King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 361 Child of Prophecy  … we
House Stark someone is coming to Queenscrown to lead the child, this is What Igor had known for days before - that Bran had been missing and reappearing and that he wanted to join Night's Watch after the news was sent, and a reply from Winterfell greeted him, the Lord Commander, in advance. Robb Stark's troops were unable to arrive in time, so Lady Stark, who had not left Winterfell for a long time, went north in person to pick up the son of oneself, who had a secondary illness, to go home.

Due to the repair of the road from Winterfell to Queenscrown, the journey that used to take several days on horseback is now three to five days by carriage, so it can come so quickly.

Igor initially thought Melisandre was bored enough to use the Magic to detect such trivial intel, but later learned that it was discovered by Queenscrown patrolmen during their daily activities along the Kingsroad. It's just that oneself was in a meeting just now, and it wasn't an emergency military situation, so it was intercepted by Red Woman.

He simply adjusted his clothes, tidied up his appearance, and rushed to the square opposite the south gate of Queenscrown with a few people. Sure enough, he encountered a carriage escorted by North cavalry and was stopped by the guards. Outside the door, waiting for an announcement.

Igor quickly gave the order and dismounted to stand on the sidelines to greet Lady Stark in person.

Of course, I have to mention that North actually has two Lady Starks now: Eddard Stark's widow Catelyn Tully, and Robb Stark's pregnant wife Roslin Frey. Of course it's the former. Lady Catelyn stepped down from the carriage with the help of her servants. Compared with the first encounter a few years ago, she looked much older, but she looked in good spirits, after all—Bran disappeared for a long time and appeared alive, no matter how you look at it All good news.

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“Lord Commander, thank you for your time in finding my son, House Stark for causing so much trouble to Night's Watch, I’m so sorry! Where is he, Bran? , is it okay?"

"You're too polite, it's all right." It's impossible to say how much thought it took... well, in fact, it didn't cost at all. But child is a mother's heart, and Igor can understand Catelyn's eagerness to go straight to the topic, "He is in the room I arranged for him right now, and there is someone to take care of him. I will have someone take you to see him right away."

Igor called a guard and ordered him to take Lady Stark to see his son, but inside the carriage jumped down a girl who was familiar to many people but did not recognize at once. Looking closer, it was... No, it should be Arya.

This girl will come with her mother, Igor is not surprised - the House Stark Second Young Lady who regards Queenscrown as a oneself paradise is impossible to let go of this opportunity to rush to the north, and use the love of siblings To convince Bran to give up his plan to join Night's Watch is indeed a good move, and Catelyn has little reason to refuse.

I haven't seen each other for a few months, and the quantitative change called "growth" or "development" has finally accumulated into a qualitative change - the girl's current appearance can't help but sigh girls change eighteen times between childhood and womanhood: The height that was able to touch her head when she raised her hand has unconsciously reached 1.6 meters, which is about the same height as her mother; the fat that gradually accumulated on her cheeks turned her originally slender face into a seductive melon-seed shape ; And the brown hair that was hastily cut short when taking her out of King's Landing, after nearly two years, has finally grown back to a length that can identify her gender, and now I don't know who has been quite skillfully braided into a rather fancy hairstyle. , and also tied a high ponytail on the back of the head; with a clean, light gray coat and pants designed for ease of movement, it looks like a youthful Maiden.

It's good to be like this earlier, even if it's annoying to be pestered, it can make people more willing to change to a seductive look.

Thinking like this, he suppressed his annoyance and laughed at oneself, this cheap discipline, who wanted a girl but not fake color, with a passerby expression that didn't know him at all, and stood quietly after carriage. Beside the oneself mother... She is so familiar with the inner castle of Queenscrown that she even saved the curiosity to glanced around.

Igor is full of things to do, so how can I figure out what this little girl is thinking? Unwillingly, he turned around and continued to instruct the reception, but out of the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of another petite silhouette following Arya out of the carriage, and then turned around to recognize that it was Myrcella, or Miss Maeve Snow.

The battle is imminent, so Catelyn and Arya can come to see Bran, plus this Little Princess, three female relatives... Team up to make trouble for Night's Watch, what are you doing?
Fortunately, Sansa Stark and Rickon Stark did not continue to get out of the car - there is not even a single Stark left in Winterfell. Igor breathed a sigh of relief, didn't hide oneself's doubts and unease, looked at Catelyn, and waited for his explanation.

"The two sons of King Robert are here." Lady Catelyn understood, stepped closer and lowered her voice, "You arrange for Maeve to take a look from afar, of course, if possible. Let them meet in a remote and safe house, and don't let outsiders see - this girl talks all day, just let her come and put her heart back in her stomach."

Myrcella was able to Ask Catelyn to take her to see the two brothers? Igor was speechless, he could imagine: this Little Princess goes wherever, even Winterfell is loved. But even so, probably only the kind-hearted people like House Stark can do things that even the enemy's children take care of and even fulfill their wishes.

"Understood." Igor frowned, but after all, it was not an excessive request, and there was no reason to refuse. Let him leave and go to school to find the two little Princes in black clothed, "Lady, Others are leading the dead army to attack Gorge, Night's Watch has a lot of business to deal with, I can't accompany you in person. I will order the relevant people. Waiting for cooperation, you can rest assured to be active in Queenscrown, but it is best not to leave the inner castle..."

"I'm really bothering you, Lord Commander." Catelyn understands that at this juncture, he uses personal affairs to increase Night's Watch. The trivial mission is not appropriate, so I am quite polite and cooperative, "If you please, I will go and have a good talk with my son, and I will bring him back to Winterfell as soon as possible, so as not to increase the burden on Night's Watch."

"Wherever House Stark members are willing to join Night's Watch, it is our great honor." This is the truth, Igor didn't want to talk nonsense with him, he reached out and made a gesture of invitation, "Lady, please follow the brother in front of you. , if you have any other needs, just mention it, someone will take care of it.”

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House Stark and his party followed the guide and walked into the castle, Arya was white when passing Igor He glanced at him, snorted and then turned his head away, but Myrcella bowed slightly to greet him, she was as pretty as a Barbie doll, and she was well-behaved and sensible - it was hard not to love her, no wonder Catelyn was willing to satisfy her little wish.

Igor quickly sorted out a bunch of miscellaneous thoughts, confirmed that there was no major negligence and negligence, and handed over the reception of the Stark family to the mayor of Queenscrown, and hurried back to the oneself office to deal with it. More important business.

Melisandre was waiting for him in the house.

Igor threw his coat on the hanger and sat down in the chair with a dignified expression: "As someone expected, Others really wanted to start destroying the Weirwood forest. Wait for the sea of ghouls to destroy this forest. After cutting down, we successfully created a passage for Cold God's power to pass through the Magic barrier across the east and west. At that time, it must be the moment when Others officially launched a general attack south, and we still have a few days at most to make more preparations , Red God, as the most loyal believer of R'hllor, are you the only one to help me? What about the promised donations and more personnel?"

"This is what I want to talk to you about ." Melisandre always has that unhurried and indifferent expression, "Most priests, including High Priest Benerro, believe that Daenerys Targaryen is the Prince that was Promised. Volantis Highest Red Temple has secretly arranged a lot of people. and resources, but they all converge on Mother of Dragons to help her counterattack Westeros...Unfortunately, she is dilly-dallying and didn't return to Seven Kingdoms until recently, and has no plans to go north to support Night's Watch."

"It turns out that even the priests of the Lord of Light have a completely different interpretation of the prophecy - and Meryl, you are still a stubborn loner?" Igor teased casually, but immediately became a shivered , "Wait, what did you say. Daenerys · Targaryen has returned to Westeros!? Where did the news come from, is it reliable?"

"Don't worry, it's not the Raven who intercepted Queenscrown, but from you can't Channels of understanding and mastery." Melisandre glanced at him, "I felt the arrival of other priests, and the Lord of Light was in flames reminding me that Daenerys' armies and dragons were powerful foreign aids we had to enlist. I'm ready to take time out. Go meet Mother of Dragons and try to convince her to go north to fight death - I think you should come along. Legendary adventurer from Sunset Sea, Others killer, man who built the Night's Watch industry out of thin air, Night's Watch Legion Lord Commander , the uncrowned king of land grants...Dragon Queen has just landed at the moment when the public support of celebrities like you is most needed, and your visit will make my advice obvious. Must be sincere. "

"I don't need her army, the dragon's words..." The random help of an army that has not been trained to fight the dead can only add to the chaos. As a flying flamethrower, if the dragon can come Helping is a good thing, but Igor didn't forget that Night King has the ability to slay dragons and turn them into oneself mounts, "Where did she land and attack King's Landing? "

"How do I know, it's a huge price to pay to see the detailed details from the flames, and no one in the world can do that." I'm going to Eastwatch tomorrow and sailing south to visit Daenerys, are you coming? "

"What a joke, the ghouls have already appeared in the north of Gorge. At this time, if I leave the land grant, it will be considered to be escaping from the battle, which will seriously affect the morale!" "

"You're just chopping down trees, and you're freaking out the Child of Prophecy?" "Melisandre chuckled and sneered back, "Besides, is the morale worth the three dragons and Unsullied? If you are really worried, just go and return quickly. Don't worry, I can feel it - the power of Cold God is still growing, and it is far from being the strongest. What's more, it would take a few days to cut down such a big forest. Even if the Weirwood forest was gone, Wall would still be there. The power of the heresy that was hoarding beyond the wall was enormous. Take some time. The enemy has waited for years and will not care about waiting this moment. "

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In other words, the decisive battle will not break out immediately as oneself thinks? Igor listened, but did not dare to be careless - he did not forget: What Melisandre said is only her personal judgment, and she is not a god, so mistakes can occur.

Red Woman continues to analyze interests from all angles, uses her words skillfully, and in short, tries to persuade Igor to go with her , the man took it all without retorting, but he was not convinced in the end. At this moment, there was a light knock on the door, and the guard pushed through a gap and probed in: "Sir, there is a man named Maeve. girl looking for you. "

"Hoo, here comes another little admirer." Melisandre didn't care about Igor's caution, feeling a little unhappy that she wasted a lot of time, turned around and walked towards the door with a bad expression, "If you want to think about it, then think about it." But remember, make a decision early, and I won't delay it for you. "

Igor shrugged indifferently, nodded said he heard it, and responded to the guard's inquiry by the way: "Let her in." ”

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(end of this chapter)