Rise of Rurik

The visit was so sudden! Lilia couldn't have imagined that she would definitely meet the Rurik, and she's seeing it now.

"Rurik? Could it be that he is Rurik?!" Lilia opened her eyes wide and inadvertently looked at this very beautiful little boy with a golden ponytail.

With just this look, Lilia understood that Peravina and Kawei's praise for Rurik was truly appropriate.

He is really a lovely boy, and in his cuteness, he secretly reveals the meaning of heroism and wisdom.

As for the girl behind him, is she a servant?

Is it really a servant?

A girl who is plainly dressed but wears a pair of huge silver ornaments, is also considered a servant?

In an instant, Lilia developed a pessimistic state of mind, as if her younger sister Svetlana had already been preempted by other women at a young age.

While Lilia was thinking wildly, Rurik noticed that he was being stared at by a young girl, and his mind was like muttering.

He confronted Kawi: "The girl here is your wife?"

Kawei was really excited, approached behind Lilia, and put his hands on the girl's shoulders with a very skilled look, "This is Lilia, my wife."

"Oh? Huh? She... looks pretty."

"Hahaha, thank you so much for your compliment."

Rurik's words were by no means flattering, he felt that the girl was indeed beautiful, the kind of girl who fit his aesthetic. Here, he really wishes Kawi a winner in life.

Everyone knows that many young men of the tribe went to Novgorod to find a wife.

The purpose of Kawi going to the far east is to find such a beautiful girl and bring it back.

Her name is Lilia? A very familiar name.

Rurik knew that many of the ancient Slavic names for people would be used thousands of years later. "Lilia" is the usual female name.

Rurik put his own affairs aside for the time being, faced Lilia's eyes, and suddenly asked in Cyrillic: "You? Kawi's wife?"

Lilia was taken aback, and she was stunned on the spot, followed by surprise.

"Are you Rurik?" Lilia asked excitedly.

"I'm Rurik, what? Weird?"

"You..." Lilia never thought that this Rurik actually knew the language of her hometown. She walked over very boldly and stood in front of Rurik. "you……"

"What's wrong with me? Sister Lilia?" Rurik deliberately said honorifics, but Lilia felt that this little boy was a little familiar?

A very warm feeling rushed into Lilia's heart, and at this moment, she thought that this little boy was amazing!

It was as if she had really become a sister.

Lilia originally showed a quiet and shy side to the Kawei family,

It was just her disguise.

She is very willing to try some interesting things, and has a deeper understanding of the great mission of her hometown and manor on her thin shoulders.

Rurik must be getting close, and Lilia simply stretched out her hand, as if teasing her own younger brother, trying to fiddle with Rurik's deliberately blond ponytail. Of course, Lilia didn't have a biological brother, so that didn't matter.

In her opinion, the child married his own sister and became her own brother.

Like, nothing special at all.

But this move, in Rurik's view, was an offense.

Although she was beautiful, Rurik was subconsciously vigilant. Besides, in his heart, he didn't feel that he was really being treated as a child, and being teased by a girl who was a generation younger than his psychological age was something that made him happy.

Things should obviously be reversed, and it is he who gives orders to this Lilia!

Hearing a snap, Rurik very quickly pushed aside the girl's outstretched right hand and dialed it aside.

In an instant, the eager Rumia of the protector seemed to have a conditioned reflex, ran to Rurik and stretched out her hands, and looked at Lilia with determined eyes, showing a threatening look.

Lilia, who was originally smiling, froze on the spot. She looked like she had done something wrong and hurriedly explained: "I'm sorry, I'm not a bad person."

"Rumia, step back!" Rurik ordered, and after that, he looked up at Rumia again with a serious image of holding the hilt of the sword.

He commanded in Cyrillic: "Woman! Now, get down on one knee and tell me who you are!"

As the only son of the leader of the Ross tribe, the recognized leader of the next generation, and the recognized child blessed by God, Rurik has already discovered that he does not need to talk about contracts and cooperation with the tribesmen and simply issue orders, and the tribesmen are generally happy for themselves. It is an honor to do things.

The reason is very simple, his own identity is noble. Of course, in the process of negotiating contracts and contracts with the tribesmen, what they gain is the praise of the tribesmen for "justice".

Rurik's current state of mind changed quickly once he felt the exhilarating feeling of having power in his hands.

Lilia was taken aback. She looked left and right, including her husband's house. Her husband's expression was also very serious, and her husband did not intend to speak for him. It seems that the husband is also very afraid of the authority of this Rurik?

Lilia, she really knelt on one knee on the ground, and even slightly hooked her head.

She had learned some etiquette in her hometown, and her biological father, Rigus, taught her that in the face of more honorable people, she had to bow down, especially as a woman, she had to master the etiquette.

Lilia, half-kneeling, identified herself in Cyrillic.

"The daughter of the head of the manor is indeed more noble than ordinary girls. However, in my opinion, it is no more noble than my maid. Those of your clansmen!" Rurik squeezed his hairless chin and spoke. Like a stinky old guy.

"Yes, I am the wife of a blacksmith now, and my status is humble." Lilia followed Rurik's words and said weakly.

"Humble? No, I don't think the blacksmith is humble. Your husband and I are friends."

Hearing his words, Lilia's nervousness improved a lot, but she didn't expect her husband to have a very good relationship with Rurik?

The words came back.

Lilia raised her head slowly, widened the corners of her dark blue eyes, and asked sincerely, "Are you really Rurik? Really?"

"Huh? You're actually doubting me?"

"No! How dare I doubt it?"

At this moment, Rurik thought about it, it was unfair that he couldn't have his golden ponytail touched by others.

Rurik stretched out his right hand and placed it directly on top of Lilia's head, stroking her somewhat rough braid. Indeed, the hand feeling given to him was rough, completely different from the smooth hair that a girl should have imagined.

In fact, this can not blame Lilia. Blame the wind and sun along the way, and the odious rain along the way.

There is no possibility of washing her clothes along the way, and even her personal cleaning is basically a face wash in brackish sea water. As for my hair, I haven't washed it since I left my hometown, let alone without the use of soap, it can't be washed very cleanly. .

Under her youthful appearance, Lilia was actually exuding an unfortunate smell of sweat, and Rurik could smell it.

Lilica still nodded lightly, she was absolutely sure that this little boy was Rurik, a person much more noble than herself.

It was precisely because of being touched that she felt the breath of a king.

Rurik withdrew his hand and faced the silent Kawhi and Kravason: "She's your daughter-in-law, and she just lacks cleanliness. Kawhi!"

"I'm here." Kawi responded hurriedly.

Rurik fluently changed his words to Norse: "I have ordered my new servants to wash their hands and faces with soap, and will soon arrange for them to bathe. You have just returned, and you should also clean yourself well and remove the stench from your body. Wash it off completely. You know, there are relatively high cleaning requirements for you."

"Ah! I understand." Kawei smiled, but his eyes were fixed on his half-kneeling wife, and his heart was full of joy.

After all, using soap for a thorough cleaning, and then washing the clothes on the body, once the first comfortable feeling, Kawei can't stand life without soap. Now, I have to bring my own wife along with me.

Lilia didn't know what they were talking about, and she also had other things to say.

She said honorably: "Honorable Rurik, the leader of Varyag has chosen a wife for you."

"Huh? What did you say?" Rurik suddenly froze.

"Yes, your father has chosen a wife for you."

"My wife? What? Why didn't I know?!"

Rurik thought she could say something flattering, how could she have thought that her words were so abrupt. wife? my wife? I'm only eight years old! It's still early before the traditional twelve-year-old engagement!

Rurik hurriedly asked: "What's the situation? What kind of arrangements did my father make? Tell me now!"

"Yes." Lilia's attitude was calm: "My sister, called Svitalana, will be your wife."

"Wait, Svetlana? Was it really arranged by my father?"

"It's true! She's my sister, when... when you get married, I'll be your sister."

"Is that so? How old is that girl?" Rurik asked eagerly.

Lilia replied immediately: "Seven years old."

"It's so small!" Rurik was surprised at first, and then thought about it. He looked at his small hands and couldn't help but feel relieved that he was just an eight-year-old boy.

Rurik's mind was a little chaotic. It stands to reason that because of his status, he could have three wives and four concubines in this ancient era when the strong took all. It is because his body is too young, and it may take nearly ten years to get married.

Besides, since it is your own marriage, isn't it better to choose your wife by yourself?

For a split second, Rurik complained about his father's arbitrariness in his heart.

But after calming down a bit, he stared at Lilia's raised face, and the more he looked, the more he felt that she was really pleasing to the eye.

"You stand up, Sister Lilia."

Although the other party said honorifics, Lilia did not dare to neglect at all now.

When she stood up, at Rurik's request, she stretched out her arms, turned in circles, and was even forced to make strange movements that tested her flexibility while standing with her hands on her feet.

It seemed like a confusing request, but Rurik actually made an assessment based on Lilia's figure, reminiscent of the legendary Svetlana's posture when she grew up.

Since they are sisters, the girl should be the same as this Lilia when she grows up.

Lilia's beauty lies not only in her face, but also in her figure. Her temperament is indeed much better than those of the girls in the tribe, which is what Rurik thinks. It is her biggest weakness at present, which is the lack of a thorough cleaning to wash off the faint smell of sweat on her body.

The meeting with Lilia had a dream ending. Rurik never dreamed that his father had set a marriage contract for him four years in advance.

Thankfully, Otto's aesthetic is okay too. The seven-year-old Svetlana should be a pair of flower bones in full bloom.

Or according to tradition, after four years at the latest, he will definitely be dragged by his father and go straight to Novgorod to complete the formal engagement ceremony with that girl.

In this matter, it is best to finish the important matters by yourself, and go back and talk to the old man about his life-long events in person.

In any case, being married to Lilia means that he and Kawei are brothers.

In the West, there is no term to describe the "brother-in-law", and it is simply an almighty "

o", which is brother.

brother? There is, of course, the concept of seniority in clans.

Rurik knew that even if he and Kawei were more than ten years apart, they were still peers. It's just that he is a junior among his peers.

Seemingly small in seniority and extremely noble, Rurik knew that he had the same right to issue orders to Kawei. It also has the right to issue orders to Kravason.

Even though he is young, his noble status is here.

The dream contact with Lilia came to an end, and Rurik pondered that he had met his future sister-in-law, and it was not good to say nothing.

He took out a silver coin from the sackcloth bag in his waist and stuffed it into Lilia's hand.

"Rurik, is this... appropriate?"

"Take it if you give it to you. This is an order. I think we will still be relatives in the future. You will get more benefits if you obey me."

It is these words, Lilia is very honored! She felt that this was a major promise, and it meant that it was a correct choice for the people in her hometown to board the leading warship of the Rus. If I can replace my father, I can establish a good relationship with the next leader of the Rus people now, and my own sister will marry him many years later. Ah, what a wonderful future.

All this, Kawhi saw it all.

It's a pity that poor Kawi couldn't understand and couldn't think of it at all. When did Rurik learn the language of the Novgorods? You can even chat and laugh smoothly with your wife? !

Perhaps, this is the favor given by the great god Odin to Rurik! That is out of reach for mortals.

Rurik made Lilia stand in a normal position, and then swayed her neck chicly, and the golden ponytail at the back of her head also swayed, which was really beautiful.

"Rumia, Kamne, follow me."

Rumia is naturally generous, followed by Kamne, the new servant, and his movements are much more cramped.

Kamne was indeed cramped, and when passing by Lilia, she couldn't help but look at this big sister from her hometown who was many years older than herself.

In the past, because of his humble status, he didn't even have the courage to see Lilia from a distance.

Now his mood has changed instantly. The noble lady of the country, now facing her master Rurik, has lost the nobility of the past.