Chapter 52: Anger
After listening to Mom's words, Aaron knew that things were not as simple as he thought.
Later, for some unknown reason, although the plague was brought under control by Mr. Kark, in the time that followed, other strange diseases began to appear in the village. Some Mr. Kak can be cured, but some Mr. Kak is helpless. In Mr. Kark's words, these people who have no way to be saved must have committed a great sin, and there is nothing he can do about it. At the same time, Mr. Kark also began to charge fees for these strange diseases, from a silver coin at the beginning, to dozens of silver coins later, all the way to a gold coin now.
"My daughter, Tess, had a strange illness about a week ago, she had a high fever, confusion, and her tongue was rotting. I went to Mr. Kark twice, spent all my savings, and each time I came back from Mr. Kark, Tess would be in good spirits, but after one night, she would fall to the ground again. Last time Mr. Kark had already said that if she didn't heal, Tess wouldn't have any chance of surviving, but I ...... I really can't get a copper coin out of my hand. ”
Aaron looked at the little girl lying on the bed, and indeed as Mom said, the little girl's red little face was extremely distorted, and at the same time let out a moan of pain.
"You haven't been to any other doctor?" Aaron asked.
"There are only a few hundred families in this village, and where are there any doctors now? Even one or two doctors were driven away by Chief Kirton. Mohm said with a sad face.
"Why?" Aaron asked curiously.
Driving the doctor away, a normal person would not do such a thing.
"The one or two doctors were dismissed as quacks by the village chief of Kirton because they did not save the lives of the villagers when the plague broke out. Mohm explained.
Aaron sneered, he didn't know if these two doctors were quacks, but this village chief must be a stupid person.
The characteristic of plague is that it is very rapid and difficult to get effective treatment at the beginning of the disease, and some plagues that appear for the first time, even in the developed era, it is difficult to appear in a short period of time, which has been proven by many tragedies. For a doctor in a small village, it is already a miracle that he can treat a patient without contracting the plague.
"So what can I do for you?" Aaron asked.
Aaron is also helpless about diseases, although Aaron can refine some medicines, but after all, he is only the lowest alchemist, not a doctor, and he knows nothing about the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
"Money!" cried out Tess's mother urgently, "as long as we have money, we can find Mr. Kark, and he will be able to save Tess." ”
"Mother-in-law, why are you so ......" Mom was so anxious that he pulled the woman's clothes and told her to stop talking. He thought it was no different from begging.
"Don't pull me, I'm just going to say. Sir, I beg you, only if you can save my daughter, let me be a cow and a horse. The woman fell to her knees and pulled Aaron's clothes.
"How much does it cost?" Aaron hurriedly pulled the woman up.
"One ...... Gold coins, should. Seeing that Aaron asked for money, the woman became hesitant and whispered a price.
A gold coin. Aaron touched his chin, remembering that the slaves auctioned at the Zhenphimiel Auction House were only ten silver coins. Looking at the anxious woman standing in front of him, Aaron suddenly smiled in his heart, what was wrong with him? When can life be exchanged for money? Moreover, he also wanted to see the "savior" named Kark for a long time.
Thinking of this, Aaron said, "Let's go, take the girl and go to Mr. Kark." “
“...... Ahh......h I'm going to cook for them. The woman was stunned for a moment when she heard Aaron's words, and then she understood, and was overjoyed, and looked up at the door, and found that many people had blocked the door, and then she remembered that these people in front of her had come to eat and stay.
After listening to the woman's words, Mom woke up from the surprise, immediately picked up Tess and walked towards the door.
The others came in one after another in the middle of Mohm's speech, although they didn't know the whole story, but they generally understood something, because most of the soldiers were civilians or paupers, so they empathized with this kind of thing, and they all made way of a way, and vacated the blocked doorway, and a few soldiers were small nobles, and they were indignant, and the lives of civilians were not much more noble than pets in their eyes, and spending a gold coin to save a civilian, the brain was really rusty.
The soldiers spoke their minds with a big grin, and Lan Wen clenched his fists, wanting to teach these people a lesson. As a person who climbed out of the lowest part of society, he had been subjected to such discrimination before, and was particularly sensitive to this type of language.
Felia pulled Lan Wen out, and then glanced at Aaron with her eyes. Lan Wen immediately understood Fei Liya's intentions, so she could only suppress her anger and wait for Aaron's words.
The men next to the soldiers noticed that Aaron had set his sights on them, and secretly pulled their clothes to make them restrain a little.
"What, did I say anything wrong? A civilian's life is not worth a gold coin. One of the soldiers screamed loudly.
Mom's expression, which was holding Tess, darkened again, the soldiers were right, using a gold coin to see a doctor was really not something that civilians could do.
"Life has never been measured by money. If you don't understand that, you're not entitled to stay here any longer. Now, return to Hankyo at once, and I don't want to see you again. Aaron's tone was flat, but the content of what he said shocked many people.
"Razor, isn't that reckless?" said Eddie, who hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him.
"Yes, there are not many of us in the first place, and if there are a few fewer people, it will be difficult in the future. Javier frowned, in his opinion, Aaron's approach was child's play, and there was no reason for it.
"I know what you mean, but if they don't align themselves with other people, they tend to be Achilles' heel when it matters most, and I don't want to have such people around me. Also, I don't think the number of people is the most important factor. With the Mohm family by his side, Aaron didn't want to make it clear, but he felt that with the ability of two people, it should not be difficult to guess what he really wanted to say.
Aaron did this for two reasons: first, as he said, the influence of disagreement and suspicion among the soldiers in times of danger is far greater than the impact of having three or four fewer soldiers, and second, Aaron wanted to establish his absolute authority among this group.
They are about to reach the realm of the elves, and any negligence may bring them ruin. If these people say something inappropriate in the territory of the elves, everyone will be buried with them.