Chapter 403
Oldtown, Citadel.
Dragon Queen doesn't do much damage to Citadel.
By this time, even Seneschal's Court, hit by the Dragonflame Fireball, was repaired again.
Archmaester Conference Room.
Vinegar Vaellyn lightly sighed, put the letterhead in his hand on the table, his right hand finger gently moved on the paper, making a "duh duh" sound, like a beat of his annoyed heart.
The interior is silent, and the clear morning sun shines through the colorful mosaic glass and falls on the faces of the Archmaesters, whose expressions are as volatile as the light.
"...Perestan is writing again." Vaellyn broke the silence and sighed softly.
Vaellyn is an astronomy Archmaester, who speaks tart and mean, and likes to give people nicknames, such as Marwyn's "Mage", which is what he took.
That's why Vaellyn got the name "acetic acid" from Citadel Maester.
Perhaps by heart, this bald Little Old Man has bulging storks, fleshless cheeks, and a sharp face.
But a person who is usually so strong and mean, at this time also looks depressed and sullen.
"This is fake news, next!" Seneschal Theobald, the chief of the conference table, slammed the table and said firmly.
Vaellyn was stunned, and asked, "Have you seen it? The letter I just received..."
"Don't look, just know that it is From Wall, I'm sure it must be fake," Archmaester Theobald waved, "Next."
"But Perestan—"
Vaellyn just spoke , and was immediately interrupted by Seneschal: "That's also a dummy, a fake Perestan!"
"The dummy tells fake news, well, it's reasonable!" Vaellyn rolled the eyes and continued: "Whatever Is it fake, I think you should know..."
"Wall that 'fake' Perestan sent Raven, he told us not to run away, Daenerys and her dragon are The true savior.
The basis of the existence of the 'real world' is that the world still exists.
If Westeros disappears and human beings disappear, no matter how beautiful the ideal is, it will be meaningless."
"It's a fake, the real Archmaester Perestan has a strong will and a firm belief, how could he say such a thing?" Archmaester Ebrose said.
Ebrose, with a long, thin face, all white beard, and a large shaggy beard hanging down to his chest, is the Archmaester of Citadel Medicine, and Westeros' nominally most skilled physician.
Vaellyn shrugged and said: "The fake Perestan described the weaknesses and attack methods of Others and Wights in detail, and the ordinary army is not their opponent at all, and even after a battle, the number of Wights is increasing.
If the Others snowballed beyond the Wall, the entire human race would be wiped out.
He said he was aware of the Citadel's smearing of the Dragon Queen.
He said he was ashamed of it, and even grievedly advised us - pack your bags and go to the Wall immediately, put on black clothed, to atone for your previous sins."
"Fake, fake Perestan is abominable!" All Archmaesters spoke in unison.
Vaellyn tugged at her soft, comfy squirrel fur coat and affirmed, "Yes, it's fake. I'm afraid of the cold, winter is coming, and going to the Wall will kill me. ."
"But that fake is also a big problem|trouble, Wall sent Raven to almost all the top nobles in Seven Kingdoms.
It's okay to instigate nobles to help Wall, but he actually uses The identity of 'Archmaester Perestan' turned black and white against the 'Citadel Change'.
Because he called himself Perestan and even confessed the guilt of oneself, many nobles believed it." Archmaester Norren said.
He is the predecessor of Seneschal, Archmaester of Economics and Mathematics.
Vaellyn said in distress: "It's really a big trouble. The fake Perestan's Raven and Citadel Raven reached the crow's nest of the nobles before and after, causing the Citadel's reputation to be extremely reduced.
Many are nobles. Letter from service Maester questioning Citadel - why are we so mad and blatantly violating guest right..."
"Why would noblemen prefer to believe false news than Citadel? This is not normal, no Reasonable, no, we are the Citadel, the headquarters of Maester.
Maester has the right to speak, Maester guides the Seven Kingdoms public opinion. Shouldn't it be Maester that says what the nobles believe?" Seneschal Theobald said angrily .
Archmaester Norren said with a bitter smile: "The nobles are not stupid, and for no reason, why would the Dragon Queen violate the guest right? Burning the 'absolutely neutral' Citadel, what good will it do to her?
If the Dragon Queen had never been to Westeros or dealt with nobles, maybe...
She went to Tourney and won the championship.
Hundreds of nobles and thousands of Knights have seen her, drank with her, communicated with her... She also talked eloquently and brilliantly at the banquet,
The nobles and Knights of Reach, Storm, Dorne, Westerlands, Crownlands and Knights have a general understanding of her character.
They all pay attention to Seven Kingdoms first Knight Queen who wears 'Wreath of Love and Beauty' Loved, revered, and never believed she was Mad King II."
"Tourney's influence in Seven Kingdoms, it is known."
The history and writing of Children of Summer Linguistic Archmaester Gallard, also sighed, and said, "And singers and poets.
They originally sang 'Rhaella Waters' as a Legendary hero, and now they know that Rhaella Waters has an even more Legendary hero. Identity - Last Princess, the Queen of the Restoration, Mhysa who liberated the slave, Mother of Dragons, mysterious Knight...
These Legendary elements are superimposed together, and the singers and poets in the tavern are all Crazy, almost crazy with excitement.
You guys should go to Quill and Tankard and see at least 300 songs praising 'mysterious Knight King' and 46 versions of 'Dragon' in over half a month The story of Queen fighting for the rose wreath', the poems and stories derived from it are countless."
Vaellyn said helplessly: "Whether in the folk or in the aristocratic circle, her reputation is not only good, Instead, it was good enough to explode.
Even though she fell from the sky while riding a dragon and fell to her death.
10,000 years later, as long as human history exists, there will still be countless people who will praise her deeds and songs.
Just like the Age of Heroes period, the Legendary heroes that have survived to this day. "
"So what do we do? The Old Man of Oldtown has made it clear that House Hightower will no longer be involved.
Highgarden Old Rose went even further, quietly hinting at me that I would smear the Dragon Queen's reputation, while making it clear that Highgarden did not know and was not involved in the fight between the Citadel and the Dragon Queen. "Seneschal Theobald.
"It's really not good, let's just admit it," Archmaester Norren sighed, "The fact that the Dragon Queen violated the guest right and set fire to the Citadel sounds unreasonable in the first place. "
"How unreasonable? She is Mad King II, Mad King doing things reasonably is the biggest unreasonable. "
"The key is that everyone doesn't believe it. It's better to speak out about the ideal of the 'real world'. I believe that the nobles and people of Seven Kingdoms can understand us... After all, we are really unselfish . "Archmaester Norren said.
"Can't say," Vaellyn quickly discouraged, "the 'real world' is the greatest selfishness!" "
"Ai, what is this? Sooner or later, Citadel will end because of the 'real world' that broken ideal.
What about the extinct dragon? Look how active the Red God is now, and the Sorcerer of Asshai has never gone extinct. "Archmaester Zarabelo laments pessimistically.
"The 'real world' does have some pitfalls, which bastard came up with first? "Archmaester Nymos cursed in a low voice.
Seeing the dismayed crowd of Archmaesters, Seneschal immediately changed the subject: "Vaellyn, you go on, what's new. "
"Wall has elected the 998th Lord Commander, Jon Snow, the illegal child of Stark." said Vaellyn.
"Why him?" What about Ser Mallister, Ser Alliser, Earl Slynt, and Eastwatch's Commander Cotter? "Archmaester Ebrose said curiously.
"Because of Jon Snow's outstanding achievements, he first went undercover with the Wildlings team, saved Castle Black, then joined the Wildlings with the Dragon Queen, then joined the Suicide Squad, hunted down the Others, and even ended it himself. A Others. "Vaellyn said.
"Fake news! No Others, next one. "Seneschal said.
"The next one..." Vaellyn twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "The fake Perestan once again asked us to spread the Raven, the Long Night, the recruitment of Night's Watch, the Dragon Queen oath-- "
"Fake, fake, no Long Night, no Others," Seneschal Theobald interrupted astronomically Archmaester roughly, "Next. "
"Fake pendant—"
"Is there any end to that bastard? Why didn't the Others take him? Lord Seneschal said irritably.
"Seneschal, Others are fake, don't tell lies. "Vinegar Vaellyn sneered angrily.
It was interrupted several times, and the Astronomy Archmaester was on fire.
"You continue. "Seneschal sullenly said.
"The fake Perestan will send a Night's Watch named Samwell, one Others and two Wights, to the Citadel in order to prove the Others are real. "
"Get rid of Samwell before he gets to the Citadel." "Seneschal said skillfully.
"Well, fake Perestan knows what the Citadel does. He specifically warned us not to hurt Samwell because he also sent a letter to Earl Tarly at the same time. "Vaellyn embarrassed.
"Why is Randyll Tarly involved again?" "Seneschal wondered.
"Samwell is Tarly, Earl Tarly's eldest son. "
"Damn, I remember." That fake Perestan is abominable! "
Seneschal wanted to announce loudly: Samwell is a fake Tarly.
But he dared not let Randyll Tarly be cuckold.
Seneschal Theobald thought for a while, slowly said : "Samwell could make it to Oldtown alive, but the fake Others he brought, must be cleared early. "
A newly promoted middle-aged Archmaester at the bottom asked puzzled: "Why? If Others are real..."
Seneschal Theobald interrupted him with a raised hand, saying with a complicated expression: "Archmaester Osney, you're still young and you've been through so little.
Once, when Rhaegar was killed and news of the fall of King's Landing reached the Citadel, we felt like the sky was falling and the world seemed to be in ruins.
Once, with news of Robert being murdered by Cersei and news of Lannister usurping the Baratheon Iron Throne, we once again had a sense of disillusionment in the world. "
"But from start to finish, Citadel is as calm as a pity, nothing has changed, and Sun rises as usual. We have existed for thousands of years and will continue to exist forever. "
In the Conference Hall, the Archmaesters are silently nodded.
"Archmaester Vaellyn, you continue." "Seneschal said.
"Many nobles wrote to inquire about 'the one who ends Long Night is king' proposed by the Dragon Queen. How should we respond? "
"Fake, next." "Seneschal said immediately.
"What fake? Is Long Night fake, or is what Dragon Queen said fake? "
Archmaester Theobald solemnly vowed said: "It's all fake, without Long Night, naturally there would be no end to Long Night."
That woman is too cunning.
At this time, with the Allies on her side, she was powerless to attack Westeros and worried about Lannister's stable rule, so she deceived everyone with lies, in an attempt to disrupt the situation, and slowly gathered strength at Dragonstone.
As soon as winter is over, she will call herself the Child of Prophecy who saves the world, using martial power to force the nobles to admit that she is the King of the Seven Kingdoms. "
"It's really possible..." Vinegar Vaellyn muttered.
"Long Night, Others, Wall-related fake news, needless to say, ' Seneschal Theobald said loudly. 'Next. "
"Oh, next..."