Chapter 1055: The School City Tunnel
"Cobain isn't dead yet?" said Dr. Prambney.
The bachelor who was expelled from the school city and stripped of the bachelor's necklace ended up miserable. I couldn't find a job, I had no one to take in, and wherever I went, I would be ostracized by other bachelors.
"He joined King's Landing's most notorious warrior group, relied on his medical skills to find a bite to eat, and then met me. I took over the Warriors and gave Cobain a job by the way. Will said.
"I see. Dr. Prambany sighed, "He was a genius, and Dr. Calwin admired him." “
"He is indeed good, as long as he is regulated not to do bad things, his knowledge can bring convenience to people. ”
Dr. Prambany pondered for a long time, as if he were nostalgic for Cobain's days in the schooltown: "Well, Prime Minister, I have decided to give you Gina, and then two little white crows. ”
"I'm grateful. ”
Outside the tower, Arya looked up at the white raven, and until then, she had no belief that there were white ravens in the world.
Crows are all black, this is the world consensus.
She had never seen a crow in the long summer, and she had never seen a crow deliver a letter to Winterfell when winter came.
The maester said that when something important happened on the mainland, the school would send out crows, but there didn't seem to be crows in Winterfell.
Rayso noticed a wooden bridge.
The wooden bridge spans the river and connects to the east bank.
Raven Island is not far from the east coast, and it is a long way from the west coast, so it takes a while to get there.
Through the wooden bridge, you can walk from Raven Island to the east coast.
There are also some buildings on the east bank, similar to those in the school city.
Rayso suddenly felt that something was wrong, as if in the blink of an eye, a person appeared on the wooden bridge.
A gray-robed bachelor was walking towards the island unhurriedly and slowly.
"Someone's coming, Lady Arya. Rayso said.
Arya and Adric looked together in the direction of the wooden bridge, and the Bachelor and Assistant Bachelor looked together at the east bank.
A bachelor was walking towards them along the wooden bridge, he had an ordinary face, a very young face, but unremarkable, full cheeks, a faint beard, a faint scar on the right cheek, a hooked nose, and a neat and luxuriant black curl.
Arya, Resso, and Podrick are all in a bad mood.
The man who came was Mai the Faceless.
They are members of the Inquisition, and they are equally proficient in the faceless art of face-changing. In the south of Westeros, there is a group of killers like this, who call themselves strangers.
It is also rumored that the Strangers are the killer organizations on the continent of Westeros controlled by the Facelesss, and they are themselves Faceless, but they are not called Faceless Ones on the continent of Westeros, they are called Strangers.
But Arya and Rayso and the others know that the Stranger and the Faceless are two different killer organizations, the Faceless kills and the Stranger only focuses on intelligence trafficking.
Maester Hodgsoncaul smiled, "Hey, Maester Pate. ”
"Hey, Maester Hodgson. Pate smiled, looking a little shy, "Please introduce me to these adults." ”
"Lady Arya Stark. Hodgson laughed.
"Hello Lady Arya!" Pate bowed and kissed the back of Arya's hand. Arya and Mai Yin worked together in the city-state on the other side of the Narrow Sea for half a year, and they had the friendship of comrades-in-arms, as well as the friendship of life.
"Hello Miss Pate, what are you doing here?" said Arya.
"Oh, I'm I," Pate said, gesturing to the Rook Tower, "I'm Dr. Prambourne's student, and the maestro in charge of ravens and crows." ”
"Yes, Lady Arya, has Madame ever met Maester Pate, who is recognized as a good man in our schooltown. Everybody loved him. Master Hodgson laughed. It can be seen that he admires Bachelor Pate.
"I'm still the heir to Dr. Planburnie's knowledge. "Maester Hodgson, I'm no stranger to Lady Arya, Sir Rosso, or Sir Pyne. ”
"Oh?" said Hodgson, smiling, "Maester Pate, you always have a chance to meet some great people." ”
"Well, Lord Hodgson, I'm just a regular visitor to the Quille Decanter, and Lady Arya, Lord Chancellor, Sir Rosso, and Earl Pine, when they come to Old Town, are also frequent visitors to the Quille. ”
"Yes!" said Arya, smiling, "Master Hodgson, we met in the Quille Decanter, and Miss Pate had an interest in a girl named Rosie. ”
"Oh?" the smile on Hodgson's face disappeared, and he looked at Pate solemnly, "Bachelor, is what Lady Arya said true?"
It is strictly forbidden to be close to women, once you swear to become a bachelor, women, wealth, titles, everything is not something that scholars can touch again. Of course, secretly, many of the Bachelors are no different from ordinary mercenaries, but those actions must definitely avoid the eyes and ears of the Scholars.
Sir Rosso said, "Maester Hodgson, you are in a high position in the steward's hall, and you may rarely go out every day, and Rosie of the Pen Wine Bottle is a girl, and his mother Emma openly bids for a gold coin to betray Rosie for the first time. Maester Pate doesn't have a golden dragon on him, but he hopes to sell a map and a few extinct ancient books in exchange for one. ”
"We rejected him. "But we still accepted Miss Pate to drink with us, and introduced us to the Old Town's harbor, the Towering Tower, the Meada River, and the School City. ”
"So we became good friends with Maester Pate. Arya finally said.
Hodgson and the assistant bachelor both glared at Maester Pate, and the decent academies and the evil-minded maesters were at odds.
"Bachelor, Lady Arya, are they telling the truth?"
"Of course not, they came to the school to cheat our glass candles, I refused to cooperate with their inquiries in the quill bottle, they said to give me a golden dragon, and called the girl Rosie in the quill bottle, saying that a golden dragon and a Rosie, as long as I can tell them where and where to put the glass candle in the school city, and how to get it. ”
"Naturally, I politely refused them, but out of respect for the guests, I introduced them to the old town except for the glass candles, the towering tower, the port, the meadic river, the library of the school, the blood island, the crow island, and so on. Eventually, Lord Will gave me a golden dragon and asked me to sell them a detailed map of the interior of the school, and I took the coins, but did not give them the map. ”
Pate took out a golden dragon: "Master Hodgson, this is a golden dragon that the Prime Minister gave me." ”
The golden dragon of Huang Cancan is eye-catching!
Master Hodgson looked at Arya suspiciously: "Lady Arya, you suddenly came to the school city and insisted on coming to the chief doctor, what are you for? Is it really for the glass candles of our school?"
"No comment, Master Hodgson, beware of Master Pate. He's lying. Arya said.
"I know Bachelor Pate more than I know you. "The school doesn't welcome people with bad intentions, not even the prime minister. ”
"Alright, then let's wait for the Prime Minister and Dr. Steward to come down from the tower. Arya said lightly.
"Bachelor, I'm going up to the Raven Tower. "I want to expose to Dr. Prambany the true purpose of Prime Minister Will's party." “
"What is the real purpose?" Arya asked Maester Pate, "take the glass candles, why do you want to take them?, Master Hodgson, do you know anything about glass candles?"
"I refuse to answer the question, ma'am. “
Footsteps sounded, and Will and Premburney came out together, and on Will's arm, there was a white crow: Gina. He also has a crow cage in his hand, which contains two small white crows with nimbly rotating eyes.
"Maester Pate, you're back. Dr. Prambany said.
"Yes, Doctor. ”
"Come with me, let's go to the library. ”
"Yes, Doctor. ”
As soon as Pate and Will's eyes touched, both of them were calm and breezy with unchanged expressions.
"Doctor. "Maester Hodgson called out to Dr. Poulan, the Governor," said Maester Pate, who said that the Prime Minister had come to the school for the glass candles. ”
"Oh, really?" said Master Plan, frowning, "Is there a glass candle in the school?" ”
Hodgson was speechless for a moment!
"There are no glass candles, no dark magic, no witchcraft, there is only one thing in the school, and that is science. Dr. Puran said.
The Doctor's hypocrisy is very serious.
It can be seen that hypocrisy is not judged by the level of human knowledge, but can only be determined by the interests of things.
"Yes, Doctor. Hodgson wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.
Although the school city glass candle is an open secret, it cannot be said. The scholars of the school city are committed to building a scientific world, and although there are high-level occult masters, there are very few of them, and their status is not welcome, and they belong to the marginalized figures. It's just that the science of the school city must also include the study and cracking of witchcraft in order to prove the fallacy of witchcraft.
But the scholars who walk on the path of proving the fallacy of witchcraft are often attracted by mystical powers, and some of the less determined ones gradually degenerate. For example, the bachelor of science who was exiled from the school city is one of them.
Dr. Pullan also began to fall from the study of witchcraft fallacies, but he hid himself well, and as his knowledge grew and his seniority grew, he became the governor of the school.
In the minds of the Bachelors, Master Puran was known for his integrity and scientific rigor, and hated dark magic and witchcraft.
As for the fact that one of the glass candles in the school is said to have been lit, the scholars tacitly ignore this fact, which may be one of the reasons why the lit candle is hidden and rarely seen.
The burning glass candle could be hidden, but the news that it had been lit by a certain bachelor on the promotion night could not be hidden, and it still spread throughout the school. It's just that the maesters are all that I have not heard of and that I have never seen to numb myself.
It's a very interesting phenomenon, no one tries to debunk this lie, and no one tries to say this fact further, it's like the emperor's new clothes, the emperor is wearing nothing, but everyone claims to have seen the most elegant and noble dress.
"Mr. Hodgson, the Prime Minister said that he had heard last night that Pate, who was serving Vograve, had fallen to his death in a cobblestone alley in Old Town, and that you should go down and find out what was going on. “
"Yes, Doctor. "Bachelor Hodgson was respectful.
"Sweetreicel. The assistant bowed his head.
"Yes, Doctor. ”
"You stay here and take care of the ravens with the apprentices, and I'm going to accompany the Prime Minister to the library. ”
"Yes, doctor. ”
"Master Pate, you lead the way. ”
"Yes, Doctor. ”
The library is very large and is the most magnificent building in the school city.
Standing in front of the door of the library, everyone felt their own insignificance.
Bachelor Pate led everyone to the reception desk, with Dr. Pullan with him, and the reception bachelor briefly inquired about the identity of Will and the others, made registration, and let them go.
"Doctor, which library are we going to?" asked Maester Pate.
"It's good that you stay here, Maester Pate, and I'll go with the Prime Minister. ”
"Yes, Doctor. ”
Miss Pate remained at the entrance of the library.
Dr. Pullan and Prime Minister Weir walked into the library, a floor with many spiral staircases, each floor filled with books, countless shelves, countless books, apprentices coming and going between the shelves.
Rosso and Podrick seem to have entered a sea of books.
Some of the apprentices stood on the high staircase and put the books in the baskets hanging on the stairs into the appropriate places according to the records. Some apprentices are standing on the ground, wiping dust off the bookshelves.
Will and Arya's second visit wasn't too shocking.
"Lady Arya, Sir Rosso, Earl Pine, please stay. Dr. Puran said.
"Yes, Doctor!" the three of them said in unison. The thought of Bachelor Pate being left at the gate made the three of them feel good.
Dr. Pullan led Will to a bookshelf, and he took down a book, and then another book, and then another, for a total of seven books, seven different positions, and then he put the books in the basket and said to Will, pushing the shelves.
Will reached out and pushed the bookshelf, which turned, revealing a small door behind the shelf.
"Go in, go all the way, go all the way, and I hope you have the best of luck, Lord Will. Dr. Puran said.
"The Doctor isn't going to go in with me?" Will's heart rose with alarm.
"The rest of the way can only be entered by the Prime Minister. ”
"Is there a fork in the road?"
"No, all the time. ”
"Good. Will walked through the small door, turned around, and Dr. Puran pushed the shelves back to restore them, then put the seven books back one by one.
Will reached out and pushed the bookshelf, but the bookshelf didn't move.
What kind of switch are those seven books?
Will turned and walked towards the passage, the small door behind him shut, and the entire passage was pitch black. However, ten times darker is also limited to Will's vision, he can see in the dark, and the green vision can not only possess birds and beasts, but also see in the dark like day.
Will walked forward, a very narrow tunnel, lower and lower, far deeper and deeper into the ground, but still not the end.