The creaking sound of the metal gate rubbing against the rock wall was very harsh, and in a trance, she leaned against Merry, who was sitting on the outer wall of the animal house. Frey opened his eyes and saw that it was a group of heavily armed plate knights riding back from outside the castle.

Heiwad?

The headache from the hangover made Merry's mind a little sluggish, but he recognized at a glance the short figure in the lead who was straddling the black warhorse.

Didn't he go after that monster?

Why did you come back so soon?

Successful hunting?

The thought stirred up a stir in Merry's heart, and his somewhat sloppy gaze coalesced, and he began to scan the entire team for a white figure.

That monster was so terrifying that not only could it not be killed no matter how it was killed, but it also held a special grudge, and the entire Frey family was overwhelmed by it, and now if it was really killed, it would be a great joy - at least, many people would not have to be so careful when they went out.

And for Merry, this should be celebrated, because the monster was originally brought back by him, or rather, the monster was originally a pet dog raised by his wife, but since he attended King Robert's wedding, the pet dog has become more and more strange day by day, and after the accident, he, the original owner, has been blamed by the family......

Thinking about all this in a trance, Merry showed a disappointed look after a while. Because he didn't see the monster in the group of more than twenty knights.

This proves that these people have returned in vain.

This is normal, I have organized a hunt many times, but I have not seen anyone succeed. The leading horseman in sight, known as Havard, was not a man of a quick wit, despite his fierce reputation.

But......

Who is that kid?

Merry found something peculiar.

Because monsters have special toxins in their claws and teeth, the candidates for hunting monsters can naturally only be fully armed knights, otherwise a slight abrasion may cause a big problem.

However, at this time, it seems that there is still a child in this knight team?

Still a pretty little boy......

Looking at the short figure on the back of a certain knight's horse, Merry thought for a moment—

Which member of the family is this illegitimate child?

Hewald's?

Some don't quite look like it, and despite being stocky and muscular, Hawwald doesn't look very good.

So who else is him......

Thinking about it, Merry yawned, feeling a little bored.

It didn't matter which bastard it was, and in Twin Rivers, as long as it wasn't the illegitimate son of his marquis's father, it wasn't big news.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the leading knight who had turned over and dismounted, and was removing his armor with the help of his attendants.

His elderly marquis's father is almost eighty years old, but his seventh wife still gave birth to a healthy baby girl this year, which makes many people wonder if the marquis's young husband's beautiful wife who is dozens of years old is having an affair with someone in the castle.

Some inquisitive members of the family generally believed that this man might be the great-grandson of the Marquis de Frey, the murderous fellow known as the Black Wald.

Because Hewald has always had a bad reputation, Merry was also suspicious of this, and even a few times when he was drunk, he thought about whether to go to his father's to make a small report, so that he might be able to exchange some money for wine, but thinking about Havard's reputation in Twin Rivers, he was a little frightened, and in the end this idea never turned into action.

At the thought of this, he felt a pain in his brain, which made him grin for a moment, and then he scrambled up from the outer wall of the animal hutch, and staggered towards the well.

Think back then, he Merry. Frey is the strongest and most promising person in the Frey family, how could he be afraid of this kind of young junior, but he is really unlucky, the hateful Brotherhood of the Royal Forest......

Thinking back to the reign of the Mad King a few years ago, when he participated in the Royal Forest Bandit Operation, Merry felt that his brain hurt even more, and even his butt began to ache faintly.

Dawn Excalibur Arthur. Sir Dain led his army to the culmination of the infamous Brotherhood of the Kingswoods, adding a new dimension to his already glorious life.

And Merry's former squire companion, Jaime. The Lannister was also made a knight by the Buddha Xiao Divine Sword after that battle, and he was unbeatable for a while.

As for himself, the most promising man of the Frey family, he contracted a rash before the battle began...... That damn whore, it annoys Merry just thinking about it.

He was even more annoyed by a woman in the Brotherhood of Kings named White Deer Wenda, the evil woman who had captured him during the war and had a deer's head burned on his buttocks.

How can there be such a perverted woman in the world?

Every time he thought about it, Merry hated and feared it, although he heard afterwards that the white deer Wenda was dead, he paid special attention to it, and no one had ever seen the corpse of the female bandit.

Merry thought the woman must have run away.

This kind of speculation has made Merry always have the idea of going out to find out the news in the past few years, and then find someone to wait for the opportunity to take revenge, but it is just ......

The sharp pain as if the skull had cracked came one after another, making him sigh in despair.

After being captured by the female bandits, he was ransomed back, but in the later battle, he was unfortunately smashed in the head by a mace, and his knightly career stopped here, and he couldn't continue to fight, not to mention, he always felt a headache on weekdays, and there was no other way than drinking to relieve the pain.

What else can I do?

How many children do you have to raise well?

When she squatted down to wash her face at the edge of the well, Merry thought about it dejectedly, feeling that there was really no hope for life, and it was better to plunge into the well to be free......

However, this thought did not last, for he suddenly heard a melodious bell from the top of a tower in the depths of the castle, which made him stunned, and recognized it as his marquis's father's signal to gather the members of the castle family.

What can be important at this time?

He thought to himself.

Has the war in Haijiang City changed to the west?

Or is his old father, who had lost all his teeth and had a stroke, finally dead?

The pondering in his heart did not prevent him from getting up and rushing, and even because he washed his face, his actions were much sharper than just now, so after a while, he entered the hall of Twin River City.

There are many descendants of this generation of Frey's family, and the hall in the castle is crowded with people at a glance. Merry didn't like to come here, for he felt that the hall was very gloomy, lacking light, and always smelling of decay.

However, his father has a high prestige in the family, and he, who originally had a bright future, and now he is the ninth son of the Frey family, who is waiting for death, has really fallen into the eyes of that person, and he will bring it out and ridicule it if he has nothing to do, but Merry does not dare not really come, lest his father not find others and get angry.

But what's going on?

He saw his bald father sitting in the black oak chair at the head of the hall, who looked still energetic despite the loose bags under his eyes and missing his front teeth, and Merry's suspicion was quietly shattered.

Then he suddenly saw that in this hall, there seemed to be an outsider?

The kid who came back with the Knights?

Merry recognized the kid at a glance, after all, he was really eye-catching. And this discovery also made him more convinced that the kid must be the illegitimate son of someone in the family, and now he was brought back to "recognize his relatives".

His marquis father has many heirs, and the heirs are even more numerous, and sometimes he may not remember who is who, but he attaches great importance to his children, and he has to take care of them even if they are illegitimate children when he is interested, and there are inevitably some bitter sarcasms in his mouth, but under normal circumstances, the children who are ridiculed by their father will get some benefits.

What's more, the Frey family is generally not very good-looking, and if anyone can really have a beautiful illegitimate child, it is really difficult not to attract the attention of his marquis father......

Merry, who was standing in the hall among the Freys, thought that he had guessed the truth, but then the butler's report made his guess disappear, and the inexplicable emotions in his heart were directly swept away, and he became surprised.

What did he hear?

King Robert's younger brother?

The Duke of Blue Rite on Dragonstone?

Is that the kid in front of you?

The new king, Robert, did have a younger brother who was much younger than him, and as a nobleman, Merry was naturally unaware of this. It's a pity that although he participated in the wedding in King's Landing, his status was not high, and he didn't get into the core wedding banquet, and he never saw a real person.

However, he heard that the kid named Lan Li was sealed on Dragonstone Island, and King Robert was dissatisfied with the current heir Stannis, and was ready to ignore the inheritance law and make his younger brother the next heir of the kingdom.

After the wedding of the new king, this was discussed by the Freys in the castle, and Merry herself had no shortage of speculations about it - mostly small talk with drinking friends.

It's just that.

I heard that Lan Li was sent to Gao Court as an adopted son, why did he come to Twin River City now?

It's a bit far away......

It is understandable that the old father received a visiting member of the royal family with such a grand ceremony, but this question made Merry wonder a lot.

The distance between the Twin Cities and the High Court is almost half of Westeros.

So he began to inquire in a whisper, but unfortunately no one around him knew the truth, but some people knew how the Duke of Lanli was brought back.

"I heard it was Havard who ran into it while he was chasing the monster." One of the frays next to him whispered, "I heard that he also brought back a man who was scratched by a monster." ”

"Scratched?"

Merry was stunned by these words, and she couldn't care about the gossip, so she couldn't help but shudder and hurriedly asked, "Where is that person?" ”

"Placed in the riverside tower."

The other party replied, and then whispered, "We must avoid it when we go out later." ”

Merry nodded hurriedly.

Scratches from ordinary beasts don't matter, but scratches from his wife's former pet dog are different.

A boy in Twin Rivers who was taking care of the animal house had been scratched not long ago, and the next day he went insane, biting people at sight in the castle, without the slightest sense to speak of.

That's fine, but the point is that the person who gets bitten can also go crazy......