Chapter 500: The Eye of the Crow (Part II)
Euron is crazy, I'm afraid even those who support him will admit it, but he is not really crazy or stupid, he will never kill himself in front of everyone and commit the taboo of killing his relatives. However, it is easy for Asha to save her life, but it is not easy to get rid of the old man whom the "king" has appointed for herself, who is indeed her legitimate husband in a sense, and the best way to avoid being forcibly sent to the house of Emok to be a wife is too self-defiled.
Avoiding death by showing weakness and surrender, and then self-destructing by pouring sewage on her chastity to preserve her freedom, solving the looming crisis first and then planning later—this is Asha's full plan.
was already in the election of the king and Shenlin Fort suffered successive failures and was broken by the aura of the strong, and then such a broken can and broken operation threw away the last bit of value as a "woman", let alone being the queen of the Iron Islands, I am afraid that in the future, even in the normal life in my hometown will encounter all kinds of eyes. But Asha loves this land deeply, and if her sacrifice can bring a bright future to the entire archipelago, then she will not hesitate to break her bones!
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"For countless days and nights after being captured by the damned men in black, I was subjected to daily humiliation and abuse, not only losing my innocence, but also the physical and mental devastation that would be indelible. In this state, I am not qualified or able to calm down to serve my new husband, let alone start a new life!" Asha raised her head and made a bitter expression of gritted teeth: "Please Uncle allow me to take the helm of the 'Black Wind' again, join the Iron Fleet, and participate in your war with the North and the Night's Watch, giving me a chance to wash away my shame and regain my life." I swear I will do everything I can to never let you down!"
After Asha's ship, the Black Wind, was eventually captured by Egger after abandoning Fort Deepwood and fleeing to the seashore, the sailors who stayed behind sailed back to the Iron Islands and surrendered to the new king after a few days of hesitation due to the loss of captain and supplies. Asha had seen it in the harbor when she had just landed at King's Harbor - although the flag and bow had changed, she recognized it at a glance, which was why she made such a request on the fly. Before the words could be spoken, the hall that had been quiet for a moment as Euron spoke suddenly burst into boos and heckling, and the exciting news and Biasha's weak surrender a moment ago were much more surprising, and everyone forgot all the humiliating scenes they had rehearsed.
"Did that 'Alien Slayer' you?" said one of the captains in the crowd without hesitation, "How many times?"
"No, he didn't even touch me. Asha decided to ignore anyone but Euron, but after hesitation, she finally answered in the negative. In the future, he can still count on Egger's support to make a comeback and transform the archipelago, and if he takes it upon himself to slander and cause trouble with the claim that "he raped him" without consulting him, there is no way back for this guy, "I don't know if it's because of the Night's Watch oath or sexual orientation - as far as I know, the land grant is rumored to like boys." ”
She didn't dare to say that Egger had raped herself, but this story of "bringing the boy to blood" was not made up by her, even if it spread to the Iron Islands for her own reasons, the person concerned had no evidence to prove that she brought the news, so naturally she couldn't vent her anger on herself, so she could use it boldly and confidently.
"What? Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch, like boys?"
"Hahaha. ”
"It's hard for a bunch of men to get together without bending!"
This negative topic of lower body and pointing at the enemy caused a lewd laugh and discussion, and pushed the atmosphere to a higher level, but after a lot of noise, Watson still found a blind spot...... And pointed out: "Wait, so you mean, the head of the Night's Watch didn't do you, but the others did?"
Asha turned her face to bow her head, gritted her teeth, and expressed her undeniable meaning in silence and body language—it was not pleasant to stain herself on such a sensitive topic without any suspense and leave a black spot for the rest of her life, especially for someone as proud as her. But only then can she be sure that her goals will be achieved.
The ironmen present discussed it one after another, and they were all shocked by the subtext revealed in Asha's performance. They came to slap the former princess of the Iron Islands in the face, who wanted to start before she started, Asha first took a large bucket of dung water and poured herself from head to toe, and now who was willing to risk the price of dirty hands to touch her? This achievement is just that, most of them don't care if Asha has such a membrane in her stomach.
However, whether there is such a layer is one thing, and what the wind reviews are another. With the unrestrained and free and easy of the iron people, it is completely acceptable that Asha had a relationship with the opposite sex before she got married, but there are so many families in Westeros, none of them can accept it: a woman who has been captured and insulted by the enemy in a state of war countless times, stepped into the castle openly and became the mother of the family!
"This night watchman is too unsophisticated!"
The Iron People at the scene were furious, even if they were dissatisfied or disdainful of Asha's whimsical plan to lead everyone out of the ancient road as a daughter, it could not change her status as the daughter of Baron, the Greyjoy family, and the current royal family member of the "independent country" of the Iron Islands - no matter how cynical or even verbally attacked her by the Iron People who were present or not, this was an internal contradiction of the islands themselves. But, the warrior princess of the Iron Islands, abused and bullied during her captivity by the Night's Watch?
This is and peeing on the heads of the iron people, is it tolerable or unbearable!
Men in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, will be angry about this -- this is the animal instinct of "fighting for the right to mate" buried deep in the genes: the women of our own family are our resources, and outsiders have no right to touch them! A legal marriage that you and I want will still be considered a betrayal and shameless, let alone forced by outsiders?
Looking at the emotions and public opinion in the room that began to completely get out of control, and even had a tendency to change in the opposite direction of the plan, Euron sneered: it was indeed a clever move, so that if he still asked the people of the Emmek family to tie Asha home to be his wife, it would be a bit like humiliating the "anvil-breaker" Airy. But even so, she just escaped the catastrophe by scheming and selling miserably, and she still has the overall initiative!
He clapped his hands for silence, and stood up from his seat as the noise subsided slightly.
"It's not too much to ask. With the cat teasing the mouse, Euron said in a loud voice as he stepped down the steps where the Sea Stone was located, "As an elder who is connected to you by blood, I should have been happy to fulfill this little request from my dear niece...... However, every ship of the Iron Fleet is the property of the entire Iron Islands, and it has its own captain and master, and although I am the king, I have no right to call the shots on my own, and to deprive another captain of his identity without any reason, and to send his ships to you to satisfy your desire for revenge. Well...... Why don't you leave this request to all of you here today to decide: Iron people, do you think I should accede to my niece's request?"
"How many times have you been caught and, and you haven't found out that you're a girl, and you still think you're the 'son' of King Baron? Even if you give her a boat, who wants to be her sailor?"
"Her old gang ...... Asha is a girl, that being said, but people play with boats better than you, just give her a small broken boat to follow the fleet, doesn't it also strengthen the strength of our iron fleet?"
"You admire her so much, you give this 'little broken boat'?"
As the captains of the Iron Men in the room chattered, the complexity of the human creature was revealed: even if they shared the support of Euron Greyjoy, there would still be conflicts of ideas and opinions between them. Some people take into account Asha's threat to the legitimacy of the current king, some are just sexist and believe that a woman's battlefield is in the birthing bed, while others simply put the overall interests of the Iron Islands first, believing that Asha, as a good warrior and captain, is willing to submit and join the fleet to give them an advantage in the rest of the war......
For a time, a hundred flowers bloomed, and the whole hall was filled with quarrels and debates.
A disdainful smile appeared on Asha's lowered face: she had asked Euron to return to the helm of the Black Wind, and she had no hope of being accepted. She had planned from the beginning: she was asking for a lot of money to pay back, and it didn't matter if she could be the captain of the ship or not, as long as she could temporarily avoid the misfortune of being captured and taken to Emeek's house as a production tool, and stay close to Euron on Pike Island, she would find a chance to "kill Euron and escape by herself" sooner or later...... If the dagger doesn't work, poison it! They all say that poison is a weapon for cowards and women, and coincidentally, she is a woman!
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In this heated atmosphere of discussion, the owner of this place, "Crow-Eye" Euron Greyjoy, had quietly stepped down from the throne, and walked slowly in front of Asha with his hands behind his back, smiling at a distance from a short distance...... Face to face stared at her face.
Asha's heart beat so fast that she couldn't help but get excited—the opportunity came so suddenly that she didn't even expect it. At this moment, as long as he can pull out the dagger hidden between his breasts like lightning and stab his own uncle in the neck, not only will he get revenge for killing his father, but he will also get rid of the biggest scourge of leading the people of the archipelago to the underworld once and for all!
It was such a godsend that she couldn't do it—because her goal wasn't just to avenge her father, but to lead the archipelago to a bright future. To achieve this, you have to live!
After a series of successful looting by the Iron Folk led by Euron, it is impossible to get out of here intact after assassinating him in public!
She could only wait, waiting for the outcome of the quarrel among the iron people in the hall, waiting for the rally to disperse, and the next better opportunity to appear!
Thinking about the next plan in her heart, Asha didn't even notice that Euron was continuing to approach her. The King of the Iron Islands approached his niece, opened his arms, and gave her a powerful hug.
What is this for? Asha's mind went blank in astonishment—was Crow-Eye showing favor to herself? Could it be that his father was not actually killed by him, even if he was as crazy as "Crow-Eye", he still had a trace of softness in his heart, he still valued his family and affection, and still loved his rebellious niece?
For a moment, Asha's heart was almost shaken, but soon she was terrified and inexplicable to discover that her uncle was actually not hugging her at all, but clamping his arms with both hands like iron tongs...... Twisted behind her back and locked her hands behind her back!
"Uncle?" Asha opened her eyes wide and looked at Euron puzzled: even if the other party stabbed herself to death, she would not be so confused, but what kind of trouble was she going to make in person like this, locking her hands in public regardless of her status?
She soon learned the answer: after twisting her arms behind her back with both hands, Euron grabbed her with one hand, freed the other hand to the front, and took advantage of the commotion in the hall to uncover the two of their nieces and uncles, and lifted the blindfold that had been covering her left eye all along—face-to-face, and Asha couldn't help but look at the newly exposed eye.
It was an eye with no light color, the whites of the eyes were only downright blood-red, and the pupils were dark black from the bright blue of the right eye...... This color effect makes this eye feel as if a bottomless abyss has opened in the middle of a sea of blood, as if it has magic power, and all of Asha's vision and attention are drawn into it. The world around her seemed to disappear in an instant, and Asha felt like she was falling to the ground in mid-air, as if she had been stripped of her clothes, skin, flesh, and bones, leaving only her bare soul, and all thoughts, thoughts, calculations, and debauchery or filthy thoughts buried in the deepest part of her heart were completely exposed to the observer's sight.
A grunt sound rolled up in her throat, and before she could open her mouth to say half a word, Asha was under the "see-through" of this evil eye, her eyes turned black and she fainted.
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