The Dustin family had a vassal, the Stoners of Kinmanburg.

The captain of the team that drove the ox cart to bring Will Arya and his party to Aratsuka Town was from the Stauer family, and his name was Jerome Stowe. He was not yet a knight, the third son in the family. The wealth and territory of the family have nothing to do with him, and the heirs of the nobles inherit everything. Jerome Stone chose to garrison Salt Spear Flats for the Dustin family.

After a day and a half together, Captain Jerome Stoner already knew Will's identity. He also learned that the dashing man with a nonchalant face was named Jaime Lannister.

"Captain Jerome Stone, I don't want you to tell anyone else in town that Arya and I are in Arazuka. Will handed the bag of coins to the captain, "Arya and I are here for a little personal matter, and we want to stay in town in peace for a few days. ”

"Prime Minister, you have commanded the villain, and the villain must take it to heart. Even if someone pried my mouth open with a knife, they would never know anything about the Prime Minister. Jerome Stau swore as a soldier obeying orders.

Will nodded, and Jerome Stup took the money bag: "Thank you, Prime Minister, thank you, Lady Arya, thank you." In the name of the gods, old and new, and in the glory of the House of Staught, I ask the Prime Minister and Lady Arya to believe in my loyalty. Being able to drive for the Prime Minister and his wife was the crowning honor of Jerome's humble life. ”

Along the way, Jerome also learns that Will and Arya are husband and wife.

Thus, Miss Arya became Lady Arya.

Will and Arya are married, and people in the middle of nowhere won't know about it, and they won't have the opportunity to get to know these two big guys.

During the War of the Five Kings and the battle against the Strangers, Dustin's lord, Countess Barbalet Leswell, sent the old and sick to entertain the Stark family, and she and the family's brave knights stayed in Arazuka Town, refusing to participate in any war.

For the prime ministers of the seven countries, Balballet Leswell has only heard of his name, but has never seen him.

This also made it easier for Will and Arya's group.

Arya's white cape was tied up, her mink shawl was around, and the 'Icewolf' family crest on her chest was tightly covered.

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Arazuka Town isn't too big, but it's not small either. Madame de Balballet Leswell's main castle was extremely majestic, it was a castle made of huge rocks, not very high, but very spacious, with many rooms. Next to the main fort is a watchtower with a high spire.

In the hall of the main fort, there are eight fireplaces, four of which are blazing with flames. Madame Balballet was roasting in front of a fireplace in the center, holding a goblet in her hand, her complexion was extremely pale, and she looked as if she had never been in the sun.

Her eye sockets were deep-set, her eyes were blue, and her face was thin, with slightly sunken cheeks that accentuated her facial bones. It made her look snarky and mean. She looked at people with suspicion in her eyes, as if she were facing some kind of conspiracy, which made her look unusual, slightly neurotic.

Above the fireplace, hang the antlers of the knights who have returned from hunting. The antlers are beautiful and decorate almost an entire wall.

Cocoa!

There was a knock at the door.

But the knock on the door didn't stop the ballet from staring at the flames in the fireplace.

The door was pushed open, and a man entered, a maid.

"Ma'am. The maid bowed her head and said.

Ballet seemed immune to all sounds, and she remained staring at the flames, as if she had not heard a knock at the door, nor had she heard the title of Madame.

"Madam, seven men have come from the town, six men, and one lady. The manhood of the leader is extraordinary, and the rest of the men are like knights. ”

"Is the woman a nobleman?" said Madame Balballet suddenly. Her eyes still didn't leave the flames.

"It seems so. The lady wears a pure white cape and a pure white mink shawl. Moccasins, mole gloves. The hem of the garment is finely knitted and well-proportioned, and it is the most perfect handiwork. ”

"What accent?"

"They speak the lingua franca, and the woman has an authentic northern accent. One of the men had a strong Western accent, while the others had a royal realm accent and a riverland accent. ”

"Oh, I see. Let the Kadyrov knights probe the wind and remind Kadyrov of the idiot to pay attention to the family crest on the placket of their clothes, on the pins of their cloaks, and on the scabbards of their swords. ”

"Yes, ma'am. ”

"If they were suspicious in the town, they brought them all to the castle to me. ”

"Yes, ma'am. ”

The maid withdrew. Ballet slowly stood up, walked over to a painting, and looked at the young and heroic man in the painting. If Arya were here, she would see that the man in the painting was someone she knew. On the family tree, on the family tree wall, there is also such a face: Brandon Stark.

Brandon Stark, the heir to the Stark family, known as the Wolf, Eddard Stark's older brother, and Arya Stark's uncle.

Brandon Stark was the adopted son of Balballet Leswell's father. When Brandon grew up to be a brave teenager, Ballet was fascinated by him. Ballet vows to marry Brandon Stark, who is young and amorous, and also promises to marry the elegant and beautiful Ballet Leswell. So, the girl was so enthusiastic that she dedicated her first night to Brandon Stark without hesitation.

However, Brandon Stark was unable to make decisions about his marriage, and his father, Rickard Stark, made a marriage for him, and he had to marry Catelyn Tully, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Riverland.

The Earl of Leswell was a vassal of Duke Rickard, and he could only persuade Ballet to marry Eddard Stark, Brandon Stark's younger brother. Except for Ballet and Brandon, no one knew that the first night of ballet had been given to Brandon.

Perhaps to make up for Count Leswell's regret, Rickard agreed to Ballet's engagement to Eddard Stark, but this family affair had to wait until Brandon and Caitlin were married.

In desperation, Ballet retreated to the next best thing, and she was willing to marry Eddard Stark.

Soon after, Brandon Stark broke into the palace for his sister Lyanna to duel with Crown Prince Rhaegar and was executed by the Mad King. Executed by the Mad King were Duke Rickard and dozens of nobles from the North.

After the tragic death of his father and brother in the palace, Eddard Stark inherited the title, and Balballet, who was heartbroken by Brandon's death, could become the Duchess of the North, but Eddard Stark's adoptive father, Jon Arryn, chose to marry Rysa Tully, the youngest daughter of the Tully family, in order to ally with the army of the Riverlands, and persuaded Eddard Stark to choose to marry Caitlin Tully, who should have married his brother Brandon.

Balballet Leswell was once again denied Ed Stark, and he was forced to marry a young man who liked to ride a tall red horse and wore a long sword, he was Ed Stark's personal friend William Dustin.

The Usurper War broke out, Ed gave an order, and William, who was only half a month old, led the whole family to fight with Ed, and finally, for Lyanna, William died under the famous Battle of Elysium.

When Eddard Stark returned to the North, he didn't bring back William's bones, five of the seven were killed, and the remaining two were slightly injured and one was seriously wounded, and he couldn't bring back the bones of five people. But this brought over Ballet's 'old and new hatreds', and she developed a lifelong grudge against Eddard Stark, which she attached to the rest of the Stark family.

Nearly twenty years have passed, and Ballet, who is less than forty years old, has never let go, she has become pale, senile, bitter, suspicious, cold, neurotic, and even cruel in the torment of time.

Will knows about the old feud between Ballet and Brandon and Ed, and they come to Aratsuka Town, where Will decides to avoid Ballet as much as possible and not provoke her.

However, he found that he might not be able to get around this hurdle.

When they were staying at the town hotel, a knight broke open their door and broke in.

"Hey, stranger from out of town, I'm Sir Kadyrov Dustin, and our Countess wants to see you. Hurry up, come with me!"