Ember Skywalker

Chapter 100 Fooled!
The gorgeous carriage passed through the refugee area, attracting a lot of attention.

Only nobles could ride in such a carriage, and they looked at it with envy and fear.

Raven found the situation here to be dire.

Perhaps because they fled in such a hurry, these refugees did not bring much with them. Many of them had no food left and could only rely on vegetable leaves to fill their stomachs.

What’s worse is that the weather is getting colder and colder, and many people are only wearing thin clothes.

Seeing them huddled around the fire to keep warm, Raven wondered how long they could hold out.

A little girl appeared in front of the carriage, stretched out her hand and said tremblingly:

"My Lord, can you give me some food? I am so hungry."

The girl looked about six or seven years old, with short hair and a face covered in mud.

Raven asked the driver to stop and took out a piece of brown wheat bread and gave it to the girl.

"take it."

The girl bowed repeatedly: "Thank you, noble sir."

Just then, Raven caught a glimpse of a large red spot on the girl's arm.

"Show me your arm," he said.

The girl stepped back in fear, then nodded when she saw Raven's gentle eyes.

Her arm was bony and recently broken.

The person who bandaged her arm probably didn't know how to treat it, so her arm is a little deformed. If it continues like this, she will be disabled even if she recovers.

This is not the point.

The little girl's arms were covered with bright red spots, which looked very sad.

"Dead spots?" Raven muttered.

He had read about this disease in a book and it was almost certain that an ordinary person would die if he got it.

In order to eliminate it, a priest at the bishop level must perform purification.

But for common people, bishop-level priests are simply not something they can hire.

"Where are your family?" Raven asked softly.

The little girl lowered her head and said, "Mom went out to find food, and Dad...died on the way to escape."

Raven sighed and said softly, "Is this your place?"

Raven asked, pointing at a bonfire surrounded by garbage.

"Ah."

"Is this your bed? It's quite exquisite."

I saw a small bed built with firewood next to the campfire, just long enough for the girl to lie on it.

“That’s where I was cremated.”

"what?"

Raven thought she had heard wrongly.

"I'm dying."

The little girl said calmly.

“I heard that after death we would be buried underground, where it would be cold and dark, and without my mother to hold me, I was very scared.

So I built this bed, and when the time comes my mother will burn me and the ashes will stay with her.

That way I won’t leave her.”

Hearing the little girl's calm narration, Raven felt his heart tighten.

He wiped the girl's face and said, "Live well, I will find a way to save you."

“Don’t comfort me.

When my mother burns me, the ashes will stay with her, and my soul will go to find my father, and then our family will be together again."

Raven felt a pang in his heart and said softly, "What's your name? I'll come find you soon."

"Yue Xi."

After leaving the little girl, Raven felt something blocked in his heart.

Along the way, Anqi's eyes were red and she was sobbing softly.

Just then, a fierce quarrel was heard in the distance.

"Get out of my yard, outsider!"

A farmer, holding a fork in his hand, yelled at the refugees outside the door.

The refugees who were yelled at were dressed in rags and had hatred in their eyes. One of them shouted:

"We didn't break into your house, we just live next to the haystack. We don't bother you!"

"That won't do either. Get out of here or I'll stab you to death!" The farmer shook the fork in his hand.

The refugees, with murderous eyes, approached the farmer step by step.

The farmer was a little scared: "Do you want to die?"

"If you don't let us live, then you won't live either!"

The refugees rushed forward and knocked the farmer down.

"stop!"

Just then a loud shout was heard.

The refugees turned around and found a gorgeous carriage parked behind them. A young man was looking at them coldly.

Obviously this is a nobleman.

"I am the new lord here, everyone go away."

The refugees did not move, but instead looked at him with murderous eyes.

call!
A ball of star flame ignited in Raven's hand.

"The Burner?"

The refugees retreated in fear and quickly fled in all directions. "Has the conflict between the refugees and the locals reached this point?" Raven said worriedly.

“It might get worse later.

With the influx of refugees, the most dissatisfied are the locals.

Because their food, water and living space have been seized, even their lives are threatened.

The problem is that this contradiction is simply irreconcilable.”

Raven smiled bitterly, "Uncle, you're right, this place is a real mess."

He looked at An Qi and said helplessly: "The life I promised you may be ruined."

The carriage finally stopped in front of a two-story building, which was the lord's residence.

Two middle-aged men were walking out of the mansion and became alert when they saw the carriage.

"This is the Lord's mansion, what are you doing?" one of them shouted.

He was wearing armor, so he must be a guard.

"I am the new Lord Lentini, who are you?"

"New Lord?" The guard's face changed. "Do you have proof?"

Raven took out the letter of nobility and handed it over.

The guard took a look and his expression became complicated.

He still bowed to Raven and said in a deep voice:
"Hello, Lord. I am the captain of Lentini's cavalry. Hans, this is the former Lord's butler."

Raven glanced at the butler.

This is a middle-aged man with a sophisticated look on his face.

"Lil, meet your lordship."

The butler bowed at this, but Raven could see his reluctance.

"Who is in charge of the affairs here?" Raven asked calmly.

"Since the old lord passed away years ago, this place has been temporarily under our care." Lille said with a complicated expression.

He suddenly felt a little lost, it seemed that the good days were about to end.

"My lord, you have been working so hard, and you still don't invite us in." Sean said dissatisfiedly.

Butler Lille forced a smile and said, "Yes, yes, please come in, sir."

Next, Raven had a conversation with the two and finally understood Lentini's situation.

This territory has a small population but covers a large area. However, 90% of it is mountainous and very barren.

The previous lord obtained this fiefdom through military merit and managed it for more than ten years.

But not only did he not make any money, he lost a lot of money instead.

There's nothing he can do about it. This place is too barren and he's a soft-hearted lord.

Where there is loss, there is gain. The residents here really love the lord.

However, during a hunting trip last year, the lord's family was suddenly attacked and killed, and even the child died.

So this place became a no-man's land.

Hans had a total of four cavalrymen under his command, and they were barely able to maintain law and order.

But with the increasing number of refugees in recent months, his pressure has been growing.

After hearing this, Raven felt a chill in his heart.

He said how could such a large territory be empty, there was nothing in it and he still had to pay compensation!

I've been fooled! Raven felt his liver aching!

"My Lord, you must recruit a security team. I can't handle it anymore!" Hans did not forget to complain to Raven.

"I'll arrange it." Raven smiled bitterly.

Are you here to be the master or to be treated like a slave?

He looked at Lille again: "There are too many refugees outside. Do you have any way to accommodate them?"

"Just let them fend for themselves, sir, please don't be merciful!

They are like locusts, bringing disaster wherever they go, and we have no food to feed them."

Raven frowned:

"Doing so will only make things worse. We need to find a way to both resettle the refugees and reassure the locals."

"Sir, you are joking." Butler Lille said mercilessly.

"I have my own ideas about this matter, you guys go and do your work." Raven ordered them to leave.

After the two men left, Sean slowly shook his head: "Neither of these two people can be trusted."

"Why do you say that, uncle?"

"intuition."

"Yes, I feel the same way."

Raven nodded.

"We have to find a way to replace them."

"So much the better."

Raven sighed: "Uncle, I feel like I've been cheated by coming here. My liver hurts!"

"Me too, what the hell!"

Snow Moon City, Bruno's laboratory.

Ah!
A heart-wrenching scream rang out!

The voice came from Bruno himself, and he was seen holding his staff against his forehead, as if trying to pull something out of his head.

Soon, a wisp of green soul fire emerged from Bruno's forehead.

(End of this chapter)