Early in the morning, the kitchen dining room.

Will appeared at the door of the restaurant.

Everyone saw him dressed neatly, looking like he was going back to the Great Wall.

His left and right hands were wrapped in a wrapping cloth, and they were wrapped very carefully and professionally, revealing only a few fingers. This is so that there is no hindrance when it is necessary to draw a sword or to do things.

Although it was summer, it was still very cold, and there was snow on the grass outside Winterfell. The further north you go, the cooler it gets. As a night watchman, because of the special environment, I have developed the habit of wrapping my hands.

In the Great Wall of Desperation, in a cold place, if you hold a sword with your bare hands, such as at night or outside the Great Wall of Desperation, your hands will freeze with the hilt of the sword, and the flesh and skin will be connected, so you will wrap the hilt with coarse cloth, which can increase the friction to make it easier to hold the sword tightly, and it can also keep out the cold. And when you are injured, you don't have to worry about the cold, and the handle and plasma are frozen together with the hilt.

The temperature is low, and when it comes into contact with cold weapons such as swords, the hand wrap cloth is very important. Especially in the extremely cold places such as the Ancestors' Fist Peak and the Frost and Snow Fang, a spit will freeze before it hits the ground. Holding a metal sword hilt with bare hands or drawing a bow with bare hands is suicidal.

Of course, it was a knight who enlisted in the army, or a knight with a fiefdom, and because these people in black clothes were rich, they would have special deerskin gloves and other thin and insulated goods, but Will Cao couldn't afford a deerskin scarf, mole gloves, wolf skin cape, mink coat, and bobcat leather boots, so he wore a traditional black coat and used a convenient and easy-to-use hand belt, which was enough to keep out the cold on this side of the Great Wall.

Will not only wrapped his hands, but also wound the hilt of his sword.

The hilt of his Night Sword is made of Valyrian steel, and the interior is beautifully carved, making it the best of the best at first glance, and it will attract everyone's attention if it does not become entangled in the hilt.

The reason why he is holding hands is actually because of this reason. Wrapping only the hilt of the sword without wrapping the hand will look a little abrupt.

The Night's Watch had a habit of binding their hands and the hilt of their swords.

Ed and Caitlin were seated.

The other knights and directors were also seated.

Will sat down, Arya handed over a glass of steaming milk across the table, the little girl's smile was very sweet, but everyone only noticed the wildness in her eyes: "Will, are you going back to the Great Wall?"

Will smiled: "Yes, the letter crow of the Great Wall has already arrived in the early hours of this morning, and it is time for me to leave." Arya, my little friend, did you learn how to walk with your hands before I got drunk yesterday?"

"Learned. ”

"How many steps can I walk now?"

"Able to walk ten steps. ”

"Very well, when you can walk with both hands from one end of the castle to the other, I suggest you start learning epee. ”

"Why, if my girl doesn't learn epee, I can't even hold epee. ”

"The purpose of learning epee is to lay the foundation for learning narrow swords, swords can increase the strength of your arms, practice swords to practice narrow swords, you will find that swordsmanship is fluttering, flying beautiful dance. You'll soon learn the subtlety of the narrow sword without using any brute force. Slashing, slashing, stomping, these swordsmanship are brute force. Will drank the hot milk.

Sir Rodric, the head coach next to him, suddenly turned red.

The soldiers, riders, and knights of the north all like to use broad swords, and the techniques are mainly chopping, opening and closing, and being powerful and domineering. The sword is in their hand, and it is no different from a machete.

The only difference is that the machete cannot use the technique of stabbing.

"When you're tired of learning heavy swords, how do you rest, just play hide and seek with your own Nemeria, if you can catch Nemeria's tail while tracking and running, no one else's sword can catch you, but if your sword wants to catch them, it's easy. Will said with a smile, as if there were no knights and guards who were proficient in swordsmanship.

Jon's gaze wandered, and he swirled around the faces of the Supervisor, Sir Dard, Lady Eddard, Lady Catelyn, and Jory and Erin, the captains of the guard, eating their own food.

Theon Greyjoy snorted heavily, and then he felt the pain of the scar on his face, and he twisted his face.

Caitlyn said, "Will, how did you know that the crow had sent the news?"

Will smiled: "Madam, I believe in the old gods, and I went to pray under the heart tree early this morning, and it was the heart tree that told me about the divine revelation." ”

Caitlin didn't believe Will's words, "Maester Lewyn, did you tell Will?"

"No, ma'am. ”

Caitlyn looked at Eddard, no one had ever mentioned anything to Will about the letter crow, how did he know, and he was ready to go back to the Wall early in the morning.

Ed said, "Let's all eat." - Will, you need something on your way, just say. ”

From Winterfell to the Great Wall of Desperation, a land of thousands of miles, the security is good, that is, the King's Avenue through the wolf forest should be careful, hundreds of miles of wolf forest road, in addition to wolves, there are bears, wild boars, shadow lynx. Every beast is deadly enough.

"Lord Eddar, food, I need food, beef, lamb bread and honey milk, and of course wine. Lord Eddard, I would appreciate it if you would send a team of cavalry to escort me into the Wolf Forest. ”

From Winterfell to the Wolf Forest, there is a section of the mountain climb, which is very hard and takes several days.

Jory raised his hand: "My lord, I am willing to escort Brother Will into the Wolf Forest." ”

Ed nodded: "Brother Will, I will send someone to prepare food for you, and in the meantime, after you set off, I will send a letter crow to Commander-in-Chief Mormont and ask him to send Rangers to pick you up in Hearth. ”

In the final analysis, it was Ed who was afraid that Will would go away alone, if he informed Commander-in-Chief Mormont, Commander-in-Chief Mormont would have a letter from Commander-in-Chief Mormont in half a month to report the news, even if Will escaped, Ed would know in half a month that Will would not be able to escape from the north. At that time, Will, even if he was a prophet, would be captured and beheaded by the knights of the North.

Will shrugged his shoulders, "Lord Eddard, you never wanted to believe in the honor of a Ranger. ”

"Maybe it's a thief's honor. Theon Greyjoy laughed. He finally seized the opportunity to stab Will. His thin, small eyes were full of mockery.

Will smiled slightly, not in line with Theon's general knowledge.

"Will, who did you learn your swordsmanship from?" Arya's words were the most on the table. Sansa, on the other hand, doesn't say a word, and eats her own with grace.

"I've learned swords from a lot of people, including the swordsman of Braavos across the Narrow Sea, who taught me to use a sword, and Braavos is a multi-swordsman, and almost always with a narrow sword. ”

"Why?" Arya's eyes sparkled. She is curious about the outside world.

"Braavos are short and have little strength, so they never use brute force. They have many top free swordsmen wandering in the major kingdoms, and these swordsmen have few opponents outside, and their swordsmanship is called the Water Dance. ”

Arya listened with fascination, "Dad, I'm going to hire one of the best Braavos sword masters to teach me the Water Dance. ”

"Okay, promise you. "Ed decided to let Arya practice martial arts, and he wouldn't break his promise.

Will smiled in his heart, he had achieved his goal!

If Arya learns the Water Dance now, by the time she and her father go to King's Landing, if history hadn't changed, she would have been learning the Water Dance for more than a year when Lord Eddard had an accident. The two months on the way from Winterfell to King's Landing will also be a precious time for Arya to practice the Water Dance.

Braavos's wandering swordsmen, many of whom are also first-rate killers, value honor and are loyal to their masters.

Will has been around the world for 20 years, learning epee, broadsword, spearmanship, and by chance, he has also learned the dance of water.

The most powerful swordsmen and killers on the continents are none other than the Braavos.