Chapter 0032 Bran, the remnant tower, the wind and snow
The kind and brave Bran never hated anyone.
But now he has a person he holds a grudge against very much.
The man was a man in black, and his name was Will Cao.
He still remembered Will Cao's sharp face, the thief's small eyes, a few freckles around the bridge of his nose, and an extremely ugly fellow, very ugly.
Bran has never seen anyone uglier than him!
Because of the guy's lies, Mother Caitlin wouldn't let him climb any of the castles in the city: the main fort, the bachelor's tower, the library, the guard fort, and a few other places.
These places were acceptable, but Bran couldn't accept not climbing the remnant tower, the only highest point in the city, and from the top of the remnant tower, he could look down on the whole city and see far beyond the city: the winter town to the south, the wolf forest to the west, the wilderness to the north, and the frozen ground to the east.
The remnant tower is a watchtower built by the ancestors.
His mother, Caitlin, also sent Erin to follow him every day, which made Bran blame Erin by the way. But he didn't hold a grudge against Erin, he hated the man in black, the guy called Will Cao.
It is said that his surname was given by the old gods, and his mother and father seemed to believe it, but Bran saw through the tricks of the bastard in black, and he was a dishonorable fellow, a liar. Theon Greyjoy has always called him a thief, a thief, a liar, and a deserter.
Father should have beheaded him!
However, neither his mother's ban nor his father's pretended serious conversation could extinguish Bran's enthusiasm for climbing the remnants, and Bran couldn't understand why his father and mother believed the lies of the man in black so much, he was the one who would become the king's guard of the forest, how could he use a two-handed greatsword without agility and strong arm strength?
The Kingsguard, the highest honor of all knights!
That was Bran's dream, too.
In fact, there are many places to climb the remnant tower, not only the front, but also the side, even the back.
Today, the king took his royal guard, princes, courtiers, as well as his father and Robb, Captain Jory, Sir Rodric, Desmond, Hawwald and Harris and a large group of people out to hunt in the wolf forest, and dozens of forest hounds under the leadership of the canine also followed the team led by the king into the wolf forest.
Bran also wanted to take his bow and arrows and ride a pony to hunt with the team, but his father and mother would not allow him, saying that he was still too young to go with him this time, but his father and mother promised him that he could do it next time.
Her sister Sansa is still learning needlework in Sister Modan's quiet room, but Arya has been given her narrow sword, which she named the Black Needle, saying to remember her friend in black, the guy named Will.
Because of Will, her father allowed Arya to practice martial arts, and her father had already sent someone to hire the best Braavos swordsman for her, and it was said that the guy would arrive in a few days.
Erin was very depressed, because he could not go hunting with his father, nor could he stand by his father's side with a sword, he had to follow Bran every day, which made him bored, and he liked wine, and he always carried a pot with him.
Today is no exception!
Bran thinks Erin is a fool.
It's not like you can watch his path up to the tower by staying in front of the Divine Wood Forest, Bran has many ways to climb up.
Today all the great lords and sirs had gone out hunting with the king, and the castle was rarely quiet, but Bran's mind was alive and well—he had not climbed the remnants of the tower for so many days—he had suppressed it for too long—so he decided to climb to the top of the tower no matter what, and then stand on it to watch the king and his father's procession return from hunting.
Bran slipped quietly past the side of the castle and into the cemetery. This cemetery is home to the Stark family's guardians and loyal directors. Climb over the wall of the cemetery and jump off the remnant tower. There was a faster way up the remnant tower, and that stupid Erin only knew how to sigh and drink under the tower in front of him.
He could never have imagined that Bran would make it up from the Graveyard, even though Bran swore to him that he would never climb the remnants of the tower until the king left Winterfell.
Bran climbed very fast this time, and the energy that had not been released for many days was released to the fullest, and every raised stone on the remnant tower was his good friend, and these stones knew him, liked him, and were happy to see him again. He also understands their details, characteristics, dimensions. The remnant tower is Bran's other world of self-realization.
Bran soon climbed to the middle of the remnant tower, and with each floor he climbed a little more excited and happy, and the higher he climbed, the farther he could see, and the happier his mood became, and when he reached the top of the tower, he would surely shout Erin's name downward, and then he would hear his voice in disbelief, and a smug smile appeared on Bran's slightly red face, and he could imagine Erin's embarrassment.
There are many rooms in the remnant tower, and there are many boulders lying down in a mess, and some of the boulders are covered with moss, and the higher you go, the more grass grows in the room. Some rats and crows liked these places the most, and Bran knew where there were crows' nests, where there were snow lotus, and where there were squirrels.
But strangely, it was almost the top floor today, why didn't he hear the cooing of the doves and the sound of the frightened crows hula and flying out of the nest, Bran stopped, but he heard another sound, very strange, very painful, like a moaning after an injury.
Bran was familiar with every floor of the remnant tower, as well as the birds and beasts that inhabited it, and it was the first time he had heard such a strange sound, and after listening to it for a while, Bran decided to go and see it.
You'll have to go around to the front of the tower, and maybe Erin will be able to see Bran when he tilts his head while drinking.
But it doesn't matter, Bran has already gone up to the tower, so he is not afraid that Erin will see him. He also intended to stand at the top of the tower and shout at Erin to show his strength.
Erin couldn't climb either, so he had to climb the stairs of the wrecked tower to catch him, but by the time he did, Bran had already climbed down the other side.
Erin couldn't catch Bran, he was too clumsy.
Bran grabbed a circle of triangles protruding from the wall stone of the remnant tower, alternated his hands a few times, and then easily swung himself to the front of the tower, he grabbed the convex corner, found a circle of tower edge with his feet, stepped on it, looked down, and saw the back of Erin under the tower swaying.
Poor Erin!
Bran almost laughed out loud, but the strange noise inside the collapse attracted Bran even more, he grabbed the triangular tips protruding from the wall one after another to decorate the tower, stepped on the whole circle of eaves protruding from the wall, and walked step by step to a window, and when he looked inside, he saw two unclothed people hugging each other and writhing like loaches, and the strange sound was made by them......
Then the blonde man who covered her entire face looked up, and the blonde hair parted from her face, and Bran saw the pretty face of the queen.
And the queen saw him.
The two men looked at each other.
Time and space stand still!
"He sees us, he sees us......" the queen murmured nervously, while the man beside her was still writhing with his head down...... Then the man stopped moving, and turned his head to see Bran's pretty little face and the confused little eyes on the little face outside the tower......
Under the tower, Erin, who was in a depressed mood and slowly walked away, raised his head, his dissatisfied eyes full of disgust for the ruined tower......