Soul echo

Chapter 839 Sickness
"Sister, someone is following us..."

Hearing this, Lily shook her head slightly, "Let them follow, they are all poor people."

After deciding to take the three of them away, Lily and the others left Auxerre immediately.

Anyway, that man killed a rich man, and they didn't know if the rich man was a nobleman or related to a nobleman, and if there was a relationship, it was more troublesome.

The lords of Auxerre would definitely not favor a poor man, and they had no power to fight against a lord. In this case, the best choice must be to run away.

Although they did not resupply in Auxerre, they carried enough supplies to run to the next city.

Auxerre is not far from Paris, and if you go further, you can reach the fiefdom of a childhood friend of Lily, where they can resupply.

When they entered Auxerre, they only had a few people and two carriages, but when they left, there were not only three more people in their ranks, but also a group of people behind them.

Those people probably wouldn't be able to survive in Auxerre. After discovering Lily's kindness, they planned to follow behind their team and find a way to beg for food.

——Anyway, no matter what you do, you will be 'dead', why not take a risk, maybe you can get a chance after taking the risk?

Those poor people who followed Lily's team had put their lives on the point of 'whether these mercenaries are willing to help them'. I have to say that this is really a sad thing.

Lily sighed and stood up, "I'm going hunting, you don't need to follow."

"Big sister, you don't have to take care of them like this!" The mercenary who followed Lily hurriedly stood up to dissuade them.

However, Lily shook her head and said: "If Zhong Ye was here, he would definitely do the same. Although I am not as good as him, and my ideas and plans are not as complete as he can make, but it is worse than nothing. Better not to do it."

After speaking, Lily didn't listen to anyone's dissuasion, turned around and went into the woods to hunt.

The remaining group of mercenaries looked at each other and couldn't help sighing.

Their elder sister is good at everything, she spends a lot of money, and treats people kindly, but there is one thing they can't accept, that is, she is too kind.

And with the passage of time, especially in the last half month, this 'symptom' is still getting worse.

Like the man before, in fact, they can completely ignore that man.

Their eldest sister probably didn't want to care about it at the beginning, but she obviously saw what the gang members were thinking, so she led them to follow. After seeing those gang members attack the man's family, she couldn't bear it at all.

As a result, they left Auxerre without even being able to resupply or rest.

It would be impossible to say that they didn't have any complaints about Lily's actions. After all, they themselves were also affected, but even if they had complaints, they would hide them in their hearts.

Because if it wasn't for Lily's kindness to save their lives, they should have died long ago instead of still living well now.

The mercenaries didn't help Lily hunt, but they all collected some edible things around and gave the food to the poor people who followed their team.

Ordinary poor people don't know much about survival in the wild. If they don't do this, these poor people will go around to pick them, but those people don't know anything about wild things, and they can easily eat some inedible things.

If those poor people died, they couldn't explain to Lily.

Lily who went out to hunt soon came back. After all, she traveled with Zhong Ye for a period of time. During those days, they lived in the wild many times.

Lily learned a lot during those days, and hunting skills were also learned during that time.

But even though she had caught a lot of prey, she still had a sad face.

"Troublesome..."

Looking at those deer, rabbits and wild boars with dry hair and thin bodies, Lily sighed.

Seeing Lily coming back with a bunch of prey, the mercenaries walked over and wanted to help her, but after seeing the size of those prey, they couldn't help but be surprised: "Why are you so thin?"

Lily shook her head and sighed: "It's not only the crops that are affected, but also these animals and plants in the wild."

At this time, those mercenaries also reacted.

When they helped pick the fruits just now, they thought it was because of insufficient nutrition, that's why the fruits were not full, but now it seems that it is not the same thing at all.

But before that, it's not like they haven't hunted along the way, why didn't they find out about this?
Or, did this happen only recently?
"It seems that the evil god of the abyss really made a move..." Lily took a look at the thin prey, left one wild boar behind, and asked the mercenaries to distribute the other prey to the poor people who followed the team.

Those poor people were already very pleasantly surprised when they got some fruits, but they didn't expect that they could get some meat now, and they were even more overjoyed.

What happened to crops also happened in the wild, and most animals and plants were affected.

In past famine years, some people could still support one or even several families by going out to hunt, but now, hunting is useless.

This year's famine is far more serious than previous years. Although the wilderness will also be affected in previous years, not all animals are so thin that their bones can be seen.

In the eyes of those poor people, being able to eat meat is already very good, and they don't think about so many things at all.

After lunch, after resting for more than an hour, Lily and her team set off again.

The place where they are now is not far from the fiefdom of Lily's childhood friend, and it can be reached by walking for a few hours.

After arriving there, Lily thought that her childhood friend would help her out of her status, if not for her sake.

Before night fell, Lily brought a large group of people to the territory of her childhood friend. As the second son in the family, her childhood friend only got a small town as a fief, but compared to other noble heirs who had no inheritance rights, As the second son, he was able to get the fief, which was already countless times better than others.

Lily didn't bring the poor into the town, not even the mercenaries.

Because this time she came as a 'princess' to ask her childhood friend for help, bringing a group of mercenaries there seemed like a mess.

After entering the small town, Lily found that the place was particularly barren, and there wasn't even much garbage and dirt on the streets.

As weird and gross as it sounds, the litter and grime on the streets can sometimes be a good indicator of a town's prosperity.

Lily knew that her childhood friend was not a person who liked to manage the territory. From the level of dirt deposited on the street, it could be seen that this place hadn't been cleaned for a long time. Even so, the amount of garbage here was not much.

It was only evening now, and there were no people in the streets and taverns. It could be seen that no adventurers or businessmen passed by here.

Lily took these things into her eyes, silently remembered them in her heart, and then came to the gate of the lord's mansion.

"What? You said you were a princess?"

Just as the guard was about to laugh at Lily, he saw her smash the bricks and stones around him with a punch, and the smile that had just spread on her face faded away in embarrassment.

"Your mission is to report this to your master. Whether I am a princess or not is not up to you!"

Lily withdrew her fist slowly, looked at the doorman indifferently, and said: "Tell your master or housekeeper, 'Lily Lieber is visiting', tell them this sentence, and your task will be completed, don't even try to resist , I can break in by myself, the reason why I want you to help convey it is because I respect my friend and I don't want to hurt you."

The corner of the guard's mouth twitched a few times, he forced a smile at Lily, turned around and ran into the lord's mansion.

Not long after, the guard came out and brought a middle-aged man with him.

"Ah, Princess Lily..."

The middle-aged man walked out of the gate and wanted to praise Lily, but he was stunned when he saw Lily's appearance.

He had seen Lily before, so he naturally knew that the person in front of him was the fourth princess of the Kingdom of Gaul, but...how did she become a mercenary?
(End of this chapter)