Left side of King's Road, by the Green Fork River, Ruby Beach.

The Green Fork River is turbulent and violent, but when you reach Ruby Beach, it is rare to be gentle, but the water on the river is wider.

Sixteen years ago, King Robert fought the civil and military Prince Rhaegar Targaryen to the death for the love-hate affair of Eddard Stark's sister Lyanna with a war hammer in his hand.

The soldiers of both sides fought each other on the riverside, until Robert's hundreds of pounds of warhammer smashed into the chest armor of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen.

There was a three-headed dragon on the prince's chest armor, all of which were inlaid with rubies, and the war hammer pierced the armor, and also knocked the rubies on the armor to the ground, and hundreds of rubies were scattered on the sand, and the handsome Prince Rhaegar broke his sternum, and the broken bones pierced into his heart, and his mouth spurted blood, and the splattered blood glittered in the sun like rubies scattered everywhere.

Since then, the beach has had a new name: Ruby Beach.

More than 10 years later, to this day, there are still people who come to this beach to try their luck with luck, hoping to pick up a ruby from Prince Rhaegar back then.

And today, there are no idle people waiting on this beach, because there are two people practicing swords here.

One is a little girl, slender, although she is young, her development gradually shows her beauty outline, but her eyes are full of wildness, as if she is a child who has not been educated and does not know a word of the wilderness farmer's family, and her expression is not afraid of heaven and earth.

Her left hand was behind her back, facing the enemy sideways, and her right narrow sword was pointed at a grinning swordsman in front of her.

This sword teacher was none other than Celio Forreel, who was a well-known swordsman in Braavos.

On the other side of the Narrow Sea in Westeros, there is a continent that is several times larger and more expansive: Essos. Essos has two very famous kings, one is the king of horses, Drogo Kao, Drogo began to kill enemies at the age of ten, and officially rode a horse at the age of twelve to participate in the charge battle, and has never been defeated in hundreds of battles, and the name of the horse king is well-deserved, and it is famous in the entire continent of Essos.

In addition to the horse king Drogo on the mainland, in the northwest corner of the continent of Essos, there are hundreds of islands full of hidden bays, and this place is called Braavos. Braavos existed for hundreds of years and was never known to the outside world, until after the Apocalypse in Valyria, when Braavos was announced by an emissary sent by their Sea King.

The Sea King of Braavos is mysterious and wealthy, and it is said that the Sea King has rare and rare curiosities from any continent. Legend has it that Aquaman's fleet sailed to every corner of the world's oceans, even if the legend is exaggerated, it can also show the strength and invincibility of Aquaman's fleet from the side.

And Celio Frell was once the chief swordsman of the Sea King who dominated the sea in Braavos.

At this moment, Cyrio Friel's hands were behind his back, his sword was also behind his back, his feet were moving gently, his eyes were fixed on the little girl's sword, for a moment.

This little girl is naturally Arya.

And the sword in her hand was no longer a wooden sword, but a thin sword made of sharp stainless steel, thin and willowy, which was indeed very similar to its name, the embroidery needle. It's just that on the sword of this embroidery needle, there are circles of blue-gray shadows, which are traces that can only be found after being tempered by the blacksmith.

This is an embroidery needle that can easily pierce a person's throat. It is not embroidered with flowers, but with human blood and life.

"Are you going to meet my sword with your face and chest?" Arya reminded her teacher. She was now training with a real sword, and she felt the need to remind her teacher, who had a sword behind his back.

The two people turn slightly, as if drawing a circle.

The swordsmanship teacher grinned: "Arya, if you can stab me, I will promise to help you complete one thing, no matter what that thing is?

"Good!" Arya's wrist flicked, and the sword was already thrust out.

Fast as the wind!

This thorn must be faster than the wind.

Suddenly, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she turned slowly to a point where the sunlight was shining directly into her eyes.

With a ding, the sword of the swordsmanship teacher came first, and gently knocked on Arya's narrow sword, and the narrow sword slashed down the body of Arya's narrow sword: "Spirit is like a cat." He shouted, "!"

Shaped like water!

Arya's body is like water, her wrist flips, and on one side of her body, the embroidery needle presses back against the teacher's sword. However, the sun blinded her eyes, and she was still half a beat slower.

Her sword was pressed into the air, and the teacher's embroidery needle was already on her throat, and the teacher laughed: "The sword is like light." Arya, when your eyes see the light of the sword, you are dead. ”

Arya stepped back suddenly, withdrawing her body out of the range of the teacher's sword, the angry look that had been at every turn before was invisible on her face, and she said lightly: "Teacher, you deliberately put the sword behind you, and then led me to turn in a circle, deliberately turning me to the position where the sun hits my eyes." ”

"Haha, smart. Then you should remember that the next time you fight the enemy, consider the role of light, wind, and shadow. This shadow also includes the shadow of the onlookers, and maybe some of the onlookers are friends of your enemies who want to sneak up on you. ”

"Yes, teacher, I remember. When facing the enemy, there is not only the enemy in the eyes, but also the surrounding light, wind, and shadow!"

"Haha, that's it, my little Arya, you're making fast progress, we'll come again,"

"Good!"

Arya has her left hand behind her back, her chest and back pulled, slim, her right hand sword gracefully, her feet are virtual and solid, and her posture is graceful, like a peacock about to dance.

And the swordsmanship teacher dances with the same grace, the narrow sword is raised diagonally, the left hand is behind his back, and he faces the enemy sideways, with a smile on his face, like a happy dancer who is about to dance.

The sound of horses' hooves was so good that it suddenly destroyed the dancing environment of the gem beach against the sparkling backdrop of the Green Fork River.

The hound, wearing his dog helmet and his heavy sword, came in full gear.

He jumped off his horse and strode over to this side.

The sword teachers Silio and Arya had to put away their swords, turn around, and face the hounds.

"Hound Dog, you brought the Ten Golden Dragons?" asked Silio with a grin. Silio saved the life of the hound, joking that the life of the hound's was worth fifteen gold dragons, and the hound had already paid for the hardware dragons.

"No!" the hound covered his face under the dog's helmet, and his expression was invisible.

"Oh, the debt is unpaid, so you can't kill me today. Cyrio laughed, "Arya, let's continue." ”

"But I have something worth more than ten golden dragons to sell to you cheaply, so that we can both settle it. ”

"Oh, what's so expensive?" said Celio, intrigued.

"Come here alone, I'll tell you. The hound lifted his helmet, revealing his famous fiery face.

"No!" cried Arya, "don't come, teacher. ”

She knew that as soon as the teacher and the hound paid off the old debt, the hound would ask for a public duel with the teacher. The Hound had been trying to kill Syrio before he set out for Winterfell. Because Celio saved his life at the hands of Harris

If two tigers duel, one of them will die.