Return To Begin A Career As Viking - Chapter 5 Picturesque Place

Heikko left the place quickly, knew well that the Maestre Jordian was not that kind of person, well he remembered in the memories of the boy that the Maestre was someone who was attached to his principles even when they were a burning nail.

Heikko could only mock him in this way and distract him for now, he was an old man too shrewd to be deceived and not to notice the changes in his person.

‘Ugh, he seems to realize my strangeness even though I do not think he finds out that I have the memories of 2 people in my head, even worse because he is smart like an old fox, certainly the title of Maestre is not in vain’

Just to remember how the Maestre Jordian had reminded him that night so vividly that he began to think that perhaps the Maestre had incited him with incense or some hypnotic method.

‘This world is too big to deny that possibility, agh I should seek something to forget about that night, I need to work in something!’

Heikko shook his head and tried to remember the boy’s routine when he did not do anything, but what he could remember was nothing but pranks, one of the last ones he did was to free the pigs from the farm woman in the inner walls, besides trying to ride on one of them not only that but one of the pigs almost bites his hand, if that happened he would have ripped several fingers.

Heikko could only sweat cold, the boy was entire only by miracle, but even he did not have any scar on his body even when he was doing dangerous activities it was more amazing.

” It would be better to look for something more productive and to help me get out of this puny state … ”

He shook his head and addressed the community that was in the middle walls.

…

the main house and residence of the Great Chief was in an area of almost 1 ha which had high walls with almost 7 meters high and defensive towers that reached 12 meters, it was quite impressive to see, outside this wall was found the internal town within the second defensive wall this was the middle wall, this had thing of 10 ha of area and protected more than 600 families with almost 3,000 people who composed the families that lived in the town permanently.

in this area, you could find houses mostly made of stone in the bases and with wood in the upper parts, in addition to this in the area of the main square, there were trade posts and some main shops where the daily necessities of the people were sold and products brought from other distant lands.

the town was named after the Drekkison family to remind everyone who had ruled over these lands for more than 500 years.

there were some imperfections but the place was quite peaceful, the people were cordial to each other besides that under the protection of the Great Chief Ulfthein Drekkison or also know as Ulfthein the Wise, the life of the people and their belongings were insured, there was no one to offend the head of the family of the tenth largest clan in Frozland.

during spring, people would go out to cultivate the land and graze their flocks peacefully in the pastures outside the outer wall that was about 5 meters high and surrounded the inner area, thanks to this peace people did not hesitate to give the tax of 30% to the Great Chief.

the Drekkison family had maintained this tax for generations and even had concessions in bad harvests seasons, so people had become accustomed to the good government of the family of the place, but they did not forget the respect for the family and would attend to any call to arms if so required to sustain this peace, there were other Godos who were tyrants and did their will.

that is why the people of this Godo were happy and willingly paid their taxes which in turn the Great Chief used to reinvest in the improvement of the defenses as well as of commerce and culture.

Heikko leaving the house to the town within the walls, he noticed some damage even though the streets were relatively clean, he was thinking that was said in the middle ages the streets would be full of poverty and waste.

” um? Is it that all this was a myth? …, also Godos? that sound something like a county or a barony? ugh, these feudal systems are weird… ”

remembering, he could vaguely remember how his father argued at the table about new health laws about six years ago at a big banquet, it was a vague memory so he did not remember it well.

‘It’s a pretty good place, it seems that my father is not a brute who only uses physical force as a deterrent’

he could only think this because if someone heard him speak ill of the Great Chief of these lands they would beat him with sticks even being his son.

in his memoirs he could remember his father being a tall man measuring almost 1.95m tall with robust and muscular arms, a white skin tanned and tanned by the salt water of the ocean, in addition to his hands full of calluses to hold the ax of war, is made apart from Orichalcum brought from the distant lands of the east and being a weapon of family inheritance, his hair was black as night without moons and have a strong gaze that makes people low their heads naturally.

even when his father was young, he already had his face that looked older and now that the years had passed he still looked exactly the same after all this time, Heikko did not know exactly the level of strength of his father was, but he knew that he was not low at all, maybe he was not invincible but

he stupidly strong, worse for his enemies because he was not a muscular idiot, his father liked to nourish his mind constantly.

Heikko could only sigh, his father had all the appearance of being the true protagonist of a classic epic story and his brother… he preferred not to talk about him.

‘but I’m grateful to have them as a family, thanks to them is that these lands prosper and spill milk and honey … instead, my this guy seemed to have no more talent than to give headaches to people around … just it reminds me of the rich second-generation in the central continent of China … ‘

he was depressed more by the background that he had, at least he had family members with power and he could use them for a while he was growing up and not have to invest in everything to grow as a civilian or a peasant.

going outside the inner walls he had to be accompanied, so he had one of the guards who were in the town stuck to his ass, behind him.

” Excuse me … Thurm, could I go out into the fields to see the daily activities of civilians? ”

Thurm was the guard who guarded him on his journey through the town within the inner walls, was just a young man of about 23 years old, this had a battle-ax at his side in addition to a blade on his back, the suit that wore it was a medium gambeson that covered almost to his knees and a metal helmet that covered his nose, under the jaw was a leather protection and in his left hand he wore a classic round shield, being a full-time soldier he was also cover with a chainmail and a large cape.

Upon hearing Heikko’s words, he does not hesitate to respond.

” I’m sorry, Young Master is not allowed to leave until his father and his other relatives return, without even having the commander Arnar it is better to take care of his safety inside the walls ”

Heikko could only accept this, also listening to the words of the guard Thurm remembered the commander he was talking about.

Arnar was the right hand in addition to the best navigator of his father, not only that but he was a brave warrior with great power, he was equally respected by the people under his father’s charge and they were friends for many years, as he recalled having heard Once, they had grown up together and were like brothers, their father got along better even than with his blood brother.

as for his father’s brothers, he could only remember his aunt who was … ugh he preferred not to remember her she was quite special, having to deal with her was even more worrying than with her father, the memory of his mother was blurry but questioning about his mother was a taboo, so he can only suppose she was dead, after all in this Era woman dead in labor was common.

” Well then I’ll have to entertain myself inside the walls, right? ”

Heikko said in a somewhat mysterious tone, Thurm did not like what that sounded like, because it was the tone that Heikko used before doing some mischief, he could only nod and watch him not come out and not run any danger, yet not he was prepared for what the Heikko would do next.

Heikko touring the town realized how the few people who had during the day looked at him strangely, could not say that they looked at him with hatred, but at least a little resentment and another of care.

This did not bother him so much so he continued on his own until he found what he was looking for, with a smile Heikko stepped forward.

in front of it was the water well that provided water for the sector in that area.

It was the typical water well with a wooden pulley and a bucket with a rope to draw water, looking around he see several houses a few meters from the water well and in addition some large water containers of mud and other of wood in front of the doors of these houses.

crime in the area was minimal so people used to leave their water reserves in the street, the penalty for stealing something was serious and it was not worth doing something like that in a community where everyone knew and worked hard to survive and have a better life.

Heikko without thinking began to fill a bucket of water with what he was taking out of the water well and began to transport water to the reserves to the different houses in the area.

Thurm did not understand what was happening to Heikko but he kept a close eye on him, he did not understand what he wanted to achieve with carrying water, but as long as he was not in danger he would not stop him.

the passers-by who passed sporadically upon seeing this they preferred to go back and turn it around, they could only shake their heads and mutter about the bad behavior of the second son of the Great Chief and the great difference with his big brother.

Heikko knew that everyone took him for someone without much benefit who only knew how to make mischief and looked at his future pretty dim, even so, he had other plans in mind for his future.

‘My goal will be to get all the information I can, adapt and prosper! that must be the goal of every organism even if it is not intelligent! ‘

setting a simple goal that even the most basic forms of life aimed at, he headed to a even better tomorrow, to see that the people in this place worked hard to maintain their freedoms and lives, even though it was not the lifestyle he was used to having, seeing these people were happy here, inside he wanted to be part of this world, make a new beginning in this land, without him noticing it his mentality was young again.

With a close experience of death, the best thing he could do to combat death was to live fully, for this he needed a strong mind and body, so he began to train his body with the daily exercise that the work of transporting water offered.

even when other people did not expect anything from him, even so, he would strive to improve himself.

At first, he started carrying the water with great enthusiasm but after a dozen buckets of water, he could feel how his hands were burning and the joints of his body felt a little sore, but he continued with his work.

‘Ugh, this body is not used to doing any kind of physical effort … hehe it’s not like I’ve done a lot of physical activity on the earth either, more than going to the gym and doing cardio work’

Heikko had a bit of sweat on his forehead and breathed a bit tired, but he not stop doing his activity.

Thurm did not know what to do, several times he suggested to Heikko that it was best to return to the main house in the residence of the Great Chief, but Heikko only limited himself to shake his head and continue with his work.

Heikko was slower with his work but could find the rhythm to recover enough and not damage his body, even so, he had it had a couple of blisters on his hands when he realizes the rhythm to work efficiently.

After almost 40 minutes Heikko was out of breath and quite tired, he felt the heavy legs and his hands trembled a little, with a sigh he had to admit that this was his limit and when he heard Thurm’s voice he did not reject his offer.

” Young Heikko I think it’s too late to be playing … besides people will return from the work of the field in a short time and the streets will be a little rowdy, it is best to return to the main house ”

” Well, you’re right … ”

Heikko nodded and made his way to the main house.

passing through one of the secondary squares he could see a group of children in what appeared to be a church because the build had the same strange cross with the 8 in the middle that he had seen in the dining room of the Central Residence.