Chapter 210: Strange Stone
Drogon certainly knew that Marwyn insisted on staying for his own sake, but he didn't care about it. He didn't worry that Marwyn would do anything bad to him.
In response to Daenerys's question, Drogon gave a brief explanation, because Marwyn was not suitable to be the royal teacher and was not welcomed by the Citadel.
After listening to Drogon's explanation, Daenerys felt at a loss whether to laugh or cry. No wonder Marwyn was not very happy when he heard that he was to be the royal teacher.
After sending Marwyn away, Drogon thought of Shireen again, wondering if Sam had found a cure for greyscale.
He had nothing to do these days, so he planned to go to the old town to see shireen.
When Daenerys learned that Drogon was going to see Shireen, she also wanted to go, but she had no choice but to let Drogon go to the Citadel of Oldtown by himself as King's Landing had just been taken and his coronation was imminent.
Westeros is a long continent, narrow from east to west and long from north to south, and is divided into the South and the North.
Oldtown is located in the southwest corner of Westeros. It is the oldest city in Westeros, the largest port city, and one of the five major cities.
It has always been owned by the Hightower family of the River Reach, who are the second richest family in the River Reach after Lord Tyrell.
This also allowed them to accumulate enough wealth to establish the Citadel, which they have been funding to this day.
Flying over the towering tower, Drogon landed in front of the gate of the Citadel. After flying in, he saw Laresa, whom he had seen last time when he brought Shireen here.
Laresa, who was proofreading a book at his desk, did not notice Drogon's arrival until he was startled when Drogon flew onto the book he was reading.
"You...you are the black dragon Drogon who came with Shireen last time?" Looking at Drogon, Laresa said excitedly.
As the gathering place for news in Westeros, Laresa already knew that Drogon led two other dragons to defeat the sea monster and the combined fleet.
As a member of the Citadel, he knew much more than ordinary people and understood how powerful the enemies Drogon faced were.
Although the Citadel has always disliked dragons, creatures that are out of control, it does not prevent Laresa from personally admiring Drogon.
"Are you here to look for Shireen and Sam? I'll take you there now." After confirming Drogon's identity, Laresa swept away the coldness she had when she first met Shireen and became very enthusiastic.
Following Laresa into the school city, after turning two corners, we arrived at where Sam and shireen lived.
I knocked on the door, and soon, a short little girl with a bandage on her face opened the door.
"Maester Laresa... Drogon!" As soon as Shireen saw Laresa, she saw Drogon leaning out from behind Laresa.
"Drogon, I missed you so much!"
The dragon has been brought, Laresa says goodbye and leaves, Shireen holds Drogon in her arms, stroking him.
After rubbing Shireen's little hand, Drogon looked at Shireen's face. Half of her face and half of her neck were wrapped in bandages, leaving only the other half of her face and two eyes exposed.
"Drogon, Sam really found a cure for greyscale, you are amazing!"
When Shireen realized that Drogon was looking at her face, she did not avoid it at all. She held her face and spoke to him.
Knowing that Sam did not let him down, Drogon thought of the treatment process of greyscale and gently nudged Shireen, wondering how a little girl like her could go through the pain of having the disease cut out alive.
As soon as they entered the room, Shireen pushed the paper and pen on the table to Drogon, wanting to talk to him.
After chatting with Shireen for a while, Drogon learned that Shireen already knew the news that the Dragonstone army had captured King's Landing and Daenerys was about to be crowned, and he regretted that he could not make it to the event.
During the period, Shireen also asked a lot of details about the battle with the Night King and the coalition of gods, and Drogon's paws were a little sleepy when writing.
After chatting with Shireen for a while and not hearing her ask about her father Stannis, Drogon knew that she must have known the news of her father's death, but she was strong enough not to bring it up again.
But Drogon felt it necessary to mention this matter, so he wrote a paragraph and handed it to Shireen.
"When the Night's Watch asked for help from the nobles, only your father went to the Wall. He sacrificed his life to resist the White Walkers. The whole of Westeros will remember his name. When he was dying, he entrusted you to Davos. He was a good father!"
After seeing what Drogon wrote, Shireen could no longer hold back her tears.
She cried and said, "My father has always been very good to me when I was a child. If he hadn't visited famous doctors all over the continent, I would have died of grayscale long ago and would not be alive today." After saying this, Shireen cried even more sadly.
He took a silk cloth from the side and handed it to shireen to prevent tears from entering the wound. He did not try to persuade shireen and let her cry and vent.
After crying for almost five minutes, Shireen slowly stopped sobbing.
Drogon knew that Shireen was very strong and she did not cry when she left Dragonstone, but she must have been holding it in for a long time. If she had kept the news of her father's death to herself, it would have had an impact on her body and mind over time.
The reason why Drogon said that was not only to affirm Stannis's achievements, but also to let Shireen vent her inner frustration.
When Shireen calmed down, Drogon chatted with her for a while. As it got darker, he watched her fall asleep before quietly leaving the room.
In the dead of night, Drogon sneaked into the secret library of the Citadel again. He always felt that he should come again, as if there was something in it that he had overlooked, but he could not remember what it was.
After flying in, he flipped through the content he had read before, but didn't find the answer he wanted, so Drogon started flipping through other books.
Soon, a line of handwriting caught his eye, "After we discovered the uniqueness of the black foundation stone of the towering tower, we searched for other information about black stone around the world, only to discover that there are many huge buildings built with black stone on the other two continents." - "Strange Stones", author Xierlun.
After seeing the content on the front page of "Strange Stone", drogon thought for a moment and continued to scroll down.
"The black foundation stone under the towering tower of Oldtown and the seastone seat of the Iron Islands should be made of the same material, both of which are built of a dark and shiny boulder. And the creature that built them is probably a creature called the Deep One, which has a fish head and a human body, and is the product of the hybridization of humans and marine creatures."
The main thing recorded in "Strange Stones" is a kind of stone called black stone.
Black oil is extremely petroleum-based and has a greasy surface. Even after being wiped clean with a cloth, it will still slowly ooze grease.
In addition to the towering tower of House Hightower in Oldtown and the ancient throne of Seastone in the Iron Islands, there are also buildings made of Blackstone in other parts of the world.
The destroyed labyrinth of Loras among the nine free trade cities; the black wall of Volantis, another trade city-state; the ancient ruins of Yilin in the southern continent; and the giant toad statues in the Basilisk Islands are all made of this extremely sticky black stone.
The place with the most blackstone is in Essos in the eastern continent and Asshai next to the Shadow Land, where this stone is almost everywhere.
After seeing "Strange Stone", drogon realized what he was looking for in the library.
Black Stone is not a random fabrication, but a big trap set by the original author, Mr. Martin!