The king on the Great Wall

The trebuchet came from the Mandalay family. It was originally placed in the warehouse of White Harbor as a city defense reserve. This time it was dragged to the north of Kalin Bay as a siege weapon.The equipment that was not made in a hurry has excellent performance, and the wildfire canister is extremely light. After igniting the fuel canister, it quickly activated the mechanism. With a flick of the arm, the firecan easily crossed a distance of several hundred meters and fell into the city wall of Kalin Bay.

Although he didn't hit any of the towers, what Iger wanted was not to kill anyway, but to let the opponent know that he had such a big killer in his hands.

"If there is no response from the castle, throw another pot in half a quarter."

"Yes, my lord." The soldier in charge of the catapult agreed, but then asked again: "But, there are not many cans left. What should we do when we finish throwing the catapult?"

"Sir Manderly and I will order the two armies to prepare for the siege." Iger looked at the last few cans of wildfire piled up next to the trebuchet, and looked at Kalin Bay standing in the distance in the foggy swamp The fortress sighed: "The other side has not moved after throwing all the wildfires, so it sends out a signal to launch an attack at the same time as the friendly forces in the south."

"understood."

"It's hard work, no matter what, the war in the northern border will definitely come to an end after today."

After giving all these orders and encouraging the soldiers, Iger turned and walked towards his tent.It was a gamble for Asha to persuade the defenders of Kalin Bay to surrender, an attempt to win greater credit and voice for herself at a relatively small cost.

Gambling has winners and losers, and if you want to gamble...you have to admit defeat.

In any case, it has become a fact that he led his troops to recapture Deepwood Castle and rushed to the battlefield of Kalin Bay in time to help out. Even if Asha's trip failed, his loss would not be too great.

The only thing to worry about is "If Asha doesn't come back, can she still be captured alive in the battle to retake Cailin Bay"... After all, a certain Mrs. Glover still expects to exchange the daughter of the sea monster for two a child.

(Since the Crow’s Eye has publicly declared support for Stannis, whether it’s true or not, at least he can’t openly continue to oppose the North, and those two Glover children are useless to the Iron Islands...even if they lose Sha is a prisoner, maybe Robb Stark can have another way to take them back?)

Iger was thinking while walking, but before he returned to the tent, the soldiers on the sentry tower behind him shouted in surprise: "surrender, they surrender!"

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Behind the city wall of Calim Bay, the smoke from the wildfire had not completely dissipated. Under the watchful eyes of everyone who rushed to the edge of the swamp after hearing the news, the sea monster flags on the city wall of Calim Bay were torn off one by one.After a while, the north city gate also slowly opened, and the last defenders of the fortress came out slowly in a line.

Since the ironborn were hiding in the tower before, Iger couldn't let the skinchangers determine their number by aerial reconnaissance, but now the answer is revealed: their number is smaller than Iger said when he talked to Asha before, but It's almost the same as what I actually judged in my heart-early fifties.

When Victarion Greyjoy brought the main force of the Iron Fleet back to the Iron Islands to participate in the king selection meeting, he left behind more than 100 crew members, and now more than half of them have been lost.Among those who died, half died in several attacks by the northern army, and the other half died from the poisoned arrows harassed by the "swamp devils", unhygienic food, disease and starvation... The iron people are born Pirates, but they don't know how to stick to the city for a long time.There was neither enough fresh water nor food in Calim Bay, nor were there any healers who could heal the wounded, and even the bachelors were killed.In the ensuing siege, the ironmen could only watch the fellow countrymen beside them fall down one by one and die.

Those who are still alive after this kind of test can be seen in their physical fitness and willpower. Although the number of the remaining ironmen is only half a hundred, their combat effectiveness is quite good compared to the average level.If you want to take Calim Bay, you still have to pay the price of at least a hundred northern soldiers... and if you let the group of untrained mountain clansmen led by Iger and the wildlings who have never seen a real castle attack, The numbers will only get bigger.

The barracks became busy all of a sudden, the land-grant army came forward to receive the surrendered soldiers who "voluntarily put on black clothes", while the soldiers of the Mandalay family hurried to Carlin Bay to receive the castle - they arrived here earlier than the land-grant army, and Actively cooperating with his own plan, Iger really has no position to grab the credit for going to the city first.A moment later, the direwolf flag symbolizing the Stark family fluttered from the wall of Moat Calim again.

After giving instructions on how to deal with the surrendered soldiers, and then giving the order to upgrade the prisoner's treatment for the meritorious Asha, Iger did not personally contact the daughter of the sea monster who returned from the mission.He led his personal guards on horses and entered the bay of Calim, which had changed hands.

There are busy soldiers from the North and White Harbor everywhere, just like the most unqualified tenants—it’s not their own house that doesn’t feel bad. After it began to spread, they didn't even clean up the remains of their comrades in arms.Garbage, excrement, and even corpses are everywhere in Kalin Bay at the moment, exuding a stench of corruption. If you want to relocate, it may be difficult to do it without a thorough cleaning.

After inquiring, he found Robb Stark who had led his trusted soldiers into the city and hid on the wall because he couldn't bear the stench.

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"It's just in time." Robb nodded to Iger, he was still a child next year, but after he put on a neat short beard and put on a posture, he still had the steady appearance of a guardian of the north: "I'm about to send someone to find you. "

The other party put on a serious expression, and Iger did not dare to rely on his familiar hippie smile: "The defenders of Cailin Bay have asked me to wear black clothes. They, as well as the ironmen captured in the battle to recapture Deepwood Castle, including Baron Daughter of Greyjoy, at your lord's mercy."

Based on Iger's understanding of Robb, it is unlikely that he would not give himself face and insist on executing the gang of ironmen, but people will change after all.Iger once knew Eddard Stark's eldest son, and now standing in front of him is the new guardian of the north, the supreme ruler north of the Neck... the night watchman from the north of the Kalin Bay defenders, Rather than the surrender of Robb Stark in the south, it is already suspected of contempt.

Robb Stark is now the leader. Even if he doesn't really care about things that happen on the other side's territory, he has to report and ask for instructions. This is the experience that Iger summed up from the workplace before traveling.

"Forget it, those who have surrendered to you, you can figure it out, the night watchmen are yelling about lack of manpower all day long. Except for Balon's daughter, Glover will use her to exchange his own children." Robb as Iger expected He waved his hand in general: "Let's talk about the 'Land Grant Army' going south this time. I am very grateful that the Night Watchmen can think of the North at this critical moment, but the Night Watchmen are not allowed to interfere in the internal affairs of the Seven Kingdoms. It has been thousands of years. The rules come from here, but now someone has broken it, how do you want me to explain it to the other six countries?"

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Chapter 265 Opening Eyes and Closing Eyes

"No one breaks the rules, my lord." Iger had already prepared for this, so he didn't panic. He replied without hesitation: "The Night Watchman Legion did not participate in the war. This trip sent people south, and I was the only one accompanying me. , and I swear I was not involved in any combat, not even touching a weapon."

"Don't play with words like this. The land-grant is the territory of the Great Wall defenders. The people you brought here are called the land-grant army. Everyone can see that the night watchman is intervening. As for participating in the battle, as you are now Is it not normal to not participate in the battle?"

"Please allow me to explain the whole incident." Iger continued: "Because the Great Wall defenders accepted the savages, the land-grant population increased sharply, and they had to seek support from the northern border due to serious food shortages. Not long ago, the logistics department organized They organized a food transport team, intending to go around the entire northern border to collect as much food as possible... When the team approached the territory of Glover's house, they suddenly heard the news that Deepwood Castle was occupied by a group of unknown pirates. "

"'Unidentified pirate'? Is that what the night watchman called the Ironborn invaders? Interesting." Robb Stark pulled his face, and suddenly realized how Iger planned to solve this matter: just like Lao Just as King Bo called the Alliance of the Righteous a 'rebel army', Iger wanted to give the ironmen a characterization that would help him explain his actions, so as to legalize sending troops. "Then you took back Deepwood Motte and captured a bunch of prisoners alive. After interrogation, it turned out that these pirates were from the Greyjoy family—because you didn't know they were from the Greyjoy family, so Doesn’t that count as meddling in the internal affairs of the seven nations?”

"It can be said that in my hometown, there is a saying that those who do not know are not guilty. But there is one more thing that must be added - the people outside the Great Wall north of the Great Wall migrated southward on a large scale to avoid the cold winter and the ghosts. , arrived at the Great Wall a month ago, and launched an attack on the city gate while surmounting on a large scale. The Night Watchman Legion was single and sparse, and it was difficult to resist. They asked the mountain clans for support, and thousands of clansmen were invited to enter the Great Wall Along the route." Iger, who had been seen through the routine, coughed in embarrassment, and stretched out a finger: "In my food transportation team, there are exactly one thousand clan warriors, and the offensive mission to Deepwood Castle is basically up to them. bear."

"What do you mean, didn't this group of mountain clansmen also come from you, the Chief Logistics Officer of the Night Watch?"

"The place where the mountain clans live is legally part of the northern border. The clans were only temporarily stationed along the Great Wall at the invitation of the night watchman... just to provide manpower support. They didn't wear black clothes themselves, just a place to live. From the mountains to the land-grant, their allegiance is still the Stark family." Egger replied: "As your people, I saw that Deepwood Castle under your rule was occupied by a group of pirates, and I intervened out of righteous indignation. Isn't it natural to help each other? As for me and the soldiers of the Night Watchman's logistics security team, it's just out of friendship... to provide some insignificant military guidance and support."

The mountain clan people are their own people.Robb Stark did think of this after being reminded. These so-called clan people are actually savages living in the north of the Great Wall... The rulers of the Northern Territory have always adopted policies of win over and appeasement to manage: grant the tribal leader Earl the same As long as these leaders recognize the ruling status of the Stark family, offer some special and rare products symbolically on weekdays, and send some representatives to accompany the army during wartime, they will not interfere much in their internal affairs on weekdays.

These clans are similar in status to the Amber and Karstark families in name, but their relationship with the Stark family is far less close than that of the real earls and lords... The rulers of the North have never been as big and big as Egger. Commanded and mobilized clan fighters on a large scale.And Robb Stark, who hastily took over the post of guardian of the north after his father's death and never walked through the territory of the mountain clans, all his understanding of the mountain clans who nominally belonged to his own people came from his father. Ed and senior seniors in those closely affiliated families dictated it.

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(Insignificant military guidance and support? Without a complete command system, it would be difficult for this group of clan members to maintain their formation and march from their residence to the foot of Deepwood Castle, let alone a battle. Even Baron Greyjoy's daughters are captured.)

Iger or his subordinates must have full command.Regarding this, Robb was very bright in his heart, but he had to admit that these excuses made up by the night watchman were still decent. He touched the short beard that was deliberately grown on his chin, and his stern face gradually relaxed: "It turns out in this way."

Seeing this, Iger hurriedly struck while the iron was hot: "So, the whole thing can be summed up as follows - the northerners spontaneously organized to drive away the intruders, and I, the night watchman, happened to appear in this place at the most critical time and was captured Involved in it, and once again became the 'night watchman with the army' who took the prisoners."

Robb raised his head and stared at Iger seriously for a while, and finally couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth: I haven't seen him for a few months, and the guy in front of him is getting better at making up nonsense again.

This explanation sounds reasonable, but it can only be fooled by ordinary people... As long as you have a little thinking ability and information sources, you can't be fooled.Intuitively speaking, Robb felt that Iger’s behavior with such bad manners was inappropriate, but emotionally speaking, he really couldn’t say anything more—people from the other six countries could accuse Iger of misbehavior, but they benefited from it. Where can the former stand on the same front as the former?

"Okay, let's just accept and admit your statement." Robb wasn't fooled, he knew that Iger was trying to explain forcibly, but so what, the northern border benefited from the bad rules of the night watchman Not small, now that we have something to explain to the outside world, that's enough. "I owe you a favor, but what you did violated the rules after all. Don't talk about it everywhere. I will announce to the public that it was the mountain clansmen who helped me take back Deepwood Castle in the north."

"Of course, my trip is only going south to purchase food and supplies from the northern princes. I don't know anything about other things."

"Yeah." Robb nodded, satisfied with Iger's answer.One of the two opened his eyes and told nonsense, while the other turned a blind eye to the former's nonsense... Thus, the most serious transgression of the night watchman in thousands of years was ignored lightly. "This place really stinks. It looks like I have to find a place to live in the northern barracks tonight. Let's stop here for today."

What, this is the end?Iger is really at a loss now. He still has a lot of things to talk to Robb. He prepared his stomach and dug a hole and waited for the other party to jump, but the opposite side stepped on the edge of the hole and suddenly stopped and couldn't move forward?

"My lord, about the iron people's captives and soldiers, and the plan to resettle the people outside the Great Wall..."

"The clansman decides what to do with the prisoners captured by the clansman. Why don't you surrender? Since they proposed to wear black clothes, that's the business of your night watchmen." Robb turned and walked down the city wall, and finally said Saying: "I have a lot of things to talk to you about, about Bran, about the wildlings your Night's Watch let in... But today is not a good time to talk about these things. It is sweet to drive away the ironborn and win the battle to defend the homeland." , but I still have a lot of things to deal with. Today and tomorrow, the army will celebrate victory in Cailin Bay, and then disband and return to their respective homes. I will also return to Winterfell immediately. You must go through Winterfell when you return to the Great Wall. Come see me."

Speaking of this, Iger is of course impossible to force Robb to finish the matter with him, and it is not a bad thing to have a few days of preparation time: "Okay."

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Chapter 266 Disarmed and returned to the field?

The so-called clan people decide how to deal with it on their own, the subtext is of course "he doesn't care, let Iger figure it out", although more goals have not been achieved, but at least this bottom line and the promise to Asha have been kept, and it is not nothing. —Of course, even if he breaks his promise, a prisoner can't do anything to him.

Looking at the young wolf master's back, Iger suddenly realized: This kid looks like a duke now.

Identity, status and experience can quickly change a person's thinking and way of dealing with the world. This is true for myself, and so is Robb Stark.

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It was almost the evening of the same day when Kalin Bay surrendered, and the northern army stationed tens of miles south of the fort naturally had no time to return home through the long causeway immediately.On the second day, more than 1 northern soldiers set up camp at dawn and spent most of the morning crossing the last section of the Neck to cross the Bay of Carlin. After a sumptuous lunch, it was a carnival to celebrate the victory.

Winter is approaching, but the temperature at Neck, the border between the north and the south, is still above freezing, and the northern army gathering place a few miles north of Kalin Bay is even more heated. More than ten thousand soldiers from the northern border gathered here. In the north of the Neck, a familiar and safe place, they completely let go of their vigilance when they were tired, enjoyed delicious food, drank fine wine, and boasted to everyone they could see about their experience of fighting with the lord.

These veterans who have gone through successive assaults on Golden Tooth City, Sarsfield City, Oxford, Branded City, and Cliff Rock City, and defeated the Rose Army three times in field battles in Crake Hall, King's Landing, and Tongmen City.He has plundered the mines in the west, enjoyed the honor of defeating a famous general like Randall Tarly, and even plundered some villages and towns in the Reach on the way back from Storm's End...

The northerners came back loaded with gold, food, and glory. Although there were thousands of fewer people than when they set out, everyone who survived was a lucky one.

In view of the fact that it actually participated in this war, even the Land-Grant Army led by Iger was smeared: it was a scandal that the Night Watchman interfered in the internal affairs of the Seven Kingdoms, but after Robb Stark determined that the "mountain land" Clan voluntary participation in the war" and deliberately not mentioning the fact that half of them are wildlings, the people in the northern border feel close to this ally who came here from the land-grant. Soldiers and generals who are still sane will not want to continue to gnaw on such a hard bone with teeth and flesh in Cailin Bay. The appearance of the night watchman and the daughter of the sea monster brought by him, and the success of persuading everyone relieved.

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The carnival and celebration lasted from noon to midnight. Iger walked through the camps of the Northern Army, had a drink with countless northern soldiers and princes and inquired about news, and learned a lot of news from them.Some of them were unknown to him, and some were different from the version he knew.

The death of Lord Hoster Tully, who had been bedridden for several years in his late twenties, was hardly unexpected.This means that Robb's uncle Edmure Tully is now the Duke of the Riverlands.

"The Last Targaryen", "Mother of Dragons" Daenerys Targaryen, seems to be doing well in Slaver's Bay thousands of miles away, not only did she not get into trouble in Meereen like in the original plot , On the contrary, it is said to have controlled Astapor and Yunkai, and built them and Meereen into a city-state complex.The latest news shows that the dragon queen is having a great time fighting with several external forces who are trying to help the big slave owners take back the city.

And as her three dragons gradually grew up, the situation became clearer day by day without any suspense.

Not only did the Western Territory not lift the gold control after the war, but Tyrion Lannister took advantage of the opportunity of rebuilding the ruins after the war to continue his bank; Barristan Selmy was beside Stannis Baratheon Loyally serving as Captain of the Kingsguard... Would Daenerys be better off without the help of these two?Could it be that this girl from the Targaryen family is more politically talented than the previous two! ?

After more in-depth exchanges with the soldiers returning from the south, Iger knew the reason: Petyr Baelish, who was driven across the narrow sea by a note of his own, somehow became Dany Liz's Hand of the Queen!

There is no doubt that Littlefinger is better than both "Little Devil" and "Barristan the Fearless" combined at the task of assisting an exiled princess to restore her country... But how did this happen? of?

The world is really messed up, Iger felt dizzy for a while, and he didn't know whether it was because of the wine he had drunk or the news that was completely unexpected to him.But he soon lost the strength to think about it: After a few glasses of wine, the enthusiastic northerners became more enthusiastic, while some people who were not tolerant of alcohol quickly fell into a state of food and lust.

After finally getting rid of the large group of northern men who called him brothers and sisters, and forced to deal with a few drunk Sirs who planned to sneak into his barracks to see the "Daughter of the Sea Monster" and do other things by the way, this lively scene And the chaotic day is over.

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The next day, the northern army set off to continue northward.Along the way, like a rocket that keeps throwing away its boosters after taking off, there are constant princes leading their armies back to their homes: Mandalay, Karstark, Locke, Dustin... one after another, One by one, they broke away from the large army, and when the team passed through the barren tomb of the ancestors and approached Savin City, most of the mighty army had dispersed, even with the land-grant army led by Iger and even the prisoners , and less than ten thousand.

This phenomenon is much more important to Iger than the new Duke of the Riverlands, the little devil's Lannister Bank, and even Daenerys in Slaver's Bay: the South, Stannis Baratheon and the The war against Aegon Targaryen, true or false, continues.However, Robb Stark disbanded the army under such circumstances, which means that the northern army will not turn around and go south after regaining their homeland, and rejoin the war to defend the Iron Throne.

Although Iger believed that it was Varys who poisoned Eddard Stark, at least on the bright side, it was the Tyrells who murdered the former guardian of the North, Robb's father... "Young Wolf Lord" would put down the murder of his father. Vengeance?Will other Northerners agree?You must know that in this era, especially in the sparsely populated northern region, gathering the army is much slower than expected. Even if Robb wants to disband the army, it will take at least a month to gather it again!

Without the participation of the Northern Territory, the Lannister family in the Western Territory hid behind the mountains and quietly licked their wounds, ignoring the affairs of the outside world... Even if the river and the valley still support Stannis, the strength of the royalists is not enough Smash the Reach and destroy the Rebels.And as winter comes, the war cannot go on endlessly. Iger can realize intuitively without doing detailed deduction: Westeros is irreversibly heading towards the end of splitting into two parts.

Is this good or bad for your plan?Iger couldn't figure it out for a while, but what he was sure of was: if Robb Stark hadn't impulsively proposed marriage to the Frey family, but cautiously and rationally contacted the Tyrell family and reached a marriage, the war There is no foundation at all.Of course, since I also enjoyed the wine, food and even the service of the chef and servants generously provided by the Frey family at the celebration banquet celebrating the repulsion of the ironborn invaders, it seems that I have no position to dislike the in-laws chosen for others.

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With a lot of worries and thoughts, Iger led his land-grant people to follow Robb Stark's northern army, and came to the city of Winterfell again.

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Chapter 267 Women and Girls

Winterfell still stood like a huge, cold, dark rock where it seemed to exist forever.The northern army returning home brought some vitality to it, but the bustle could not last long—Glover, Amber, Bolton and other last few soldiers who accompanied the lord to the finish line also started forming a team, preparing to go back to the destination. various.

According to the original plan, Egg had to give Asha to Glover in exchange for the two children she brought back to the Iron Islands as hostages after the capture of Deepwood Castle.Therefore, after setting up his people inside and outside the winter shelter town, the night watchman sent someone to bring the female prisoner out of the cage.

For his first noble prisoner, Iger instinctively felt that there was something fettered with each other, so he said goodbye in person. "Miss Greyjoy, I wish you a safe journey, and I hope we shall have the opportunity to see you again."

"Fuck you." Asha replied unceremoniously while wearing the shackles, as if she felt that the emotional venting was not strong enough, and additionally spat on the ground.

"Cough, okay." The farewell sentence above was originally just a polite way to say it, but after thinking about it-it's really inappropriate to be so friendly with the public enemies in the entire northern border, Iger simply changed his words: "Forget it, I hope I won't see you again .”

"Let me know that my crew members were wronged or bullied on the Great Wall, and I will let you know what cruelty is!"

At the last moment, he still didn’t forget his crew. After saying this cruel sentence, the daughter of the sea monster didn’t say any more. She was taken away by the soldiers of Glover’s family with steel armored gloves tattooed on her chest without any resistance. Iger watched her off. In a few seconds, she led the guards towards the castle.

The gate of Winterfell is open to the night watchman as always, and the return of more than half of the attendants and guards makes it seem a bit busy and crowded inside and outside at the moment... After Iger came to the main castle, he didn't go directly to find the owner here, but He found a place sheltered from the wind and waited, and asked the guard to report his visit.

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It is said that a little farewell is better than a newlywed, and Robb Stark, who led his troops to fight south, returned home to see his wife again after all the hardships. The two may want to be alone for a while to talk to each other, or even want to do something before night.Although it's hard to imagine how open-minded his son would be with a rigid father like Ed, but the young man...who knows for sure.

After standing there for a while, before the guard's reply came, a troublesome little guy appeared first.

"Master!" Arya, who was dressed in thick fur and wrapped herself like a little bear, emerged from the corner and rushed into Iger's arms like an excited lamb. Show the joy of seeing each other again. "I knew that you would come to save me!"

Iger was baffled by this opening statement: "You are in your own home, who do you want to rescue?"

"Arya! Pay attention to your behavior!" An older woman whom the night watchman had already seen - Sister Mordane caught up panting after a few seconds, glaring angrily at the girl and the night watchman who was being held by her people.

Arya looked aggrieved: "Last time I listened to you and obediently went home with them, and then...then...my mother ordered that I was not allowed to stay alone anymore, and that someone must be there at all times Stare at me! You won't even let the door of Winterfell!"

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Well done, Iger thought to himself, to deal with this kind of brat, you have to keep an eye on it all the time.

I thought so, but in fact he patted the girl on the back lightly with a smile on his face, and comforted him softly: "A while ago, there were bad guys rampaging outside the castle, and it was for your own good not to let you go out. That's fine, let me go." Let me go and talk nicely."

"Don't follow me!" Arya let go of Iger's waist obediently, but immediately held his arm tightly again, using his body as a cover and shouted at Sister Mordane: "I want to talk to my master now." Speak, you won't run around!"

"The night watchman's visit to Winterfell must be to discuss business with the guardians of the north, don't mess around!" If anyone in this castle hates Iger the most, it must be Sister Mordane, who is in charge of teaching Arya etiquette and manners. In her eyes, the night watchman who taught her lady swordsmanship is a sworn enemy. She glanced at Iger without concealing her emotions, and then reached out to grab Arya: "Go back to the room, today Maester Luwin Have you finished your homework?"

"Don't!" Arya swiftly circled around the man, avoiding the nun's clutches. "Those things can be done at night!"

"Seven Gods... It's alright, alright." Iger was so full of thoughts at the moment how to play tricks on Robb to take advantage of him, and he really didn't have the heart to make trouble with the children, so he held down the hand that was circling around him. Arya, turning to the girl's temporary caretaker: "Sister Mordane, please rest for a while, I promise you: I will not let Arya out of my sight... girl, apologize to the nun, and promise not to run around .”

The girl immediately understood Iger's meaning, quickly changed her face and followed suit.Sister Mordane stood there angrily staring at the master and apprentice for a while with her hips crossed. Seeing that Iger was a guest and her past actions were reliable, she left the courtyard suspiciously, not knowing where she would be. The corner continued to stare at Arya.

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"Oh, I finally got rid of her, she even guarded me outside the toilet!" Watching the nun leave, the bear boy heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately complained loudly. "Now, master, you have driven away those robbers who came by boat, so you don't have to lock me up at home anymore. I haven't ridden a horse for more than a month!"

Iger intervened to drive away the ironborn out of thousands of considerations, but none of them was "allowing Arya to safely ride out of Winterfell and wander around". Liya, in the end, didn't have the heart to open her mouth to expose her self-indulgence.

The friendship I cultivated with girls has brought me benefits and troubles, but generally speaking, the benefits outweigh the risks... And subjectively speaking, although the occasional bear is a headache, this girl's personality is not bad.Iger has long stopped getting along with her purely with the mentality of taking advantage of her: "I'm ashamed to say, if it weren't for that time you stole the horse and ran out to ride to the gifted land, would others have guarded against you like a thief."

"Oh... I know I was wrong." Arya showed no remorse in her words and deeds, but became more presumptuous after the nun left, grabbing his arm and leaning on him, wishing to hang on him: "Master—I miss You, tell me you miss me too."

Miss you?Do you have to be so hypocritical? The fact is that Iger's mind is filled with a big game of chess. If Arya doesn't come out by himself, there is a high probability that he will never remember that he still has such a little apprentice when he leaves Winterfell.But girls always want to coax, no matter the little girl or the big girl: "Okay, okay, I miss you too, I miss you so much that I don't think about eating and drinking. I didn't do anything outside the city, so I ran in to see you." .”

"Why doesn't it sound sincere at all!" Arya was amused by the nasty words, and giggled: "Tell me about how you drove those robbers away... Oh no, tell me Bran to go Where? Didn’t you find him? Why didn’t you come here with you? He can’t even walk, how did he get to the Great Wall!”

"It's a long story. Actually, I didn't see him at all. I just heard that the guards of the Long Nightfort stopped him... Lord Commander Mormont was attacked while dealing with your brother, and then Bran disappeared while taking advantage of the confusion." Sigh, you and your younger brother are really more worry-free than one another!"

"Ah?" Arya suddenly became nervous: "Bran disappeared again? How could this happen, master, you must find him back!"

"Don't worry, I will pay attention to this matter, and sooner or later I will return my brother to you completely."

This sentence is not to fool people, and I can’t guarantee anything else, but Iger is sure: Bran Stark will definitely return from outside the Great Wall safely. It is not so much intuition as it is trust in the ability of the Green Prophet.