Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 263 It’s Right to Be Nervous, But You Don’t Have to Be Too Nervous
"What are you worried about, Ringol?"

Longzel glanced at his son and asked him to sit in front of him. The fire in the fireplace was burning brightly, illuminating the faces of the sleeping children.

In recent years, the family has had new children. Not long after bringing back Brynden Rivers, Serena was surprised to find that she was pregnant. After a long pregnancy, Serena gave birth to a healthy and beautiful girl for the family.

Desiree Varese.

She inherited her mother's beauty and long, smooth light golden hair. Her violet eyes seemed to be shining with stars. Even when she was a wrinkled baby at birth, one could tell at a glance that this child inherited her mother's traits and was a natural beauty.

However, after Xirui, the family was silent for a while and there was no new life. However, a new dragon was hatched, making the dragon's nest a little more lively.

Bronze Fury Wormithor has also become more lazy like its companions. The people of Midsummer Hall have not seen this huge dragon flying in the sky with its wings spread out for a long time. Compared with the activities in previous years, the dragons prefer to stay in the mountains to rest and sleep in recent years. Even Cendros has become much calmer.

Longzel understood that the gradual decline of the dragons' activities was closely related to the great changes in the world. If his family had not intervened, the dragons would have died out during this period of time, and the Ice Song would have begun to play, ready to reach its climax, plunging the entire world into a long night and ushering in a new life.

Even though the family's intrusion changed the predetermined fate, the Song of Ice and Fire is the "main theme" of this world.

It won't change, just a few hiccups.

I'm afraid that time period is getting closer and closer.

"Father, I am worried about the illegitimate offspring of Aegon and Princess Diana." Ringol said softly, "I am worried that the inheritance issues they will bring will disrupt your plans."

"You yourself said it was a bastard, Ringol." Longzel looked at the jumping flames. It seemed that something was slowly unfolding in the fire. It was not clear, but both Longzel and Ringol could vaguely see those black phantoms.

"You are the head of the Varese family, and you yourself said that the boy is a bastard. You don't need me to teach you what this means." Longzel raised his eyebrows with interest. He didn't think that his son came to him for such an obvious thing.

Ringol must have had some other predictions.

"I know." Ringol naturally knew what this meant. It was true that King Daeron recognized little Daeron's inheritance rights and legal identity, but King Daeron's recognition alone was not enough, just like Queen Rhaenyra and Jacaerys I in the past. Although there might be some problems in using it as an analogy, the problems they faced were not unfamiliar.

The head of the Vareses family openly declared that Diana's illegitimate child was a bastard, confirming the child's identity as a bastard, which was more convincing than King Daeron's just laughing it off.

The nobles who truly hold power in this country all know that in this country where dragons symbolize royal authority, whoever has more dragons and bigger dragons is the truth. There may be princes who are truly loyal to the Targaryens, but before Varese is crowned on that iron chair and then massacres the entire Targaryen family - although in theory the entire Targaryen family also includes the Varese family - the princes will still stand in line based on Varese's statement.

After all, Varese's dragon is bigger and stronger, while Targaryen's most ferocious dragon, Korakshuu, is still a wild dragon.

The results are obvious.

Just like the Dance with the Dragons, which was resolved in a few months - and if people hadn't been too concerned about respectability, the Green Party would have been wiped out overnight, whoever Varese stood on the side of in the possible future turmoil would inevitably win.

As for the humiliation of the younger generation of the great nobles - the families humiliated by Diana were all thousand-year-old nobles. In their eyes, face was important, but interests were more important.

As long as enough "dignity" and compensation are given, no one will care about a willful princess who has tarnished the royal honor.

"Father, I'm not worried about the great nobles." Lingol also stared at the fluctuating flames: "I'm worried about the small nobles and those who didn't get enough benefits from the expedition."

He looked at his father: "Even if we burn the local nobles and warlords to death and redistribute their land, it is still far from enough to feed the nobles, especially since there are so many small lords, second sons, and youngest sons who are eager for larger lands and more people. They will be the core of the next possible unrest." Lingol said softly.

"Greed and endless ambition are the root causes of unrest, father."

Long Zeer narrowed his eyes: "So what are you going to do? Deal with that illegitimate child? Or deal with the tens of thousands of little guys who are waiting to make achievements and become nobles? Or..."

"You want to launch another expedition and take over more land in the East Continent?"

The old man looked at his eldest son, waiting for the answer from Lingol, who had become a middle-aged man.

After thinking about it for a while, he realized that there was no solution to this problem that could be eradicated without causing serious consequences.

Everything is just delaying the arrival of the end.

Just like those mysterious preparations my father made.

The scattered Valyrian steel in the cellars, which had been recast by the magical forging skills of Qohor's craftsmen, had filled several warehouses, waiting for the day when they could be melted down into weapons.

The dragons were nourished by magic, and instead of perishing as fate would have it, they grew stronger.

Recruiting soldiers for the Night's Watch on the Great Wall has not been as difficult in recent years as it was in the peaceful years before. On the contrary, due to sufficient funds and the resolution of many of the wildling border threats, the Night's Watch has become quite popular among the Second Son Knights who cannot survive, farmers who have not been allocated land, bankrupt citizens, and craftsmen.

The service standards of the Silver Blood Army have also increased a lot, but correspondingly, the salaries, training requirements, and equipment have also increased a lot.

And Ringol himself also followed his father's prophecy and prepared to choose a wife with "ice blood" for little Igor.

Unfortunately, the girl of the ancient lord of the North had unexpectedly withered away over the years.

The Dustin family of Barrowton has a girl of the right age, but she does not meet the "Ice Blood" standard. The Stark family and the Bolton family, which meet the standard most, do not have a daughter of the right age.

This made Ringol and Daniela quite uncomfortable.

Cregan Stark still doesn't have a daughter.

She had a lot of sons, but no one knew what Alexandra Blackwood, who was getting healthier with age, and Duke Creggan, who was also getting more energetic with age, had done.

"So, don't be too nervous." Longzel said softly: "Perhaps, a bad future is also an opportunity. By the way, Lingol, let me tell you something else."

The old man suddenly flashed an amused smile.

"What do you think of that Stark kid?"

"Which one?"

(End of this chapter)