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"Your king will not cut off my head."
Mance Rader shrugged, without the slightest fear on his face, "Because I ate bread and salt at his banquet, I am protected by the rights of the guests." Moreover, I had no interest in the iron chair beneath him, why would he risk the wrath of the gods and kill someone who was no threat to him. ”
"But you were once a night watchman who swore to protect the Great Wall, right?" Samwell took a sip of his wine and smiled, "If I'm not mistaken, the defection of the Night's Watch is a capital offense of beheading. I'm sure Duke Eddard Stark would be happy to execute you with his own hands. ”
"I didn't expect you to know me so well." Mance still had no fear on his face, "But you don't need to scare me, I don't see any malice in your eyes. Just as I did this time, there was no malice. ”
Seeing that he couldn't scare the other party, Samwell stopped pestering, and instead asked, "Then Your Majesty Mance, what are you doing here?" You don't really want to taste a Dorne wife, do you? ”
Mans laughed: "You don't need to call me Your Majesty, you are not my people. As for the purpose of my visit, I just wanted to meet the king on the south side of the Great Wall, and see what kind of man he was. ”
"Now you see it." Samwell asked with interest, "What do you think of His Majesty Robert?" ”
"A rusty sword." Mance Rader blurted out, "Maybe it used to be unmatched, but now, it's dull." ”
Mance's small eyes looked at the lively open-air banquet in the distance, and seemed to be able to see the king on the throne drinking heartily:
"He's a typical summer knight, living in a warm, humid and comfortable climate, where it's hard to stay tough and sharp. But ......"
Samwell spoke up at the right time and added to him, "Winter is coming? ”
Mance glanced at the young man beside him seriously: "You are a vassal of the Stark family?" How come I don't remember that there was a House of Caesar in the North? ”
Samwell shook his head and said, "No, I'm a Riverbend man, and as you say, I'm also a summer knight. ”
Mance looked Samwell up and down, his eyes full of inquiry:
"Few knights of summer understand the harshness and danger of winter."
Samwell's face also became serious: "Lord Mance, could it be that you have discovered something?" ”
"What do you think we'll find?" Mance asked rhetorically.
Samwell tentatively asked, "Like, the stranger? ”
Mance laughed again: "The story of the stranger has been told for thousands of years, but no one has seen it. Neither do we. ”
Samwell breathed a sigh of relief, although he knew that the long summer was not over yet, and the strange ghosts would not appear, he was always worried about what inexplicable changes his butterfly wings had caused.
"So, Lord Mance, why are you worried? He even ventured to the south of the Great Wall for this reason. ”
Hearing Samwell say that he was worried, Mance did not deny it, he was silent for a moment, and then pondered:
"We didn't see the ghosts, but we saw the giants, we saw the mammoths, and we saw the sons of the forest...... These ancient races, which should have disappeared into the long river of time, have reappeared in the Land of Eternal Winter. This does not bode well.
Moreover, this summer has been going on for more than eight years, too long, too long...... According to past experience, a long summer is bound to be followed by a terrible long winter.
Your Excellency Caesar, winter is coming. ”
There seemed to be an extremely cold wind and snow in Mance's tone, which made Samwell stand for a long time and fall into deep thought.
In fact, he also knew that not only those ancient races, but even the strange spirits would also appear in the land of eternal winter with the end of the long summer.
They will bring terrible disasters to the continent.
Samwell is bent on sitting on the Iron Throne, in addition to his personal ambitions, he actually wants to be able to mobilize the forces of the Seven Kingdoms when the strange ghost comes, so as to survive this natural disaster.
Otherwise, according to the situation of the Westeros continent in the original book, it may not be able to stop the pace of the strange ghosts.
Although several of the "protagonists" have faintly revealed the ability to save the world, Samwell does not want to pin his fate on others.
Just when Samwell was about to inquire more about the situation north of the Great Wall with Mance Red, the king of the outside world, he found that a commotion suddenly broke out in the main banquet hall.
"Summer knight, heh!" Mance smiled coldly, as if he was disdainful of the conflict, and buried his head in the roast again.
Samwell left the king of the Plug behind for the time being and walked back to the main venue.
"She must be punished! Must be punished! Queen Cersei's shrill voice echoed through the air.
Hand of the King, Duke Ed persuaded: "Your Majesty, let's find out what happened first......
"What happened?" Queen Cersei pointed to her son, "Look what she made Joffrey look like?" Eddard Stark, you must hand her over! ”
Samwell also saw Prince Joffrey at this time, and found that his right hand was bloody, his face was full of tears, and he looked miserable and miserable, cowering behind his mother.
No way.
Samwell thought to himself, wouldn't it be that Joffrey and Arya would clash again as they did in the original books?
Duke Lanli looked at his nephew with a smile and asked, "Joffrey, how did you get a girl like this?" ”
"She let the wolf bite me!" Joffrey screamed.
"She won't let a wolf bite you for no reason, will she?"
"I ...... I just saw her practicing her sword there alone, so I proposed a fight......"
"You're going to fight a little girl?" Duke Lanli's mockery was barely disguised.
"I am for the glory of my mother!" Prince Joffrey exclaimed angrily, "She insulted my mother! That's why I wanted to teach her a lesson. ”
"And then you get a lesson from her. Good nephew, I really have your ......."
"Shut up!" King Robert yelled at his brother, then turned to his son, "You brought her to fight, and she let the wolf bite you?" ”
"Yes!" Prince Joffrey's face was a little hideous, "She did it on purpose!" She's just going to break my hand! ”
"Robert!" Queen Cersei gritted her teeth and said, "That girl made your son like this!" She must be punished! ”
"Alright." King Robert was also a little helpless, "Ed, call your daughter, I want to ask her about the situation." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Duke Ed sighed secretly, bowed, and strode away.
Samwell saw it all, and a strange feeling rose in his heart.
Unexpectedly, the lion and the wolf still clashed, but the reason changed slightly, this time there was no butcher's apprentice, but for the "glory of the queen".
Could it be that these two are really incompatible?
However, with the tempers of Arya Stark and Prince Joffrey, it is not surprising that they clash.
When this happened, everyone had no intention of entertaining, and the atmosphere of the banquet was gone, and everyone was quietly waiting for Arya's arrival.
But after waiting for a while, I saw Duke Eddard's attendant hurriedly running over and reported:
"Your Majesty, Miss Arya is missing, and the Duke has arranged for someone to search for her, and he asked me to apologize to you."
Queen Cersei suddenly began to sneer: "Gone? It can't be Eddard Stark hiding his daughter, right? They are wolves ......"
"Shut up, woman!" Robert yelled impatiently.
Then, he stood up and announced, "That's all for today, and we'll talk about it when Ed finds his daughter." ”
After saying that, he left the banquet.
And they all went back to their camps to rest.
The next morning, Samwell woke up and washed up briefly.
When he went to breakfast, he found that the king of the outside world, Mance Red, was still there.
"Good morning, Mr. Bell." Samwell smiled and stepped forward to say hello.
"Good morning, Master Caesar." Mance smiled back, as if he had truly thought of himself as a bard.
Samwell also had to admire this person's courage and didn't run away knowing that his identity was exposed.
"Did the Stark girl find it later?"
"Not yet, Duke Ed is in a hurry." Mance shook his head, "I've heard from them that the King has sent someone to the Farmer's Castle to ask Count Darui to bring someone to assist in the search. ”
Samwell nodded, knowing that Farmer's Fort was the closest castle in the area, and the Daree family was more familiar with the area.
It seems that Arya is really wild enough, and she dares to run away alone at night.
Waving goodbye to Mance Red, Samwell continued his way to the dining tent.
On the way, Samwell suddenly felt that this might be a good opportunity to get in touch with the new king's hand, Duke Eddard, and he also wanted to see if this famous honest man in Game of Thrones could be a help for his next plan.
So after breakfast, Samwell also took the initiative to apply and joined the search team.
……
In the bushes by the river, Arya Stark was hungry and tired.
She knew she was in trouble.
Letting a wolf bite Prince Joffrey is no small matter.
They'll kill the little wolf Namelia.
So, Arya chased away Namelia.
At first, the wolf was reluctant to leave its owner, until she beat it, scolded it, and stoned it, and then Nemelia sadly burrowed into the jungle and disappeared.
At this time, Arya couldn't help crying again.
After crying, she still didn't dare to go back, so she wandered aimlessly in the woods, like an abandoned little beast.
Suddenly, she heard an eagle chirping.
When she looked up, she saw a falcon with a pure white tail hovering above her head.
It's so beautiful.
Arya thought.
The next moment, there was a sound of rustling in the forest, as if someone was chasing after him.
Arya panicked inexplicably, and ran away.
Then she heard the sound of galloping horses.
Getting closer.
"Ahh
A large hand grabbed her by the collar and lifted her up.
"Don't be afraid. I am your father's friend. ”
(End of chapter)