"You're insulting me, Miss Greyjoy. Egg spoke again coldly, not only in a more distant and formal manner, but also in a tone that lacked the usual easy-going friendliness, "Since you don't mean to do so, I can pretend that you haven't said what you just said. Now that our conversation is over, go back to your room and rest - tonight will be your last night in the Inner Castle, and tell the guards your decision tomorrow morning about whether or not to cash out the Lightbringer. As for now, I'm going to get back to work. ”

With that, he straightened up in his chair, took the first copy of the paper stacked on the table, opened it, and began to review it in a pretended manner, showing with practical actions that his eviction order was not just a matter of words.

Asha stood awkwardly at the table, the strap of her leather coat spread out and hung down at her side, her whole body trembling with shame.

As the princess of the Iron Islands, she is the most famous female captain of all time and the only woman to have ever participated in the king election...... With her experience, identity, status, appearance and figure, even if she is a prisoner, there are queues of suitors, when will she be able to seduce men with her appearance?

No one knows what kind of shame and disgust she overcame to make this decision, but what she could never have imagined was that she, Asha Greyjoy, the daughter of the sea monster, the pearl on the cusp of the waves, would be called an insult to make this condition with the consciousness of whatever it takes!

Who the hell is insulting whom?

(Was it the wrong way for the inexperienced self-made to propose the deal, or the beauty of the dragon queen raised his eyes, or ...... Is the rumor that this guy likes boys true?)

The reason is that it doesn't matter, and figuring it out won't help Asha get out of the predicament she is facing—her mind goes blank for a moment, and then she is filled with shame and anger. But after standing for a few seconds, she still relied on the endurance and sacrifice that even she could not imagine, and stubbornly digested the urge to "kick the table".

People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads. As a party seeking help, even if you are humiliated by a thousand times more than this, you have to grit your teeth and face each other, let alone just be rejected?

She let go of her clenched fist and realized that her nails had pierced her palms, but it was only a skin wound...... Raising her hand to rediscover the untied straps of her blouse, Asha re-tied the knot as if nothing had happened, tightening the last of her ropes as if she were tormenting herself, restoring herself to the way she had entered the door, and activating the alternative—a path fraught with thorns and risks compared to the main one.

"I beg your pardon for the offense, and I take back my previous excessive request. "What kind of realistic magicalism and shame is it to be rejected and apologize to the other party?" Asha didn't know whether she should laugh or roar at the moment, but for the sake of the lofty goal of building a prosperous and powerful Iron Island, she forced herself to choose neither. "The Iron Folk have not contributed to the Night's Watch against the Strangers, and have even caused chaos at a critical moment, and I have no position to compel the Commander-in-Chief to support my ideals. But I'm sure there must be no reason for you to refuse my next request. ”

She held her head high and uttered the request she had already made months ago, "I now officially apply to you, the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch, to join the Night's Watch!"

You have to get the winner's car, since you can't sit in the car, the roof or bottom of the car is also acceptable!

Iger lifted his eyes from the papers, indifferently looking at the applicant again.

He was indeed annoyed by Asha's self-recommended pillow full of inexplicable confidence and superiority, but he was not really as angry as he appeared. The reason why the order for the expulsion was cruelly issued immediately was just an excuse to save a lot of money from the original plan.

Unexpectedly, Asha was able to recognize the situation so quickly, and decisively gave up the previous price that did not impress her, and instantly lowered the price to a level that seemed reasonable and not excessive at all.

However, even if it was "not too much", Iger had no intention of agreeing. This is the buyer's market, and he can now make so many choices that he can take the initiative completely and don't care about the seller's feelings and thoughts at all.

When you put on black, you become your own people. As a high-ranking nobleman with a certain level of education and management and command ability, Asha can't start from a small soldier according to convention. Once she retreats this step, she can be qualified to continue to stay in the inner fort, and it is the biggest hidden danger that she can climb to the management with a little bit of inching and kicking her nose and face.

Iger had something important to do, and it was impossible for him to spend his days battling the daughter of the sea monster and beware of her abusing her power and embezzling public funds for the benefit of the Iron Islands...... Not entangled, not giving her any illusions, is the best choice.

"My answer remains the same, Miss Greyjoy. He held the pen in his hand, maintaining a cold expression: "The Night's Watch does not recruit female soldiers. ”

"Don't prevaricate me with this. Asha let out a snort and regained her initial confident expression: "Arya has already told me that you promised her earlier that you would open up gender restrictions after the war ends and recruit her as the first female night watchman to help her get rid of her fiancé!"

Damn, this damn kid, I really didn't cut off contact with Asha!

Egger couldn't hold his face for a moment, this was not a major new discovery that surprised him: Houguan Town was truly "his own territory", full of subordinates who could act as eyes and ears, and even more rats within the city walls could not hide from him. Arya continued to hang out with Asha despite warnings, thinking she was secretive, but in fact he had known about it for a long time, but he gradually realized that Asha really had no bad intentions, so he turned a blind eye to it.

I thought they were just learning from each other's swordsmanship, improving each other's skills, and killing time by the way, but who knew that the girls could really talk about everything!

Although he scolded Arya in his heart, Egger not only couldn't get angry, but also suddenly felt a wave of tenderness and apology in his heart: this little girl is one of the few people in this world where Egger has no blood relatives who will not be full of "pay for the benefit" when getting along. She likes herself to be a fart, but she chases Hou Guanzhen - she is busy with this and that all day, and she wants a prisoner to accompany her!

However, this tenderness is personal to Arya, and he will not be casually overflowing with sympathy and love for the house and the house. Asha thought she would be able to loosen her mouth by moving Miss Stark out, but she was making a big mistake!

He, Egg West, can go from nothing to today in this world, but it doesn't depend on his conscience.

Just as she was coldening her expression again, ready to repeat the Nth refusal to answer or even call the guards to bring back the visitor, Asha stopped and continued to make concessions: "I will not rely on my status as a night watchman to ask for this or that after joining, on the contrary, I will leave the land grant as soon as possible and try to deal with my uncle...... And all the expenses and expenses of this event will be deducted from the value of the 'Lightbringers' that you intended to reward my brother. If I can't get my hands on this money, I'll go into self-imposed exile, and I'll never return to Westeros for the rest of my life, and I'll never be seen before you again, Commander-in-Chief!"

The "no" that had reached his lips was swallowed back by Eggerson, and he flipped out his instantaneous heartbeat and revisited it, realizing that his instincts were correct: Asha no longer asked himself to send troops for him this time, but planned to be a murderer of his relatives - to assassinate Crow-Eyed Eulen himself, and avenge the murder of his father.

It's not appropriate for the Night's Watch to conduct or support this activity, but don't forget: Iger doesn't really care about "whether it's proper or not" at all. In addition to the fact that no war has been declared, the land grant is currently in a de facto state of war with the Iron Islands...... And Egger will soon send the declaration of war everywhere like candy, no matter how Asha tosses it personally, it will not make the situation worse!

failed, and she probably had no return...... Iger will feel sorry and regret for this, but it will not be heartache.

And once successful, the Iron Fleet is leaderless, and Iger holds the last Greyjoy in the world...... Even if it's a female streamer, it's enough to make controlling the Iron Islands countless times easier than before - that broken place, of course, it's stupid to go to the trouble to fight for it, but if you give it for nothing, whoever doesn't want it is a fool!

The most important thing is: no matter what the outcome is, his plan for the southern expedition will not be affected!

Iger threw the pen down the table, leaned back in his chair, and no longer repeated his eviction order, but looked at the woman again.

Unlike before, this time, his eyes were no longer the eyes of a man looking at a woman, but a cold reflection and analysis of the pros and cons. Looking at the other party's movements, Asha, who understood that there was a play, breathed a sigh of relief, and finally stopped continuing to make additional conditions for concessions, but stood quietly, letting the other party's gaze wander over her...... Waiting for the final verdict.

Half a minute later, Iger had roughly thought the whole thing through.

"It works, but the rules have to be up to me. He said with a blank face, "For the time being, the value of a 'Lightbringer' is set at 10,000 gold dragons, and I will order you to use the resources of the land grant within this limit, and seek manpower and material support." But everything must be reported to the night watchman first, and I will approve it. I'll convert this help into a monetary amount and deduct it from your account. ”

Of course, 10,000 gold dragon is a high number, but it is not that you don't feel distressed when you take out the cash, the key is: the value of the help provided is all up to him, anyway, it will not be the market price of Houguan Town!

"Otherwise, you asked to join the Night's Watch...... The order of things has to be reversed. Iger continued, "I won't admit that this negotiation existed or that you were sent to assassinate Euron Greyjoy – well, in fact I didn't send – and you have to go incognito and disappear from public view until I give permission...... Only when this is done will I publicly announce a change to the rules of the Night's Watch and the admission of you as the first female Night's Watchman. ”

Arya had dreamed of being the first female night watchman, but Egg was sure that if he had run to Miss Stark at the very point where he had just sworn allegiance to the "Mad King's daughter" and asked Miss Stark, "Hey, do you still want to be the first female night watchman", she would be snorted......

Of course, with the harsh conditions announced, it's time to give a little hope. After all, Joasha had killed the great threat of Euron...... You are one of the biggest beneficiaries, and you don't need to have much conscience, but at least you have to have a little, or make others think you have a little.

"Once you've managed to finish down that madman, I'll have the Iron Isles on my agenda...... But your condition and prestige are no longer fit to be a ruler, so the Baroness of the Iron Islands is doomed to be denied you. But at the very least, I can convince the Queen to make you the Governor of the Iron Islands and gain all the ruling power other than 'ownership'. ”

"You won't be the master of the Iron Islands, and most of your descendants will hang in the air, and the Greyjoy family will probably step down from the stage of history to the audience, but as compensation, I will find a way to help you lead the Iron Islands out of the old path of plunder to prosperity. Well...... It's not a big payoff, but if you're as selfless and great as you claim to be, then it's probably the right price to pay off. ”

This is a little worse than the worst result I expected, but I can be stuck on an acceptable psychological bottom line, and I can't take advantage of it at all - even if I succeed in killing my own uncle.

She felt a bitter sensation coming from her mouth.

That's right, the person in front of her is the hateful guy in her impression, but it is this calculation and a little unnecessary risk and loss that she refuses to bear and endure, and this agreement seems to be very sincere...... In the same way, isn't it precisely this kind of unscrupulous means and everything that can be counted to death that will make you intuitively affirm: he will be the final winner?

However, from getting along and chatting with Arya, Asha actually learned about the unknown side of Egg.

It's best not to try to take advantage of him when making deals with him - but as long as you fulfill your contract honestly, treat him with sincerity, and don't have two hearts, he will never let his friends suffer. The most important thing is that standing on the side of the winner will make the organic accounting more profitable!

Taking a deep breath, Asha gritted her teeth and spit out a word from between her mouths: "Deal!"

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