Old Town School Town.

In a dark room with candles burning, a young servant in a gray robe stood beside him, sitting on a chair, an old man with a gray beard and gray neck with a heavy collar whispered:

"The Duke of Stannis in Dragonstone Island is still unknown. We tried to contact Bachelor Krisen, but he was vague. It is said that a woman from the red robe went to the island and might be more sensitive to such things."

"Dorn's Prince Doron has taken advantage of the situation to wait and see because of the turmoil, and it is even more impossible to take action now. At the same time, the Martel family has begun to recruit folk wizards, and seems to be very interested in this."

"Lanli Baratheon is basically the case. He had just set out from Fengxi Castle and was about to rush to King's Landing while hiking to take care of soldiers from various territories in the storm. As a result, he was even less anxious to leave after such a matter of trouble."

"Kaiyan City is fighting with the North, and Ravens are unable to overcome the archers' blockade for a while, but they will get news sooner or later. According to Dr. Zabaro's estimate, the war will stop."

“…”

As he said that, the young servant couldn't help but wonder: "The wizard is so powerful? In the past, there were not wizards who participated in the political chaos of the seven countries, but there was no such a big response as this time."

"That's different," shook his head and the old man whispered: "If those wizards could threaten or even influence a king, then they should have attracted attention long ago, but they could not."

"But this is too exaggerated, right?" The attendant responsible for receiving first-hand information from the Seven Kingdoms was still quite puzzled by this.

According to many news received by Xuecheng, basically all forces in Westeros have been affected by the sudden appearance of the black wizard. The light ones start to pay attention to such incidents, while the heavy ones are already in danger.

He had never seen him at the scene, but after all, he only heard from him. At the same time, due to the past teachings of Xuecheng, he was quite fond of magic.

However, this ghost trick that looked down upon caused shock to the entire Westeros...

"It's not only that, as the guardian of the North, Ed Stark is the real leader of the lords of Stark, and he acts more cautiously than his son."

He nodded without understanding. The servant still didn't understand what was closely related to the current cessation of war, but he did not worry about it, but continued to report.

"After learning about this, Dr. Malwin had already set out to the north."

The attendant said, thinking that the old man would get angry about it, but he only sighed.

"Okay, Malwin is the only one among us who has studied this. It is a good thing for us to ask him to explore the foundation of the dark wizard and his purpose."

“…”

“Is there any more?”

"Not yet, Lord Manager."

"Get out."

The attendant retreated, while the old man looked at the silvered lampstand in the corner of the room with a complicated expression. The cylindrical crystal standing quietly, shining with unique brilliance, muttering to himself in a daze: "The glass candle has not ignited, why does magic appear?"

...

"Our Majesty, our King, was furious at the Megha Hall, smashed several antique vases from the Aegon era, stabbed two young waitresses to serve, and even slapped the Grand Secretary in the face."

Somewhere in the king's land, like in the school town, a tall and thin man was whispering to report the situation with a fat bald man.

"That old man should be beaten, but what is the reason?" The fat man's bald and sissy-like elongated tone.

"The reason is of course that note," as the deputy in front of him, the tall and thin man ignored it, or was used to it, and he whispered: "You should be able to guess that His Majesty, our king, was very angry at his loss of face, but he was even more curious about what dark things were written in that note."

"His Majesty hid in the Mege Tower and stayed in the door. Some people said she was scared, but I think she might have recalled something bad."

"A bad thing?" The bald sissy raised her eyebrows as if she didn't understand.

"Maybe about some forest witch, you know, sir, our Queen Mother's story had a deep impact on her when she was a child."

"That's right, but unfortunately James is not here, otherwise we can see the scene of drawing the sword for love again." The bald fat man sighed regretfully, blinked his little eyes, and asked again: "By the way, where is the hunting dog?"

"The hunting dog has already escaped after knocking the king out of nowhere."

"Hunter dog... It's a pity that he is deeply in love with Xiao Qiao." The bald man continued to sigh: "So he doesn't appreciate it."

"His Majesty the King is indeed not considered. Although he is the king, he has no military power. If his mother has an accident, Duke Tywin will not be polite to him." The deputy laughed softly.

"Yes, the Queen Mother has more than one son."

The fat bald head smiled lowly, but doubts and complexity flashed deep in his eyes.

A mysterious wizard, what variables will this bring?

...

"I'll be very hard for you. When I arrive at Longshi Island, I will not be stingy with the rewards."

Looking at the sailors on the deck, Ed, lame, looked as serious as usual, but his tone was much easier than Junlin.

After getting on board, he settled his two daughters, and he started to get busy without any rest, inspiring people, planning the sailing route, checking for the ship if there were any secrets left by Lannister, etc.

Although he had low political awareness, his style was very cautious and he did not completely relax even if he escaped from the king's land.

"I dare not, it is a privilege to be able to sail with the Duke." The bow of the boat hurriedly answered Ed's words, and as he said, he couldn't help but look at a young figure not far away, with a hint of fear in his eyes.

There is this black wizard who can turn people into a doll in his hands, but they really dare not slacken, for fear that if one accidentally leads to punishment from a vicious wizard.

Ed noticed their fear, but after all, these people were not their own, so he did not express comfort or encouragement. Instead, he gave a few words of concentration and then limped towards someone at the front railing of the boat.

When he came to him and looked at the young man with a relaxed and freehand look on his face, Ed said in a serious tone: "We still cannot relax our guard. You are holding her life. The Queen Mother dares not do anything to us, but she has many enemies."

"You are one of them too." Charles glanced at him and asked half-jokingly.

"I..." A trace of doubt flashed in Ed's eyes, he shook his head, and changed the subject: "Can your doll really kill people?"

"I said you can't believe it?" Charle responded so much, smiling and making people unable to understand whether he was telling the truth or lies.

"Maybe I will believe it, but I will never take risks." Ed replied with a frown.

"Lannister dared not take risks," said Charles, looking at the sea under the ship again.

The spell is called the curse of pain, not a fatal curse. The effect it can only bring pain, but also has distance and time limits, which cannot be far away.

If the enemy is tougher or is successfully guided by the reckless king, his rescue plan will probably die directly without causing such great results.

In other words, everyone was deceived by him.

But he would not tell anyone about this, including Ed. It would not be surprising if he could tell the methods. Only when the unknown brings fear and... awe.

After a while of silence, Ed spoke, "Thank you, you saved my life."

"Then how are you going to repay me?" Charles said absent-mindedly, staring at the turbulent water flow under the boat, and he was still thinking about some of the notes in his mind.

"What do you want?"

Charles shrugged indifferently and said, "I don't care much about what you have. The titles here are useless to me. You don't look like a rich man, and I already have a box of gold, so I probably don't need money. Your daughter, one is too ugly and the other is too stupid, and I don't even look down on it..."

Although he never thought about using his daughter as a bargaining chip, Ed still couldn't help but retort for his daughter: "Alia is not very beautiful, but why is Sansa stupid?"

"The fool in my hometown has a name, called Ersha, which means two and stupid. Your daughter is three stupid, one more than Ersha, isn't it stupid?"

The homonym of Sansa in Westeros is not the meaning of Sansy, so Ed doesn't understand it. However, he was used to this guy's jokes, and thinking about his eldest daughter's performance in King's Landing, Ed couldn't find any rebuttals.

However, Shire's next words made the mature and steady Duke Stark look stunned, and he couldn't recover for a long time.

"I'll go and help you fight, what do you think?"
Chapter completed!