"You're right, no one is not afraid of death unless they are blinded. Stannis I said, giving Bran a rare smile that would have made it incredulous to those who knew him, for Stannis had never smiled in almost twenty years, never.

His gentleness to Bran was a miracle that no one could understand.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Bran returned with a handsome and charming smile, pure and innocent.

Stannis felt a purified sense of transparency and lightness, a feeling that only Bran could bring him. His daughter Shireen couldn't even give him this feeling, it was a secret in his heart that he couldn't understand, and he couldn't say.

"Go, Bran, bring the sparrow here. "Stannis is surprisingly gentle.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Bran turned and walked away. Icewolf followed him in the summer.

Soon, the hemp finch was taken to the Megar Building.

"Say!" said Stannis I, standing in front of the brazier, looking at the coals burning inside. One word, simple and clear, but without any temperature, is like the blade of a long sword, bringing only sharpness and coldness.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to follow you with the believers, please give me a chance. ”

"Aren't you afraid of death?"

"There really is nothing to be afraid of dying. ”

"Oh, I accept your allegiance, then, what are your terms?"

"Please allow me to become the archbishop of the Great Church of Baylor through my own strength. ”

Stannis I then turned to look at the sparrow: "The fat archbishop is not your archbishop?"

"He is, but he is not worthy to be archbishop. ”

"Oh, why?"

"A large number of poor people and believers were hungry, and he was eating too fat. He is not a true Son of God, nor is he an archbishop who suffers from the suffering of the faithful, he is a false Son of God. ”

"You're the true Son of God?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, only I am the true Son of God. ”

Stannis I looked the sparrow up and down, barefoot, dirty, and the hem of his coarse linen shirt was a tattered wicker. There were no gems on his staff, just an ordinary bamboo stick, one end of which had cracked. His hair was also messy, and his hands and face were not clean. No matter how you look at it, this sparrow looks like a poor man who has fled.

"The fat archbishop is indeed too fat. Stannis I said.

"Your Majesty, please approve me to take the Great Sanctuary of Baylor with the sparrows today, and when I become the archbishop, the people of the Seven Gods are loyal subjects of His Majesty, and the Holy Sword and Holy Shield will all be disarmed. ”

"What else?" said Stannis I. His appetite is not small, and after solving the crisis of the Seven Gods Faith, he still wants something.

The sparrow is not stupid.

"Your Majesty, the Golden Dragon owed by the Iron Throne to the Great Sanctuary of Baylor, no matter how much, will be written off. ”

"My brother doesn't owe much Golden Dragon to the Great Sanctuary of Baylor, just over a million. However, one of the richest places in the Seven Kingdoms is the Lannister in the West, and the other is the Great Sanctuary of Baylor. Ninety percent of the Lannister's money had been stolen because of the defeat in the war, and now the richest man in the Seven Kingdoms was the archbishop of the Great Church of Baylor. Even the Tyrells of Riverlands don't have as much gold and jade as the Baelor Chapel. ”

"Your Majesty, after I become the archbishop of the Great Holy Church of Baylor, I will take stock of the treasury of the Great Holy Church, and if it is really as rich as Your Majesty said, I will give Your Majesty at least one million gold dragons in return. ”

"Okay, deal! But in addition to a million gold dragons, I want to ask you for something. ”

"What's that?"

"Your loyalty, absolute loyalty to me. ”

"I am absolutely loyal to Your Majesty, and I swear in the name of the Seven Gods. As soon as I become archbishop, I will disband the church, forgive the debts of the royal family of more than one million gold dragons, and pay the royal family at least one million gold dragons to swear my loyalty. ”

"All right, there you go!" said Stannis I.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. The Sparrow saluted respectfully and turned away.

There was another person in the room for this secret conversation: Bran Stark.

"Bran, can you trust the Sparrow?" Stannis's grim expression as frost vanished.

"Not credible. ”

"Oh, why do you say that?"

His eyes flickered. ”

Stannis smiled slightly, which was a terrible thing in the eyes of Queen Selyse, because Stannis was the one who had absolutely forgotten to laugh.

"You're observing, Bran. ”

"Your Majesty, beware of the Sparrows. ”

"I will, I can promise to make him archbishop, or I can destroy him and make someone else archbishop. He'll understand that, he's a smart guy. ”

*

The fat archbishop finally returned to the Great Basilica of Baylor, and he felt like he was dying hot. Although he returned to the Great Church in a sedan chair.

"Give me a glass of juice with ice in it and three spoonfuls of honey, big spoonfuls. ”

"Yes, Archbishop. "There are two devout faithful who have been serving at the archbishop's side.

Soon, the juice with ice and honey was handed to the archbishop's chubby, white and tender hand. The archbishop drank a large glass of juice in one go, and only then did he suppress the fire in his heart.

"One more drink. ”

"Yes, Archbishop. ”

Soon, another large glass of juice with ice and honey entered the archbishop's belly.

"Tell the Seven Archbishops that I will take a nap for an hour, and in an hour I will ring the bell of the Church of the Seven Sacred Churches and inform the Seven Archbishops to come to the Church of Our Lady in the Seven Holy Churches. ”

"Yes, Archbishop. ”

So some of the attendants took off the heavy seven-star crown for the archbishop, took off his expensive and close-fitting silk robes, and helped him to lie down on the large bed, beautifully decorated with gold and jade, and in just a few moments, the archbishop let out an even snoring sound.

Two acolytes tiptoed out of the archbishop's bedroom.

*

An hour later, in the Chapel of Our Lady of the Seven Holy Churches, the archbishop and the seven bishops sat at a long marble table under the gaze of Our Lady.

"I went to see Stannis I, and he asked us to disarm the Holy Sword and the Holy Aegis. ”

"Never!" said the bishop who believed in the warrior god.

"Unless he demolishes the Red Temple and the Red God's Square, and drives the Red Witch out of Westeros. The young bishop said.

"Our Holy Sword Armament and Holy Shield Armament have been justifiably ordered by the royal family of Joffrey I, and we cannot compromise on this point, if we give this step, we will never have a chance to win over the Church Armament. Bishop Heavenly Father said.

"Now that the armies of all the nations that support Stannis I are in King's Landing, he has the upper hand on the surface, and first pretends to promise him that as soon as his army leaves King's Landing, we will occupy the Red Keep, take out the Red Witch, and burn her in the Red God's Square, to see if her Red God Rahlo will come to her rescue. The Warrior Bishop said viciously.