The Mountain of Ice and Fire

Manager Bernice looked at Bran Stark, his expression hesitant: "Prophet, it's easy to start a fire, but I can't deal with the narrow sword that comes after the fire."

Bernice worried that after burning the three Iron Bank elders to death, he would not be able to control the Iron Bank assassins secretly trained by the three elders.

Those are the methods of the Faceless Men.

Bernice spoke with a double meaning, the narrow sword he was referring to was both the narrow sword used to assassinate the Mountain, and the narrow sword of the Iron Bank assassins trained by the three elders.

"I might be able to help you," Bran said indifferently.

Bernice doubted whether Bran knew that his arson target had two aspects, the first of course was to burn Arya to death, and the second was to burn the three elders of the Iron Bank to death.

As soon as the idea of burning the three elders of the Iron Bank to death arose, Bernice could no longer suppress it.

Even if Bernice was killed, he would not choose to cooperate with the Mountain.

Cooperation is surrender, is submission, is shame.

The Iron Bank is supreme and will never kneel.

However, the three elders were timid because of the failure of an assassination mission, and forgot the supreme status and ancient glory of the Iron Bank.

When Bran said that a fire could solve the most powerful Faceless Men, Bernice immediately thought of burning the three elders.

The three elders trusted Bernice very much and were defenseless.

Bernice thought it would not be difficult to burn the three old men to death.

The difficulty is what to do after burning the three elders to death?

The Iron Bank assassins only obey the three elders, and were trained by the three elders.

Will the assassins avenge the three elders, and thus find out that the biggest suspect is Bernice.

Bernice's hesitant expression came from how to control the 'narrow sword' power of the Iron Bank after burning the three Iron Bank elders to death.

If he couldn't control it, then there was no need to burn the three elders to death.

If the Green Prophet had a way to help him, he could take decisive action.

Bran said that he might be able to help him, which was not the answer Bernice wanted, he needed a definite answer.

"It can't be maybe, provoking the Faceless Men is a matter of losing your head."

"All men must die, what is there to fear," Bran said lightly.

"Unless the Prophet can clearly tell me how to find that narrow sword?

After I burn Arya Stark to death, the House of Black and White will no longer send a narrow sword to assassinate the Mountain.

We need a new narrow sword to assassinate the Mountain, how can we find that new narrow sword?"

Bernice was just short of directly saying how to control the Iron Bank assassins after burning the three Iron Bank elders to death.

Bran looked at Bernice for a long time, and said: "Manager Bernice, the whole world only knows that you are the boss of the Iron Bank."

The whole world did indeed only know Bernice's name, and did not know that there were three elders behind Manager Bernice.

"So the Prophet doesn't know my worries," Bernice said disappointedly.

"I know what Manager Bernice is worried about.

If Arya is burned to death, you will find a narrow sword to assassinate the Mountain.

Are there any swordsmen in the world that gold cannot solve?"

"I know that Arya Stark is a swordsman that gold cannot solve."

"There is only one Arya Stark in the world, and there will never be a second."

Bernice understood.

The Prophet told him that as long as the three elders were burned to death, he would naturally be the only boss of the Iron Bank, and the narrow sword power would naturally fall into his hands.

The outside world only knows about Bernice, and does not know about others.

After losing the three elders, the Iron Bank can no longer do without Bernice.

He will hold the power alone, and no matter what the Iron Bank assassins think, they can only obey him.

However, Bernice was still unwilling to take risks rashly.

He needed to be sure whether the Prophet knew that the person he most wanted to burn to death now was not Arya, but the three Iron Bank elders.

Did the Prophet hear what he meant?

No, it must be clear to the point where there are no mistakes.

Bernice looked at Bran: "Prophet, I have some secrets that I can only tell you alone."

Bran looked at Bernice, with no unexpected expression on his face regarding the secret words, his indifferent gaze returned to somewhere on the ceiling: "Lord Roose Bolton, please go out for a while."

"Yes, Prophet," Roose Bolton said softly.

His words were as gentle as a girl's.

Roose Bolton silently walked out of the room and closed the door.

Bran's gaze was fixed on somewhere on the ceiling, without saying a word.

Bernice suddenly wanted to strangle this lame teenager to death.

He was a very proud person, but he had met a Prophet teenager who was many times more proud than him.

Most of the time, this lame teenager didn't even bother to look at him.

He was the sole manager of the Iron Bank, which controlled the most gold in the world.

This sum of gold was so much that it could bury this teenager and build a huge fortress tomb for him.

But it still wouldn't be used up.

"Prophet, the Iron Bank has its own assassins."

"Oh!" Bran was so indifferent that it seemed he hadn't heard it at all.

Bernice felt a stifled feeling in his heart.

If he had the opportunity in the future, he decided to kill this cripple Prophet as well.

"After the assassination of Arya failed, the three elders decided to change their plan, admit that Arya was the destined elder of the House of Black and White, and asked Arya to contact the Mountain for the Iron Bank, to discuss how to promote the world paper currency and banking plan together with the Mountain."

Bran's gaze finally returned from the ceiling to Manager Bernice's face, but to Bernice's disappointment, he did not see the shock in the teenager's eyes.

Even if the teenager was a Prophet, he should feel surprised when he heard that the Iron Bank had decided to cooperate with the Mountain.

But there wasn't.

"The three elders of the Iron Bank want to betray me and the Sea King?"

"Yes, they decided to betray the Iron Bank, the Prophet, and the Sea King."

"What does Manager Bernice think?"

"No one can betray the Iron Bank."

"Manager Bernice should persuade the three elders to give up this extremely stupid idea."

"I can only make suggestions to the three elders, but obviously, my suggestions are invalid."

Bran stared at Bernice: "Manager Bernice, do you hope to defend the dignity and glory of the Iron Bank?"

"For the Iron Bank, I am willing to do anything, including giving my life.

Even if the Iron Bank wants to promote the world paper currency, it will promote it itself, and will never cooperate with the Mountain."

"Then eliminate the three Iron Bank traitors," Bran said with a heavier tone for the first time.

"After eliminating them, how can we control the 'narrow sword power' of the Iron Bank?"

Manager Bernice used the word 'we' here.

He cleverly tied the Prophet to his chariot.

Simply by turning me into we.

Bran was silent.

After a long while, he said: "I have an idea.

You arrange for me to meet with the three elders, and I will persuade the three elders to send an assassin to me, and then my greensight ability can use this assassin to explore all the secrets of the Iron Bank assassin organization."

Bernice was overjoyed: "After the Prophet explores the secrets of the Iron Bank assassins, we will be able to control the narrow sword power of the Iron Bank."

"Yes," Bran said lightly.

Bernice's dissatisfaction with the Prophet's arrogance disappeared.

After he is the sole boss of the Iron Bank, the narrow sword power will of course fall into his hands, and this cripple only needs to tell him the secret, and everything will be logical.

The cripple wants the Mountain to die, and he cannot do without the dual support of the Iron Bank's gold and the Iron Bank's assassins.

The Prophet needs Bernice's long-term support!

The final war to conquer Westeros will be a long time.

"Okay, I will arrange for the Prophet to meet with the three elders.

However, who does the Prophet want the elders to send this assassin to assassinate?"

"I will tell the three elders when we meet, and they will agree."

"What is the Prophet's negotiation strategy?"

Bernice believes that he is the top expert in negotiation, setting up situations, and digging traps, and he hopes to help the Prophet make a foolproof plan.

"First, propose a task that the three elders cannot complete, and ask them to continue to support me in eliminating the Mountain.

Since they have decided to make peace with the Mountain and Arya, the three elders will not agree.

At this time, I will change my mind and say a secret in exchange for one of their assassins to help me kill another person."

"What secret?"

"I will tell the three elders the secret that Manager Bernice wants to burn them to death."

Bernice's face changed.

Bran was still as calm as water, as indifferent as ice, with no change in expression.

"Please change the secret, Prophet."

"For the Iron Bank, you said that you are willing to give your life."

"Yes, everything I have is already connected to the Iron Bank.

I am willing to do anything for the Iron Bank, including giving my life, but the Prophet's plan has too many variables."

"Bernice, only if I tell your secret will the three elders completely trust me, and they will lend me an assassin.

For the Iron Bank, Bernice."

"If the three elders know that I will burn them to death, I will not be able to burn them to death."

"I am responsible for burning the three Iron Bank elders to death, to do my part to help Manager Bernice control the Iron Bank, and you are responsible for burning down the House of Black and White," Bran said indifferently.

"Burn down the House of Black and White?" Bernice thought he had misheard.

"The House of Black and White has deteriorated, burn it down and then rebuild it.

The assassins of the Iron Bank will be the Faceless Men of the future House of Black and White."

Bernice was completely stunned!

He only has the Iron Bank in his heart, and does not want to abolish the entire House of Black and White.

"Bernice, after you burn Arya Stark to death, can the Faceless Men let you go?

Arya is their destined elder, the god-designated godson they believe in.

If you want to do it, you must eradicate the roots.

The Iron Bank and the House of Black and White were originally one in the beginning."

"Okay!"

*

A few days later.

"Destined Elder, a believer at the pool of the Thousand-God Temple insists on seeing you," Little Mei said respectfully.

Arya alone killed four top assassins who sneaked into the House of Black and White.

The fame of the Destined Elder of the House of Black and White has spread throughout Braavos through various channels.

All the believers in Braavos know that the House of Black and White has produced a remarkable Destined Elder, and, according to rumors, the holy object dragon crystal candle has also been lit in the Thousand-Faced God Temple of the House of Black and White.

Every day, more and more believers come to the House of Black and White to pray, serve, and seek refuge.

Many believers hope to receive the elder's prayer or blessing before deciding to serve the Thousand-Faced God.

All men must die!

In the Thousand-Faced God Temple, death is a destination, a relief, peace, and happiness.

All men must serve!

Those who see through death can better understand life and serve themselves to the Red God.

And for life, the final outcome is the same: all must die!

What is truly difficult is not life and death, but living with composure and dying peacefully.

The Thousand-Faced God Temple is a place for believers to provide peaceful death.

In the last moments of the believers, some devout believers hope to receive a word or a nod from the Destined Elder, which is a great gift and satisfaction.

Arya Stark is not yet accustomed to the identity of the Destined Elder.

Nor is she accustomed to the worshipful gazes and kneeling of the believers like a god wherever she goes.

Her former brothers and sisters no longer joke and laugh with her, respecting her as an elder, each of them being respectful, which makes Arya feel very uncomfortable.

However, facing the piety of the believers, Arya basically grants every request.

Arya came to the pool.

A monk was holding half a bowl of holy water and handing it to a believer who was wrapped in red robes.

The believer's hood covered his face.

When the monk told the believer that the Destined Elder had arrived, the believer turned around, and Arya saw a familiar and beautiful face: Daenerys Targaryen.

"This believer, please come with me," Arya was surprised, but remained calm on the surface.

She reached out and took the monk's half bowl of holy water, turned around and left.

The believer lowered her head, her hood still hiding her appearance, but she knew that Arya could see her face clearly.

Arya had already recognized her just now.

But fortunately, the prophecy that Lady Melisandre saw in the flames has not yet happened.

He and the Mountain came riding dragons, before things happened.

Arya and Daenerys Targaryen entered the elder's quiet room together.

Although the monks felt a little strange, this was not an exception.

When the elders meet with believers, there is a precedent for bringing the believers into the elder's quiet room.

"Daenerys, what are you doing here?" Arya's tone was not polite at all.

She never had a good impression of Daenerys.

"I came with the Mountain."

Arya's gaze narrowed.

She heard Daenerys call the Mountain by this name, instead of calling him His Majesty the King.

Daenerys said it very naturally, as if she and the Mountain were already used to this way of addressing each other.

This was a small detail, but it made Arya feel unusual.

"What are you and the Mountain doing here?"

"Saving you!"

"Saving me?" Arya sneered in her heart, and revealed a faint disdain in her tone.

She is the Destined Elder in the House of Black and White, who dares to come to the House of Black and White to seek death.

The House of Black and White is currently doing its best to collect evidence that the Iron Bank sent assassins to assassinate Arya, and then confront the Iron Bank.

At this time, Arya doesn't want anyone else to disturb her.

"Lady Melisandre saw a prophecy in the flames."

"What prophecy?"

"Someone might set the Black and White House on fire, and the lady saw you trapped in the sea of flames."

Arya laughed, not believing it in the slightest: "Lady Melisandre taught me fire magic, she knows I'm not afraid of fire at all."

"Knowing fire magic doesn't mean you are unburnt. Fire can still hurt you."

Daenerys was neither humble nor arrogant, her expression calm. She had experienced too many ups and downs, and now, under the influence of the Magic Mountain, she had finally settled her mind, clarified her future direction and goals, and her entire temperament had changed.

Faced with Arya's hostility and disdain, the Mother of Dragons was calm and composed, immovable as a mountain.