Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 46 The Black Falcon Mercenary Camp

As night falls, the crescent moon rises.

Under the cold moonlight, Sir Harrison's estate was rarely closed.

There are six guards at the gate of the manor, they are fully armed and ready to fight.

'Adopted son' Dorian stepped forward and easily let the guards go, and Ian and others followed him through the gate of the manor.

After crossing the brightly lit mercenary barracks in the manor, they came straight to Sir Harrison's castle.

People who see medieval knightly castles for the first time are often disappointed by them, and Ian is no exception.

Although I was mentally prepared for the family situation of ordinary property knights, when Ian, who had only seen castles in film and television works or famous scenic spots in Europe, really saw this small and lovely 'castle' in Sir Harrison's estate , he still couldn't help laughing.

There was such a story in the original book, when "Fire Kiss" Ygritte pointed to a mill and asked Jon Snow if it was a castle when he came to the south of the Great Wall for the first time, Snow told her it was just a mill, and The castle is much bigger.

Ian couldn't help wondering if Snow would still tell Firekiss that it was a big mill if they had seen Sir Harrison's castle.

"Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, sir." Dorian whispered to Ian.

"Let's go in." Ian raised his chin and motioned for Dorian to call the door.

Dorian patted his horse and took two steps forward, and the sharp-eyed castle guards recognized him immediately.

"Oh, little Dorian, why did you come back now? Deputy Captain Kelvin has been here for almost 3 hours, and he is talking with Sir Harrison inside now." He took the reins, and then called another young guard to help lead the horse.

"My adoptive father is dead." Dorian said in a low voice. In front of this old guard who had watched him grow up, he suddenly wanted to cry, but he knew in his heart that this was not the time.

He came back to compete for the position of grand master.

If he cried here, even if he later became the new 'Black Falcon' with the financial support of the Lannister family, I'm afraid he would become a joke in the eyes of these mercenaries.

"The deputy head and the others have brought back this news." The old guard looked at Dorian who was holding back tears, and didn't know how to comfort him for a while.

"It's okay, Uncle Carey, I'm okay." Dorian offered him a smile, "I will avenge my adoptive father with my own hands," he said loudly as if declaring, "I will be New 'Black Falcon'!"

"Oh, Dorian!" Even the old guard shook his head, obviously surprised by Dorian's overreach.

"Go in and report first," Dorian said, pointing to Ian behind him, "this is Sir Lucian Lannister, he is my friend, and now he hopes to see Harrison Jazz and Lame" he paused at this point, not finishing the unfriendly nickname, "and Uncle Kelvin."

"The knight of the Lannister family?" The old guard glanced at Ian, nodded, then turned around and walked into the castle.

Ian and the others waited outside the castle for a long time, but they never waited for the old guard to come out.

"It's too slow," Dorian couldn't help complaining. "Usually this kind of briefing doesn't take more than 2 minutes! It must be that Sir Harrison doesn't want to see me!"

"Is it possible that Sir Harrison and Lame are discussing something important and don't want to be disturbed now?" Sir Granson also interjected.

"If that's the case, the old guard should at least come out, right?" Ian shook his head and denied the two's thoughts. If they were having some conversation, why did they leave the guard who informed them?
"Dorian, how about I come in and take a look for you?" Another guard asked quickly when he saw this.

"Go." Dorian held back his anger and nodded.

"Sir Lucian," Rolle, who had been silent all the way, suddenly took two steps forward on his horse and came to Ian's side, "I just saw a head flash past the window on the second floor, although it was only for a moment, but it should be Watching us."

This gave Ian a very bad premonition, because he suddenly remembered an old problem - the Black Falcon Mercenary Group never appeared in the original book.

If the reason why the former head of Black Falcon didn't show up was because he had died in the Crossroads Inn ahead of time, then why didn't the newly elected head of the mercenary group and the mercenary group itself not show up?

Is it possible that in the timeline of the original book, the new 'Black Falcon' was not selected at all, and the mercenary group directly disbanded due to infighting?

"Dorian, Sir Lucian," the second guard who entered the door came out soon, his expression was unnatural, "Sir Harrison and Deputy Captain Kelvin are discussing important matters now, and It's very late now, and they hope to formally meet with you tomorrow." The last words of the guard were to Ian, "Let me take you to the guest room to rest, please?"

"Arrogance! This is Lu." Dorian was about to scare the guards by pulling the tiger skin of 'Sir Lucian', but was interrupted by Ian.

"According to Sir Harrison's arrangement, I happen to be a little tired. It is indeed a good idea to talk about it tomorrow."

"This way please, sir," the guard obviously breathed a sigh of relief, "Sir Harrison's castle is too small and doesn't have many rooms, but we have good guest rooms in the backyard."

"Don't bother," Ian raised his chin and pointed at Dorian, "he knows the way, right?"

"Ah? Yes, yes, sir." The guard nodded quickly.

"Oh, of course, Sir Lucian, I'll take you there myself." Although Dorian is not very smart, he is not stupid either. This one is not aimless.

After bypassing Sir Harrison's castle, Ian and the others came to the backyard.

Unlike the brightly lit camp in the front yard, the backyard, where only important guests would usually set foot, looked extraordinarily cold tonight, without even a single guard.

"You said before that you can make sure that the two mercenary captains are on your side," Ian asked Dorian in a low voice after looking around to make sure no one followed, "They are in this manor now in?"

"Yes, they are all mercenary teams operating in the base camp, so I can have a good relationship with them." Dorian was a little puzzled why Ian asked this.

"Find them, no, take us to them."

"Aren't you going to convince Sir Harrison and Lame directly? Why do you want them?"

"I'm worried that Lame and Sir Harrison may be the only one left." Ian sneered and asked, "Who is the old guard who just went in to report?"

"My father's. Now it should be regarded as lame or mine." Hearing Ian's suddenly stern tone, Dorian was surprised, and also began to realize that something big happened in Sir Harrison's castle just now.

"And what about the second guard that went in?"

"That's Harrison's cronies."

"There are mice." Luo Er suddenly said, interrupting the conversation between the two of Ian.

(End of this chapter)