Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon

"Are you sure you want to give that boy Aegon's identity?"

Viserys had just returned to Highgarden, and Daenerys, who had moved here temporarily, asked him privately that night about the matter.

Daenerys looked like she was asking for an explanation for her child.

Viserys stepped forward and hugged him, caressing her bulging belly, as if he could feel the baby kicking: "The letter hasn't been sent yet, Dany, I'm sorry, I should have made it clear to you before making such a decision. "

Daenerys didn't care very much. She knew that Viserys must have something to say, so she chose to ask clearly first: "It's not too late, isn't it? Do our Dornish allies know about this?"

"Of course, I talked to Oberon privately. This matter is not worth concealing the blood alliance we are bound to. Prince Doran will also know about it before long. Replacing the red dragon with a black dragon is really a last resort. The Targaryen bloodline is now Too thin."

Daenerys speculated for a long time and frowned slightly: "You have other plans for the child? Is it the North? You plan to marry him to the Stark of the North. Is it possible that you want to keep the son and leave the father?"

"." Viserys couldn't help but look at Daenerys, "What books have you read recently?"

"The Citadel has the complete version of "The Four Kings," as well as detailed historical materials about Aegon's Conquest, Maegor I's period, and the truth about the Dance of the Blood Dragon." Daenerys looked over angrily, "Don't you think My thoughts are cruel, right?”

"Of course not," Viserys shook his head hurriedly, "My idea is actually similar to what you said, except that 'leaving the son behind and leaving the father' is actually a bit superfluous. In the eyes of others, he is the 'son of Rhaegar,' and the North. I don’t need to say more about the story of Rhaegar and Lyanna. He may be able to do something in the North, but he will never be the controller of the North. I only want him and the Stark daughter’s children to control the North. "

"But why would he be willing to stay in the North? With the identity of 'Son of Rhaegar', he can do many things."

"He will." Viserys winked at Daenerys and stopped explaining, "Want something to drink?"

Daenerys made it clear: "Did you tamper with the "Handbook"? Or the Three-Eyed Crow? Lemon juice. Speaking of which, the variety of fruits in the South is really rich. I have lived here for two months and have already seen it. There are dozens of them.”

Speaking of which, Daenerys also participated in the production of the "Manual". Of course she did not learn it herself. The essence of practicing the "Manual" is to pray for strength from Viserys. Daenerys does not need to learn it. As long as she has enough mental strength, she can Get responses anytime, anywhere.

To a certain extent, Daenerys can be regarded as a "favorite", but although she has power, she has almost no chance to use it. After all, she is pregnant, and Viserys has arranged three layers of protection for her. Sometimes, Daenerys thinks that if an assassin comes to her through the heavy protection, she may feel despair after seeing her power.

Viserys replied: "How could I have a wrong idea in the "Manual"? The "Manual" is used to teach people to be upright and insist on themselves. I will only provide him with enough power in the north so that he can let go." No matter what, I will just quietly hint that he should do things in an orderly manner. That child is well taught, isn't he? "

Daenerys already understood. Viserys once told her: Knights and nobles with integrity can be controlled by honor, but she still wants to know: "Don't our Dorne allies care? Their Princess Elia has an extra son inexplicably? I heard Said Oberon loved his sister."

"What do you think?"

Putting herself in her shoes, Daenerys found that she might not be able to accept it emotionally, but from the perspective of interests and family, "Aegon's children have claims to the North" is a good thing for both Viserys and Martell. of.

Daenerys thought about it clearly, but thinking about it did not make her feel happy. Instead, she felt a sense of sadness: "Viserys, good brother, your majesty, I sometimes think. Every time I break down the various conspiracies and look at them, I will I feel that the relationship between us and our allies and the princes really makes me feel..." She couldn't find the words to describe it.

"Danny, someone once summed it up this way: All organizations in the world are grassroots teams. Especially a grassroots team as big as a country, family ties, oaths, allies. In the final analysis, we can believe in the beautiful things in people's hearts, but we must not forget it. Although It’s cruel to say it, but more of it is based on interests.”

Viserys stroked her hair gently, paused, and ended the topic: "Okay, let's not talk about these unpleasant things. You just mentioned fruits. Are you interested in trying the fruits of Dorne another day? Dorne Our lemons and fruits are famous in the nine free trade cities.”

Daenerys asked keenly: "Are you going to Valyria? When?"

"I really can't hide anything from you." Viserys shrugged helplessly, "Come on, Dany, I told you, I will definitely go to Valyria before the child is born."

Daenerys knew: "It was the dream before."

"Although we tried to use related dreams to deal with it, there is undoubtedly something wrong with the source of our bloodline. That mysterious existence, whether he is intentional or unintentional, I have a reason to find him, otherwise our children may still be able to survive because of your and my dreams. The relationship can be born safely, but what about the next generation? Moreover, I need stronger power, at least enough to control the situation."

"I know," Daenerys took the initiative to come closer, "I won't stop you, I will wait for you to come back in Dorne and pray for you." She suddenly laughed, "I suddenly thought that I was praying for you. Pray for your safety. So, my brother, my king, my god, can you answer my prayer and come back safely?"

Viserys embraced her: "Of course, my love, my queen, my companion. I promise you."

——

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed since the Targaryen campaign to regain the Western Territory.

It had only been two days since the Battle of the Western Territory started. A large city and a fortress that was said to be unbreakable fell under the dragon's flames.

Only by actually trying to attack a castle can people realize how terrifying the power Targaryen showed in the Battle of the West.

Just think about it by analogy.

"Wolf Girl" Arya's army heading north arrived at almost the same time as Targaryen's army attacking the West, and stationed troops near the King's Road in the east of the Twins to spy on the Twins.

It's said to be spying, but actually the army is stuck here.

More than forty days have passed, and Twin River City has chosen to avoid the battle and defend Twin River City.

The Twin River City built on the Green Fork River and occupying the main road made it impossible for the "Wolf Girl" army to ignore them.

Arya's coalition forces were unable to capture the fortified Twins, and Frey could not ignore the Twins and leave directly north. Because Frey of the Twins City was not injured even though he suffered successive defeats in the field battles. The next stop on the way north is the Gulf of Cailin. The Gulf of Cailin is almost a nightmare for those attacking from the south. If only one man is left to monitor, it is very likely that the Frey family will take advantage of Arya's army to move north. Cover up the enemy from behind and block the army heading north in the neck.

Arya has only a handful of less than a dozen people under her command. During her stay in Riverrun, she relied on the reputation of the Stark family to gather together some northern soldiers who were originally wandering across the river - and some may even be deserters. Guard. The only people she has that can actually advance and retreat with her are more than a hundred wolves and one dog - the hound Sandor Clegane. The other borrowed troops and horses, more than two thousand from Riverrun as guest soldiers, were commanded by Lord Tytos Blackwood of Raventree City. Lord Tytos's son Lucas was killed at the Red Wedding. At the time, Robb While alive, he was also a loyal partner of the Stark family in Winterfell.

Lord Tytos strongly advocated attacking the Twins.

His basis is that the Frey family still has many prisoners from the river and the north, many of whom were loyal loyalists trusted by Robb. They captured the Twins to rescue these people, such as Patrick Merry St, Jon Amber, Marco Piper and other descendants of the northern princes and river princes, not to mention Patrick Mallister, if they can be rescued, it means that Seaside City will repay the favor. , they will definitely send troops to help, not to mention the knight heirs of some northern princes such as Jon Amber and Marco Piper.

But others don't think so. Yis Hewen is a representative promoted by the other half of the river princes. They believe that the Twins are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Arya should take advantage of the situation and go north. Once they enter the north, the Stark family will Appealing power can work. They believe that once Arya enters the North, she does not even need to reach Winterfell. She only needs to find a castle to garrison, and she can use her appeal to summon the princes who oppose Roose Bolton. Of course, the most important thing is that they believe that Arya is now calling for King Targaryen to go north to aid the Great Wall. If she does not insist on going north and instead attacks Frey, King Targaryen may be dissatisfied.

Yohn Royce, who had just joined the coalition, did not express his position. The Earl of Runestone City was still observing Arya. Earl Royce's sending troops was not without purpose. Of course, he sent troops out of consideration for the blood ties between nobles. , but privately, I want more. First, I want to marry Arya for my son Anda Royce. Second, I want to help Arya take the Targaryen road and fight for the interests of the Royce family in the valley. consider.

For Arya, who is only twelve years old, it is already a miracle that she has reached this point.

The current predicament makes Arya, who has won consecutive battles ever since she decided to become "Duke Stark", a headache. The dilemma outside the Twins is the most complicated situation she has faced since she sent out the army. Although it seems that When she got up, she had the advantage, but facing the fortified city of Twin River City, she felt defeated.

On the battlefield in the wild, relying on the wolves, Arya and Nymeria can fight wantonly and tear apart the flesh and blood of their enemies.

But in the siege of the city, the wolves could not play the slightest role.

Coupled with the news from Riverrun's fast horses more than ten days ago, Targaryen's early end to the Battle of the West made her very irritated, and she felt inexplicably that she was doing something stupid.

And today, new news came from the fast horses in Riverrun City.

After Targaryen conquered the West, it stopped its pace of expansion. In other words, even if Arya had sworn allegiance to Targaryen together with her uncle Edmure, she could not count on Targaryen's army.

The Targaryens would give loans, ordnance, supplies, and names, but they would not give troops.

After Arya got the news, she felt a headache, and quietly told the Hound the news for advice: "How should I explain it to the princes under me?"

The hunting dog asked: "Explain what?"

Arya said angrily: "Explain that King Targaryen will not send troops to help me."

"Little Wolf Duchess, I thought you were worried about something." The hunting dog was speechless at her. He poured a glass of wine in the tent and drank it in one gulp. "I dare you to tell them the news. They will be happy." Jump up."

Arya couldn't understand: "Why?" When she came out of Riverrun, her uncle "Blackfish" told her that in politics, as long as you stick to the banner of Targaryen, you don't need to think about anything else. Just think about how to fight. Let her trust Lord Tytos's judgment.

But after leaving Riverrun, Arya only remembered the first half of the sentence. As she continued to fight and win, she gradually began to pay less attention to the opinion of Lord Tytos. Instead, she preferred to seek the opinion of the Hound on everything. She found that in some aspects , Hound Dog's opinions are exactly what she wants, and Hound Dog always has weird suggestions for her to integrate the internal affairs.

She once asked him: "I can't tell that a big man like you is actually a little smart, but why do you act like a butcher fool around Joffrey?"

The hound replied angrily: "If that kid Joffrey could listen to people's words as well as you do, I would still be my bullshit white robe in King's Landing now, damn it!"

Back to the present.

Hearing Arya's question, the hound had no choice but to explain: "Let me tell you, few of these nobles are willing to let others poop in their own latrines."

Arya couldn't help but roll her eyes when she heard his vulgar answer: "Speak clearly."

"I've made it very clear," said the hunting dog, "Although you already are, I want to say that you are not suitable to be a duke."

Arya retorted: "Why isn't it suitable? I haven't lost since I was a duke."

"Oh, your old brother who lost his life in Twin River City didn't lose either. 'Wolf Girl' and 'Young Wolf Lord' are not good names."

"'Hound Dog' is a good name?"

"You name it, 'Hound' at least reminds me that I should be as cunning as a Hound, 'Wolf Girl' sounds like a fool."

Arya threw her hands away and said, "Fuck you, you can get drunk to death."

The hound ignored her and drank a few more gulps of wine. He quickly became drunk and fell asleep, muttering: "Damn Gregor, you couldn't let me do it myself."

When Arya walked out of the hounds' camp, Nymeria was returning with the wolves from the wolf path specially set aside in the camp. Although Nymeria's wolf minions have gradually become accustomed to living near the camp, they still keep a distance from humans. Only Arya can command them.

In order to stay close to the wolves and protect each other, Arya, although she was the nominal commander-in-chief of the coalition, stationed the camp in the corner. In front of her were dozens of Northerners and Uncle Blackfish selecting for her. The bodyguard consists of river warriors, and in the woodland behind is Nymeria and a pack of more than a hundred gray wolves.

Usually few people come here, and the Hound lives nearby. Although it is not stated explicitly, everyone agrees that the Hound is Arya's personal guard, just like Jory Kelso by Eddard's side, and Daisy More by Robb's side. Meng and others. The Hound also knew this and asked for a position beside Arya, but he did not ask for subordinates or command.

In fact, the Hound could leave at any time with a sum of money, but he chose to stay. Arya sometimes couldn't figure out why he chose to stay. Sometimes Arya thought it was because of her, but after being in contact for a long time, she clearly felt Not really.

But it is always a good thing to have the Hound in Arya's team. Arya can be said to be very immature politically, and with the Hound, she can ask questions without any scruples, unlike in Earl Tytos, I Sir S. Rivers and Earl Royce had to show that they were not a little girl who could be looked down upon.

Arya and Nymeria wandered among the camps for a while, passing the road leading from here to the central army tent where the princes were summoned several times, but they couldn't make up their minds about where to go.

"Maybe the Hound is right," Arya couldn't help but stroke Nymeria's hair and said to herself, "Maybe I'm really not fit to be a Duke."

She felt tired at the thought of convening a gathering of princes and having to show off in front of earls and knights who were older than she was and shrewder than she was. She often thought of Robb recently, wondering if he was just like her at the time. He had to show off the strength of a Stark in front of others, and he had to show himself as a true Duke of the Stark family in front of others. What does it look like?

But she soon kept thinking of her bastard brother Jon.

That was her only living relative, and Jon needed support at the Great Wall, and Roose Bolton would never give it to the Wall.

Only she can do it.

Turned around a few times.

After thinking for a long time, Arya accumulated enough patience and courage. Finally, when she passed the road to the Chinese army's tent again, she rubbed Nymeria and guided her to walk towards the Chinese army. military.

Her standard long face of the Stark family showed a resolute expression, as if she were an adult. With Nami showing off her authority for her, her whole body showed an aura that was difficult to look at directly. Many guards on duty along the way stood up straight when they saw her, and even a knight bowed slightly to pay her attention.

At this moment, she was the Duke of Winterfell.

But before Arya could announce the gathering, as soon as she arrived at the Chinese army's tent, a scout came over to report the emergency to her.

In the military department, Arya basically relied on Count Tytos, and the occasional statements were only opinions approved and discussed by the Hound. This time, Arya sent out scouts to the west, north and south without anyone's guidance. As for the east, that was the hunting ground for Nymeria and the wolves - even though the army provided supplies for the wolves. , but the wolves are still used to hunting. They are even eating corpses on the battlefield. Many people know this, but Arya basically controls the wolves to eat the enemy's corpses, so it doesn't cause much resentment. Many soldiers on her side even support her even more.

"What's going on in the south?"

Arya traveled north this time, leaving almost no soldiers to guard the southern route. This time, all supplies and equipment were in the army, and there were also occasional "recruiting on the spot" - Arya saw many " She really didn't want to do this because of the dilapidated scene after "recruiting on the spot", but her prestige was still not enough to control the army's habitual attitude towards supply. Speaking of which, in the end, the name Targaryen played a role. As Arya and Brynden expressed their goodwill towards Targaryen and began to actively accept, collect, and purchase information about Targaryen, their relationship with the previous Battle of the West was The news was brought along with the Targaryen military regulations.

The Targaryen army strictly prohibits "recruiting on the spot" and requires that even if the situation is urgent, it needs to be "purchased" rather than "recruited". With this as an endorsement, although it aroused some people's opinions, it was still used to temporarily control the soldiers' habitual "collecting" behavior when supplies were sufficient.

The hunting dog warned her that the war would last for a long time, and the supplies that seemed abundant now would sooner or later run out, and this would happen again sooner or later.

Arya knew this too, but she forced the order anyway.

She could only pray that the supplies wouldn't run out so early.

Now that she heard that Edmure had returned to Hejian, she had already written a letter to him, hoping that Edmure would be willing to provide her with supplies after unifying Hejian.

But now that the scouts came back from the south and said there was a situation, Arya suddenly thought that if the Lannister sent troops from Harrenhal, she might face a double attack from Frey and the Lannister.

Good thing it's not a Lannister.

"Your Majesty the Duke," the scout reported respectfully, "we found that there is a group of people in the south who have been spying on our camp. There are more than a hundred people hiding in the dense forest, and we can't find their foothold. After asking the local farmers, the other party "Those are people from the Brotherhood Without Banners. I'm afraid these gangsters want to take advantage of our confrontation with the Frey family to fish in troubled waters."

"Brotherhood Without Banners," Arya was inexplicably excited, "Have they sent anyone to contact them?"

"Yes, they did. They sent a very strong woman and a boy over, and the boy said he knew you. They brought a message to invite you to come forward in person. Their leader wanted to invite you to a village called Green Mill next to the Green Fork River. See you. Your Majesty, we brought that strong woman back, do you want to see her?"

She still remembered friends like Dondarrion, Red Monk Thoros, and Gendry from the Brotherhood, but things were different now. Although she didn’t think the other party was a bad person, Arya thought about what the Brotherhood had done, and found that her army had also done some Something equally worthy of condemnation and hostility in the eyes of the Brotherhood.

The Brotherhood dealt with both the Lannisters and the armies of the North and the River, who were robbing, raping, and killing people in towns and villages, and the Brotherhood gave them justice.

Not long ago, Arya's army was also "collecting food."

Although she stopped in time, Arya knew that if Dondarrion asked him face to face, she would have no way to defend herself.

Arya felt guilty inexplicably, but she suppressed the expression on her face: "Let them come, I will meet them here."

The scout team leader hesitated for a moment and remained silent.

Arya and Nymeria both looked at him, and the team leader said, "Sir, I'll go right away."

Not long after, the scouts brought two people into the tent.

As soon as she saw the person coming, Arya called out: "Gendry?"

The boy who was brought in was Gendry. He had a hurt look on his face and replied with surprise and joy: "It's really you?" He didn't know whether to call her Arya, Arry, or the Duke.

Arya felt even more guilty, and she asked something else: "Why are you hurt?"

Unexpectedly, the scout team leader's face changed and he looked quite uncomfortable.

Arya probably knows the habits of her soldiers these days. Seeing this, she has roughly guessed what happened.

But Gendry glanced at the squad leader and only replied: "There was a little misunderstanding with your scout just now."

"Sorry, Gendry, they are following my orders. I asked them to be on guard against any movement in the south. You know, I have to guard against the Lannisters in Harrenhal." As she said this, Arya glanced at the captain and asked him. Signal.

The captain was not a fool, but he was a knight and was unwilling to apologize to civilians, so he said: "I'm sorry, Lord Duke, I'm not sure they are your friends."

Gendry raised his eyebrows, but in the end he didn't have an attack.

Arya pushed him away: "Ser, I understand your responsibility. Go down and I will talk to my friends."

After the scouts left.

Gendry said: "Should I call you Lord Duke?"

Nymeria bared her teeth at the two of them.

Arya grabbed the direwolf and said to him: "Gendry, I apologized to you for what happened to him. I didn't expect that this would be the scene when we meet again."

Gendry looked at her like a stranger, not knowing what was tangled up in his heart, but finally answered with a question: "Duke Arya, have you learned the purpose of our trip?"

Arya noticed that Gendry, the powerful man, was slightly resentful, so she had to ask, "Who is this fraternity sister next to you? Why haven't I seen her before?" These days, whether she wants it or not, she has learned that big men control the conversation. She didn't want to use this kind of rhetoric to her friends, but after staying in this environment for a long time and developing a habit, she used it unconsciously.

She had to maintain her majesty to be able to control such a huge army as a twelve-year-old girl and make them dare not look down on her and fight for her.

"Oh," the tall and strong woman, who was wearing village women's clothes that didn't fit well, looked very excited. She knelt down on one knee and was actually quite polite, "Arya Stark. My Lord, Brienne of Tarth greets you. Please forgive my excitement, Lord Arya. I never dreamed that we would end up meeting in this way."

"You're not from a fraternity?"

"I" Brienne hurriedly explained, "please allow me to explain to you"

In this way, Brienne recounted her experience of accepting Catelyn's assignment to send Jaime back to King's Landing, and later wandering around the river in search of her and Sansa. When she talked about the emotional part, the corners of her eyes became wet with excitement.

Arya heard what she said was like a legend, and looked back hesitantly: "So you and the people from the Brotherhood came to me now, do you want to be loyal to me?"

Brienne didn't mention the part about being captured by the Brotherhood, and Arya wasn't sure what they were going to do.

"No, Your Majesty the Duke," Brienne explained, "I came to you this time, just like your friend Gendry, I was entrusted by an 'old friend', a 'lady', to invite you to the Green Mill. ”

"Madam?" Arya asked. "The sergeant told me just now that the person who invited me to the Green Mill was the leader of the Brotherhood Without Banners."

Gendry explained: "Yes, the lady is now the leader of the Brotherhood Without Banners. She is. She is Ser Dondarrion's designated heir to the Brotherhood, yes, yes, that's what it is."

Gendry was outspoken and about to blurt out the words, but quickly changed his mind. Apparently, it was this "madam" who asked them not to reveal their identities directly.

Arya did not continue to ask, but instead asked: "What happened to Ser Dondarrion?"

Gendry answered sadly, "He's dead."

"How is it possible? The red-robed monk didn't save him?" She had seen with her own eyes that Dondarrion came back from the dead.

"He is indeed dead, and now 'The Lady' is leading the Brotherhood."

"Who is the Lady?" Arya pressed. "If you don't tell me who she is, why should I risk meeting her?"

"This" Gendry scratched his head anxiously.

"My lord, please meet her no matter what." Brienne was also emotional.

Arya began to guess, from Robb's widow to the female warriors of the Mormont family. After all, Gendry and Brienne didn't look malicious, so she answered: "Yes, I promise you to go see that person." Madam, but I can't go alone. I have to bring Nymeria and a few reliable guards. It's not that I don't trust you, but it's my duty. I am now the Duke of the North and a Star. The only survivor of the Ke family, there are thousands of men under my command, and the entire northern territory is waiting for me to recover, I can't take risks on some things. "

Arya thought about it, still guessing that the Brotherhood was here for her soldiers' crimes of "collecting food and grass" in the river, so after thinking about it, she went to call the hounds. She remembered that the hounds had defeated the last time in the trial. Dondarrion.

She was thinking that if her brothers were to judge her, she would let the hounds do the trial by combat.

Most of Arya's soldiers were borrowed guest soldiers, so it was not easy to get out. Finally, she informed the controllers of the three main forces under her, Earl Royce, Earl Tytos, and Sir Ace. When the other party objected, Arya revealed the previous letter from Riverrun.

As a result, just as the hound said, none of these people had any objections to Targaryen's actions, and were even happy to see it. However, after hearing that Edmure had returned to Riverrun, they had different opinions when discussing the way forward these days. Several people reached an agreement in just a temporary meeting: that is, the army will stop and station here, and at the same time, they will write a letter inviting Duke Edmure to unite the troops of Riverrun and send troops from the west, with Arya in the east and Edmure in the west. Both sides jointly attacked Twin River City.

After Arya heard it, she thought it was a good proposal, so she didn't object. However, she still couldn't figure out why the people under Targaryen would react like this when Targaryen didn't send troops. Obviously if Targaryen can be persuaded to help, the Twins may be captured in just one day, and the Moat Cailin Fortress is even less likely to stop the dragon, and even Winterfell can be recovered quickly.

But Arya saw that even if they were borrowing soldiers and horses, these people would rather spend their own soldiers in the Twins. The attack on Moat Carlin in the future was destined to not go smoothly, but no one among them suggested that Arya find a way. Call for Targaryen reinforcements.

Perhaps her political literacy is still too young, so she can't figure out why these people are very willing to do things under the banner of King Targaryen, but they are not willing to involve the Targaryen army.

As a result, there was no objection to Arya's meeting with the leader of the Brotherhood. They only increased the number of guards, from a few people to hundreds.

So the next day, from the Northern Army Barracks on King's Road, a mighty group of several hundred people, surrounded by "Wolf Girl" Arya, headed for a village called Green Mill on the Green Fork River south of the barracks.

At the entrance to the village, the army encountered a dozen scouts from the Brotherhood, and Arya recognized "Tom the Seven Strings" among them. She remembered their experience in the Noble Heart.

Tom was sent to negotiate, and the singer-turned-archer boasted: "Duke Arya, you are so majestic, but with so many people, I'm afraid the village won't be able to accommodate you."

Some knights heard that the other party was teasing, and they all looked at Arya, as if watching her reaction, while the brothers' scouts were also observing every move of this group of people.

Arya smiled: "There are a lot of people. It just so happens that this is a good horse drinking place. Sir Eddard——" Sir Eddard is from the Royce family, "Sir Brown——" This is Bu From the Rywood family, "Sir Will -" This one is from Riverrun, "Please take the people to drink the horses here. I'll be back as soon as I go."

The three of them responded in unison: "Yes, Your Majesty the Duke."

This unanimous response was quite powerful, and everyone in the Brotherhood couldn't help but look at Arya deeply. This little girl has only been around for more than half a year, and she is already different from when they first walked together.

And it can be seen that Arya is quite powerful in the army and is not a puppet set up by the princes.

What's more, they also saw the hound that had snatched Arya from them riding beside Arya, looking like a guard. Unexpectedly, the rumors in the river were true, and they immediately provoked Everyone was amazed.

The hound was watched with indifference, and only responded with a look of disdain and contempt to the group of whisperers.

But he was not arranged by Arya to drink horses here, but continued to follow Arya into the village together with about twenty other northerners.

The Green Mill is said to be a village, but in fact it only houses a dozen or so households, and it was severely damaged by the war. Now it is dilapidated and empty, with only one villager alive who has joined the brotherhood. The mill here is still relatively strong, and there is no It was destroyed in the war and could provide shelter from wind and rain, so it was used as a temporary foothold by the Brotherhood.

In front of the mill gate, Arya and her entourage were stopped by the brotherhood guard again: "Your Majesty, the lady only sees you."

"Fake it," the hunting dog yelled, "I tell you, these people have bad intentions!"

"The Hound!" Arya interrupted the Hound and looked at the person blocking the way, "I remember this person, Harwin, the son of Hurun, my father's guard?"

The man became excited: "Miss, you still remember me?"

"Of course I remember you. I remember that you were right behind Robb when he brought me Nymeria. Last time, I met you by chance in the Riverlands. You told me about following Lord Beric on the expedition. After everything that happened, even though you have a beard and messy hair this time, I still recognize you." Arya seemed to be lost in memories, and she sighed in a rather old-fashioned way at such a young age, "Ah, it's so nice to see you again. good."

Harwin, a grown man, had red eyes for a moment and shed tears: "Miss. No, Lord Duke Arya, please believe me. Can you go to see the lady by yourself?"

"I believe you," Arya replied. "Hound, everyone, you will wait here for me."

The hunting dog said nothing more.

Soon, Arya dismounted.

At this time, Harwin added: "My Lord Duke, you can take your direwolf with you."

Arya nodded and beckoned Nymeria into the mill.

Unlike the rare warm autumn sunshine outside, the mill was damp, cold, unlit, and very dark.

There was only a tiny glow of fire deep in the mill.

Arya noticed that Nymeria was a little restless, baring her teeth and letting out a silent growl in the direction of the fire.

She grabbed the hair on Nymeria's neck and comforted her to calm down. No matter who the "lady" was or what her appeal was, Arya wanted to resolve it with reasonable and fair means. She was old acquaintances with many people in the fraternity, and she did not want a bloody conflict between the two parties.

With this consideration, she gradually approached the fire.

The fire came into view, and a small wooden table was placed there. Behind the wooden table sat a woman in gray clothes, wearing a cloak and a hood. Her face was hidden behind the hood, her clothes were shaking slightly, and her body seemed to be shaking.

Is she a nun?

Arya knew that in the south, gray was the color of the Silent Sisters, the maids to the Stranger.

"Madam," Arya spoke first, "You want to see me, and I'm here."

The figure didn't seem to expect what she said, and was obviously startled.

Nymeria was moving uneasily, as if she felt a threat, but was not sure. She fell into a kind of suspicion, sniffing the air uncertainly.

Seeing that the other party didn't answer, Arya forced herself to calm down and continued to ask: "Madam? Madam?"

The other party suddenly stretched out his hands, covered his face and let out a low, weird sob. The voice was intermittent, as if it was being tortured.

Arya felt an inexplicable sadness and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

Suddenly, she heard the other party talking, and she saw the other party's hands grabbing at her neck, as if she wanted to strangle herself, and a hoarse whisper and a strenuously restrained call sounded from there: "Arya, my child."

The voice was hoarse and unpleasant, like the hiss of a poisonous snake.

But when Arya heard it, she was stunned for a moment. She tried hard to identify: "What did you call me?"

Arya moved closer to observe the other person's eyes hidden behind the hood, which were like two red charcoals burning in the shadows.

There was a familiar feeling that suffocated Arya.

But she saw that the other person carefully lowered the hood with trembling hands, revealing a face wrapped in a gray wool scarf. Her hair was dry and white like a bone. She had powder on her forehead, but it still revealed disturbing decay marks.

She only showed the upper half of her face, but Arya recognized it.

"Mother?" Her eyes immediately turned red, and tears filled her eyes. In just a moment, she rushed over like a little girl, "It's you, mother! I'm sorry, I'm sorry." She said sorry many times, and finally said, "I miss you so much."

"Mrs. Stoneheart" tried to cover her horrible face as much as possible, but Arya had already thrown herself into her arms. Since Arya was sensible, there has never been a time when he cried in her arms like this.

Catelyn had nowhere to put her hands as Arya held her in her arms. Her heart, which she thought had cooled down completely, kept beating. She found that she wanted to cry, but her dry eyes could not shed a single tear.

So, Catelyn could only scream like she was choking with her severely cut throat.