Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 274 Rebellious Boy Baylor

The silver-haired boy shrank back sullenly, knowing that Aegor was right.

But which boy could refuse a dragon? He still looked at the gorgeous golden beast with envy and desire. As if he felt someone was looking at him, Syrax raised his head lazily. But whether it was Aegor Rivers or the illegitimate son of Aegon born to Philea Stokeworth, "Silver-haired" Gaimon Waters, in Syrax's eyes, they were all harmless cubs. He was not interested in them at all. After just one look, the dragon buried its head in its wings out of boredom.

But it was enough to get the kids excited.

"Aegor, I heard that father is going back to King's Landing. Do you want to go back with him?" Seeing that the dragon ignored them, Gaimon Weasley curled his lips and asked while lying on the solid wooden fence on the windowsill.

In Harrenhal, Aegon raised nine noble illegitimate children and three talented commoner illegitimate children. Aegon did not favor any of them. In fact, except for a few adult illegitimate children and noble illegitimate children who were particularly valued, he did not even remember what the children were called or what they looked like.

In addition to the twelve in Harrenhal, there are three noble bastards in King's Landing, and a commoner bastard in Oldtown whose mother is a fisherwoman but who has outstanding abilities. He was knighted by Prince Viserys himself as soon as he came of age to assist Aegon in handling government affairs.

These were the illegitimate children acknowledged by Aegon.

In addition, there were several illegitimate children who were taken back to be raised by their respective mothers - in fact, there was only one family, that is the Blackwood family. Perhaps because of Miss Melissa's close relationship with Serena, although she and Aegon had an old relationship, her illegitimate children did not grow up with Aegon.

In fact, the illegitimate children who knew about Brandon and his friends' existence were very envious of them.

But what's the point of envy? They are still bastards in the eyes of outsiders.

All of them, illegitimate children, knew who their father favored the most.

The child he had with Princess Diana, Daemon Waters. They had never seen that brother, but they all knew about his "great achievements". After all, not just any illegitimate child could make the king speechless, the sons of the great nobles smile bitterly, the majestic old prince in the south give up, and offend his legal wife and heir - although Princess Rhaena and little Daeron would probably not vent their anger on innocent children.

After giving birth to Daemon, Princess Diana was imprisoned in the Red Keep by King Daeron and was forbidden to go out. Daemon and his mother were also imprisoned in a low tower in the Red Keep, which was later called the "Blackfire Tower". It was not until this time that the princess realized that there was no one behind her willfulness.

"Do you think father will take us back to King's Landing?" The black-haired Aegor said coldly, "We are illegitimate children, a stain on the royal bloodline. Although our grandfathers and uncles are in King's Landing, many of them have been driven back to their home castles. Do you want to commit suicide by going to King's Landing now?"

After saying that, Iger pounded the railing heavily, as if to vent his dissatisfaction, but he finally put away his fist silently. As a child, even if Iger tried his best, he couldn't leave any damage on the railing, and his fist would only be filled with sawdust.

But he still fought on, the fire burning in his heart told him that he could release the anger and unwillingness that came from nowhere. In this castle, he saw the nobility and humility of the illegitimate child at the same time.

Aegon actually didn't know how to treat them. Rather than being a father, Aegon was more like their leader, or a knight, and he treated different children differently.

The bastards in Harrenhal had different identities and different treatments. The treatment of the three outstanding civilian bastards was even much better than that of many noble bastards. And Aegor himself was from the Bracken family, a great noble family in the riverlands. In terms of strength, his maternal family was the strongest among all the bastards in Harrenhal. So he was treated the best.

He had special instructors, Count Lucas Rostand and his capable commoner illegitimate brother William Rivers, who would even teach him swordsmanship and riding personally. He could enjoy white bread, honey and bacon for every meal, wear high-quality silk clothes and ride a good horse bought from the frontier.

He can even get close to his father's dragon.

In contrast, he also witnessed the difference in the treatment of his illegitimate brothers and sisters, as well as the way they looked at him.

I wonder if Daemon in King's Landing feels the same way as I do? Aegor Rivers always asked himself this question.

But he didn't want to bear all of this, at least not now as a child.

He was powerless and could only rage helplessly.

"Oh" Gaimon shrank his neck. He decided not to disturb his grumpy illegitimate brother.

Iger looked towards his father's bedroom. He was curious about what his father was thinking.

King's Landing, Red Keep.

Diana sat blankly on the edge of the bed. Damon was already asleep. This handsome boy with silver hair was stronger and taller than his mother had imagined.

During her days of imprisonment, Diana looked at her son's little face more than once, wondering why she was not the one who married Aegon.

So now little Daemon should have his own rooms in Oldtown and King's Landing. He should be the noble Prince Daemon Targaryen, not some crappy Daemon Weathering. He should have a newly hatched dragon to accompany him at this time, or be able to tame a real dragon after growing into a heroic young man.

He should be on his way to conquer giant dragons like Korakshu and Stormcloud, instead of being imprisoned with me until who knows when.

"Damon, what belongs to you, mother will definitely help you get it back."

Looking at her sleeping son, Diana made up her mind and looked at the moon in the sky.

At this time, King Daeron should not have rested yet.

The princess walked out of the room resolutely, and the long corridor was empty.

She knew that this was the face her brother gave her. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, she couldn't even leave the room. A Kingsguard was on duty at the door.

"Good knight, I wish to see your Majesty."

Without hesitation or even the slightest euphemism, Diana looked the White Knight in the eye and spoke seriously.

Sothoryos, the Basilisk Islands, the Island of Tears.

Almost the moment Sendroth flew over the island, he saw the huge burn. The dark green dragon with deer antlers roared happily, but as if he remembered something, his mood quickly dropped. However, he still landed steadily next to the burn with his companions.

The fire ignored Sendroth falling from the sky, nor did it pay attention to the vibration and dust caused by its crashing to the ground, which made Sendroth quite bored and he could only lower his head to rest.

Squeak.

The door of the tavern slowly opened, and Dan looked at the people in the tavern with a gloomy face.

Finally, his eyes fell on Baylor.

"Baile, do you want to die?"

"Uncle, the person who wants to kill me is already lying here." Beile said with some pride, but a great force suddenly hit him, and Dan took a few big steps and rushed directly in front of Beile. Before he could say a word, Beile was held against the wall by the collar of his black robe by Dan.

Huohuo stared at the interior of the tavern, and did not immediately protect his companions.

Perhaps it knew that Dan posed no threat to Belle, or perhaps it was also wary of Sendros.

Who knows?

"Do you know what will happen to King's Landing if you leave? How worried will Serena and the others be about you? Do you know that you have a brother who has lost his mother, wife, son and brother?" Dan's eyes turned red: "What will they do if something happens to you?"

The High Valyrian words came out in a comical sound, but Baelor could hear his uncle's anger.

"Uncle, let go, uncle, please listen to my explanation."

"Stop talking nonsense. The burner is right here. Ride it back to Dragon's Nest to meet your sister and Serena first, and then get back to King's Landing." Dan glanced coldly at everyone in the tavern and continued to stare at Beile: "You should be thankful that it was me who came. I will also talk to you. If it was Serena who came, you would be on Sarafathers now. If it was Ringol or Jay who came, this town would be a sea of ​​fire now."

"Uncle, uncle, listen to my explanation, listen to my explanation." Beile was so anxious that he was about to cry. He knew clearly that it was fortunate that the person who came was Dan who was relatively reasonable. If it was anyone else, even if it was the child king Lei Geng, he would have to ride his dragon home quickly.

But it was Dan who came.

There is still room for explanation.

"Okay, I'll listen to your explanation." Dan slowly put Beile down and looked at his nephew with a cold face: "You'd better give me a reason to convince me not to punish you."

"Uncle, I left a letter for His Majesty the King." Beile said a little aggrievedly. "My brother knew that I came out, and he didn't object."

The tavern owner lay on the ground, not daring to raise his head, but he had cursed Beile countless times in his heart.

Gods of the labyrinth, he was clearly not like this just now
"Look, if you take the letter to the King, will he just lock you up in the Black Palace, or will he happily allow you out?" Dan obviously wasn't buying it.

Belle hastily continued, "Uncle, no matter what, I have come out safely and reunited with you. Can't you take me with you? With two dragons here, even the female dragon king of the Belleris family who rode a dragon over Sothoryos didn't make such a big scene."

He looked at Dan expectantly.

"No, how old are you?" Dan rejected his nephew's request without hesitation: "We want to go deep into Sothoryos by land. It's too dangerous there."

"What if I exchange it for Sothoryos's situation?" Belle suddenly said, with a sly smile flashing across the boy's face.

This was the information he extracted from the tavern owner.

"No." Dan looked at his nephew with a "do you think you can convince me" look.

Beile was anxious: "Uncle, I can't go back now! Really, if I go back, King's Landing will be in chaos."

This time, Dan didn't say "no".

He was silent.

(End of this chapter)