At that moment, Viserys sensed an invisible magic enveloping an area ahead from his perch on the dragon's back. He knew they were nearly there.
Looking down at the little girl, who was already panting, Viserys climbed down from King Ghidorah's back, intending to walk the last stretch with her.
Ygritte was glad to see Viserys come down to accompany her. She was already terribly frightened, but having him beside her eased her fear considerably.
King Ghidorah followed overhead alone, her enormous shadow sweeping back and forth over their heads from time to time. Ygritte was clearly fascinated by the dragon and kept looking up.
"Does she really listen to you?" Ygritte could not help asking.
"King Ghidorah is very clever. She has a mind of her own," Viserys explained. "But there's a bond between us. She's my companion."
"The Free Folk have animal companions too," Ygritte said. "Wolves, eagles, even snow bears and mammoths. But none of them can compare to a dragon."
"Where exactly are we going?" Ygritte looked at Viserys beside her and could not help asking again, her voice hushed. "There are bad things here. The elders say this is the singers of the forest's territory. We shouldn't have come in."
"Have you forgotten the dragon above us? Besides, we came here to meet the Children of the Forest," Viserys replied briefly.
He could already feel eyes watching them from deep within the woods. It was probably the Greenseer observing them through the eyes on the weirwoods.
At last, the Three-Eyed Crow alighted on an unusually thick weirwood. There was also a cave half concealed by vines and roots. Its entrance was so narrow that only one person could squeeze through, but after a few dozen paces, it suddenly opened up.
The cave walls were no