In this way, Gary settled in Citadel.
Every few days, a scholar would come to him and say that he had discovered a clue.
"Messenger, for more than a hundred years, Viserys·Targaryen II once added a green gem the size of a crow's egg to his crown. The gem is priceless, and it is said that it can also glow at night."
"Besides glowing? What other characteristics does it have?"
"It's big."
"..."
More than ten days later, another scholar found Gary.
"Sir Messenger, I read the documents day and night, and finally found the clue to Green Crystal for His Majesty the King."
"Tell me about it."
"Essos's Elvet Mountain is rich in a kind of green amber..."
Gary didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and waved his hand to chase people away.
A few days later, another scholar came to my door.
"Messenger, House Lannister's ancestral Valyrian steel sword has a red gemstone on it, which can release warmth..."
Gary scratched his forehead, the person in front of him even remembered the wrong color.
"What I'm looking for is not a decoration, but a stone with special powers."
The scholar argued. "The records in the literature on this aspect are all mentioned briefly. If the messenger wants to know whether the gem has special abilities, he should check it himself. We can only provide clues."
It's right to ask you to provide clues, but the clues you can provide must also be valuable.
Gary did not argue with him and stood up to see the guest off.
Time passes day by day, and half a year flies by in a blink of an eye.
During this period of time, more and more scholars found "clues". They diligently browsed various documents, excerpted all the passages that mentioned the word "gem", and provided them to Gary.
Most of the "clues" cannot be called clues, they are all secrets between nobles.
For example, a certain Duke gave a beautiful gemstone necklace to the wife of a certain Earl, and their secret affair was never discovered by the certain Earl.
Another example is that the son of a certain king was mentally retarded and actually took off the crown jewels, swallowed them in his throat, and choked to death.
Gary has no interest in these aristocratic secrets and excludes them one by one.
Only a handful of scholars who studied occultism and Magic provided him with a few reasonably useful clues.
Magic and occultism are despised subjects in Citadel. Few scholars are willing to get involved, and even apprentices who take the initiative to study this subject will be ostracized by others.
The maesters are committed to building a world without Magic, without dragons, and without mysterious creatures.
Gary cannot understand what scholars are doing, but in his heart, Citadel still has a high position.
Just imagine, on Westeros, almost every noble castle will have a bachelor sent by Citadel. They are active in various castles as doctors, teachers, etc., and some bachelors can even participate in decision-making.
Not only will these bachelors not be loyal to the nobles they serve, they will also always maintain contact with Citadel.
To put it bluntly, they are collecting documents and recording history.
In fact, Citadel is essentially the largest and most powerful intelligence network in the entire continent.
If they had no political stance and swore a sacred oath, they would remain neutral at all times. No king would allow such a dangerous existence to exist.
Of course, this is why Gary insists on coming to Citadel to look for clues.
Gary After finishing today's breakfast, he picked up a piece of white paper on the desk and came to the window sill to breathe in the fresh air.
The paper recorded clues that he thought might be useful. After half a year of screening, he only retained two.
"The Maltai family of Dorne has the blood of Rhoynar. Rhoynar originally lived in Essos and they made good use of water Magic. More than a thousand years ago, Rhoynar had a war with the Valyrian Freehold Empire of Valirea that attempted to unify Essos. Unfortunately, the water Magic could not defeat Dragonfire. They eventually went into exile in Dorne and combined with the Maltai family. Among the treasures Rhoynar brought, there are countless gems. Maybe there is the one that His Majesty is looking for..."
Magic and gems, well, it's possible, to be determined.
However, the second clue is what he really values.
"Before the ancient Valyrian civilization was destroyed, Valilea Valyrian Freehold had unified Essos. They planned to cross the sea and conquer Westeros, and they also made a lot of plans in advance, such as sending House Targaryen settled in Dragonstone. But at this critical moment, Valilea Valyrian Freehold suddenly gave up on conquering Westeros. Is there anything more important than conquering a continent?"
"There are rumors that they found the sacred stone lost by the gods in the mortal world, and the mysterious natural disaster that destroyed them was the punishment of the gods..."
Highlight it, the sacred stone of the gods.
Gary went to other bachelors for verification, and there was indeed such a "gossip" recorded in the documents about Valyrian civilization.
However, there are so many unreliable rumors like this that scholars advise Gary not to believe it.
What's more, the ruins of Valilea's old city are a dangerous place full of dangers.
Since the fall of the Valilean civilization, there have been greedy adventurers who want to find the remaining treasures in these ruins.
Even some of the great nobles of Westeros sent people there, but very few of them came back alive.
Some survivors said that the place was filled with strange smoke, which could make people contract diseases. Others said that demons and sea monsters were infested in the ruins, and the punishment from the gods was not over yet.
Although it is very dangerous, as long as they think that there may be priceless treasures such as Dragon Egg, Valyrian steel, Magic knowledge in the ruins, people will still come to this land of death to hunt for treasures.
Gary calculated the time and found that he still had three years. If he went to the distant Essos, most of this time would be wasted on the journey, and there would not be much time left for him to actually do things.
"Essos, first go to the Valyrian ruins to look for clues, and then steal the three Dragon Egg from Dragon Mother."
Oldtown is a port town, where there are many fleets doing ocean-going business.
Gary spent money to find a merchant ship going to Volantis to do business more than a week ago.
He asked them to take him along with them when they returned this time.
Volantis and the Valyrian ruins are both located at the southern end of Essos, and they are not too far apart.
The merchant ship was leaving today. Gary simply packed up and pretended to go out for a stroll as usual. There were still a few days left before the half-year period, so he planned to leave without saying goodbye.
Of course he was not afraid of those scholars, but he was hiding from the Bila Theon soldiers near Citadel.
King Robert wrote many times urging him to return to King's Landing. He always used excuses to reply to the letters and did not take them to heart.
A month ago, the king once again sent several House Baratheon knights and dozens of ordinary soldiers with armor and swords.
Let them urge Gary to return to King's Landing as soon as possible.
Gary couldn't kill them in public, so he had to delay it on the grounds of half a year.
Now that the time is approaching, he has got another clue, so he naturally needs to get out of the way as soon as possible.
In half a year, he has become very familiar with the terrain of Oldtown. With his familiarity with the terrain, he got rid of the knights and soldiers who followed him in the market.
Then Gary smoothly arrived at the port along the intricate alleys and boarded the reserved merchant ship.
Wearing a black cloak, he sat quietly on the sea side of the merchant ship, waiting for the fleet to set off.
From time to time, white Raven would fly by the seaside, and Gary stared at them, thoughtfully.
This kind of white ravens are very common in Oldtown because they are raised by maesters. They are different from ordinary ravens, which are used to convey messages. White ravens are only used to convey information about seasonal changes.
Gary looked at them and couldn't help but think of Krysalis, who had been missing for a long time. Although Krysalis has always been elusive, this is the first time that he has not appeared for six months in a row.
In the past six months, he has gone to the uninhabited mountainous area outside Oldtown alone many times, but he has never been able to see Krysalis.
"Where did he go? Did something happen to him?" He looked at the sky uneasily and said to himself.
At this moment, an uninvited guest quietly arrived.
A chubby figure walked up to him and sat down without saying anything.
Gary didn't turn around, "Go away, I don't like strangers approaching."
The visitor slowly spoke and said, "Great Ice Wizard, hello, my name is Varys. His Majesty the King sent me here to assign you a new task."