Night falls.
Drogon is back. After eating and drinking, it takes a nap on the King's Tower, looking unconcerned with the world.
Night's Watch burned corpses on Training Yard, they have been doing this these days. First the corpses of Night's Watch and Wildlings, and then the corpse of the Baila Theon cavalry.
Gary only left the body of Stannis so that he can go to the outside of the city tomorrow to recruit the eight hundred cavalry.
Mance Rayder's body was also cremated. Gary was very "merciful" and allowed the Wildlings people in the dungeon to come out to participate in the cremation ceremony, and also asked the two Baila Theon soldiers to come out and confess their guilt.
Then Gary lit the fire himself in front of Wildlings and Wa'er.
After the ceremony, the Wildlingss were escorted back to the dungeon, and Night's Watch also continued to burn the corpses of Baila Theon soldiers. There were more than five hundred corpses, enough for them to work all night.
King's Tower, top floor room.
Gary solved the internal conflict of Castle Black from the root, so there is no need for Ygritte and Gilly to hide in his room anymore.
The two girls have their own rooms in Harding Tower, and they are all there now. For example, Ygritte is waiting for him in Jon's room.
In Gary's room, he was discussing future plans with Jon.
The two stood by the stove to keep warm, and Jon said, "Carter Pike and his two hundred Night's Watch did not enter the city with Stannis. He stayed outside the city, seemingly waiting for the final winner to appear."
Jon agrees very much with Carter Parker's approach, because Night's Watch should never have participated in Seven Kingdoms's power struggle and should always remain neutral.
Gary also learned about Night's Watch's current military strength, "Shadow Tower also has nearly two hundred Night's Watch over there, and they will also come to Castle Black soon. At that time, you will elect a new commander-in-chief."
"Well, that's right. Carter Pike and Dennis Mallister, the two commanders have very senior qualifications in Night's Watch, and they are both good contenders for the commander-in-chief."
Jon was not very familiar with either of them, but he had a hunch that no matter who became the commander-in-chief in the end, Castle Black's Night's Watch would be suppressed.
Gary didn't care about seniority. He said directly, "I will support you in electing the commander-in-chief. The commander-in-chief of Castle Black can only be you. Then after we eliminate White Walkers, you and I will return to Winterfell."
Jon laughed dumbly, "Me? It's impossible, they won't obey me. And you're not Night's Watch, how can you interfere in Night's Watch's commander-in-chief election?"
The key is that there is a stain on him now, which is Ygritte, the woman Wildlings who had a relationship with him.
Gary turned his head to the side, with murderous intent in his eyes, "I have an army, I have Dragon. Anyone who disagrees will be killed."
Jon thought Gary was joking, "Then go and kill all four hundred Night's Watch. They will definitely choose their own commanders when they are alive, and there is no way they can choose me."
Unexpectedly, Gary nodded extremely seriously and said, "Okay, I will set out tomorrow and use Dragonfire to burn them all to death."
Jon was startled, "Hey, hey, don't be kidding. If you really kill them all, who will defend the Wall? Wildlings?"
He couldn't help but hold his forehead and said with a wry smile, "Wildlings is more unruly and unruly than Night's Watch. We can only form alliances with them, but cannot conquer them."
Gary thought for a moment and suggested, "I can leave part of the army to you to help you defend Wall."
"No, Lannister in the south is eyeing the North. Every one of your soldiers is very important and must not be wasted here. I will solve the problems of Wildlings and Night's Watch by myself, so you don't have to worry about it."
Jon rejected Gary's kindness. He believed that he could not drag Gary down, and King in the North should focus on the entire the North, not just the Wall.
Gary knows that Samwell is about to return. Maybe he can help Jon win the position of commander-in-chief like in the series. "Then I'll wait and see."
The two chatted for a while, until late at night, Jon left "reluctantly".
Of course it's not that he doesn't want to part with Gary, it's just that Ygritte in the room... this is Castle Black. There's something wrong with breaking an oath...
Gary didn't want to care whether he broke his oath or not. After seeing Jon's intention, he immediately chased him away.
"Get out! There is no discussion. I won't make do with you for the night. Go back to your own room."
After Jon left, Gary did not go to bed immediately.
He came to the next floor. Two rooms on this floor housed Melisandre and Val respectively. Both of them were special prisoners who needed special attention, so Gary put them under his nose.
"Dong dong dong."
Gary knocked on Melisandre's door, "Open the door, witch."
The sound of chains dragging on the floor came from the room, and then the door was opened.
Melisandre at the door still looks like an old woman, with shackles tied around her ankles and a long dress that has been washed white.
Such an old skirt, at first glance, does not belong to Melisandre's style. It should have been prepared for her by Night's Watch.
"Please come in, the priest of Supreme God."
Melisandre turned back to the stove and continued to sit there, staring at Flame motionless.
Gary entered the room and closed the door. He walked to Melisandre and asked, "Have you been watching for a long time? Has your god given you a new prophecy?"
Melisandre shook his head dully, "Since I came to the Wall, I obviously feel that Mana is getting stronger day by day. But after entering Castle Black, my Mana became weaker again... I must have done something wrong to make Lord of Light take back its power."
Gary chuckled a few times, "Let me tell you why your Mana will become weaker. Because Supreme God is dispelling the power of Lord of Light, so you will be weak."
Melisandre usually doesn't need to eat and relies entirely on the power of Lord of Light to survive. So the Mana stored in the ruby is her life. Without the ruby, she probably won't survive tonight.
"Is the priest here to see me off on my last journey?"
There's no way he's here to sleep with her, right?
Melisandre is quite confident in her appearance and figure, but that was the posture she had when she was young with the blessing of ruby Magic.
Now with her Crone appearance, King in the North probably has little appetite.
The reason why Gary left Melisandre alive is because of the old problem of lack of talents. Professional-level magicians like Melisandre are precisely the talents that Supreme God Faith is in urgent need of at this stage.
"I want you to abandon darkness and embrace light. Give up false gods and fall into the arms of Supreme God."
Melisandre turned around and glanced at Gary, mockingly saying, "Do you know my age? Do you know how long I have believed in Lord of Light? Two hundred years! With just a few words of yours, do you want me to turn my back on Lord of Light?"
Gary pinched her neck and lifted her up, "Still obsessed with it? Very good, I want to see how devout your belief in Lord of Light is."
He threw Melisandre on the bed, sat on the edge of the bed, and held Melisandre's hand tightly.
Gary secretly activated Magic and forcibly dragged Melisandre into the dream.
"What are you doing?" Melisandre asked sharply while feeling dizzy.
Gary grinned and said, "Take you to witness another world, a world without Lord of Light!"
The two of them closed their eyes at the same time and fell on the same bed. Immediately afterwards, the ice and snow outside the house slowly gathered and formed an ice egg, which enveloped the two of them.
"Squeak."
The door was pushed open through a small gap. Wa'er, the neighbor next door, heard the noise and came over to check on the situation.
When she saw the ice eggs on the bed, she couldn't help but think a lot, "No way, the king of the North doesn't even spare the old lady? Is he... blind? Am I not prettier than Crone? Or is he in the wrong room?"
Val thought what was going on was so unbelievable that she deliberately carried her child to Melisandre's room, sat by the stove, and waited for the ice eggs to thaw.