Vikings: Nordic women

Chapter 32: Pretty capable

Ounnie gently pressed her temples with a dazed smile on her face, and was helped back to her room by her maid.

She found herself actually beginning to enjoy this slight intoxication, which was like a soft veil that concealed the sorrow in her heart and made her feel a rare sense of ease and happiness.

After the painful experience last time, she only took a few sips of the ale this time, mainly to add to the atmosphere rather than really wanting to drink.

Shortly after she returned to the room, members of Huscarz's left team followed closely behind.

"Stop and don't move!" a command was shouted.

"Is Madam Ouni here? We have something to report to her!" Jurgen led the riders of the left team and appeared outside the door of the lord's hall, carrying the bruised and swollen Ralph.

Since they belonged to the same unit number, the soldiers on the right would not have stopped them.

However, when the soldiers on the right noticed several men carrying bodies and Ralph being escorted, they thought something major had happened.

For safety reasons, they decided to stop the men.

"Wait here!" The cavalry adjutant of the right team ordered his men, "Go report to the lady, and notify Lord Robert to come and handle it!"

As soon as the adjutant finished speaking, his men hurried away. The adjutant looked at Ralph, trying to get more information from Jurgen.

Jurgen angrily told the whole story.

After hearing his story, the soldiers on the right team also began to look at Ralph with contempt.

"coward!"

"spit!"

Some soldiers on the right team who were not war orphans began to spit on Ralph, but when they were warned by the war orphans who held the dominant position, they stopped talking.

The adjutant squatted in front of Ralph, his eyes revealing concern and confusion for his old friend: "Is what he said true?" Obviously, they not only knew each other, but also had a deep friendship.

Ralph didn't refute, but smiled, then nodded and admitted: "It's true!"

The adjutant held Ralph's head and said in a low and urgent voice: "This is not you. There must be something hidden. Listen, you must tell me what happened! Only in this way can I save you!"

However, Ralph roared at his adjutant: "I don't need redemption, this is the fact, the fact is that I am crazy! Everything is my own decision!"

Seeing this, Jurgen angrily asked the right team adjutant: "Are you trying to protect this coward?"

The adjutant was extremely disappointed by Ralph's silence. He let go of Ralph and stood up.

Then, he pretended to turn around, and when Jurgen was caught off guard, he punched him in the face with his powerful left fist, causing him to stagger back.

This action immediately triggered a confrontation between the soldiers of both sides, and the atmosphere instantly became extremely tense.

"What are you doing?" Robert's voice sounded like thunder. He quickly appeared at the scene and immediately scolded the soldiers on both sides.

His appearance instantly eased the tense atmosphere, and the soldiers put down their weapons one after another.

"Sir, he was the one who hit me first!" Jurgen pointed at Robert's adjutant, covering his cheek, with anger and murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

Robert walked forward and took a closer look at Jurgen's cheek, and indeed saw an obvious fist mark.

The lieutenant tried to explain, but Robert slapped him in the face, causing his head to tilt to the side.

"Do you know where you are wrong?" Robert glared at the adjutant and said sternly, "You are getting bolder and bolder. You are destroying the unity of the team!"

The adjutant of the right team lowered his head, not daring to talk back, and could only silently endure Robert's scolding.

Jurgen looked at the embarrassed appearance of the right-team adjutant with satisfaction. He was about to make a sarcastic remark but was glared at by Robert.

It was a look full of majesty and anger, and coupled with Robert's strong and fat body, it seemed as if it was going to devour him.

This look made Jurgen stop mocking him immediately and dared not speak again. A wolf pack may not be afraid of its enemies, but it is definitely afraid of the leader.

"As an adjutant, it is a crime to detain the military commander without authorization. Take away his weapons and armor!"

At Robert's order, the soldiers on the right team immediately stepped forward, grabbed Jurgen and quickly subdued him.

The left team lost its chief officer and adjutant in an instant, and was suppressed by the right team to the point where they could not make a sound. The scene was silent for a while.

Jurgen struggled in the restraints of the soldiers and argued anxiously: "Sir, he attacked his own people without authorization, killed more than a hundred warriors, and killed my brother. I restricted him to prevent him from causing trouble!" However, the adjutant of the right team stood up and accused: "Nonsense, how could Ralph hurt his own people and kill more than a hundred warriors and two lords? Do you think anyone will believe your nonsense?"

The war orphans were of the same blood, so naturally they would not support Jurgen's statement. They stood up to accuse him and seemed to want to distort the facts.

Jurgen spoke in a hurry and made many mistakes, while the war orphans from the left team chose to remain silent and did not come out to testify.

Only a few young men who were not war orphans supported Jurgen and were willing to serve as witnesses.

Robert glanced at Ralph obliquely, his face full of embarrassment.

He had roughly understood the cause and effect of the matter from Jurgen's accusation and his previous communication with Ralph.

What made him speechless was that Ralph not only did not back down without his help, but actually accomplished this great thing in one go.

Thinking of this, Robert couldn't help but feel deep admiration for Ralph.

Even if there were more than a hundred pigs, they would not be wiped out so easily. He was shocked by Ralph's courage, determination and command ability.

Just as Robert was thinking, a man who had entered the Yar Hall to report to Ouni hurried out and whispered a few words in the ear of the right team adjutant: "Sir, the lady said she was drunk and now unconscious. Let you take care of it!"

The adjutant looked at the visitor with a puzzled look on his face, but he felt warm in his heart. He knew that Madam Ouni was indeed one of them and always supported them.

After hearing this, the adjutant nodded, and then reported loudly to Robert: "Sir, the lady is drunk. Let's detain Mr. Ralph first, and then deal with this problem when she wakes up!"

Robert turned his head and looked at the adjutant with a puzzled expression on his face, but in the end he said nothing and just nodded.

Ralph was taken away by his men, and Jurgen was locked in a small dark room. Robert turned and walked towards the door of Eunice's room.

"Madam is not here!" the maid replied.

"Where did she go?" Robert asked the maid sisters who were also war orphans.

"Madam took the medicine and went to the dungeon. You may be able to find her there!"

Robert turned around immediately and walked quickly towards the dungeon to find out what was going on.

The dungeon was not far from the lord's hall. He walked through the corridor and entered the gloomy and damp dungeon. As soon as he entered the door, he heard the hungry cries of the prisoners.

"I'm hungry, sir. Give me something to eat!"

Robert frowned, showing no mercy to these voices. He ordered coldly: "Shut up!" He pointed at the prisoners with a firm attitude.

"Yes, sir!" The guard immediately took action, "You useless bastards are worthy of eating?"

The people imprisoned here are basically prisoners who have committed serious crimes but are not punishable by death. Their families are willing to provide the money needed for food in order to keep them alive.

After a few lashes, all the prisoners became obedient. The concept of human rights in later times did not exist here. Robert continued to move forward, looking for Ralph.

"Madam?" Robert saw the figure squatting in front of Ralph and recognized it as Eunice, so he called out respectfully.

Ounnie was wearing a hooded cloak at the moment, concentrating on the task at hand, and did not respond to Robert immediately.

The aura of a superior being around her became increasingly powerful, and even though she was squatting there quietly, her presence could not be ignored.

Ouni put some medicated wine on her fingers and carefully applied it to the bruises on Ralph's face. She said nothing and looked exhausted. The pleasure brought by the alcohol disappeared without a trace.

She knew that if she let him go, the credibility of the laws in the territory would be lost, and all the people in the territory would lose faith in the law, which would lead to many serious consequences.

she mused.

But if she doesn't let him go, she will lose all her confidants. The so-called confidants are the privileged class, and the privileged class must have privileges. This is a dilemma.

Seeing that he was in a daze and didn't respond while applying the medicine, she pressed hard on the bruise on his face.

"Ah~" Ralph screamed and reached out to cover his face but was afraid of the pain, so he could only hang his hands in front of him.

Ounnie threw the bottle at him. She stood up and was about to leave. Robert followed closely, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

Neither of them closed the cage door, as if they had forgotten. The jailers looked at each other, but they seemed not to have seen it and turned a blind eye to the open cage.

　I have a moderate flu, I can't code anymore, I didn't even have dinner, I don't know if it's COVID-19 or something else, the only thing I can be sure of is that I'm infected, the incubation period is one day and one night. Facts have proven that you shouldn't have random dinner parties, especially crowded gatherings without serving chopsticks, and non-hot pot gatherings, don't challenge the virus with your body. I wish you all a happy new year!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)