44. The child king
Merlin was woken up by the sound of a thumping sound hitting a tree, and as he stepped out of the bamboo hut, he was stunned by a group of half-grown teenagers.
"Good morning, Your Highness!" Rommel led a group of half-sized men to salute Merlin, especially a little boy of seven or eight years old with a snot dragging his nose and still fighting with a pillar in the small bamboo house.
"Why do you come to me when you don't sleep in the morning?"
"I'm practicing. The little boy dragging his snot said.
The bloodline of civilians can also awaken the Mind Beast, but the chance of awakening will be much lower. And the abilities after awakening are also very different, and some may not necessarily have too strong abilities.
Merlin was an ordinary person when he came to Ashfurnace Village, but now he is a person who has awakened the Mind Beast.
It seems that these children have been "cultivating" in the pine forest for some time, otherwise the Frost Giant and Raj would not have had this attitude.
Hope is actually the best thing, and Merlin doesn't have to break the best thing in others. A young man who is willing to be motivated will always make people look comfortable, even if his clothes are a little tattered.
"Cultivation is a good thing, but please don't hit my house when you practice. Merlin sighed, climbed a short distance up the hill, then found a stout pine tree, and began to practice on his own. He didn't deliberately avoid the teenagers, so he slammed into the pine trees to himself.
A group of focused teenagers slammed their bodies against trees, a scene that Augustine was used to. He stood aside, patiently waiting for Merlin to finish counting a hundred times.
"Bad news," Augustine politely said, "Son of Stilicus, my esteemed Highness Merlin." ”
After a hearty sweat, Merlin felt refreshed, and he didn't feel so sad to hear any bad news at this time.
"Bumblebee, Your Highness's awakened mind beast is a bumblebee. Augustine handed over a thin, translucent sheet of paper, densely covered with small print. "I'm afraid it's not too powerful, Your Highness will be disappointed. ”
"Agility and sensitivity to scents have been greatly improved," Merlin said silently on the page, the same experience as himself, but at the end of the passage where he was able to control the bumblebee through puppetry.
"Thank you, Your Excellency St. Thomas, for me. Merlin put things away, he didn't intend to become a powerful knight in the first place, so he was not disappointed to know the final result, but Merlin was quite interested in the last puppet technique.
After rescuing Bill, Ashfurnace Village was back to its former state.
Lance led the knights in charge of irrigating the Stone Spring, and Old Bill, seemingly intent on avoiding Merlin, led the slaves to the newly built quarry.
There is no need to carry water to water the ground, and the people in Ash Furnace Village are idle, especially those who are half the size, and even the dogs are disgusted.
Augustine made three trips to the bamboo hut before banishing the energetic little cocks somewhere else. Merlin usually copied the Last Judgment in the morning. When he copied the scriptures, Augustine generally did not allow anyone to disturb them.
The quill pen had long been thrown aside, and Merlin had in his hand a wolf hair that he had made himself. The material for the production came from the wolf's hair that night under the bamboo hut.
The wolf who died at the hands of the frost giant had not been scarred on his body, and by the time Merlin returned to Ashfurnace Village, the wolf's skin had been almost finished.
It was Yoda, the old goblin who was even better than the average goth. The soft wolf skin was smooth and smooth, and Merlin looked at it and refused to let go. So there was an extra wolfskin mat in the bamboo house, and if it weren't for the fact that it was too hot in summer, Merlin would have sat on it all day, but this wolfskin was a good thing in winter.
Merlin removed the golden hair on the wolf's back, put it in a thumb-thick wooden pipe, sealed it with boiled fish glue, and a perfect wolf hair was finished.
Switching back to the familiar brush, Merlin's writing became more and more elegant, and the speed of copying was much faster than before.
In the afternoon, Augustine returned to the construction site, and Merlin took a two-hour lunch break as usual, and only came down from the bamboo hut when the heat was about to subside.
"Today we're going to play a new game. Merlin pulled out a red ball. The half-and-a-half rooster waiting in the pine forest burst into cheers.
Merlin's cheeks twitched, and his heart was now on the verge of collapse. It wasn't really his intention to be the king of children, but now it seems that there is no better way.
"It's a ball, let's play it together, shall we?"
Merlin's words were not objected to by any child, not because he was the lord of Ashfurnace Mountain, but because he was the best head-kicker of all.
It was still hot at two or three o'clock in the afternoon, but that didn't stop the young roosters from going out and making waves. Especially after Merlin brought Sula with her, the chicks were almost screaming.
The rules have changed a little bit compared to last night, and the number of people on each side has become eleven, after all, it is a very cruel thing to forbid a heart that is about to move, although this little chick looks too small, but medieval men should be more precocious, although the kid is still dragging his nose, but has begun to boldly glance at Sula's bulging chest many times.
Youth is the best thing these young people have, and Merlin is only sixteen years old, but he is actually over thirty. What people are most afraid of is that their hearts are getting old.
The biggest sign of a person's heart aging is to start thinking about tomorrow's things, youth does not need to think about these, so although Merlin is only sixteen years old, he is no longer young. He began to think about the future of Ashfurnace Village.
What should Ashfurnace Town look like? Merlin felt the need to create a blueprint for Ashfurnace Village. In the past, when he was the director of women's affairs, he used to do this kind of thing. Draw out what you're going to do for a period of time so that everyone can see it.
It's a very low idea, but it's very effective.
However, there is another very important thing in Ash Furnace Village, Merlin brought back all the good hands of farming, if it weren't for Tom Jerry's two black iron knights staying, Merlin wouldn't even have a warrior in his hands. When the Arius Academy built the monastery, Merlin didn't have to worry about the safety of Ashfurnace Village, but after the convent's guards left, the force of Ashfurnace Village was worried.
These little roosters running on the field are Merlin's hope, and after seeing the nine knights of Ash Furnace Village, they will not give hope to them.