The so-called tattoo is to make the ink permanently penetrate into the skin, so as to make complex patterns to achieve the purpose.

Blackbird was in a very disturbed mood. She had made up her mind and knew what she was doing.

In the dim room, the old woman who was said to be a tattoo artist even had a lot of tattoos on her face. There is no doubt that this is the golden signature of this woman, so that those who meet her not only understand her work, but also admire her craftsmanship.

"It's strange, you're too young, and girls of this age don't usually get tattoos. But since you belong to Master Blue Fox, I probably understand." The old woman muttered to herself, and her Norse blackbird listened a lot.

The old woman ordered again: "Your request is a bit strange, but I will satisfy it. Now take off your shirt and lie on this leather cushion. Don't worry, I am the only old woman here..."

The blackbird basically understood it, and she followed it with one mind and closed her eyes.

She just lay down when suddenly a wooden stick hit her side face.

"What's wrong?"

As soon as she turned her head, she saw the woman ordering mechanically: "It will hurt a little. Bite this wooden stick to prevent you from biting off your tongue."

"Ah? It hurts so much?!" In an instant, the fear intensified the tension, and beads of sweat suddenly oozed out.

"It doesn't hurt too much. This is your own choice, and you shouldn't disobey Lord Blue Fox's order. Let's start quickly! You still have to serve the Lord."

Under the cover of night, and the blackbird dressed up in disguise, the blue fox had a strict mouth and just lied that she was his "beloved little maid". The tattoo artist had no idea that the girl came from the Great Temple, and she seemed to be just a maid

That's all

If she had learned that she was a priestess now, even if she got a tattoo, she wouldn't be as rude as she is now.

"Then let's start." The blackbird said the last words, and took the stick in his mouth...

At first, it was the quill pen dipped in ink to draw the sketch on the skin just below the blackbird's neck. The process was a little itchy, which caused her to laugh a little, but as the steel needle dipped in blue ink, she stopped laughing.

After an indeterminate amount of time, the blackbird who had been enduring the needles was passively aroused in the intense tension, and her whole body was as tense as a piece of wood. If only I were really a piece of wood, it would be fine, and I would be less uncomfortable with tens of thousands of needle pricks.

Below its neck, there appeared a large rune "Guardian of Life" with a radius of about ten centimeters.

That's not all, her hands were also tattooed with the same runes, and then she closed her eyes, and a line of rune words "Odin protect me" was tattooed on her hairline.

The place where the needle was pricked quickly became red and swollen and raised into a hillock. Now the blackbird has to endure the tingling sensation from the back, forehead and slippery hands.

Those inks have penetrated deep into the dermis, the reason why the tattoos are from woad ink, it is not clear for the time being, I believe everything will be clear after the redness subsides.

Now, by the oil lamp, the blackbird stretches out his hands and looks directly at the backs of his hands.

She has no sense of happiness after success, nor does she have a smile. Because she understands that what she has done today is the real separation from the past, and it is precisely this way that she has finally completed the nomination certificate.

"Do you feel okay?" Seeing his woman again, the black bird's face was obviously haggard.

in the dark outdoors

, Lanhu couldn't see her results clearly, and could only see the swelling of her hands with the help of moonlight.

"I'm tired. Where do I go next? To the Great Temple?"

"No." Blue Fox shook his head, "Send you back to Prince Ross. King Ross will wait for you, and Verika will wait for you."

"That's fine." Blackbird's tone was calm and haggard, "This way King Ross will be satisfied. I... am also qualified to go to Frank again. You, Uncle Blue Fox."

"Um?"

"Promise me one thing." She leaned on her fianc's thick waist, and her haggard appearance aroused her full desire for protection: "If you see my father's army, your people must not be merciful."

"Most of the kindness on the battlefield is cruelty to oneself. I will definitely not be like this. But what are you talking about?"

"I will be your woman, the Countess of Gothenburg. I want to see real blood flow into rivers, then I will become a Valkyrie. There is nothing to worry about. In the end, I will return to Asgard like those who died."

From Blue Fox's point of view, she seemed to be insane, so she shook Blackbird's shoulder: "You are just too sleepy, take a rest, I hope the swelling will subside tomorrow."

Because the excellent Rose tattoo artists have completed technical upgrades, they have well-polished steel needles, and the steel needles are still sterilized in spirits while working. In this way, the risk of tattoo infection is greatly reduced, and the use of thin steel needles has also enabled tattoo lovers in the Kingdom to have increasingly complex tattoo patterns.

Rurik, High Priest Rumia, and their eldest daughter Verika, the three rarely enjoyed a family-friendly sleep.

A family sleeps together, Willie

Kaji didn't care about her age and should consider the difference between men and women. She hugged her father's arm and fell asleep without letting go.

Until the sudden visit of the blackbird in the dead of night.

"Has it been a long time?" Rurik rubbed his sleepy eyes vigorously, and then told his wife and daughter to change their clothes to see how the blackbird was doing.

A girl with disheveled hair stood on the empty second floor of the palace, where Rurik, Rumia, Verika and Blue Fox stood.

The round-faced old fox said respectfully: "She has already finished."

"I hope so. Gisla! Show me your results." Rurik commanded sharply, looking down at the stubborn girl.

The backs of both hands were shown in front of Rurik. The red and swollen lines indeed had the "Guardian of Life" pattern. Then, Rurik rolled up his sleeves to reveal the tattoo on his right arm and shoulder, and solemnly showed it to the girl.

"You see, the protection pattern of life is extraordinary. Now you also have the same pattern as mine, and the gods will give you strength. You have done a good job!" At this point, Rurik smiled and gave the blue fox a look, and then looked at the peaceful and slightly sad face of the blackbird: "Although this is the first day this king meets you, now I recognize your noble status. Countess of Gothenburg, Blackbird Theresia. As for Gisla, she is dead!"

Hearing the last words, blackbird's calm face finally had ripples, and tears could not help but flow from the corners of its eyes.

She gradually began to weep. Seeing this, Verika, who was happy for her, walked straight up, hugged her good sister deeply in her arms, and whispered softly in her ear: "My good sister, we are really a family now..."

The families of the great nobles are basically equivalent to political tools in today's era. The "Roman Emperor" Lothar is like this. His daughters are both actual and potential "reconciliation tools".

Even if the blackbird arrives at Rose, she still cannot escape the fate of the tool man. Fortunately for her, her unique bloodline made it impossible for the northern nobles to ignore this great-granddaughter of Charlemagne.

Facing such a woman, if she was old enough, Rurik would have no problem thinking of accepting her as his concubine. However, she is too young, and the girl herself has a heart for the blue fox, so it's better to be a favor and agree to this marriage.

Blackbirds are not members of the royal family at all and should have no right to lodge in the palace.

For her, Rurik is willing to make a special case, and the realization of the special case requires further concessions from the party involved.

Charlemagne, a "giant" who once made the whole Danish world tremble, the whole northern world knows the prestige of this conquerormaybe if he is given a longer life, the Frankish army will flatten Denmark and conquer Scandinavia, and Odin's faith will be surrendered to God immediately because of the violent conquest.

But Charlemagne died, and only a few Ross nobles, including Rurik, knew what Charlemagne's great empire had degenerated into. Because most of the princes and their sons enjoy the right to inherit to varying degrees, there is no situation in the empire where one hill immediately crushes another. The top nobles are wrestling, and the local nobles have their own ghosts.

Entering the fourth year.

This is very different from the Frankish civil war that Rurik knew, and the civil war will not end in 843 no matter what the current situation is.

Legend has it that the Battle of Fontannoy, which defeated the main force of the three princes, has not yet appeared or will never appear. It may be replaced by the battle in Alsace (Rhine Valley). But is that battle possible?

There is also Charlie the Bald, the Charlie of this time and space seems to be too low-key.

Maybe the current Lothar and Ludwig are still facing off in Alsace.

Ross's interference in the past few years has caused huge changes. Now even the princess who has the direct blood of Charlemagne has been taken captive to the north and forced to convert to Odin. Isn't it a great victory?

Maybe she is nothing, but her Charlemagne blood has great power invisibly.

Rurik thought that if he could control this power, he would not only be able to further strengthen his authority, but also find new weapons to interfere in the Frankish world in the future.

What if it is impossible to marry her as a wife and concubine and adopt her as an adopted daughter? There must be maneuverability in this regard.

Blackbird parted his bangs in front of Rurik, revealing the redness at the top of his forehead at the hairline. Take a closer look, what is it if it's not text?

"You... really did it?" Rurik asked in surprise.

"As you asked, I did. If the king asks, I can cut off the hair on my forehead so that everyone can see that I am Odin's servant."

There is stubbornness hidden in the blackbird's words, and it seems to imply "I am already like this, you should give me a higher status".

I can't think of her seemingly joking words

It became a reality in an instant, because the high priest Rumia maintained a high level of vigilance, she checked the back of the blackbird and found the tattoo in a red and swollen state.

Rurik then moved a chair, and he ordered the family to light up all the oil lamps in the room.

After doing these things, Rumia took her daughter Verika out of the chair and sat aside. The two of them didn't understand what Rurik meant, so they had to watch quietly.

At the same time, the blue fox also stood aside wisely. As a subject, it was a great honor for him to enter King Ross's bedroom, and now he surpassed the governor of the capital just to watch what happened next. There were almost no non-royal nobles who could spy on the private affairs of the Rurik family.

However, with the development of the next thing, Lan Hu felt more and more that this had a direct relationship with him.

Rurik crossed his legs, put his right elbow on his knee, and supported his chin with his wrist and palm.

He seemed to be watching the blackbird standing still with admiration.

Being watched by King Ross in such a way, the girl felt extremely uncomfortable. She didn't know what would happen next. She had done her best to do things according to King Ross's request and accepted the nomination certificate. She couldn't really get tattoos on her face like the tattooist she saw, right?

Rurik had slept for a while. He stared at the blackbird's face, trying to find the similarity with the face of the Ludwig he knew, in order to estimate the face of Charlemagne when he was in his prime.

Blackbird and his uncle probably have two things in common: curly hair and brownish-yellow hair that is darker.

"very good"

Rurik has been muttering to himself, not daring to

Blackbird, who was looking directly into his eyes, didn't dare to ask why now, even though she felt that she was judged like a deer or a sheep, and the mental harassment made her already embarrassing spirit even worse.

She finally couldn't hold it anymore: "Great... King Ross. I'm a little tired."

"Sleepy? That's right." Rurik sat up straight suddenly: "You have been running around all day, and you haven't had a good rest. Don't worry, it will be over after you finish the next thing."

"What is it?" Blackbird finally raised his head on his own initiative.

"A good thing. Be my adopted daughter!"

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar, and the blue fox's wide eyes almost burst out of shock, and the high priest Rumia burst into flames.

The blackbird also stared wide-eyed: "King Ross, what did you... say?!"

"I've already thought about it, and it wasn't a sudden idea. Your father, King Lothair, doesn't love you, and I, the noble, would like to be your adoptive father. You will be my adopted daughter, and you will be as noble as my biological daughter Verika. Be my adopted daughter, and the high priest is your adoptive mother. You and Verika are sisters in law, and the master-servant relationship between the two of you is over.

You were a princess of the kingdom in Aachen, and you must be a princess of the kingdom in my Novosburg.

You will continue to work as a priest as the king's daughter, and when you are at least sixteen years old, I will serve as a witness to witness that you become the Countess of Gothenburg.

Blackbird, you are a clever boy. How would you like to be the daughter of King Ross? "

Blackbird Teresia, from day to night, everything that happened today is so bizarre and magical, it seems that more than ten years have been compressed into one

day and night.

The concept of adopted son or adopted daughter is not uncommon in Frank.

Based on the "Salik Inheritance Law" formulated by Charlemagne, although some nobles will have the risk of extinction because they have no direct male heirs, if there is a risk of extinction, the son-in-law and nephew can enjoy the right of inheritance. If the old aristocrat is unwilling to have no daughters under his knees, and he does not want to give power and status to relatives' children after his death, then he adopts an adopted son early and bestows power on him. If the "Inheritance Law" does not prohibit this situation, it is tacitly allowing it to be legal.

As for the power struggle among the branch nobles created in this way, this is not what Charlemagne himself wants to consider.

Throughout the dynasty, Charlemagne was worried about the infighting among the branch nobles. The "Law of Inheritance" was promulgated to prevent the royal family from killing each other. However, the beast of power fell into the hands of the rebellious young nobles. They were fighting for the power of the "Roman Emperor".

Blackbird lives in Aachen and is neither deaf nor blind. Knowing that her sister was kidnapped and married forcibly, she guessed that she would either be taken captive or be given as a gift to every great nobleman to be his wife.

It can be said that Blackbird had long expected not to be humane to others, but she never expected that the one who kidnapped her was actually a Norman nobleman with flexible beliefs.

Deep down, she had to compare King Ross with her biological father.

They are also kings. Obviously, King Ross's performance today is very humane - he can tolerate his own daughter acting like a cat like a baby, and even enjoys it.

Facing the question posed by King Ross, Blackbird realized that he had to endure embarrassment and make a decision.

She pursed her lips:

"I would! I would be your daughter."

"Choose wisely, I think we need a little ceremony. Now! Kneel."

So, the blackbird knelt down on one knee reflexively.

"No. Kneel on the other leg too, and crawl up to me on your knees."

"yes."

The blackbird was not ashamed of her behavior, she didn't know what King Rose meant.

In fact, Rurik didn't know how to deal with it in the most correct way. After all, accepting this adopted daughter was also out of political considerations. Because Blue Fox has made great achievements and will continue to make great achievements, adding a Countess with Charlemagne's blood to his Earl of Gothenburg will be even more powerful.

This uncle was sealed by himself, and Rurik never imagined that it would develop into this state. As a king, you can't take away some of the blue fox's power by rough means. Perhaps you should install a new "bridle" for him to strengthen control.

For example, if the daughter is priced at him, Lanhu becomes a son-in-law and becomes a kind of foreign relative, which is an extra layer of insurance than a simple unrelated nobleman. If there is no suitable daughter, it is also possible to appoint an adopted daughter to marry him.

Because in the northern world, adopted sons and adopted daughters have almost the same status as blood relatives. If a friend dies, taking in widows and adopting orphans are all interpreted as normal things.

Since Blackbird joined Ross with all his heart, he had to fully accept the northern culture represented by Ross.

She knelt down beside Rurik, and a big hand immediately covered her celestial cap.

Rurik can grab her head as a whole with one hand, and this "head touching" can be interpreted as a ritual. He murmured: "I have been blessed by Odin.

Fu, now that I caress your head, the blessings from God will also be delivered to you. Let's see! Your tattoo is red and swollen, and the power of God is flowing into your body. Now, that's my adopted daughter..."

Although the blackbird heard the "prayer" in Norse language a little indifferently, is it a ritual?

The ceremony is not over.

Just according to the oriental etiquette, Rurik ordered the girl to make a final prostration to him, ending everything with the kowtow ceremony.

This was more profound than the hand kiss in the Frankish court, and the blackbird who followed it felt that she had completely surrendered to a stronger existence with practical actions and became his daughter.

"Very well, now you may call me Father. That is your privilege, Blackbird."

Blackbird, who was still kneeling on her knees, raised her body and looked at Rurik with trembling eyes. She hesitated for a moment, and called her father to a young man whom she had only really known for a day.

She finally made it across.

"Father." She used a very formal word.

"Okay. I'd rather you call me Papa, though."

"Yes. Papa."

So, early in the morning, she was still the personal servant of Verika, the deputy priest of the Great Temple, and in the middle of the night, she turned into the adopted daughter of the king, and her status was equivalent to Verika in theory.

How could it be so if it weren't for her Charlemagne blood?

The blackbird knew this well, so it continued to keep silent. Kneeling on the ground, it moved straight to the high priest Rumia, and calmly called the high priest ~www.mtlnovel.com~ If it was not a daughter, how could it be qualified to use intimacy?

To address the parents by title.

Rumia was speechless, she still felt that this was Rurik's whim. But Rurik is the king, and the matter has been settled and he cannot change it. In desperation, he had no choice but to accept such an adopted daughter, who was also his first and presumably the last adopted daughter.

Some people are worried, while others are caught in a kind of excitement.

Verika, who has always lacked true friends, regarded her so-called maid blackbird as a sister half a year ago. She didn't want the two of them to be surprised by the status of master and servant. She is a princess, and she is also a princess. A down-and-out princess is still noble.

Finally, it was my beloved father who gave the blackbird a new and magical title.

Verika hugged the blackbird who was actually two years older than herself and a little shorter than herself, and she was so happy that she didn't feel sleepy: "Haha, so we are real sisters."