The Knight is part of the warrior tradition that is intertwined with the feudal culture of the Seven Kingdoms and the beliefs of the Seven Gods. The social status of knights was somewhere between that of lords and commoners. Unlike the nobility, knights cannot be hereditary, and people of low birth can become knights. When he became a knight, he was given the title of "knight" in front of his name.

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Far away on the other side of the fjord, in a city-state called Pantos, young Daenerys Targaryen stared blankly across the fjord.

"Daenerys" Suddenly a man hurried up to Daenerys, holding a white silk cloth in his hand, and said happily: "Our beautiful bride, look, this is a gift from Illyrio, come and touch it." ”

Daenerys obediently reached out and touched it, and found that the fabric was as soft as water, and it flowed through her fingers at once, and an inexplicable panic enveloped her heart, Daenerys couldn't help but say to her brother Viserys: "We have been here for more than a year, but Illyrio has never asked us for anything. ”

When his brother Viserys heard this, he said nonchalantly, "Illyrio is fine, he knows that when I return to the throne, he will not treat my friends who are in the snow." Ignoring his sister in front of him, Viserys handed the silk in his hand to the maid next to him, and then said to his sister, "Straighten your back, and let them know that you have the body of a mature woman." With that, Viserys gently untied Daenerys' clothes with his hand, and whispered in Daenerys' ear, "If you mess up, I'll give you a taste of the sleeping dragon's wrath." ”

And when the future dragon mother Daenerys is desperate to be given by her own brother to the savage Dothraki leader Drogo Kao, no one will know, and no one will know what the fate of this simple and helpless girl will be in front of her.

When night falls, the city of Winterfell is brightly lit and lively. The halls of the main fort, which are covered with flags, are steaming and filled with the smell of roasted meat and freshly baked bread.

"Come, take a sip, wolf slayer. A large glass of ale was smashed in front of Ma Shen's table, and Haier looked at Ma Shen defiantly.

Ma Shen shook his head and calmly refused, "I'm sorry, I don't drink." ”

"Hahaha, wolf slayers don't even know how to drink. Haier scoffed.

Ma Shen didn't care about Haier's provocation at all, and said slowly: "Because after drinking, it will affect my sword drawing speed." ”

"Look at what you said, we're safe here, and it's the king's banquet. Haier said a little speechlessly.

"I know, but it's my habit. Ma Shen said, who doesn't know the careful thinking of the guy in front of him, isn't it that he can't win the fight, he has to regain his self-confidence from the amount of alcohol. But Ma Shen didn't think that he had drunk this man from the north, and it would be bad if he was directly poured down at that time, so he directly found a reason to refuse.

"It's boring, tell me about it, is it true that in the far East, your country doesn't drink like you?" said Haier, a little unwillingly.

"I don't know. Ma Shen was perfunctory, but his eyes were looking at the center of the hall.

In the center of the hall, the King was hugging a cook and kissing him fiercely, while the crowd cheered, while Queen Cersei and Lady Catelyn sat quietly in their seats.

Lady Caitlyn turned her head a little embarrassed to look at Queen Cersei, who had been staring at the crowd, feeling that Queen Cersei was like a cold statue, in order to ease the atmosphere, Lady Caitlyn decided to find something to talk about: "You are coming to the north for the first time, Your Majesty." ”

"Yes, it's beautiful. Queen Cersei seemed to be thinking of something, and when she heard Lady Caitlin's words, she replied with a little haste.

"Compared to King's Landing, it's a harsh environment, and I still remember how scared Ed was when he first brought me here. Lady Caitlin said, as if thinking about something.

But Queen Cersei didn't seem to pay attention to Lady Caitlin's words, and looked at the crowd in the center of the living room with her chest rising and falling.

At this time, King Robert finally let go of the cook in his arms, returned to his seat, and said to Ed with a smile: "Don't be so serious all day, I just found out now that you northern girls are also quite tasteful, hahahaha." ”

After looking at King Robert, who was a little unbearable, Ed could only reluctantly remind King Robert beside him to pay attention to his identity, but he didn't know if Robert listened.

As time passed, the two began to talk about their youth, and when they recalled the original Golden Iron Horse, King Robert accidentally mentioned the rumor that he had heard on the road that there was a wolf slayer in the north.

Ed nodded and replied, "Yes, I invited him over the other day to be my child's sword teacher. ”

"Then let me see what the wolf slayer looks like. King Robert said with some interest.

"Well, Your Majesty. Eddard also intended to divert the attention of King Robert, and agreed, calling a servant to invite Ma Shen, who was a little impatient, to him.

Hearing from the servant that King Robert was going to see Ma Shen, Haile, who was persuading him to drink, couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.

Glaring fiercely at the ill-intentioned fellow, Ma Shen got up and walked towards King Robert.

"Your Majesty, are you calling me?" asked Ma Shen, looking respectfully to King Robert.

King Robert looked up at Ma Shen's appearance, and found that Ma Shen was indeed the same as rumored, with a completely different appearance from the people here, bright eyes and a straight back, and King Robert, who was a little drunk, had an inexplicable first image of Ma Shen.

"How many wolves have you killed?" asked King Robert to Masan .

Ma Shen thought for a while and replied: "I don't know, I couldn't care about anything at that time, and then the villagers told me that there should be more than 100 wolves." ”

"Do you have a knighthood now?" asked King Robert again.

"Your Majesty, I am the son of a nobleman from the East, and I do not yet have a knighthood. Ma Shen didn't know why King Robert asked this, so he could only tell the fake identity.

"Good fellow!" said King Robert, who suddenly raised his face red from wine, and patted Ma Shen on the shoulder vigorously.

"You're the son of a nobleman, Eddard, you are a real man. ”

King Robert turned to Ed and grumbled, then said to Masan .

"Boy, since you saved the villagers under Lord Eddard's rule, I'll make you a knight. ”

"Your Majesty," Duke Ed frowned, trying to stop the king's impulse.

"I'm the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and I'm up to the cracks here. The king said with a wide mouth and a wave of his hand.

Seeing Ed trying to stop himself, "Quiet!" the king shouted to the people around him.

The crowd, which had been lively, immediately quieted down, wanting to hear what the king had to say.

"I, Guardian of the Seven Kingdoms, want to crown this wolf slayer Ma Shen as a glorious and brave knight, what do you think!" Robert said with a big belly, but although he seemed to be asking the opinions of the people around him, looking at King Robert's red face drinking, no one intended to refute the king's point of view, after all, he was just a small knight.

The people around looked at the lucky Ma Shen with a little jealousy, and then they all loudly catered to the king and said, "Of course, the reputation of the wolf slayer has spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms, and the appointment of him as a knight reflects Your Majesty's reputation for caring for talents." ”

"Hahahaha!" laughed King Robert happily.

Behind the king, Ma Shen, who was a little frightened by King Robert's sudden idea, couldn't help but sigh, he didn't expect that he would be named a knight for such a reason, after all, the knight is already in the middle and high level of this society, and he will not be named a knight without special contributions, as for saving the people of a village, this is even more funny, where would the nobles care about the lives of those low-status people, and because Duke Ed is different from other nobles, he treats everyone equally, so he has won the love of the people in the north。 So if the king hadn't been drunk today, he would have rewarded Ma Shen at most.

"Get down on your knees. King Robert smiled and said to Ma Shen behind him, Ma Shen did not hesitate, who did not want the title of knight for nothing, and immediately knelt down on one knee in front of the king.

The king took the sword handed by his attendant, and then put it heavily on Ma Shen's right shoulder, and with a swollen red face, he said loudly, "Wolf slayer from the Far East, I bestow upon you the status of a knight in the name of Robert I of the House of Baratheon, the King of the Andals Royna, and the Guardian of the Seven Kingdoms and the Guardian of the Realm. Then he put his sword on Ma Shen's other shoulder and said in a loud voice: "In the name of a warrior I ask you to be brave, in the name of the Father I ask you to be just, in the name of the Virgin I ask you to protect the weak and innocent, in the name of a maiden I ask you to protect all women...

The people around watched the sacred canonization ceremony, silent, only the king's voice echoed in the hall.