Vikings: Nordic women

Chapter 16 Go and invite the high priest
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Ounnie's eyes were deep. She stared at Robert who was foaming at the mouth. Thinking of how arrogant he was when he was alive, the corners of her mouth twitched unconsciously.

She thought to herself that the woman who was suppressing Robert was indeed not to be underestimated in that aspect.

She turned to Ralph and said calmly, "Wake her up. I have some questions for her."

At this moment, Ouni was no longer in a hurry to leave. Madame Jarl had already fled, and Jarl had also gone to Valhalla, which had become a safe place.

She decided to wait here for Harold to arrive.

Robert tried to wake the woman up, patting her face but there was no response, so he simply pinched her nose and mouth.

The woman's cheeks puffed up, making her look like a hamster storing food.

When Ou Ni saw this scene, her face darkened and she looked a little unhappy.

She gently lifted her left leg that was held by Ralph, then kicked Robert's butt with her leather boot and scolded him softly: "Naughty!"

The woman slowly regained consciousness. She first glanced at Ou Ni and others vigilantly, then hurriedly covered her body with a blanket.

However, she seemed to realize that the lord beneath her had become cold, and when she looked down, she saw that his eyes had lost the color of life and turned a deathly gray.

"Ah..." She let out a high-pitched scream, the sound exploded on Ounnie's eardrums, making her regret not having someone cover her mouth first.

"Shut her up!" Eunnie instructed.

Robert slapped her impatiently, bringing the woman back to her senses: "I'll kill you if you scream again!"

Ralph coldly relayed the words: "I ask, you answer!"

The woman nodded in horror, her eyes full of fear and anxiety, as if waiting for an unknown fate.

"What's your name?" Ralph asked.

"Ayana!" the woman answered, with a tremor in her voice.

Ouni pondered for a moment, then slowly spoke: "Ayana, you murdered the lord because he died under you. Do you have anything to explain?"

Ayana looked panicked and quickly waved her hands: "No, it's not me!"

Ralph coldly relayed O'Neal's words: "No one will believe what you said, because it was you who caused Yael's death!"

"It's not me!" Ayana hesitated, but was too afraid to provide any useful information.

Ou Ni's eyes flashed, and she realized that Ayana seemed to be hiding something.

She suddenly realized that the foam around Jarre's mouth might not be simple, and there might be a deeper secret behind it.

She thought of her previous experience, in which she drank aphrodisiacs mixed with mandrake and also foamed at the mouth. Those aphrodisiacs were related to Holger, and Holger was related to Madame Jarre.

Although she didn't know whether Robert was involved, she was sure that as the king of the territory, Robert didn't need to do this at all.

Then, there is only one explanation left, someone drugged Yar, and the woman in front of him, Ayana, is most likely the one who drugged him.

Ounnie imagined a drama in her mind about how Ayana was trying to get to the top by bypassing Madame Yar, and she felt that the story behind this might be much more complicated than it seemed.

"You are not telling the truth. Yar died of poisoning. You poisoned him!" Ou Ni stared at Ayana, trying to find clues from her reaction.

Ayana's body visibly shook, her facial expression was stiff, and she looked increasingly panicked, her eyes evasive, and her hands tightly hugged herself, as if seeking comfort.

"You are lying, it was you who poisoned Yaer!" Ou Ni's tone was threatening, and she continued to put pressure on him, "Mrs. Yaer would not allow a second Mrs. Yaer to be around Yaer, so you secretly drugged Yaer without her knowledge! Now that Yaer has died unexpectedly, you will be executed!" Ayana's panic became more obvious, and her eyes were full of despair, but she still insisted on denying it: "No, I didn't!"

Ounnie seemed to suddenly understand something. She knew why Madame Jarre wanted to harm her - it was all out of jealousy.

However, this explanation seems to be somewhat unreasonable.

It didn't make sense that Madame Jarre would allow this woman to take her husband away just through a door... Her thoughts paused here, as if she realized something.

She looked at Ayana again. The woman looked terrified and desperate, but there seemed to be some concern hidden deep in her eyes.

Ouni began to suspect that maybe Ayana was not the real murderer, or at least not the only murderer.

There may be a more complicated conspiracy behind it.

"I didn't, don't talk nonsense! It was Madame Yar who asked me to do this!" Ayana finally spoke and leaked key information.

Madame Jarre's order?
Ouni grasped this key point: "But Madam Yaer identified you as the murderer of Yaer!"

"No, it wasn't me. It was Madame Jar who put aphrodisiac in Jar's wine..." Under Ounnie's questioning, Ayana told him the whole story in detail.

"What? Are you saying that Holger was executed by Jar?" Ounnie was surprised.

"Yes, it spread throughout the territory. It was Holger who hurt Prince Harold. Jarl was very angry and killed him..." The woman was a little scared and didn't say the rest.

Ouni frowned. What happened during her coma? Why did Holger hurt Harold?
"Then why did Holger hurt Harold? How is Harold now?"

"I heard that it was caused by a woman named Eunice!"

Hearing this, everyone looked at Ou Ni, who was confused as she had not expected that this matter would involve her.

"What did she do?"

"I heard that Holger had a big fight with Harold over the woman named Eunice. Holger stabbed Harold and he fell unconscious. The high priest is treating him now."

Ounnie felt a little confused. She analyzed it for a while and realized that in other words, Holger tried to violate her when she was unconscious, then Harold broke in and rescued her, and then he was seriously injured by Holger and fell into coma because of saving her, and now he is receiving treatment in the high priest's house?

Now that she was rescued, who hung her on the tree in front of the door?
Wait, where was the question about the cause of Yael's death? Oh, yes, Mrs. Yael gave Yael an aphrodisiac.

In other words, it was Madame Jar who poisoned Jarre, leading to his death?

interesting!
It doesn't matter whether it's true or not. Even if it's not, she has a way to make it true.

Now that we have all the evidence, we still need to find an arbitrator.

Jarre died, Mrs. Jarre fled, and Butler Holger was executed. Now the only people with the highest status in the territory are the high priest and Harold, who has the first right of inheritance.

"Robert, go to the temple to find the high priest and tell him that Yael asked him to come over. Everyone else should guard outside the Yael gate. Except for the high priest and Harold, no one is allowed to approach! Just say it was Yael's order!"

"Okay, Miss Eunice!"

Robert hurried off to carry out Ernie's orders. The others also left the house, leaving only Ralph and Ernie.

There is no way around it. The succession of the new Yar requires the approval of the gods, that is, the approval of the high priest. There is no way around it.

"Do you want to live?" Ralph relayed O'Neal's words, with a threatening tone, "If you are willing to listen to me, I can ensure that you avoid the suspicion of poisoning Yael, and you will have no worries about food and clothing in the future!"

The woman nodded, her eyes full of desire to survive: "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)