The Mountain of Ice and Fire
#900 - The Elder Servant Red God Arya Returns
Chapter 862: The Elder Serves the Red God - Arya Returns
The Faceless Man named Little Charm by Arya was an apprentice found by the First Elder, and she and Arya were two girls who were trained at the same time. There was also a senior sister who was trained before them and completed the trial task, and Arya called her Long Face.
Long Face taught Arya swordsmanship and personally took Arya to the trial mission. Whether it was training Arya's short stick or the trial assassination mission, Long Face mainly focused on punishment.
Little Charm is a disciple of the First Elder, while Long Face is a disciple of the Sword Art Elder. Little Charm was often disciplined by her senior sister Long Face, and she was very afraid of her senior sister.
Among the latest generation of trainees, they all regarded Long Face and the Faceless Man formerly known as Jaqen H'ghar as their teaching senior sister and senior brother.
It was already past dinner time, and Little Charm had already eaten dinner, but her master, the First Elder, was not seen coming out of the room.
Not only the First Elder, but the other six elders were also nowhere to be seen.
The disciples all knew that the elders were meditating in their respective meditation rooms because of the dragon crystal candles.
Generally speaking, the elders' meditation lasts within an hour.
Nothing happened overnight.
The next day after morning class, the elders still did not appear.
The disciples finished their morning class under the supervision of Senior Sister Long Face and had breakfast, but the seven elders still did not come out of the meditation room, not even one elder.
Little Charm faintly felt a trace of unease.
The elders had never meditated in their rooms for such a long time. Although the dragon crystal candles had an invisible blessing on the elders' magical power, this situation still made Little Charm feel uneasy.
For the disciples, there were classes again after breakfast.
In the Faceless Room of the Thousand Gods Temple, Little Charm held a small knife in her hand, and she began to peel the face of a believer who had already lost her breath. Many believers in various kinds of suffering enter the Thousand Gods Temple, such as those suffering from serious illnesses or for some other reason. The believers enter the Thousand Gods Temple, and under the guidance of the monks, drink half a bowl of water from the black water pool in the temple, and they can calmly achieve their wish to leave this world. And the bodies they leave behind, some believers will donate them to the Faceless Men for dissection, and some people's faces will be molded into leather face statues. If the disciples are very successful in sculpting during practice, they may be able to obtain a small position on the Thousand Faces Wall of the Thousand Faces Temple.
Senior Sister Long Face stood with her hands behind her back, watching Little Charm's skilled movements expressionlessly.
"Senior Sister, none of the elders have come out of the meditation room until now..." Little Charm said timidly. She mustered up her courage to say her worry, but she didn't finish her words, because Senior Sister Long Face's gaze pierced her like a blade, so Little Charm stopped talking in time.
Senior Sister Long Face was feared by all the disciples. She was iron-faced and selfless, and would punish people severely at every turn. In Arya's words, Senior Sister Long Face was a hellhound from hell, but wearing a human skin. Arya's unruly character naturally suffered a lot of beatings from Senior Sister Long Face, but the more Arya was beaten, the more stubborn she became and refused to listen. The senior sister couldn't subdue Arya, but the other disciples didn't have Arya's wildness, and they all had a deep fear of the senior sister. Little Charm was especially afraid of the senior sister.
Little Charm stopped talking after saying half of her words, and then she completed her lesson with peace of mind. After lunch, Little Charm quietly sneaked to the front of the First Elder's meditation room. She stood against the door, concentrating and listening carefully, but the meditation room was silent, without any sound.
Little Charm raised her hand, hesitating the moment she was about to knock. Maybe the First Elder was at a critical moment in meditation, maybe she was just thinking too much. Little Charm slowly retracted her hand and decided to leave. However, the unease in her heart grew bigger and bigger like a shadow. If Arya were here, what would she do? Little Charm asked herself, and she knew that Arya would definitely try to find out the situation.
Little Charm looked up and saw that small, high window.
If it were Arya, she would definitely sneak a peek through the window. She was so fearless.
A moment later, Little Charm tiptoed and slowly poked her face out. At that small window, her gaze slowly penetrated, and she saw the First Elder lying silently on the wooden couch. The First Elder was not meditating, and looked like she was asleep. But that sleeping posture was somewhat different from what Little Charm was familiar with, but Little Charm couldn't explain exactly what was different.
"First Elder." Little Charm mustered up her courage and shouted. The voice was very soft, but with the First Elder's alertness, it was no different from the sound of thunder.
However, the First Elder did not move.
Little Charm's face changed.
She was a little girl from the East of Essos, and was picked out of a pile of beggars by the First Elder by the river in the city of Essos, and was taken on a boat to Braavos. Before entering the House of Black and White, the First Elder had always been Little Charm's kindest grandfather. Until she heard the name Faceless Man from her grandfather's mouth for the first time.
Little Charm jumped down from the window, no longer caring, and rushed to the wooden door, kicking the wooden door open with one foot. Amidst the loud noise, the First Elder on the wooden couch remained motionless.
Little Charm's heart was broken, and she rushed to the wooden couch, and then she saw a light green glass bottle: a bottle of Nightshade. However, the Nightshade inside was already empty.
"Senior Sister." Little Charm let out a sharp scream.
*
Half an hour later, in the Thousand Gods Temple, all the torches on the walls were lit, and the bodies of the seven elders were placed together by the pool. Senior Sister Long Face knelt in front of the seven elders, washing the elders with the holy water from the pool. The seven elders looked very peaceful, and their expressions were not sad.
Senior Sister Long Face's expression was not sad either, and her movements were very stable, as if the bodies of the seven elders were no different from the bodies of other ordinary believers.
Tears were already flashing in Little Charm's eyes.
The first person she thought of was Arya Stark.
Arya Stark, who went to find the Green Prophet, went out yesterday and has not returned today. And in one night, the seven elders went to serve the Thousand-Faced God together, which was also their usual wish. There were two rows of monks, wearing yellow robes, and they were chanting prayers in low voices together.
Little Charm walked out of the queue, went to the pool to scoop water, handed the water ladle to her senior sister, and said in a low voice: "Senior Sister, things are very strange."
Senior Sister Long Face's calm eyes suddenly lit up like blades.
Little Charm was no longer afraid, as if Arya had possessed her. In fact, when she decided to stand up, she had asked herself what Arya would do if she were here.
"It is impossible for the seven elders to leave together in meditation." Little Charm said softly but firmly.
"You are blaspheming our faith. In the Thousand Gods Temple, in front of the God of Death and the Thousand-Faced God, what are you doubting?"
"The role of the dragon crystal candle is to awaken the sleeping magical power of the Faceless Men. The purpose of the elders' meditation is to hope that the sleeping magical power can begin to revive in the House of Black and White." Little Charm's voice was like the sound of a mosquito's wings flapping, but the senior sister still heard it very clearly, without missing a single word.
"If you say one more word, I will cut off your tongue. In today's world, who else can enter the House of Black and White without being detected by us and threaten the seven elders? Unless it is God."
Little Charm slowly stood up, and she realized that it was impossible for her to communicate with her senior sister. She decided to go out and find someone to come back: Arya Stark. Jaqen H'ghar was not in the House of Black and White, and with the death of the seven elders, the senior sister was the biggest in terms of affairs.
At the same time, the door of the House of Black and White was politely knocked on, kokoko, kokoko!
The door opened silently, revealing a very, very narrow door gap, and an eye looked out from the door gap.
"We are the guards of Bran Stark, and my master Bran wants to see the seven elders." A handsome young man said respectfully. He was very polite, but there was an obvious uncomfortable evil spirit flowing between his eyebrows.
The eye in the door gap was very quiet and silent. Then, the eye disappeared and the door was closed.
The evil young man was in disbelief. The 'Flayed Man' family crest was dangling on the front of his clothes. This guy's name was Ramsay Bolton, formerly known as Ramsay Snow. From the surname Snow, it can be known that he is a bastard from the North of Westeros.
Ramsay Bolton opened the door, but the other party closed it again without saying a word.
He turned his head, his face full of disbelief: "Lord Bran, they didn't even open the door?"
"Call again." Bran Stark, sitting in a wheelchair, said calmly.
The two Sand Snakes behind the wheelchair giggled and trembled.
Roose Bolton, who was responsible for pushing the wheelchair, was expressionless, with fair skin and a pair of quiet eyes like snakes.
Next to the wheelchair was a handsome general with blond hair and blue eyes, with only one arm. He was Jaime Lannister.
In addition, there was a royal guard sent by the Sea King to protect the Green Prophet, a total of twelve swordsmen.
An evil smile appeared on Ramsay Bolton's face, revealing a set of snow-white and neat teeth. If it weren't for the evil spirit on his face, his smile should be very charming, and he would be a young nobleman liked by ladies.
Kokoko! Kokoko! Kokoko!
The polite, rhythmic knocking, with just the right amount of light and heavy, sounded again.
It didn't take long for the door to open again. This time, the eye behind the door seemed to be a different one, but it was still a very, very narrow door gap. The eye stared at Ramsay Bolton for a long time, and then the eye disappeared. Ramsay felt bad and pushed against the door with force: "We are customers of the House of Black and White. Your elders have signed a commission agreement with us, and the House of Black and White has received our reward. The gold we paid can bury you. We want to see the elders."
The eye behind the door appeared again, staring at Ramsay. When Ramsay felt a chill attack his body and a surge of timidity, the eye responded: "Wait a moment!"
Ramsay let go of the hand pushing against the black and white door. That eye made him feel a deep sense of fear. Then, the door was closed again.
"He told us to wait a moment." Ramsay turned his head and smiled.
But he felt a chill in his heart. The death and coldness of that eye had been shaking in front of his eyes, as if in the next moment, the narrow sword in the hand of the owner of that eye would stab into Ramsay Bolton's throat. This real threat to life was rarely experienced by Ramsay Bolton, deeply impressed, and could never be forgotten.
The power of the House of Black and White is indeed well-deserved. A bold and cruel person like Ramsay Bolton was honored to be defeated in the eye-to-eye confrontation.
I don't know how long it took, but the time waiting for people always seemed so long. Just when Ramsay Bolton lost confidence and the two Sand Snakes were preparing to knock on the door themselves, the door of the House of Black and White opened halfway, and a monk with a dull expression stood behind the door, bowing his head: "Everyone, please come in."
A group of people, surrounding Bran Stark, walked into the gate of the House of Black and White.
*
In the reception room, the monks poured fragrant tea for every guest who came.
Senior Sister Long Face sat in front of the Internal Affairs Elder's chair: "Prophet Bran, our elders have chosen to serve the Thousand-Faced God, and the House of Black and White is temporarily in my charge."
"When can't you serve the Thousand-Faced God? Can't you send an elder to receive us?" Ramsay Bolton's tone was questioning, but he spoke very politely, with a gentle tone and a smile on his face.
The senior sister was like a character like Jon Connington. Jon Connington was born with majesty, and the senior sister was also born with murderous aura. Jon Connington's natural majesty was on the outside, while the senior sister's murderous aura was in the heart. When her murderous aura was revealed, the junior brothers and sisters were all afraid.
The senior sister glanced at Ramsay Bolton, and Ramsay Bolton's heart skipped a beat.
Ramsay Bolton, who was not afraid of anything, had never known what fear was. In the short time today, he had tasted the coldness in his heart again. This fear was beyond the control of his will. When he reacted and felt ashamed for himself, the senior sister had returned to normal, with no abnormality in her expression and eyes.
The Faceless Men in the House of Black and White, when placed in the outside world, were all top assassins who would make people change color.
Ramsay Bolton took a step back. He still wanted to say something to recover the timidity he had just revealed, but before he could speak, the senior sister glanced at him again. With just this glance, Ramsay Bolton decided to shut his mouth and took another step back, standing behind Bran Stark's wheelchair.
The senior sister's gaze also made Jaime, Roose Bolton, the two Sand Snakes, and the Sea King's twelve swordsmen all feel a chill in their bones.
Bran Stark's expression was calm, wooden, and his eyes were out of focus, looking at somewhere in the air: "Madam, what should I call you?"
"Nymeria!" the senior sister said.
"Nymeria, I have something to say to the House of Black and White here. I will never withdraw the commission to assassinate the Mountain. When the name is spoken, death will come. I hope you can complete the commission as soon as possible."
"Prophet, rest assured, since the House of Black and White has accepted the commission, it will definitely be completed." The senior sister said lightly.
"Okay." Bran said, "Let's go." He said the last sentence to Roose Bolton.
The wheelchair turned, making a light rattling sound, and went outside.
Bran and his party came to the gate, and a monk slowly opened the door. Standing at the gate outside was Arya Stark.
*
ps: (There is another hidden story about the death of the Seven Elders)
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