The Winter of Ice and Fire Is Coming

(2 in 1)

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A man with a dog head mask walked in, holding two hatchets in his hands.

Both hatchets were shiny.

This is the toy of Tiemin's finger dance.

Theon Greyjoy hasn't played finger dancing in ten years.

The iron people of the Iron Islands have been playing finger dancing since they were young.

For men at banquets—such as when they are married or when they worship the gods—the most popular thing for men is finger dance.

Whoever is afraid of picking up the axe that spins over will lose.

Many young guys have their fingers cut off by the spinning axe, and the wounds become infected and people will die.

But the iron people still enjoy it.

Theon believed that he knew Joffrey, and he didn't believe that Joffrey could practice superb finger dancing in a not too long time, unless he had encountered something that caused a major change in temperament.

Seeing Joffrey's still domineering expression, he didn't seem to have encountered anything.

However, when Joffrey walked to the middle of the hall again with a sharp axe in his hand, Theon saw that his legs were faulty.

lame.

A slight inconspicuous lameness.

Just now, when he first saw Joffrey walk in, Theon was too shocked, and in the shadow of light, Theon didn't notice this.

In the First World War, Joffrey was abducted into a pirate sentry ship by his two royal guards, Marin Tran and Manden Moore, and sold it for two copper coins.

When the pirate sentry asked Joffrey to please him with his mouth, Joffrey drew out the short knife from the sentry's waist and stabbed the pirate sentry to death. Then, the small pirate sentry ship drifted along in the sea of ​​sunset...

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"Theon, look good!" Joffrey threw two short axes in his hand, one up and down, to see how he took the axe, he had indeed practiced it.

The lights in the hall were not bright, and the light from the burning stove made the hall very warm.

But Theon's heart was cold.

"I haven't practiced finger dancing in ten years," Theon said.

"But you are an iron man." Joffrey laughed, and a cruel light flashed in his eyes. With a wave of his hand, a hatchet flew towards Theon.

Theon's archery skills are superb, and he has trained his sharp gaze. However, no matter how sharp his gaze is, to grab the spinning axe with his bare hands requires courage with stupid temperament.

Theon is not stupid!

When the hatchet was spinning and flying in front of him, he did not reach out to pick it up.

He stepped away.

Joffrey burst into an abnormal laugh. He was very excited, and a little too excited. When the hatchet spun out, his eyes gleamed, like the bloodthirsty eyes of a shadow lynx hunting in the dark.

This made Theon feel a little nervous about Joffrey.

What did His Majesty Joffrey experienced on the sea, who was hunted by the ships of the West? How did he get to the Iron Islands? How did you become the guest of Lord Baron?

Since Joffrey is here, King Baron also calls him His Majesty, then does the Lannister family in the West know this?

Theon wasn't sure.

He has a lot of questions in his mind, and he knows that the complexity of the matter exceeds his imagination.

"You avoided, Theon." Baron said coldly. This reminded Theon of the black rock outside the castle in the wind and waves: hard, silent, cold and merciless.

"I haven't practiced finger dancing in ten years. It's not fair! And, I'm not as stupid as you think, Lord Baron." Theon said jerky.

"So what do you have?" Baron said, "put your courage aside."

"My ability is that when I was ten, I failed to defeat the coalition of Robert Baratheon and Ed Stark, and then I was taken hostage by Ed Stark. This is my ten The unforgivable sin committed by a year-old child. For ten years, this child has grown up as a hostage in Ed Stark’s parents. This is an unforgivable sin. I did everything wrong, Lord Baron, my sin Deeply." Theon raised his head, "I'm still a fake iron man who dare not play finger dancing. If this is the sin you want me to confess, I will confess it all now, Lord Baron. You are happy to destroy you with one hand. Heir to, your only son, you did this, congratulations."

Baron's face twitched.

"Lord Baron, do you want me to kill him?" Joffrey said, his tongue stretched out and licked his lips, as if a beast licked the remaining blood on his lips after eating meat.

"Your Majesty, he is not worth your hands." Baron said.

Baron's eyes couldn't hide the pain of being hurt by Theon.

Sometimes words hurt more than a sharp sword!

Theon is a master in this area, and he is very arrogant, he speaks for pleasure in hurting others, and has developed a bitter and cruel style.

"You also know that you are a hostage, not the adopted son of Ed Stark."

"I have always known this." Although Theon felt hairy, he was afraid of King Baron's gaze, but he still looked at his father King Baron.

Joffrey was holding the hatchet in his hand, as if it would fly out at any time to slash toward Theon. Theon wore a short knife and a dagger. As long as he didn't grab the whirling short axe with his bare hands, he would not be afraid of Joffrey's throwing axe.

Theon secretly guarded Joffrey, and he saw the madness in his eyes.

Is he a little crazy?

Theon's mind turned without showing off his expression.

Joffrey must have suffered unimaginable hardships before he could practice finger dance superior to others. The toughest Tiemin also paid tribute to the person with superb finger dance. Finger dance is a perfect display of skill and courage, and is highly respected by the iron people.

On any island in the Iron Islands, if you don’t have money, if you are down for some reason, and have no money, it’s okay, as long as you walk into any tavern full of iron people and perform a superb finger dance , Wine and food are free. The diners and the boss will entertain you enthusiastically, without you having to pay a copper. If you need travel expenses, the iron people will make it for you. From one island to another, from somewhere to somewhere, it’s for sure to take a free boat.

What kind of force forced him to make a change for a guy like him, who is so rich in makeup and good-for-nothing? It must have threatened his life force and made him make a change.

This guy was very afraid of death, and Theon saw this when he was in Winterfell.

Afraid of death, cruel!

"You know that you are a hostage, and you are still holding a letter from the little wolf lord asking me to attack Tyrell? You don't take the nearest one in the North, why? Can Winterfell City be surnamed Greyjoy? In the North, Shi Tucker was also ruled by the Ruth Bolton family and almost annihilated. If it weren’t for the ancestors of the Ruth Bolton family, the Northern Territory would not belong to the Stark family. Three hundred years ago, Westeros was also It’s not from the Targaryen family. Thousands of years ago, this continent was not from the human race, but from the children of the forest. Theon, what is our family language?"

"Strong wins better than hard work!"

"Look at the history, which king did not rely on power to take the world? Whether it is the northern border or the western border, the strong one takes it. The northern border came out this time, and the interior was empty. We just took the northern border. Winter is coming. Are there any sisters of Little Wolf Lord in the city?"

"Mrs. Caitlin and Sansa will return to Winterfell."

"Grab the two of them, you marry Sansa, you are the lord of Winterfell. The north is our Greyjoy."

"There is a Great Wall behind the Northern Territory." Theon sighed, "If the Great Wall sends a legion to fight, what shall we do?"

"When the people of the Great Wall of Despair come out, we have controlled Kalin Bay and Winterfell, advancing and retreating, and defending. Once Stannis I died, the West is our ally. His Majesty Joffrey will return to the Iron Throne and enact the Emperor Order, give us the iron people of the North, and the Iron Islands and the North will be our independent kingdom."

Theon heard that his father Baron and Lannister in the West had already had their own set of restoration plans.

"But the West and us are not enough to regain control of the Iron Throne and the North."

"We have more and stronger powers, the cake has been divided, just waiting for Stannis' head to fall." Baron said contemptuously.

Joffrey licked his lips: "Theon, I can put you on a white robe when the time comes. If you dare to play finger dance with me." Theon saw Joe with his back to the light of the torch. Foley's eyes glowed like cats' eyes, and he was very excited.

Theon secretly guarded, this throwing axe flew over in a whirl, and if he was not too small, he might be cut in the neck.

"Your Majesty, tomorrow!" Theon said.

There are shadows everywhere in the hall, and the light is not clear. If you give him practice for a while, he will naturally have the courage to pick up the axe. He didn't believe that he was worse than Joffrey.

"Theon, you are an iron man. I only practiced with a wooden axe for three months and I can play very well. I can slow down a little bit." Joffrey was eager to try.

Wooden axe practice?

It was the first time Theon heard about it.

The iron people practice short axes, real iron axes, but everyone is very slow at first, and the axe thrown only makes two turns.

Practice with an axe made of wood, which ensures that you won’t lose your fingers because of a miss.

Although this is not an iron man, it is a good way.

"After I practiced the wooden axe for three months, I changed to an iron axe, just wearing chain mail gloves." Joffrey said excitedly, "I'm not stupid, not your iron people. I wouldn’t be stupid enough to pick up the iron axe empty-handed before I practiced well. You iron folks practice finger dances empty-handed, and the screams when your fingers are cut off can’t make the next person smarter, haha, A bunch of mindless iron species."

These words were extremely disrespectful to Tiemin, and Theon looked at his father Baron, who was rarely lifeless.

No one can disrespect the Iron Man in front of Barron, but Joffrey did it.

Is Joffrey a chess piece in his father's hand?

Or is the father just not having to care about a fool?

His father looked forward to the murder of Stannis, and then Joffrey inherited the Iron Throne as the heir of the former king Robert Baratheon, and recognized the status of the Iron Islands as an independent kingdom. A piece of cake was given to his father Baron. Come to the north.

Do they have a killer by Stannis?

Theon couldn't understand, he decided not to think about it again.

He is Greyjoy, not Stark.

The Northern Territory is indeed not of the Stark family, just like Westeros is not of the Targaryen family, nor of the Baratheon family, not of the ancestors, not of the Andals, not of the children of the forest. , Tianxiadi, Tianxia Habitat, whoever has the strength takes it.

"Your Majesty Joffrey, since the finger dance is a stupid game of stupid iron species, do you still spend a lot of time practicing?" Theon shrugged, contemptuously. His expression was relaxed, but in secret, he was deeply guarded to prevent Joffrey from suddenly throwing his axe. It seems that the father doesn't care about his own life and death, if he has appointed Asha as his heir.

I haven’t returned home for ten years, and the first meal I eat at home is with the maids...

There are thousands of flavors in Theon's heart...

He believes that he has an arrow in his hand, and the Iron Islands have no rivals.

Joffrey smiled and said, "I'm fine, playing stupid games for fun."

"You are afraid of being looked down upon by the iron species. Here, no one regards you as a true majesty. I think the iron people must think you are a clown. But if you have a good finger dance, who would think you are Where is the clown?" Theon grunted in his nostrils.

Whoosh!

The short axe in Joffrey's hand flew toward Theon, and the rotating blade of the axe flew toward Theon's face with circles of radiance.

In the finger dance game, you have to grab the handle of the axe with your bare hands, and you have to risk your fingers being cut off by the axe blade.

In order to be proficient in the technique, it has to be practiced thousands of times and repeatedly. Practice until it seems to have magic, you can grab the handle of the axe with your hand, and win deafening applause.

Guys who can dance with fingers will be respected by the iron people everywhere in the Iron Islands.

This test is not only the skill of tempering, but also the absolute courage.

Every finger dance performance is always exciting and thrilling.

And it is a must-have program for Tiemin in any grand festival. Everyone who wins will become a hero with honor, and those who eventually dodge will be ridiculed. The tragedy of breaking the finger did not in any way weaken the iron people's crazy love for finger dance.

Theon stared at the spinning giant axe. He did not dodge this time. He stretched out his hand, holding a short knife in his hand, and slashed it on the flying axe. Amidst the splash of sparks, the flying axe flew out obliquely with a loud sound , The axe blade slashed on the carpet on the ground, cut through the carpet, leaving an axe mark on the rocky ground. The hatchet stood for a very short time before it fell down.

Joffrey laughed.

"Lord Baron, you are still strong. Go and pay the iron money, marry another salt concubine, and have a courageous son."

"Your Majesty is right." King Baron was expressionless. In his tone, there was no respect for His Majesty Joffrey, but there was no sarcasm or irony either.

*

Theon couldn't sleep well all night, and the sea breeze outside the window roared like a ghost, sharp and high pitched all night. And below the castle, is the sound of waves crashing on the reef, accompanied by the roar of distant waves from time to time.

Theon had no sleep all night.

Returning after ten years away from home, the house, food, servants, housekeepers and guards were all strangers, which made him very unaccustomed. But everything seems to have not changed. The castle, the gate, the beach and reef where I was a kid, the fireplace and the sea are still what they remembered.

Everything is like a dream.

The scene when Father Baron threw the secret order Theon brought back into the fireplace and burned to ashes was repeatedly intertwined with the scene when Robb Stark let him leave Winterfell in the middle of the night.

At dawn, Theon finally fell asleep in a daze. Suddenly, an extremely dangerous breath woke him up suddenly-Joffrey? Theon's eyes were pierced before he opened the dagger that was always in his hand. He looked at Joffrey's neurotic and excited eyes last night, and he kept guarding against whether the opponent would suddenly and inexplicably kill Dead yourself--but the other party let go of his sword gently and skillfully, a body with the breath of the ocean pressed against his body, and a crescent knife against his throat—the blade was sharp and cold... …