King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 365 wants to walk to walk
sharpening an axe does not delay the work of chopping firewood. The head and shoulders were all rubbed, and the official information about Daenerys was also available. Igor found that the thoughts in his mind were much clearer.

He was in a dilemma before, entangled in whether to accept Melisandre's proposal, the main reason is that there are too many unknown factors - to sum up there are roughly three: 1. After the dramatic changes in the plot, it is not clear where Daenerys is, and it may go south After that, he will spend a lot of time looking for her, and waste a lot of time and energy for no reason; 2. Due to the slowness of information dissemination and the long distance, he is likely to encounter "arrive to King's Landing, but this place has been reduced to ashes by the three dragons of Daenerys. ” embarrassing situation, go on an errand for nothing, and return without success; 3. Others are likely to attack during his absence, and let his morale drop due to the absence of his Lord Commander. All preparations fall short.

And these three questions can actually be summed up in one key: he is worried that it will be too late.

Now, the first two problems are solved: Daenerys is mostly at Dragonstone, and because Stannis is well-armed, she probably won't attack King's Landing until she gets her footing. Then... Combined with Melisandre's determined attitude, Igor suddenly realized that the "instability factor" he hated the most had been reduced to a minimum. If he hesitated any more, he would be like a bitch.

You have to take the risk that you should take.
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"No!!!" Arya immediately objected strongly, "I finally come here, you... can't you wait for me to go and do other things!"

"If I can wait, I won't worry about it for a long time." Igor explained helplessly, "What do you think is a good place to give land now? You and your mother are here at the wrong time, so hurry up after finishing things. Back to Winterfell...it'll soon be crowded with refugees from all directions, and when the time comes you won't even have a place to sleep."

"You you you—" Arya was annoyed, Even the voice brought a grieved cry. She didn't understand Igor's kindness to want her to be safe, she could only see that the master wanted to drive oneself away in order to meet "another woman".

"Okay, okay, stay as long as you want, I'll be back with you as soon as possible." Igor also realized that something was wrong-oneself, as the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, was going south to meet the Dragon Queen It's a serious official decision and arrangement with King Stannis, why talk to Arya and create the illusion that you're talking to her? He quickly changed the subject: "Just now you and your mother...how was the conversation with Bran, did he agree to go home with you?"

Arya is still too shallow in cultivation, so Igor played tricks on it. Forgot what we were talking about, and jumped seamlessly to the new channel: "Uh - you don't mention I almost forgot, how did Bran get weird! Ask him what he did in the time he disappeared, Hodor and Summer And why is the boy from Reed's house gone...he doesn't talk about anything, he just says he can see everything now...he said a lot of things, I don't quite understand, in short, 'This Night's Watch I'm sure I don't know why my mother was persuaded..."

"So, is your younger brother sure to join Night's Watch?"

" Right..." Arya replied uncertainly, "Bran said there was something else he could only talk to mother about, let me come out first, and I'd run over here."

"Only with you. mother talk?"

Igor rereads it a little dazedly, and it's not surprising that Bran can convince Catelyn to allow him to join Night's Watch, after all the precedents and traditions are there, plus thousands of years of Accumulated experience and eloquence - even the oneself, the land-grant owner, followed the rhythm throughout the conversation with him... But he has something private to tell Catelyn that Arya can't hear, which is really strange.

While he was wondering, Igor suddenly felt a heavy weight on his shoulders - Arya was standing behind him pretending to rub his shoulders, but at this moment, his arms slipped forward to his chest at some point, and his body slumped.

Low - hugging his neck and lying on the back of his chair, her body almost pressed against his back, and her small head also rested on his left shoulder: "wet~rotten~"

When she heard that, she suddenly became With the sticky tone, Igor knew she must have something strange to ask.

"Don't be weird, just talk. Also—your jaw hurts my shoulder."

Arya pushed him feigningly, but stepped forward again He probed his head, and this time he was holding Igor's shoulder blades with his chin and neck. The girl's neck without an Adam's apple was soft, and she was not a man, but her little face was almost pressed against Igor's left cheek. .

"The idea you gave people was not reliable last time. I studied it carefully, and oneself came up with a good idea: I can join Night's Watch, why do I work so stupidly? ... and that idiot."

You too? Igor has a headache: "Didn't I tell you, Night's Watch doesn't accept female soldiers."

"But aren't you a Lord Commander, I've asked, you can make changes to the Night's Watch laws !"

Well, he came prepared, Igor was firm: "The law is this thing, if you change it for you alone, can it still be called a law?"

"Lion~Tiger~ Please~" Arya acted coquettishly, putting her weight on the man and pushing him to shake, rubbing her cheeks against his cheeks, and the heat was sprayed into his collar.

A good little girl, how can she turn into a weirdo when she disagrees? With the authentic soft girl Myrcella as a comparison in front, Arya's deliberate performance immediately gave people goosebumps. Igor is sitting upright - the two of them are in the current position, he can turn his head... Although he likes this little disc, he doesn't want to experience the kind of shit that only happens in light novels and Japanese comics, let alone. Take the relationship that way: House Stark's Second Young Lady, as pretty and lovable as it may be, is the type on his "need to hang in the face" list.

This kind of aristocratic lady can't be shaken off if you provoke her.

"Okay, I promise you, ask your mother at dinner tonight, if she agrees, I'll change the law immediately and accept you as the first female Night's Watch, okay?"

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"You, you, you... not with you!" Arya immediately slapped him - she was not shrewd at all in being carefree, but she wasn't stupid, so she couldn't understand that this was not agreeing, didn't she? .

"If you don't get along with me, don't get along with me, don't press my shoulders, you are very heavy."

Seeing that she can't act like a spoiled child, the girl immediately changed her tactics and let go of Igor neck. Sobbing, his tone suddenly became aggrieved: "Master - how do I feel, you don't care about me at all. In your eyes, am I just a tool that can provide inside information!"

Good Well, this trick is still a bit useful, Igor actually felt some guilt: "How come, you have always been the master's favorite and most proud of the discipline... But in this world, it's not who, you can do anything. as one pleases... OK! I promise, when the war is over, I will seriously think of a way for you, okay?"

Igor made a serious promise, but who would believe him this time? .

"Not good!"

Igor shrugged and tried to push the girl away: "Get up, a married woman with a Night's Watch attached to it, how decent."

It's okay not to say it, but the tone of grievance changed back to fierce: "You only have a husband and wife! Your whole family has a husband and wife, don't use that word to say me!"

Ha, this is the Arya he is familiar with, Igor relaxed: "But strictly speaking, a girl who has a marriage contract is a woman with a husband."

"You say that word again?!"

"A married woman." Igor without the slightest hesitation, "Bite me? Ouch - you really bite!"

for a moment Arya, who was still rubbing his face softly before, became embarrassed, exposing the nature of the little she-wolf, and turned her head and bit Igor's ear. Although it's not very painful, it's a bit of a change - the girl is still young and may not be able to tell the line between "normal intimacy with the master" and "fighting and cursing with a man", but Igor can I can't continue to make trouble with her indiscriminately.

"It's alright, don't play." Igor got up from his chair, turned to catch Arya who was trying to escape and lead him to chase, and dragged her to the door, "It's almost time. , come, let's go to the kitchen to see what you want to eat, and ask your mother at the dinner table later if he will let you be Night's Watch."

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After a while.

In the main dining room of Queenscrown's inner castle, the Night's Watch Legion Lord Commander led Queenscrown's top executives to meet Lady Stark from Winterfell and her "three sons and daughters" for dinner and dinner. Had a cordial and friendly conversation. Igor said that he wanted to help Arya and asked, "Can she be a Night's Watch?" Naturally, no one mentioned it... But Catelyn took the initiative to say: I want to continue to go north to the Wall, and as a member of House Stark, I would like to express my condolences to the front line in difficult circumstances. The front-line officers and soldiers defending the borders of the Seven Kingdoms, by the way, go to Nightfort to satisfy the wishes of the most devout Old Gods believers among the accompanying North soldiers who want to worship the legendary giant Heart Tree.

It's not a bad thing to be safe, it's just that Igor is a little weird, was this advice from Bran and Catelyn talking alone? But if that's the case, there's no need to avoid Arya.

Doubts are doubts, but he, as an outsider, can't go deep into the private chat between Catelyn and Bran's mother and son. After Igor agreed and arranged to cooperate immediately, he simply announced at the dinner table that oneself was about to go south by boat to King's Landing to ask King Stannis for help - not for anything else, just to see the reaction of Greenseer Bran: if he said No, Others are coming soon and you can't leave, so the plan must be cancelled if it's a sure thing, otherwise it's feasible.

Fortunately, Bran, who was sitting next to him, only nodded slightly to Igor after listening, and didn't say anything.

At the end of the lively dinner, Arya was dragged back to the room by her own mother, and Igor returned to the oneself residence after explaining the work to several subordinates. Walking on the hard and flat frozen ground of Queenscrown, he looked up at the sky and found that the weather tonight was rare: the moon was sparse and there were no clouds.

With a move in his heart, the direction of his feet changed, and he walked towards Melisandre's residence.

"What are you doing?" Red Woman was a little surprised by his visit, frowning to block the door, "Didn't you say that I can only find you, I can't do it today, I have to stay for tomorrow's trip. Some strength."

This is a little tacit understanding between the two - Melisandre is an assistant from the divide decree, not a lover raised by Igor, who can come with my call lingering . If she wants to sleep, she can—but when she can, she has to decide.

Of course, she got Igor wrong this time.

"Pack up, we'll set off immediately."

"Didn't you say you should think about it before, what's the nerve now?"

" Think about it. The weather is excellent tonight, and you can go now and get on the Dragonstone boat early in the morning - if the weather is still like this tomorrow night, at least two days early to go back early."

" It's only two days away!" Melisandre snort disdainfully, but after thinking about it, Child of Prophecy is so concerned about this war that every minute counts, and as an assistant... can she still slack off and pour cold water? She exhaled, also looked at the night sky, shook her head helplessly: "Okay, wait a moment."

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(End of this chapter)