Chapter 46 Black Falcon Mercenary Camp
Night falls and the waning moon rises.
Under the cold moonlight, Sir Harrison's manor was rarely closed.
There were six guards at the gate of the manor, fully armed and ready.
‘Adopted son’ Dorian stepped forward and easily let the guard go, and Ian and others followed him through the gate of the manor.
After passing the brightly lit mercenary barracks in the manor, they came directly to Sir Harrison's castle.
People who see a medieval landed knight's castle for the first time are often disappointed, and Ian is no exception.
Although he was mentally prepared for the family circumstances of ordinary wealthy knights, when Ian, who had only seen castles in film and television works or famous European attractions, really saw this small and lovely 'castle' in Sir Harrison's estate , he still couldn't help but want to laugh.
There was a story in the original book. When "Fire Kiss" Ygritte first came to the south of the Great Wall, she pointed at a mill and asked Jon Snow if it was a castle. At that time, Jon Snow told her that it was just a mill, and The castle is much larger.
Ian couldn't help but wonder if Snow would still tell Firekiss that it was a large mill if they saw Sir Harrison's castle.
"Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, Sir." Dorian whispered to Ian.
"Let's go in." Ian raised his chin and motioned for Dorian to call the door.
Dorian patted his horse and took two steps forward, and the sharp-eyed castle guard immediately recognized him.
"Oh, little Dorian, why are you back now? Deputy Captain Kelvin has been here for almost three hours and is now talking to Sir Harrison inside." The old guard skillfully removed Dorian's hand from He took the reins and then called another young guard to come over and help lead the horse.
"My foster father is dead." Dorian whispered. In front of the old guard who had watched him grow up, he suddenly wanted to cry, but he knew in his heart that this was not the time.
He came back to compete for the position of grand leader.
If he cried here, even if he later became the new Black Falcon with the financial support of the Lannister family, I am afraid that he would become a joke in the eyes of these mercenaries.
"The deputy captain and the others have brought this news back." The old guard looked at Dorian who was holding back tears and didn't know how to comfort him for a moment.
"It's okay, Uncle Kaili, I'm okay." Dorian took the initiative to squeeze out a smile to him, "I will personally avenge my adoptive father," after saying that, he said loudly like a declaration, "I will become The new ‘Black Falcon’!”
"Oh, Dorian!" Even the old guard shook his head at this moment, obviously surprised by Dorian's overestimation of his abilities.
"You go in and report first," Dorian said, pointing to Ian behind him. "This is Ser Lucien Lannister. He is my friend. Now he hopes to meet Harrison." Sir and Cripple." Here he paused, not finishing the unfriendly nickname, "and Uncle Kelvin."
"A knight of the Lannister family?" The old guard glanced at Ian, nodded, and then quickly turned around and walked into the castle.
Ian and the others waited outside the castle for a long time, but never waited for the old guard to come out.
"This is too slow," Dorian couldn't help complaining, "Usually such a briefing would not take more than two minutes! Sir Harrison must be unwilling to see me!"
"Is it possible that Sir Harrison and Lame are discussing something important and don't want to be disturbed now?" Sir Grantson, the second and fifth boy, also interjected.
"If that's the case, the old guard should at least come out, right?" Ian shook his head and rejected the idea of the two. If there was some conversation going on, why did they leave the guard who informed them?
"Dorian, how about I come in and give you a look?" Another guard asked quickly upon seeing this.
"Go." Dorian suppressed his anger and nodded.
"Sir Lucien," Rohr, who had been silent all the way, suddenly took two steps forward and came to Ian's side, "I just saw a head flashing across the second floor window. Although it was only for a moment, it should be Watching us."
This gave Ian a very bad premonition, because he suddenly remembered an old problem - the Black Falcon Mercenary Group never appeared in the original work.
If the former leader of the Black Falcon did not appear because he had died early at the Crossroads Inn, then why did the newly elected leader of the mercenary group and the mercenary group itself not appear?
Is it possible that in the timeline of the original work, the new "Black Falcon" was not selected at all, and the mercenary group was directly disbanded due to internal strife?
"Dorian, Sir Lucien," the second guard who entered the door came out quickly, his expression was unnatural, "Sir Harrison and Deputy Captain Kelvin are discussing very important matters now, and It's very late now, and they hope to formally meet with you tomorrow." The guard's last words were to Ian, "Let me take you to the guest room to rest, okay?"
"Arrogant! This is Lu." Dorian was about to pull the tiger skin of 'Sir Lucion' to scare the guard, but was interrupted directly by Ian.
"According to Sir Harrison's arrangement, I happen to be a little tired, so it would be a good idea to talk about it tomorrow."
"Please come this way, Sir," the guard said with obvious relief, "Sir Harrison's castle is too small and does not have many rooms, but we have a good guest room in the backyard."
"Don't bother," Ian raised his chin and pointed at Dorian, "He knows the way, right?"
"Ah? Yes, yes, Sir." The guard nodded quickly.
"Oh, of course, Sir Lucien, I will send you there myself." Although Dorian is not very smart, he is not stupid either. Although he still doesn't know the reason why 'Sir Lucien' did this, he knows This one will never be wrong.
After bypassing Sir Harrison's castle, Ian and others came to the backyard.
Unlike the brightly lit camp area in the front yard, the backyard, where only important guests usually set foot, seemed particularly cold tonight, without even a guard.
"You said before that you can ensure that the two mercenary captains are on your side." After looking around to make sure no one was following, Ian asked Dorian in a low voice, "They are in this manor now. In?"
"Yes, they are all mercenary teams operating in the base camp, that's why I have a good relationship with them." Dorian was a little confused as to why Ian asked this.
"Find them, no, take us to them."
"Aren't you planning to persuade Sir Harrison and Lame directly? Then why are you looking for them?"
"I'm worried that there may be only one Lame and Sir Harrison left." Ian sneered and asked, "Who is that old guard who just went in to report?"
"My father's... should be considered lame or mine now." Listening to Ian's suddenly stern tone, Dorian was surprised and began to realize that something big had just happened in Sir Harrison's castle.
"What about the second guard who went in?"
"That's Harrison's crony."
"There are rats." Rohr suddenly said, interrupting the conversation between Ian and Ian.