In the dark and empty hall of the House of Black and White, the fire pot in the corner was burning quietly. Tommen, wearing a simple black clothes, was concentrating on cleaning the house with a broom and rag in his hand.

Born into a royal family and pampered, he was completely unable to clean up at first, and for this he was whipped by another girl whom Arya called a waif.

Fortunately, the cold-hearted and warm-hearted Arya secretly taught Tommen how to clean up carefully. Nearly a month later, he was not only able to complete the complicated cleaning work on his own, but the level of cleanliness even earned him a compliment from Jaqen.

After wiping clean the marble sculpture of a woman in the shrine in front of him, Tommen wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand.

There are many statues of gods enshrined in the hall of the White House, such as Night Lion, Hooded Walker, Baccaron, Danyue Virgin, Mermaid King, etc.

But Tommen cleans the house most carefully every time, and the people who are the most careful are the stranger and the weeping woman.

The Stranger Sculpture should be carefully cleaned because it conforms to the beliefs of Tommen's Seven Gods, and the Weeping Woman Sculpture should be carefully cleaned because of the tears that continue to seep from its stone eyes.

Arya had specifically reminded him at that time that the teardrops were a colorless, odorless, extremely powerful poison. If he accidentally got it into his mouth, he would probably die silently.

In fact, in Tommen's opinion, such dangerous things should be destroyed directly.

But the House of Black and White not only retains it, but also regularly pours the collected tears into the small pool in the center of the hall for those believers who seek the gift of the Thousand-Faced God.

Squeak!

While he was lost in thought, the black and white door at the front of the hall opened, and Arya, dressed as a Braavos maid, walked in.

"Arya, you are finally back? Is there any important information out there?

I envy you, you can come in and out at will!"

Seeing Arya return, Tommen immediately ran forward to greet her with a smile on his face. While talking, he stared at Arya closely, with other emotions besides envy in his eyes.

"There is important news, the new Sea King has been confirmed!

It’s not Tormo Frega who comes from a noble family that everyone is discussing, but an ordinary citizen named Miho Tos!”

When Arya heard Tommen's inquiry, she first told him the information outside without expression, and then continued,

"There must be a reason why Jaqen won't let you go out. I have been doing your current job before. When you meet the qualifications, you should be able to be like me!"

After this period of getting along, Arya gradually accepted Tommen, who was more like a child than her. And thanks to bringing Tommen back, not only was she not punished, but she was also given a new mission.

"Can I be as good as you? Okay, I will try my best!"

Tommen heard this and nodded to Arya in reply, looking like a passionate young man.

Arya did not answer, but walked towards the interior of the hall. Tommen's eyes stared at her back until she disappeared.

Numerous tunnels have been dug into the hill where the Court of Black and White is located. There are three levels going down. Arya is following the tunnels to the underground level, where Jaqen lives.

"Is the girl looking for someone?"

As soon as he entered the underground level, Jaqen, who was wearing the robes of an acolyte, seemed to have anticipated Arya's return and was already waiting here.

"I have explored all of the Antalion Palace. The handover ceremony for the new Sea King will be held in three days.

I’m sure I can carry out the tasks as requested!”

The reason why Arya was able to know the name of the new Sea King in advance was because she was assigned to work as a maid in the Antalion Palace of the current Sea King, where she could get information while getting closer to the target.

At this moment, she felt that the time was ripe to come back and report the situation to Jaqen.

"When a girl is sure to do something, she doesn't need to ask anyone, just listen to the voice of the God with a Thousand Faces within her!"

After hearing Arya's report, Jaqen turned his head and looked at her, and then answered.

"I want to get the face of a guard, otherwise it will be difficult for me to leave after the mission is completed!"

Hearing that Jaqen neither refused nor agreed, Arya hesitated and revealed her true purpose.

"If a girl wants to get help from someone, she must first make an offering to the God of Many Faces.

Send the gift of the Thousand Faces God to the guard, and then bring back the head, and the girl will get the face she wants!"

After hearing this, Jaqen replied to Arya with his expression still expressionless.

Regarding Jaqen's proposed deal of life in exchange for help, Arya had already anticipated it and nodded directly in agreement: "Okay!"

During the month she spent in the Antalion Palace, she completely regarded herself as an assassin to explore all kinds of information. Therefore, she had already decided on the guard she wanted to kill.

According to the intelligence collected by Arya, the guard used his identity to do all kinds of bad things and deserved to die.

I don't know if this information is true, but at least Arya used this as an excuse in her mind to rationalize her behavior of killing him.

Looking at the back of Arya who turned around and left, Jaqen showed a meaningful smile on his lips.

"Hey, Arya, are you leaving again so soon?"

In the hall of the House of Black and White, Tommen, who had not yet finished cleaning, saw Arya reappearing soon, and asked with some disappointment.

Arya, who had something on her mind, didn't say much to him. She nodded in response and took out a wooden tube from her maid uniform. Then, she came to the statue of the weeping woman and carefully took a tube full of tears.

"Arya, what are you doing?"

"kill!"

Hearing Tommen's inquiry behind her, Arya threw out these words without looking back, covered the wooden pipe and headed towards the black and white door.

Looking at her back, Tommen squirmed a few times, not knowing what to say.

In the early morning of the third day after Arya left, she returned to the House of Black and White again, but this time she carried a round package faintly soaked in blood in her hands.

Time passed in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye it was the day of the handover ceremony for the new Sea King.

On the day when the candidate for the new Sea King was announced, the citizens of Braavos aroused unparalleled enthusiasm.

Since the current Sea King is from the Antarian family, there were a lot of rumors in the past that the next Sea King will still be from a noble family. But now facts have proved that it is possible for citizens to become the new Sea King.

Therefore, except for some noble families whose interests were harmed by this, the entire Braavos was as lively and festive as the New Year.

Originally, according to previous regulations, the handover ceremony should have been held in the Neptune Palace. However, after the current Neptune knew that he was seriously ill and was about to die soon, he returned to his missed former residence, Antarian Palace.

Therefore, the handover ceremony was held in Antarian Hall.

In the splendid main hall of the Antalion Palace, Ferrego Antalion, who looked extremely pale and looked like his end was approaching, was leaning back on a special lounge chair, weakly describing the responsibilities of the Sea King.

The new Sea King Miho Toss was standing in front of him with a solemn face, listening quietly.

The hall was also filled with high-level officials, keykeepers, wealthy businessmen and other powerful people from Braavos. They were witnesses of this handover ceremony.

When Ferrege finally finished speaking, he handed Miho a palm-sized gold statue of the Titan that represented the power of the Sea King.

This golden statue is exactly the same as the Titan exiting Braavos, representing the will of the citizens of Braavos to always stand proudly and never bend their knees to become slaves again.

Bang bang bang!

When Miho took over the golden statue, the main hall, which had been silent just now, immediately burst into thunderous applause.

Miho, who was still an ordinary citizen of Braavos a few months ago, was very excited when he saw the dignitaries wearing black and gray-brown coats. Now he has also entered this class.

After the handover ceremony, there was a sumptuous lunch prepared by the Antarian family.

At this luncheon, Miho was surrounded by many dignitaries of Braavos. He was enjoying the scenery. He gorged on all kinds of delicacies he had never seen before and drank gulps of extremely expensive wine.

In the banquet hall of the Antarian Palace, Besaro, who was unusually fat, seemed to be unable to taste his food. He threw his fork on the plate in confusion, and then called two servants to take him back to his room.

In order to facilitate the great King of the Sea to call at any time, Besaro has been staying in the guest room of Antalion Palace for more than a month.

And Besaro will definitely take a short nap after lunch every day, otherwise he will be in low spirits throughout the afternoon.

Besaro, who was supported by his entourage, was still worried about the search for Tommen Baratheon. According to his spies' report, when Merlin Tran came to Braavos, there was indeed a man beside him.

Blond boy.

But their secret search for more than a month yielded no results, as if Tommen disappeared out of thin air.

Could it be that he is really in those forbidden areas?

A thought suddenly flashed through Besaro's troubled mind. There were several forbidden areas in Braavos that spies could not reach. If Tommen was hiding there, they would indeed be unable to explore.

Forget it, wait until you have a pleasant nap before thinking about these troublesome things!

Walking to his room, Besaro shook his head and sighed, no longer thinking about these troublesome things. He waved away the two followers and entered the room.

As soon as he entered the room, a waiting maid brought him a glass of warm milk.

The wealthy Antalion Palace has a private maid for each guest room. However, the maids in Braavos are not slaves, and guests cannot force them to do unspeakable things.

"How's it going, Kate? The new Sea King is Miho, right? You lost, so you must abide by the agreement!"

Looking at this childish little maid, Besaro's heart suddenly felt hot, and he spoke with a smile on his face.

"Yes, Lord Besaro. Please drink the milk and lie down here!"

The little maid nodded when she heard this and pointed to a large solid wood lounge chair next to her.

Upon hearing this, Besaro immediately raised his head and drank the milk from the glass, then awkwardly moved his fat body to lie on the solid wood recliner.

"Kate, why don't you quit your job as a maid and join my...hehe,hehe!"

Besaro, who finally found a comfortable position by twisting his body on the recliner, was about to finish speaking when suddenly, a rope as thick as his little finger suddenly wrapped around Besaro's fat neck from above and pulled him down.

Besaro, who was suddenly strangled, could not scream for help, and lying on his back, his hands could not grasp the little maid behind him who was holding on to the rope.

If it were a head-on fight, the little maid would not be able to defeat the heavyweight Besaro. But he followed the little maid's guidance and assumed a posture that was most conducive to being killed by the opponent.

As Besaro's struggling movements gradually became weaker, the sound of him trying to open his mouth to breathe also gradually disappeared.
To be continued...