Chapter 215 Jevlo and Carlotta

The extremely hungry child was completely hungry for food, no matter if it was water or anything else, Carlotta instinctively felt that what she drank would make her feel better.

She never imagined that she had just drank a lot of ale.

Before the alcohol attack, her blood sugar had almost reached zero, but thanks to the cloudy ale, it could be considered an improvement.

Her spirits were only slightly better, but overall, the situation was still bad.

"How do you feel?" Yevluo asked gently while supporting the girl.

"I..." Carlotta raised her little head with difficulty, and noticed her sister eating wheat cakes from the corner of her eyes, and she couldn't help but shed tears of joy again.

"Child, answer me."

"I...I feel a little better. But, I think I am still going to die..."

"Death? You were discovered by me, you can't die."

The girl's eyes showed satisfaction and a touch of regret.

"My leg... is injured. I will still die."

"Are there any injuries?" Yevluo pulled away the rag she was wearing to cover her shame and saw The knees were dripping with water, and the legs were covered in mud. The situation was really bad. He subconsciously pressed his hand tightly against the girl's forehead. Not only did the girl not feel frighteningly hot, she even felt an obvious chill.

Carlotta slowly stretched out her hand and tried her best to grab the good man's clothes: "I... only have one request."

"Request? Say it."

"I...I'm going to die. I just hope you save my sister..."

At this time, my sister Ella, who had finished eating the whole wheat cake, crawled over and put the Smiley leaned over and shouted heartbreakingly: "Sister! You won't die. They will save you and me, and we will all live well."

"No, I am too seriously injured." Lotta looked sideways at her sister, "I just saw my parents and our clan members. They were all in the clouds. I was... supposed to go too. I think my soul will be gone soon." ."

"No! You can't leave! We have to live well... Wuwu..." Ella burst into tears again. She felt that her sister had returned to her former glory.

But Jevro found things very boring and was not moved by this sisterly love at all. After all, based on his experience, the child in his arms was simply too weak. If he poured this bag of ale into her, she would not die. At most, she would get drunk.

Carlotta continued to mutter: "Sir, I just ask you to save my sister. I... can see that you are a good person. I just hope that you can treat her well and don't... let her do it. Slave."

"Slave? Sometimes, being a slave is not a bad thing."

"The girl immediately became nervous: "We can't!" ”

“But, our leader, you and your sisters are helpless. Do you really think you are going to die?”

"No! If it's to be a slave! I'd rather die."

Now Jevlo felt it was very ridiculous. He and his brothers were ordered to collect beggars in the streets of Mälaren, that is, to transport them. Those who went to the north to work as slaves for the Rus.

Jevluo comforted: "We can save you, you don't need to die. The price is that you and your sisters have to be slaves of a noble person. Don't worry, that noble person will treat you well." Servants. You two will never have to beg or die like filthy rats.”

“No! If you can, my sister will be yours.” Wife. My lord, please..."

Jevro really doesn't understand, what else can a person who is about to starve to death have to worry about? Could it be that this girl is as stubborn as herself?

Jevro was very pleased to see her persistence.

Before meeting the sisters, he and his brothers had already been ordered to pick up ten children. Miraculously, all of them were girls. Specifically, a girl with no serious physical problems.

From Rus to Mälaren, girls are abandoned all the time.

In this ancient society where the gap between rich and poor was extremely extreme, poor families were trying their best to raise their own boys. Girls in the family are working tools. Once life gets into trouble, they are the first to be kicked out of the house.

Some families do this to make a fortune by selling girls to old madams.

Or perhaps an engagement ceremony is held for the daughter in advance.

In short, they are the first to be sacrificed in family difficulties.

Some stubborn girls resisted such a sad fate. They fled and became beggars. Or maybe a family encounters a disaster and the breadwinner of the family dies, leaving the mother to beg with her children.

The little boy becomes a poor beggar? This kind of thing is very rare. As long as the child is not stupid, someone will take him to their house as a servant.

What’s more, the leader of the Melalen tribe intentionally collects such orphans and keeps them around to train them into private soldiers who are only loyal to their own family.

It stands to reason that Yevlo should follow the order of the financial lord Gould and only take away his sister who is in good spirits and is not injured, but there is no need to care about the girl with a serious leg injury.

I didn’t expect this child to be so stubborn. Even though he thought he was about to die, he insisted on giving his sister a good way out.

This matter is really not simple.

Jevro thought for a moment and reached out to fiddle with the girl's hair, especially the silver hairpin.

"Your hairpin is actually made of silver. I already know your name. Carlotta, you and your sister are not like ordinary beggars. I don't mind your filthiness, now Can you tell me your story?"

Her own suffering can be described as a scar. Since the noble man wanted to know, she told her everything.

Now, it was Jevlo's turn to tremble.

"OsPeople of Tara, are you people of Ostara? Are you really the granddaughter of the leader of Ostara? It's incredible. ”

“My lord, it is absolutely true. Carlotta said with tears: "God has forgiven us and not given us death immediately." Maybe, they are all waiting for your rescue. It must be the Goddess El who made my sister meet you. I think my mission ends here. "

Ostara people? Yevluo heard the sponsor mention this tribe. They are a group in the south that is as powerful as the Onkras. They are a large group of masters in raising cattle and sheep. He has been on the front line of competing with the landing Goths for cattle pastures.

Because Gould did not have time to go to the dangerous southern border, but he had many dealings with second-tier traders who trafficked in cattle hides. /p>

Jevro felt that what this girl said was true. They were indeed survivors of the Ostara people, and they were also children of considerable status.

Yes, that’s right. Only children like this are more likely to die for the sake of honor.

Another piece of evidence is the legend that has begun to circulate in the Melalen Market in the past few days, that is, the Ostara tribe, which is a large producer of cowhide. It was completely destroyed by the Danish army.

Whether this is true or not is not said, but the Melalen tribe has indeed reacted to these rumors in the past few days.

The people of Melalen are on guard, and there have been more and more ships on the lake in the past few days.

Just yesterday, Jevro saw more than 20 dragon-headed warships heading toward the island of the Golden Lord. Sailing in the east, all the oarsmen on the ships wore bronze helmets.

What does this mean? It seems so.

There is a rumor in the market. In this incident, the so-called ordinary men of the Melalen tribe received orders from their leader Olegin to check their own military readiness and participate in the war immediately after receiving the combat order.

2. The more than ten warships did not take any military action, but went to the small fishing village at the mouth of the lake in the east to build a small stronghold there to prevent the enemy from entering the port of Melalen from that direction.

After all, those things are not his business. As a Finn, Jevlo is now following the financial leader Gould, and a few months later, he was given to the Russians by the financial sponsor.

As for all the children gathered, they are all brought to the Russians to serve as servants. According to the news from De, the leader of the Rus and his son have obviously been crazy about increasing the population of the tribe in the past two years. As long as it is a woman, even if it is a foreigner who does not understand the language, as long as she can give birth to a child, she is one of them.

When the Ross people did this, the financial owner thought that they wanted to replace the Melalen people and become the new leader.

As for himself, Yevluo thought that if he was put into good use by them, he would have a good future.

Thinking of this, the father-like financial sponsor really treats me very well.

Now, Carlotta still feels that her life is not long. What is very strange is that she is in the arms of this strong man. It must be because she drank something before, and her spirits are obviously much better. Maybe, God allows me to continue living.

After thinking for a while, Jevro patted the girl's face again: "Carlotta, you said that you are the granddaughter of the leader of Ostara. Your hairpin made of silver makes me believe you. However, my sponsor may not believe it. You...have anything to prove your identity."

"I..." Carlotta thought for a while and said regretfully: "Maybe I and I. When my sister runs for her life, she should hold a shield from our tribe, or my grandfather's sword. Those things are not accessible to women like us."

"Then what else can be used. Show your identity? At least, show that you are from Ostara!"

At this time, Ella, who was watching, suddenly turned her back and lifted herself up. Her braided hair exposed her clean neck.

There was a "calf head" tattoo on her neck. The girl asked weakly: "Sir, is this a tattoo?"

"A calf? Child, I don’t know, maybe this can prove your identity. Don’t worry, we will treat you well and come with me now.” After that, Yevluo ordered his men to pick up his weak sister. , she directly picked up her weaker sister.

A subordinate said suspiciously: "Boss, is it really okay? Our sponsor said we don't want injured or sick children."

"This is called Carlotta. The child is indeed injured, it’s just a superficial injury. If she is feverish, we really don’t need to save her, but she is obviously fine now. Let’s save her with a bag.”

"Mercy?" Yevluo forced a smile: "Don't you think these sisters are beautiful? Let's go now. Go back."

Going back with the two children, Yevluo's men were really frustrated. They wished that each of them would pick up a child and receive a silver coin as reward.

What exactly motivated the mercenary captain? Just because the two children are so-called beautiful?

Beautiful? Pooh! Dirty and bruised.

This is worth ridiculing a guy who shows no mercy in a fight, but he actually has a kind heart.

In this way, Carlotta and Ella wandered in Mälaren for three days, and miraculously boarded a long boat, and their destination turned out to be a small island.

Carlotta, who was wearing it, was still in a daze, this time not because of hunger, but because she drank too much ale.

On the lake, more than a dozen oars were rowing slowly, and the two children stared at each other and felt a little at a loss.

Jevro joked: "You'd better be nobles of the Ostara people. In this case, I think the Russians will give you courtesy."

"Russian people?" Carlotta asked slowly: "I know the Russians. My grandfather said that the Russians had a man named Rurik. He was...he was favored by God."

Jevro is really good. Startled, and then thinking about his future, he said: "So you know them?"

"Because of that legend. The only son of the leader of the Rus people received the favor of God. Our Austrian The Starla people were ready to sell the cowhide to them, but... now it's all over." As she spoke, the girl's eyes shed two more lines of tears.

"Child, this is all you know?"

"Yes." Carlotta immediately asked: "My lord, where are we going?"

"No! I'm asking about our final destination. Are we really slaves? We are the granddaughters of the leader. According to tradition, we can only If you marry into another tribe, you cannot be a slave. If you are really a slave, I... would rather commit suicide."

You are so hot-tempered at a young age? Carlotta didn't think so. She must have died a long time ago if she wanted to die, and it must be because of her sister that she is now like this.

Yevlo said casually: "I don't know much about the Russians. You mentioned Rurik? The only thing I can tell you is that I will be Rurik's mercenary captain in three months." . Do you think Rurik is a magical person? Well, you can meet him in three months. If you two are real nobles, maybe the Ross people will take you in as the leader's daughter. . Who knows about your future? Maybe you will become Rurik’s wife.”

The two children were so shocked.

To them, Rurik was just a legendary figure from their grandfather’s mouth. The so-called legends, to put it bluntly, are the words of Russian merchants over the years. They have been passed around and reached Ostara. Rurik was described as the "messenger of Odin" and other magical beings.

The mystery of Rurik is just like the Ross tribe, they are mysterious existences.

Yes, the Rus are in the far north! Legend has it that a long time ago, they left Lake Mälaren, just like the Ostara tribe left the Hjelmalen tribe. That was a very ancient thing.

If it were not for the large number of merchants who bring precious furs from the north into the Melalen Market every year, the Ross tribe would have almost become a forgotten existence.

Carlotta asked again: "Sir, are you really Rurik's mercenary captain?"

"Me? Not for the time being, but I will be soon."

"Then you savedAre we also following Rurik's orders? "

"This...probably. "Jevlo, who was paddling, didn't want to say too much. Logically speaking, the girl's guess was correct. Her sponsor was invited by Rurik of Rus to come to Lake Mälaren to pick up the child, and he picked up these two In theory, it was Rurik who saved them.

At this moment, Carlotta's eyes continued to burst into tears, and she was so moved that she cried this time.

She hugged them. He was crying while watching his sister, unable to control his emotions at all.

“Ella, everything is fate. It was Rurik who saved us, the man praised by grandpa, it was he who saved us! ”

Hot tears kept flowing on her sister’s face, and Ella also shed tears because of this emotion.

A pair of sisters seemed to be performing a drama, and they narrated it by the way. His own story relieved the boredom of the paddlers.

Of course, most of them didn’t believe it. Even Jevro was willing to believe in the girls’ fantasy adventures, even though their identities remained. Suspicious.

Not far away is Gould Island, where many merchant ships have docked. The situation during this period is very good for Gould's business, and there are strange products from the Russians. , attracting wealthy people from all over Melalen to come and buy some, so Gould’s imported soap has no problem selling before the soap is sold out. , the merchants' ships will only continue to stay on Gould Island.

Jevro and others only protect the safety of the gold owner, and use the money to do other things, such as recruiting beggars and buying slaves. .

Many people have been settled on Gould Island today, and they will be transported to the Ross tribe to work as servants.

Yevlo cannot confirm the identity of the two children. I feel that the sponsor will take special care of them.

In fact, the sponsor has always been very polite to others. He has given everyone who bought them enough food and shelter. There is nothing more kind than this.