Even though there were no mirrors in this place, Heikko could see his reflection in a bucket with water outside the main building, his hair was arranged in a ponytail which had several braids on his head and one that fell on his left side.
being of Nordic origin he had clear white skin and his hair under the sun seemed platinum, to see his reflection could only think of several characters of the 2D world and other fantasy, he even doubts if he had elven blood but his rounded ears denied this.
now he wore white linen underneath, a gray lambskin shirt and a reinforced checkered jacket in black with white threads and white sleeves.
the boots were covered with sheep wool so they were quite comfortable, they had some metal arrangements so they could see that they were quite expensive at least a civilian could not buy them.
'ugh this face is not bad but ... no matter how much you really look at it, I do not have the minimum masculine sense ..., sigh'
Heikko for the umpteenth time lamented that to be the son of a warrior he had a too weak temper.
'' It will not matter as long as I learn how to fight properly ... ''
He could only cheer and continue to the tower that was behind the main house.
retiring a little it be could seen the true size of the main house which was quite large from outside, at least it should occupy about 300m^2, this was totally built in stone only with wooden teak and with tile in addition to some upper windows of wood to let the light in, although these windows were small and far from the rest areas to prevent attacks.
'' these windows are quite dangerous, it would be easy to throw poisonous animals through those windows ''
Heikko could see that the design was not the best but what else could he do? for the moment he did not want to raise suspicions so he had to accept sleep with that danger.
Turning to the back he could see how the Maestre's tower was erected, this at least 16 meters high and it seems robust and heavy it was proudly standing erect.
Heikko could only keep his opinions to himself after Ivenka listened to him, he would not trust the abilities of other people to listen to his own internal monologues, speaking about modern things was forbidden.
When he reached the foot of the tower and touched, he could not help but look upwards and feel even more convinced of the size of the tower, the tower looked bigger being under his wall, he had seen buildings that stood hundreds of meters in the sky and were tens of times higher than this tower, even so, the fact that this tower was built with blood and sweat gave it a different sense of presence in this world with a low level of manufacturing.
'if I counted the Hours/men dismissed in doing at the work of raising this tower, ugh ...'
While thinking about things that did not make sense to the people of this era, the door in front of him was opened and the aroma of ink and wood filled his nose, the smell of it was also quite noticeable but was overshadowed by the eucalyptus aroma that seemed coming from the incense, this something irritated his nose but he did not complain, because in front of him was the Maestre Jordian who was examining him from head to toe.
'' ... ''
'' ... ''
both remained in awkward silence for a few seconds, the Maestre Jordian was trying to analyze Heikko and Heikko while trying to remember how he was supposed to act in this situation in front of the Maestre Jordian but had no useful information about it, the old man was too pragmatic to read, so there was no way to approach the Maestre.
The silence was uncomfortable for what Heikko decided to talk and end the unscrupulous look of the Maestre Jordian because it seemed that if he continued this way, this would give the fact that who now lived inside that body was not the same person as before.
'' Maestre Jordian a pleasure to be with you on this day ... I apologize for my absence in your classes Jordian Maestre... ''
With a somewhat strange tone, Heikko apologized to the Maestre who only rubbed his chin and remained silent.
for Heikko time seemed to last for hours even if it was only a few seconds, the Maestre after looking at Heikko for almost half a minute nodded weakly and made him look up with his hand on the top of Heikko's head, Heikko could not resist.
'' Tell me, boy, how are you? ''
the look of both collided but none avoided the shock of glances, the Maestre Jordian raised a little his eyebrows with surprise but there were no more gestures, Heikko on his part, could only convenience himself that he was now Heikko and had no crime to occupy this body, since nature so wanted it, that was the natural order of things!
'' something weak, but I'm better, thank you for your concern Maestre ''
'' I see, you left much belated to learn in this week after these 4 years at least you have learned the central language of the continent and the basic mathematical functions but you have a lot of things to learn in future''
Heikko could only smile bitterly because what the Maestre said were the basic mathematical functions were certainly only the most basic, in the memories of the boy only knew the 4 basic operations and count at most up to 1 million, after that, it was all confusing for him.
his only true talent was at languages, this thanks to Svínakjöt had told him that knowing different languages could conquer more women in the continent, only for that reason the boy had taken great pains to learn the Litan and the Anglo-Norman Franco Languages.
At least he could be grateful that the boy was not a total idiot and had an empty head without anything useful for him.
Maestre Jordian continued to see that Heikko seemed embarrassed to answer him.
'' your father has asked me to teach you properly but you have not wanted, I think I have been too soft with you, for now, I will give you an exam and if you do not approve, you will have to obey and study the material that I provide, sigh I waste a lot of time trying to teach you something useful "
'' ... ''
Heikko had no way to defend himself because Maestre Jordian was also his father's advisor and in addition, he was in charge of having the books and scrolls in the tower in perfect condition.
'' Well, let's not take it any longer and let's start with your test ... ''
unlike the tests of the future in this instead of using a calculator had at his hand a wooden abacus with stone beads painted in black and white colors.
the questions were not written but they were verbal and the Maestre Jordian looked at him every time he answered, Heikko was somewhat nervous about it but as time went by he calmed down and answered correctly, of course, he did not answer immediately that would be too suspicious.
'' Well suppose you buy 32 practice swords of medium quality iron at a price of 13 silver coins from the Frankish kingdom each and you want to sell them in the lands of the Norge Kingdom what would your profits be in holy bright silver coins? ''
'' ... ''
the last question Heikko left unanswered for some second, after all, he did not know the currency exchange or the price between transport across the borders until now most of the questions that the Maestre Jordian had asked him was simple arithmetic.
''and good? what is your answer?''
'' Ugh, I do not know if it's Maestre Jordian ... I do not know the exchange rate of the currencies of the Franco kingdom in Norge ... ''
the Maestre looked at him with a little surprise again and nodded but then shook his head.
'' that is why I tell you that you still have a lot to learn, although you can use mathematics very effectively, you do not know how to use the knowledge that you know! and for that you do not only need to study a subject, you must be able to know of geography, politics, etiquette, navigation, the handling of the sword, handling of horses and knowing more of the world that surrounds you, ... you went to the high seas with Svínakjöt and what you had was a bit of what was out there ''
'' ... ''
Heikko's face paled as he remembered that night, it had barely been 3 days ago and he could remember it as if it were yesterday, besides the fact that he was asleep so far did not help.
the sound of the gurgling of blood that came out of that man's neck, the heat of the blood that soaked his body as well as the weight of the corpse and the last curses the man has said sending him to hell was something he would not forget for a while and in a long time.
the reality was so cruel outside this wall that they had protected the boy from any damage for those 12 years, if the one who woke up was the original Heikko maybe he would recover quickly after all the norm of who died here in this world, it was something that he was raised, and the death of people was not so surprising and impactful, but for the current Heikko was even harder, because he came from a relatively peaceful world.
Heikko could only pretend that it did not affect him at the moment, and treat that event as something that had not happened.
'' young Heikko I want what happened in that village, be a lesson in what happens outside, learn that things can always get worse and more if that's what you're looking for, what I teach you are the tools that will help you to overcome or avoid problems, it is a pity that your talent for martial arts are not promising but still you must learn the basics of defense and also study what I offer, are you willing to do it? "
'' ..., I will listen to your advice and lessons with reverence Maestre Jordian! ''
Heikko could not undervalue this old man, who had a mentality that for someone modern was something that would go to a museum of medieval history, because he was someone who had been carved in this wild world and had reached more than 50 years, was a feat that at least 90% of humans found impossible in this era.
certainly, he was someone worthy of respect, besides that he was the one who would have more information and that could be given to him relatively easy, the accumulation of knowledge of the Maestre was not small and it was not something that he could digest from one day to the next.
'' I'll be honest with you and I'll tell you that Svínakjöt suspected you were possessed by some demon. ''
''! ''
Heikko was watching something frightened and surprised by the words of the Maestre, even though he kept calm, he waited to see the intention of the Maestre, in a medieval era.
'' As I was saying, he suspected you of the fact that you spoke incoherently words in the ship in a strange language, the decision of whether you were possessed or not fell on me ... ''
'' Maestre I do not understand what he wants to achieve with this ... ''
Heikko gave a somewhat nervous smile and could only sweat cold and look with horror his white and delicate hands.
'Do not tell me that ... and a fuck if the Maestre turns out to be that kind of person! I prefer to bite my tongue and die on the spot '
When he thought of all the legends in his world of the elderly parishioners of the Catholic Church, he could only think of the worst possibility, even forgetting that he was the son of the Great Chief and that no one would dare to lay a finger on him. Father would not mind slaughtering the religious of the Bright Church House on the island, he would not even forgive his counselor and Maestre.
to see the strange look of Heikko the Maestre Jordian stopped smiling and cleared his throat seems to have understood where the misunderstanding of the boy was going, if Heikko accused him of something evil and evil like that then things would end badly for him.
'' aehm, stupid boy I do not know what you are thinking but what I want to get to is that I can say that a change occurred in you but you are still your ... a possessor would try to silence me in the act and finish with the witness, the people possessed by a demon, they rarely have the intelligence of a normal person and when they do they can not hide their demonic aura. "
When Heikko heard this, he sighed and under his guard a little bit even though he did not dare to trust the Maestre completely at this moment.
"I am a respectable Maestre and follower of the ancient order of the god of wisdom, you can trust my word that I will not reveal anything by the name of Nid the god of thunder if not, that he punishes me with his divine lightning! , now stop making stupid ideas in your head and listen ''
to see that the Maestre was annoyed by his bad guesses so much that even swear by the name of the god of thunder I try to forget that he doubted the preferences of the old man.
'' snort, dirty boy, ugh, I do not know what happened to you but I do not think it's demonic possession, rather ... maybe a divine gift, it's preferable that you keep it for yourself, blessings can generate envy and envy bloody quarrels ''
'' as you say, Maestre ''
Maestre Jordian looked sullen so Heikko could only respond in this way.
'' Get out of here, tomorrow I will triplicate the material you have to study as punishment for thinking things that are not, snort, do you think that this Maestre is like those libertines of the middle sea who did not even forgive their disciples? ''
'' ... ''
'' Get out of here! ''
to see that Heikko did not respond, the face of the Maestre Jordian turned even more cloudy, so he dismissed Heikko from the place with a loud cry, the kid really had made him angry, Heikko seeing this only managed to nod and run out of the place the faster he can.
'' snort, that kid ... did he do all that knowing that I was going to get angry? ... Although he is not possessed by a demon ... his Mental Energy is undoubtedly much better than before, let's see how he behaves, maybe he could inherit my role as Magi ..., haha! ''
Maestre Jordan laughed heartily because he had discovered that what was previously average mental energy, today was far superior even to some apprentices of official magicians!