Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 147 Aegon's Kingsguard

The disturbance in King's Landing did not affect the daily operation of Dragon's Nest City too much. At least Longzel calmed down soon after knowing that Meral's dragon egg had hatched. He was not worried that the hatching of the dragon would cause any strange effects. As long as Meral was still on Gray Island, even if the dragon eventually belonged to the son of the usurper, the Varese family would crush him like crushing an ant. What's more, Longzel could be 100% sure that the hatched dragon had nothing to do with Meral, because the blood resonance method of hatching dragon eggs actually had great limitations. At such a long distance, the newborn dragon could be completely confirmed to be a pure wild dragon.

Longzel is more concerned about the affairs of the territory, King Aegon's selection of the Kingsguard, and the baby in Diana's belly. He has made up his mind. After Aegon selects the Kingsguard and Ago's wedding is over, they will go to several large cities in the territory to tour and inspect the Silver Blood Army manors in various places. Finally, they will go to Oldtown, which has completely declined.

Dragon's Nest, the Twin Towers, Aegon's chambers.

As the king, Aegon enjoyed the largest room in the Twin Towers, which was once the indoor training ground for Rey and Valar. It was spacious, bright and well-lit. Now, it was covered with expensive solid wood floors and Myr carpets. The walls were hung with the Valyrian steel sword "Blackfyre", the black-bottomed red three-headed dragon flag of the Targaryen family, the map of Westeros, the world map, and seven tapestries depicting history. The flames in the fireplace were burning, bringing warmth to the room. Next to the comfortable velvet bed was a bookshelf, allowing the little king to read anytime and anywhere. There was also a special bathroom inside this room. Of course, the hot water was prepared by the servants. Before coming to Dragon's Nest, Aegon and Viserys had no habit of taking a bath, but after arriving at Dragon's Nest, the two teenagers developed a daily habit of taking a hot bath. After all, taking a bath after training or taming a dragon is a very comfortable thing, especially without having to go all the way to the hot springs at the bottom of the Laurel Leaf Tower. This is so comfortable for the young king brothers.

Aegon came out of the bathroom in a loose woolen robe, wrung out his long silver hair, walked to the bed, threw himself on the bed, and relieved the fatigue of the day. At this moment, the door rang.

The little king sat up hurriedly and straightened his clothes. "Come in." Aegon was very curious about who would come. Longzier rarely interfered with his daily life. After the death of Luthris, Rey loved the great library of the Laurel Tower more. Only Valar would come to see him when he had nothing to do. However, he was treated badly by Leila during this period, and his energy was basically used on his daughter Daenerys. When he thought of Daenerys, Aegon couldn't help but feel a little regretful. He originally thought that Daenerys would marry Viserys, but in the end Longzier and Valar finally decided to let Ringol marry Daenerys and get married after Daenerys's menarche.

The one who opened the door was Longzel's attendant and his newly promoted blood-sworn brother, Count Revell Haydon. Although he was often reprimanded by Aslan on the training ground, everyone knew that Revell was very strong in martial arts, but he was just not as good as the very perverted Aslan and Hoffa.

"Your Majesty, His Highness informs you that Ser Stephen and Ser Elric have arrived at Dragon's Nest. The Kingsguard's tournament can begin tomorrow morning."

"Have the two sirs arrived?" Aegon stood up hurriedly. Revil nodded and turned sideways. The two knights in white robes and armor knelt on one knee at the moment they saw the little king. Ser Stephen Darklyn had aged a lot. His head was bald and his beard was gray. Ser Erik Cargall, who had lost his twin brother, cheered up. Now he is a rare swordsman in the kingdom, and he no longer has to worry about others mistaking him for his brother. It's really a joke in the seven levels of hell. Erik grew a long beard, and his brown beard hung down to his chest. His long hair was tied into a bun behind his head. People in the Red Castle said that Erik was commemorating his brother who disappeared in the war. Although Alec betrayed the legitimate king, he was still a respected white knight - after all, there were still people who believed that Great Aegon and Rhaenyra were the legitimate kings of that crazy year.

"Your Majesty." Sir Stephen Darklin stood up: "It is our greatest honor to see you grow stronger and stronger." The old captain looked at the king who had grown taller and more mature with joy: "We bring news of King's Landing."

Stephen gestured to Erik to speak. As one of the only two remaining Kingsguards in the Dance of the Dragons, Stephen Darklin realized that he might not live long. Erik, who was less than 40 years old, was not only excellent in swordsmanship, but also loyal and devoted, and valued oaths and honor. In fact, to this day, Erik was still glad that he did not face his brother head-on. He still didn't know what would happen if he drew his sword against his twin brother in the war. Therefore, he, who had the virtue of a knight, was the best candidate for the captain of the Kingsguard. Stephen hoped to take this opportunity to let Erik leave a better impression on the king.

Aegon nodded, his lavender eyes looking at Ser Elric. "Sir, please speak."

Eric raised his head and slowly told the king everything that had happened in King's Landing during this time. The recovered gold, the reparations from the westerlies and the treasury of the Hightower family filled the treasury again. At the same time, Dalton Greyjoy's tribute also made the treasury richer. Daemon took the opportunity to start large-scale construction. The Great Sept of Jacaerys broke ground in Visennia Hills. Brand-new roads began to be slowly laid out with three hills as the core. The wildly growing neighborhoods were redivided by newly planned streets. Daemon vowed to make the title of "Prince of Flea Bottom" he obtained in his youth a thing of the past, although this was unlikely.

With the hatching of two dragons, the Targaryen family has a new dragon, although one of them belongs to Melar Sunfire in Daemon's opinion. But this also proves that the dragon blood of Targaryen is still boiling.

"I see." Aegon didn't think it was strange. After all, the Vareses family had hatched several giant dragons in the past two years. Even Viserys's dragon egg, which had been silent for such a long time, finally hatched. Although the little dragon that hatched was a little funny, it hatched after all.

Seeing that Aegon could remain calm even at such a great event as the hatching of a baby dragon, Ser Stephen was even happier. The old man secretly thanked God for blessing the Targaryen dynasty for having two consecutive wise rulers, and silently prayed to the Virgin Mary and the old woman that Aegon would live as long as Jaehaerys I.

Aegon, however, could not hold back when he saw the captain of the Kingsguard suddenly burst into tears. He could only comfort the old captain and signaled with his eyes that Sir Elric could take Stephen back to the room to rest. Only then did he send away the inexplicable old knight. The Kingsguard Tournament on the second day was actually quite "gentle". Aegon refused to include the jousting on horseback in the competition. Everyone fought on foot. After all, three candidate knights had Valyrian steel swords and were outstanding swordsmen themselves, which was enough for them to reserve the final position. Someone came out to challenge the three knights. A mercenary knight tried to challenge the elderly Ser Tyr Templeton, but his weapon was cut off by the former "Knight of the Nine Stars" holding the "Star Mirror". If the old knight had not let him off, it would have been the arm of the mercenary knight that was cut off.

To be honest, there were many people who bullied the old Tyr Templeton, but each of them was defeated miserably. Sir Cole Darry had his weapon cut off, Sir Dick Blackmont was almost cut in half, and Sir Rickard Florent didn't even last a round before the old knight cut off his weapon and kicked him aside. In the end, two young knights from the valley, Garon Belmore and Will Hunter, couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to help the old knight deal with several opponents.

The battle lasted a whole day, from sunrise to dusk, and in the end only seven knights remained in the tournament grounds, namely William Royce, Brandon Tarly, and Tyr Templeton, who were armed with Valyrian steel weapons, as well as Will Hunter of Longbow Hall, William Blackwood of Raventree, Adrian Rayford of the Red Fort, Harold Dark of Duskendale, and Garin Dinwater of Dorne.

King Aegon called a halt to the competition because Ser Stephen Darklyn and Ser Tyr Templeton were both over sixty years old, and no one could guarantee when the Stranger would take the two old men away. So the young king, amazed by the knights' martial arts, decisively chose "I want them all" and included the remaining seven knights in the list of the Kingsguard. However, the young Will Hunter and Garin Dinwater had to temporarily serve as Stephen Darklyn's squire knights until a vacancy in the Kingsguard was filled.

Rey was still hanging out in the library. He was recently obsessed with his family's collection of books about raising dragons. After Longzel knew Rey's idea, he happily sent a silver-haired assistant scholar, Hagen, to assist him. His origin was very interesting. Hagen was the grandson of the illegitimate brother of Cleorius. Yes, in addition to the three brothers Longzel, the Vareses family also had many silver-haired collaterals and illegitimate descendants. Longzel integrated them when he was still in Volantis. Some of these people stayed in Volantis forever, some loyal and reliable ones became the backbone of the Silver Blood Army, and a few became important helpers of the family. The studious Hagen was one of them. He is now an apprentice of Bachelor Evans, following him to learn knowledge.

Only Longzel and Valar watched the entire competition with dull interest. Just as the sun was setting, Longzel suddenly raised his eyes and looked towards the south.

He sensed a blazing magical element coming from the south, a familiar smell. "Acolyte of the Red God?" Longzel frowned, "No, it smells like the Red God, but it's not that pure? Who could it be?" Longzel muttered to himself in a voice that no one else could hear.

Wine port.

The large ship "Carnival Maiden" from Rees slowly entered the port under the guidance of a tugboat. The Governor of Rees, Lysandra Rogar, looked at the prosperous city with bright lights in front of him with a worried look on his face.

On the way, he received the news that Dalton Greyjoy's iron fleet defeated Lohar's fleet, and the ironborn broke through a satellite town of Lys and looted it. Now, the huge iron fleet can attack Lys at any time. This made Lysandre very uncomfortable.

At this moment, a beautiful and somewhat dangerous woman walked out of the cabin. On her heart-shaped face, her red eyes seemed to be burning with an eternal flame, her long copper-colored hair fell to her waist, and she was wearing a red robe, but it couldn't hide her good figure. On her slender neck, a gold necklace inlaid with rubies swayed slightly. The woman closed her eyes and raised her head. The ruby ​​on her neck emitted a faint light, but Drazek Rogar, who was standing next to her, looked at the woman with horror.

Her body seemed to be burning, emitting astonishing heat, but the heat was fleeting. As she opened her red eyes, the heat that permeated around her also subsided.

"I have finally found the land blessed by the King of Light and His chosen one."

The woman in red bowed her head devoutly.

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