The black-haired girl wearing Helenburg University's uniform in the courtyard heard that there were guests and immediately came out to welcome them. When she saw the emblem on the unicorn knight's armor and cape, she immediately exclaimed, "Ah, it's Targaryen!"
"Who?" The old woman at the door stood up shakily and rubbed her eyes to look.
"Grandmother, the Targaryen of the Red Dragon Black Sword is the kingdom's eldest princess." The pretty girl quickly wiped the wet stains on her hands with the scarf around her waist and helped her grandmother to bow to the unicorn knight.
"The kingdom's princess?" The old woman squinted at the knights and sighed, "Is it Queen Sansa's child?"
When Danny and Princess Sansa heard this, they quickly jumped off the unicorn and supported the old woman who was kneeling with difficulty.
"The Sky Emperor has a rule that people over 75 years old don't have to kneel even if they see her."
"Who is the Sky Emperor?" The old woman was puzzled.
"Dragon Queen, older people are probably more familiar with this name." Asha smiled.
"Oh, Dragon Queen, how is Dragon Queen's health? How many bowls of rice can she eat in one meal? "The old woman asked eagerly.
"Good, very good, two or three bowls." Princess Sansa was a little embarrassed. "Old lady, have you seen her before?"
In the early years, the Seven Kingdoms had formed a consensus: when meeting old people, it was best to be respectful.
Because many of the old people who had lived through the long night were heroes, or the heroes' family members, or even old friends of the Dragon Queen.
There had been too many incidents: a noble young man would act arrogantly in front of an old farmer, but the old farmer would take out a stack of medals and say, "I am a brave soldier of the Dragon Queen. The Queen once said to look for her when we have trouble, or take the medals to the King. Who do you think we should look for?"
Any noble would have to back down, and their parents would have to apologize to the old farmer personally.
It was too easy to complain to the Dragon Queen.
Go to any Holy Church, kneel in front of the Holy Mother and cry, and it would attract the Queen's attention.
This was not a legend, but a fact.
"I've not only seen the Dragon Queen!"
This was yet another old acquaintance of the Dragon Queen.
The old woman pointed at the courtyard behind her and loudly shouted: "Back then, this was the place where the Dragon Queen cut down three bandits, she and … with who, an old knight, her white knight …"
The old woman's memories were fading.
"Ser Barristan," Joffrey said, approaching.
"Yes, yes, yes, Sir Barristan, and Tarth's … Grey Robe Guard Breyne." The old woman grinned.
"It's the Roseless Iron Guards. The one in the gray robe is Sir Jaime Lanlister," Sansa corrected.
She was certain that this old woman was a participant in the incident back then.
He could even vaguely guess the other party's identity.
"Would you two young Targaryens like to stay at the inn, in the bedchamber of your ancestors? At that time, the Dragon Queen told me that her room would be very popular even if it was sold at a high price.
Actually, after I took over the inn, I kept her room sealed. I only opened it when the Targaryens came.
A few decades ago, the playboy Yimont Scar passed by this place on his way to the Northern Realm and stayed for two nights.
Even earlier, in the Targaryens before Robert, there were kings and queens who stayed here.
Sigh, speaking of which, your grandmother, Queen Sansa, and I have some history … "The old woman rambled on, talking about many things of the past.
At this point, the unicorn knights who had read the biography of the Dragon Queen had already confirmed the old woman's identity.
"Is your grandmother called 'Weeping Willow'?" Danny asked the reserved black-haired girl beside her in a low voice.
The girl lowered her head, tugging at the corner of her clothes as she answered softly.
"Your grandmother is so old, yet her mind is still so sharp. She even remembers things from a hundred years ago," Asha said emotionally.
"Grandmother was critically ill a few times in her early years. Fortunately, Sage Master Meribad came in time to treat her every time," the girl said.
Asha and the rest still did not stay in the inn.
They only drank a few cups of tea in the courtyard, left the money for the tea, and left.
After leaving the densely populated main road, the knights could finally relax. The unicorns could run at full speed on the ancient King's Road.
They were faster than taking a train.
They did not stop even after the sun went down.
Eldest Princess Sansa was in front, summoning a ball of holy light to illuminate the road in front of them. The ten unicorns were like steam engines that did not know fatigue. White steam came out of their nostrils and mouths, but they did not slow down.
"My ancestor fused the genes of the dragon worms into the unicorns' bloodline. They are magical beasts with magic power.
However, the fire magic power in the unicorns' hearts cannot be converted into dragon flames. It can only increase their stamina and magic resistance, "'Beast' Eide explained to Asha.
Actually, Asha was tired and wanted to stop and rest.
She was only a Level Three Knight and had only opened up the energy storage point in her heart. Her body was not as strong as Danny and Sansa who had true dragon blood. She was also much weaker than Joffrey and the rest who had received systematic training since young.
In the early hours of the morning, she finally could not help it.
"My spine is about to break. Rest for a while!" she begged.
Eldest Princess Sansa slowed down the horse and said helplessly, "Danny, help Asha recover. Joffrey, Eide, you guys start a fire and cook. Andrew, Obron, you two patrol a hundred meters away. The rest of you meditate and rest."
"Where are we now?" Asha collapsed on the blanket, her face pale and her legs trembling. Danny took off her long leather boots, endured the wet and sticky smell of her feet, and pressed the soles of her feet with the power of holy light.
Jenny Tully, who was meditating, opened her eyes and looked up at the stars. She guessed, "We should be close to the territory of River Delta City, Frey's territory."
"It's too scary. We ran for more than five hundred kilometers! Seven Gods above, I've never ridden so far in my life, "Asha gasped.
"There's still a long way to go. It's twenty to thirty thousand kilometers in a straight line," Danny said.
"Let's take the dirigible too!" Asha cried.
"Do you think the journey to the other world will be easier than the Northern Ice Kingdom? If we can't even endure this bit of hardship, how will we survive in the other world? "Princess Sansa said seriously.
Dania also said, "With our status, it would be easy for us to take an airship, ride a pterosaur, or even take the Titan of Braavosi. Why did we choose to ride unicorns?"
"To get used to the hardships of exploring the other world in advance," Asha muttered.
"Woof, woof, woof …" Suddenly, the sound of dogs barking came from the darkness in the distance, followed by Andrew and Obron's curses, the sound of weapons clashing, and the pitiful howls of dogs.
"What's wrong? Did we encounter wild dogs? "Asha asked, puzzled.
"It's a group of kobolds!" Obron yelled.
Jenny smiled. "When camping in the wilderness, we often encounter kobolds. Their noses are very sharp, but their brains are very stupid.
They can smell the meat soup on the fire from a few kilometers away. If they don't kill a few of them, they will never know how much weaker they are compared to the enemy. "
"Kobolds don't have the intelligence to evaluate the combat power of both sides. They will only swarm forward and run away if they can't win."
"But this is the King's Road. There shouldn't be kobolds here," Caitlin Tully said with an unpleasant expression.
On her breast leaping trout, she was the eldest daughter of the Tullys of Riverrun, a descendant of Rickon Stark.
Ricken didn't change his surname, but after his sister became the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, all his children took the surname Tully.
He didn't have to change his surname, but the Northern Territory was connected to Hejian, which occupied sixty percent of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. If they all had the surname Stark, it would be too scary.
Yes, "Walnut Emperor" Ricken didn't have many achievements in the Long Night, but his sister was the Queen, and in the end, he became the Duke of Hejian.
Of course, compared to before the Long Night, Hejian's territory was reduced by half.
Eldest Princess Sansa glanced at Caitlin, "Indeed, there are many villages near the King's Road. Kobolds shouldn't appear here. The Lord of this place has failed in his duty."
Not only did the Lord fail in his duty, but his superior, the Duke of Hejian, was also responsible.
Caitlin was silent.
"Maybe the kobolds came from Neck Swamp." Danny tried to smooth things over.
"Has Rapidflow City fallen to this extent?" Asha frowned and muttered.
She knew about the kobolds. She also knew that every spring, the King and the Church would mobilize the vassals and Templar Priests to clean up the kobolds in the territory.
Normally, as long as the Lord wasn't a good-for-nothing, this mission wouldn't be difficult. After all, kobolds were weak individually and didn't understand military formations. Humans, on the other hand, had military formations and the help of Priests.
Danny said, "Rapidflow City is only left with a knight's territory and a stone bridge. In the recent hundred years, several Kings used a huge amount of the national budget to build bridges and roads in the Seven Kingdoms. Just on the Green Fork River alone, there are two more black stone arch bridges.
Although there's still a fee, the collected fees all go to the national treasury and also take away a large amount of traffic from Rapidflow City.
Moreover, the Frey Family had a bad reputation before Wade Frey. They were just nouveau riche with a shallow foundation. Now, they can't even be considered nouveau riche. They even have the bad reputation of violating the rights of guests … "
At this point, she laughed self-deprecatingly. "We Greyjoy don't have the right to laugh at the Frey Family. Even the Targaryen Family has the Mad King and Rhaegar who betrayed the Holy Marriage."
Elder Princess Sansa glanced at her cousin and remained silent.
Asha recalled the great trial in the Fairy City. "I remember that the 'gatekeeper' Ariel, Ariel Frey, was overjoyed after obtaining the right to inherit Rapidflow City. She even talked nonsense to the Dragon Queen, saying that she would lead the family soldiers to fight the Deviants and restore the glory of the Frey Family. Did she do it?"
Princess Sansa shook her head and smiled. "If we're talking about restoring the population of the Frey Family, she's almost done it. She gave birth to nine illegitimate children whose fathers are unknown.
As for glory, she didn't have any.
In her later years, she was jealous of Darry City's wealth and fought a few lawsuits with her half-brother.
The Noble Parliament judged that she was Frey and her brother was Darry. They were from completely different families.
She didn't give up and brought a group of illegitimate children to her brother's house to eat and drink.
Today, because no noble is willing to marry them, Sir Frey can only marry a woman from a small merchant's family.
That woman is also fickle. Her first child didn't even pass the Holy Church's bloodline test. The Frey Family is getting worse. "
"Actually, it's not that the Darry Family didn't help them." Caitlin was the daughter of the Duke of Hejian. She knew more about the vassals in her own territory.
"Years ago, the previous Count Darry paid a huge price to persuade a commoner who graduated from the Imperial University to marry Sir Frey of this generation.
An Imperial University student, not to mention her appearance, is definitely outstanding. Unfortunately, Sir Frey didn't want to marry her because she didn't have a dowry. "
"She's not just outstanding. That's the 'commoner Sword Saint' Sofia! Frey's eyes are blind. "Sansa sneered.
They chatted as they finished the meat soup. Even the unicorn was fed special beef jerky. The team then set off again at the dawn.
They first jogged to digest the food. When the unicorn began to sweat, they galloped. They arrived at Neck Lake at noon. When it was close to evening, they entered Li De's Gray Water Garden.
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