Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 161 Is your dragon just a decoration?
"Is your dragon just for show?"

This simple sentence in High Valyrian stunned the young Ringol. It took him a long time to realize what his father meant. He jumped up from his father's arms, and for a moment, the boy was so stammering that he couldn't speak.

"Father, Dragon, that's not how you use a dragon."

Longzel smiled and took his son back into his arms: "Dragons are our partners, not our tools." Womisol seemed to sense something and snorted softly, causing Longzel to use one hand to comfort his partner: "What did you think of just now, Ringol?"

"Blood and fire." Ringol said stupidly, "Father, you don't want me to ride a dragon to burn those termites to death. But..."

"Dragons are weapons, deterrents, our relatives and partners, but they are more than just that." Longzel explained with a smile: "In the history of Westeros, the most stable and prosperous era for people was the reign of King Jaehaerys I. The scars caused by King Maegor gradually healed, the old system was abolished, and civilians gained more rights. To this day, when people praise Little Jett, they still compare him to Jaehaerys. Do you know why?"

Ringol thought for a moment and murmured, "Brother Jaecaerys is like King Jaehaerys. They both prefer being on the road rather than in castles and palaces."

"A dragon's weapons are not only dragon flames and sharp fangs, but also its wings." Longzel was very satisfied with his son's sharpness. It was indeed true. The value of a dragon was not only its ability to destroy the world, but also that with it, its rider could get from one place to another in a very short time.

"Lingol, you will take over my position in the future." Longzel sighed, "I will take you to fly more around our territory in the future. When you suddenly land in a place on a dragon, you will be able to see and hear the real situation and solve it." He slowly explained to his son the meaning of the dragon. It is true that the dragon can burn the disloyal and greedy people with dragon flames, but that is essentially tyranny. And if Lingol is willing to ride a dragon to raid the territory from time to time, then even if it is just a show, those who try to take advantage of the rules or break the rules must pretend well. This is another meaning of the dragon.

So during the years when King Jaehaerys I and Queen Alysanne flew to various parts of the kingdom together, people lived and worked in peace and the nobles did not dare to make trouble. When Jaehaerys flew to various places to heal his wounds, the nobles in various places were forced to share their power with their subjects under the pressure of the two dragons. However, Jaehaerys still had the demeanor of Jaehaerys. When he solved the problems of the civilians, he would not force the nobles to give up too many rights. This also made the nobles quite convinced of Jaehaerys. Until now, Jaehaerys has been regarded as a wise king in the history of the Targaryen family together with Jaehaerys.

Ringol nodded as if he understood, looking at the twinkling stars in the sky, and fell asleep in his father's arms unknowingly. However, Longzel kept looking at the twinkling stars in the sky, wondering what he was thinking about.

The Gates of the Moon, Vale.

Edric Arryn looked unconvincedly at Joffrey Arryn and the fully-armed Conn Corbray and Artis Royce in front of him. The defeated golden eagle was tied tightly with thick ropes, and he didn't care at all about his status as a nobleman and a relative of the Duke.

"Joffrey, what do you mean!" cried Edric Arryn. "You have no right to arrest me. I want to see the Lady Jeyne!"

"Edric." Artis Royce said calmly, "The faceless man you hired has been killed." He looked towards the shadow of the castle with some caution, as if something was hidden there. Artis felt the temperature of the bronze rune armor on his body and continued, "What else do you have to say? Murdering the feudal lord and the legal heir of the feudal lord is already a serious crime of treason!"

"Artis, you are talking nonsense!" Edric was a little panicked. How did this young Earl of Runestone know that he had hired the Faceless Men? You know, he had been doing this in secret. Even when he sold the assets of the Arryn family in Seagull Town to raise money, he did it under the guise of overseas trade through the Iron Bank of Braavos. "Seven layers of hell, Lady Jeyne is my relative, how could I murder her?" "Really?" Artis Royce squatted down, and Cohen Corbray on the side drew out the Valyrian steel sword "Lady of the Lonely" expressionlessly and placed it across Edric's neck. He was so scared that he dared not move.

To this day, Artis Royce still can't believe what he saw.

That happened a few days ago. The Vale was the first place where the Andals landed. The mountains here are fertile and the grass is abundant. Since the Age of Heroes, the kings who fought here have established a great reputation for bravery. Until the Andals came from the east, the Bronze King, the High King of the Vale, the Moon Mountains and the Five Fingers Peninsula, the Royce family continued to fight with the Andals for many years. They were just defeated by the "Falcon Knight" Artis Arryn in the Battle of the Seven Stars. The proud ancestors of the Vale either surrendered to the Crescent Falcon banner of the Arryn family, or fled to the Moon Mountains, where they multiplied and became the biggest concern of the Vale for thousands of years - the mountain clan tribe. For thousands of years, countless men of the Arryn family died under the stone spears and bone swords of these wildlings. Even the father and brother of Duchess Jeyne Arryn died at their hands.

A few days ago, it was these mountain clans that rebelled again. Duchess Jenny went to the battlefield to supervise the battle in person, but was assassinated. A savage threw a fatal javelin at her, but unfortunately the savage was killed before the javelin hit the Duchess, so the javelin naturally did not hit the Duchess.

At first Artis and Joffrey thought it was just an accident, until a knight changed his face in front of them and told them the truth, then they knew what had happened.

That damn savage was a Faceless Man. He had been lurking in the valley for a long time, just to cleverly disguise himself as a savage at this moment, kill Duchess Jenny and complete his assassination mission.

Unfortunately, with the help of two Faceless Men sent by Longzel who were about to become apprentices and assistants of Kungur Porter, Duchess Jenny finally survived. Edric Alyn was the biggest suspect, and his colleagues reported that a large amount of money had flowed out of his family.

Who else could it be? It's you, Edrick.

Edrick still wanted to argue, but it was too late. Although people had evidence against him, in the current situation, it didn't matter whether there was evidence or not.

What’s important is that after Duchess Jenny, the issue of succession to the valley was completely resolved.

So all he could do was let Edrick die.

Coin Corbray cut off the head without hesitation, without even the slightest delay, and a complete human head rolled in front of Joffrey Arryn.

"My lady cannot bear to see these things." Joffrey shook his head, indicating that he did not need to see these things. He looked directly at Count Artis Royce: "Lord Artis, what did Prince Longzel ask for?"

(End of this chapter)