"So Viserys just accepted Lara?"
Dragonzel was a little exasperated. He had imagined many scenarios, but Viserys directly accepting Lara, who was seven years his senior, was not something Dragonzel had anticipated.
Hofa, with his black hair and golden eyes, rather admired the Prince's decision.
"Your Highness, I quite admire Prince Viserys's decisiveness. After all, Lady Lara is indeed mature and beautiful enough."
"After all, he didn't lose anything in this matter."
It was Sebastian Blaze who spoke. He had calmed down a lot after thoroughly beating Lisandro's eldest son.
"The Rogare Family has promised Viserys an annual annuity of six thousand gold dragons. This amount is far higher than the annuity the Royal Family currently gives Viserys. Moreover, after Viserys officially marries at fourteen, the Rogare Family will also fund the construction of a palace for him near King's Landing. To be honest, this condition is very practical even if Lara is just average-looking."
"Hmm, very good."
Dragonzel was also satisfied with these conditions.
House Rogare had indeed bled a lot to preserve their family.
However, House Rogare was also very shrewd. After realizing that they might not be able to leech off House Targaryen and House Varezes in Lisandro's generation, Lisandro immediately adjusted his strategy.
Although House Rogare's focus was still on their base in Lys, House Rogare would send three outstanding direct descendants to be at the disposal of House Targaryen.
The purpose was simple: to hedge their bets and leave a solid fallback for the family.
"That mute black man Valarr won, arrange him for Viserys too."
Dragonzel suddenly remembered the benefit House Rogare gave Valarr, that black warrior Danduo Ke.
But House Varezes didn't need foreign assassins. The Silver Guards in the Dragonpit were House Varezes's assassins. They were passed down through generations, always maintaining one hundred and twenty-five elite warriors with dragon tattoos or tear marks on their faces.
Dragonzel's blood curse was rooted in their bloodline, allowing them to approach dragons without being burned to death.
They were loyal, reliable, skilled in martial arts, and would absolutely not reveal secrets, even though they were not mute.
"Yes, Your Highness," Hofa said.
Meanwhile, ravens also flew to distant Tyrosh, where Dalton's flagship was stationed among the ruins.
The Red Kraken had plundered until his eyes turned red, and only the arrival of the ravens several days later roused him from his ancient path.
Upon receiving Dragonzel's letter, Dalton didn't even wait for Daemon to visit on dragonback. He promptly looted the ruins of Tyrosh again and incidentally had the warships dispersed in Myr and Lys conduct a final round of plunder on the spot—but no killing and no taking salt wives in Lys.
Only then did he return triumphantly to the Iron Islands with ships full of treasures and women.
When Dragonzel rode Vermithor in the sky, watching the mighty Iron Fleet pass through the Stepstones and sail toward the Summer Sea, he once again marveled at Dalton's calmness.
This Red Kraken is not easy to deal with.
Dragonpit.
Aegon brought Lingor and Viserys to visit their dragons.
The Dragonpit in Dragon Nest City was very peaceful now.
Except for the three young dragons that still needed daily feeding, Shadow Nightmare, Stormcloud, and Vermax only needed to be fed once every half month.
Silverwing and Vermithor, once full, didn't need large amounts of food again for half a year or even longer.
These two old dragons now mostly spent their time napping, except when their companions rode them out for a spin, which made the Dragonpit much livelier.
Star Song would follow Shadow Nightmare and Stormcloud to fly out and catch fish, bringing them back to feed Dawnfire and Dawn. It would also try to ask the Silver Guards for more food to store—it was imitating Shadow Nightmare and Vermax, both of whom stored some raw meat in their nests, smoked and preserved as snacks.
"How is it? Are you satisfied with the wife Brother found for you?"
Aegon asked with a mischievous grin, looking at his younger brother.
Viserys, meanwhile, was wailing internally.
'Isn't she just a pretty older sister? How could I be like Igaras, unable to break free after just one glance? No, I can't lose face like Igaras. But Lady Lara is indeed very beautiful and gentle.'
During their brief time together these past few days, Lara tried to communicate with Viserys haltingly in clumsy Common Tongue, making a small blunder at the ball held in the Water Gardens.
But eventually, with Viserys's High Valyrian coming to her rescue, Lara used fluent High Valyrian to redeem her reputation.
It is said that she is now pulling her brother Moredo, who doesn't know a single word of Common Tongue, and her brother Lotho, who is fluent in Common Tongue, to learn Common Tongue together.
It is said that she is making rapid progress.
Viserys blushed and remained silent.
He had also come to realize that although being captivated by Lara seemed embarrassing, it didn't actually diminish his standing too much.
After all, House Rogare had gone to great lengths to have him marry Lara, and the annual annuity of six thousand gold dragons alone had already made Viserys's heart flutter.
It was a huge fortune, enough to buy a small army.
"It seems Brother Viserys is very satisfied," Lingor said, hands on his hips like a little adult.
"Ah, ah, children shouldn't interrupt."
Viserys smiled and tried to ruffle Lingor's short hair, but he nimbly dodged.
"Your Majesty, look, Viserys is bullying a child."
"Alright, alright, it's good that everyone is satisfied."
Aegon said with a smile, motioning for them to come and see the dragons.
The dragons grew quickly.
Stormcloud and Shadow Nightmare continued to grow rapidly.
Among these two dragons, Shadow Nightmare was already a fast grower, while Stormcloud's body only rapidly expanded after arriving at Dragon Nest City, but now it was consistently growing quickly.
As for Star Song, its growth speed was astonishing, even significantly faster than Shadow Nightmare back then.
However, the interactions in the Dragonpit were still very harmonious.
Star Song had recently joined Shadow Nightmare's small group, stealing Vermithor's food and occasionally flying out to accept tributes from Khal Ago.
Speaking of Khal Ago, his wedding was about to begin.
Dragonzel had decided to take the children and King Aegon to see the Dothraki customs before visiting the Silver Blood Army estates throughout the territories.
After all, that small khalasar, which once needed the protection of House Varezes, had now expanded to over ten thousand people and had even incorporated many Northmen barbarians.
That's right, many of the Northmen left behind by Cregan chose to follow Khal Ago.
Although it's unclear why this happened, Khal Ago had indeed grown much stronger and developed many new customs, which is why Dragonzel chose to bring Aegon and the others to Ago's wedding.
A new nation might be born.
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