Sharpen the knife and do not mistake the woodcutter. With the massage done and the official information about Daenerys in hand, Iger found that his thoughts were much clearer.

He was in a dilemma about whether to accept Melisandre's proposal, and the main reason was that there were too many unknown factors - to sum up, there were roughly three: 1. After the plot changed drastically, it was not clear where Daenerys was, and he might have to spend a lot of time and energy looking for her after going south, wasting a lot of time and energy for no reason; 2. Limited by the slow dissemination of information and the distance distance, he was likely to encounter the embarrassing situation of "rushing to King's Landing, but this place has been reduced to ashes by Daenerys's three dragons", and he ran in vain and returned in vain; 3. The Wraith is likely to strike during his absence, and all his preparations have been dashed by the absence of his commander-in-chief.

And these three questions can actually be summed up as a key: he is worried that it will be too late.

Now, the first two issues are solved: Daenerys is mostly on Dragonstone, and due to Stannis's military preparations, she may not attack King's Landing until she is firmly established. So...... Combined with Melisandre's steadfast attitude, Iger suddenly realized that the "instability" he hated most had been minimized, and if he hesitated any longer, he would be like a.

If you have to take the risk, you have to take it, if you are afraid that it will be too late, then go back quickly, it is not much better than thinking about it before and after!

......

"No!!" Arya immediately objected, "I'm finally here, you...... Can't you wait for me to leave and then do something else!"

"If you can wait, I won't be entangled in this half a day. Iger explained helplessly, "What do you think is a good place to give land? It's not the right time for you and your mother to come here, so hurry back to Winterfell when you're done...... It'll soon be crowded with people who have taken refuge from all directions, and you'll not even have a place to sleep. ”

"You, you—" Arya was so angry that even her voice took on a cry of grievance. She didn't understand Egger's kindness in wanting her to be safe, and she could only see that the master wanted to drive herself away in order to see "another woman".

"Okay, you can stay as long as you want, and I'll come back with you as soon as possible. Egger also realized that something was wrong - as the commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch, it was a serious official decision and arrangement to go south to meet the Dragon Queen and King Stannis, so why should he tell Arya, creating the illusion that he was discussing with her? He quickly changed the subject: "You still have your mother just now...... How's the talk with Bran, has he agreed to go home with you?"

Arya was still too shallow, and when Egger played a trick, she forgot what she was talking about, and seamlessly jumped to a new channel: "Uh-I almost forgot if you didn't mention it, how did Bran become weird!, ask him what he did during his disappearance, and why did Addo and Summer and the son of the Reed family disappear...... He wouldn't talk about anything, only that he could see everything now...... I didn't understand a lot of words, but I didn't understand what it meant, 'I'm going to make up my mind about this night watchman,' and in the end I don't know why my mother was convinced......"

"So, is your brother sure he's going to join the Night's Watch?"

"Yes......" replied Arya, uncertainly, "Bran said that there was something I had to talk to my mother about, and that I should come out first, and I would come here." ”

"Can only talk to your mother?"

Iger reread it with some confusion, and it was no surprise that Bran was able to convince Caitlyn to agree to join the Night's Watch, given that the precedents and traditions were there, and with thousands of years of experience and eloquence, even the conversation between himself, the land-giver, was always in rhythm...... But it was strange that he had something private to tell Catelyn that Arya couldn't hear.

was wondering, but Egger suddenly felt a weight on his shoulders - Arya was standing behind him and pretending to massage him, but at this moment, his arm slipped forward to his chest at some point, and his body was lowered - he hugged his neck and lay on the back of his chair, the small breasts that had just appeared were almost attached to his back, and the little head was also resting on his left shoulder: "Wet ~ rotten ~"

It was the first time she had done this kind of intimate gesture to Egger, and Arya wanted to prove that she was closer to her master by rubbing her shoulders first...... Of course, there are other reasons.

As soon as he heard her suddenly sticky tone, Egg knew she must be wanting something again.

"Don't be weird, talk well. And - your jaw hurts my shoulder. ”

Arya pushed him angrily, but poked her head forward again, this time in a position of holding Egger's shoulder blades with her chin and neck, the girl's neck without an Adam's apple was soft, and the girl was not a fool, but the little face was almost all attached to Egger's left cheek - the man smelled the smell of his little apprentice: unlike the milky fragrance of Messira, Arya's body odor did not seem to be fragrant, but it was fresh and pure, as refreshing as mint.

"Last time, you didn't have a good idea, but I studied it carefully and came up with a good idea for myself: can't I join the Night's Watch, why bother so stupidly...... Fuck that nerd around. ”

Egger had a headache: "Didn't I tell you that the Night's Watch doesn't accept female soldiers." ”

"But aren't you the commander-in-chief, I've inquired, you can make changes to the night watch's laws!"

Well, I still came prepared, and Egger was resolute: "If you change the law at will, can it still be called law?"

"Lion~Tiger~Please~" Arya reluctantly sprinkled coquettishly, pressed her weight on the man and pushed him to shake, rubbing his cheeks with her smooth face, and the heat sprayed into his collar.

A good little girl, how can she turn into a monster when she doesn't agree with her? With the authentic soft girl of Messila in front of the comparison, Arya's deliberate performance immediately made people get goosebumps. Egger sat upright - the two of them were in this position at the moment, and he could kiss Arya as soon as he turned his head...... Although he likes this little apprentice very much, he doesn't want to experience the kind of bloody episodes that only exist in light and Japanese comics, and he doesn't want to develop the relationship in the direction of men and women: the second miss of the Stark family, no matter how beautiful and cute she is, she also belongs to the type in his list of "you need to control the hanging when you face it".

This kind of aristocratic lady can't get rid of it if she provokes it.

"Okay, okay, I promise you, you can ask your mother at dinner today, and if she agrees, I will immediately change the law and accept you as the first female night watchman, okay?"

"You, you...... I'm not going to get along with you!" Arya slapped him at once—she wasn't shrewd in the smug, but she wasn't stupid, and she couldn't understand if she didn't say yes.

"If you don't get along with me, don't be good with me, don't press on me, you're very heavy. ”

Seeing that it was not possible to be coquettish, the girl immediately changed her means. sobbed, and his tone suddenly became aggrieved: "Master-how do I feel, you don't care about me at all." In your eyes, I'm just a tool that can provide inside information!"

Okay, okay, this trick is still a little useful, Egger really felt a little guilty: "How come, you have always been the master's most beloved and proud apprentice...... But in this world, it's really not like anyone can do whatever they want...... Okay, I promise, when the war is over, I'll think of a way for you, okay?"

Iger was serious about making a promise, but this time who still believed him.

"Not good!"

Iger shrugged and tried to push the girl away: "Hurry up, a married woman, sticking to a night watchman, what a system." ”

It's okay not to say it, but the aggrieved tone suddenly changed back to fierce: "You have a husband's wife! Your whole family has a husband's wife, don't use that word to say me!"

Ha, this is the Arya he is familiar with, Egger relaxed: "But strictly speaking, a girl with a marriage contract is a married woman." ”

"You say that word again?!"

"A married woman. Iger didn't hesitate, "Bite me? Ouch - you really bite!"

Arya, who had been rubbing his face and whispering softly a moment ago, became embarrassed, revealing the true nature of the little she-wolf, and actually bit Egg's ear as soon as she turned her head. It didn't hurt much, but it was a bit of a change of flavor - the girl was still too young to tell the line between "normal intimacy with the master" and "flirting with a man", but Egg couldn't continue to mess with her indiscriminately.

"Alright, okay, stop playing. Egg got up from his chair, turned around and grabbed Arya, who was still trying to run away and lead him to chase him, and dragged her to the door, "It's almost time, come, let's go to the kitchen and see what you want to eat, and ask your mother if you want to be the night watchman at the dinner table." ”

......

A moment later.

In the main dining room of the Inner Fort of Aftercrown, the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch led the higher-ups of Queencrown Town to meet with Lady Stark and her "three children" from Winterfell, and the two sides had dinner and had a cordial and friendly conversation. Iger said that he was going to help Arya, "can you make her a night watchman", but naturally no one mentioned it...... However, Catelyn took the initiative to say that she wanted to continue her journey north to the Great Wall, to comfort the front-line officers and soldiers who were on the front line defending the borders of the Seven Kingdoms under difficult circumstances as a member of the Stark family, and to go to the Long Night Fort to fulfill the wish of the most devout believers of the Old Gods in the accompanying northern soldiers to worship the legendary giant heart tree.

It's not a bad thing to be safe, it's just that Egg is a little weird, isn't that Bran and Caitlyn's advice when they talk alone?

Doubts are doubts, but it is not easy for him as an outsider to delve into the private chats between Caitlyn and Bran's mother and son. After Iger agreed and immediately arranged for cooperation, he simply announced in public at the dinner table that he was about to sail south to King's Landing to ask King Stannis for help—if nothing else, just to see how the Green Prophet Bran reacted: if he said no, the stranger was coming soon and you couldn't go, then the plan would have to be canceled anyway, and vice versa.

Fortunately, Bran, who was sitting on the side, only nodded slightly to Egger after listening, and did not speak.

After the lively dinner, Arya is dragged back to her room by her own mother, while Egg returns to his apartment after giving an account of his work to several subordinates. Walking on the hard and flat frozen ground of Houguan Town, he looked up at the sky and found that the weather was unusually good tonight: the moon and stars were sparse, and the sky was cloudless.

His heart moved, and his feet changed direction, and he walked towards Melisandre's quarters.

"What are you doing?" the red-robed woman was a little surprised by his visit, frowning and blocking the door, "Didn't you say that I can only go to you, not today, I have to save some strength for tomorrow's trip." ”

It's a little bit of a tacit understanding between the two of them—Melisandre is an oracle-inspired assistant, not a lover raised by Egger, who can come and go as soon as she is called. If she wants to sleep, she can—but when she can, it's up to her.

Of course, she got Iger wrong this time.

"Pack our things and we'll go at once. ”

"Didn't you say you had to think about it before, but now what are your nerves?"

"Think about it. The weather is excellent tonight, so let's leave now and get on the boat to Dragonstone tomorrow morning - if the weather is still the same the night tomorrow, we can go at least two days earlier and return early. ”

"It's been two days!" Melisandre scoffed, but thought about it, and the Child of Prophecy was so interested in this war that every second counted, and she was her assistant...... She exhaled, looked at the night sky as well, and shook her head helplessly: "Okay, wait a minute. ”

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