The king on the Great Wall

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Chapter 622 Iron Throne

(What a huge and hideous monster.)

Standing at the tall and wide doorway of the Throne Hall and looking inward, Daenerys first felt amazed, followed by an unreal feeling like a dream.

The victory came so quickly that it was a bit unreal.

Half an hour ago, she was riding a dragon on Drogon's back to avoid the burning smoke column in King's Landing, circling and circling outside the range of the crossbow arrows above the Red Keep, preparing to respond to the attack of the ground troops, wondering if it was possible or not How much would it cost to take the complete Red Castle.But to her complete surprise, this bloody battle that she thought would be recorded in the annals of history actually ended with "the enemy surrendered without firing an arrow".

She clearly saw the Unsullied pass through the city gate and enter the fortress clearly in the air, and a moment after planting the red dragon flag on the top of the city, she blew the cornet representing safety, reminding herself that she could land.

Dozens of gold robes, hundreds of refugee women and children, and more servants lined up in the courtyard to be counted by the Unsullied. Nobles, wealthy merchants, scholars...all kinds of people, but Stannis was missing queen and daughter.After questioning, it was learned that the puppet king took away his wife, daughter and all the elite guards of the castle at the very beginning of their general attack on King's Landing, and went through the city lightly to break through the siege—it was precisely because of the loss of the backbone and the object of allegiance, Yu Only the remaining Red Castle garrison team would open the city and surrender so happily.

What was Stannis thinking when he left the strong and well-located Red Keep to break through?

Indeed, there are still half of the nobles in the Stormlands ostensibly loyal to the Lu family, and they can be used as a force for a comeback, but how should he cross the Blackwater River and escape to the south from the land and air pursuers?

The two dragons were already exhausted after undertaking the bombing mission for half a day, and they relaxed after landing, and it was not suitable to take off again in a short time.Confident that the siege forces will be able to stop the bandit leader, Daenerys is determined to put her doubts and worries aside for now.

After learning from Gray Worm that the entire Red Castle had been searched, she decided to take a look first—the iron chair that she had been dreaming about for more than ten years.

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Stepping into the throne room, which was so tall that the ceiling was almost invisible, she realized first that it was not a chair at all.

After Aegon conquered the six kingdoms, he collected the swords of the defeated enemies and concentrated them in the center of the base camp "Aegon Fort" at that time. He burned them with the dragon flame of the black death god, and then the weapon foundry made a half-melted iron sword It took dozens of days of hard work to finally complete the Iron Throne.In its initial open-air state, it was not so much a throne, but more like a small metal sentry tower standing on the top of Aegon High Hill. Later, around it, the current Throne Hall and the entire Red Keep gradually took shape.

It was the castle that wrapped the Iron Throne, not the Iron Throne that moved into the castle. It is for this reason that this legendary object that symbolizes the supremacy of Westeros has survived countless storms without being stolen.

Although it was the first time she saw it with her own eyes, Daenerys had already heard about this lump of iron from her elder brother when they were young.Before he became irritable and irritable because he was forced to sell his mother's crown, Viserys was also a qualified brother. He was gentle in Daenerys' ears during the countless days when he hugged each other to keep warm and try to fall asleep. Tell her the legends and stories of generations of ancestors, and the part of the throne is always the most detailed and detailed.

It is probably because he has a different emotion and obsession with this chair. Every time he goes to sleep, his last words must be a guarantee that one day he will take back the stolen throne and sit on it again. country……

Did Viserys ever imagine that it wasn't himself who did it in the end, but the shivering sister curled up in his arms?

Eye sockets were slightly moist, Daenerys blinked, and walked inwards across the threshold of the throne room, passing crooked and overturned tables and chairs, stepping on stag banners thrown all over the floor as blankets, approaching the Sleeping at the extreme end of the building's center line, the huge metal object still stands where it was completed 300 years ago and has not moved a bit.

Because it has not been beautified, shaped and filled (Aegon refused to do so), the entire throne is neither aesthetic nor ergonomic. It is just a bunch of twisted and deformed swords fused together asymmetrically. shape.The sunlight from the high windows on both sides hits its ugly and rusty body slantingly, and the long shadows cast out unexpectedly make it look majestic and gloomy, as if there is a special sense of power dissipated. out.

Daenerys raised her head and looked at the top of the Iron Throne: the seat for people to swing their buttocks is as high as two people, the seat and the entire base are integrated, and the steps to climb up and go up to the second floor There are as many towers... She suddenly understood why Aegon made the Iron Throne so tall: in this way, people on the ground-either look up, or bow their heads, or look at the pile of melted and deformed corpses in front of them. Iron sword, imagine the power of Dragon Flame and the fate of failure in the fight, there is no fourth way to go other than this.

Is there an easier way to assert authority and demonstrate force than this?

After standing still for a moment to calm down the emotional turmoil, Daenerys waved to Gray Worm to signal him to wait below, while she raised her legs and stepped up the first step.

She's going to do what's taken for granted: experience what it's like to sit on the Iron Throne.

The steps are made up of swords, with the tip bent towards the ground and the widest side facing upwards for people to step on. In order to ensure sufficient support and stability, each level uses eight to ten swords divided into two layers. stacked.The ballad says that "the Iron Throne is made up of a thousand swords", of course it cannot be exactly this number. Aegon conquered the six kingdoms and captured tens of thousands of weapons, not every one of them will be used to melt into the Iron Throne, soldiers The ordinary ironware used is absolutely not eligible, only the swords of nobles and knights, and private customization made of fine steel can win this "honor"...

Strict material selection and continuous maintenance have guaranteed the physical properties of the Iron Throne's material, but even so, after hundreds of thousands of repeated steps over the past 300 years, the middle of each step still shows light to moderate unevenness. Concave.There are no handrails on both sides, only countless sword blades pointing upwards towards the ceiling. If you want to help, you can, but you have to be prepared to have your palms cut open and bloody.This may be another ingenuity: Aegon must have wanted to use this dangerous step up to the throne to remind future generations: to be a king, you must always be careful and never be careless.

"Squeak--", "Squeak--"... Every time you take a step, the throne will make a slight metal friction sound; Aegon, Aenys, Maegor, Jaehaerys... Every time you step on a step, Dany An ancestor's name would come to Liz's mind.

I don't know if it was a coincidence, but she suddenly realized that the number of floors of the ladder seemed to be very consistent with the number of the previous kings of the previous dynasties.Climbing up this iron ladder that condenses time and years, the little queen seems to have walked into the promenade of history. The rise and fall of the Targaryen family flashed before her eyes like a dream. There are less than twenty steps. It didn't take a minute to walk all the way, but when Daenerys stepped on the last level and finally stood on the small platform where the real "throne" is, she seemed to have lived a new period of time. Life is like a little bit of understanding.She stood in front of the seat where people should sit, took two deep breaths thoughtfully, turned around, and looked down at the entire throne room.

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At the gate not far away, a man in black was walking in through the steps. After squinting for a few seconds, Daenerys recognized that it was the commander-in-chief of the Night Watch, Igger West.The timing of his arrival was quite coincidental, he probably led his troops to participate in the attack on the Red Fort, but when he arrived, he found that the fortress was already wide open.He left his entourage outside the door and entered alone. He walked unhurriedly to Gray Worm. He exchanged glances with the leader of the Unsullied and nodded to each other. To witness her sitting on the throne, quietly looking up at her.

Speaking of which, this grand drama of regaining King's Landing and returning to the king can go so smoothly, and half of the credit should go to the night watchman... I just saw Lie Xinxi just now, but I didn't think of this at all when I was receiving the most important spoils of war. It is really rude to be the number one attacking the city.

There is still a long way to go before the real conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, and it is not time to get carried away.After Daenerys gave Iger a slight nod, she collected her mind, no longer ecstatic and excited like a child who got a new toy, but straightened her expression to show the majesty of the king. bent over and sat down.

With the sound of "creaking", the throne easily supported Daenerys' weight, and there was a bumpy feeling on his buttocks.In terms of comfort alone, the Iron Throne is probably the worst piece of furniture in the Seven Kingdoms: the chair surface hurts people’s buttocks, and there are many iron spikes on the back, which not only makes it uncomfortable to sit on, but also makes it impossible to lean back on the chair back.

"A king should not sit comfortably," Viserys said. These were Aegon's original words. He heard that his father was often cut by the Iron Throne when he was on the throne. Maegor I once died on this chair... I don't know Is the sharp thorn that pierced his neck back then still on his back?

Thinking of this, Daenerys suddenly felt like a thorn in her back, moved her body, resisted the urge to turn her head to look, she coughed, and put her hands on the armrests on both sides, ready to take advantage of this best opportunity, Announcing an important decision.

As soon as his lips parted, before he could make a sound, there was a tingling sensation of being scratched on his left hand.

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Chapter 623 Iron Throne

As early as when Daenerys rode Drogon from the sky and landed in the west courtyard of the Red Castle, Iger had already arrived.

Instead of rushing up to claim credit, he slowed down and used the turmoil caused by the black dragon's landing to cover himself, successfully avoiding the Queen's attention until she and Gray Worm After the conversation, he walked towards the throne room, and then he followed with a sigh of relief.

The reason for this is because I guessed the plot wrong again.

A moment ago, he led his soldiers across King’s Landing to the Red Keep, and along the straight path up Aegon High Hill, Iger saw the siege equipment that had arrived but had not been assembled. The friendly troops resting on the sidelines... and the light pink city walls of the Red Fort, which had no traces of bombardment or battles, nor were they engulfed in monstrous flames.

The biggest trophy that the little queen longed for was actually obtained by her intact before she arrived!

How can this be?

After a little thought, Iger was relieved.

This is just a civil war, a normal (at least in recent years) change of power, not some alien invasion that will destroy the country and kill the species.

Since Stannis has the consciousness to die and expects himself to protect his wife and daughter, he will naturally not give the stupid order to burn all stones, to burn the Red Castle or King's Landing.

As for the group of left-behind gold robes who were abandoned by their old masters, they expected to take money to do things, and they would spontaneously risk their lives to fight the Queen's army to the end without even getting an order... Obviously it is whimsical.

Thinking about it this way, the ending in front of me seemed unexpected but reasonable.

The good news is that since the enemy admitted defeat so frankly, the queen's grievances against her survivors may be a little less; the bad news is that Selyse and Celine's mother and daughter are not useful in persuading the defenders to surrender, so you can convince yourself There is one less reason for Daenerys to keep them alive.

Because he was not sure how the Queen would react to his decision to protect Stannis' wife and daughter, Iger deliberately let her enter the Throne Hall, thinking-after she finished watching the Iron Throne, which she had been thinking about for more than ten years, she had tasted enough After the joy of victory and the comfort of getting what you want, it may be easier to get good results before making suggestions.

With a touch of unease, Iger stepped into the familiar yet unfamiliar throne room.

He remembered the last time he had entered the building, during the trial of Janos Slynt, Lord Commander of King Robert's Guards.On that day, the hall was full of judges, witnesses, criminals and spectators, and there was also a good show in which the Chief Logistics Officer of the Night Watch refused scum to join the legion, but the most important Iron Throne was covered by a huge curtain. Covering it up so that he, a traveler, would not be able to see him for the first time.

But today, the scene is completely reversed: Nuoda's hall is empty and messy, and there is no one else except the Queen and the Unsullied who stepped into it. The throne stood upright at the end of the front hall as if it had never changed, and it seemed that it could continue to stand like this until the end of time.

The Unsullied who was guarding the gate recognized the identity of the visitor and gave way to allow him to pass alone. Immediately after the queen, Iger also entered the throne room.

Contrary to Daenerys' mixed feelings and thoughts, Iger only glanced at the Iron Throne, and then turned his gaze back to the human body: no matter how towering, majestic and shocking the former is, it is just a dead thing. The woman walking up step by step at the door is the trouble that I have to concentrate all my energy on.

After three clean victories, Daenerys, who possesses blood law and powerful military power, regained the capital of the Seven Kingdoms and the Red Castle, and took another important piece of the puzzle: the actual control of the king's land and the resulting nominal orthodoxy One step closer to complete victory.

But as the dust of this important battle settled, a series of problems followed.

The disposal of the false king's wife and daughter was only one of the troubles caused by Iger. In addition, he did not forget that he was burdened with another heavier burden: to track down the "true culprit" of the Winterfell poisoning case.

Disagreement on the previous matter would be a serious quarrel, which would affect his personal relationship with the queen to some extent... But if Daenerys cannot be given an explanation for the deaths of the two important ministers Petyr and Varys, he will be punished. Thinking that incompetence is a small matter, if she gets impatient and transfers the matter to others, it will really cause endless troubles and make people feel like they are sitting on pins and needles.

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Walking along the route that the queen walked to the Iron Throne, Iger briefly greeted Gray Worm, and then stood side by side with him, looking up at Daenerys who was energetic and energetic on the Iron Throne, with a face full of relief. And proud, while thinking secretly in his heart: In what order should he report to her about Stannis' death and his decision to protect his survivors, and how to respond properly when asked about the progress of the investigation of the poisoning case.

Her mind was racing, and Daenerys sat down as he watched.

"Oh--"

A short and sharp exclamation brought the night watchman back to reality from the thinking of weaving lines, the queen raised her left arm with her mouth slightly open, and looked at her palm with a pained expression—if she was scratched, what else could it be? What's going on?

Gray Worm was still in a daze, but Iger had already set off first, striding forward, two steps up the steps of the Iron Throne, and quickly came to the queen.

Daenerys had already stood up from the throne, standing on the small steel platform, holding her left hand in her right hand, staring blankly at her bleeding wound with a pale face, even her body was trembling slightly.

The wound was not big, and she wasn't too delicate to bear the slightest bit of bleeding. Compared with the slight physical pain, the real blow came from the spirit, from the potential message conveyed by this injury.

There have long been rumors among the people that the Iron Throne will rebel against an unwise monarch.Daenerys' father "Mad King" was often cut, and "Cruel Maegor" was directly stabbed to death on the throne - he was only scratched the first time he sat on the throne, could it be that Means that he will not be a qualified queen?

While thinking wildly, a black figure suddenly approached, and it was Iger who rushed up from below and came to her side.The man's speed was so fast, even though he had good intentions, it even slightly startled Dany who was distracted for a moment.The space at the top of the steps was so narrow, she subconsciously took half a step back, her heels hit an obstacle, and she was about to fall back to the throne and make another two openings, but her waist was immediately grasped tightly by a powerful big hand, The injured left hand was also grabbed and snatched away, and the wound was covered with moist warmth...

She raised her head with her eyes wide open, only to find that the other party was actually sucking her own wound with her mouth? !

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Chapter 624 Iron Throne

"T-bah."

Iger raised his head, spat out a mouthful of saliva mixed with blood, turned around and pressed his mouth to the queen's palm, and continued sucking like a sucker.Suck-spit, suck-spit, and so on twice, before Daenerys reacted dizzily: he was not being rude to offend, but suspected that the iron thorn that hurt her was poisonous.

"Bah!" Iger spit out the last mouthful of saliva, let go of the little queen's hand and wiped her tongue with his sleeve, without giving her a chance to speak: "What scratched you?"

Daenerys raised her hand and pointed, and it was only then that she realized how stupid she was just now: on the left and right sides of the chair of the Iron Throne, there are two rows of "armrests" that are also composed of sharp swords. They are sharp, but they are sharp weapons after all. It doesn't matter if you put your forearm or elbow a little bit through the clothes, but if you press the skin of your hands up like sitting in an ordinary armchair, it will be no wonder that you don't get scratched.

Iger didn't immediately study the handrail that scratched Daenerys, but turned his head and shouted to Gray Worm who followed him up the stairs: "Go and get clean water and clean gauze! Also, put the plum Lissandra said... no, no... let your men guard the gate, and don't let anyone into the throne room, no matter who it is!"

Even after the so-called "liberation", the Unsullied still regards the Mother of Dragons as the master in fact, and Gray Worm only accepts direct orders from Dany... Normally, he should not and never will Carrying out orders from anyone else.But right now, after all, he is in a hurry. He didn't worry about "who is older" or "chain of command", but stood on the second-to-last step close to the top of the throne and looked at the queen. He didn't see any objection or negation. He agreed decisively, turned around, got off the throne, and walked quickly towards the door.

Although she is already the monarch who controls half of Westeros, when she is surrounded by a tall and healthy adult male, Daenerys still looks so delicate and petite. It has been a year since she left Meereen The little queen, who had never been in such close contact with a man, was dazed by Iger for several seconds before recovering and realizing something was wrong, and gently pushed Iger to signal him to let go.

"It's just a small wound, there's no need to face a big enemy like this."

"If it is highly poisonous, even a needle hole may be fatal!"

Iger let go of Dani without hesitation, and squatted down next to the throne where she was cut, pretending nothing happened, and observed carefully up and down.

Probably because the king often sits on it, the iron chair on the upper part of the throne is not as rusty as the base under his feet, and his hands are covered with yellow when he touches it. A little bit of metallic luster—this terrible and mindless daily maintenance is probably the main reason why the armrest can still hurt people.Speaking of which, the Iron Throne has a chair back, but it cannot be leaned on freely, and it has armrests, but it cannot be rested on. It would be more appropriate to call it an "iron bench". I don't know what Aegon thought at the time.

I looked closely, touched it with my hands, and even sniffed it... No matter how hard I tried, Iger couldn't find any traces of poison.Of course, the fact that he had actually sucked the dragon scale on the queen's chest but had no anti-drug response proved his worries to be in vain.

Stannis didn't move the idea of ​​"exchanging the lives of his wife and children for Daenerys for one". For a rigid person like him, there is a high probability that he would never have imagined that there is such a coquettish operation as poisoning the Iron Throne.

Having said that, Iger didn't feel annoyed at all for worrying about it for nothing.

He is chuckling.

For people with severe mental cleanliness or a divination complex, people like Daenerys who have been married and had children can probably be labeled as "broken shoes".But no matter how you despise, despise or stigmatize her, she is the most powerful and well-known woman in the world right now, bar none.

Such a genuine dragon knight queen, with the standard beauty of the real dragon blood, and the youth in his early twenties... As a normal man, it is impossible for Iger not to be greedy.

Opportunities to be justifiable to the queen are not always available; don't worry about being questioned as a "flattery" opportunity to show loyalty, it is even more rare; and aside from the first two, Iger's most The most important thing is: this is an excellent opportunity to get closer to each other!

Not long ago, he gave a direct remonstrance in Winterfell, and he argued hard with reason, and persuaded the other party to give up seeking revenge and get down to business first.

The part of Daenerys as the queen accepted the suggestion humbly and actively cooperated, but the other part as a woman was a little dissatisfied and awkward-and this was manifested in the obvious way: since the two went south, they have not been on official business. In addition to marching silently in the public office and fighting side by side with the strict monarchs and ministers, there is no private interaction and conversation. The "close comrades" atmosphere and harmonious relationship that Iger had worked so hard to build between each other seemed to be separated by a transparent thin layer. Bing... It's not very exciting, it really gave him a headache.

Right now, the queen is accidentally injured, which is an excellent breakthrough.

"It doesn't seem to be a problem, but we still have to prevent some wound infections." After putting on a show, Iger stood up again, speaking some terms she half-understood, with a gentle but firm attitude, making guiding gestures, "Your Majesty, please Get off the throne carefully, go to the ground, and I will wash your wounds."

Daenerys pursed her lips, but in the end she nodded seriously, obediently walked down the stairs step by step under his weak support, and at the same time she was stepping back on the solid ground, she was greeted with gauze and a water bag. Returning Gray Worm.

"Over there at the door, have you ordered?"

"It's been arranged, no one can enter without my order."

"Is there boiled water in here?"

"Well, this is the drinking water prepared for His Majesty, it is absolutely clean."

Gray Worm replied while watching Iger take the water bag he brought, and grabbed the Queen's left hand, pouring water on the wound gently to rinse the wound.

【Unclear feeling】——This is probably the biggest feeling in the mind of the leader of the Unsullied at the moment.Being given orders by someone other than the queen was nothing unusual for him who was born as a slave, but it was the first time he had seen Daenerys being manipulated by a man like this.And seeing that the queen had neither opinion nor resistance, she still completely acquiesced and tolerated his behavior. How could this guy make His Majesty trust and accept him so much in just a few months?

"Cloth." Iger handed back the emptied water bag to Gray Worm, uttered only one word, and asked the latter to quickly take the water bag, and then handed over the gauze—political sensitivity and power level are almost at the same level as Gray Worm. He didn't even realize it: before he knew it, he was overwhelmed by the commander-in-chief of the night watch who suddenly appeared.

"His Majesty was cut by the throne, God knows, you know, I know, if possible, it's best to hide it from Missandei, the wound doesn't bleed much, so it should be possible to hide it."

Gray Worm nodded after observing it: "It's close to the wrist, and it doesn't look too deep. It should be able to hide it after simply wrapping it up and retracting it into the sleeve."

"Hiding what?" She pinched her wrists like a child who had been injected, and she was clearly posing weakly, but Daenerys's queen demeanor remained undiminished, "The Iron Throne refuses to accept me, maybe it's a warning to remind me ——I am not a perfect ruler yet, is there still room for improvement and improvement?”

"Fart!" Iger snorted unceremoniously, but he did not hesitate to wipe the blood and water from the wound with his hands, "Does Your Majesty really think that 'conqueror', 'arbiter', 'young dragon lord' and even ' Wise King' These famous ancestors of yours have never been scratched by the Iron Throne? No one mentions their wounds on the Iron Throne, but because these successful kings have a stable reign and a reputation that cannot be shaken, take It is meaningless to make fuss about some trivial things. And you have not yet unified the Seven Kingdoms, and the Great King's Land plan has just begun. No matter how trivial and black information, you must try your best to avoid giving it to your opponent! "

He's right, the queen half of Daenerys fully agrees with him, but the girl's other half still hasn't recovered from the frustration of being slashed in her first attempt to "conquer" the Iron Throne ...She remained silent, and let the man clean up the wound without saying a word, then tore off a piece of dry and clean gauze, and began to carefully bandage the wound.

Something was not quite right. After bandaging the wound and tying the knot, Iger raised his head and immediately found that she looked a bit out of her mind.

Fuck, he suddenly cursed secretly, he was too happy, and almost forgot that Daenerys was the daughter of the Mad King.

She probably didn't care about being considerate and meticulous at all, and she was probably still stuck in the corner of her "not being accepted by the Iron Throne" and couldn't get out.She spoke sarcastically to herself, and if she couldn't figure it out and went on the old path that her father or Martin had arranged for her, it would be terrible!

With a sinking heart, Iger realized that something must be done immediately to attract Daenerys' attention and stop her from continuing to think about it.

Reasonable?I've tried it just now, but it's as stupid as telling a crying baby "stop crying" with a serious face... Hey, thinking of the baby, Iger suddenly thought of an interesting thing he had seen before.

The elder brother's baby—that is, his nephew was crying. At this time, Dad deliberately lay down next to him and cried louder than him, and then the child suddenly stopped crying.

Not only did he not cry, he even crawled over curiously trying to find out why Dad was crying, trying to appease the latter.

Of course, this is only suitable for children who have reached a certain age and have sufficient cognitive ability. It is not a common phenomenon, but the principles can be used for reference.