Chapter 69: Lover of Braavos
With the submission of the third piece of music, the ten-day celebration entered its final climax.
There are still seven or eight pieces being played at the celebration.
But three of these seven or eight songs were written by Brother Long Er.
The last song, "Lover of Braavos," is played almost as many times as all the other songs combined.
This song was actually written by Viserys using the melody of "Scarborough Fair" and rewriting the lyrics.
The emotional expression is stronger than the previous "Faria".
In the Sea King's Palace, Frego squinted his eyes and enjoyed the melody.
He knew that as the song became more popular, Braavos's fame would rise significantly.
"Play it for me again."
He couldn't remember how many times he had played the song on repeat.
In the morning the musicians played all the pieces for him as usual.
Frego immediately felt the amazingness of this song.
So he asked to play it over and over again.
"You said, if Viserys was born a few years earlier, I mean if the time of his birth was switched with that of Rhaegar, would the Targaryens have not lost the Iron Throne?"
Frego tilted his head and asked Quiro, his chief swordsman and personal bodyguard.
"He has martial arts skills and talent, but I don't know how capable he is at leading troops."
Quirrell replied.
At only fifteen or sixteen years old, he not only composed three songs that were worthy of being sung for a hundred years, but also won the championship of stage seven.
It is said that he has played very easily so far and may even win two tournaments.
This had never happened before in the history of the Great Pageant of Braavos.
Suddenly, Frego's eyes became sharp.
"This is indeed a very talented kid, but even so it is not enough to get the support of the Zainen family. What kind of promise did he make?"
"Go investigate further!"
"yes."
...
On the other side, the bird forest.
Tormo was so angry that he drove away all the invited musicians.
"Useless! With so many of you, you can't even beat a child who is still wet behind the ears?"
The outcome of the game was clear and his patience had run out.
In fact, it's not Tormo's fault that his defense was broken.
How much effort did you put in to get the topic in advance?
How much manpower was mobilized.
Plus this group of musicians who are known as the most famous in the entire Free City.
They received the selection three or four days earlier than Viserys.
But what is created is getting worse and worse.
Suppressing his boiling anger, Tormo couldn't help but wonder, is it possible that the gods no longer favor his family?
In fact, Tormo didn't know why there were more healthy children in his family than in Zainen and Anta Lyon's families.
Just consider this a gift from God.
Originally, the Zayn family was ready to "keep a low profile", but then Viserys showed up.
"Tell those swordsmen, if so many men can't defeat Viserys, get out of Braavos!"
"Yes, Father!"
...
'Are you going to Braavos?'
'Giants, Piers and Temples'
'Give my regards to the person over there'
'He was my lover'
'...'
Different from the suspicion of the Sea Palace and Frega's anger.
Now the Ross couple are surprised and happy.
Therefore, Meisers became more and more interested in the "genes" of Long Er's brothers and sisters.
Only her husband Ross spoke up:
"I'm afraid that won't work. That Viserys seems to be planning to join the mercenaries."
"Why..."
Messers wanted to say that his life here was comfortable and decent, so why did he join the mercenaries?
But he soon thought of what Brother Long was carrying.
That is a deep hatred that destroyed a country and a family.
It is unlikely that anyone would choose to stop.
"More than one large mercenary group has invited him to join during this period. It seems that he is planning to improve his status in the mercenary group as much as possible through this competition."
Messers nodded somewhat disappointedly, but soon another option emerged in her mind.
"What about his sister? Is Viserys going to take his sister with him when he goes on sellsword duty? I have never heard of such a case."
Ross looked at his wife, and saw that she was suddenly beaming with joy.
"Maybe we could ask him to leave his sister with us?"
Ross stroked his wife's back lovingly and said with a wry smile:
"Isn't this a hostage? Even if we know this is not the case, what reason can we use to convince him?"
Mercers responded by making a face like a little girl.
Ross said with a serious look:
"There is no doubt that Viserys will win the poetry contest, but if he insists on winning the swordfighting championship, I am afraid it will be dangerous."
Mercers frowned, thinking that it was indeed the case.
The final round will be a full four rounds.
Tormo had plenty of opportunities to strike.
"If he really wants the Wagang sword, I can lend him the 'Zhanlang'. In this way, he might be able to leave his sister with us without any worries."
Messers was visibly surprised to hear her husband say this.
"You want to lend him the ancestral sword Zhanlang?!"
Messers seemed to sense something and threw herself into Ross's arms.
Although they were an older man and a younger wife when they got married, the love she felt was not diminished in the slightest.
The reason why Ross decided to lend the ancestral sword to the second brother Long was because not long ago he went to the high priest of the Moon Singer Temple to predict the fate for the second brother Long.
The high priest said that he couldn't predict the fate of the second brother Long.
At the same time, he said that he also wanted to meet Brother Long Er.
This made Ross see the extraordinary qualities of the Second Brother Long.
He decided to take a gamble and give Viserys something as an 'investment'.
Armor and the like are too tacky, if you want to give something, just give me the Wagang Sword!
...
I don't know who leaked Brother Long's address.
The next day when he was about to go to the main arena, a large crowd gathered at the door.
The name 'Beggar King' has long been forgotten, and now he is just like the title of the latest song submitted - The Lover of Braavos.
A prince of a fallen kingdom with superb swordsmanship, proficiency in music and outstanding appearance, perfectly conveyed the three words "sense of brokenness" to the people and tourists of Braavos.
"Viserys's carriage! It's his carriage that's coming!"
With a loud shout, the crowd pushed forward again.
Meris came early with the mentality of 'must get the second brother Long to join the group'.
But when she arrived, the scene before her caught her off guard again.
The scene could be described as crowded.
Even with her height of just over 1.80 meters, she still found it difficult to squeeze in.
Daxiong also came early, but now not only did he not see Brother Long Er, but even his wallet was stolen.
This made him feel very unlucky!
Just when Brother Long Er in the carriage was worrying about how to leave, a guard wearing blue cloaks suddenly appeared behind the crowd.
"Back off! Back off!"
The guards began to drive away the crowd.
However, faced with the surging crowd, it took a lot of effort to disperse them.
In addition to this group of enthusiastic onlookers, there were two pairs of eyes watching not far from Viserys' carriage.
In an inconspicuous carriage, a man with blue hair sat in front of Illyrio.
He looks to be less than 40 years old.
He kept his cheeks trimmed quite neatly.
But if you look closely, you can see that the roots of his hair are showing their original gray-red color.
When talking with Illyrio, he also used the Common Speech.
He was none other than Rhaegar's close friend, Jon Connington, who was now serving the Golden Company under the alias Griffin.
In fact, judging from his spiritual integrity alone, Jon can be called the Game of Thrones version of Guan Yu.
Both of them faced the same problem.
In the novel, Guan Yu let Cao Cao go at Huarong Road.
And in Game of Thrones, Clinton let Robert go while he was hiding in a prostitute's bed during the Battle of the Bells.
He could have burned down Stonetown, but because he was unwilling to kill innocent people, Robert escaped.
"Are you saying that someone is secretly supporting Viserys?" Connington asked.
"This is just my guess, but I have no evidence yet." Illyrio replied.
Connington looked towards Viserys's carriage, worry in his eyes.
If there really is someone supporting them behind the scenes, they should support the true heir to the Iron Throne, Rhaegar's 'son' Aegon the Younger.
How could I let Viserys take advantage of me?
"What are your plans, Excellency?" Clinton asked.
"We talked to him before, and he said he would join the mercenaries after the celebrations are over. Perhaps we could have him join the Golden Company and you watch over him."
"What about little Aegon?"
Some time ago, Clinton was ready to leave the Golden Company and take care of "Little Aegon".
But after hearing some things about Viserys from Illyrio, he put this plan on hold.
"I'll find a way to send more people." Illyrio said helplessly.
"Well, I'll let you know about Laviserys going to the Golden Company."
Clinton spoke as the two of them drove their carriage towards the finals venue.