Chapter 65: "The Blood of the Running Wolf"
To be sure, Arya is a bubbly, lovable child, like his brother Bran, and doesn't dress like her sister Sansa, so she tends to come across as "average-looking" in comparison, but Egg has a modern eye...... Judging from the shape of her face, this little girl is also a beautiful embryo.
Apparently someone agrees with his judgment, and if Egg is not mistaken, it was said in the original plot that Arya looked like her aunt Lyanna, and that she also had the same wolf's blood.
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Haha, Iger wanted to laugh.
[The blood of the running wolf contains the pursuit of extreme freedom, the mellow and toxic romance, and the unchanging wildness. Only a piece of travel and desperate love, endless adventure, thriller, novelty and fun can satisfy the bearer of this bloodline. 】
Being able to explain "willfulness" and "playfulness" so literary and fancy is also the ability of a Western fantasy author like Martin. What did Arya's aunt do to make her "famous in history"? Eloped with Prince Rhaegar who had a wife and children while she was engaged to Robert Baratheon!
Indeed, Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen's marriage was arranged by their parents, and it was a family marriage for the sake of profit, and perhaps they met each other at the Harrenhal jousting tournament and found out that the other person was true love, so they resolutely did something stupid. From a modern perspective, for the sake of political correctness, Iger may have to stand in solidarity with them.
But the stupid girl with the "blood of the wolf" shouldn't be, she can't run away without leaving any letters, Egger himself knew as early as six years old that he had to tell his parents where he had gone when he went out to play, a teenage girl didn't even understand this truth, who was to blame if something happened?
The Stark daughter's elope with the prince of House Targaryen and became the latter's lover, which was originally a scandal involving the royal family and the lords of the Stormlands and the North, but the marriage between the Stark family and the Baratheon family collapsed, and Prince Rhaegar was saddled with another reputation stain and paid some price to settle the troubles he caused.
However, because of Lyanna's stupidity and ignorance, the wrong spring began, and her father and brother believed that Rhaegar had abducted and kidnapped his own daughter, chased him to King's Landing and made insulting remarks to the king, only to run into the mad king Elise who was in a bad mood and was burned to death, and then Jon Arryn, Duke of the Vale, refused to hand over Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon's two adopted sons, and instead raised the flag of rebellion - the vigorous war of the Raiders began.
In the end, one of the two sides of the elopement died and the dynasty collapsed, and the other killed his father and brother because of dystocia, and the living person could only reminisce about her beauty from the statue...... It's exactly the same as Robb's future bloody wedding caused by breaking the marriage contract.
This is the world of ice and fire, and if you die, you will die.
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Of course, the same willfulness, the same spoiled, the Stark children and Cersei brought out Joffrey are still a little different, to put it simply, the Stark children are still saved. At least they know how to be polite, and at least they have cultivated the shining point of kindness, integrity, and righteousness. If it weren't for the troubled times that were about to usher in, purely making friends and finding friends, Egger would be very willing to choose these northerners, but now, what he needs is rich and powerful allies and smart partners, and at this point, Starks who are good at pit friends and family are not the best choice.
Not to mention, Arya is only ten years old now, and this "running wolf" is still young, unless Egger is a pedophile, who would be interested in her?
His original idea was very simple, keep a good distance from these Starks who have their own pit teammates buffs, and don't give them a chance to affect themselves when they die. His swordsmanship is ordinary, and it may be enough to teach Arya, a little girl, but if he takes over the class of the chief swordsman of Braavos, and then inherits his fate in the original plot, it will be unlucky.
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But if you think about it, even if this little she-wolf has no skills for the time being, her identity as a Stark child is still enough to bluff people, and she went to Eddard to cheat a certificate, which is usually convincing enough, but if customers often see a Stark girl when they go in and out of the Night's Watch office, will they be more confident in the bond in their hands?
In addition, although he has not yet thought of the best way to separate Littlefinger and Eddard Stark, no matter what plan is taken, if he can entrap a Stark child, the plan will definitely go much easier.
......After a short psychological struggle, Egger touched his chin in embarrassment and relieved: "It's not completely impossible, but there are conditions - since you want me to teach you how to use a sword, then I am your master, and you have to listen to me." ”
"Okay, master, I'll listen to you for everything!"
"Uh-huh. Iger continued to think about it, and suddenly it occurred to him that a certain faceless person who he had never been able to think of a way to recruit seemed to have something to do with the girl in front of him in the original plot?
There is a like-minded relationship between people, just like Egg and Tyrion, even if the former doesn't try his best to get close to the latter in Winterfell, as long as they have the opportunity to meet and work together again in the future, they will definitely still be able to get together. So does this work for Arya and Jaquin?
After thinking about it, he felt that the idea of recruiting Jia Kun through Arya was simply nonsense, and he finally decided to take one step at a time, and put these two guys together first to see what would happen: "My first order, don't dress like this boy and run in front of me in the future, learn from your sister, take care of yourself like a girl, and then come over for a swordsmanship class." ”
"Why!"
"What's so strange about dressing like a boy and then wielding a sword like a boy? It's challenging to be a lady and a swordsman, a rose with thorns, isn't it?"
The above statement is just a casual pie, and letting the girl wear women's clothes is actually just out of Egger's personal thoughts: I'm already busy and dizzy, and I have to teach a tomboy swordsmanship in my spare time, how boring is it? But if the other party is a girl, even if you can't eat it, at least you can nourish your eyes and relax your body and mind.
"Makes sense. Arya thought hard for a moment with her little brain, attracted by the idea of a thorny rose, and agreed, "Then I'll come over tomorrow?"
"Whatever you want, if nothing else, I'll be here for a long time to come. Iger shrugged: "The second request, speak to your father or his guards before you come out, and find someone to send you...... Although the Red Fort is not far from here, you are not necessarily safe as a child. ”
"I'm not a kid anymore!"
"If you say no, you won't, but do as I say, and since you want me to teach you how to use a sword, don't get me in trouble. ”
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