The Rose Avenue is the main road connecting Highgarden and King's Landing. It takes ten days at the fastest to ride a horse. There are many hotels along the road. Everyone goes to the hotel for dinner, and then stays and rests before leaving the next day.
Everyone tacitly arranged the seats for the meal according to their status. The soldiers from the Reach sat together, the knights sat together, the earls and ladies sat together. The Tyrell family in the Lord's Highgarden sat at a separate table. As the king of the Seven Kingdoms, Witte now sat at a separate table.
My younger brother, Sir Antler Castle, naturally can only sit at the same table with the Tyrell family.
While eating, Olenna felt a little annoyed that Werther had ignored her for the past few days, so she wanted to tease the child and elegantly cut off a piece of meat and put it on Werther's plate:
"I heard that you are engaged to an illegitimate daughter? I'm afraid you won't be able to eat meat after you get married. Eat more now."
Seeing that the situation was not good, 10-year-old Vilas and little fat boy Garland hurriedly immersed themselves in eating for fear of setting themselves on fire.
Werther looked at Olenna [What do these mean?]
"F~ people don't have to worry, T~A is not illegitimately giving birth to a daughter now."
He purposely made his words unclear, grinning at Olenna and revealing his two missing front teeth, indicating that it was inconvenient for you to speak, and then, like the Tyrell brothers, he ate quickly and ran away after eating.
Olenna continued
"Then Robert asked you to become a maester again?"
"I will leave after studying for a while. Aren't many nobles like this?"
When Olenna saw Werther's answer, she thought she was just an ordinary 6-year-old child who had been silent at the wedding, but now she realized something was different.
Olenna wanted to continue talking, but Werther said "Sorry, my tooth hurts" after eating and ran out of the hotel.
"No matter how noble he is, he is still a child. Just treat him politely. What's the point of talking to him?" Mace Tyrell felt that it was unnecessary for his mother to talk so much to a child while he was eating.
"Other people go to the school city when they are 6 years old. Let's look at you, Mr. Mace. How many words can you write when you are 6 years old? In addition to eating like a trash can."
The Villas and Garlands saw their grandma beating their father so hard that they were angry but did not dare to speak out. They wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh, for fear that if they laughed out loud and Olenna would hear them, then it would be their turn next.
Everyone who has not been told this knows my grandma’s temper. She is unforgiving but loves her family very much.
Mace is arrogant, short-sighted and not good at maneuvering. He relies on his mother Olenna to make big decisions. Therefore, Olenna is the real person in charge of Highgarden and naturally has better information than Mace. But after all, he is his son, so he still has to remind him. "Someone in King's Landing said that the betrothal was originally for his brother Renly, but it was Werther who took the initiative to change it to himself. I also noticed that he was reading a book written in Valyrian. He is so smart, but with Robert's character, he has nothing to do with it.
Not mentioning it shows that Robert is deliberately protecting him."
Olenna turned to look at her two grandchildren
"If you two have the opportunity in the future, you can have more contact with him and build a good relationship with him. Left hand, right hand, let the team prepare to go."
"Okay, grandma." No one in the Tyrell family can say no to what grandma said.
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After passing by Highgarden and the Tyrell House, the convoy continued along Rose Avenue to its destination: Old Town. Although the name is Old Town, it is actually the largest city in the entire Westeros continent.
The old town is located at the mouth of a mead river. The most obvious building is the towering tower, which is both a lighthouse and the castle of the Helta family. Witte estimated it to be about 300 meters high. With the base, it is almost as tall as the modern one.
Oriental Pearl TV station, but it is much thicker than Oriental Pearl. This is a military fortress. Legend has it that Brandon, the builder of the Great Wall of the North, used magic to build it. But most people think that Brandon only built the Great Wall, Storm's End, and the Towering Tower.
It was built by another man named Brandon.
Next is the huge Cathedral of Stars, which was the former residence of the Archbishop of the Seven Gods, but now the residence has been moved to the Great Cathedral of Baelor in King's Landing. There are no huge and obvious buildings in the city. It is a complex of buildings.
, similar to modern university towns.
Old Town and King's Landing are completely different. King's Landing is extremely ugly, while Old Town's streets are neat and tidy, with countless waterways running through them, allowing merchant ships to sail directly into the city.
The first thing Vert wanted to do when he arrived in Oldtown was to visit the Heltower family at the Tower. The Heltower family was the most powerful family in the Reach. The current head of the family, Lord Leyton Hightower, had come to Storm's End before to participate in the national tournament.
The General Assembly is an acquaintance. His third daughter, Ellery Hightower, is married to Mace Tyrell, the mother of Willas, Garland, Loras and Margaery. This time Veidt must come first.
Come visit them. After all, it’s a local snake. It’s a good idea to live here for a few years and build a good relationship with their family.
Layton still stayed in King's Landing. His son, Ser Baelor Hightower, as the eldest son and heir, warmly received Witte in the castle and held a small banquet. The next day, his brother, Gonthor, the ninth in the family,
Er Hightower took Werther to report to the Academy, because Gunthor was also studying in the Academy.
Old Leyton is really good at giving birth to children. Gunthor was born to his fourth wife, who is 17 or 8 years old this year. He also has a tenth brother in his family, but the Hightower brothers and sisters are all good-looking.
The beauty of the handsome women is much better than that of Old Frey from the Riverlands who only cares about quantity but not quality. All the nobles in the country know that Old Frey loves to have children but they are all crooked.
Werther and Gonsol, who was leading the way, chatted about the old town and kept praising the city's good planning. Hearing the praise for building the old town so well, Gonsol was also very proud of his family.
"I heard from your brother that you are now learning the language of the Eastern Continent. Do you understand Valyrian?" Wit wanted to know some information about Valyrian.
"I am learning the Summer Islands language. I have never learned Valyrian, because anything about Valyria will be despised in the Citadel." Gunthor said something about the Citadel, but Wirt saw that he didn't understand.
Just ask him other things first
"I still have to buy a small house in the old town. I live in the school city, but the guards I brought need to stay here for a few years. Is there any channel?"
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Gunsor thought for a while, "I usually don't know much about it in the school city. I only know that a businessman who specializes in buying and selling houses is familiar with our family. We can go to his place to have a look."
"Businessmen who are familiar with your family must feel relieved. Let's go."
Arriving at the merchant's place, Gunsor and the merchant exchanged greetings. After that, Witte told the merchant what he wanted: "I need to buy a house that is close to the school city and can accommodate my guards. I wonder if your husband has a suitable one?" The businessman's face was kind. The guests brought by Gunsor must be nobles, and they must have money. But seeing that Werther is a child, a house that can accommodate twenty people is not a small sum of money. Adults usually buy it.
So he didn't reply and looked at Gunsor with doubts on his face.
"My name is Werther Baratheon. I am Lord Staghorn and the younger brother of King Robert of the Seven Kingdoms. I will pay for the house myself, so you don't have to worry." Gunthor knew that Werther had a special status, so he did not take the initiative to introduce him and waited for Werther himself.
Say.
"It turns out to be Sir Werther. I have three suitable houses on hand. I will show you now."
This time Werther came to the Citadel, all three brothers sponsored a fee. Renly, as a child, did contribute the most, but who made him the richest Duke of Storm's End among the brothers? King Robert had previously awarded a reward
The wedding cost a lot of money, and we have to wait for the taxes to come in at the end of the year. Stannis's Dragonstone has long been emptied, and he only made a fortune from gambling at the tourney at Robert's wedding.
I looked at three houses under the guidance of a businessman, and finally bought a three-story building by the water. It has more than a dozen rooms, including two guards and more. I will leave the school city in a few years.
When the time comes to sell the house, XX, who is familiar with real estate practices in the modern world, will definitely not rent a house. Renting is pure money. As long as there is no war or plague in the old town, he might still be able to make some money in a few years.
The largest room is reserved for him to stay in when he is out of the school city. The daily management is left to the guard captain, and he arranges the other guards by himself. Witte watched the guards busy
[The current bodyguards are all arranged by Robert. Their loyalty is okay but their ability is average. Moreover, I don’t need protection at all now. In this world, except for poison and dragons, the only things that can kill me are the mysterious ones.
, the guards will not be able to help at that time, and may have to protect them themselves. The guards can only do odd jobs and show-offs now. After all, they are a duke and noble.]
Werther gave a few final instructions to the captain of the guard and then set off for the academy with Gunthor.
According to the current system, when you reach level 10 or so, you can recruit your own followers and build a team. Witte is not in a hurry now. He is developing into a melee mage and he hasn't learned it yet.
The Citadel is located on the banks of the Mead River. It is the place where bachelors study, and it is also the highest institution that manages bachelors from the seven countries. It is similar to a modern university.
Werther is listening to Gunthor's introduction to the city's system
"The school only accepts men. Those who have just entered the school are called apprentices. After choosing a subject to study, they are called assistant bachelors. There are more than a dozen subjects offered in the school. You are using the knowledge you have learned to create representative subjects.
After wearing a metal ring, he swore to give up his surname, not to marry or have children, and was awarded the title of bachelor."
[It seems that there are already three professions in this world that require giving up one's identity: Night Watchman, Kingsguard and Bachelor. This should be a system created by various nobles out of fear that these people will gain power. In the final analysis, it is caused by backward productivity.]
As a time traveler, Werther felt emotional when he heard this and felt helpless.
[Even if the world is so prosperous, problems will arise once inheritance of family business is involved. Descendants will compete for real estate and shares at any time, let alone the world of ice and fire with backward productivity.]
Continue to listen to Gunthor
"After obtaining the title of bachelor, you can be sent out to serve lords in various places. The school city is permanently neutral, so bachelors generally will not directly participate in wars. There is also a certain fee for serving the lords, which is to maintain the operation of the school city.
Important income. Sometimes the school city will receive a donation after solving a big problem for the lord. Apprentices can also do some things at the clerk's desk to supplement their family income."
Werther and Gunthor have reached the gate of the school city. There are two sphinx statues on both sides of the gate.
[How could this Sphinx statue, a god believed in ancient Egypt, appear in this world?] Werther feels more and more that this world is very strange.
Inside the gate is the clerk's desk, which has various stalls where people come and go. Businessmen and people can come here to find apprentices to write wills and write letters, and various books and maps are also sold.
[Post office, although these may seem cheap, this is a big business.]
"Let's go to the Steward's Pavilion first to register what subject you choose, but anything related to magic here will be looked down upon."
[Materialist, if it were the current world, it would be easy to say, but this is really a world with magic and dragons, so we should take the path of combining magic and technology, instead of blindly following the trend of technology or even suppressing magic.]
Witte began his four-year career in the school city, because apart from medicine, universities in this world also last for four years, four years in this world and four years here, and he didn’t want to think about more.