Chapter 230 Melisandre
The woman in a gray servant's dress was lying motionless on the silver-gray carpet beside the bed. At first glance, it seemed that the maid who came to clean up had died of a sudden illness on the spot.
However, when Renly stepped closer, he suddenly found that an oak box under his bed had been dragged out and opened, and the maid's hand was on the edge of the box.
Looking down, the box was scarlet.
After a few glances, Renly frowned.
Where did the eyeball go?
He didn't think much, but turned his eyes back to the woman at his feet.
There seemed to be nothing special about the long brown hair, gray dress, and freckles on her face. After a few glances, Renly suddenly squatted down and pulled off a ruby collar from the maid's neck.
Then he saw that the whole body of the unconscious person suddenly became trance, and finally changed into another appearance.
The one-piece red robe was quite loose, and the figure lying on the ground was slender and graceful. The copper-red long hair was scattered on the gray carpet, which was in sharp contrast and also covered half of the delicate cheek.
Renly thought of a name in his mind——
Red-robed woman Melisandre, the spellcaster in his previous life, and also a "disciple" favored by the queen.
He had never seen this person, but the fact that a woman wore a red robe was very familiar, but Renly couldn't think of why this person could sneak into his room, and also...
He turned his head to look at the open box, and the horror inside made his eyelids jump, and then he directly buckled the box and pushed it under the bed.
This thing was naturally the Drowned God mentioned by the spokesperson of the Seven Gods, or a derivative of the Drowned God. Because he was afraid that it would cause any trouble, Renly also brought this thing when he came to King's Landing, but he didn't expect to attract an unexpected person at this time.
He had heard that the red-robed woman had escaped before, but he didn't expect that she was still in the Red Castle. This situation made it difficult for Renly not to think that Queen Cersei had secretly hidden her, but it was useless to think about this at this time.
After dealing with the box, he then used a dagger to cut the velvet curtain covering the bed into a rope, and then tied the unconscious woman tightly to a chair.
Then he began to sit on another chair and wait quietly.
At midnight, it was pitch black outside the window, and the dim candlelight was burning faintly on the top of the fireplace not far away. The hazy light made the room look very gloomy, and also stretched the figures of the two sitting on the chairs infinitely.
Time passed slowly, and the red-robed woman with her head down and her red hair covering most of her cheeks had not moved, but Renly's "intention" that had been injected into her body before could feel that this dead mind was gradually reviving, and it seemed that it would not take long for her to wake up completely.
However, just as Renly was ready to interrogate her, the thoughts in the other person's body suddenly dissipated, which made him slightly stunned, and then a hoarse female voice came into his ears.
"The false god has instilled power into you, but this power cannot compete with the true god."
Along with the voice, the red-robed woman with her head lowered slowly raised her head, revealing a pair of deep red eyes and a delicate heart-shaped face under her messy long hair.
The woman's expression was solemn and solemn. Although she was bound, she did not look panicked at all.
The thoughts that had been injected into the other person's body dissipated, and at the same time, there was no way to sense any emotional fluctuations. This made Renly's mentality, which he originally thought to have the upper hand, unconsciously shudder, and his heart became much more alert-
This was the first time he had encountered such a situation in more than ten years.
"Your name is Melisandre?" he asked seriously.
"As you said." The other party replied hoarsely.
"Why did you appear in my room?"
"I believe you have seen the reason."
"Box?"
"It's evil."
"What do you mean?" Renly raised his eyebrows.
This person spoke in a mysterious way, and it seemed that it was difficult to communicate normally. However, he could see clearly that this woman came to him not because of him, but because of his box.
"The evil in the box cannot be guessed by mortals, but I think you should know something about it." The red-haired woman tied to the chair spoke with a flickering look.
"You have been infected by evil, you need to be purified, otherwise death will come to you. Let me go, I can save you."
Renly ignored the other party's words, but after looking at his expressionless face for a few times, he suddenly reached out and pinched this smooth face.
This caught the originally solemn woman off guard, and her pupils shrank unconsciously. Obviously, she did not expect this man to suddenly make a move, but before she could say anything, Renly asked back.
"Is this how you fooled the queen?"
"Mortal ignorance will destroy you." Melisandre's tone remained calm.
"Was the prince's attack related to you?" Renly asked another question: "I heard that you ran away, but obviously you didn't. Have you been hiding in the Red Keep all this time?"
"Let me go, I can solve this problem for you."
"Does your power come from R'hllor, the Lord of Light?"
"Mortals cannot call the name of the great true god directly, otherwise they will be--" Before she finished her words, she was suddenly hit on the head by Renly, which made her expression startled again, and then her eyes stared at Renly.
"Are you trying to anger me? But it will not have the slightest effect after all. An ignorant person mistakenly sent it——"
Her nose was pinched, causing the words in her mouth to be slurred involuntarily, and this also made Renly see a hint of anger flashing in the other person's eyes, so he asked again: "Your name is Melisandre?"
"Repetition is meaningless——"
"Your name is Melisandre?"
"All common names are just——"
"Your name is Melisandre?"
…
Every time this person spoke, she would be interrupted. At the same time, Renly could also find that every time he interrupted this person, the annoyance in her eyes became more and more obvious. Until Renly repeated the question for the seventh time, she could no longer bear it. Keep raising your voice.
"You already know the answer, why do you keep teasing me!?"
"I want you to answer directly." Renly heard this and said, "Your name is Melisandre?"
"That's right!"
"What are you doing in my room?"
"Evil attracts me - because of your box!"
"Why do you say that?"
"It is a false god, a creature of evil and death, and the enemy of the great true God."
"So you're going to destroy it?"
"That's right!"
"You didn't succeed?"
"I underestimated it, I -" She suddenly stopped talking at this point, and then stared at Renly as if she had suddenly reacted, and said something that had nothing to do with this matter.
"You must let me go, otherwise disaster will surely befall your family."
"Because of your god?" Renly asked disapprovingly.
"A lion cannot walk with a deer," Melisandre replied.
"A chain binds you together, but this chain is not made of hard steel, but fragile bronze."
Renly narrowed his eyes upon hearing this.
