Messira could understand Egger's motivation for thanking the queen for her help in deciding to reclaim the Iron Throne, but she couldn't accept that he had chosen to go south to fight the north, which in her mind wasn't supposed to work.

The duty of the night watchman is to keep an eye on the Great Wall, to fight against the ghosts and savages to keep the peace of the Seven Kingdoms, and to do anything other than that is to overstep the rules and nonsense.

Daenerys Targaryen rode north on a dragon to participate in this epic war between the living and the dead, and while it was noble and worthy of praise that the Night's Watch should have kept her safe and cooperated with her actions, and it was only natural that they should be grateful and honored afterwards...... But at the end of the day, the Dragon Queen was only protecting the Seven Kingdoms, a property she considered her own.

If everyone acts according to their own ideas and wills, instead of following the social division of labor, everything will be chaotic!

The Night's Watch broke the rules of neutrality and helped the Queen conquer the Seven Kingdoms, which is a typical mistake of not distinguishing between priority and going her own way!

That said, but Messira also knew in her heart that there were more things in the world that were more wrong than this—far from it, her own existence was a mistake in itself: according to conventional ethics, her biological parents could not unite with each other and produce children.

How can a man who should not exist logically have the courage to accuse this and that! Egger made a mistake, but he at least had a valid reason; he was now a traitor and a thief that everyone in the north shouted at, but this did not change the fact that he had always been gentle and courteous to him, and that he had always taken good care of his "uncle" and his two brothers. Anyone in the world can be disgusted or hostile to Egger, but there should never be oneself among them.

Not only is it not a nuisance, but in fact, the night watchman is almost the most "heroic" person Miccella has seen since she was born: mature but not boring, powerful but not brutal, upright but not pedantic, brave but not reckless...... is obviously in a high position and power, but he is incredibly attentive and gentle when dealing with people.

That's not much of a matter alone, but the more important thing is that Miccera can feel it—these qualities that Iger is exhibiting, not posturing.

Either he is an actor with invincible acting skills, or, that's what he really looks like.

No wonder Arya likes him!

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Speaking of Arya, sometimes Messira can't help but be jealous of her titular "sister": why, she is obviously a bear child, when she is stupid and encounters a disaster, there is such a man who stands up to protect and accompany her, and she ...... is sensible and intelligent, even more sensible than most adults, but from the moment he is born, he is the product of the intolerable chaos of heaven and earth and the evil seed of the anger of man and god, and inexplicably suffers from the merciless mockery and torture of fate, drifting with the waves like a rootless seaweed, and being thrown to one reef after another and slapping all over his body?

Is this an atonement for the evil deeds of his previous life, or is this world a fool with foolish blessings?

Whenever she thought of this, Mithera shook her head vigorously to shake the thought out of her head...... And ashamed that he would have such a chaotic and stupid thought.

She doesn't believe that people have a previous life, and Arya is not stupid, and the fate she suffered is different, the difference is only whether her parents have fulfilled the requirements of being parents.

But if there is a father (whether by blood or in name) and a mother, one of the three can be more stable and mature, and not so childish that even she, a real child, feels naïve...... Or can any warrior stand up and protect himself at a critical moment like Egg taking care of Arya, and he will never have to suffer so many grievances and tribulations!

Gu Ying doesn't have to feel too much self-pity, but she also admits that Michalla herself admits that apart from being under house arrest for a short time and changing identities to come to Winterfell after several relocations, she has hardly suffered any deliberate external abuse, and her impact is almost entirely psychological: for example, she was forced to be separated from her close family and friends to live in a completely unfamiliar environment, such as being incognito and having to cut off her past, lying about her origins and childhood...... This kind of content that you don't know what it's like if you don't experience it yourself, and saying it will only make people feel hypocritical.

Iger made a mistake, but that didn't erase the fact that he owed him a great favor, not to mention, back to the bottom of his heart...... Misetla also didn't believe he was a bad person.

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As the "third lady" of the Stark family, Mycera gets along with Sansa and Arya, and the former princess Baratheon had learned from their chatter a few days ago that Earl Bolton was leading his army to the final Hearthtown to attack the queen, but she did not immediately go out of the city to warn Egger for two main reasons.

One is that it can't, and the other is that it shouldn't.

At that time, Winterfell, which had not been attacked for hundreds of years, was suddenly encircled by a surprise attack, and she was in a state of extreme tension from top to bottom, and it was impossible for her to trick the guards into opening the door for a little girl to leave the city;

Egger and Stark's family, the former is a friend, and the latter is his family from now on. Since the great tribulation, the already sensible Miccella has found that she sees things more and more clearly: one can like friends more than family, but one cannot put the former above the latter in major matters. Egger's position to take care of Tomman, Joffrey, and "Uncle" is nothing compared to the Starks' protection and care for themselves after their origins were exposed. If you indiscriminately inform, because of your own subjective preferences, causing the Stark family to lose a war or even fall into a catastrophe, then you will be as indistinguishable from right and wrong as your parents.

Fortunately, after a few days of silent prayers for both sides inside and outside the city, the situation finally took a turn for the better: the Earl of Bolton successfully attacked the final Hearthplace City to take the queen's major news, so that the outcome of the confrontation was no longer in suspense, the castle defenders were immersed in the joy of the crisis was resolved, and the Messira saw an opportunity to save both sides of the confrontation at the same time: to send the news to Iger at such a moment, which would not only pay off the debt owed to him, but also not threaten the safety of the Stark family！

As for being discovered by the Starks?

She hasn't thought about it yet, but it's a big deal to honestly admit her mistakes and lose the trust she has earned so hard...... The advantage of staying with good people is that even if you do bad things, you won't be able to recover immediately.

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After listening to his call, the man in black in front of him raised his eyebrows, but he did not show the shocked and panicked expression that Messila expected.

"Where did you get the news?"

"I saw with my own eyes that Maester Lewyn received a letter from the north and hurried into the main castle, and then spread the word, and now the whole castle already knew about it!" "I don't know if Robb has instructed Sir Rodric to tell you the news, but if he tells you about it and advises you to surrender, you'd better accept his terms—the Earl of Bolton's army gets closer to Winterfell, the lighter the bargaining chips become!" But if he doesn't mention it and continues to ramble as usual, it will be even worse, indicating that the Starks have decided not to give you a chance to admit your mistake and bow your head, and you better withdraw overnight tonight!"

Egger stood in front of the little princess, his chest folded and deep in thought.

He didn't doubt that Messira would lie to himself, but he didn't believe that Bolton had the ability or willingness to go on a surprise attack on the final Hearthplace to eliminate Daenerys—if a piece of news that was not a lie but could never be the truth, it must be somewhere in between: one-sided or wrong!

Messira thinks it's true, but it's actually fake news from Stark or the Boltons, which one is it?

A few seconds later, a chill from the bone marrow suddenly popped up on the scalp at the back of the head, and instantly spread down the back spine to the lower back: Awesome, wonderful!

He had always thought that he had handled the informant sent by the old Skinner to talk about cooperation quite beautifully: not only did he quickly cut through the mess and cleanly and neatly took down the whole team in one night, but he also tortured them about the rules and methods of communicating with the Castle of Terror to report the situation and report their safety. In the prediction, by the time Luce Bolton realizes that something is wrong and wants to respond, he should have quickly dealt with the beating and coercion of the Stark family, so that the situation in the north will be settled, and no one who wants to toss will not be able to make any big waves......

But I don't know which step went wrong, and Burton's counterattack against his uncooperation came so quickly and fiercely!

In the end, the Hearthplace was originally Amber's castle, and the Night's Watch didn't have the letter crows from there to fly to the camp outside Winterfell, and even the shapeshifters couldn't reach it hundreds of miles away. Iger didn't have access to the Queen's side in real time - it meant that he couldn't be the first to know about the changes in the direction of the north, and he didn't know that the Bolton army was probably on the way south at the moment, but contrary to what Messira and everyone in Winterfell thought: they were not here to relieve the siege of Winter, but to run for the lives of everyone in the Stark family and slap themselves in the face!

"Miss Maeve, would you believe me if I said that your source was a false letter fabricated by Luce Burton, that he didn't actually hurt the queen at all, and that he might have turned to Daenerys' side and became an enemy of the Starks?"

It is conceivable that when the army of the Bolton family brought the queen here, if she saw the three-headed dragon flag symbolizing the Targaryen on the wall, she still drank the northwest wind outside the two granite walls...... Not only will his image as a shrewd, capable and omnipotent person be greatly reduced in the eyes of the queen, but it will also be difficult to ensure the safety of the lives of all the people in the city, Arya's family, all of them!

"Oh, my lord, I'm not joking with you!" Messella never expected Egger to react like this, and was so anxious that she even waved her arms: "I believe that the night watchman is very strong in combat, but you are by no means the opponent of the entire northern realm, for the sake of the seven gods, please hurry up and find a way to get out, don't let my sneak out this trip be in vain!"

Egg shook his head, realizing that his reaction at the moment was indeed like an outlaw who was desperate but still unbelieving and planning to gamble, after taking a few deep breaths and straightening out his thoughts, he half-squatted down to face the little princess, put one hand on the girl's narrow and thin shoulder, and asked seriously and slowly, "Messila, do you look at me like crazy?"

Messira's heart pounded, this was the first time in more than two years that an outsider had called her real name, she looked up to meet Egger's gaze, carefully observing the man in front of her.

The angular and resolute face, the cheeks and chin with clean stubble and no acne, and the eyes that are clear and serious...... Damn, how can he have a sense of courage and majesty that he has never found before? It seems to be more manly than before......

Coupled with the strength and determination in the big hand on his shoulder, Messira's cheeks suddenly became hot.

Fortunately, her face was already red from running for a while, and this strangeness was not revealed.

She wriggled uncomfortably, remembering in time that they were talking about business: "No, but I didn't say-"

"Good, calm, take a deep breath, and come over and sit down. Iger interrupted the girl, stood up straight, pushed her shoulders again, pulled her to the chair in front of the desk, and then dragged another chair behind the desk and sat down opposite her, and then solemnly began to explain: " I say that this news is false, not because I am dead or unwilling to admit defeat, but because I don't believe it: a person who sent someone to the land grant last month to discuss with me the plan to overthrow the Stark family will become a loyal minister in less than a month, and will take the risk to solve the biggest threat for Robb, just to maintain the status of the Stark family's ruler in the north!"

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