Although Braavos is shrouded in fog year-round and borders the Shivering Sea to the north, the cold currents and strong winds from the northern ice fields magically curve towards the Narrow Sea upon reaching it, so there is rarely heavy rain or snow.
It seems Braavos is truly a blessed place favored by the gods.
However, recently, heavy downpours have occurred one after another, causing a significant amount of rainwater to accumulate in the deep dragon pit behind the Sanctuary.
Because this deep pit has been calcined into a glazed state by high temperatures, it is difficult for this rainwater to seep underground, and it will probably form a deep pool here in the future.
Even the Weirwood in the center of the dragon pit was submerged by the rainwater. However, this Weirwood is the largest of all Weirwood trees, so even though a small portion of it has been submerged by rainwater, it will not affect its survival.
Moreover, this Weirwood grows much faster than others, perhaps because it was imprinted with Daenerys's own outline, and the magical power in the space beneath the human skin mask is dense.
The Sanctuary had successfully topped out not long ago, so it would not affect the internal construction progress. Because Daenerys and Lisandro are both perfectionists, although the Sanctuary has successfully topped out, the detailed polishing will still take a long time.
Every day, when Daenerys wasn't hunting or practicing Water Dance, she would go to admire Lisandro and the painters at work. They had collected many stories of the forgotten gods and painted them as murals.
This allowed visitors to the Sanctuary to quickly gain a clear understanding of these gods. Because Daenerys had people distribute clothes and food outside the Sanctuary every day. In return, they only needed to enter the Sanctuary and worship the gods inside.
Different people naturally feel touched and empathetic by different stories, so these neglected minor gods gradually gained some not-so-devout followers.
However, the Goddess of Lust, the Scythian Sun Priestess, and the followers of the "Gods" clearly had the most adherents. The "Gods" were naturally popular because they stood in the very center of the temple.
As for the Goddess of Lust and the Sun Priestess, Daenerys analyzed that it might be because Lisandro carved them too beautifully, which made it easy for young men and women to develop a liking for them.
As more and more believers came to the Sanctuary, Daenerys discovered that the statues of the popular gods began to show signs of magical power gathering. Especially around the "Gods," magical elements had already begun to permeate.
No wonder there was such a dense dark-attributed magical power beneath the House of Black and White!
It seems that the belief in the gods is surprisingly similar to the incense offerings Daenerys understood in her previous life!
So Daenerys quickly had Lisandro and the craftsmen add dragon elements to various parts of the Sanctuary, and also created statues of all her dragons from Dragonstone. Daenerys also personally used her Palm Fire Seed to carve the runes she had learned from Runestone City onto the dragon statues.
Everyone who came to the Sanctuary had received Daenerys's favor, so they naturally went to worship before the dragon statues. A week later, Daenerys found that the magical power gathered around the dragons seemed to have increased slightly.
It seems that in the future, the worship of dragons should be widely promoted in her territory and even throughout the Seven Kingdoms. Perhaps this could lead to a new transformation for the Targaryen Family's dragons.
"Screech~"
As Sea Smoke's cry echoed over Braavos, Sevan and his group finally arrived. The true storm in Braavos had finally descended.
Inside the Hall of Truth, Sevan meticulously recounted the events of the Stepstones incident to everyone. He also presented Augusta's confession and the letters from the Auseris Family and the other two families to Sea King Youtanlis. This finally brought their crimes to light.
"Osiris Governor, Governor Parici, Governor Tederius, what do you have to say for yourselves now? Unauthorized deployment of the Purple Fleet to plunder the Partilios Family Fleet is enough to expel you from Braavos."
"And Osiris Governor, you even dared to secretly trade Dragon Eggs and dispatch Faceless Men to assassinate Princess Daenerys. How do you intend to account for this to the Targaryen Royal Family?"
"Hmph! Is there still an opportunity for my Auseris Family to refute and defend ourselves?"
"What is the truth of the matter? I believe everyone present knows it well."
"Since my Auseris Family is required to bear all the blame now, I will bear it. But even so, I must say that all actions of the Auseris Family are absolutely worthy of Braavos, and I have never regretted them."
"If the House Targaryen wants to blame me, then let them come! But please do not harm innocent Braavos people, because this has nothing to do with them."
"Is it forfeiture of property? Exile? Or Dragonflame immolation? I, Augusta, will bear it alone!"
"But this matter has nothing to do with the Parici Family and the Tederius Family. I forced my wife and daughter-in-law to steal their family's seals and forge letters, all so that they could share the pressure with me when the incident occurred."
"Actually, if Princess Daenerys hadn't gotten involved, it's uncertain who would have won!"
"Now that everything has come to light, my Auseris Family knows that this time we are doomed. But we cannot let those two families be innocently implicated for nothing."
"Osiris Governor, you..."
Governor Parici saw that Osiris Governor was preparing to take all the blame alone and immediately wanted to speak up in his defense.
But he was directly interrupted by Governor Tederius, who said,
"Osiris Governor, since you have admitted your crimes and tried to drag us down with you, it is truly an aggravated offense and disgusting."
"However, considering that we are, after all, in-laws, let our respective daughters return home, return all dowries, and pay compensation equal to their dowries. Let this matter be concluded!"
Osiris Governor naturally understood that Governor Tederius wanted to use this to protect a portion of the Auseris Family's people and property, so he immediately responded,
"Good! No problem."
"Tederius, you..."
Governor Parici was a beat slow in reacting. He was about to open his mouth to accuse Governor Tederius of kicking them while they were down at this moment. But his son tugged his clothes from behind, so he immediately knew to shut up. He knew his own mind wasn't very sharp, but his son was very clever.
Although Sea King Youtanlis wished he could get rid of the major families quickly, he also knew that after Osiris Governor's passionate performance just now, he had successfully garnered sympathy from many people.
Moreover, Osiris Governor was not wrong. From the perspective of all Braavos, his actions did not directly harm the interests of Braavos.
Their high-ranking officials feared the Targaryen Family's dragons, but the common people of Braavos wished someone could strongly lead them to suppress this Dragonlord Family.
How to deal with the Auseris Family would require a lot of thought!
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