Chapter 2, Winterfell
Ants are still greedy for life, let alone people?
In the carriage, Arthur, who has a strong desire to survive, completely calms down the confusion and discomfort in his heart, carefully organizes the memories in his mind, and tries to recall all the experiences of his original body, such as the basic common sense that any Westeros person knows, everything about knowing his relatives, what friends he knows, what nobles he has come into contact with, and so on.
Only the clearer he grasps, the better he can integrate into this world and better become Arthur Blackeye.
The illegitimate child was born in the imperial capital of King's Landing, which belongs to the land of the king's domain, and basically has the surname Weishui (Waters), but because of his mother from a foreign country, he has different pupils and is given a surname like black eyes.
Even if he is the illegitimate son of the emperor, Arthur's status is not even as good as that of ordinary people's illegitimate children, and his future is limited early because of his good learning ability, he can become a bachelor, but he is still of low status, and he is allowed to swear allegiance to the future emperor, and there is a way out for the slave who will not starve to death.
A barbaric, backward empire, this kind of ruined place has no human rights at all.
The only relative who will care about the original owner is the deceased mother, the emperor can't care about him as an illegitimate son with black hair and black eyes, as for those half-brothers and sisters?
Think of Joffrey, Messira, and Tommen, whose biological mother is Cersei Lannister, from the famous Lannister family, whose blood is extremely noble, and their illegitimate children are like dust and gems compared to them.
If it weren't for the Emperor's origin, the bastards were related to them, and they would even feel that the Lannister's reputation had been tarnished.
What about half-sibling?
How can a slave of a noble bloodline and a lowly bloodline be a brother?
And the emperor's other illegitimate children?
The original owner didn't leave much impression at all, he lived in a palace for more than ten years, and the impression he could describe was only a few words.
Except that their mothers came from the aristocratic class and were supported and protected by those behind them, those illegitimate brothers could do what they wanted, and nothing else.
The trip to the north was not much despised and contempt from the aristocracy, but more ignored!
No one cared about Arthur, the humble bastard.
Only one Anne Claudie got along with, barely familiar.
Arthur was extremely glad for this, because no one would find out that his soul had been exchanged, and no one would find out how different he was from his original owner.
Secretly rejoicing, he suddenly remembered that as a traverser, he should have a golden finger, and he might have magical abilities, talents, or incidental systems or something.
Erer's heart meditated on the system dozens of times to make various attempts, but nothing happened, just when he felt that a novel was a novel, and the stories were all made up to deceive people, a vague window gradually appeared in front of his eyes!
System?!!
No, no, it's not a system ... But... A property layout?
A property board with only a name......
What's the use?
Upgrade, augment, summon, or gain any skills?
... It's not going to be a lottery, is it?
But why keep trying and nothing happens?
Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and I tried all kinds of methods to study the golden finger like crazy, but I couldn't find a clue.
Arthur can only return to reality and continue to do the work of his predecessor, working as a scholar for Crown Prince Joffrey.
What? You say that there are no scholars in Western countries? Have you never heard of this saying that people are difficult to dismantle? Do you have to say that as an illegitimate child, you have to be a servant to others?
Life is not easy, even the immediate difficulties are also full of difficulties.
Because he's going to serve Joffrey, that little bastard!
This guy is arrogant and cold-blooded, and like his mother, he is easily emotionally out of control, and has a sadistic trait.
The original owner followed him and was bullied.
There will be Anne to take care of it, and it is also the emperor who wants to prevent the tyrannical Joffrey from causing trouble, lest the crown prince do anything that is disgusting to the nobles and ministers and reduce the royal prestige.
At lunchtime, the large army stopped to rest.
As an illegitimate child, Arthur was not qualified to eat at the same table with the emperor and queen, princes and princesses, and even if he was hungry when the meal arrived, he could not eat, but had to serve the royal family for lunch, and act as a servant who poured tea and water.
There is a memory of the original owner who has learned etiquette, how to serve people, Arthur can do it impeccable according to memory.
He was very, very unaccustomed to it, but he didn't dare to show any of it, and tried his best to hide all his emotions and pour wine for the emperor and queen.
Tommen's little fat man is still good.
He was the only prince who smiled at him, and in the memory of the original owner, the two often played together.
At this moment, a tall and handsome Queen, with flowing blonde hair, a pair of shining blue eyes on his face, and a sharp smile on his mouth, walked over.
He is Jaime Lannister, the famous kingkiller and the twin brother of Queen Cersei Lannister.
When he came to the simple but luxurious table, he knelt down and reported, "Your Majesty, we have found a witch in the woods ahead. ”
"Witch?"
Hearing Jaime's report, the big fat emperor Robert stopped his slightly rough eating action and was about to speak, but the queen Cersei next to him was dissatisfied and asked first, "Why didn't you burn her to death?"
Hearing this, Jaime glanced at his twin sister and did not speak, but turned his gaze to the emperor, who was a little unhappy with his wife's mouth.
Emperor Robert took a big sip of the wine, handed the empty cup to Arthur beside him, motioned for him to pour the wine, and asked, "Are you sure it's a witch?"
Jaime: "When we found her, she was performing an evil spell ritual. ”
Robert frowned, "That witch is from the North?"
Jaime shook his head, "She's a wild man. ”
"Then burn it. With that, Robert picked up Arthur's glass full of wine and continued to eat and drink, as if it were a trivial matter to decide a person's life and death so casually.
Understand that the world is cruel.
But in this way, Arthur has a deeper understanding of the cruelty of this world, and he feels that this experience will only increase, and I am afraid it will be difficult to reduce it by a fraction.
"That's right, wait"
Jaime turned to carry out the order, but the Emperor stopped him, then pointed to Arthur, who was holding a flask, and said, "Take this boy and let him see the world." ”
"......" Arthur, who was holding the wine jug, was speechless, killing people to make me see the world?
Hearing the words of the emperor's father, he nodded approvingly to Joffrey, who often knew the little servant who was by his side, and said: "That's right, Arthur is too timid, not like a man at all, he should see the world, but I guess he will pee his pants." ”
The previous paragraph is very serious, but when it comes to the latter part, the mockery and contempt in the eyes are very obvious.
"Father, I want to go too. "Joffrey was interested in the rare thing like burning witches.
Robert: "Are you full?"
Joffrey nodded repeatedly: "I'm full." ”
"Then go get a workout. Robert had no objection to his son learning how to deal with criminal matters.
With the Emperor's consent and the Queen's acquiescence, Joffrey got up.
Arthur could only silently put down the flask, forced to smile and laugh, and followed Jaime Lannister to visit the Witch Burner.
"Haha, Arthur, you're such a coward. Joffrey was happy to see him, "If you're going to pee your pants later, don't get too close to me." ”
In other words, if Arthur is not mistaken, in his previous life, he read a fantasy novel of the great god that begins with burning witches.
I wonder if saving the soon-to-be-burned witch will gain her allegiance, and then let the witch with magical abilities be used as a productive force to promote the development of the empire and the progress of society?
It's beautiful to imagine.
The reality is brutal.
After a moment of distraction, Joffrey, who came on horseback, viciously threw a whip at his back: "What a daze, get on the horse and follow my uncle." ”
In the long summer, it is not too cold in the north, but the clothes on his body are not thin, so the whip does not hurt at all, and he doesn't even feel it, he only comes back to his senses when he hears the sound.
Looking back and seeing that Joffrey was about to whip himself with a horsewhip, Arthur hurriedly got on his horse and dodged as he remembered.
Then he realized that although the original owner could ride a horse, he did not ride a horse many times, and his riding skills were unfamiliar, and he sat unsteadily on the horse's back, swaying, trying to clamp and afraid of urging the horse to run, and seemed very flustered and embarrassed.
This made Joffrey laugh out loud.
He likes to watch others make trouble.
Seeing this, Jaime shook his head, and did not say anything to his son, who would be poisoned in the future, but silently urged the mount to act.
...... To be continued......