A Western fantasy journey that began with Game of Thrones

The swamplander Howland Reed was short and thin, wearing a grey, inconspicuous robe. He looked quite ordinary, the kind of person who could not be noticed at a glance in the crowd, but Renly had to pay attention to him.

Not only because he "stole" his dagger, but also because he seemed to be an extraordinary person.

When he saw the swamplander, he was walking in the corridor of Maegor's Holdfast under the guidance of a servant. When he saw him suddenly, Renly subconsciously thought that there was some special "magic mark" on the dagger, and this person followed the mark to find him?

However, despite thinking so, he approached and greeted him without any abnormality.

"Long time no see, Lord Howland."

"Hello, Lord Renly." The other party returned the greeting, and his expression did not seem strange, which made Renly secretly relieved. Then he asked curiously: "Why is the lord here?"

This question is very normal, because only certain people can enter Maegor's Holdfast, such as royal children, such as the "relatives" of the Lannister family.

"I have some knowledge of architecture, and His Majesty Robert invited me to inspect the Red Castle and help customize the renovation plan."

This person answered like this, and the Red Castle servant beside him nodded.

Renly said "oh" and was completely relieved, so he lost interest and said: "Then you go first, sir, I have to go back and rest first, and I have to attend the banquet in the evening."

He was about to leave after he finished speaking, but the other party suddenly stopped him, and then asked under Renly's strange eyes: "Lord Renly, I heard that you have a black cat?"

"Yes." Renly nodded.

Everyone in the Red Castle knew about this matter, because this black cat was quite famous in the Red Castle, and after Renly's "amnesty" the news also caused a lot of discussion among bored people.

Later, the twins of the Redwyne family foolishly ran to the throne room and asked Robert, who was not yet king, for the cat. As a result, they were laughed at by many nobles who were listening. The two little fools were so embarrassed that they gave up. The cat became more famous.

"Can I see the cat?"

The swamplander saw him nod and said hurriedly: "It's very important to me."

"What's so important about a cat?" Renly asked curiously.

Although he knew that the cat was very unusual, he couldn't imagine how the cat could be related to the swamplander.

"The cat may be a special species that has disappeared for a long time." The swamplander answered seriously: "And I usually like to study the animal species in Westeros, and I hope to observe it up close."

You can fool a three-year-old child with this. Renly pouted secretly, but on the surface he said regretfully: "It sounds interesting, but it's a pity that I haven't seen the cat for several days."

"It disappeared?" The swamplander frowned.

"I guess so, or it may have run away to some corner." Renly said, "The cat was originally a wild cat. Stannis said that wild cats are never tamed, so I'm not surprised that it ran away."

The other party was a little disappointed when he heard this, but he didn't bother much. Instead, he sighed and said goodbye to him politely.

Turning his head to watch his back leave, Renly touched his chin thoughtfully.

He didn't lie. Since he left the dungeon, the cat has been missing, and no one knows where it ran away.

Renly felt very sorry about this, because it was indeed a very special cat, and it was a pity to lose it. But it was special, but why did this marshlander look for it?

Because of the skinchanger?

In many folk tales, the North is home to special beings called shapeshifters who can possess animals, and Renly had long suspected that the black cat was possessed by a shapeshifter, which was why he was so smart...

He made a random guess in his mind, but it was impossible to figure out the specific situation, and this question was not important among his many questions, so Renly stopped paying attention to it and prepared to continue on his way.

As a result, when he turned around, he suddenly saw two sneaky boys looking over here at the corner of the open-air corridor.

This made Renly suddenly suspect that his cat was caught by these two naughty kids, so without hesitation, he walked towards them quickly with the two guards behind him.

The twins with strange orange hair were startled by this, and they seemed to have not expected that they would be discovered. They quickly retracted their heads to avoid it, but unfortunately Renly had already identified them, so even if the two guys ran back to their rooms, they could not escape Renly's questioning.

"Did you steal my cat?"

After knocking on the door, there was a questioning voice. The two ugly faces that poked their heads out from behind the door looked at each other and answered in unison: "We didn't steal your cat!"

"Then why did you run away when you saw me?" Renly asked in disbelief.

"You look scary." The tall and strong boy answered carefully, while the short and thin boy said the opposite: "If we don't run, do we have to call you adults? We don't want to call you that!"

What a ridiculous reason. Renly frowned, a little unconvinced, but it didn't seem like the two guys were lying, so he repeated the question.

"You really didn't steal my cat?"

"Thieves steal things!"

The short twins said confidently: "If we want to do something, we will rob, not steal!"

As soon as the voice fell, the big guy poked his brother next to him and whispered in a very subtle voice: "Don't say that, this guy is now the lord of Dragonstone, you can't rob him randomly."

"What are you afraid of? Our father is still the Lord of the Arbor."

The short man retorted in a low voice, but then he changed the subject and looked at Renly and said, "I heard that you are going to Highgarden to be my grandmother's adopted son? Then we will be a family in the future, and we should be closer, so I don't blame you for wronging us. Do you want to play with us?"

"I don't want to play with idiots."

Renly answered seriously, "Especially two idiots who are ugly, stupid, and look exactly the same."

This made the short man's face darken, and he gritted his teeth and glared at the guy in front of him, as if he was about to roll up his sleeves to fight. The big man next to him snorted and said indignantly, "You are beautiful, you annoying guy!"

After that, he closed the door tightly with a bang, which was also a relief for his brother who pretended to fight but didn't move his feet at all.

Renly didn't care about being "rejected from the door". He relied on his sensitive ears to listen to some noises inside and began to frown and think.

They seemed to have nothing to do with the disappearance of the black cat.

So where did his cat go?

Originally, Renly didn't take it too seriously. But today, when the Marshlander showed up, he thought it was important to find the cat... but there was no clue.

Walking absentmindedly on the way back to his residence, he met the little devil of the Lannister family and greeted him on the way. The other party looked at him a little strangely, which made Renly puzzled again.

But he didn't care much. After returning to the room and searching, he didn't find any corner where the cat was hiding, nor did he find any relevant clues. Instead, Renly found that the things he lost were not limited to the cat.

There was also a pile of egg shells.

A pile of dragon egg shells that he had once wrapped up and locked in a box because he disliked the taste...