"Elder Housekeeping, who is going to face the Green Prophet Three-Eyed Raven?" said the Fighting Elder, "For thousands of years, the Black and White House has accepted the commission of its clients, and there has never been any breach of contract. The name exits, death comes, this is the iron law. Anything can be changed, except death. ”

Before he knew it, the Elder of Martial Arts had changed his name to Bran Stark, and he had become a three-eyed raven who was not very respectful. Before the dragon crystal candle was placed on the long table, the elders all called Bran an honorific.

When the titan giant was on top of his head, the assassination elder and the sword elder were shocked by the dragon crystal candle, and when talking about the magic mountain, the two elders also unknowingly added the suffix honorific of the adult.

Change is inadvertently, invisible.

When the dragon crystal candle was placed on the long table in the Council of Elders, the mentality of the seven elders all underwent a very subtle change at the same time. The image of the Magic Mountain, which is notorious in the Narrow Sea, has become positive, kind, brave and wise in their hearts.

The elders who thought highly of themselves realized that they had seriously underestimated the great achievements and absolute extraordinaryness of the Demon Mountain in killing the Night King! The Demon Mountain's ability to kill the Night King was not just a force that people had passed on by word of mouth. There is no doubt that the Magic Mountain also possesses extraordinary wisdom.

Faced with the Fighting Elder's question, the Internal Affairs Elder said slowly, "The letter from the Magic Mountain suggests that we use his old friend, Arya Stark, the most outstanding disciple of the new generation of the Black and White Academy, to face Bran Stark. In this way, the embarrassment of the Black and White House in the face of customers and the unbearable desecration of glory are spared. ”

"Arya, she's a disciple who violated all of our rules as soon as she left the Black and White Academy. The Assassination Elder said softly.

"Yes, but I've thought about it, and only Arya is the most suitable. It would be absolutely inappropriate to change any of us to negotiate with the Three-Eyed Crow on behalf of the Black and White Academy. The Elder of Internal Affairs said bitterly.

Assassination, fighting, poison, swordsmanship, stealth, and transfiguration (the Great Elder who changes his face and shapes his body) - the six elders are all silent.

The thin and short Great Elder said slowly, "Arya can no longer act on our behalf in the outside world. Throughout, she hadn't forgotten that she was from Westeros, and she hadn't forgotten her Stark family. ”

"The Great Elder is right. The other five elders echoed together.

The elders were very fond of Arya, and when they taught her the arts, they all realized that she was more talented than all the disciples of the new generation. However, after Arya left the Black and White Courtyard, she resumed her earthly identity on the large ship to Westeros, and showed the Faceless Iron Coin on the ship to get free food and lodging, and publicly told the mercenaries on the ship to assassinate Queen Cersei in King's Landing.

The Faceless One never reveals his true identity when he goes out, let alone publicly declares that he wants to assassinate anyone. But Arya is an exception for thousands of years.

When the news reached Braavos, the elders of the Black and White House fell silent. They couldn't forgive Arya for her 'outrageous' words and deeds, but the seven elders seemed to have a tacit understanding, that is, they didn't send the Faceless One disciples to arrest Arya back to the Black and White Court for trial.

Why are the tacit elders willing to keep silent with a blind eye other than a preference for Arya? In fact, silence is connivance and acquiescence.

Could it be that the elders couldn't bear to lock up Arya like this and ruin her life?

It was difficult to find a good seedling in the Black and White Academy, and there were nine disciples trained with Arya, and Arya gave each of them names, from Toad, Mantou, Goat, and Jingle Bell to Horn, Addo, Pony, and Little Charm. Arya herself uses a lot of names, including the canal-side kitten, Mossidine, Beth, Moxie, and so on.

Arya's personality is also loved by monks, brothers, and servants in the Black and White Temple. She's a weird little guy in the black and white courtyard who can make people talk about it in private, and can't help but smile at the corners of her mouth.

In the outside world, the elders all turned a blind eye out of protection and selfishness, but if she dared to return to the Black and White Courtyard, the punishment was essential.

"Where is Arya now?" asked the Sword Elder Technique.

"Right here. The Elder of Internal Affairs said calmly.

"In the Black and White Courtyard?" said the Fighting Elder in a rough voice.

"In the Pantheon, in the Council Chamber. The Interior Elder said.

The elders looked at the door of the council hall in unison, and if Arya was really there, it could only be behind the door of the council chamber.

"Arya, come out. The Great Elder said.

The elders looked at the gate, but it didn't move.

Faint shadows floated in the shadows of the ground from the heavy three-fold curtains that hung from the tall floor-to-ceiling windows, and Arya appeared, not at the door, but in the shadows of the cascading curtains in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows. She came out, and except for the internal affairs elders, the six elders were all in their hearts.

Arya's hiding was hidden from all of them.

Even if the elders were intoxicated with the joy of the dragon crystal candle, it was absolutely impossible for a person to go anywhere in the hall without being discovered by them.

But there are exceptions to everything.

Arya stood in front of the window, and with the help of the floor-to-ceiling curtains elongated the shadows obliquely under the oblique light of the wall, she hid from everyone present except the Elders of the House. The Elder of the House knew about Arya's existence, the so-called Magic Mountain secret letter sent by the fisherman, and the fisherman who sent the letter was not a real fisherman, she was dressed up by Arya.

Arya rode the dragon with the Magic Mountain to Braavos. Arya is the personal guard of the Magic Mountain, the personal guard with the highest authority, and she needs to solve the real threat to the life of the Magic Mountain, that is, to get the Black and White House to lift the assassination order against the Magic Mountain.

The name is out, and death comes. This sentence, for thousands of years, has proved that the Faceless One never misses.

Being targeted by the Faceless, no matter how powerful you are, is not a wonderful thing. You may be able to see through it once, or twice, but before you stop breathing, there will be a steady stream of Faceless Ones.

The Sneak Elder stood up, he was more surprised than the other Elders, he was a sneak man, even in the dark, he could see the enemies hiding underground, but in the brightly lit council chamber, he couldn't spot Arya in the shadows cast by the curtains.

It was something he couldn't believe it had ever happened to him.

"Arya, how did you hide from our eyes. "Elder Stealth didn't say how to hide it from my eyes, but pulled the other elders in together: We!

When it comes to stealth and tracking, the Stealth Elder is the top expert. The other elders couldn't find Arya, but he couldn't and didn't. However, in such an awkward situation, the Stealth Elder resolutely used 'we'.

It's not that he can't do it, it's that everyone can't.

Every elder, even if they specialize in art, they are all all-rounders.

In this sense, there seems to be nothing wrong with using 'we'.

Arya came to the elders, saluted them one by one with the etiquette of her disciples, and then said, "The dragon has reappeared, the dragon crystal candle has spontaneously combusted, and the magic power has been revived, and my ability to hide in the shadows comes from the red god. ”

The Red God, in Melisandre's beliefs, is the god of fire and shadow. Wherever there is a shadow, Arya can hide, a shadow that blends completely into the shadows.

When the Faceless kills anyone, they offer their lives to the Red God. The red god has many faces, one side of him is the god of death, and the other side is the god of a thousand faces. Depending on the sorcerer's ability and time, they can either only practice the flame of the red god, or only the shadow of the red god, or only the thousand faces of the red god or death.

In the Black and White Academy, Arya practiced the two faces of the red god: a thousand faces and death.

By the side of the Magic Mountain, she studied under Melisandre and the Red God's Flame and Shadow. Among them, the flame ability of the red god, Arya went to the Fire Warlock Guild in the guise of the magic mountain, and learned another layer of secrets about flames from the great sage.

The Fire Warlocks' Guild's understanding of fire is different from Melisandre's understanding of flames.

For thousands of years, the Black and White Academy has only studied the two sides of the red god: a thousand faces, death, mortals have a death and all mortals must worship, that is, these two sides of the red god. The offering corresponds to a thousand faces.

One aspect of a god, corresponding to a completely separate divinity of his, appears as a face that distinguishes it from the others. It is shown in the relief, that is, the god of a thousand faces is one appearance of the red god, and the god of death is another appearance of the red god.

In the same way, the seven gods believed in the continent of Westeros are actually seven faces of the same god, each with its own idol that is completely different from the others, as if it were an independent deity: a warrior, a maiden, a father, an old woman, a madon, a blacksmith, and a stranger. The stranger in Westeros is the Grim Reaper in the mouth of the Faceless in the House of Black and White.

Arya's words amazed the elders.

Arya's ability to hide in the shadows of the curtains comes from the Red God.

The hidden ability of the Stealth Elder also comes from the Red God, but it is not the shadow side of the Red God.

"Arya, I need you to stand in the shadow of the curtain again. Elder Sneak said.

"Yes, Elder. Arya bowed and retreated, retreated, and retreated, her body stood in the shadow of the tall curtain, and when her body entered the shadows, it spread like a ripple of water, thinning, and drifting away like green smoke, and the elders watched as Arya's face, hands, feet, and clothes slowly faded, and finally swayed like a shadow, completely melting into the shadow of the curtain, and the sneaking elder looked closely, so that he could barely see a faint humanoid silhouette in the shadow.

If the Stealth Elder hadn't stared at Arya beforehand, he wouldn't have been able to spot Arya standing in the shadow of the curtain.

The Sneak Elder was shocked and silent.

Arya is the fastest and best disciple to learn his stealth skills, and her talent is amazing. But the skills she is showing now are different from the elders' comprehension.

"Arya, I can see you. Elder Sneak said lightly. He has a competitive personality and must not let Arya know the shock in his heart.

"Yes. Arya said respectfully. Then, she appeared. The shadow and fire abilities that Arya learned from Melisandre were different from those of the Faceless, and they were beyond the comprehension of the Stealth Elders. In order to show respect to the Sneak Elders, and in order not to affect the confidence of the Elders, Arya deliberately allowed herself to show a little trace. She is the one who blends perfectly into the shadows of darkness without revealing any traces.

The other six elders couldn't even barely see Arya's silhouette. They were astonished and silent.

The Black and White Academy had produced one of the most outstanding disciples in hundreds of years, and they should have been happy. It's just that this disciple doesn't like to act according to the rules of the Black and White Academy. The Thousand Faces God has the rules of the Thousand Faces God, but these rules are not actually prescribed by the Thousand Faces God, but are rules set by the founder in order to regulate the behavior of his disciples and the piety of their beliefs.

"Arya, are you the Red Oracle you got in your dreams and have comprehended new magical powers, or is someone else pointing you out?" the Great Elder said slowly.

"Great Elder, I am the personal guard beside the Demon Mountain. The Magic Mountain is the Light Messenger of the Red God, and after he slew the Night Queen in Winterfell in the North, he gathered some very capable people around him: the military priest Melisandre is the High Priestess of the Red God, Lady Dalty Quintina is the Blood God Wizard of the Crab Claw Peninsula, Queen Jane Westerling is the only disciple of the most famous Blood God Witch in Lannisport in the West, the most powerful alien in the Land of Eternal Winter is the guard of the Magic Mountain, the Archbishop of the Great Sanctuary of Baylor, the Great Wise Man of the Fire Warlock Guild, the Archbishop of the Starry Sanctuary in Old Town, The scholars have become the most loyal and closest people around the Magic Mountain. I'm around the Magic Mountain, with these amazing people, and I'm obsessed with their rare and unique skills, and I'm using the influence of the Magic Mountain to learn their skills as much as I can. ”

"Arya, from what you just said, I can tell that around the Magic Mountain, there are faceless ones, red god priests, blood god priests, the archwise men of the Fire Warlock Guild, the archbishop of the Baelor Sanctuary, the aliens of the Land of Eternal Winter, and the scholars of the Old Town. The Great Elder said slowly.

"Yes, Grand Elder. The skills I can hide in the shadows come from the teachings, training, and enlightenment of Lady Melisandre, High Priest of the Red God. ”

"Oh!" the Great Elder said lightly.

The Great Elder understands that there are very few people who can be perfectly hidden in the shadows with the guidance of the High Priest of the Red God. It's not just a talent, it's also a hint of the Red God's will. In the dark, there must be the tacit consent of God.

Arya violated the rules of the House of Black and White and the House did not send anyone to arrest her, also because the elders believed that Arya's existence also contained a hint of acquiescence from the God of a Thousand Faces. Arya regained her true identity and name when she went out, which only shows that she has not forgotten herself when she was learning skills in the Black and White Academy. Even when Arya knelt in front of the god of a thousand faces and swore an oath, she was also lying, and the all-knowing god of a thousand faces certainly knew Arya's heart and soul, and the god of a thousand faces did not issue an oracle or warn the elders in a dream, and the god of thousand faces accepted Arya's offering, which was God's acquiescence to the existence of such an exception as Arya.

It is precisely because of this that the Seven Elders turn a blind eye to Arya's words and deeds in the outside world, and it is rare to be confused.

But Arya is back now, and it is imperative to punish Arya for the sake of the precepts and canons of the House of Black and White.