Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 271 Echoes of the Ancient Times

However, most of them were not as miserable as Ser Darry. Most of them were directly stripped of their positions and driven out of King's Landing.

No reason, no reason needed.

In other words, they all knew very well why they were driven out of King's Landing.

No one dared to anger the king who walked out of the study. Even though the king retreated into the study and continued his monarchy after dealing with the matter, any discerning person could see that the king's control over King's Landing had been strengthened.

The Imperial Council made a subtle change. After all, after Longzel and Viserys, the change of Prime Minister was a minor event. But the change of Prime Minister signaled a signal.

The king was still the king, and the prime minister who had just taken office didn't have any backers or anything like that, but he wasn't one of the king's "own men." So the prime minister, who wasn't unlucky, took off the badge of the king's hand neatly and ran back to his fiefdom in a panic.

For the sake of the Seven Gods, no one ever said that the water in Junlin was so deep.

The noble who came to serve as prime minister this time came from the conquered land.

Count Herman Pole, along with his third son, Sir Quentin Pole, crossed the Narrow Sea to help his loyal Dragonheart King regain control of the government.

The Bol family came from the Reach, and their lineage could be traced back to the ancient Garth Greenhand, but the Bol family was not one of the famous big families. Earl Herman was the second son of the family, and he had no right to inherit the family castle and wealth, although he had once served as Earl Tully's squire and was far better than his brother in terms of ability and popularity.

So he chose to join the expedition with his attendants. Relying on his bloodline and connections, Hermann Boll quickly gained a foothold in the army of the River Reach and soon became his father's deputy.

At the end of the expedition, Hermann Boll was granted a large piece of land and established a branch of the Boll family. As the dragons poured their wrath on the conquered lands, Hermann Boll's territory expanded by almost twice.

His current territory has far exceeded that of his family, and is even close to several old nobles in the Reach. He is one of the most powerful nobles in Westeros in the conquered land.

He represents the forces loyal to the Warrior King.

So Junlin returned to peace again.

Dragon's Nest City.

Brynden stared at the boys and girls in front of him with innocent eyes, somewhat puzzled.

"Bran, I helped you spread your reputation, don't embarrass your brother." Othiris Vareses patted his chest hard. Jacaerys's son inherited his father's carefree character, but not his tight-lippedness.

So once some little secret was known, everyone knew it - only the children.

Dan's son Damion lowered his head and fiddled with something, without raising his head: "You can give your mouth to Bran. Bran never said he could change shape."

Igor squatted in front of Brynden, now more like a child of his age than a precocious heir. "Bran, have you ever tried to see the world through the eyes of an animal, or anything else? Or have you ever had the urge to do so?"

Brynden pretended to be innocent and looked at the boys and girls surrounding him, as well as his older sister Daenerys who seemed to be smiling, and his younger uncle Rhaegon who was just watching the fun.

"Come on, Bran, stop pretending. Your brothers have never treated you unfairly." Otherys had long been fed up with Brynden's behavior and held him in his arms: "Don't be so reserved in front of your brothers."

"Osiris, you're a fool. You scared Bran." Damion raised his head expressionlessly and said bluntly in a clear childish voice.

"Yes, yes." Xirui stood up with her hands on her hips: "Osiris, if you do this again, I will..."

"No, no, Brother Othrys does not scare me." Brynden could only speak timidly at last. "It's just that I'm not sure."

"Brother Igor's dreams are never wrong." Osiris swore, "And Bran knows a lot of things. He must be a real shapeshifter. Wait, sister, what are you holding?"

The boy couldn't even speak before he finished speaking, and even Igor, who turned back, had a look of horror on his face.

Daenerys took out a bag from somewhere, and there seemed to be a living creature inside.

The key point is that the bag is used in the dragon greenhouse to store dragon eggs and newborn dragons.

"Didn't you say we should give it a try?" Daenerys asked doubtfully.

As soon as he finished speaking, the silver guard of the dragon greenhouse pushed the door open and said bluntly: "Your Highness, please hand over the dragon bag. In addition, His Highness invites you and Prince Igor to go to his hall."

Ringol raised his eyebrows and glanced at the letter from Junlin: "It seems that there are always people who think that chaos is a ladder to rise."

He commented on those ambitious people without any politeness. They started thinking about the succession to the throne before the king died yet. Did they really think that the Targaryens and Vareses were all dead?

The heir of the Silver Dragon is not worried about the affairs of King's Landing now, including Baelor riding a dragon leaving King's Landing, which is not a big deal for him or even the entire Varese family.

Every Varese knew that Beile was no ordinary boy. If you underestimated him, you would suffer a great loss. But his own children were a headache for him.

Lingol's younger brother Lei Geng stood beside him cautiously. He had promised his nephew and niece that when Lingol got too drunk, he would cool his big brother down in time and rescue his "poor" nephew and niece.

"Daenerys, I heard that you have been skipping maester classes almost every day recently. Can you tell your father why?" Ringol tapped his fingers lightly on the table. He was actually very satisfied with his children. Igor was precocious, and although Daenerys was not very obedient, she was never confused about major issues.

But no father can tolerate a child skipping lessons.

"Father, I can explain this." Igor laughed and rubbed his hands to stop his sister behind him. Only Daenerys understood what her brother meant and smiled playfully. Brother, you have fallen too.

Sister, I have helped you solve this problem. If I have similar problems in the future, you must also help me solve them.

"My sister and I discovered something interesting recently."

"Igor, you'd better give me a satisfactory answer." Lingol knew his son's intentions as soon as he looked up.

This guy and her sister have been cheating on each other for so many years, why is he here to cover for her sister now?
There must be something going on.

"Father, you won't believe it when I tell you, but it is true." Igor was a little panicked when he saw that his father's expression didn't change, but this kid was born to hide his thoughts. There was no change in his expression, and even his movements showed some excitement.

"Tell me." Ringol said calmly, "What can make me disbelieve it at the first sight? If you use some poet's "Ringol's Expedition" to fool your father again, I will tie you to Xingge and whip you."

"Father, how could that be?" Igor quickly changed his expression: "Father, I am telling the truth. You know I can have very clear prophetic dreams."

Lingol leaned back in his chair without comment. "Go on, I'm listening."

"When I was taking a nap today, I dreamed that Brynden had countless eyes growing out of his body. Then I also saw animals with the same birthmarks and eyes as Brynden, including crows, ravens, snakes, and more."

"Tell me the result." Lingol sighed.

"Brother Sebastian interpreted the dream and said that this could mean that Brynden would know everything that happened in the world like Uncle Dagareon, or it could mean that Brynden would become a skinchanger. We looked up the information and found that skinchangers were a kind of magician from the ancients."

"Is this the reason why you took the newly hatched dragon to Brynden for experiment?" Lingol couldn't help but feel a little brave. He really didn't expect that the younger generations of the family would be so brave.

After learning that Brynden might have a talent for skinchanger, several children immediately found Brynden and asked him a lot of questions. In the end, Daenerys even excitedly went to find a baby dragon for Brynden to try out the alien shapeshifter.

Fortunately, the greenhouse where the dragons were hatched was guarded.

"Father, that was Uncle Silverguard being too sensitive." Daenerys finally spoke: "We knew we couldn't try it recklessly. We didn't use a dragon, we used a cat."

"Even cats can't do that." Ringol said seriously, "When it comes to magic, if you know it, you know it, and if you don't, you don't know it. A skinchanger's talent doesn't mean you can become a skinchanger. If you rashly let Brynden skinchanger, you will kill him."

"We know we were wrong, father." Igor said a little aggrievedly. "But Brynden did succeed. We saw with our own eyes that the cat's eyes changed."

Ringol frowned.

Sothoryos.

An unknown swamp.

The dark swamp was bubbling with bubbles. Ancient mushrooms that could not be named grew wildly under ancient giant trees that had been growing for who knows how many years. Mosses and mycelium were everywhere. In the distance, scattered black stone pillars could be seen in the center of the swamp.

There are also statues whose original appearance can no longer be seen.

And green eyes that flickered.

A strange figure slowly crawled out of the mud, but just as he straightened up from the corner of the black stone pillars surrounding an unknown builder, a terrifying roar broke the eerie tranquility here.

The figure with a long trail of mud immediately jumped into the turbid water.

In an instant, countless shadows burst out from the depths of the dense forest and from the hanging vines, making hoarse screams.

Behind them are a pair of sharp vertical pupils.

And a blazing flame.

(End of this chapter)