Kugit warriors spent days sewing flags from tent to tent.

The banner of the past was thrown into the flames, and when the flag was burned, all the Kugit soldiers gathered around and watched as the flag representing the past turned to ashes in the flames.

In the camp where the Kugit people were temporarily encamped, only the Khan banner of the Ukhru tribe fluttered high. This is the banner given to the Ukhru family by the then khan more than 60 years ago, and there are not many families on the steppe who have the right to carry such a banner. This flag is blue all over, because the steppe people worship the blue sky the most, and under each flag, there are the marks of each family to distinguish the various tribes that also have the Khan flag. The symbols of the House of Uhru have lost their effectiveness, and with the tribe being driven out of the steppe, the symbols of the past have lost all meaning.

Today, Ukhru's only daughter is going to decide on a new family symbol to carry on the honors of the past.

Several of her subordinates apparently did not want her to do so, because even if the tribe was exiled, the herdsmen left behind in the steppe by the Ukhru tribe still had thousands of tents, and these ownerless people would surely come and join the old masters once they saw them, and the new tribe would surely grow rapidly.

But the chief's daughter ultimately chose to abandon her father's emblem.

"When my father was exiled, those people did not follow his banner and left the steppe, but lived like cowards, why should I choose my banner for their likes and dislikes!"

As Elune's daughter spoke, the Kugits standing behind her were serious and respectful to her, but not respectful. Until Elune's daughter shows honor and force as a warrior, they will follow her, but will not love her.

"The Khan has expelled my tribe, and those who are willing to follow me will not fail to follow me because of a small pattern; People who are not willing to follow me, even if I fly under the banner of my father. It didn't work either. It's a new tribe, not my father's! ”

At noon, the blue banner was lowered by Elune's daughter and thrown into the fire.

The blue flag inside the tribe has been sewn. Just wait for the chief's banner to be completed, and all the tents will begin to sew themselves the same emblem as the chief, to announce the birth of the tribe.

A few minutes later, a flag with a blue background rose into the sky.

When I looked up, I was a little shocked, and I even thought that Elune's daughter was a little nonsense.

The banner depicts a white dove with wings like an eagle, and instead of an olive branch in its mouth, it carries an arrow that has been broken by a drop of blood.

For the first time, the Kugit soldiers were standing around me, and everyone was looking up. The Kugit soldiers began to buzz into discussion, and everyone was figuring out the chiefess's intentions.

A horse was led around the people, and every member of the new tribe touched it, and then Elune's daughter slit its throat and doused it with blood.

The Kujits drew their weapons. Surrounded by the female chief, swore allegiance.

"It's nonsense." I whispered to Copernicus, "She borrowed my family crest." ”

"Until the other day, you were shouting 'Viktor the Valan' while fighting, swaying at the Romanovs, and at this time talking about a female chieftain fooling around for a sign. Who are you? ”

"Timmy." I said, "Not Victor." ”

Copernicus' agitation turned into a tremor of his lips. But after a moment he calmed down, "Timmy, there will always be a part of your body that belongs to Victor, and there is nothing wrong with that, don't avoid him." ”

"Okay."

"This flag is good," said Copernicus and I, after attending the ceremony of Elune's daughter to establish a tribe. "She is grateful to your family. The descendants of these two families "will never be enemies of each other, but allies." ”

I laughed dryly, "The chieftain of the tribe naturally won't have any hostility with the little soldiers. ”

"Do you have some opinion about me handing over these soldiers to Elune's daughter?"

"If revenge. These people are great helpers. "I slowly spoke my mind.

"Everyone has their own home. The steppe people will not leave the steppe, forcibly demanding to take them away, I'm afraid they won't even fulfill their promises. It will not help these people to follow you, and the disparity in strength between you and your enemies has not narrowed at all. But these people follow a male lord of the steppe, and will bring you more suitable help. ”

"You call that wild boy the Lord?" I laughed dumbly, "Who dares to marry her." ”

"Don't call a female chief a wild boy. By the way, I've learned of the chiefess's plans to march into the army. ”

"What's the plan?"

As soon as he ascended to the position of chief, he was about to start the war.

"She's going to attack the ranches on the border of Wiki, where the Kugit are puppets of the Wikibians, and their chiefs are Wikibians. When she attacks there, she will be shocked and will get many defectors. Her plan should have been planned by her father. Attacking the Wikibians will weaken them, allowing the Khan's pressure to be shared, and in the process, her tribe will grow. Eventually, the Khan would consider a formal invitation to return to the steppe. ”

I thought it was a good fit for the girl's own character, and I wouldn't be surprised to say that she came up with it herself. She is the kind of person who does not hesitate to pour out a red carpet with blood in order to move forward.

"She will wait for the Khan's recruitment?"

"She will wait for the Khan's engagement."

"What?!"

Her messenger had already departed, and in her letter she cursed the father of the present khan in more than forty profanities, saying that the old man had driven her family away. Now she would consider giving the new khan a chance to recruit more than a thousand cavalry under her command. ”

"She doesn't have that many people."

"She doesn't have that many people 'now.'" Copernicus and I stopped talking as a group of Kugit soldiers walked past us, and when they had gone away, he continued, "It is easy to invite her back to the steppe, to give her a man from the Khan family, to join her tribe, to give birth to children named after her, to be educated by her. Fight for her honor. Promise her this, and the Khan will have a soldier who can fight as a sheikh and her loyalty. ”

After he finished speaking, we all fell silent.

"When is she leaving?"

Copernicus said, "She wants to punish the local Tallinn." The reason: Tallinn did not abide by the most sacred covenant of the steppe people, to protect the safety of any transiting, non-hostile chieftain. So she was ready to extort a sum of money from Tallinn that he couldn't afford, and when Tallinn refused, she would sack the city and set off for Vecchia. ”

"This woman is a monster."

"This lady deserves respect." Copernicus said, "But I want you to persuade her to give up the looting." She can levy a reasonable amount of food and weapons from Tallinn, but the ransacking of the city will bring notoriety. ”

"She doesn't care."

"As a female warrior, of course you don't care." Copernicus turned back and walked through the spires of many tents and yurts. Look at the fluttering flag, "But as a female chief, she needs a good name." ”

Copernicus walked into the tent, ready to clean up his things and leave the place.

He has fulfilled his promise to Elune. He asked me if I should go back to the temple for a while and then go to East Vekia, or if I should go there directly. I've decided to go straight to East Vekia from here, where I hope to get there before the Valans break. Otherwise, Kalinin would not even be able to see me, and Prince Valan would surely die. I'm thinking about something, though I don't know if it's going to happen. But I will do my best to make one thing happen, and then leave my relationship with the Romanovs forever and embark on my own path of revenge.

Following Copernicus's instructions, I decided to go in search of the chiefess.

At first, I was a little worried about this female chieftain, who had been fighting for many years, and there were many leaders and forces inside. But the Rhine's relative was clearly senile, and even if he was willing to join the chiefess, how could he crush the warriors under him? Copernicus's speech was so impressive that at that time, anyone would be infected and draw a sword. But momentary excitement does not mean eternal loyalty. But I quickly convinced myself that there might be nothing in the world to stop a girl like Elune's daughter, that she had her own destiny, and that I had no need to worry about her.

When they reached the front of the chiefess's large yurt, six Kugit soldiers stood on either side.

Three of them were soldiers who had followed the chiefess before, and the other three were members of the new tribe.

I offered to see the chiefess, but the Kugit did not hinder me, and I enjoyed more respect in the eyes of these Kugits than the average guest--- at least for now.

After a while, the Kugit soldier came out and motioned for me to enter the yurt.

The layout of the yurt was very simple, only a few scimitars hung on the pillars, and a fire was made in the middle, and the female chief had washed the blood from her body, and she was wearing a suit of armor and sat high on the high seat of the chief, and there was only a faint smell of blood in the air.

"Victor the Valan," she said at me, with a somewhat reserved smile that shouldn't have been on her face at all, "you're welcome to me. ”

I squinted at her for a moment, could it be that when I became a chief, people became polite?

"What are you looking at?" She knew in an instant that I noticed something different about her, and she went back to the provocative tone she had at the beginning.

"There's a weirdness to you."

"Where?"

"You have a white face, you don't catch lice, your hair is not oily, you are wearing iron armor, and you want to be polite." I voiced my doubts, "You seem to have suddenly become a different person." ”

She glared at me, "Victor, what the hell are you doing here?" If you're just here to pick on me, I'll pull your tongue out. ”

She scolded for a while, the Kugit attendant standing beside her didn't look very good, and the female chief's face showed a complicated expression for a moment, and then she resumed her tone, "What do you want to say?" ”

"I hope you don't ransack the city." I said respectfully to her, "You can send an envoy into the city, estimate the city's wealth, and then extort enough food and weapons for you to go to Vicchia, and get out of here." ”

"Why?" Elune's daughter grimaced, "We almost died because of this city, and we can atone for our sins with a few hundred pigs and sheep and a few handfuls of broken copper and iron." ”

"It was Elune's daughter who almost died, not the chiefess in front of me." I said to her, "Tallinn is naturally guilty, but sin is not death." Moreover, there must be many people in the town who are ruined by people like Tallinn, and if you sack the city, these people will suffer in vain. If you just extort a fortune, these people will come to you and make you stronger. ”

The sheikh fell into deep thought, and then she smiled mischievously sinisterly, "Victor, I'll let you go to the city as a messenger to blackmail them, is that okay?" ”

"I'm not going." I replied to him, "I'll probably die there." ”

She frowned and said, "That's really like what you said." Then she immediately turned back into the woman covered in thorns, "You're a coward!" ”

"I'm going to East Wikia, and there's still a lot of work to be done." I said to Elune's daughter, "I, like you, need to do something for the family. ”

The sheikh was silent.

Her face looked heroic when it didn't show the strange expressions of those maidens.

"Victor," she said quietly, "I can't help you right now. If you die, you can write a will telling me who your enemy is. I will avenge you. ”

I laughed dumbly, she thought about it for a long time, and it turned out that she was talking about this.

"Everyone has their own responsibilities," I know she has followed my advice, so she is ready to take her leave. I stood up and made a request, "We need a few of your soldiers to escort us across the mountain pass to the border with East Vekia." ”

She didn't speak.

I turned and walked out.

"One-eyed dragon!" I was about to lift the chain of the yurt when she shouted at me.

I looked back, "What's the matter?" ”

"You can be related to any Khan, Kujit, or Vekia, are you related?"

"It takes more than three months to ride a horse from my house to the grassland, how can there be?"

"Is there any?"

"Nope." I don't know what she means by this brainless remark.

"You can make up one to lie to me."

"How can you make up such a thing?"

"You're a donkey, get out."

The sheikh stood up, raised her face, and looked down at me with disdain.

"I have something to ask you too." I was given an eviction order, and I thought of the name Kugit had told me when she came.

"A donkey naturally has a lot of puzzles, which one do you want to ask?"

"Your name is really Victoria? It's like a name made up. I said to her, "Even your banner is like a copy of my family." ”

"Victoria the Kugit." Her tense face showed a hint of regret, and she smiled softly and said, "What does it matter if it's true or not." ”

We stopped talking, and there was a bit of awkwardness in the yurt.

I nodded to her and said goodbye to her.

"Goodbye, then, Victoria the Kugit."

"Farewell, Victor the Valan."

I was stunned, turned and left the yurt and walked into the crowded Kugit camp.