Chapter 75 The Battle of the Academy City

"what?"

Hearing the young maester's words, Viserys' face suddenly became strange.

"This…"

Now that I think about the fact that Bachelor Daniel has been gone for more than half a year, the successor sent by the academy actually took half a year to come to Dragonstone Island.

Could it be a little too slow?

Viserys resisted the urge to complain.

And this young bachelor named Gunther seemed to see the surprise written on the face of the little king, and then hurriedly explained.

In fact, after receiving the news that the old scholar died on Dragonstone Island, there was a fierce debate within the academy. The two sides disagreed on whether to continue sending new scholars to Dragonstone Island under the current situation. .

One side believes that the system should be changed as an extension of politics, following the will of the Iron Throne, refusing to send new maesters to the Targaryen remnants on Dragonstone.

Because the White Crow was sent by the Academy to remind Dragonstone Island of the approaching storm, which eventually led to the annihilation of the entire Royal Fleet, the Iron Throne is still quite dissatisfied with the Academy.

The other side is that the city should not have any political leanings, and their main job is to face the whole of Westeros.

Wearing a bachelor's collar symbolizes that the bachelor is a servant of all Westeros, and Dragonstone is naturally part of it, so a new bachelor should be sent to serve Dragonstone.

During this period of time, the Xuecheng was constantly arguing fiercely about this matter, and it even rose to the height of quarrel. Even the Grand Scholar Peysir, who was far away in King's Landing, sent a letter to personally intervene in this matter.

The Night's Watch's Maester Aemon learned of the news when he communicated with the Citadel, and then sent a letter to express his opinion.

It's just that Maester Aemon and Maester Pesiel are obviously in two different camps.

Because of these various reasons, the Xuecheng did not immediately send out a new bachelor to take over the work of the old one.

But now the quarrel has reached the final stage, and finally the "conservative" side has gained the upper hand. They stubbornly believe that the bachelor should not have any political leanings and should adhere to the fine traditions of the academy.

So in the end, this bachelor Gunther, who studied under the doctor of astronomy, was sent to replace the deceased bachelor Daniel and became the new servant serving Dragonstone.

"So it is."

And Viserys nodded thoughtfully while listening to Maester Gunther's explanation.

He didn't expect that the death of the old bachelor would cause a war of words among the bachelors in the old town thousands of miles away.

In fact, he didn't know much about the Xuecheng itself, but he only knew that there was a Taishan Beidou-level figure in every discipline in the Xuecheng called a doctor.

And just now, he could learn from the few words of Bachelor Gunther that his teacher, Dr. Willin, who wore a bronze mask, ring and scepter, was on the side of the 'conservatives'.

And his Uncle Zeng, the Aemon Master seems to have already known about this.

Viserys pursed his lips slightly, and then looked at the sea in the distance. In fact, if he had the opportunity, he really wanted to ask the wise and respected old man in person.

But I believe that the old man is now being tested in Castle Black for his loyalty to the oath. This is the most difficult time in his life.

now.

The long city wall and stone steps lead straight to the distant Dragonstone Castle, and a group of people walked in it surrounded by Viserys, holding up the lit torches, like a long dragon, and the fire light illuminated the road ahead.

And Viserys was also chatting with the new maester, speaking as he walked, learning all this from his mouth.

But it seems that Maester Gunther's dream of serving Dragonstone may be dashed.

night.

The late autumn air is a little cooler.

The fluff of the wolfskin shawl on the little king's shoulders was also fluttering slightly, brushing across the boy's cheeks, and his hair was also messed up by the wind, Viserys glanced at Maester Gunther and said inwardly.

Who would have thought?

He just came to Dragonstone Island and was about to be wrapped up and run away by himself.

There is no doubt about the importance of a bachelor to a noble, and Viserys has spent too long without a bachelor to consult, and now there is one who can't let go.

The main purpose of the dinner at Dragonstone was to welcome Prince Oberyn, but it also helped Oberyn and Rhaenys, their uncle and niece, to recognize their kinship.

The real business was not mentioned at the dinner party. After all, there were a lot of people talking. Although the interior of Dragonstone Island was cleared, all the traitors were caught out in that rebellion and then all swept away, but Wei Sirius was still uneasy.

The day after the dinner.

morning.

In the top-floor map table hall of Dragonstone Castle.

Viserys was dressed neatly and girded with a belt, and on his chest was a three-headed fire dragon emblem woven from red silk and black thread on a black background, with gold thread delineating the edge of the emblem.

He sat on the main seat of the map table, with his back against the spacious stone balcony. The bright sunlight half shone into the depressing castle, elongated the boy's figure, and half of his handsome side face was illuminated by the sun. One elbow supported the cold armrest, and his fingers lightly tapped on the table.

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Sitting in the picture table hall, you can clearly hear the sound of the waves hitting the reefs below, and feel the salty sea breeze blowing.

On the left and right sides of Viserys is the commander of the Dragonstone Fleet, Sir Geoffrey, and on the right is the Prince of Dorne, "Red Viper" Oberyn.

The Maester Gunther, who had just joined Dragonstone for two months after Viserys left, did not attend this royal meeting.

He is still sorting out the information left by the old scholar on Dragonstone Island in the Sea Dragon Pagoda.

It wasn't that Viserys was too cautious to trust this new young maester. But this itself is the minimum protection for Maester Gunther himself and the allies who made this covenant.

"This is where we're going to land."

The map of the free trade city-state was spread out on the table, and Viserys' finger pointed to a location, which was the Andas Plain.

Then Viserys' fingers continued to swipe on the map and stopped at the starting point of the Upper Lorne River west of the Norfoss Mountains.

There is ample water here and a direct road to Rollas Bay, which directly connects Braavos and Rollas.

And going down the Upper Lorne River can be directly connected to Norfos, Cohor and Volantis from the waterway, which is an important transportation hub.

The little king pointed to this place, and immediately marked a red cross on the map, setting the tone.

"Then build a castle in this place."