The Mountain of Ice and Fire

Chapter 1007: Rude but Reasonable

(Plot Forecast: The plan is for a two-chapter finale. Leave a message if you remember any plot holes that haven't been filled.)

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"Madam Flandre, I'm surprised you even know about the Night's Watch's Gift," Mountain said respectfully.

Madam Flandre seemed to only then remember Mountain and Daenerys: "Your Majesty the King, Your Majesty the Queen, please forgive an old woman's senility. The moment I saw Madam Melisandre, I forgot I was in your Majesties' chambers."

Daenerys smiled: "Madam Flandre, I enjoy listening to your conversation with Madam Melisandre very much."

"Oh, is that so? Queen Daenerys, I heard that the King's wife is not actually you," Madam Flandre said. Saying this directly to Daenerys's face was impolite.

Mountain felt his authority being slighted. Although he was somewhat wary of the blood witch elder, as these witches always possessed some unknown magical abilities, he had also killed many powerful witches. As long as one was careful not to fall for their tricks, witches were actually just like ordinary people, easily defeated.

Mountain restrained himself and said calmly: "My union with Queen Daenerys is out of mutual affection, sincere and genuine, and also has the sincere support and blessings of my Queen Jane. I respect my Queen Jane, I also respect Queen Daenerys, and at the same time, I also respect you."

Mountain's implication was a direct jab at Flandre's lack of respect for him and Daenerys, and the subsequent 'I also respect you' already carried a hint of threat.

To kill such an old woman, Mountain could kill a thousand with one punch.

Madam Melisandre felt a slight sense of unease, as she could sense Mountain's anger. She had sworn allegiance to Mountain as a courtier, and even if she no longer served as his courtier, she would build a Red God temple in the Night's Watch's territory, which would still be under the king's authority, on land under the king's authority. Based on Melisandre and Mountain's 'comrade-in-arms' friendship, it was her duty to protect Mountain.

But Madam Flandre was also her 'old friend'.

The madam's words were inappropriate and had already displeased His Majesty the King.

If the two of them fought, hurting either of them would be something Melisandre did not want to see.

Melisandre looked at Daenerys, her eyes full of what she wanted to say to Daenerys. She hoped that Daenerys could 'resolve' the 'hostility' between His Majesty the King and Madam Flandre.

Daenerys smiled slightly!

She did not mind Flandre's disrespect earlier.

Daenerys had experienced a hundred times more vicious insults than the words Madam Flandre had spoken. Some inhuman and terrible experiences had created Daenerys's character of being unfazed by honor or disgrace. When it came to being calm and reserved, Daenerys was more resilient than Mountain. It was just that her tempered heart was well concealed by her beauty and outgoing personality.

"Madam Flandre, may I ask you a question that may be very impolite?" Daenerys said with a smile. Her smile was different from Mountain's. Mountain's smile carried a faint condescending threat, while Daenerys's smile was only friendly and sincere.

"Any impolite words, I can accept, and I will never be angry," the old woman Flandre said with a smile. Her words seemed to be responding to the King's 'I also respect you' with a slight threat. The wrinkles on the old woman's face when she smiled made her look like a warm old grandmother from next door, but in reality, she was an old woman feared by necromancers and poisoners.

Those who can heal can also kill; those who can detoxify can also use poison!

"Madam said just now that the King's queen is not me, and there is nothing wrong with that statement. What the King heard from this sentence was humiliation, but I am different. What I heard was that Madam is defending Queen Jane's honor and dignity. Queen Jane is in Qarth, helping the King manage that giant eastern city. The Queen has never been to Asshai, and Madam should have never met Queen Jane. I don't know why Madam is so concerned about maintaining the Queen's honor and dignity! Daring to say such a thing in front of the King!"

"Your Majesty the Queen, in the past three months, I have heard people mention Queen Jane's virtue and ability more than once, and I have also heard people say more than once that Queen Jane, like me, is a blood witch," Madam Flandre said, "After learning that Queen Jane is also a blood witch, I naturally felt a sense of closeness to the Queen in my heart."

Daenerys pondered slightly, revealing a thoughtful expression, and then said: "What Madam said, I admit is reasonable. People always have a stronger sense of closeness to those who have something in common with themselves. I am reminded of some conversations between Madam and Madam Melisandre. Madam Melisandre said that she came back this time to say goodbye forever, and you asked her if she had fallen in love with a knight outside, or if she had married outside. Madam Melisandre said that she would never marry in her life. At that time, Madam said, 'The last sister who spoke to me like this violated her oath, and now she has turned into a handful of dirt in a foreign land. And her descendants have come to Asshai, and it has been so long and they have not taken the initiative to come to me to pay their respects and greetings, damn it, it's really too rude!' These words have given me some perhaps inappropriate associations. I may have guessed who Madam's sister who betrayed her oath is."

"Who?" The smile on Madam Flandre's face disappeared.

"Queen Jane Westerling's maternal grandmother: Maggy the Frog!"

Madam Flandre was greatly surprised. She looked at Daenerys, and the surprised expression could not be concealed: "Your Majesty has such a clever mind that you can guess Maggy the Frog from my few words."

Mountain was stunned!

Madam Melisandre was also shocked and couldn't believe it, her big eyes growing even wider.

"Madam Flandre, Maggy the Frog comes from the East, is she from Asshai?" Daenerys was also surprised in her heart that she had actually guessed correctly. Just from Madam Flandre's unreasonable maintenance of Queen Jane, she had keenly sensed that there might be some unusual relationship between Flandre and Queen Jane.

"Your Majesty, Maggy the Frog is not from Asshai, she is from the Yi Ti, and she was a little junior sister I took in when I traveled in Yi Ti," Madam Flandre said. She paused for a moment and sighed softly, "Forty-two years ago, Maggy the Frog was still a young and beautiful girl. I met her in Yi Ti, and I liked her very much, so I took her in to inherit my medical skills and blood magic, but I only wanted her to call me senior sister. After I lived with her in Yi Ti for five years, I took her to the giant city of Qarth to travel, to increase her knowledge and see the world..."

"In the city of Qarth, she met a spice merchant from Westeros named Spicer. The young Spicer was handsome and full of charm. Maggy the Frog fell in love with Spicer at first sight, and Spicer was also fascinated by her beauty. Thus, the power of mutual affection overcame everything, and no one could stop them, unless I personally killed her, or poisoned Spicer..."

"In the end, I chose to send her on the spice ship that Spicer was returning to Westeros on. After this separation, we never saw each other again. Twenty years later, in my Asshai residence, I received a long letter she wrote to me - when she left on the ship, I told her that I would return to Asshai, and I also gave her the address of Asshai. If she was not doing well outside, I hoped that she could come to Asshai - in the letter, she introduced me to the continent of Westeros, introduced the famous buildings and scenery on the continent of Westeros, and among them, she mentioned the North, the Wall, the Hightower, the Eyrie, Harrenhal, and Oldtown. She also mentioned her two children in the letter, one called Rolph Spicer, and one called Sybell Spicer. I read her letter over and over again countless times. Whenever I had free time, I would take it out to read it, and later the letter paper was completely rotten."

"Every word on that letter has unintentionally been left in my heart. Maggy the Frog is my little junior sister. Although I only allowed her to call me senior sister, I felt that in the years I took care of her, she was like my child, and I was her mother."

Mountain was stunned!

Melisandre was also so surprised that she couldn't speak.

She had not expected Madam Flandre to have such a connection with Mountain. But the passage in which the madam expressed her dissatisfaction was more impolite and more deserving of death than saying that Daenerys was not the queen - but Melisandre, who understood Madam Flandre, was sensitive to the fact that there might be some hidden meaning in the madam's words.

Mountain said: "Madam Flandre, three months ago, I led my army to land in Asshai, and you were the first to stand up and accuse Elder Sander Raberre of starting the war without authorization. I was a little surprised at the time why Elder Alyssia was not the first to stand up. Now I understand, because you are my Grandmother Flandre. I'm sorry, Grandmother, please forgive my ignorance."

Mountain's ignorance was actually not knowing. These were self-deprecating words. Mountain, with the connotations of a Chinese student from Earth, was no longer the brutal and terrifying Mountain of the past.

If Madam Flandre didn't say it herself, Mountain and Jane wouldn't know that the old woman had this relationship with Maggy the Frog. Only someone as clever and sensitive as Daenerys could hear some clues from the old woman's words of maintaining Queen Jane for no reason, and from the fact that both the old woman and Jane were blood witches, she thought that Jane's maternal grandmother Maggy the Frog came from the Eastern world, so could Maggy the Frog have some connection with Flandre?

Daenerys asked about the origins between Madam Flandre and Maggy the Frog.

Mountain lived with Maggy the Frog for a long time, and their relationship was very harmonious. It was also under Mountain's design and matchmaking that Jane became Maggy the Frog's successor of 'blood magic', which also fulfilled one of Maggy the Frog's wishes, and also achieved Jane's medical skills and magical power. In Mountain's eyes, it was a win-win situation.

Elder Flandre looked at Mountain: "Your Majesty, without any evidence, you believed my lie just now?"

"Grandmother has no reason to fabricate such a lie," Mountain said in a determined tone. He called Flandre grandmother one after another, making Flandre's heart bloom with joy.

"Of course I have a reason to fabricate this lie, because it can bring me wealth and glory. A witch who can get the support of the royal family will not have to worry about lacking materials to test her magic. I, who have climbed up the royal family relationship, can get vanity in addition to benefits."

"I believe Grandmother's words, I completely believe every word," Mountain said affirmatively. Of course, he had secretly made a judgment in his heart, and the result of the judgment was - what the old woman Flandre said was true, there was no need to doubt it.

The old woman Flandre smiled. She looked at Daenerys kindly and warmly: "Your Majesty, would you be willing to call me grandmother?"

"You are our grandmother," Daenerys stood up and bowed to the old woman Flandre. Her big belly was very inconvenient, but the old woman was not polite and declined, she frankly accepted Daenerys's tribute.

Flandre's face showed a satisfied expression towards Daenerys, and her eyes had a warm and loving meaning: "Your Majesty, do you know the words written by Maggy the Frog?"

"I am somewhat familiar with them," Mountain said. He spent a considerable amount of time with Maggy the Frog, and their relationship was very harmonious. It was also under Mountain's design and matchmaking that Jane became Maggy the Frog's 'blood magic' successor, which also fulfilled one of Maggy the Frog's wishes, and also achieved Jane's medical skills and magical power. In Mountain's eyes, it was a win-win situation.

"Take a look at this letter and identify whether it is Maggy the Frog's handwriting," Flandre took out a parchment scroll rolled into a small tube and handed it to Mountain, "I said just now that Maggy the Frog's letter had rotted, but it was just to test your hearts. You and Daenerys are one queen and one king, but you are both so superficial that you completely believe that I did not lie, but I still want to show you the letter Maggy the Frog wrote to me. I came here tonight not to climb up the royal family. I am indeed Maggy the Frog's senior sister, and her letter is proof."

Mountain opened the parchment scroll, and at the first glance, he knew that this was indeed his maternal grandmother Maggy the Frog's handwriting.

As he had judged, Madam Flandre was Maggy the Frog's senior sister, but in fact she was Maggy the Frog's master!

"Your Majesty, is the verification correct?!"

"Yes, Grandmother, this is my grandmother's autograph."

"Then you should believe that I have medical skills, can also detoxify, and can also foresee some future events."

"Yes, Grandmother," Mountain called Madam Flandre more naturally, but he could see that the old woman liked to hear the title of grandmother very much.

"Do you want Queen Jane to spend her life safely?"

"What's wrong with Jane?" Mountain's voice changed.

"If she continues to stay by your side, she will have misfortune. I saw some very bad things, and I believe she will understand in her heart what she will encounter in the future. Her blood magic comes from Maggy the Frog, and Maggy the Frog's blood magic comes from me. I can see things, and she herself will see some. After Your Majesty returns to Qarth, I hope you can allow Queen Jane to come to Asshai and live with me. Her heart will become peaceful, and only a peaceful heart can help her overcome the difficulties."

"What difficulties?" Mountain's voice became strange, like the voice of a stranger.

"She will lose her life, she needs our help!"