Chapter 25: A Fall of Fate
"What's going on?" Cersei's eyes widened in panic as she heard the boy's scream.
"He fell. Jaime jerked back from the window, picked up his trench coat and draped it over his body, "Hurry up, we have to go down." ”
"Who fell?"
"Bran Stark, Duke Eddard's second son!"
"Damn," Cersei was stunned, "did he see us?"
"No, but don't take it lightly, you as soon as possible, I have to go down and stop the night watchman first!"
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Half a minute earlier, when Iger had separated from two passing guards and returned to the training ground in the old inner courtyard, Bran had climbed from the roof of the guard's room to the outer wall of the first fort, and was following the familiar "route" in the direction of the remnant tower. The night watchman, knowing that he could not stop the boy, deliberately shouted loudly...... I didn't expect Bran to be obedient, but I just wanted the couple in the first fort to respond in time.
The first half of the plan succeeded, but things didn't go as expected, and he could see clearly in the old inner courtyard: Jaime didn't push Bran off this time, but just got out of the window and scared the boy straight down.
......
After the muffled sound of the rag bag falling to the ground, the boy lay quietly on the ground, his eyes closed and motionless, and the corn in his pocket that had been intended to be taken to the top of the remnant tower to feed the crows was sprinkled all over the ground, yellow and striking, striking and ironic.
Iger stood beside the boy, his mind a mess of gruel. Instinct made him know that he should immediately call someone to rescue him at this moment, but the Lannister sisters and brothers were still in the first fort, and if their adultery was broken by the people who came to the rescue, their trip to leave the Great Wall would be completely ruined...... What's even more troublesome is this: in the end, he not only failed to prevent Bran from falling, but also involved himself in the matter, and the boy was yelling at him when he fell, if he wanted to calculate the responsibility, did he distract Bran more, or did James scare the boy more?
A night watchman crep that caused the nephew of the Chief Ranger and the second son of Duke Stark to fall off the first fort and return to the Wall and still want to leave?
Footsteps were heard, and Jaime ran out of the entrance to Fort Capital like a 100-meter sprint, ran to Bran's side, leaning over to check the boy's breathing and heartbeat. After a moment, he stood up, his eyes no longer relaxed and casual, but glinting with a terrifying light.
The kingkiller grabbed Egger by the collar, and if it weren't for the fact that there was not much difference in height between the two, he might have lifted him up from the ground, and the arrogant and cynical Lannister said in a tone that was almost trembling: "Tyrion said that you are the most nimble soldier he has ever seen, then you should understand that this kid fell off on his own, so it is good for you and me, you know what I mean!"
The traverser also calmed down at this time, and quickly understood what the other party meant, yes, there was no fourth person to witness the whole process of the accident, if Bran fell by himself, then at least before the boy woke up, there was no need to worry about who was more responsible.
But he reacted quickly, he couldn't accuse the other party, but he couldn't take the blame alone: "Got it...... That's right, he fell on his own, but I'm afraid no one will believe what my little soldier says!"
Jaime gave him a vicious look, and seeing that Iger had no intention of compromise, he had to take a step back: "I can testify to you, but you can't ...... me Her Majesty the Queen is involved!"
Egger nodded quickly: "Dang...... Of course, Her Majesty the Queen has nothing to do with this matter. ”
On a normal day, Jaime probably wouldn't even bother to talk to Egg, a night watchman, but today he first had an unavoidable encounter with him while looking for a venue, and now he had contributed to Bran Stark's misstep, and it was impossible not to talk.
They quickly and simply confessed, and at the end of the exchange, Cersei walked out of the castle with a nervous expression, and Egg left the old inner courtyard to call someone.
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No member of the Stark family had been in trouble since the Reaver War, and Winterfell was in chaos not seen in years, with the guards scrambling to carry the boy back to the main castle on a stretcher and informing Madame Stark and Maester Lewyn, and all those who knew how to heal, including the accompanying Medic from King's Landing, joined the rescue.
It was not until the evening that the king's hunting party returned that no one came out of the room.
At night, Bran's wolf howled outside the window, and the whole of Winterfell could hear it calling to his little master, while Egg lay on the bed in his room, tossing and turning.
Bran was known to be a wall-climber, and almost every resident of Winterfell had been terrified of the bear child, and today's fall was a big surprise for Jaime and Egger involved, but for the rest of the city, it was just an accident.
Egger was nervous, but no one actually blamed him as a night watchman. It wasn't until Eddard Stark returned to Winterfell that the head of the family remembered to call the Ranger who first discovered his son's fall to ask for details...... There were testimonies from two of the guards who had spoken to Egger and Jaime Lannister, and the Guardian of the North soon frowned and waved him back to the house.
It seems that Bran's fall did not bother him at all, but it is not that simple. Egger was a little scared now—Bran's fateful fall today had made him doubt his life.
He was a materialist through and through, insisting that everything in the world could be explained by science...... Science here refers to the knowledge of disciplines and systems - he believes that even the magic of the Stranger and the Lord of Light must operate according to some system of rules that he does not understand for the time being, and in time he will be able to learn more about it so that he can understand and even use this unknown force.
But after a few days of doing a lot of operations, Bran still fell at the same time and place as the original plot, is this a coincidence, or is there some force in the dark that is pushing the plot along the original line?
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Egger forced himself to stop thinking about this unknown and powerful being, because he now had more real troubles than the "existence in the shadows" - although he did not have for the time being, at least not openly suspected of causing Bran to fall, he was actually unable to get rid of the connection to the plot: if the story continued, when the unknown killer broke into Bran's room and tried to give the boy "mercy", the Starks would be suspicious of the child's fall.
And once the investigation begins, the night watchman who had to do his daily training in the remote old inner courtyard when he was a guest in Winterfell and was the first to notice Bran falling from the building will be remembered. By then, he had probably left the Wall with the dwarf, and although Tyrion and Bran had nothing to do with the fall and assassination, the Lannister label on him could not be removed...... At that time, if he is judged by the Starks to be an enemy of the Lannister camp, he will really jump into the Yellow River, no, the Trident River will not be able to wash away.
A night watchman who dares to collude with the Lannisters to murder a Stark. Wouldn't it be easy for the First Family of the North to operate a little, so that the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch could recall himself who had already left the Great Wall or even directly declare himself a deserter?
On the other hand, the Lannisters will not be in trouble with themselves? With Cersei's viciousness and careful eye, a night watchman who seems to know that she and Jaime have an affair and refuses to obediently take the blame, she doesn't stay at the Great Wall honestly, but gets close to her most hated dwarf brother, either of which is enough for her to kill.
It's not human inside and out.
Originally, I was outside the story of Game of Thrones, and I didn't make a fuss with a fox when I first tried to interfere with the plot, I knew it was like this, how good it would be if I didn't get involved in this!
Iger was frustrated, but at this point, it was only right to find a solution. What can he do now to break through this dilemma?
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