Injuries make me stronger—Arya

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King's Landing, downstairs of the main fort, school grounds.

"What's in the cage?" asked Arya.

"It's a cat. Said the elegant swordplay teacher from Braavos.

"Oh!" Arya happily lifted the cloth from the cage, "I like cats." ”

"Liar. "It's a rabbit, obviously." ”

There were three hares in the cage.

The swordsmanship teacher smiled proudly: "Arya, at any time, don't listen to what others say, just see how he does it." If there is a cage, then lift the cloth of the cage and see the truth with your own eyes. One of the secrets of swordsmanship: cover your ears and observe the truth with your eyes. ”

"Your deception is too low-level. Arya pouted.

"It's not low-level, many scams in life are just separated by a layer of cloth, but no one reaches out to lift it, and swordsmanship is the same. The swordsmanship teacher laughed.

The swordsmanship teacher had a mustache, lean, and Braavos' famous rapier. The sword looked like a child's toy to the eyes of the Guardians of the North.

"What are you doing by catching three hares?

"Practicing swords? No, no, no, you don't have the qualifications to practice swords. The teacher opened the cage and threw the three hares on the ground, and the three hares swished and fled in three directions. Nymelia, at Arya's feet, sat still, not interested in the three frightened rabbits.

The Icewolf watched with a very proud look at the three rabbits' life-threatening flights.

It is said that the rabbits that were hit by the arrow were very fast, and now the three rabbits were scared by the ice wolf as if they had been hit by the arrow.

"Arya, go grab them, catch them before this hourglass is finished, and I'll teach you a sword move. ”

Arya immediately chased after her, and caught the three hares, which was not an easy task.

Several family guards in the schoolyard shook their heads at each other.

And only Arya, a wild child, would listen to the fools of this Braavos liar, and learn the sword when she learns the sword, how can anyone ask someone to chase and catch hares all over the yard?

On the third floor of the Kebao on the south side of the school grounds, Cersei looked at Arya who was chasing three hares in the school yard and yelling, and her brows furrowed slightly: "Sansa, what is your sister doing?"

She held a silk shawl embroidered by Sansa in her hand, and she had just praised Sansa's embroidered knit.

"Your Majesty, Arya is learning swordsmanship from a wandering swordsman from White Harbor. Sansa was careful.

"White Harbor Sword Teacher?"

"Yes, I heard that he came from Braavos on the other side of the Narrow Sea, and was the former chief swordsman of the Braavos Sea King, and he said that he traveled all over the city-states of the Narrow Sea, and taught swordsmanship and dance to earn the necessary living expenses during his travels. A month earlier he had crossed the Narrow Sea to Westeros, and soon to White Harbor. ”

"It is said that he was going to visit King's Landing next, but before he could set out, he was left behind by Earl Wiyman Mandalay, a vassal stationed in White Harbor, and sent to our Winterfell. He had many sword-fighting friends in White Harbor, most of them Braavosians, and he was of great fame among them, as Sir Wilman's letter said. ”

White Harbor is a huge port city located south of Winterfell, a fief of the Stark Mandalay family. White Harbor is the fifth largest of the seven kingdoms in Westeros, the main trading port in the North, and located at the mouth of the Whiteblade River, the largest inland river in the North.

Due to its location, White Harbor had extensive contact with the south and across the Narrow Sea, and was home to many mercenaries, wandering knights, bards, singers, and swordsmen, as well as many silversmiths and goldsmiths.

Cersei looked at the skinny Braavos swordsman in the school yard and said with a smile: "Braavos does have a lot of powerful swordsmen, but this person, I conclude that he is a cheater. ”

"Your Majesty, do you think so?" said Sansa, surprised and delighted, "the first day he came, I didn't look like a swordsman, and I bet Jory Kesso could knock him down with a casual move." He was so thin that the sword was like ...... Well...... Sewing needles. Dad's guards all looked down on him, but they didn't dare to show it in front of Dad. ”

"Oh, have you ever seen him perform swordsmanship?"

"No, Your Majesty. ”

"Did he teach Arya swordsmanship?"

"No, Your Majesty, he told Arya to stand on a high stake or something every day, and every hour at a time, and told Arya to walk with her hands, head and toe, without the appearance of a lady at all, up and down the stairs, up and down the stairs, and today it is even more strange, he called someone to catch a hare, and asked Arya to catch a hare in the school yard to play. ”

"He's so messing around, can your parents accept it?"

Mom didn't want to, but Dad didn't speak, and no one dared to drive him away. ”

"Arya is such a rough boy, no match for you, Sansa. You are virtuous, beautiful, and capable, and I like you so much, Sansa, and you and your father will be coming with us to King's Landing in a few days, and I want to entertain you well. Can you tell me what Mistress Eddard Stark likes to eat the most, such as wine, whether he likes Dorne's summer red or Meereen's sweet wine, and the golden wine of Qingting Island is famous in the Seven Kingdoms and is sold as far as the Narrow Sea. ”

"My dad prefers spirits, and so does the liqueurs of the Bendlands. ”

"Oh, then I'm going to remember, well, you're so good, come, sit next to me, let me see your braids, what a pretty red hair, did you design this braid? It's so beautiful. Sansa, what other habits does your dad have, like, what antiques does he like, what jewels does he like?"

Sansa was so excited and nervous that the Queen was holding her little hand! Her Majesty was so beautiful and kind, and she was determined to be as good as Her Majesty in the future.

On the first day of King Robert's arrival, King Robert asked her to marry Prince Joffrey!

Sansa has a lot to say about Cersei's questions.

"Sansa, in King's Landing, besides King Robert, who else did your father usually associate with?"

In the school yard, Arya grabbed three hares, but they were dirty.

She happily ran to the teacher, who was basking in the sun and humming a little song.

"Arya, you've lost. The sand in the hourglass has long since leaked. ”

"What, I didn't lose, I caught them. ”

The swordsmanship teacher stood up with a proud expression and struck the wooden sword in his hand on Arya's wrist, and Arya shouted oops, and as soon as her hand was released, the hare fell to the ground and flew away again.

"What are you doing? You almost broke my wrist. Arya shouted, glaring angrily at her teacher.

Teacher Mustache didn't care, and said with a smile: "Arya, let me tell you the secret of the sword master, you must keep in mind that real sword masters will think that every time he is injured, he will become stronger." Therefore, a swordsman is not afraid of getting hurt. Also, you've been catching hares for too long, and the hourglass has leaked out, so ......"

"I'll never listen to you again, Mr. Silio, I'm going to learn the sword today. Arya shouted angrily.

Everyone for a long time heard Arya's voice, and many heads poked out of the windows of the main castle guest tower.

"Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh!" the sword teacher laughed, "Our Arya's wolf blood is furious, oh, okay, go on." ”

The swordsmanship teacher threw a training wooden sword in his hand to Arya, who reached out and grabbed it, and the sword sank down in her hand.

A lead-filled wooden sword!

"Lunge thrust. "The sword teacher has finally begun to teach Arya the true swordsmanship that she thinks about.

Arya followed the teacher's lunge and lunge, like a veteran of swordsmanship. However, the sword in his hand was so heavy that the tip of the sword hung down.

"No, no, no, straighten your sword and close your jaw. The swordsmanship teacher's teaching wooden sword knocked Arya's chin and wrist, and it hurt so much that Arya's eyes were filled with tears.

"Every time I get hurt, it makes me stronger. Arya told herself in her heart. The teacher repeats this sentence many times a day, and Arya actually remembers it firmly for a long time.

"No, no, no, there must be an enemy in your eyes, imagine who you hate the most, yes, a swordsman must have a god when he comes out of his sword, eyes. Imagine the guy you hate the most standing right in front of the tip of your sword. Yes, tummy tuck. ”

Syllable!

The teacher's wooden sword struck Arya in the abdomen, and Arya's face twisted in pain.

It hurts to hit someone with a wooden sword filled with lead!

- But every time it hurts, it makes me stronger. Arya repeated the spell in her mind, and the pain immediately felt lessened!

"Put your left hand behind your back and hold it close to your back, and your lunge is straight. ”

Smack!

There was a blow to the right hand and a blow to the calf, and it was almost painful to the bone marrow.

As a rule of thumb, bruises appear in these beaten places at night.

This is not the first time Arya has been beaten, doing anything, including walking upside down and standing on one leg on a stake, as long as it is not right, she will be beaten by the teacher's wooden sword.

However, injuries make me stronger!

Arya was silent.

"Okay, that's it, keep the thrust action for two hours and don't move, haha, this is your own proposal to learn swordsmanship, if the action is deformed, you have to do it again, my little Arya, if you want to go back and catch the hare, hahahaha! I can ......"

"No, I know you have three wildcats in hand. I don't learn to catch hares, I don't learn to catch wild cats, I want to learn swords. ”

"Oh oh, okay, since you think you're qualified enough to learn swords, then don't move, this is your first sword style, that who, Ado, please bring a high stool. Arya, go and stand on the high stool, when you can stand for two hours without deforming, I will teach you formal swordsmanship. ”

Arya jumped on the high stool, lungeed and lunged, gritted her teeth and straightened her arms, the lead-filled wooden sword was really heavy.

"Hey, where are you going?" exclaimed Arya.

"I, of course, went to get my wine and dessert. What, what is your opinion?" the swordsmanship teacher raised the wooden sword in his hand with a smile on his face, as if he wanted to see Arya's movements deformed so that he could knock it down.

He casually knocked on any part of Arya's body, which would become bruised by night.

"No!" Arya immediately focused on the thrust movement, and the face of the most hated person that appeared in front of her was the hateful face of the swordsmanship teacher Silio.

Cyrio hummed a little song and walked away, not forgetting to turn around and say, "Arya, you can choose to continue catching hares, then catch wild cats, and when you can catch the wild cats in the allotted time, and you can walk all the stairs of the main castle upside down, I will teach you the water dance." You're going to regret it, you can't hold on anymore, shout ......"

Arya stood on the high stool and maintained an absolute standard thrust motion, snorting angrily, "No!"