Chapter 499
2021-01-06
Chapter 499 The Eye of the Crow (Part 1)Pyke is too old to tell the age of its construction, everyone It can only be vaguely speculated today that it was originally built on a cliff protruding from the sea for defensive reasons, in order to achieve the same effect as Red Keep and Storm's End: surrounded by the sea on nearly three sides, incoming enemies can only Attack from the bottom up in one direction.
The idea is very good, but unfortunately the island cliff where the site is located is not as solid and firm as the continent at the foot of Red Keep and Storm's End. As the rock supporting the cliff is continuously eroded by the sea, it gradually changes from an ordinary promontory. It became the legendary "Break Corner Arsenic", and even split the original Pyke into towers isolated from each other: the largest part is located on the cape still connected to the cliff, surrounded by high walls, stables, The animal pen and most of the living reserves are located, guarding the stone bridge leading to the largest island where the main fort is located. It is connected with the guest fort and the kitchen fort by closed arched passages and rope bridges in turn, and finally stands alone. Sea Tower.
Although oneself's former home was seen early in the field of vision, since the fortress and towers are protruding from the sea on the boulders, it is impossible for anyone to park the boat under Pyke and go ashore easily, while It was necessary to dock the ship at King's Harbor not far away, and walk a large circle to the only direction that could be attacked from the land—and of course, the only direction that could be entered from the land, before reaching the castle.
It took me a while to ride this road I don't know how many times I have traveled. I passed through the cape blocked by the high wall, left my mount in the stable, and walked through that section for thousands of times. After the second stone bridge, Asha returned to Pyke's Greatest Island, and led by a mute servant who had been waiting, entered the fort where she grew and played.
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The unexpected cacophony of voices in the smoke-filled halls, the unsightly sounds of violins and drums, Asha knows but is not familiar or close to The captains, captains, and their henchmen filled every bench, and with just one quick glance, she recognized at least Jon Murray "Longface", Toward "Brown Fang", and Lou Khas "Left Hand" Codd, Gemmond Portley, and the others...slave and servants ran back and forth, serving dishes and wine for the chiefs, while a group of burly sailors moved aside in the space made by the tables and stools Get together and play a game that only Iron Islands have: Finger Dance.
As a true Ironmen and a former captain, Asha is naturally aware of the rules of the game: several participants stand still and are not allowed to move, more hatchets than the number of There was a back-and-forth throwing turnaround, and while everyone was dealing with the axe thrown by the other contestants, they couldn't forget to throw it back at the others. Participants who want to show off their strength and reaction speed will be more inclined to catch the handle of the axe, while those who are more cowardly will swing their upper body left and right to dodge - because the latter option will cause the number of axes in the game to continue to decrease and it will not be possible to continue. Avoid being in the lower reaches of the chain of contempt, but if no one moves the footsteps and no one is willing to take the lead in avoiding the throwing axe, then it will often end when someone loses a finger or a few. That's why it got the name "Finger Dance".
In this noisy and warm atmosphere, the current King of the Iron Islands sits on the Seastone Chair carved from a black boulder at the forefront, with his right eye, which is not blindfolded, wearing a Infiltrating looked at the door with a smile, and greeted oneself's niece with his eyes.
Except for the people who were in the competition so that the fingers of oneself could not be distracted, everyone in the room turned their heads and looked towards Asha who walked into the hall with the sailors "accompanied".
The dignified King of the Iron Islands certainly wouldn't have summoned the nobles of the entire kingdom to welcome the return of their niece, which means that all who gathered here at the moment were all who immediately looked towards Euron's allegiance after his return. Pyke nobles - they were invited to watch and witness the downfall of the losers.
(In this room, oneself has no friends.)
With this realization, Asha not only restrained her usual proud look and leisurely steps, but also lowered her eyes and raised her ears more and more. Vigilant, step by step slowly walked towards the center of the hall.
Sure enough, I don't know if it was an accident or it was already arranged to give her a dismount. When they were approaching the first pillar in the hall, the crowd who played Finger Dance suddenly heard a low voice. An axe flew out and came straight in front of Asha. As a former Finger Dance expert - this can be seen from the fact that she has participated in dozens or hundreds of games but still has ten fingers. In those days, Asha would definitely not even think and turn her head in the air handsomely. Grab the handle of the axe and throw it back with a curse. But this time, she squeezed the arm of begin to stir, and didn't even look at the axe, she just stopped and leaned back slightly, letting the deadly weapon wipe her face in front of her and bring up the air He swayed his hair and nailed it fiercely into the pillar, but oneself still looked steadily forward and walked forward, came to the Seastone Chair a few meters away from Euron, one-knee kneels, bowed his head to greet him.
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“Uncle.”
“Welcome home, my dear niece.” Euron said with a wicked smile, lips in the light Squirming down, more blue and black than last time, I don't know how much Shade of the Evening I drank, "Oh no, no, this is not your home anymore. Your new family is over there... wait. I'm taking you back to your husband."
Have a big laughter in the hall, but Crow's Eye isn't talking nonsense: he's winning Kingsmoot and crowned, only to find his niece After the ship escaped from the archipelago and returned to Deepwood Motte, in the double identity of Uncle and king, in the absence of himself, he betrothed Asha to Airy the "Anvil Breaker", the aged lord of the Aimeike family, using a seal as a substitute. An old man who is now ninety years old. And according to the laws of the Iron Islands, he really has this power as a monarch, and if this is a legal marriage, it naturally means...
Theoretically, she should be called Asha Asha at this moment. Meg, not Yara Grejoy!
Princess Greyjoy became Lady Aimek, and her claim to the Seastone Chair was naturally weakened by more than half. This move is really beautiful. It not only won the new ally of the Emek family, but also eliminated her hidden danger along the way.
The laughter in the hall grew louder, Asha looked in the direction of the loudest source, and caught a glimpse of a table of people all standing up laughing and waving to her, no need to think about it, it was probably the name of oneself.” The grandchildren or great-grandchildren of the husband”, perhaps both.
Fiercely swallowing the scolding and mocking counterattacks that poured into her mouth, Asha ignored these cheap grandsons and grandsons who were older than oneself, turned around and stared at the icy ground , trying to calm down oneself's temper.
She is the daughter of Balon, and in some laws, her inheritance takes precedence over the Uncle who is now sitting on top. As long as oneself is alive, it is an eternal threat to Euron, and at this moment - preventing him from killing or tying oneself to Ameike's castle... The only one who has people tied to the grass on the bed and chained to give birth to a baby The solution is to publicly acknowledge the identity of the other party's king and show weakness, and use all means to convince Euron that oneself is no longer a threat.
"Your Majesty, please forgive your stupid niece." She forced oneself to speak, continued to bow down, did not meet Euron's eyes, and her tone became more and more respectful: "Broken by the desire for power. , disobedience to Kingsmoot's holy results, betrayed my fellow man out of disobedience and risked my life...I made a string of bad mistakes with bitter consequences. Now I'm lucky enough to have a chance to obediently and honestly accept Ah Uncle's arrangement to serve my legal Husband and live the rest of my life as a free man is already a great gift. I shouldn't have asked for more. However, there is still something in my niece's mind. I can promise, otherwise, I will have trouble sleeping for the rest of my life, let alone serve my Husband with peace of mind."
The roar of laughter in the hall subsided - the mission of this large group of people gathered here is Witnessing Asha's return to her hometown and watching her as a loser for humiliation, if she refuses to admit defeat and even fight back as usual, she will be besieged and teased more than usual, but she uncharacteristically admits defeat and Taking the initiative to show weakness and even expressing acceptance of the identity of "Lady Emek", instead, everyone in the hall, who had already prepared a bunch of humiliating words, was full of bad water and had nowhere to fall. Waiting for his further statement.
Euron is still smiling, rays of light flashing with interest in his right eye outside the blindfold, there must be something wrong with Asha's request, but with the situation in complete control, he is curious: oneself This niece, in this situation...what else can I do.
"Tell me."
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(end of this chapter)