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#12 - Chapter 12: Hunting Expert
Liu Yuan and the others were settled in a tall tower, which the guards who handed them over said was called the 'Tower of Lament'. Whenever the cold wind blew through the stone cracks that had cracked due to the heat, it would emit a sound like weeping, hence the name of the tower.
The bottom of the tower consisted of some huge underground rooms, the lowest level of which was now used as a storage room and granary. Some of the soldiers of House Whent now lived there, and Liu Yuan and the others were arranged on the two floors above. It was said that no one had lived on the higher floors for more than eighty years.
Bandil's knights and squires occupied the best rooms, followed by the guards and these craftsmen. As for the lord's family and the two barons, they were nobles and lived in the Widow's Tower next to the main building.
Not all the servants lived here. For example, the kitchen staff were housed in a round stone building with a hemispherical roof. The entire building was Harrenhal's kitchen, twice the size of the hall of Crabshell Castle.
With nothing to do, Liu Yuan followed them to take a look, bypassing a godswood of about 20 acres. The castle's stables could accommodate thousands of horses at the same time, and the grooms, veterinarians, and farriers lived there. At this time, Liu Yuan discovered that they were not the first to arrive. They were a group of burly men. What really caught his attention was the gray wolf head emblem on their chests. It was very familiar, it was House Stark of the North.
Their accent was significantly different from Crab Island's. It was almost the Westerosi dialect, but Liu Yuan could still understand it. From their conversation, he learned that they were accompanying young Brandon Stark and Lyanna Stark. As for these two, Liu Yuan had no impression of them.
However, part of Harrenhal had already decayed. None of the five giant towers were intact. In particular, the tops of the towers were twisted and cracked, and a large number of bats lived on the tops of the towers. They were melted by the Targaryen dragonflame more than two hundred years ago, and the original name of the tower was lost with the death of Harren the Black.
House Whent only used the lower two-thirds of the five towers, and the rest gradually became ruins. Many places in the castle had not been visited for decades. Can you imagine? You've lived in a room for twenty years, and there are wild boars living upstairs.
In order to welcome the lords and nobles from all over the country, the castle began to be decorated. Many servants cleaned the ruins, cleared the rubble on the towers, and used large curtains to cover the cracks in the buildings. Everywhere was a busy scene.
Liu Yuan wandered around the castle like this. Because of his young age, no one took him seriously. As a blacksmith's apprentice, he went to the barracks hall with old Parker, which was originally the dining place for the castle's soldiers.
The armory located below the barracks hall was where the forge was located. The place here was very large, and there were more than a dozen forges. Old Parker picked an empty spot and happily put all his belongings there. The blacksmiths' tools all had their own marks, so they were not afraid of taking the wrong ones. This was the benefit of arriving early, you could choose your own location.
House Celtigar arrived eight days early. Ser Oswell Whent, the brother of the Earl of Harrenhal, invited Adrian to borrow his servants to help in the castle. This man was one of the Kingsguard under the king's command and had a great reputation in the Seven Kingdoms.
How shrewd was Earl Adrian! The Kingsguard had arrived, so would the king be far behind? This was an opportunity to show his loyalty, so he naturally had to express his sincerity and simply added his own soldiers to the castle's guard.
Liu Yuan had been idle these days and planned to go out for a walk. Considering the deadly smell of the camp outside the city, he decided to go fishing by the Gods Eye Lake.
He put on his weapon box, picked up his bucket and fishing rod, and went to the middle gate of Harrenhal, which was the north gate. Coincidentally, the guards on duty at the door happened to be soldiers from House Celtigar. He greeted them directly and went out. Liu Yuan's destination was the forest on the west side of Harrenhal.
Liu Yuan passed through this small forest and came to the shore of the Gods Eye Lake. The green lake surface was endless at a glance, and the gentle breeze was refreshing. Black swans flew by from time to time, and Liu Yuan saw that the swans were carrying trout in their mouths. He reached out and scooped up the warm lake water and washed his hands and face, which soon became stained.
This was a bit embarrassing. He had been on the road for several days and hadn't taken a bath for almost seven or eight days. He looked around, found a big tree, and put his weapon box, fishing gear, and clothes in the crown of the tree, which could not be seen from below unless you looked closely.
Then he put on a pair of shorts, picked up his short spear, and went into the water. Who knew that as soon as he entered the water, he suddenly felt his body warm and refreshed and full of strength. He hadn't experienced this feeling for a long time. After thinking about it carefully, this was exactly the passive skill [Rhythm of Water. Intermediate] that he had obtained before.
Thinking of this, he submerged into the water and tried it. Well, that's right, he had water elemental affinity. He could breathe in the water, continuously recover his stamina and energy in a watery environment, and reduce damage.
This was interesting. Could it be said that his current body still inherited those passive skills from before?
With the blessing of the Rhythm of Water, Liu Yuan could even swim like a fish in the water. He wantonly chased the swimming fish, easily piercing the fish body when they passed by. In just a moment, he caught seven trout, the size of which was about 40 centimeters and about eight pounds. The meat of this fish was delicious, and some high-quality varieties could be eaten raw.
He made a fire by the lake, simply processed the fish, and strung them on branches to roast. Due to limited conditions, Liu Yuan could only use salt and pepper to season it. (^O^) Well, it's delicious!
Liu Yuan stayed at the Gods Eye Lake until the afternoon. He did not go to the Isle of Faces, because he always felt that there was something in the depths of the Gods Eye Lake. Suppressing the curiosity in his heart, he carried the remaining four grilled fish back.
When Liu Yuan passed by the castle gate, it was still the same guards on duty in the morning. He directly left them three grilled fish. The soldiers were very happy and praised him for being capable, and that he could catch so many fish at such a young age.
In this way, another three days passed. Liu Yuan went out almost every day and brought back some prey every time. In fact, the mountains, forests, and lakes of this era belonged to the lord, including the prey inside. If the people wanted to hunt, they had to obtain permission.
If outsiders hunted privately, they would be sentenced to 'poaching' once caught by the soldiers. As for the fate of these poachers, it would depend on the lord's mood. Generally, it was equivalent to theft and would be punished with whipping or cutting off hands and feet.
But in the countries of Westeros, there was still a way out, that was to swear to join the Night's Watch and go to the Wall and never leave.
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