Chapter 20: Cellmates

It's useless to shout.

I know it in my heart. If anyone dares to lock me up, then this must have been instructed by Kalinin, and there is no need for me to ask knowingly. As for why I was locked up, I don't know very well. If what we did in the Riverlands and the training of soldiers in the winter were known to the Count, then if he wanted to lock me up, it would be fine in Valankov, and there was no need to wait until we arrived at the port of Baidan. So why?

The man next door began to roar again, and when he heard that the Count had won the battle, he said that he, as boyar, was entitled to the victor's dinner—even as a prisoner of war. For such boyars, war was always as good as the good stories of antiquity, full of chivalry and slow etiquette. But such wars no longer exist, and even if I have seen it, now all countries, even city-states, may fight for their interests with all their might and with cruelty. The time of mercenaries has arrived, and the old rules will slowly disappear.

The man kicked over the bucket and walked up and down beside me like a roaring livestock. I could hear it clearly through the wall, and I didn't think it would be too thick. I patted the wall, and the roar came to an abrupt end. It seems that there are only two of us left in the castle hall.

The noise next door stopped for a moment.

"Who's next door to me?" The man asked.

His voice was a little hoarse when he roared, but he didn't expect it to come out at this time, but it became very mellow and loud again.

I didn't know what to say for a moment. Answer: Am I the young master of the Romanov family?

"Listen!" The man's anger rose significantly when he realized that I hadn't answered his question, "I don't care who you are, you'd better answer me." Are you a splash mercenary? Or something else? Is it a Burke or a Wikiian? We're all finished, who the hell are you? ”

"Wikibians," I said. "We're all locked up, what else is there to say."

"**, someone has to talk!" The man said, "I don't remember you among my men." Are you my people? ”

"Where are you lord?"

"Nonsense! Are you kidding me? You must know that I am the lord of Baidan Harbor. ”

"The lord of the port of Baidan is now the Count of Kalinin."

"Fart, he's just staying in my house for the time being, this is my territory." The man paused for a moment, "Who are you?" Why were you caught? Are you doing things for the Burkes? When will reinforcements come? ”

This man is an idiot. I said so in my heart. In the past, Giovanni said that the lords of all over the world were fools with no hearts, and I thought Giovanni was bragging. This time I saw it myself, and it turned out to be the case. He shouted as if he wished the whole world could hear us.

"No, sir." I said, "I don't do things for Burkes." I am an enemy of the Burks. ”

This sentence made the lord of Baidan Port stunned for a while, "**, I can't tell you clearly." Then he stopped talking to me, but kicked the door and had a drink brought to him. It seemed that a few soldiers walked past the door and kicked him hard to tell him to be honest. Then someone handed me a plate of cooked beef and a pinch of salt from my door.

I silently took the food and sat on the floor to eat quietly. The lord next to him shouted and barked, saying that his dog would not eat the beef. The people outside mocked, "We've eaten your dog, it's as bad as wood." ”

The side kicked over the plate, picked it up again and threw it around, and by the time he quieted down, I had already eaten half of the meat.

This lord really has infinite strength, no wonder the lords always shine on the battlefield. They were much more powerful, and most of their opponents were farmers and townspeople who did not have enough to eat.

After a while, someone sat down in front of my door and threw in a leather bag of wine.

"Victor?" A familiar voice came in. "I've got you some wine."

It's Alexey.

In the past, I would run over happily and beg him to open the door and let me out, or cry and ask him why he was locking me up.

But now, I'm sitting honestly, not knowing how to face him. In the Romanov family, he was the best one for me, but the Romanovs were not good to me.

"Yes, Lord Alexey." I replied vaguely.

This answer made Alexei quiet through the door for a while.

"I can't let you out right now." He said.

"I didn't ask for that." I replied, "The Count has returned, let him come and question me." I'm good here. ”

I picked up the pouch, took a sip, and threw it back.

Alexei didn't say anything and left.

The crowd outside seemed to be getting more and more excited, and their laughter could be felt through the stone walls. Some shouted for the warriors, others for the saints. I don't know if there are any heroes who have emerged in today's battle. The Earl set out early in the morning, which means that the Count had given the order a long time ago that if he found me, he would arrest me. Why? Does he think that if I leave Varankov, I will know Giovanni's whereabouts?

The next door finally got tired of tossing, muttering and cursing the beef and the soldiers outside, and picking up something from the ground to eat.

"Boy," he asked, "why is there still anyone bringing you wine, are you boyar?" ”

"I'm not one yet." I answered him.

"Then how do you have preferential treatment?" The man asked, "It's not fair." You are not a Valan, nor a Berke. ”

I didn't answer him, stood up and touched the walls around me. The walls of the cell were of flat stone, inlaid one by one, and the gaps were plastered with ash, and there was a narrow lookout at the height of only two heads above me. I moved the bucket over, splashed the water inside, turned the bucket over, and stood on top of it. Then I jumped up and grabbed the wooden frame sticking out of the belvedere, and I grabbed the wooden frame and lifted myself up to see what was going on outside, but I couldn't see anything. I only found that there were quite a few stars in the sky, and tonight was a clear night, and the moon illuminated everything clearly, which was not suitable

Sneak attack, perfect for celebration.

"What are you doing?" The lord over there seemed to be bored, "Why don't you answer?" Are you playing with birds? ”

"What are you doing in your castle to repair these useless facilities?" I asked him rhetorically. "The cells are better than my home in Valankov. There are stone toilets and log window frames. I've seen from the outside that these stones could have built a much larger castle, more than enough for more than a hundred soldiers. But you actually built a church and added three domes. Can't you spend all the gold coins in your house? ”

There was a giggling sound from there, "Count you still have some eyesight!" These things were designed by Burke's craftsmen, and even the royal palace in Paraven used the same design. I used good stones, freshly quarried from the forest, and I lived in a shed to supervise the craftsmen, and there was never a stone that had fallen off its horns! These woods were brought from the riverlands, not from the rotten goods of Ivangelode, soaked in water, but from merchant ships, and had been dried in the shade."

"You're all locked up now, no matter how good this castle is, what's the use of not protecting you?"

"What do you mean?"

"If you use that money to hire soldiers, you can get a team of hundreds of people. So that the castle will not be breached, I don't see trebuchets outside the city, are you traitors? ”

"It will take a maximum of fifty men to defend this castle." He corrected me and said, "If you train well, thirty people are enough." There was no place to secure the ladders, and a slope was dug outside the city gates. Moreover, the outer wall of the castle is wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, and at the same time, it is also built into an arc, and you may not know what an arc is, anyway, such a shape, even if it is a trebuchet, it is impossible for me to make a gap out. As for traitors, there are no traitors in my family. The people who helped me defend the city were all cronies, and I drove away those who were slightly suspicious. ”

"Then you'''"

"I was defeated by magic." The man said, "So I don't have anything to complain about." Of course, Kalinin won disgracefully. ”

First Bella, then this man. How do I keep meeting crazy people today.

"Magic?" I followed his words, "Did a dragon fly down from the sky and breathe fire into your wall?" ”

"Not really." The man said, "I thought you came in behind me and already knew this kind of thing." It was a magic in a bucket that snapped as soon as it was opened. The sound was so loud that my soldiers were too scared to speak, and my two girls who warmed the bed had faces as white as flour and urinated on the bed like a pond. He blew a sigh, "And then we're done." ”

"What is this?" I didn't hear him liar, "There's no magic in the world, I guess it's a burning barrel like fire oil." ”

"Have you ever seen oil burn a stone? Is it so loud that it looks like thunder? ”

"According to you, it is enough for Kalinin to attack Parabun."

"Well," replied the man, "I've had a question in the past two days. In the past, besieged a castle guarded by two thousand people, and there were no ten thousand people in their hands to go up, roots

It couldn't have been. What now? More than 3,000 people will do. With that magic-like thing. Bang bang bang! **, it's exciting! Even the best of castle defense techniques are in vain. I guess some of the wiki craftsmen discovered something remarkable, so I'd like to consider going back to the wiki council. ”

It's easy to think that the Council of Vikia is really just a game for these boyars. Kalinin won't let you play like this. Lech will put a rope on the Burke Council, and Kalinin will also put a rope on the East Vekia Council, but sooner or later. To defend his traditions, it would be best to get rid of Kalinin as soon as he crossed the pass.

"I wish you success." I said to him.

I heard someone open my cell door at the door, so I stood up and prepared to greet the outside.

The lord next to him thought I was going to be released, and shouted to go out to find the Count's loyalty, but no one paid any attention to him.

The cell door opened.

"Victor, the Count wants to see you."

"I've been waiting for a long time." I tried to speak in a dull voice, to hide my fear.

Laughing outside, Vladimir said, "This little imp is looking more and more like a damn Norman!" I said he should have been hanged a long time ago! (To be continued.) as