Rome must fall.

Chapter 302 Choice
The wife gently stroked her son's head. This was her third child. The first two died young. She used to love him very much and gave him whatever he wanted. But now she said softly, "Don't blame your father. He is so happy!"

Selysis opened the door, and the person knocking on it was the disabled young man who had previously questioned in the square whether the Nyx soldiers would hand over those who were unwilling to join the Nyx tribe to the Aldei as slaves.

"Uncle Celisis, I have something to ask you." The young man spoke in a low voice while looking around the room cautiously.

"Militus, don't worry, there is no outsider in my room, come in." Celis said, moving aside.

The young man named Miletus hurried in.

Selysis closed the door and led him into the house: "Sit down and talk slowly."

"No, I just need to say a few words. Just stand there."

"what ever."

"Uncle, I think what you said that day is very right. Besides, I'm injured and can't move easily, so I want... I want... I want--" The young man hesitated for a long time and finally squeezed out a sentence: "I want to join the Knicks tribe temporarily..."

"Yeah." Selysis nodded calmly to indicate that he heard it.

The young man panicked and quickly explained, "I don't... I don't really want to surrender to the Nix people. I just want to wait until our tribal alliance drives the Nix people away, and then I can start over... and start over again..."

"I understand. There is nothing you can do about it." The response from Selisis eased the young man's nervousness, and he immediately said gratefully, "Thank you, uncle! I'll leave first!"

"it is good."

After the gate was closed, his wife came over and asked softly, "Does Miletus really think so?"

"Who knows." Selisis smiled: "At least I think he made the right choice."

"What choice should we make?"

Celis looked at his wife and was about to answer when the door rang again.

"It seems that we will have a lot of guests at our house today." Celises sighed and opened the door.

This time the person knocking on the door was an old man, Cricus, a relative of the tribal leader, and his cautious expression was the same as the young man before.

When he came into the house, he immediately changed his appearance and began to accuse angrily: "Selysis, you have seen it all, how cunning and cruel the Nyx gang is! They killed the two chiefs Egalus and Pytheas in public, and they didn't do it themselves, but forced the tribesmen to kill them!
They dared to kill even the clan leader, wouldn't it be easier to kill us! Don't think they are so good now, they are all lies! As soon as we left the square, they occupied the main house and drove my sister and others out of the house. Now my sister is still crying in my house!

So we can't stay here any longer, otherwise our houses and property will be taken away by the Nixes, and even our lives will be in danger...Selisis, you take the lead, we will escape tonight, escape to the territory of Brochi in the east, and then follow the rescue army of the tribal alliance to rush back and defeat these damn Nixes! Okay, that's all I have to say, you get ready first, and I will contact others!"

After saying this, Crixus turned and walked out.

"Wait!" Selysis stopped him and said seriously, "You can go by yourself, but don't take me with you!"

"You're not leaving?!" Klikus looked at him in surprise. "You're a famous warrior in our tribe. You killed so many Scodischi people back then. Everyone in the tribe respects you. But now you want to stay. Do you want to... want to join the Knicks?!"

"What's wrong? Is it not possible?" Celisses replied indifferently.

"Traitor!" Krikus' face suddenly changed, and he cursed: "The leader values ​​you so much, but you actually... It seems that what others said is right, you are a child raised by the Scodischi people, and you are really unreliable-"

“Shut up!” Selisis’ eyes shot out a murderous look, and he shouted angrily: “If you say another word, I will twist your head off!”

Crixus was so frightened that he held his breath and dared not move.

"The leader values ​​me?!" Selysis sneered, "That bastard Egalos bullies me so much, why doesn't he ever stop him! - Get out of here! Don't let me see you again!"

Celisis looked at the other person with cold eyes as he crawled out of the yard, and a pair of hands hugged him from behind.

"I'm fine." Selysis's expression returned to normal, and he whispered to comfort his wife: "It seems that our house will be very lively today. Just in case, go get the spear under the bed and put it in the corner."

As Selisis expected, people came to visit his house from day till dusk. He changed his previous practice and first expressed his intention to join the Nix tribe after meeting them. If the visitor agreed with him, they could talk for a while. If not, they could go back. There was nothing to say. If the other party did not leave and cursed, he would pick up his spear and scare them away without saying anything...

That night, in order to prevent anyone from bearing a grudge against him, Celithis lay on the bed with his spear directly at hand, keeping an eye on the movements outside the yard, and did not sleep well all night.

After dawn, he took a nap and then got up to have breakfast.

"Attention everyone! Anyone who wants to join the Knicks tribe can go to the main house to sign up now! Please note that you must go together as a family!..." There were shouts coming from outside the door, and it sounded like the voice was from the compatriot who had already joined the Knicks and was speaking in the square yesterday.

"We should go out now," Selysis said to his wife, who nodded.

The family of three washed up again, dressed neatly, and opened the door.

There were already a few pedestrians on the road leading to the main house. When everyone met, they spoke briefly: "Are you taking your family to the main house?"

"Yes, to the main house. What about you?" "Me too."

……

You can see that everyone is a little nervous and walks slowly.

Celisis didn't have so many concerns. He walked quickly with his wife and children and soon arrived at the main house.

Several tribesmen were already standing at the door of the main house, and there were a dozen fully armed Nyx soldiers nearby to maintain order.

"Are you here to sign up to join the tribe?" a Nyx soldier asked in Illyrian.

"Yes," replied Celithis.

"Are these two your family members?"

"Yes."

"Come and stand here. It will be your turn soon and we will call you in."

"Yes." Selysis stood behind the team with his family.

The tribesman in front turned around and saw Milukus: "Uncle Selysis, your family is here too!"

"Ah." Celisses responded.

Milukus came closer and whispered mysteriously, "You know, last night I saw several groups of people quietly leaving our tribe, trying to escape!"

"Really?"

"You know, I live in the east of the village. I didn't sleep last night. Late at night, I heard the sound of cows and donkeys outside. I got up out of curiosity. Fortunately, there was a moon last night. I quietly peeked out through the wooden fence of my house and saw a group of people driving several carts passing by my house. Guess who they were?!"

"Who is it?"

"The leader's family, and the Klikus family... there are about ten people."

"They ran away?" Celis asked casually.

"The Nyx were lying in ambush at the intersection, but I didn't notice them and stopped them all. They were so scared that they collapsed on the ground. But the Nyx didn't kill them. Instead, they drove them away..." There was a hint of disappointment in Militus' words.

"The Knyx people are quite kind?" Celisses was surprised.

"But the Nyx forcibly took away their carts and the things they carried. I think it would be difficult for them to escape to the safe place in the east without help on the road." Militus said this with a bit of gloating: "Later, I saw two groups of people trying to leave our tribe, but they were stopped by the Nyx. One of them was the family of your chief, and they were dealt with in the same way as before..."

Selisis raised his eyebrows and said jokingly, "It seems you made the right choice."

"Of course!" Miletus said with a little complacency: "If I were as stupid as them, I might have starved to death on the road of escape. In fact, the Nix soldiers also found me last night. Guess what, they allowed me to sweep up so much wheat scattered on the ground and take it home by myself. It weighed more than 10 kilograms! -"

"Hey, stop talking, it's your turn to go in!" A Nyx soldier came over and patted Militus on the shoulder.

So Miletus hurriedly took his wife into the courtyard of the main house.

After a long while, he came out with his wife. Before Celis had time to ask him what was going on inside, he was urged in by the soldiers.

There were three wooden tables placed side by side in the middle of the yard, with three people sitting on each, a middle-aged man and two teenagers.

"Please... sit down." The middle-aged man pointed to the wooden stool opposite the wooden table. Although his tone was a little strange, one could feel his friendliness.

As instructed, Celithis sat down at the wooden table in the middle. A young man sitting in front of him picked up a piece of thin, soft, grayish-white thing like cloth and placed it on the table. He then picked up a pen dipped in ink and lowered his head to write.

The young man facing him looked at him and asked seriously in fluent Pannonian: "Do you want to join the Nix tribe?"

"Yes."

"Are you willing?"

"voluntary."

"What's your name?"

"Selysis."

(End of this chapter)