Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 334 You're Unworthy

Melisandre felt a palpitation, and when she lowered her head, she found that the ruby ​​on her chest began to shine again.

This kind of thing has never happened before. In her very long years, this gem never shone brightly when she did not borrow strength from the Lord, and it would not be as hot as it is now.

But in the recent period, this stone always lights up from time to time, as if the power of the Lord of Light has suddenly soared to a level that he himself cannot control.

But Melisandre couldn't help but think of the words of Lord Lorraine of Harrenhal (player). He swore to her that as long as she helped Stannis pray to the Lord of Light, the Lord of Light could bring Stan down. Nice to bring back to earth.

At that time, Melisandre herself had no better choice, so she followed Earl Lorraine's advice. Unfortunately, she prayed for Stannis for seven days and seven nights, but she couldn't see the king's corpse and open her eyes again.

But why?This question has plagued Melisandre to this day.

Obviously Stannis is the reincarnation of Azor Ahai, obviously he is the fighter chosen by the Lord of Light, why is the Lord of Light unwilling to resurrect him?

Stannis is dead, who can stand up against the darkness and end the coming long night?
Bang bang bang. A sudden knock on the door interrupted Melisandre's thinking.

Melisandre put the hot gem into the red robe and hung it on her chest close to her skin. After confirming that the thick red robe blocked the light from the gem, she got up and opened the door.

"Ms. Melisandre, the Queen's coronation ceremony is about to begin. Count Lorraine invites you to attend." The visitor is a newly promoted Kingsguard.

"I won't go." Melisandre directly refused, without much explanation, and closed the door again.

After Lord Lorraine realized that Melisandre could not resurrect Stannis, he immediately led his troops back to King's Landing, and united with Stannis's wife's natal family to support Stannis' only daughter, Shireen, who was only nine years old. ·Baratheon I is the new queen of the Seven Kingdoms.

Although Melisandre returned to King's Landing with Lorraine, she was completely uninterested in supporting Shireen.

She once supported Stannis because Stannis was the fighter chosen by the Lord of Light, and she wanted the entire Westeros to unite under Stannis in the holy war of life and death.

Now that Stannis is dead, and the Lord of Light refuses to resurrect him, it means that she may have misunderstood the vision of the Lord of Light, and Stannis is not the real reincarnation of Azor Ahai.

Then why is she still supporting that little girl?

Power struggles between mortals have no interest in her at all.

The reason why Melisandre remained in the Red Castle until now was entirely because she was still in a daze, not thinking about what to do next.

After seeing off the Kingsguard, Melisandre took out the ruby ​​from her chest again and came to the brazier in the center of the room.

This room was specially selected by Laurent for Melisandre. The interior space is large enough to place a sacrificial brazier.

"We mortals live and die alone, at a loss, wandering in the valley; fortunately, our compatriots gather and walk together, fortunately, there is Allah, who rewards me." Melisandre sang the prayer in a low voice, and she wanted to try again. Once, "Lord of Light! Heart of Holy Flame! One and Only God! Hear the prayer of your most devout servant and show me the way ahead."

This time, Melisandre's prayers seemed to work.

The ruby ​​on her chest instantly became countless times brighter than before, and the temperature also became countless times hotter, so that the red robe on her body was ignited.

The flames on Melisandre's body and the flames in the brazier in front of her quickly collided and intertwined, enveloping her whole body inside.

A new illusion appeared, more clear than ever before.

The black wall, the Great Red Temple, the giant deep-water port, and the long bridge. The iconic buildings in the phantom emerged one after another.

"Volantis?" Melisandre clenched her fists and whispered the name of the city in the illusion, "Do you want me to go to Volantis? So I.. did it wrong in the first place?" ? The hope of saving this world is not in Westeros, but in Essos?"

Just as she was thinking, a new illusion suddenly appeared in front of her eyes.

"That is."

Sir Balon Swann outside the door was rejected by the red-robed woman in this way. He was stunned for a moment, and then hurried to find Earl Lorraine to return to his life.

Ser Balon Swann was the second son of Gurion Swann, Lord of Stonehelm, and one of the new Seven Iron Guards.

In the "Battle of the Fall of Two Kings", more than half of the Kingsguard under Stannis died in battle, and the remaining captain, "Barristan the Fearless", was also captured by the Lannister family.After Earl Lorraine took control of King's Landing and supported Queen Shireen on the throne, he immediately selected a new batch of iron guards for her.

The six iron guards selected were from the great noble families of the riverland, the valley, the stormland and the kingdom. As for the captain of the kingsguard, because the Lannister family did not execute Barristan Selmy Because of the reason, Lorraine still left this position to the old captain who had served three kings.

Baron knew very well that these were Earl Lorraine's means to win over the new Queen Shirene.

Although Sir Baron looked down on the upstart who took over Harrenhal, at the same time he admired Earl Lorraine's sense of honor and ability.

Originally, Queen Shireen and Queen Mother Selyse Florent wanted to appoint Lorraine as Hand of the Queen, but Earl Lorraine rejected their proposal.He only agreed to temporarily act as the Queen's Hand, and persuaded the Queen Mother to write a letter to Winterfell in the Queen's name, inviting Duke Ed Stark to go south to serve as the new Queen's Hand and Regent, guarding the entire territory.

Balon believed that Eddard Stark would go south, after all, Duke Eddard's reputation was well known all over the world.The affair between Cersei and Jaime Lannister was revealed at Winterfell, and Duke Eddard was there when Robert announced that Joffrey, Tommen and Myrcella were illegitimate children.

Now Casterly Rock City and Highgarden have joined forces to overthrow Robert's conclusion of an illegitimate daughter under the rumor that Joffrey and Tommen have been killed by wildlings, and announce that they will support Myrcella Baratheon I as queen. It must not be recognized by Duke Ed.

What's more, as Robert's best friend, Ed Stark, who has put down the rebellion of the savages on the Great Wall, is absolutely impossible to sit back and watch the rebels of Lannister and Tyrell wipe out the last blood of the Baratheon family.

At the same time, the Earl of Lorraine also sent Petyr Beric, the Minister of Finance, to the Valley to win the loyalty of Lady Lysa Arryn from the Eyrie City to Queen Shirin. You must know that the widow of Lord Jon Arryn has been After returning to the valley, she blocked the blood gate. Whether it was King Robert's crusade against Tywin or the battle for the throne of the Stannis brothers, she remained neutral.

This time Lady Lysa assembled an army of [-] to King King's Landing, which was definitely a surprise for Shireen Baratheon.

Balon Swann didn't know the secrets between Littlefinger and Lady Lysa, let alone the secret deal between Earl Lorraine and Littlefinger. He, like most other bystanders, believed that the North and the Valley could stand in hope. Queen Lin's side is entirely due to Earl Lorraine.

With the addition of the North and the Valley, plus the Stormlands and the Riverlands that had to stand on Shireen's side-since both Stannis and Renly were killed in the previous Battle of the Two Kings, Xilin Lin Baratheon, as the only remaining legal heir of the Deer family, was the only choice for the nobles of the Stormlands no matter how much trouble had occurred between the two sides before.The aristocrats in Hejian wanted to avenge Lannister for burning most of the Three Rivers Valley. No matter who wanted to fight Lannister, they would join them.

In short, Queen Shireen now has the support of the four major kingdoms and royal territories, and gained a great advantage in the fight against Myrcella, thanks to Earl Lorraine.Therefore, most of the nobles in the Stormland and the Riverland in King's Landing recognized Lorraine's ability and status, and were willing to serve him.

Just as Balon Swan was thinking, he had already walked up to Earl Lorraine.

"My lord, Ms. Melisandre refuses to attend the Queen's coronation ceremony." Melisandre didn't give Balon Sven a good face, and he naturally didn't make her words more tactful.

Besides, Baron was relieved that the red-robed woman did not attend the ceremony.

Although many people around the Earl of Lorraine and the Queen are members of the Queen's Party. Especially those survivors in the Battle of the Fall of the Two Kings, they instantly killed dozens of well-known After the knight, he was even more awed and yearned for R'hllor's power.

But Westeros is Westeros of the Seven Gods after all. Every knight must go to the church to watch the night on the night of conferring, and must also apply holy oil.

There are too many devout believers of the Seven Gods among the nobles who came to attend the Queen's coronation ceremony today. If the woman in red robe is allowed to participate, some conflicts will inevitably arise.Now that the woman is not here, Balon thinks she is interesting.

Unexpectedly, after Sir Baron finished speaking, Earl Lorraine frowned deeply.

"I'll go and have a look." Lorraine whispered to Sir Balon, and then walked quickly to Melisandre's room.

Sir Balon frowned, and followed quickly.

Earl Lorraine noticed that he was following him, but he didn't care. Anyway, it's no secret that he is a "believer" of the Red God.He knew that as long as he was not like Melisandre or the former leader of the Queen's party, Alister Florent, who did not crazily force other nobles to convert, those people would not have much hostility towards him.

After Stannis' death, the identity of the Red God believer and member of the Queen's Party is actually not so popular, and this identity will instead become a burden when he wins over other Westeros nobles.

There are two main reasons why Lorraine still insists on being a follower of the Red God.

First, repeatedly jumping between different religions will make you appear weak-willed, even like a villain who sits on the fence.

Second, he really wanted to eat the benefits of 'Red God' in his heart.There is no need for others to tell him how powerful Melisandre's power is. With Martin, the author of the original book, personally guaranteeing that the gods of this world will never really appear, Lorraine doesn't mind serving the Red God at all.

Anyway, R'hllor won't come in person, so this world is his own. I have to say that he and Ian have thought about it together.

Therefore, although Melisandre had been indifferent to Lorraine after failing to resurrect Stannis, he still offered Melisandre a good confession.

Lorraine was actually not in a hurry, anyway, the long night was always coming, and Melisandre always wanted to find a fighter for the Lord of Light.

Stannis is dead, and if the news from the North is correct, so is Jon Snow.Daenerys is far away in Slaver's Bay. According to Lorraine's information, those players who support Daenerys have no plans to go on an expedition to Westeros, but the city that occupied Slaver's Bay is busy fighting the horse king. Look at the rhythm of farming in the slave bay enclosure.

Farming is something that can’t be grown for a few years. Lorraine doesn’t think they will come to Westeros before the long night. If it were him, he wouldn’t run before the long night. Come join the fun in Westeros.

Westeros is the main battlefield where the Night King invaded. No matter which player encounters the Night King first, even if he wins, it will definitely be a pain in the neck. Wouldn't it be better to let other players fight against the thunder first?

Therefore, Lorraine firmly believes that as long as he can integrate the power of Westeros within three to four years, Melisandre will have to choose himself as the new fighter of the Lord of Light.

After he defeats the Night King and the ancient cold god, what qualifications do those players hiding in Essos have to fight with him?
Lorraine was still engrossed in the bright future he had sketched out. As soon as he walked to the door of Melisandre's room, he found that Melisandre was about to go out.

"Have you changed your mind and decided to attend Queen Shireen's coronation ceremony?" In fact, Lorraine, like Sir Baron, didn't want Melisandre to attend the coronation ceremony that much, but he was more worried if If Lin loses interest, she may leave King's Landing early, and then she will lose the advantage of being close to the water.

"I'm leaving." Melisandre replied after looking at Lorraine.

"What did you say?" Lorraine thumped in his heart, worried about what would happen, "Why did you leave?"

"I found out that I made some mistakes before, and now I have to correct them." Melisandre didn't stop, and continued to walk forward.

What kind of explanation is this?Lorraine was inexplicably irritable, but he also knew in his heart that Melisandre did not intend to explain to himself.

"Can you be more clear?" He forced himself to smile.

Melisandre looked back at Lorraine, but did not answer him.

"I mean" Lorraine's throat was a little dry. He knew that he had to keep Melisandre, so he couldn't help becoming anxious, "The former king Stannis has fallen, but in this holy war of life and death , my lord must need a fighter." He took a deep breath, and then expressed his intentions, "What do you think of me? I will help you integrate this country and unite everyone to fight against the cold god Go, I hope to gain the power of the Lord of Light."

"You?" Melisandre finally answered, and looked Lorraine up and down.

"Yes, me." Lorraine raised his head.

"You don't deserve it." After leaving these words, Melisandre turned her head and left.

Lorraine clenched his fists instantly, and the veins on his forehead popped.

You are not worthy...you are not worthy...the three words that Melisandre uttered echoed in his mind countless times in an instant.

Lorraine seemed to be strangled by a hand, and almost couldn't lift it up in a breath of anger.When he came to his senses, Melisandre had already gone far.

Seeing the back of the red-robed woman disappearing around the corner, Lorraine turned sullenly and turned to his NPC guards and ordered: "Don't let her leave King's Landing alive."

(End of this chapter)