The Ominous Lord of the Skaven

Chapter 70

The news that Ickert wanted to select Ratmen to join the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not spread, but even so, some speculative rats saw that the matter was not simple.

After breakfast this morning, the love education camp uncharacteristically did not conduct the drill immediately. Their leader, Genier, gave the order to rest in place annoyedly, and did not even ask to stand in line.

In addition, Genil also informed them that some rats might be called in a while, and they just need to obediently enter the small room in the cafeteria.

In order to restore his power, Genil tried his best to recommend some of his Ratmen to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the specific appointment needs to be checked by Ickert and Yarrow.

It is an unreliable thing to choose a reliable one among these ratmen. In addition, he needs to spare time for other work, so Ickert has prepared a set of streamlined interview process.

Ickert and Yarrow borrowed a back room in the cafeteria, put inkwells on the table, inserted quills, spread out parchment paper for recording, and put a plate of scraps for snacks. Bread and matching sauce, everything is ready.

Inside the door is Aris, who came to study and served as a guard by the way, and outside the door are Ikert's knight servant Geralt and Stormrat Sank from the battalion.

The rat Sank can be regarded as Genil's deputy. Since the rat man always distinguishes another rat by smell rather than appearance, such a rat man is needed to find the rat he wants for Eckert. .

After everything was ready, Ickert ordered a caravan boy to inform the troops.

"Mate Barov, you can inform them that they are ready."

"Okay, my lord."

Barov walked to the gate of the cafeteria and shouted "Ready!" to the outside.

When the rats heard this, they almost subconsciously thought that the cafeteria was open, and they were about to rush to the cafeteria. Fortunately, the clan rats reminded them of the fact that they had already eaten.

Afterwards, they learned how to gather for the first time, try their best to show their best "excellent" side, waiting for the "choice" that may come.

Although the rat people have different requirements for themselves, they still have this intention.

In the room, Ickert took out the parchment with the list on it. In addition to the letters written in ink, the list of ratmen also had red blood fingerprints corresponding to each name.

The blood fingerprints recorded the scent characteristics of each ratman, and this was what really matched the ratmen with their names.

Before the official start, Ickert planned to show Yarrow a rat man, so he randomly selected a rat.

"Thonker, you bring this mouse named Mrom here."

Ickert ordered, handing over the list for Sank to sniff.

After Sanke smelled it, he went out, and when he came back, he brought a mouse named Mrom.

"Very well, close the door, you can go out."

Stormrat carried out Ickert's order perfectly, and closed the wooden door tightly in silence.

There are only three people and one mouse left in the door.

Seeing this scene, Mrom panicked instantly.

The back room of the cafeteria was hardly bright, and the sun could only come in through the only small window in the room. At this time, there were three uneasy humans sitting in it, one of whom was wearing a sword.

Mrom was really freaked out.

I always feel like I'm being judged.

"Relax Mrom, we're not here to judge you."

Ickert said relaxedly, and his sitting posture gradually became more casual. He also picked up a piece of broken bread very friendly, handed it to Mrom and said:
"Do you eat bread?"

"No, no, no! Clan chief, what did I do wrong? I really dare not eat it!"

"Don't you dare?"

Seeing this, Eckert ate the bread himself instead.

"If you don't dare to eat, you don't have to eat."

After eating the bread, Ickert continued to say to the overwhelmed Mrom:
"Listen, Mrom, we'll ask you a few questions next, don't feel any pressure, just answer truthfully."

"Clan chief, I must know everything!"

"Well, the first question, what do you think of your Chief Genier, just relax and answer truthfully, the guys outside will not be able to hear you."

Ickert used the contract to hint, luring the Ratman to answer as truthfully as possible.

Mrom shuddered, but finally gave an answer.

"Although Chief Genil is not half as smart as Mrom, he can be regarded as a good mouse with some brains. He, a smart little guy, chose Mrom. Tsk tsk, Mrom chose to trust him for the time being."

"Oh?"

Although the Ratman's answer had a rather "tsundere" feel to it, Ickert was quite surprised to hear Genil's positive comments from him.

"Are you a pacesetter?"

"Yes, yes, clan chief, I am the pacesetter mouse nominated yesterday."

Ickert followed the nomination list of the pacesetter mouse, and found that Mrom's name was indeed there, and the ranking was second only to Targaryen.

"If I'm not mistaken, your Chief Genier nominated you to be the pacesetter, right?"

"Yes, the clan head is really good at predicting things!"

Mrom said happily, but didn't notice anything special about the conversation.

Seeing that the rat was so good at cooking, Ickert casually asked the questions he had prepared in advance, asking him roughly about his views on the same kind and life in the camp.

In the end, Ickert briefly asked how much he knew about the same team of ratmen and other teams of ratmen.

Judging from Mrom's answer, this is a Ratman who is more concerned about his surroundings. Compared with those selfish and low-key Ratmen, he will be more active in obtaining information.

"That's the end of the conversation, Mrom, as you can see, there is nothing to be nervous about, now you can return to the team, but please pay attention! Be very careful not to reveal the conversation between you and me, this is very important."

"Yesyes, Clan Chief, Mrom will never reveal even a single word!"

"Very well, let's go out."

Ickert shook his hand, sent the Ratman out of the small room, then summoned Geralt outside the door, and said to him:

"Go outside and have a look, what did the rat do, you need to hide."

"Yes, my lord."

As Geralt said, he walked to the window of the cafeteria and quietly stared at Mrom who went out.

Since Eckert didn't ask Genier to keep order, many rats came forward to ask Mrom, but Mrom didn't respond.

But Geralt still noticed that a mouse handed him some bread slices, and then several mice walked to the corner with their shoulders crossed, and whispered.

This situation was quickly reported to Ickert.

"My lord, this mouse is not as trustworthy as he boasted at all, his mouth is more open than the bitch in the village!"

Yarrow said angrily, these Ratmen are really doing one thing to the other, and they are much more proficient at playing than humans. They have already been able to trade food in just a short while.

Worst of all, the questions carefully prepared by Lord Ickert were leaked so easily!
Let it go like this, maybe one day there will be a big news!

(End of this chapter)