Ike, who was suffering from hunger and cold, quickly finished the hard steamed buns and retracted his hands into the worn sleeves. No matter how strong he was, he was only a teenager. Every time he saw that the clothes on his body were more torn, his nose would get sore.
If he hadn't been biting his lips, tears would probably have fallen down.
This suit of clothes was made by his mother last year as a gift for his fifteenth birthday. However, a civil war broke out in his country, and his father was captured as a soldier and died tragically on the battlefield.
Before he and his mother had time to grieve, the village was massacred by the enemy. The strong mother tried her best to protect him and escape, but in the end her injuries were too serious and she died in Ike's arms.
"Live!" These were the two words his mother said repeatedly before she died. After losing his mother, Ike could only bite his lips to prevent his tears from falling. How many times did he want to die, but when he thought of himself
This life was earned by his mother's hard work, and he had to hold on tight.
Since then, he has never shed a tear, and he is willing to do anything as long as he can survive.
When he and the refugees fled to the border of the Odin Empire, they encountered the border guards. Those people massacred them indiscriminately. Ike was the only one who survived. Someone from the slave union happened to pass by and saved his life.
, but he also became a slave.
Until today when he was taken to Nori Market, Ike felt that everything was like a nightmare.
Every time he opens his eyes, he imagines that "it will be dawn", and that he and his father will go hunting in the mountains, and his mother will cook the prey back into delicious dishes. The family will happily enjoy delicious pheasants and mellow wine. But when he wakes up
After that, what he saw were increasingly shabby clothes and himself living on the verge of death all day long.
Although the people in the slave union are hateful, in order to make more money, they never starve the superior slaves. When they are sick, there are medicine and gas masters to treat them. The inferior slaves who cannot bear the suffering often think of committing suicide.
Ike was also a low-class slave at first, spending every day in fear, hunger and cold. All he could do every day was to conserve his physical strength and encourage himself to live. After experiencing too many things and becoming numb, he was no longer afraid.
Ike had killed someone when he came here, and that was something he didn't want to recall anymore. That person was originally an ordinary person, but he became a slave during the Saigon Civil War. He didn't want to suffer such humiliation, because he was too weak to commit suicide.
He begged Ike for a long time. Ike finally agreed. After killing him, he vomited, was afraid, and had nightmares for many days. But at the same time, it also made him stronger than ever before!
This kind of strength is psychological. Only after experiencing this can you become stronger! That's why Ike had that look in his eyes at the Nori market. After experiencing death, how could he be afraid of things like whips? As long as
Being able to live, even if he is a slave, is fine. Being able to become a slave of the Berg family has exceeded his expectations.
It was already noon when we arrived at Berg's house, and the dazzling sunlight made Ike unable to open his eyes. The slaves could not enter through the front door, so he could only stand outside and wait. The smell of meat wafting out of Berg's house made him greedy.
Ike's mouth was filled with saliva.
But he knew his identity well. Even if he became a slave of the Berg family, he would not be able to have a few meals of meat.
After arranging things, the housekeeper came out of the back door and waved for Ike to follow him. Ike took a deep breath and hesitated for a moment before taking steps. He didn't know what would happen after entering that door.
Things. This feeling in my heart is by no means expecting something, but praying for something.
Ike was taken to a strange room, where several slaves like Ike were washing clothes. These slaves were probably slaves, engaged in more menial jobs. Looking at the clothes they were washing, there were guards and some
Of a domestic slave.
Ike has read relevant books before and knows the people represented by these costumes.
Moreover, the inside of this house looks several times larger than the outside. This is similar to what adults say. The mansions of nobles are all built with Noble Phantasms that extend in space. They can be expanded within Noble Phantasms within a certain range.
The space looks only a little big from the outside.
It is impossible for slaves to wash the clothes of nobles. Their clothes are cleaned by professional qi masters using water and wind attributes. They are also sprayed with spices that only nobles are qualified to use.
The status of domestic slaves is higher than that of these slaves. After all, they serve their masters, so their treatment in all aspects is naturally higher. Ike's clothes will be washed by them in the future.
Ike was not overly grateful, but rather sympathized with their fate. But this kind of sympathetic look was quickly shot out by Nu Ding. They seemed to be sympathizing with Ike. Ike, who hadn't figured out what was going on,
He was pushed into the innermost part of the room by the housekeeper.
There was a well inside, and there was an elderly woman holding a brush and a box containing strange powder. The housekeeper asked Ike to take off his clothes. The cold temperature made him shiver.
The old woman poured the water from the bucket directly onto Ike's body. The biting cold forced Ike to scream miserably. But when the brush rubbed his skin with no gentleness at all, Ike found that he had screamed too early.
.
He never expected to be abused from the beginning. Ike gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain of his skin being torn by the brush, and endured the coldness of the cold water poured on his body. He did not shed tears until his lip was bitten.
No more begging for mercy.
On the day his mother died, Ike vowed to become a strong person like his mother. After cleaning his whole body with a brush, the skin and flesh on his body were blurred. As soon as the numb Ike was about to take a breath, the old woman sprinkled the powder on him.
On his body, he suddenly felt extremely itchy and couldn't help but scratch it. Every place he scratched turned into pain like burning flesh. This pain was several times stronger than before. He
He knelt on the ground and grabbed the mouth of the well with both hands.
The slaves in the whole room stopped what they were doing, as if something about Ike touched them. They had experienced it before, but they were certainly not as strong as Ike.
Ike lay paralyzed by the well, breathing heavily. The butler also watched the whole process for the first time. Those slaves in the past were either begging for mercy in pain, or trying to kill the old woman. He would "give" those slaves a
Procedure.
Only slaves who persist and do not ask for mercy can survive.
Because Ike is the only slave who has not fainted so far, his performance once again surprised the housekeeper. He watched Ike's "skin brushing" process as if he was enjoying a performance.
Before a slave can officially serve his master, he needs to undergo a "skin brushing" process. Just now, the old woman took a brush and peeled off a layer of skin on the slave's body, brushing away all the dirt and scars accumulated on the body.
Those strange powders are called "raw meat powder" and are very expensive medicinal materials. Just a little bit can make people regrow skin and flesh, but of course it has no ability to bring the dead back to life.
Slaves can basically only be used once in their lifetime.
"The flesh has grown back!" Ike was surprised by the changes on his body. His body was already bruised and bruised, but now his skin was as good as that of a newborn baby, and the scars left by the slave union's beatings on him were gone.
However, the slave mark on his arm has not disappeared. Unless he dies or improves his status, the mark can disappear permanently. In comparison, the former is more likely.
After regaining his composure, Ike put on the clothes of a domestic slave, but still wanted to pick up his own shabby clothes. Upon seeing this, Butler Tyer said: "Just throw the slave clothes here! You will behave well in the future.
The slave's clothes are enough for you."
"I..." Ike felt a hundred reluctances in his heart, but he retracted his hand after struggling for a while. Slaves cannot have private property, but can only have things given by their masters. If the master does not agree, he cannot
Pick it up, otherwise he will lose more than he gains.
"If you had wanted to say anything just now, I would have beaten you to death." Tyre saw the loss in his eyes, but was also surprised that he chose to give up. It seemed that he had the consciousness of a slave.
Tyr grabbed him and said sternly: "From now on, you will be the slave of the Berg family! From now on, you must be as smart as before!"