Volume 5 The Return of the King 183 A mortal
"How are you?"
I didn't stay long in the tavern before I came out, and I noticed that the people inside were not normal, and there were a few guys on the wall who were staring at me all the time, except for the bartender. It's not very quiet, but the slightly oppressive atmosphere is really weird, and no tavern is like this!
A tavern is a place to drink, to be happy, to be angry, to be unhappy, to vent. But what kind of drinking is it here, it's like he drinks medicine collectively.
And the man I had invited to drink hastily had finished and left the place, and when I had gone far out of the tavern, he appeared behind me again, and he was still with a child behind him.
After glancing at him and then at the child, I raised my eyebrows in surprise, what does this mean?
"Can you take a step to speak?" At this time, his face did not look slightly bored when he first looked at me, but felt more earthy.
I looked over his shoulder behind him, glanced around, and said, "Lead the way." ”
The little boy next to him had a dirty face and snot all over his face. He walked in front and I followed slowly behind, and the little boy he was holding looked back at me from time to time. After we crossed a few streets, I realized that we had actually circled back to the tavern. On the edge of a slightly dilapidated house, he finally turned around, "That's my house in front of me." ”
One glance at him I looked at the house next to me and nodded, then I raised my head and motioned for him to go in, and he pushed the door and entered the courtyard. The yard is not big, it is a small yard seven or eight meters square. The scene in the courtyard is completely different from the street scene outside, and the poverty here is visible to the naked eye.
The yard is in a mess, and there is no trough in the yard, how can such a family afford to raise livestock...... The child was standing beside my horse, his eyes staring at the tall horse with curiosity and some fear.
I looked at the little boy, and he was quite quiet, and I didn't see him speak all the way. I frowned suddenly...... Tsk, it won't be dumb!
The man stood in front of the door and looked at me, "I'm sorry......" he said.
"I can talk about it here." I said this, but my ears listened to the movement around me. I looked around and didn't go into the yard.
This time, he hurriedly walked over with some embarrassment, "I'm sorry...... I...... Some presumptuous. ”
"You're presumptuous." I said, "What did you bring me here for?" I pursed my lips as I spoke. There were no other strange noises around.
"I ...... This is my home. "I just want to...... Please...... Please. He grimaced.
"Please?" As I spoke, I glanced into the yard and the house, the door closed.
"There's something hard to say, and it's something to say here." I turned my head to look behind me.
"In ...... When I was in the tavern, I thought you were a good person, but...... You're here for the first time, right? ”
"Something to say." I shook my head.
"That's it...... I...... It's just ......" He looked a little nervous, a little overwhelmed, and a little incoherent.
I let out a soft breath through my nose and waited for him to explain it to me.
"I want you to save my child's life." The expression on his face was already a look of sadness at this time.
"He?" I tapped the kid with my chin. At this time, the child stared at me with wide eyes, and when he saw me, he subconsciously took his father's hand and ducked back.
"No...... And also. He said as he took a step back and pointed to the house. I also have two children who are ...... Sick. ”
I frowned, sick? Don't get a doctor when you're sick? Or are you sick and have no money to treat? Or is it inconvenient for outsiders to know about their illness? For a moment, these questions flashed through my mind. I glanced at him with a frown, "What disease?" ”
"I don't know, but kid...... It seems like it's going to work. ”
"It's not me you're looking for." I say.
He shook his head, "I really can't help it. He said, "This child...... It's dumb. ”
I blinked, and sure enough, it was.
He ...... It's just that the fever doesn't go away, and then it ends up like this. The man's eyes were filled with tears.
"Where's the inside?"
"It's a fever too." He said.
"Fever...... Take your medicine. What about doctors? I said.
"I don't have any money." He said.
"Humph!" I laughed, "If you want money, you can do it on the street, so why bother?" I said, glancing around and pointing my finger, "This doesn't seem very far from the tavern." ”
He nodded, "This is three streets west of the tavern. ”
"What else?"
He quickly dragged the child out, "Can you take him out of here?" ”
This guy's words stunned me all of a sudden, I looked at the child and then looked at the man, the child held the man's arm with a little puzzlement in his eyes, this child is still young and may not understand the meaning of this word.
"What do you mean?" I say.
"Can you come in and say?" He said, "Here...... It's not that convenient. He sniffed.
I was a little embarrassed by the situation, and I narrowed my eyes and pursed my lips.
"I won't hurt you!" He finally saw my embarrassment. "This is the Scarlet Territory, and it won't happen like you think." But the look on his face didn't make me feel particularly sincere.
After leading the horse into the courtyard, he closed the courtyard door, and then led the child to trot to the house and pushed the door open, and from the courtyard he could see the inside of the house, and it was not dark in the house, but it was ...... Alas! Really poor!
He led the child into the house, and I stopped at the door and looked around, and the first floor was dirty and broken, there was not a single piece of furniture at all, the fireplace seemed to have not been lit for a long time, and even the ashes of the brazier in the middle of the house made me feel cold.
"You...... It'...... really," I shook my head.
He seemed accustomed to this poverty, "The child is upstairs. ”
I looked up at the stairs and the dark rooftop, and he went up first, and sure enough, the voice of a child could be heard upstairs. I walked slowly up against the wall, the second floor was a whole floor, completely a place to sleep, but there was no bed, only thatch, sheets, and two children lying on it.
The hair of the two dirty children is completely ...... Mess. The two children saw me, one of them was a little younger and he was reaching out for a man to hug me, and the other was about the same age as the mute child.
I took a closer look, these two children did not cough, their faces were dark and black probably because they had not been washed, and I couldn't see any other colors, but these two children were really thin.
Suddenly, the child coughed twice.
"These two children don't cough much during the day, but they cough at night, and even ...... The cough was so severe that he couldn't breathe. ”
"Do you have a fever?"
"Fever." The man said.
"You haven't seen the doctor?"
"I don't have the money to see ......," he grimaced, "and...... I really don't have enough money to eat here. ”
"Why?" I stared into his eyes.
"...... here," he stopped, and finally sighed, "did you say in the tavern that you had just joined the Scarlet Crusade?" ”
"Well, yes."
"Are you here to deliver a message?"
"Yes, I'm here to find someone, too." I say.
"Is it your relative?"
"No, I am trusted."
"Oh......" he nodded, "you're from the Great Monastery of Tirisfa, aren't you?" ”
"How?"
"No...... I was trying to ask you, ...... What do you think of the Scarlet Crusaders? ”
I looked him in the eye and he looked at me.
"I don't think so."
The way he looked at me didn't change, "Are the blood-colored believers in that place alive and well?" ”
Instead of answering him immediately, I looked at the three children, "How did you get mixed up like this?" ”
"I ......," he shook his head, "I just don't agree with them." ”
"Who's the commander here?"
"General Abydis."
"Is that girl right?"
"You know?"
"I know, and I've seen, that it is indeed easy for such a young girl to be a leader." I say.
"The policy here is no easier than it was when Lordaeron had not yet perished, but ...... More stringent. ”
"Harsh......" I snorted, "you're being persecuted, aren't you?" ”
He didn't speak, but he had already answered me.
"Then why don't you leave?" I asked.
"I ...... Can't go. He said.
"Legs on you."
He shook his head, "I can't go." If I run away, everyone here will be implicated. ”
"You can't afford to live, and you care about others?"
"My parents are here, too."
"What about the kids? If the child loses it, they'll know. ”
"The child is not a person, he lost his ...... It's all lost. And they are really not in good health. ”
"Are you relieved to leave it to me?"
"You're a good guy, I can see that I can't feed the three of them, you can take this." He looked at the mute. "He's a smart kid, he doesn't have any problems other than being burned dumb, and I don't want him to continue to suffer here."
"You don't know me at all." I said, "You dare to give me the child with confidence?" ”
"Don't worry." He said, "But do I have a choice?" His eyes were glistening with tears at this time, and a man actually cried......
"He hasn't eaten in two days, and I really can't get the money." "And these two kids...... Maybe you won't be able to live long, so instead of doing this, it's better to give him to you, you just pick up a kitten and a puppy, give him a stutter, and give him a way to live. ”
I shook my head, "Do you know what's going on out there?" ”
"It's better than here."
"It's all undead out there." I said, "There was no one outside, and the living were all gathered together." ”
"If you really go out, it's a death, and I admit to dying outside, but it's better than suffering here." He choked up.
I didn't nod or shake my head, but looked at the two children on the ground and said, "Do you know where Tyran Ferding is?" ”