Chapter 232 Son of Prophecy

When the sky slowly bloomed into a fish belly white, a freckled woman dressed as a servant hurriedly walked out of a tower of the Red Castle.

It was very quiet at dawn, and the sound of footsteps on the stone brick surface was faint but loud. The words she had said to the young man before echoed in her mind. The maid couldn't help but look back at the silent towering tower, with a deep gaze, as if she could see a black-haired figure inside through the rock.

"Cooperation..."

She murmured this word and couldn't help frowning.

Why can't we cooperate?

She thought about this question.

More than ten years ago, an oracle came from the Red Temple of Volantis, and the King of Light R'hllor called on all believers to go to the Westeros continent in the west to find and destroy the so-called gate to the old world.

So she and many other red-robed priests set foot on this strange land.

But unlike others, after arriving here, she did not plan to find the door without any clues herself, but decided to cooperate with the local nobles of Westeros.

This is not easy, because the belief in false gods firmly occupies this continent, and the lords here are not friendly to their existence.

Later, by chance, she got in touch with the queen and was able to indirectly command many people to help find the so-called Old Door.

However, this treatment was completely shattered not long ago.

The news from the river bay made the lords of this continent completely turn their faces against their existence. Under the influence of the general environment, even if Queen Cersei protected her, she had to let her hide first.

So she hid until this moment, until this situation appeared.

In fact, what she said to Renly was right. She did work with the mentality of cooperating with the queen, not as an insider or anything else-

Because she did not think that the choice of the Supreme Priest Benero was correct.

Because of the belief, her colleagues encountered countless bad luck in the Westeros continent for ten years, and the oracle issued by the true god did not make much progress, and the church was very anxious about this.

But this is not the real reason why they chose to cooperate with Targaryen, or rather, it is only one of the reasons, but not the main one.

The main reason is that the Supreme Priest Benero believes that a little girl among the Targaryen exiled overseas is the legendary child of prophecy!

"After the long summer, the stars will weep blood, and the cold darkness will cover the world. At this terrifying moment, a warrior will pull out a burning sword from the fire. That sword is the 'light messenger', the red sword of heroes. The holder of the sword is the reincarnation of Azor Ahai, and he will drive away the darkness."

The prophecy recorded in the ancient book of Xia has been spread for thousands of years. At the same time, many Red Temple priests have predicted that a terrible disaster will be brewing at the end of the world soon. It is a sign of the rise and revival of the ancient alien god, one of the only two true gods in the world.

Although most of the priests of the Red God Church have no time to take care of it in recent years because of the Gate of the Old Days, many senior officials have not forgotten this doomsday prophecy.

The High Priest Bennero believed that the Azor Ahai in the prophecy was a little Targaryen girl who had fled her homeland, so the entire Red God Church began to cooperate with the Targaryens, preparing to overthrow the existing regime in Westeros and support her to take the throne.

Melisandre didn't know how the High Priest determined this, but she responded to it with the opposite attitude, because she had seen the little girl named Daenerys, who was weak and innocent, and full of feminine weakness. How could she be the reincarnation of a hero?

The girl didn't even have the strength to pick up an ordinary iron sword! Not to mention the sword of a hero.

After a long summer, the stars wept blood, and Azor Ahai would be reborn in the land of smoke and salt - this sentence is the only clue to find the reincarnation of a hero in the prophecy. According to Melisandre, the girl was indeed born in the land of smoke and salt on Dragonstone, but she didn't have any heroic appearance!

So she thought that the son of the prophecy was someone else, and the decision of the High Priest Bennero to support a little girl to take the throne and break into the Westeros continent was completely wrong in Melisandre's view.

Because this would only consume the power of the entire human race for no reason, and would not be of any benefit to the future disaster.

The correct approach should be to cooperate with the local lords of Westeros like she did.

In fact, if the church led by Bennero had not suddenly formed an alliance with the Targaryens and used conspiracy to expose, she could have used her relationship with the queen to gain more power to do things for them, whether it was to find a door or to fight against darkness.

Instead of excluding the entire Red God Church at this time.

"What a pity..."

Muttering secretly, the "maid" stepped into an empty ruin, then opened a wooden door on the ground in the corner and walked into the cellar.

The sudden change a while ago disrupted her plan, and she didn't know what to do for a while, but at this moment, after a secret conversation with the young duke, Melisandre regained some hope in her heart.

She never thought that it was a good thing for humans to fight each other, and she also knew that many people in the church had objections to Bennero's decision, so why couldn't she deal with it?

Even if she couldn't change what had happened, at least she should prevent the war between the two sides and find a way to work together.

After all, whether it is the Gate of the Old Ones, which has no clues, or the ancient gods who are constantly accumulating power in the dark, they all want to bring this world into destruction. If they start fighting internally at this time, they will only be unlucky in the end.

"Benerro is stubborn, I can't go to his door to negotiate directly, so I need to find another way..."

Walking in the dark cellar, the "maid" murmured in a low voice, but another thought suddenly flashed through her mind.

After the long summer, the stars will bleed, and Azor Ahai will be reborn in the land of smoke and salt.

The land of smoke and salt, the land of smoke and salt...

The young man just now, isn't his territory the land of smoke and salt on Dragonstone?

For a moment, her steps unconsciously paused. Thinking about the previous things, she found that compared to the cowardly little girl, the young man named Renly was more suitable for the title of the son of prophecy no matter how you look at it.

But...

Thinking of the box filled with the aura of false gods and the strange shock she received when she opened the box, Melisandre couldn't help but frown.

...

The woman who was talking nonsense over there was tangled in her heart, and Renly was sitting at the desk thinking after sending her away.

He didn't have too many expectations for the so-called cooperation. It would be best if there was an effect, but if there was no effect, there would be no loss-

Killing the red-robed woman here can certainly temporarily solve the problem left by the hair color problem, but this problem can actually be solved by other methods.

In addition, he couldn't think of how much benefit killing the red-robed woman could bring to himself. Instead, it would be better to make a move of cooperation, or try to put the chess piece into the enemy.

"I hope it will be effective."

Looking forward to this in his heart, Renly felt a little headache after thinking about the previous things, but then he raised his hand and touched the Seven Gods mark on his left wrist.

After a moment of trance, he heard a pleasant female voice.

"Have you agreed to make a deal with the gods?"

"Let's not talk about that for now." Renly responded: "Can you change the color of human hair?"

"The gods can do this." The other party replied: "But it can't last long."

"How long can it last?"

"It depends on the person."

"Depends on the person?" Renly thought, how can dyeing hair depend on the person, but he didn't say much nonsense about it. After hearing this, he directly stated his purpose.

"My brother Robert, I want his hair to be golden, how long can it last?"