Arya Stark stood in the gateway, her expression not calm.

She's looking for Bran Stark and his party, but Bran Stark comes to the Black and White Courtyard.

This suggests that Bran, as a prophet, may have known that Arya was looking for him.

The Black and White House is very famous in Braavos.

Arya stood at the gate of the Black and White Courtyard as a faceless one, and no one dared to rush up even the twelve swordsmen of the Sea King.

Arya stands in the way of Bran and the others.

The two sand snakes are Trenee Shad and Sarela Shad . Trenee is proficient in poisons, especially all kinds of poisonous snakes, and Sarala is intelligent and looks like a bachelor. The two women are beautiful and ruthless, and their eyes are empty, but they are in the Black and White Courtyard, and they also know that this is not anywhere else, and the two women who have always liked to shoot are silent.

James, Luce Burton, and Rams Burton were similarly silent.

From the Prophet's mouth, they already knew that Arya Stark was a Faceless One.

But they also know that both the Prophet and Arya are Starks.

This can be seen as a household matter for the two siblings. Before Bran gave the order, Jaime and the others were all calm.

"Arya!" Bran said lightly from his wheelchair.

The bridge of Bran's nose looks taller and straighter, and the contours of his face are much more three-dimensional, more contoured and more mature than Bran, the 'child' in Arya's heart.

Bran's body is not weak. If it weren't for his lameness, he would have been a handsome and strong teenager who was taller than the average person.

"Bran!" Arya's voice was surprised.

"How many years have we not seen each other?" Bran's usual nonchalant gaze focused on Arya's face somewhere in the air.

"It's been four years!"

"I've been thinking about you. Bran said this as indifferently as a breeze. He was like a cyborg who had lost his human sensibilities.

"Me too. ”

Arya walked over to Bran, and Aquaman's twelve musketeers glanced at each other, but they stood still and didn't step forward.

Bran gestured for everyone not to stand in the way and let Arya come over.

Arya walked up to Bran's wheelchair, knelt down on one knee, spread her arms, and hugged Bran in her arms.

"Bran, you should be in Winterfell. Arya whispered, "You need the fires of Winterfell and the care of your family. ”

"Arya, I'm not the Bran I used to be. Bran didn't hug Arya. Arya is excited to see her loved ones, while Bran is an iceberg.

"Bran, whatever you've been through, let's face it together, maybe it's time for you to go back to Winterfell, it's time. Arya's eyes flickered.

"I'll go back. ”

"When do you plan to do it?"

"It won't be long. ”

Arya let go of Bran, stood up, and took two steps back.

"Bran, I'm going to talk to you alone. "Arya said I want, not I want, not a request for me. Her words were coercive.

"Arya, I'm afraid I don't have time. I'm here to see where my commission has come, and I'm sorry I wasn't able to meet with any of the Seven Elders. ”

Arya chuckled in her heart, the Seven Great Elders refused to see Bran, which was an unlikely thing in the Black and White Courtyard. But what exactly is going on, Arya will ask the elders.

"Bran, you haven't been able to meet our elders, I don't know why, but if there's anything you need my help with, can you just tell me?"

"Arya, the task I entrusted to the Black and White House is to kill the Magic Mountain on the continent of Westeros. ”

"Okay, I'll help you. Arya said, "I'm a disciple of the Black and White Academy, and I can apply to participate in this project. If you still want to see our elders, I'll go in and let you know. Before I do, though, I'm going to show you my room and the place where I was trained, and I'm going to talk to you alone. ”

"Arya, if you have anything to say here. ”

"No, I'm going to talk to you alone. ”

Jaime said, "Arya, Prophet Bran and we still have important matters to deal with, and whatever you want to say to Prophet Bran, just say it here." ”

"Jaime, Bran, what more important thing could you do than want to kill the Magic Mountain?" Arya glared at Jaime, "Bran, you just told me that you are not the same Bran you used to be. After all, more than four years have passed, and I am not the same Arya as before. None of us are the same as we were four years ago, so I'm going to make sure you are still a Stark?"

"I am!" Bran Stark replied without hesitation, as if instinctively. He's a Stark, and his attitude and tone are a matter of course.

Arya has always believed that no matter how Bran Stark changes, there is still a part of the Stark family. Bran's answer confirmed Arya's supervisor's judgment. Her heart was relieved, and she nodded, "Bran, you're Stark, and so am I, that's why we need to sit down and talk alone." Arya walked up to push Bran's wheelchair as she spoke, but Rams Burton pulled Bran's wheelchair behind him at the right time, and he stood in front of Arya.

Luce Burton, Trené Shad, Sarala Shad, and the twelve Aquaman swordsmen stepped forward together, adjusted their formation, and pressed their hands on the hilt of their swords.

Arya stood still, her hand pressed on the hilt of her sword, "Bran, I'm Arya, your sister, either stay and talk to me, or affirm to me that you're no longer Stark." As long as you're no longer a Stark, I'll let you go, but if you consider yourself a Stark, you must stay today. Anyone who stops me from talking to my brother will be merciless by my sword. Bran, tell me clearly, you're still not a Stark?"

"I'm a Stark. Bran said lightly.

"Very good!" Arya slowly drew out the narrow sword, pulled out her back with her chest, put her left hand behind her waist, and straightened the narrow sword in her right hand, and pointed at Luce Bolton: "Luce Bolton, stand back, or be killed." ”

Footsteps sounded, the gate inside the black and white courtyard opened, and the Faceless ones rushed out, all with unkind faces, all carrying narrow swords. The monks also appeared, their eyes as cold as death, and their hands full of short sticks.

The Faceless One surrounded Bran and the others as if it were just an instant.

Xiao Mei, who was training with Arya, came to Arya's side and whispered, "Arya, the seven elders have all served the Red God. "The god of death and the god of a thousand faces enshrined in the black and white courtyard are the two sides of the red god. In the event of death and assassination, the elders and faceless ones, as well as the monks of the Black and White Temple, would name the red god instead of the god of death or the god of a thousand faces. When the Faceless assassinates someone and takes their life, they say one thing: in the name of the Red God. The Faceless One kills a person and spares a damned person, and when they say their prayers, they do so in the name of the Red God.

Little Charm's words shocked Arya's heart.

Her originally peaceful gaze suddenly changed, and her expression also changed in an instant, like a sword unsheathed, sharp and sharp.

"The service of the Seven Great Elders is very strange. They stopped breathing when they went to meditate in the ashram after getting the dragon crystal candle. ”

"Meditation in the Quiet Room?"

"Yes, the Ashram meditation was meant to awaken the sleeping magical powers. ”

Arya's gaze slipped through the cracks and landed on Bran's face, who was also looking at her, as calm as ever.

Arya's heart sounded with the words that the magic mountain warned her: Arya, you must be careful, Bran is no longer Bran, but blood Brindon Hewen, in terms of predicting the future, seeing the past, and controlling the present, he is almost equivalent to a demigod.

Arya said, "Bran, are you afraid of me?"

"Arya, I've never been afraid of anyone. ”

"Arya!" a grim voice sounded at the gate of the second way, "Get out of the way and let them go." Prophet Bran is our guest. ”

The senior sister named Long Face by Arya came out. She had no weapons at her waist and her hands empty. In the absence of Jakun Hegar and the Seven Elders, Senior Sister is the most qualified and highest-ranking person here. She is the senior sister of Arya and the others, which is equivalent to the master's seniority.

Arya said, "Senior sister, Bran is my own brother, and I want to talk to him. ”

"Then put away your sword and speak. ”

"There are some things that I can only say to him alone. ”

"Arya, you are a faceless being, you have long since lost your family and clan, and you have no country of your own, Bran has long been related to you the moment you entered the Black and White Courtyard, and the Stark family has nothing to do with you. Put down your sword, go back to the dark room and think, and I won't punish you. ”

"Senior sister, apart from the elder and senior brother, you have no right to order me to go to the dark room. ”

"What did you say?" Senior Sister's voice suddenly became cold. She walked slowly towards Arya, "Arya, you say I don't have the right to put you in the dark room?"

"I'm going to see the elders first. Arya insisted. She already knew from Xiao Mei's mouth that the Seventh Elder had died strangely, and she had to go and see what was going on first, to find out the cause of the Elder's sudden death. Who could kill the Seven Elders while they were all in the ashram but the elders themselves?

No one in the world can kill seven elders in seven different ashrams at the same time, unless that person is a god.

God never appeared in the world, but now there is a god in the black and white courtyard, a prophet, a green prophet who is revered as a demigod by people.

The senior sister came to Arya, stood still, and put her hands behind her back: "You guys, take down Arya, and put her in the water house." "According to the teachings, these faceless beings are nameless, and in front of outsiders, the senior sister refuses to call the faceless ones by their current names, which is taboo.

Locked in a dark room, that's a thought, locked in a water house, that's punishment.

The water house is in the dark basement, the black water is cold and biting, no matter who it is, it can't resist the cold invasion, and after more than a day, people will lose their lives. In just one hour, it will be unbearable, and the cold will be like a small ant, burrowing into the human body from the skin to bite out.

Several people came out of the Faceless One, and they put away their narrow swords, and one of them said, "Arya, I'm sorry. ”

Arya dared to contradict her sister and say something very out of line, but these faceless ones wouldn't. There is only one person who can still call himself Arya in front of everyone.

Arya's outrage is also a special case in the Black and White Courtyard.

Arya can't draw a sword against her own people.

Her narrow sword was in its sheath, and her gaze touched that of a calm and waveless Bran, and she could sense that Bran had foreseen this scene a long time ago. Bran knew she couldn't speak to him alone, and Arya didn't see the slightest fear in Bran's eyes, or any of the other family members' concerns.

"Xiaomei, you take me to the water house. Arya said.

Xiao Mei nodded, and the rest of the Faceless ones all stepped back.

Little Charm escorted Arya inside.

"Arya, untie your sword. Senior Sister's voice said coldly.

Arya stood still, unslashed her sword, and Charm took it. A hand suddenly reached out and took Arya's 'Lady of Silence'.

The senior sister came over silently, and the empty lady came to her hand.

The eyes of all the faceless and the monks fell on Arya and Senior Sister, their feelings were on Arya's side, and their reason was on Senior Sister's side.

No one stood up to say a word for Arya, and the eight brothers who were training with Arya were silent.

Arya was escorted into the inner room by the charm, and they lost their sights after passing through the second gate, and soon, even the sound of footsteps disappeared completely.

"Prophet Bran, I am deeply sorry for Arya's offense. Senior Sister said to Bran. But the tone is cold, and the eyes are even colder. Although she punished Arya severely, she did not have a good impression of Bran and his party. Senior sister is on business.

Bran's gaze stayed on Senior Sister's face for a moment, and he didn't respond to her apology: "Let's go." Bran said lightly.

So, Rams Burton pushed the wheelchair and the group walked out of the gate of the Black and White Courtyard.

*

In the deep basement of the Black and White Courtyard, in front of the entrance to a black hole in the water house, when Xiao Mei opened the black cover, a cold air stabbed up like a knife, causing both Arya and Xiao Mei to shudder.

"Don't lock me in. Arya said, "I can't go in." "Arya studied under Melisandre and the Great Wise of the Fire Warlock Guild, and she already had the ability to fight the cold with fire, but she didn't want to be exposed so soon.

"Senior sister, senior sister has an order,......" Xiaomei said. The Faceless Ones' obedience to rules and orders is carved into their bones.

"The Black and White Courtyard has lost its elders, Senior Sister can't be alone, she is too cruel and arbitrary. Before my brother comes back, someone has to suppress her. ”

"Who can suppress Senior Sister?"

"I can!"

"We won't be our opponents together. ”

"I can outperform Senior Sister alone, but, Xiaomei, I need your help. ”

“...... How can I help ?......"

"I'll wait here, and when you go back to your life, you will say that you have locked me up in a water house. Then, help me steal my sword back from my sister's room, and come back here to find me. ”

“...... We're all breaking the rules of the House of Black and White......"

"Xiao Mei, it's strange that the Seven Elders serve the Red God at the same time, no one can kill the Seven Elders at the same time, unless that person is a god, and the Green Prophet has another name: a demigod. I need to go out to Bran Stark, I believe the death of the Seven Elders at the same time has something to do with him. Little charm, you have to help me. ”

"I don't need her help, I'm here, and I've brought your sword. Arya, you said you could beat me, I wanted to try. ”