Chapter 2 Into the City
With his spirit relaxed, Rogge could no longer withstand the sleepiness that hit him and fell asleep. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"The day still came......"
"That's good, at least it's a relief for them......"
In a sleeping dream, a dry palm rubbed a haggard face......
Rogge slept surprisingly deeply, and didn't wake up until dawn.
"Little Rogge, are you awake?" the voice of the old man Dia came, and then he handed over a wet cloth towel, and said gently: "Wipe it well, didn't you say that you still want to find food today?"
Touching his damp face, a strong feeling of hunger came from his abdomen, and Rogge shook his head and smiled bitterly, it seemed that he had to solve the problem of eating first.
"Woo~~" A low and weak cry came, and Rogge turned his head to see that it was the little girl from yesterday, who was holding her feet with her head down at this time, with a bewildered expression.
"It's okay, I've already dealt with it, although it will hurt a lot, but it's ......"
"Asuna can't sell for a good price, what should I do?!"
The girl's voice interrupted Rogge, who knew that it was the best option for children like them to live in the slums, to be sold into slavery.
But in the slums, there is no shortage of such people, and I am afraid that no one will buy slaves with incomplete toes, and for such children, an even more miserable fate awaits them.
Old man Dia slowly walked up to the girl, Asuna, stroked her mud-stained hair, and shook her head without saying a word.
"Don't drive away Asuna, okay. The girl suddenly raised her head with a pleading look on her face: "Asuna will do a lot of things, Asuna can do anything, don't drive me out, okay, I... I'll be able to walk in no time..."
At this time, Rogge discovered that the girl's mud-stained face had a pair of bright golden eyes, but the despair in her eyes made Rogge feel distressed.
Asuna knew that she was rescued by the boy in front of her, and she knew that this was the residence of Granny Dia, but looking at Rogge standing there stunned, it was perhaps an illusion of despair, and the feeling that the child in front of her seemed to be able to decide her own fate filled her heart.
"This is a 5-year-old child!" Looking at Asuna who endured the pain several times and wanted to stand up, Rogge felt indescribable in his heart, turned around and picked up a broken wooden basin, washed up: "Don't worry, I'll go to the city to find food, with me, I will never let you starve, I promise!"
The firm words made Asuna's heart tremble, and she quieted down, her eyes flashed with a hint of hope, and the boy in front of her seemed to have become her only support, and she kept praying to the gods in her heart, hoping that the thin boy in front of her could find something to eat.
Living in the slums, his body was indeed dirty, and with the biting temperature of the water, the only trace of temperature left on Rogge's body gradually disappeared in this cold.
"There's no way, you have to look decent to find a job, but this day is really not something that people can bear!"
Although the slum is not far from Dale County, the short distance is indeed a test for Rogge, who is not clothed and has no shoes on his feet.
Dale County belongs to the Scott Province under the Seven Provinces of the Principality of Bart, and the Duchy of Bart is the territory of the Grand Duke of Bart, in the Ottoman Empire, the Grand Duke of Bart is also a popular figure, hereditary Grand Duke, and there are few in the entire empire.
But then again, the Duchy of Bart is not a rich place, the entire Duchy is north of the legendary Endless Forest, which is rampant with demonic beasts, and the geographical location is the northernmost part of the empire, the land is barren, and the crop production is very limited.
Another cold wind blew, Rogge shivered, looked at the wall in front of him more than ten meters high, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, Dale County is also in the forefront of Scott Province.
With a population of nearly 100,000, more than half of them civilians, and of course, that's about a tenth of the population of Dale County, most of whom live in slums.
Coming to the gate of the city, Rogge frowned, Dale County is not something that people from the slums can enter if they say they can enter, there are soldiers guarding the gate, not to mention finding a job, it is a problem to enter the city.
While Rogge was thinking, a carriage full of barrels slowly approached, the muddy road made it difficult for the carriage to walk, the driver kept waving the whip, and Rogge's eyes fell on the tall horse in front of the carriage.
A black mane, nearly two people tall, and a somewhat raised steed on the top of his head, this is an endemic species of the Duchy of Barth, which is said to be the product of a hybrid of Warcraft, and its strength is extremely great.
Rogge's eyes narrowed slightly, a smile appeared on his face that was bruised from the cold, and the carriage drove away, thinking about it.
"What's the matter with Malman?" shouted a tall man with stubble on his face, impatiently.
"This damn brute, in a mud pit!" wielded the whip of a lewd-faced and emaciated man, his face annoyed.
"Then don't call the guards quickly, this is the wine that Madame wants, if it is not delivered on time, you know the consequences!"
"Is there anything I can do for me?" said Rogge, glancing at the wagon sunken in the mud.
"Where did you come from, get out of ......" When the man with stubble on his face saw Rogge, his already impatient expression instantly became angry.
"Okay, listen to you, my lord!" Rogge didn't care, stepped aside, raised an eyebrow and smiled, "I've already informed the guards, but I don't think you can push it out?!"
The identities of the two Rogge can be seen at a glance, and the arabesque mark on the sole of the shoe is not owned by anyone in Dale County, which is the most noble existence in Dale County, and it is also a number of people in the entire Scott Province.
The arabesque is the family emblem of the Lord Viscount of Daleshire, and the general viscount is the chief executive of a county, and there are many in Scott Province, but this one in Dale County is a hereditary viscount, which is amazing!
There aren't many hereditary titles in the entire empire!
Seeing that Rogge retreated to the side with interest, the big man didn't pursue it anymore, the carriage in front of him was the most important, and after a while, a pair of soldiers defending the city ran over.
Rogge put his hands into his thin sleeves, raised his head and stretched his neck, looked at the seven or eight people in front of him with an interesting look and pushed the cart hard, and secretly thought: "With the weight and focus of the body, depending on the few of you, tsk, there is no hope!"
Sure enough, with some effort, the carriage did not move even if the whip was waved loudly, and in a short time the restless groom began to shout.
"This is a fine wine bought in the provincial capital, you said you want to tear it down? Do you know how many gold coins it spent? A little slip-up, can you afford it?"
"Why don't you call someone, a bunch of uninformed riffraff!"
Looking at the soldiers who hurriedly ran into the city, Rogge shook his feet and slowly walked towards the city gate: "The defenders of the city should have been called over this time!"
But as soon as he took two steps, he was stopped by a lewd man: "Hey, boy, I've been watching for a long time, do you think I don't know that you want to go into the city?"
Rogge frowned, and turned his head helplessly: "The most expensive adult, I am a humble and poor person......"
Seeing Rogge's pleading face, the big man on the side raised his eyebrows and stopped Malman, who was about to step forward to teach Rogge a lesson, and was curious.
How can a child in the slum be so cleanly washed, and he doesn't even have clothes to cover his body, and he still pays so much attention to appearance?
Moreover, if ordinary people have to stay away from them when they see them, how can they still stand there and watch the excitement?
Maybe he felt that Rogge was a little different, so he asked casually: "Boy, uncle is annoying now, if you can get the carriage out, not only will you be exempted from whipping, but how about uncle take you into the city?"
"Tsk! Fooled!" Rogge laughed secretly, from the beginning he called the soldiers to help him and he could sneak into the city, but Rogge didn't do this, his mind changed, and he nodded at the big man and smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency, how can I push such a big carriage?"
"You kid..."
Seeing the Maltese man coming with a whip, Rogge quickly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Don't beat the adult, the kid has a way, but, but..."
"Is there a way?" Malman stopped, frowned at Rogge with a pleading face, and thought: It's not too early, if the wine is delivered on time, and the lady is angered by then, it doesn't matter if you are punished, but if you lose this errand, what will the family do!
Thinking about life in the slums, Malmain couldn't help but shudder, and said angrily at Rogge: "Say it quickly!"
"I, I..." Rogge ignored Malmain's raised whip at all, and looked at his feet with a look of grievance: "My feet are frozen like this, and I can't help much." ”
"Hmph!" Malman knew what Rogge was thinking, grabbed the thin Rogge and threw it to the side of the carriage, took out a pair of boots from the carriage and threw it over.
"It's here!" Rogge sighed in his heart: "Whether you can make money or not, depends on these shoes!"
At this time, the soldiers who ran to call for people also hurried, and Rogge quickly put on his boots, perhaps because his feet were frozen and stiff, and as soon as he put them on, he felt a warmth coming from his feet.
Knowing that it was a psychological effect, Rogge also had to sigh at his current situation: "If you have boots, you will have bread, and you will have everything in the future!"
"You two go and move a stone. When Rogge's goal was achieved, he didn't bother to continue to put on a show, and said to the two soldiers: "Yes, that's it! Put it in the pit, in front of the wheel, and put a piece in the back!"
"It's stuck!"
Watching Rogge command the soldiers casually, Malman and Dahan glanced at each other, a child in the slum who had never seen the world, doing things, commanding the soldiers so indifferently and casually, I couldn't help but be amazed.
After doing everything, Rogge asked for the horsewhip, and with a gentle wave, in the amazed eyes of everyone, the carriage actually walked out of the mud pit!
"This, this..."
"Increase the degree of friction on the contact surface, I don't understand such a simple principle, you deserve a bunch of pigs who can't push it!"
Ignoring everyone, Rogge followed the carriage into the city with a word from the bottom of his heart, it stands to reason that this should be a kind of common sense, but Rogge knows that this simple common sense basically does not exist in this world.
Looking at the city in front of him, Rogge slowly shook his head: "It's really an extreme world!"