran home only after it was completely dark. Even after returning home, she still couldn’t restrain her excitement. She sat on the straw mat in the shack with some excitement, and said to her mother who was sitting on the straw mat in a daze:
"Mom, you said we need to bring something, do you want to tidy up these tents?"
In the dark night, her eyes are clear and bright.
Without waiting for the mother to answer, she laughed softly and said:
"Actually, there is nothing to deal with, and I can finally leave here."
She stood up, walked to the side of the shack, picked up the only dress hanging there that could be worn out, and hugged the two pots. Feeling that the pots were a bit bulky, she said to her mother worriedly:
"I'll take two earthen pots and a linen skirt, mother, do you think we can carry that much? They're a troop of cavalry, and they're going on horseback, neither of us know how to ride, and we don't have horses, He doesn't know that he doesn't have a carriage, do you think the baron will let us ride in his carriage?"
Nika's mother gave her daughter a soft look, stretched out her hand to stroke her smooth forehead, nodded slightly, but said nothing.
Nika put her arms around her mother's waist, leaned her head in her arms, looked up at her mother's somewhat melancholy face, and asked:
"Mom, Mom, what are you thinking, pack your luggage with me, wait until tomorrow morning to do it, maybe it will be too late!"
Nika's mother remained silent, as if the whole shack had fallen silent.
After a while, Nika's mother set her eyes on Nika's face:
"Nica, follow the baron yourself!"
Nika looked at her mother in surprise, not understanding why she made such a decision, with an incomprehensible expression on her face.
Nika's mother let Nika lie on her lap, reached out and stroked her long hair, and said in a low and calm voice:
"I'm getting old, and I don't want to leave Kieran Town. The neighbors around me are people I know well, and this is the environment I'm most familiar with. I don't want to take risks outside. As long as you live a good life, I will live a miserable life here. Nothing at all, but Nika, you have to remember... no matter where you go, the most important thing is to be alive."
"Mum, why don't you come with me?" Nika asked.
Mother Nika closed her eyes in the dark, and said hard-heartedly:
"Mom is reluctant to stay here. I heard that widows must marry according to the imperial law. If you didn't drag me down, maybe I would have married a long time ago."
Nika also knows that there is such a decree, but this decree has always been enforced by those imperial immigrants in the small town. Perhaps this will allow those widows who cannot support themselves to find another one to rely on, but the aborigines do not. Never implemented.
With so many young Aboriginal girls to choose from, who would want an older Aboriginal woman?
Nika said to her mother: "That is the law of the imperial people, and we aborigines don't have to abide by it."
Mother reached out and patted her delicate face, squeezed out a forced smile, and said, "Okay, I have already decided on this matter. I will sleep with you in my arms tonight, and you will learn to take care of yourself in the future."
Nika’s mother didn’t say the last sentence, but said in her heart:
‘Nica, only by leaving me can you really grow up. '
…
The wind in summer makes the grass in the morning less dewy.
The cavalry battalion packed up the tents in the camp when it was daylight, poured out all the fire pits with water, buried all the domestic garbage in place, and cleaned up the vicinity of the camp as much as possible, and then rode on horses one after another. , walking west along the Bailin River, according to the guidance of the guide, the cavalry must bypass this mountain and go all the way north, which is the shortest road to Duodan Town.
After resting for half a day, the war horses have recovered a bit. It seems that the twenty-seven herdsmen really took good care of these war horses.
The girl Nika was standing alone by the river with a linen bag on her shoulders. When Surdak and Samira rode over on horseback, they found that her eyes were red and she was wearing a clean skirt. Those burns and sunburns were completely healed, and even a layer of old skin peeled off to reveal a fairer and more tender skin.
"Why is it only you, where is your mother?" Suldak asked in surprise.
"Mom doesn't want to leave Kilan Town..." Nika said with red eyes and aggrieved face.
Samira led the horse and took two steps forward, bent over and passed through Nika's armpit, and carried her lightly onto the horse's back. Without saying anything, she patted the horse's butt, and followed the cavalry battalion to go go out.
Unexpectedly, Nika's mother was worried about dragging her daughter down, so she gave up the chance to leave Kilan Town.
Suldak didn't have time to explain, and he didn't know the situation in Dodan Town. He estimated that the living conditions there must be worse than that in Kilan Town, so he didn't invite Nika's mother to go with him.
…
"Ma'am, that foreign cavalry battalion left this morning!"
The maid stood beside the bed of Baroness Goss with a sleepy face, lowered her head and whispered in her ear.
Baroness Goss woke up suddenly from her sleep, looked at the maid fiercely, and then realized that it was her order before going to bed last night, telling her that whenever there was any movement of the cavalry battalion of the Luthor Legion, she must Waking herself up, she closed her eyes, sat up on the bed with her forehead pressed, and Baron Goss beside her was still fast asleep.
The maid brought the nightgown and put it on for Baroness Goss.
She stood barefoot on the cashmere carpet, glanced at Baron Goss, and pushed Baron Goss awake with her hand.
Baroness Goss said a few words, but Baron Goss didn't hear clearly. He hadn't fully woken up from his sleep, but facing his wife, he was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, lying on the bed a little irritated.
I heard my wife say: "I'm going to send someone to trade those horses to them. It seems that they are going to give up the deal. They don't want to do it, but we must do it. After all, they represent the Luthor Legion Cavalry Battalion. , we need to establish a relationship with them..."
It was only then that Baron Goss realized that Madam was talking about the cavalry battalion yesterday. He didn't care if Baron Suldak was part of the Luthor Legion, and he said reluctantly: "Your gift is really heavy, They actually want to send the goalkeeper horses to sell to them, these Gu Bolai horses have already booked buyers."
Baroness Goss sat on the round stool by the bed, with a paranoid look in her eyes, and said, "It won't matter if you sell a few hundred horses less, and besides, they would rather buy at a high price than let us take a share. This kind of person is either quite self-confident, or too proud."
"Whatever you want...just don't wake me up and let me sleep a little longer!"
After finishing speaking, Baron Goss covered his body with a velvet quilt and continued to sleep soundly...
(end of this chapter)