"What are you asking?" Akima squinted.
"Scroll..." Wendy grabbed her hand a little worriedly. If Tilly was right, these people didn't even come to Neverwinter City, but the differences that already existed within the witches of Sleeping Island. If it is not handled properly, it will not only involve the Witch Alliance, but also reduce the trust of the newcomers in them, which will not be worth the loss.
"It's okay," the latter raised her eyebrows at her, then pointed to the witch who wanted to return to the East, "Since you miss your hometown, you shouldn't have been abandoned by your family, but under the pressure of the church, you had no choice but to Leave the Eastern Territory and follow the other refugees to the Sleeping Island, am I right?"
"So what?" Akima replied quickly.
"That's what happened in the Eastern Territory." Facing the aggressiveness of the red-haired witch, Shu Scroll didn't take it seriously, "Since the Queen of Clear Water Garcia sacked Haifeng County and Jinsui City, that piece of land has never recovered. First, the evil epidemic spread by the church spread, and then it was messed up by Tifeko, the fields were deserted, and they could not make ends meet, and many people became refugees."
The witch's face showed obvious worry, but Akima still insisted, "If you don't see it with your own eyes, who knows if what you said is true."
"Since two years ago, His Majesty Roland has launched the refugee shelter program. Now the population of Neverwinter City has exceeded 100,000, and more than 70% of them are from all over Greycastle, especially the refugees from the east and south." Scroll said in an orderly manner. , "Your familiar relatives are likely to be able to tell me where you once lived? Towns or villages, any unique landscapes and outputs around them will do."
"Do you want to use this clue to find her family? She is not a child born in a big city. Every street and alley around has a name, and every neighbor knows each other's names!"
Scroll didn't answer, but rolled up his hair and looked at the witch with encouraging eyes, as if waiting patiently for the students' answers in class.
"My village... doesn't have a name," after hesitating for a long time, the other party said in a low voice, "Neither does the nearby village, it is very far from Jinsui City, and if you want to sell wheat far away from home, you can only sell it to the past at a low price. Traveling Merchant. If anything, some people who have been out call it Sixteen."
"Ten… six?" Wendy repeated unconsciously.
"Because when they returned from Jinsui City, the sixteenth village they passed through was their home."
Shu Scroll closed his eyes and asked slowly, "Let me think... There is a tributary of the Sanwan River behind that village, right?"
"In the east, the tributaries of the Sanwan River are everywhere." Aqima snorted, "Without irrigation from the river, how can the village take root?"
"But that one is different," Scroll waved his hand, "it is shallow and narrow, so not only is it impossible for boats to pass through, but even the riverbed will be exposed during dry seasons. This is why the villages built on it cannot transport food by water. When the village is called, the tributary will stop abruptly and turn into a huge lake. Even if the river is cut off, the lake will not dry up. Therefore, the wheat fields in the village are always more lush than those in other villages, right?”
The witch's eyes widened, "Have you been there?"
"I heard someone mention it," Scroll was silent for a little while, "that person is in Neverwinter now, but he is not a resident of Sixteen Village."
"What's the meaning?"
"You better ask him yourself," she turned to look at the city hall clerk in charge of registration, "Watt, ID number 0024578, kiln worker, should be recycling waste slag in the No. 2 area of the North Slope, go and bring him here ."
"Yes, my lord." The latter went away.
Half an hour later, the clerk led a red-faced man to the residential area.
"I don't know him..." The witch looked at him and shook her head in denial.
"Is there nothing to talk about now?" Akima sneered, "There are so many people in the entire Eastern Border, you think you can do whatever you want."
"Ah, could it be... Are you Tie Lan's daughter?" The big man interrupted her with joyful voice, "God bless you, you are still alive, and you are so old!"
The witch was stunned, "The Tielan you said...is my mother?"
"Otherwise, who else is there, your eyes are very similar to hers, especially the mole on the corner of the eye, which is exactly the same!" Watt shouted, "But then again, you look much better than your mother. Wait. Wait, don't you remember me? It's no wonder that you were still young when I left the village, and you were no longer there when I came back. At that time, your name was... Lanwa, am I not mistaken? The name Tielan gave you, They are all called pretty flowers."
"That was just a nickname when I was a kid," the witch said embarrassedly, "I'm called Doris now."
"Oh, that's a good name too. Did you know that when I was digging a canal in Sixteen Village, the most talked about thing was about you. They all thought you were kidnapped by a witch. And..."
After listening to Watt's nagging for a while, Wendy finally figured out the ins and outs. It turned out that this big red-faced man lived next to Sixteen Village, and according to the naming rules, it should be called fifteen Village. The two villages are not far apart, so exchanges are fairly close. Because he was envious of the water source of the neighboring village, he first went to Jinsui City to learn the technique of digging canals, and then returned to his hometown to gather a group of villagers, planning to expand the lake to the fifteenth village. Because of this, he had stayed in Sixteen Village for a long time.
"Then my parents, and elder brother, are they... still in the village now?" Doris apparently believed Watt's statement, and she asked eagerly after the other party finished chatting, "Or, they Are you all coming to the Western Territory?"
Scroll sighed softly.
The red-faced man's expression also dimmed, "They failed to reach Neverwinter City... The third prince's army stole everyone's food, and the group rushed to the capital, hungry and thirsty, but encountered a ferocious plague. The nobles in the city shut us out and let us cry and struggle beside the city wall. People from several villages almost died in groups, and only a few people survived until His Majesty sent a rescue team." He paused, "And your family... didn't make it through."
"No..." Doris covered her mouth, and after a moment of silence, wept helplessly.
"Sorry, child," Watt suddenly panicked, as if he wanted to comfort her, but didn't know what to do, so he finally had to walk over and lightly put his hand on her head, "Tie Lan kept repeating before leaving. Mentioned your name and she would be very relieved to know you were alive and doing well, so... don't cry."
Doris bit her lip and nodded slightly, crying louder. 8)