Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

The Wicked Mother of Winter, VIII

The Wicked Mother of Winter, VIII

Just as Yisriette guessed, Elder Carissa was helpless in front of the "ancient scriptures".She flipped through books, parchments and manuscripts, referring, comparing, guessing, and arranging... She tried her best, but still couldn't understand the meaning of this scripture.

"My lord countess," she called Isrit by her respectful title, "I really can't figure it out, this scripture has profound connotations and profound thoughts, I can only understand the superficial meaning of a few words, and I really can't answer it. "

Alita shouted from the side: "Shame! Just now you were bragging about your knowledge, Carissa, you trash!"

Carissa glared at her, and said, "If you don't understand, you have to learn. This is the correct attitude of a scholar. I think you are more embarrassing now, Alita of the Sun Banner."

Now that Carissa has shown a humble attitude, it's hard for Isrit to say anything more.She said to Carissa: "Elder Carissa, I didn't mean to embarrass you, it's just..."

"I understand, Lord Earl. Our behavior was rude before, and I should apologize to you." Carissa said and got up and saluted.After she finished speaking, Tia also came up to smooth things over, saying: "There is indeed a misunderstanding between us, Lord Earl. It is a common practice for the elders to test and trust the Earl. It's just that everyone hasn't done this for so many years. The words... are a little rusty, This caused some unhappiness. I think the follow-up talks can be carried on easily and happily——Elder Alita, what do you think?"

Alita snorted and said, "It's up to you!"

At this point, Estherite felt that she should give Elder Carissa a step down, so she said: "You actually solved this problem very well. I'm afraid no one can solve it better than you. I have to tell you You, this scripture is the most difficult to decipher in the Alzolan Collection, and you can decipher a few sentences in it, and you are worthy of your name as an elder."

After a few words on the scene, the atmosphere became harmonious.It was getting late, and Estelle called people to set up the venue and prepare dinner.

The dinner was very simple, just some broth and kippers. Isrit and the elders explained that there was not much food left in the castle, and most of it was used for disaster relief.This time the elders and others were able to express their understanding, and Carissa even said: "A simple and simple diet is good, and luxury and enjoyment will wear down the witch's will."

Then they had dinner together. After dinner, they talked about recent social knowledge and new witchcraft. They lived in harmony, talking and laughing, as if nothing had happened before.However, Estelle was still surprised and uncomfortable at this scene in her heart—it turned out that this is how nobles talk, and they can change faces faster than turning the pages of books.

But I can't toss with them like this anymore, I have to go back to rest, Isrit is quite tired at this time.She estimated that she would give birth in two days, at about twelve noon.Estherite's control over her own magic power is very subtle. She can check her own physical condition through the operation of magic power, and she can also perceive the health of the fetus through magic power.

In the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, I will have a healthy and lively child. When I think of this, she can't help laughing.

At this time, a gray-clothed witch came over with glutinous rice wine and said, "My lord, try the newly brewed rice wine."

Estelle looked at the slightly turbid white liquor and thought to herself: I shouldn't be drinking at this time, I have to quit.When she was thinking this way, the witch said: "This wine can soothe the nerves and protect the fetus. My niece gave birth to a healthy baby after drinking it."

Estelle didn't want to drink it at first, but when she said "it's good for the child", she drank it down.After drinking, she thanked the man and said, "Thank you..." She recalled the man's name, "Elder Michalan."

Herb Witch Miharan, the witch who was in charge of the herb warehouse in Hummingbird City before.She bowed to Israet and said, "I sincerely hope that you will give birth to a healthy child."

"Thank you." Isrit returned the salute.

Afterwards, Estelle continued to attend the banquet, and after about half an hour, she felt that she could leave.So she said to several elders: "Everyone, I'm sorry, I'm about to give birth and now I need to rest, so--" When she said this, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her abdomen, as if a knife had been stabbed in her womb.

The pain was not right, and she broke out in a cold sweat, which was different from usual!

"Master Earl?" Tia asked her, "Are you okay?"

"I... ah!" She screamed out.The pain hit like a gust of wind and rain, spreading from her abdomen to the outside, involving her internal organs in pain.

Could it be... no, it shouldn't be now, it shouldn't be now!She slumped to the ground in pain.Only then did people realize something was wrong, and someone screamed, Trinina and Sethe hurriedly supported her, "My lord, I'll take you to the delivery room!"

Tia was maintaining order, and the orc guards stayed close to Isrit, causing chaos in the hall.However, Esriette couldn't think about anything now, and only felt severe pain in her body, as if the baby was about to swell and burst out of her body like a bamboo shoot.

How did that happen?how so?I prepared everything, how could it be... The severe pain interrupted my thinking, and she was just carried into the delivery room.The midwife is already in place, hot water, scissors, various herbs, and witch doctor are also ready.The doctor took one look at her and said, "Ma'am, you are going to give birth prematurely."

No, I will not be born prematurely!Estelle is aware of her body.She let the magic power circulate throughout her body for a week every day, and where the circulation is not smooth, there is a problem.However, she has been in good health these days, not only her, but also the child.She could feel the baby's fetal movement, body temperature and pulse.

I will definitely not be born prematurely for no reason, no!she thought.

But it's too late to say anything now.

The amniotic fluid had broken, and mixed with blood flowed out of her lower body.The doctor asked everyone else to leave the room, leaving only women with childbirth experience to help.Estelle groaned in severe pain, but she clearly knew that this pain was not contraction pain.It was a horrible sting, as if someone were cutting her womb, and the baby in it, with a sword.

The situation is very bad.

The midwife had never seen such a situation, so she went to ask the witches for advice. Most of the witches had never had children, and they couldn't argue with each other.Estelle just felt distraught.

Trinina brought her two kinds of painkillers, internal and external, but the pain increased a lot, and the severe pain made her unconscious.

Suddenly she shouted at people: "Where is my husband? Where is Haven? Where is he?"

People looked at each other, but no one could answer her.

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ps: Recently, I am writing as I like, and I will add more updates depending on the situation

The Wicked Mother of Winter, [-]

The Wicked Mother of Winter, [-]

The next moment she remembered that her husband was probably no longer alive, and despair and helplessness overwhelmed her.The midwife was teaching her how to breathe and how to push, Trinina and Sethe were holding her hand, but she was getting colder and colder...

I'm going to die, Lord Haven, I might... The light in front of her eyes is disappearing, the ceiling is spinning, and it's getting further and further away from her.

At this time, the second pain came from the abdomen.It was a convulsive contraction, as if someone had twisted her uterus like a towel... After three convulsions, she suddenly realized that it was a contraction.

The midwife also shouted: "Hold on, my lord, the contractions are starting, breathe, keep breathing steadily, follow me..."

Contractions are a sign that labor has begun!Estelle opened her eyes wide, and the scene in reality was reflected in her pupils again.

My boy, he wants to come out, he wants to come into this world!

I must keep him alive!

On the contrary, the second kind of pain covered up the sharp stabbing pain of the first one. Every contraction strengthened her confidence, and every pain made her will stronger like forging steel with a hammer.At first it hurts every few minutes, then once every minute, and finally several times every minute.She had to fight off the pain with all her strength, which left her unable to speak or even breathe.Before giving birth, she naively thought: I can use enough magic power to counteract the pain of childbirth, but at this time, she can hardly even breathe, so how can she chant magic?

Gradually, the frequency of contractions changed from fast to slow, but each time the pain intensified.Isrit was unable to groan, and the midwife's complexion was getting worse and worse. She whispered to the people next to her, "It seems...something is wrong." The witches couldn't do anything, and Knight Tia leaned against the door and sighed, Even Trinina and Sethe started bickering.

At this moment, the contractions stopped suddenly, and the sudden stop of the pain caused Estelle to fall into extreme panic—why did they stop?My child, can't you come out?

None of the witches could come in handy, the midwife sobbed anxiously, and said, "My lord, I have never seen such a situation, I pray... I beg you to work harder, otherwise..."

After the uterine contractions stopped, the splitting pain came again. Estherite grabbed the bed sheet and shouted: "Enough, get out!" She was sweating profusely, and her whole body was tense like a piano Xian, "I must..." She panted heavily, and the things in front of her eyes became blurred again, "I must give birth to him."

At this moment, the roar of the orc and the scream of the witch came from outside. Isrit looked at the door, and saw that Bai Guo knocked over the witch guarding the door and broke into the delivery room.Behind her were two unusually tall men.

It was the two tree elves.

Most of the witches had never seen the tree elves, so they all exclaimed: "Who are they? What is this?"

The always docile Bai Guo snarled at the witches, she shouted: "You bunch of useless witches! Get out, don't kill the spirit of the Earth Mother!" The atmosphere was deadlocked for a while, and then Knight Tia said: "Get out, here To the orcs and elves—Seth, Trinina, you two..." Tia asked the orcs, "Can they stay?"

Bai Guo nodded, "Both of them can."

Immediately the witches left the delivery room, and the iguana stood guard at the door like an old dog at home, not letting anyone in.There are only two tree elves, the midwife, ginkgo and two witches left in the delivery room.Isrit stretched out her hand towards Bai Guo and the elves, and said, "Please, help him, let him come out! He will die in this way!"

The tree elf knelt in front of her and said softly: "Mother, don't worry. We understand the reproductive methods of mammals, and we have also worked as doctors for humanoids. You need now..." The tree woman put her hands on her body, and the tree elf Immediately, vines and buds sprouted from the human's hands, and the green power spread out, pouring into Esritre's body.

The tree man said, "I'm going outside to prepare the potion, Coral."

The tree woman named Coral replied, "Go, Moby Dick."

With the help of the tree elves, Isrit's condition improved, and after a while, the contractions started again.This time the contraction lasted for eight hours, from dusk to early morning, her body was almost drained by the pain.But the elf told her that the door wasn't wide enough, and she needed to hold on.

Isrit's experience has been exhausted, and she is in a hazy state of half-sleep and half-awake.She would dream of Bear Mountain City for a while, and see sunsets and rainbows for a while, but soon the severe pain of contractions would shatter all this and bring her back to reality.The midwives were dozing off, Trinina was crying, and Sethe hovered restlessly at the door.Bai Guo stood firm in front of her bed like a statue, and the iguana stood straight at the door without moving for more than ten hours.Tia and the other witches came a few times, but the iguana didn't let them in.

Just at the moment of dawn, the frequency and pain of the contractions suddenly increased."Hold on, Mother, he's coming!" cried the Tree-Spirit.

He is coming!These five words lifted Isrit's spirits, even though her legs were already trembling with pain.

The tree elves taught her how to breathe and gave her birth with green magic.The midwife shouted excitedly: "I saw the baby's head!"

According to the elf's guidance, Isrit exerted force bit by bit, and the pain continued to intensify, but she was very excited when she thought that she was about to become a real mother.

"Put harder, my lord, harder!" the midwife was almost crying.Trinina and Sethe hugged each other, afraid to speak.Bai Guo put one hand on his chest and prayed silently.

"Okay, it will be soon!" The female elf Coral said to her, "In a little bit... a little bit..."

Yes, just a little bit.

But at this moment, the splitting pain came again, and the two kinds of pain were intertwined, and Isrit's nerves were finally crushed.

The string she had been tense was broken.

The light disappeared from her eyes, and everything returned to darkness.Her consciousness also fell into the abyss.

After some time, she woke up from the darkness.She was still tired and had difficulty opening her eyes.She looked around, only to find herself lying in an unfamiliar place.

This wasn't the maternity ward, it wasn't the room, it wasn't even in the castle.This is an ordinary wooden house, the room is very cold, and the charcoal fire is very dim.There were only Trinina and Seth in the room; the orcs, tree elves, and midwives were gone.

She had a terrible presentiment. "Trinina!" she cried in a hoarse voice, "Seth!"

Two witches ran over immediately: "Isrit, you're awake!"

Estelle stared at them with wide eyes, and said, "Where is this? Where is my... my child?" Just after she finished those five words, tears welled up in her eyes.

Author's message:

ps: Before writing this scene, I consulted a certain mother and checked some information.

My feeling is: it is really painful to have a baby (especially a natural birth), but your mother will probably never tell you "how difficult it was when I gave birth to you" in her whole life.Even if you say it, it's hard for you to realize it.Unless you're also a mother once.

……

The weight of the word "mother" is too heavy.

The Wicked Mother of Winter, [-]

The Wicked Mother of Winter, [-]

Trinina and Sethe looked at each other, but neither spoke.Israet also looked at them, the silent air was like a pair of cold hands, tightly locked her throat.

"Where's my baby?" she asked again.

No one answered.

"Where am I? Where are the orcs? Where are the elves? And..." She looked around, like a mother animal looking for a lost cub, "Where is my child?"

Sethe nudged Trinina and Trinina gave her a look and then a stiff smile.She said to Estherite: "Estherite, you lie down first, this matter is a long story, we have to...speak slowly."

"It's a long story?" Isrit laughed a few times, and then her face twisted, and she cried like crazy, "Where is my child?" She got up and got out of bed, but her eyes His legs were limp and weak, and he fell to the ground all of a sudden.His knee touched the hard brick and wiped blood.She knelt on the ground, grabbed the robes of the two witches and shouted hoarsely: "Where is my child? Where is the child? Where is he? Where is he?"

Trinina cried out in fright, "Israite, you go back to bed first, we... we will talk to you slowly..." Sethe supported Yisruite and said, "Mother, you should go back to bed first. Go!"

"Where's my baby?" she cried, grabbing Sethe's shoulders. "Where's the baby? Where's the baby? Where's the baby? Where the hell is he? Please give him to me, let me see him, let me see him." Look at him! Is it a boy or a girl? What does he look like? He, he..." She cried until her body convulsed, and her chest hurt sharply.Then she coughed.

The two witches, Sethe and Trinina, pinned her on the bed. Trinina said first, "Don't worry, the child is fine! Calm down, Isrit, the child is fine!"

Hearing this, Estelle was finally able to breathe normally.She took a deep breath and asked, "Where is that child?"

Sethe said, "He's safe with the orcs now, and he's a boy, by the way."

"Then why can't you let me see him?" Isrit laughed while crying, "I really want to see him."

Trinina said: "Isrit, don't worry, I'll tell you what happened next."

"Okay, I'll listen." Estelle temporarily restrained her emotions.

Sethe brought her hot water to drink, and Trinina began to recount what had happened before—

Isrit fainted during the final stage of childbirth. Fortunately, she still gave birth to the baby. Generally speaking, the mother and baby were safe.

However, one thing was unexpected.

There is something wrong with this kid.

"Your son is a little... not very good-looking," Sethe stammered. "The elders and witches say the boy is cursed to drown him—"

"They dare!" Isrit sat up all of a sudden, and then Trinina held her down, comforting her and said: "No, of course not, the child is fine. We and our orc friends will definitely not let them do this You did, and Elder Tia didn't agree with this barbaric approach. Then...then the orcs took your son away and temporarily protected him."

"How long have I been sleeping? What does my son eat? Is there any milk to drink?" Isrit was about to cry as she spoke, at this moment she felt like a piece of fragile glass.Trinina hugged her gently and said, "Don't worry, we have found a strong woman for him to be a nurse, and now he is living in a safe place on the outskirts of the city."

"Why are you on the outskirts of the city?" Isrit asked, "Why aren't we in the castle? What happened?"

Sethe said to him, "The two elders joined forces with some traitors in Hummingbird City to revolt."

"What? They..." Isrit bit her lip and thought to herself: This is not unusual, after all, this earl was picked up.As long as my son is fine, if he can't beat me, I will take him back to the swamp, so as not to be wronged here again.

Sethe went on, "They said you conspired with the devil to lay... unholy seed."

"Yes." Trinina nodded, "Keep the son but not the mother, and keep the mother but not the son. Unless you drown the child, they won't recognize this earl."

Isrit said: "It's impossible. These damned old witches, after I recover..." She felt a splitting headache and sore body when she said this, "No, let me see the child first— —Is he out of town? Take me to him."

Sethe said, "You're so weak, I can take the baby in to see you."

Estelle glanced out the window and said, "How can we let him go out in such a cold day? I'll go find him!"

The two of them couldn't hold back Isrit, so they harnessed the horses and carts and carried her to the cart.Isrit's legs were as soft as wet paper, and she couldn't walk at all.Winter has come to an end, the ice and snow have begun to melt, and the temperature has risen slightly.Lying on the carriage, Estelle completely forgot about the current difficult situation in her mind. There was only one thought in her mind: Son, mother is here to see you.

Hummingbird City is not big, the carriage drove out of the city gate soon, and after a while, the carriage stopped in front of an inn.The iguana was standing guard at the door of the hotel. When he saw Isrit coming, he immediately saluted and said, "Mother, please come in."