Chapter 48
"Khaleesi, there is a Firemage in front of them, they are performing on the street, milk men densely packed, all the streets are blocked." Aggo lowered his head, put his head to the ox cart window, and shouted loudly.
You can't do it without shouting loudly. The noise in the streets is like boiling porridge. There are people and voices everywhere. It's even more exaggerated than the train station during the Spring Festival in modern society.
"It's just Firemage. Every day, you can see the silhouettes of those guys in the streets and in the pier pub. It's nothing unusual." Xaro looked disapproving.
He probably got used to the traffic jams in Qarth, and the environment was still unperturbed. He took out a bottle of red wine from the small grid under the chair, shook Dany, and said, "Don't you miss your hometown? Top Grade Gold from Arbor, let's have another glass."
"No, Firemage is not so common in the western continent, I'll go out and see." Dany shook his head.
In fact, Braavos and Pentos can often encounter Firemage in the streets, even King's Landing under the teachings of The Seven, also has Pyromancer's Guild.
The Firemage that Daenerys encountered before was called acrobat, or magician, rather than Mage.
But Dany doesn't want to mess with Xaro any more, he's tired.
"Find me a horse," she called to Bloodridder, sticking her head out of the curtain.
"Khaleesi, your cheongsam is not suitable for horseback riding." Jorah stepped forward and said.
Three Bloodriders, one on the left of the ox cart, one on the right, and the other leading the way, Ser Jorah guarding the back, guarding the dragon cage on a ox cart behind with Quaro.
"Ai, trouble," Dany looked left and right, realizing that oneself wasn't big enough to see beyond the crowd.
Suddenly, she had an idea and said with a smile: "I stand on the back of the ox, Aggo, you support me by the side."
This ox cart was given to Dany by Xaro One of the gifts, the body is made of ebony and gold, and the bull that pulls the cart is also a Divine Ox, one white as ivory and the other black as jade.
The horns are inlaid with jewels.
Speaking, she jumped out of the bullock cart and squeezed to the side of White Bull, which was pulling the cart, and stood lightly on the back of the broad bull like a flexible ape, without Aggo's support at all.
I don't care, I just glanced at it, and Dany was taken aback. Firemage was a small man in a tight red robe, with a black face and a monkey-like figure. At this time, he also Like the most amazing magic monkey, with a wave of his hand, a ladder of burning flames will appear out of thin air at a height of two meters above the ground.
He jumped and landed on the swaying red fire ladder without falling, and Dany didn't see any place to hide the support.
In fact, this is just the beginning. He stood on the flame ladder of nothingness, waving his hands again and again, one after another orange-red fire ladder circled in an orderly manner, extending all the way to the high lattice ceiling, and then he Climbing on the fire ladder like a monkey, every time you cross the First Rank fire ladder, the First Rank will dissipate behind your feet, leaving only a wisp of silver smoke.
The higher he climbed, the height of a full four layers building, he saw him at the top waving to the crowd cheering wildly below, and fell back suddenly, the whole person was connected to the last Level 1 fire ladder , disappeared suddenly without a trace.
Dany's eyes widened, looking at the empty yellow sky, and shouting in his heart: This is impossible.
If the Firemage of street juggling is so dangling, how am I going to do it?
"Aggo, Ser Jorah, what do you think?" She couldn't help but ask the two men who were beside White Bull.
They rode on tall horses and joined Dany to witness the previous Wonders.
"Nice trick, many court magicians are inferior to him." Jorah exclaimed loudly.
"Did you understand? Where did the people go? Why can they stand on the flames out of thin air? Could there really be Magic?" Dany asked in a chorus of voices.
"Hahaha, Her Highness the Princess, you're thinking too much. It's just a quack trick, they rely on this to eat, if they don't fool us, they're not qualified." Jorah said with a big smile .
"It's not a trick," a woman said in Common.
It wasn't until Dany heard the sound that he noticed that Quaithe was standing next to White Bull at some point, still wearing a gray linen hooded Mage robe and a red lacquered wood mask.
I don't know how long she's been there, but a few people have been ignoring her.
Obviously a Sorcerer, but full of stealth skills.
Dany groaned inwardly, turned over and rode on the back of the cow, smiled and greeted: "Lord Mage, long time no see, how are you doing?"
Greetings, she hurriedly asked: "Do you know the tricks of magic just now? Or is it really Magic? But how is this possible."
"If it was half a year ago, you don't have to see it with your own eyes, I'll agree with you, but it's different now, Daenerys, you've brought back the power of Magic to this world." Quaithe's eyes gleamed with water behind the mask.
Dany blinked hard, but couldn't see the color of her eyes.
"Isn't this too ridiculous? If I had that ability, oneself wouldn't know anything about Magic." She said with a smile.
Quaithe pointed to Firemage, who had come out of nowhere in the crowd, and said earnestly, "I know him, in the same place half a year ago, he couldn't even make a fire with Dragonglass, he could only make a fire with Dragonglass. Deceiving ignorant fools with gunpowder and Wildfire.
Look again, Daenerys, that colorful robe Qarth fatty, he's the Temple of Memory's Priest, the girl in the felt hat behind him, your idea Look..."
Dany followed her guide and looked intently, just seven or eight meters away, there was a man wearing a felt hat and a red skirt, dressed as a rich lady The girl leaned on the waist of Fat Priest and squeezed in the other direction as if nothing had happened.
"That girl is a pickpocket! I saw her slashing milk men Priest's waist cloth with a blade." Aggo cry out in surprise.
"Now you get it?" Quaithe looked towards Dany, indifferently said: "That Firemage used a Magic show to get the audience's attention, and then the pickpockets he kept under him took the opportunity to work."
"But...what does that mean?" Dany muttered.
"He is not an orthodox Firemage."
"You saw the flame ladder just now, but half a year ago, he could only perform barefoot stepping on coals, or let the fire burn The rose blooms in the air - without my explanation, you oneself should be able to guess the point. Compared with the performance at this time, it is like such as cloud and mud."
Finally, she sighed to Dany Said: "The reason is very simple, the tide of magic power is coming, his own Magic power is growing, and the power of every mysticism person in this world is increasing rapidly."
"You don't want to teach me Magic , tell me what's the use of that." Dany said noncommittally.
Even if the dragon brings Magic to the world, she will not even have the most basic incantation.
After listening to Quaithe's remarks today, she was even more determined to study in Asshai.
I really want to go to the Capital of Wizards. Did she learn sorcery from Sorcerer, or did Sorcerer learn sorcery from her "body"?
"I'm warning you, Daenerys Targaryen." Quaithe stepped forward abruptly and took Dany's right hand on the cow's back, "You have to get out of this city quickly or you won't be able to. "
"Spawn of Shadows, don't touch Mother of Dragons!" Jhogo snapped his eyes and swiftly tapped Quaithe's whip handle on Quaithe's fingers, and she immediately retracted her hands with pain in her fingers.
Dany frowned, raised his right hand and looked carefully in front of his eyes, his skin was fair and tender, not even a trace of red.
Is it an illusion?
The moment Quaithe touched her right hand just now, a sharp sting came out of the touch.
It came suddenly and went quickly, and she wasn't sure if it was a hallucination.
"What's the danger?" she asked.
Quaithe looked calm, not angry after being beaten by Jhogo, "The Royal Family has seen your dragon, you rejected Xaro many times, and will continue to reject it in the future, and Warlock has been coveting yours. Dragon, you oneself should also understand this. Qarth has several Great Influences, none of them are your friends, isn't it dangerous enough?"
Dany glanced at the bullock cart behind him, and said noncommittally: "Do you think Where should I go? Well, I'm not going to Asshai."
Quaithe indifferently said: "To go north, you must journey south, to reach the west you must go east. To go forward you must go back and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow, this is your destiny."
"Ai, why do you want me to go to Asshai? Even a crappy Maegi can easily ruin me In his lifetime, there are countless Sorcerers who study mysterious power." Dany helplessly said.
"There is truth there, there is truth about the world that you must know," Quaithe said.
Then she didn't wait for Dany to ask again, bowed, and disappeared into the crowd.
Aggo watched Quaithe leave, lightly snorted, "Sober people will not believe in Spawn of Shadows."
"Hahaha, your Barbarians have something they don't know. Wisdom." Xaro was in the carriage, listening to the conversation of the few people just now, he opened the curtain and invited Dany to sit back in the car, "Even if you keep rejecting me, I will still be your most loyal friend, the most loyal friend. A fervent suitor. You can use my palace as oneself's home for as long as you want."
"Thank you, you are my most trusted friend, gentleman Xaro." Dany smiled.
Trust you, it's time to leave.
When Sun sank, their entire group returned to Xaro's mansion. Immediately after Dany had dealt with Xaro, he called Jorah into the study and asked him what he thought of Quaithe's remarks.
"Although I don't trust her, Quaithe is very right in saying that the longer you stay here, the more dangerous it is. Even from a guest right point of view, a short visit counts as a guest, if we are in It's too long, and the guest house becomes a sojourn, and it's no longer a guest." Jorah spoke about the tradition from North again.
“Where do you think we should go next?” she asked.
“Go to the East, the Far East is not limited to Asshai, Jade Sea has a lot of Free Cities.” Jorah said.
Dany indifferently said: "Going to the East almost means giving up the chance to return to Westeros and allies like Illyrio who support House Targaryen."
"Illyrio can't be trusted, he's fat , indicating that he is gluttonous, as the saying goes 'gluttons are greedy men as a rule ', at the same time he is also a leader with high status, and there is a saying, 'Leader must be cunning', both greedy and cunning people , how can you trust him?" Jorah said solemnly.