Chapter 144 False God and True God

in the castle hall.

The eldest Princess Renes Targaryen sat on a high throne, wearing a decent black velvet dress, with the Targaryen family crest embroidered in gold on her left chest.

A delicate and beautiful cheek, black eyes like autumn water, long brown wavy curly hair hanging down her back, and on top of the girl's head is the queen's crown left by her grandmother, with a fire in it. red gem.

This crown, which belonged to the queen, was originally worn by women. Viserys could still wear it when he was a child, but now it is no longer suitable as he grows up.

So Viserys left the crown in the castle, and he melted some gold and recast a crown that belonged to him.

now.

Renis sat on the throne in the main hall, holding the armrests of the throne with both hands, overlooking the red-robed witch who was kneeling on the ground and slowly stood up, and then said.

"Your name is Melisandre?"

The girl's clear voice echoed in the empty hall.

"As Her Royal Highness said."

The witch in red stood at the bottom of the hall, her voice was slightly hazy and hoarse, but there was no turbulence, and she responded very calmly.

The attitude is neither humble nor high.

"You are the messenger of the Red God?"

And Renis sat on the throne, the rubies on her forehead gleamed in the sunlight on both sides of the hall, and then continued to ask.

"My identity is so humble that I dare not pretend to be the messenger of the King of Light. However, this line of work is also to spread the brilliance of the true God."

Melisandre answered Renise's questions fluently, without the slightest hesitation and loopholes, as if she had prepared a case in advance.

She denied that she was the messenger of the Lord of Light, but said that her status was low enough to be called the messenger of God.

Because Viserys once called herself a messenger of the Seven Gods, if she called herself a messenger of the Lord of Light, they would be on an equal footing to some extent.

Melisandre just said she was here to spread the faith of the Lord of Light.

"This"

Hearing the other party's answer, Renice frowned slightly.

In fact, there are many believers in the Lord of Light on the Essos continent, and red-robed monks can often be seen in various cities.

They traveled around spreading the belief in the Lord of Light, building red temples, buying slave children or adopting abandoned orphans to be their monks, temple prostitutes or warriors.

For the past few hundred years, they have been relatively restrained and tolerant, and rarely conflicted with the local sects, so many places on the Essos continent can tolerate the mission of the red-robed monks.

Even far away in Westeros, there is a small red temple in the old town, the stronghold of the belief in the Seven Gods.

And Renis has also seen the figure of the red-robed monk preaching in Andalos, but there is no red temple born here yet.

"Melisandre, don't you know that my uncle is a messenger of the seven gods?"

Renice frowned for a while, and then asked again.

This time, she didn't joke anymore, her delicate little face was serious, because she always felt some inexplicable pressure when facing this red-robed witch.

And this is no trivial matter.

"The brilliance of false gods is naturally incomparable to true gods."

And Melisandre heard Renice's question and answered directly without any hesitation.

"Bold!"

The guards standing on both sides of the main hall were the first Andal warriors who followed Viserys. They were naturally furious when they heard that the witch in red robes dared to utter nonsense here, insulting the Seven Gods as false gods.

Her teacher, Maester Gunther, who was sitting beside Renice, also frowned, then turned his head to look at the girl sitting on the throne.

He felt that this was a very disrespectful act, and that Rhaenys should take the punishment on behalf of Viserys, drag the woman out and whip it, and then drive out Andalos.

Because the guest this time was a red-robed witch who was involved in the occult, Mi Li, the magic and occult consultant in the castle, naturally came to the scene and sat side by side with the bachelor.

However, she believes in the Supreme Faun, not the Seven Gods, so she doesn't care about Melisandre's words.

only

Mi Li clenched her palm tightly, looking at Melisandre with a bit of danger and scrutiny.

If this red-robed witch wants to join Andalos, it will definitely affect her status.

However, even though Renice had a good temper, she frowned upon hearing Melisandre's words, but her reaction was not as violent as that of the guards and the maester, and she just waved her hand to stop the guards' actions.

Then the girl looked at the red-robed witch with beautiful eyes and said seriously.

"Melisandre."

"I need to correct you, the Lord of Light is the true God, and the Seven Gods are also true Gods."

"If you make such a mistake again, I'm afraid you will need to find a samurai to take your place in the trial by combat."

Renice looked at the witch in the red robe and warned.

She didn't lie.

Although Renice's character is kind, if the woman in front of her is more open-minded, Renice will order the other party to be executed or the other party can find a knight to replace her to conduct a trial by combat.

And Melisandre naturally heard Renice's warning and bowed slightly, but remained calm.

She didn't seem to see that the surrounding guards had pressed their hands on the hilt of the sword. She didn't deny or agree to Renice's words, but paused, and then she continued to speak.

"Everyone has a choice."

"In the future, there will be no difference between men and women, young and old, noble and lowly."

"Throw the light, or follow the dark."

"Promote good, or follow evil."

"Believe in Allah, or worship false gods."

"I do not deny the nobility of your uncle, His Majesty Viserys III Targaryen."

The red-robed witch stood quietly in the center of the hall, her voice slowly echoing.

"on the contrary."

"I think His Majesty is the reincarnation of the savior Azor Ahai. In the future, he will wield a flaming sword called the Lightbringer, also known as the Red Sword of Heroes, and awaken the dragon from the rock to end this eternal war. strife."

Melisandre's words were a bit rambunctious, and they sounded like they made a lot of sense, but they all seemed to be nonsense throughout.

Renice and the surrounding guards were all confused and confused. Only the bachelor seemed to understand some of the witch's words, and his eyes widened in shock.

"His Royal Highness, I think this red-robed witch should be expelled immediately."

"Her words are dangerous."

Then the maester took a deep breath and whispered in Renice's ear.

However, Renice was silent for a while, and finally shook her head, and did not follow her teacher's advice to drive the red-robed witch away.

"Mr. Gunther, she's here for Viserys, and I can't just drive her away."

"Let's take care of this after he comes back."