Chapter 006
"Then I've warned you before. β
Fatis sat next to him with a knife peeling an apple as Jamila cleaned up the gauze she had replaced.
"Your wounds are not fit to fight. β
Lorna lay flat on her bed, watching the light pouring in from the window.
"What time is it?"
"It's almost night. β
"Oh, I thought it was early in the morning, so how long did I sleep?"
"Plus today, you've slept for three days and one night. Fatis cut off a piece of the peeled apple and put it to the girl's mouth.
Lorna took the apple slices in her mouth and chewed them down.
"What ended up that day?"
"We won, and King Ragnar wanted to thank you personally, but when you couldn't sleep, he was so troubled that he asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to give us a sum of dinars, this amount. He snapped four fingers.
The girl gave him a blank look: "The Virgians will definitely not give up, they all hit this Cheng DΓΉ or missed"
"Oh, forgot to mention that Nord and Vekia are on a truce. β
"Huh?"
"King Ragnar had unsuccessfully rallied his lords to attack Ismolola Fort, and Vecchia's offensive in Wocheze had been stopped by a backhand, so King Yarogark intended to end the battle. β
"What about our people?"
"Seventeen people died in battle, and there are seven people left to say that they are still employed?"
"Hire, I wanted to be a ranger. But when it comes to this, the lord who doesn't want to be guilty is also guilty, in fact, being a mercenary is not a bad choice."
"Then take me!" Jamila, who had been unable to speak, immediately lit up when she heard this.
Fatis and Lorna turned their faces to her together:
"Don't!"
"Why?" the young girl pouted.
Lorna turned her face to see her sword resting against the wall and sighed.
"Because it's dangerous. β
Fatis also nodded in agreement: "Mercenaries are all going to roll on knives. A person like you doesn't have the ability to fight at all, and you can't help if you go. β
Jamila raised her eyes to look at Lorna, then at the middle-aged man with an indifferent face, said nothing, and went out with the water to change the wash.
She seemed to be angry. β
Lorna watched the girl, who was not much older than her, go away childishly.
"Your family isn't a small affair compared to this, is it?"
The girl turned her face sideways, and Fatis saw a hint of hesitation in her eyes disappear for a moment. She fell silent and did not speak for a long time.
"At first people thought you were just a weak woman, but when I touched your arm yesterday, it didn't feel like that. Your arms are slender but strong, and a woman can't do that without extraordinary exercise. β
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"Your hand shape is very special, and ordinary people may not see anything, but you can't hide it from me, an old swordsman. β
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"And young girls like you, skilled in martial arts and well-versed in military affairs. Whoever it is. It can't be compared to your family, but it's just a servant. β
After saying this, he stared straight into Lorna's eyes.
"As you think, my family is not a servant,"
After a long time, the girl opened her mouth quietly.
"But my family is not noble!"
Lorna's injuries kept her recuperating in the Woche for nearly a month, and although the lord of the town, Iayayar, did his best to keep them, the two politely declined the invitation to stay and become lieutenants, and left with the remaining seven men.
After a month, each of the seven received a salary of eighty dinars and a set of equipment, including a Germanic helmet for each person. A set of chain mail and a pair of leather boots. New axes and a large round shield.
"You have been through a bloody battle, and you can be regarded as a seasoned soldier who has been tested. β
This is the answer given by several honest subordinates when they say that the money is too much.
At first, Fatis was apprehensive, fearing that the gang would want to go back to buy the property after receiving a sum of money, but the Nords felt that they had met a faithful lord who was worth working for her, and none of them planned to leave.
"Where next?"
"Zhivadin, go to Vicchia. β
"Why don't you go south?"
"It's nothing, I just don't want to go. β
The middle-aged man listened to the memory of the past and bowed his head and said nothing
It was not a very short road from the nest car to Zhivadin, even if it was to Kulau first, it would take two days to repair, and the newly formed team had just traveled all day, and finally in the evening found that there was no shop in front of the village, so they could only set up tents and camp in the field.
"Why, I thought you remembered the way. β
"Remember the way, I never remember the way" Rona did not waver in the slightest in the face of Fatis's questioning.
"Ah, it's really fake."
"I used to be a ranger traveler, I could go anywhere, and my sense of direction was not very good, so after a few years, I lost the habit of remembering directions. β
This situation was completely unexpected by Fatis, who had thought that a girl like her would be like a well-trained professional warrior, who knew that there was such a "cute" side
"If you lead an army and don't remember the road, the consequences are very severe. β
"Oh oh, I'll pay attention next time. β
Fatis sighed and set about his tent.
"Hey, don't you think it's a little weird?"
"What's wrong?" Hearing Lorna's words, Fatis thought something was wrong and hurried over.
"There seems to be one more person"
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Upon hearing this, the soldiers looked at their accomplices, and a small figure shrank back. A large long swing chain mail was loose, and it looked very strange to fall on him, such a person. Without attracting any attention along the way, Fatis felt it was nothing short of a miracle.
"Alright, Jamila has taken off that helmet, you might as well take a bucket and put it on your head. Lorna covered her face with her hands.
The little soldier shuddered for a few seconds before he took off the lid of the barrel, which looked like ground armor.
"Oh-"
The young men around let out an exclamation, such a young and beautiful girl had been on the road with them for a day, and they didn't even notice it.
"Tell sΓΉ that you don't come with me," Fatis said with a hint of helplessness.
"Forget it. Her uncle is dead, and it won't be a good idea to stay in the nest and we'll go to Viruga and drop you off at your father."
"Oh, don'tβ" Jamila immediately interrupted Lorna. "I just escaped from Viruga before I was caught by the robbers"
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Fatis didn't understand for a moment.
"Actually, my father was very kind to me, but some time ago he persuaded me to marry his business accomplice, a guy in his thirties, oh my God," Jamila recalled, hiding her face in despair, "That's why I escaped, met robbers on the way, and then met you again"
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After Jamila's "tearful" statement. There was something else Fatis wanted to say. But Lorna didn't react anymore.
"To become a member of a mercenary group, you must have the strength to be a warrior and the determination to kill. These were the girl's last words before she left to go to bed.
It seemed that she had no objection to Jamila following, and seeing this, Fatis did not object further
"Hey, heyβ"
Lorna returned to the tent and had just undressed and lay down, when she saw Jamila running in with a pillow.
"You won't sue me that you didn't bring a tent"
"Alas, you guessed it, I spent a lot of money to get a set of clothes from the boss, and I acted in a hurry, you see that my chain mail didn't even have time to change it, not to mention the tent or something, I got a cotton pillow from home and could only sleep with my sister before I arrived at Kulau~"
The girl stared at her for a few seconds, then leaned up to make way for the mat.
"Ahh I thought you'd give it a go."
"You can't sleep with those men. β
Jamila grinned and slipped into the bed, hugging Lorna's petite body from behind.
"Well, isn't it quite warm for two people to sleep together~"
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"Then go to sleep. I'm going to get up early tomorrow~"
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"Well, what's wrong?"
"Someone is peeking outside the tent"
Hearing this, Jamila hurriedly turned her head, and by the moonlight, there were about three or four figures shaking outside the tarpaulin.
"A bunch of hooligans, me"
"Forget it, the men of Nord are like that, let them be. Lorna gathered the corners of the quilt and advised Jamila to lie down quickly, "Straighten up, and they will all see it." β
"Ahh
Thinking of this, the young girl blushed and shrunk into the quilt
"Oh, I saw it, I saw that girl, oh, the figure is really good~"
A few Nord mercenaries struggled to find a gap and looked inside, and the more they talked, the more excited they became.
"Alas, it's a pity that I couldn't see the captain."
"It's okay, the captain looks like a child, but it's the girl named Ya or something, oops, especially that breasts."
"Hey, you guys go back to sleep for me, beware of Lao Tzu chopping you up and feeding the fish!" Fatis poked his head out of the tent, "If the spirit worm is on the brain, solve it by yourself!"
"Oops, found out"
"Scatter, scatter!"
A few peeping soldiers dispersed.
"Really, I knew I wouldn't worry about it along the way" (to be continued......