Samwell Caesar walked slowly up the Visennian hills.

He was followed by seven knights in white armor and a group of guards.

The seven members of the Kingsguard have also been confirmed, and the captain is, of course, Ser Barristan Selmy.

The other six members are Loras Tyrell, Kathu Huya, Noah Rowan, Brindon Tully, Robert Royce, and Brienne Tas.

Loras Tyrell had been promised to be banished to the Wall as a Night's Watchman, but Sam Wellenn helped him a lot and was an important witness to Tyrion's father's secrets, allowing him to stay in King's Landing and join the Kingsguard.

Katou Huya and Noah Rowan, both of whom served as Samwell's attendants, while Robert Royce fought alongside Samwell until the last moment in the Sanctuary of Celestial City, and were both knights trusted by the king.

As for Brynden Tully, the "black fish", he had never met Caesar before.

However, when Caesar and the Lannisters confronted each other across the river, it was this person who carried the anti-flag in Riverrun and led the nobles of the Riverlands to free themselves from the control of the lions.

The chaos in the Riverlands led directly to the lack of food in King's Landing, and it can be said that Samwell was able to defeat the Lannisters so smoothly, and Brindon Tully made a great contribution.

In recognition of his merits, Samwell wanted to make him an earl and give him a fief.

But unexpectedly, Brynden refused directly.

This "black fish" has been deviant all his life, once refused the marriage of his brother Duke Horst Tully, and has never married a wife or children, so naturally he has no desire for titles and fiefs.

However, he was interested in the honor of the White Knight.

Samwell granted his wish and had Brinnden join the Kingsguard.

However, the addition of the last White Knight, Brienne Tus, was quite controversial.

After all, the Kingsguard has never had a woman.

But at this point, Samwell insisted that the loyal female knight join the Kingsguard.

It's not that he's fed up and wants to promote women's rights in Westeros in this era, but that Brienne Tus does deserve the honor of the White Knight.

The group arrived at the top of the Visenya Hill, where they were greeted by the majestic vaults of the Basilica of Belle and its seven shining towers.

However, between the royal procession and the marble steps of the templar, there were countless filthy crowds dressed in brown coarse cloth.

There were thousands of them, and they were lining up to receive alms from the church.

Samwell frowned slightly.

After conquering King's Landing, he had already mobilized a large amount of grain to stabilize the price of food, and sent people to set up alms throughout the city, and even Queen Margaery personally went to the poorest and dirtiest flea nest in the city to distribute food for free, but he did not expect that so many people still came to the church to beg.

The guards stepped forward to separate the crowd, and Samwell walked through it.

No cheers, no bows, not even a smile.

The men in front of the temple looked at the new king with gloomy, even hostile eyes.

Samwell wasn't surprised.

After his arrival in King's Landing, he delayed coming to the Basil to pray and accept the coronation of the archbishop, and rumors began to circulate in the city that he did not respect the seven gods.

He came to the Visenya Hills this time to solve this matter.

The influence of the Church of the Seven in Westeros should not be underestimated, and even as a king, he needs to be cautious when dealing with this issue.

But Samwell clearly won't give in to the church either.

In his eyes, faith is just a tool to facilitate rule, not his own "emperor".

When Samwell crossed the crowd and was about to walk up the stone steps, he was stopped by a monk.

"Does the Great Sanctuary of Baylor dare to stop His Majesty?" Sir Barristan stepped forward and asked.

"Of course not." "The Great Church won't stop anyone, but weapons can't get in. ”

Sir Barristan said, "Even at the King's side, the knights of the Kingsguard need not disarm. ”

"The king is at the king's side." "But this is the church of the Church, and the gods have the final say." ”

"When did the gods forbid weapons from entering the Templars?" Samwell asked, "I remember the last time I came, there was no such rule. ”

"It's the new rule. Delivered by the new spokesperson of the Seven Gods, His Holiness the Archbishop. ”

The archbishop did change.

The previous archbishop was torn apart by the angry populace during the previous King's Landing riots, and was replaced by a new archbishop from a humble background.

Normally, the Presiding Church is elected from among the archbishops, but today there is an exception.

In recent years, the displacement of the impoverished has created an influential and large group of people during the war.

There have been people who see the potential of this group and use the power of faith to pinch them together.

The poorer you are, the more pious you are, this is an eternal law.

These poor people of the faith were called sparrows by the people of King's Landing.

Their leader, known as the "Sparrow", is now the archbishop.

After the death of the previous archbishop, the archbishops held an election council, but during this time, the crazy sparrows rushed into the Basilica of Baylor with their swords in high and carried the sparrows, forcing the archbishops to choose the sparrows as the new archbishops.

"Since the gods have commanded it, mortals should obey it." Samwell didn't seem to be angry, and with a smile he unslashed the greatsword from his back.

The seven white knights of the Kingsguard also unsheathed their swords.

Only then did the monk get out of the way.

The king walked up the steps with seven white knights.

Upon entering the Hall of Lights, Samwell found more than twenty monks kneeling on the ground, but instead of praying, scrubbing the floor.

Samwell recognized them as former archbishops.

"Archbishop Renard," he asked, calling one of them, curiously, "is there a shortage of servants in the Templar?" ”

"Your Majesty," blushed Archbishop Renard, "labor is also a form of prayer that pleases the gods. ”

Samwell raised an eyebrow: "This is also the archbishop's newly acquired oracle?" ”

Archbishop Renard seemed to be frightened by the teasing in the king's tone, and did not dare to answer, but looked carefully at the person behind him.

It was a tall, thin old man, with a beard half brown and half gray, his sparse hair combed back into a simple knot, and his robe, though clean, was covered with patches.

Samwell met the man's gaze and suddenly laughed:

"You're the new archbishop, aren't you?"

The old man looked at the king fixedly with gray-white eyes, nodded and said:

"Yes, Your Majesty, I am the Archbishop."

(End of chapter)