234 Son of Prophecy
When the night sky slowly bloomed with a touch of fish's belly, a woman with a freckled face and dressed as a servant hurried out of a certain tower of the Red Keep.
The dawn was silent, the sound of her feet on the stone floor was faint and loud, and the words she had spoken to the young man echoed in her mind, and the maid couldn't help but look back at the towering tower, silent, as if she could see some black-haired figure inside it through the rocks.
"Cooperative ......"
She muttered the word and couldn't help but frown.
Why can't we work together?
She asked herself.
More than a decade ago, an oracle came from the Red Temple of Valantis, and the Lord of Light, Rahlo, called on all believers to travel to the west of Westeros to find and destroy the so-called Gates of the Old World.
So she and many other red-robed priests set foot on this strange land.
Unlike the others, however, she did not intend to find the clueless door herself, but decided to cooperate with the local nobles of Westeros.
This is not easy, as the beliefs of the false gods firmly occupy the continent, and the lords of this place are not friendly to their existence.
Later, by chance, she caught up with the queen, and was able to indirectly direct and mobilize many people to help find the so-called gate of the old days.
However, this treatment was completely shattered not long ago.
The news from the river bend made the lords of this continent completely turn their faces on their existence, and under the influence of the environment, even if Queen Cersei protected her, she had to let her hide first.
So she hid until this moment, until the moment this happened.
In fact, she was right with Lan Li, she did do things with the mentality of cooperating with the queen, not as an internal response or something-
Because she didn't think that the choice of the Supreme Priest Bennero was the right one.
For the sake of faith, in the past ten years, her peers have encountered a lot of bad luck in the continent of Westeros, and the oracle issued by the true god has not made much progress, and the church is very anxious about it.
But that's not really the reason why they chose to work with the Targaryens, or rather, it's just one of the reasons, but not the main one.
The main reason is that the High Priest Beneiro believes that a little girl in exile in Targaryen is the legendary child of prophecy!
"After the long summer, when the stars weep blood, and the cold darkness will envelop the world, at this hour of terror, a warrior will pull out the flaming sword from the flames, and that sword will be the 'Lightbringer', the red sword of heroes, and the wielding of the sword will be the reincarnation of Azar Ahai, and he will drive away the darkness."
The prophecies recorded in Char's ancient books have been preached for thousands of years, and many of the Red Temple priests have predicted that a terrifying catastrophe will soon brew at the end of the world, which is a sign of the rise and resurrection of an ancient god who is one of the only two true gods in the world.
Although most of the pastors of the Red God Church have not had time to take care of it over the years because of the Old Gate, many of the top leaders have not forgotten this prophecy of the end times.
The High Reverend Beneiro believed that the prophesied Atholl Ahai was a little Targaryen girl who had fled her homeland, so the entire Red God Church began to cooperate with the Targaryens, preparing to overthrow the existing regime in Westeros and prop it up.
Melisandre didn't know how the High Reverend had decided this, but she had the opposite attitude, because she had seen the little girl named Daenerys, who was weak and without a city, and whose whole body was full of feminine weakness, how could it be the reincarnation of a hero?
The girl didn't even have the strength to pick up an ordinary iron sword! Not to mention the Hero's Sword.
After the long summer, the stars weep blood, and Azor Ahai will be reborn in the land of smoke and salt - this sentence is the only clue to the search for the reincarnation of the hero in the prophecy, and according to Melisandre's understanding, the girl was indeed born in the land of smoke and salt on Dragonstone, but she is not a hero at all!
Therefore, she thinks that the Child of Prophecy is someone else, and the decision of the High Priest Bennero to support a little girl to enter the continent of Westeros is completely wrong in Melisandre's opinion.
Because it will only consume the strength of the entire human race for no reason, and will not do any good for that future catastrophe.
The right thing to do is to work with the native lords of Westeros, as she did.
In fact, if it weren't for Benero's church suddenly allied with the Targaryens and used their conspiracy to expose, she could have used her relationship with the queen to gain more power to do things for them, whether it was to find a way or fight against the darkness.
Rather than leaving the entire Red God Church out at this time.
"It's a pity ......"
Muttering to herself, the "maid" strode into an empty ruin, then pulled open a wooden door in the corner of the ground and stepped into the cellar.
The sudden change of time ago had disrupted her plans, and for a moment she did not know what to do, but at this moment, after a secret conversation with the young duke, Melisandre had some hope in her heart.
She didn't think it was a good thing for humans to fight each other, and she knew that there were many people in the church who were critical of Bennero's decision, so why couldn't she take a moment or two out of it?
Even if she can't change everything that has happened, at the very least, she should prevent the war from happening, and then find a way to work together.
After all, whether it is the Gate of the Old Days that has never had a clue, or the ancient gods who are constantly accumulating power in the shadows, they are all going to plunge the world into destruction, and if they start an infighting at this time, they will only be unlucky in the end.
"Bennero is stubborn, I can't go directly to the door to negotiate with him, so I need to find another way......"
Walking in the dark cellar, the "maid" muttered in a low voice, but another thought suddenly flashed through her mind.
After the long summer, the stars weep blood, and Azor Yahai will be reborn in the land of smoke and salt.
Land of smoke and salt, land of smoke and salt......
Isn't that young man's territory just now the land of smoke and salt on Dragonstone Island?
For a moment she was unconscious, and thinking about what had happened before, she found that the one who came to the cowardly little girl called Lan Li was more in line with the title of Son of Prophecy no matter how she looked at it.
It's just that......
Melisandre couldn't help but frown at the thought of the box filled with the aura of a false god, and the strange impact she had received when she opened the box.
……
The chattering woman over there was entangled, and after Lan Li sent the other party away, she was sitting at the desk and pondering to herself.
He didn't expect much from the so-called cooperation, it was best to have the best results, and there was nothing to lose -
Killing the red-robed woman here can temporarily solve the aftermath of the hair color problem, but this aftermath can actually be solved by other means.
In addition, he couldn't think of how much benefit he could bring to himself by killing the red-robed girl, but it was better to take the next step of cooperation.
"I hope it works."
Looking forward to this, Lan Li felt a little headache after thinking about everything before, but then he raised his hand and touched the Seven Gods Mark on his left wrist.
After a moment of trance, he heard a pleasant female voice.
"You promised to make a deal with the gods?"
"Don't mention that yet." Lan Li responded, "Can you change the color of a human's hair?" ”
"The gods can do that." The other party replied: "It just can't last long." ”
"How long will it last?"
"It's going to divide people."
"Divide people?" Lan Lixin said that there was no one to dye his hair, but he didn't talk much nonsense about it, and after hearing this, he directly said his purpose.
"My brother Robert, I want his hair to be blonde, how long can I keep it?"