Chapter 52: An encounter

Crete Sandro was carrying a baggage and was walking in Camp No. 3.
The camp is actually a newly built village to house the slaves brought back by Xiao Chen. Five similar villages are under construction, located on both sides of the winding Kalmar River. Kalmar means calm in the local language. As the name suggests, this mother river in Montenegro is wide and quiet, nourishing the wilderness and forests on both sides. These riverside villages, some are near fertile farmland, some are near mines in the mountains, and some are built beside small lakes rich in fishery.
Camp No. 3 is a planned village of miners. Most of the slaves who live here work in the nearby iron and copper mines.
The houses made of logs are arranged neatly along a slowly rising road. It extends from the river to the foot of the mountain. The people near the river have been built, and most of them by the foot of the mountain are still frames. These houses are very simple, built with unpeeled trunks, covered with mud on the walls, and covered with thatch on the roof. Master Xiao Chen has said more than once that they are only for transitional use. But almost all slaves cherish them. Although the rushed-out house may not be as strong as the cell in the slave camp, this is a new home with a free atmosphere.
Crete has passed these houses every day these days, watching these houses built from scratch, little by little, can really feel the changes in the lives of the slaves.
Now the sun had just risen, and it was not higher than the tree. The bell that urged to get up the third time was still ringing in the camp. People came out of the house in twos and threes and slowly walked towards the village cafeteria.
Several young people who met met Crete and waved a voucher to greet him: "Crete, have you eaten this morning? Haven't eaten me please!"
"Eat. I have to go to the Elena priest to deliver something. As usual." Crete responded. He cherishes this feeling. Since he became a nominal student of Master Xiao Chen, no one has called him a "beauty" or "chick". Almost everyone talked to him with a friendly look on his face. Some people even call it flattering and flattering. Although his father has left him unexpectedly, life for him has been warm for the past month.
"Ah! Let's send something to the elf beauty. The elf is very proud and never talks to us." The young man in front showed an envious look. His name was Hawke, he was taller than Crete, and he was thin, with sea-blue curly hair and blue eyes, and his face was quite handsome. I heard that before becoming a slave, it was originally a little noble of the southern city-state. Because of literacy, he is now the warehouse manager of the iron mine.
"You don't want to talk to her. Now, the only ones who can talk to her are the wounded people who were sent to treatment." Crete shrugged.
Hawk laughed. He took a cigarette in his hand, took a deep breath, threw it on the ground, and said ambiguously, "Crete, you are young and don't understand the beauty of the beauty. As I said Ah, if you can catch her, your broken leg is worth it. Do you say that? "The surrounding fox friends nodded vigorously, and a brown boy said sourly:" But what are we now, the cheapest miners. " That is, a magic apprentice like Crete, who is qualified to say a few words to her. "
"Magic apprentice? I'm not a magic apprentice. I'm just an errand." Crete frowned slightly. "And didn't Xiao Chen say that? There is no distinction between high and low."
"No high and low?" Hawk smiled a little unnaturally. "If you don't say anything else, we can't even enter the magician's main castle, but you live in it. Is there a difference? Six or seven of us were squeezed into a room, but the elf beauty only occupied a room, is there a difference? We happily deal with the stones in the mine every day, some other guys who come with us, But you can go boating on the lake and eat fresh fish, is this still a difference? Of course, I do n’t mean to be dissatisfied, just a little jealous. "
"Actually, it ’s not good to live in the Master Castle. I only met Master Xiao Chen, and he ignored me. I did n’t dare to go to him, and later he gave me a job to send documents and materials. , And then went far. "Crete's tone carried the child's unique grievances.
"He didn't teach you anything? I thought your father saved his life after all." Hawke asked.
Crete took a breath and felt like he was about to cry. "I, I think, he just promised my father to take care of me and live steadily. I heard that the God of Nature is in thousands of people, Only one or two people will choose the magical power. Maybe, maybe I am not so lucky, so he does not look at me. "
Hawk patted the shoulder of this younger boy who was shorter than him, comforting: "It's nothing, and you can't learn it, it's just like us. Since he asked you to send a letter, you should do this well. Oh, maybe I will be a housekeeper in the future. That ’s the old thing. "
"But I really want to be a magic apprentice." Crete whispered, "I used to sing, and I don't know what the magician was. But in the slave camp that day, after seeing the power of Master Xiao Chen, I think this is what men should pursue "
"Man?" Hawk couldn't help laughing. "When I was twelve, I didn't know I was going to be a man. Then you just wait for the opportunity. Maybe, one day there will be a chance."
Several people chatted painlessly for some time, and when Crete was in a better mood, they separated from the road. Hawker silently stared at the background of Crete's departure and thought for a while before taking the rest to the cafeteria.

Crete walked along the road for a while, then turned a fork, and came to a big house with an empty space in front. He sorted out his clothes and walked to the door to knock twice.
The door opened quickly, but behind the door was not the house owner Elven Priestess. It's a green-haired girl, Katerina.
There was no frustration and unwillingness in Crete's face when talking with Hawke. Just asked with a concerned expression: "Sister Catalina, can you get up?"
Katerina was still wearing a leather armor with a dagger and flying knife on her face, her face pale and her movements slow. She touched Crete's head and said, "I'm okay. Dr. Feng first sewed the wound for me, and the priest Elena released the healing magic for me again. I feel recovered."
"How could it be so fast, I saw your blood staining the stretcher red yesterday."
"I said nothing is fine. Children don't care so much."
"Is it the relationship of Master Xiao Chen? He left by himself, and he didn't take you to visit the earl together. You were a little unhappy, so I only asked Master Ji Yijun to try it, and it was so hard, right?"
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"What are you talking about, devil?" Katerina stunned, and then yelled, "Shaohu said nonsense, in order to excite my anger, I naturally have to temper myself by all means"
"I know you like him." Crete smiled slyly.
"Shut up, or I'll sew it up." Katarina felt her face was hot, and her first reaction was to cover her mouth.
"The more exaggerated you are, the more ghosts will appear in your heart. Sister Catalina. And, someone is watching behind." Crete said quickly.
Catalina's hand stopped awkwardly in the air and looked back. Sure enough, Elena came out of the back room.
Elena is still so beautiful and elegant, she is wearing a light green robe, walking slowly, like a willow leaf.
"You're actually very badly injured. Although Dr. Feng's magical medicine combined with my healing magic, the effect is amazing, but your body has not recovered, you should not get up so early." Elena blamed.
"I'm fine. The more I do, the more I should try to break through. Make myself useful." Katarina replied.
Elena shook her head and said nothing more. This is just her job. Life here is very simple, eating meals in the cafeteria, wearing allotment clothes, and doing the assigned work, that's all. As an elf, she doesn't have much affection for humans, except for some special people. In this thousand-person camp, as an elf, she often feels that she is drifting in the endless ocean.
"Elena priest, this is Dr. Feng asked me to bring pills." Crete took the baggage from his shoulder and pulled out a ziplock bag from inside. There were two capsules and two white pills in the transparent ziplock bag. , And a pack of herbs, "Dr. Feng said that this colorful capsule and pills are given to Sister Caterina twice a day, and the herbs are used for external application."
Katrina took out the herbal medicine and smelled it: "It's similar to that of Captain Karanda's wound medicine. I think I just need to apply this. As for the school's magic pills, let me keep it for others. I listen to Feng The doctor said that these things are very precious and can't be done after they are used up. "
"This" Crete scratched his head. "Sister, maybe you should ask Dr. Feng?"
"Really, I used to be more seriously injured. I didn't rely on these herbs to survive. You don't know how the mercenary's life is like." She put the pill back in the bag solemnly, sealed it, and stuffed it into the gram Ritter ’s package,
These pills can save someone ’s life, you have to take them away.

Crete couldn't help her, so she had to agree.
"Let's go together. I shouldn't be here to delay Elena's time."

The two walked in the camp and slowly walked along the road to the village entrance.
"Actually, one of my partners is dead." Katarina said.
"Ah?" Crete exclaimed.
"A small man who treats me well. A few days ago, he met a robber while protecting the caravan. He was shot in the chest with an arrow and was not saved. He has been taking care of me."
"Sister Catalina, don't be sad. I"
"Silly boy, our mercenaries have seen many people die, you don't have to worry about me. But you have to understand, I really understand your feelings, they are like family to me."
"Well." Crete nodded inexplicably.
Katerina rubbed Crete's head and said: "Don't say this, Lord Xiao Chen left in a hurry this time, and didn't have time to take care of you too much, don't think about it."
"How come. After all, they took me in," Crete replied.
"I can feel your unwillingness. But don't feel resentful." Katarina looked back at him, and Crete turned to avoid her eyes.
"I can feel your thoughts because we are very similar?" He asked.
"Is it similar? Maybe it's just that we are sympathetic," she said.