Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 305: The Dragon and the Bastard

But neither boy noticed that Garin Hewen was standing behind them, watching the two children whispering with interest. He heard almost every word the two boys said.

The deputy chief of intelligence sighed and returned to the shadows.

Children are always naive. They can discover things. How could the adult bastards not discover that their blood can also be close to dragons? When they were in Old Town, these bastards had close contact with dragons. Garin Hewen can guarantee that Syrax, Womacks and Haiyan will not reject them as they rejected the servants, and will not treat them as food. They will also accept their feeding.

As a child, Garin did fantasize about whether he could become a dragon knight, but as he grew older, he completely abandoned this fantasy.

He walked slowly in the darkness of the Red Castle, bypassed the deep corridors, and entered the complex secret passages of the Red Castle.

What a crap dragon knight. If it really is the turn of a bastard like him, it can only mean one thing.

The Targaryens need cannon fodder.

There is a failure rate in dragon taming. In Garin's opinion, even Varys Targaryen, who had pure Valyrian blood, could be burned by Jade Oryns. The dragon taming of the royal family of the Targaryen family was not always smooth sailing. How could these half-mixed illegitimate children of theirs be able to tame dragons completely successfully?
He would never do anything that would put his life at risk.

Bastards value their own interests the most. After all, they are safest when they have money and power. Didn't Aegon deceive his mother with money and power? It is true that the Darry family is a great noble family in the Riverlands, but his mother is just an inconspicuous second daughter. If she was not a daughter, and a second daughter at that, his mother would not have climbed into Aegon's bed so easily. If she had not climbed into Aegon's bed and had not relied on his power and wealth, his mother would not have been valued by the Darry family and spent the rest of her life in peace and wealth.

He was not like Harry Flowers, a commoner bastard who was promoted to a high position by his "father". He did not have such deep feelings for Aegon.

There were no torches in the long and narrow tunnel, but Garin walked steadily, as if he had walked through this secret passage thousands of times. The narrow secret passage became narrower and narrower, until it was difficult for even one person to pass through, and finally it came to an abrupt end in front of a stone wall.

Garin Hewen fumbled on the stone wall for a while, locked onto a brick and pressed it in.

There was a creaking sound, and Garin gently pushed the stone wall. The stone wall creaked and turned, and Garin flashed and disappeared into the stone wall.

Across the stone wall was a dark basement. Under the dim firelight, there was an old man with pale hair and skin who was constantly copying something. When he saw Garin Hewen coming in, the old man pointed and motioned him to sit in front of him.

Gaelin obediently sat down in front of the old man and placed the three scrolls for the ravens in front of him.

"Please pass these three letters to Prince Lingol."

The old man said "Yeah", dipped his quill pen into the ink, and motioned for him to continue.

"His Majesty has appointed us illegitimate children to occupy the positions that truly hold power in the Imperial Council, and has completely taken control of the political situation in King's Landing." Garin said as he looked at the words the old man was writing. "I served as the deputy of the Chief of Intelligence, responsible for managing the kingdom's intelligence network. It turned out that Earl Lucas was focusing all his energy on finding and hiding mistresses for His Majesty the King. The kingdom's intelligence network had many problems. The news of the conquered lands was almost half chaotic to the kingdom. The intelligence base of the Free Trade Cities had not been updated for ten years. Only King's Landing and Oldtown were relatively clear about the kingdom's news. Harry Flowers served as the Chief of the Treasury. He was the most loyal to His Majesty the King among the three of us. Sir Dinwater was too old, and Titus would soon take over his duties as the captain of the Kingsguard. Sir Quentin Pole, the son of the Hand of the King, was very much loved by the King. The King appointed him as the head coach of the Red Keep - a head coach of the Red Keep who could only teach a group of illegitimate children. Sir Quentin was very dissatisfied. He hoped to put on a white robe and become the envied White Knight, but His Majesty the King did not agree to his request."

"ah"

The old man wrote down word for word everything Galen said.

"In addition to consolidating all power in King's Landing, His Majesty also brought back all the bastards of noble birth. Due to public opinion, His Majesty decided to build a small fortress in the Rhaenys Hill to accommodate the bastards. What is puzzling is that His Majesty allowed the bastards to get close to his dragons. From what I have observed, there are several bastards who are favored by dragons. Their names are as follows: Aegor Rivers, the bastard of His Majesty and the Bracken family, a very strong boy, and he is also very thoughtful. He was the first to discover that these bastards are also friendly with dragons. Guymon Rivers, Brandon Rivers, Gwen Rivers, William Rivers, and Jaime Flowers."

The old man continued to write rapidly.

"His Majesty the King is very concerned about Daemon Waters of Silver Widow Manor, but he dares not meet the noble bastard in person. However, it is said that the bastard has a high affinity for dragons. His Majesty the King once said in private that if he could give the child a dragon egg, the dragon egg would definitely hatch. However, he has sworn to the late king, the Seven Gods and the nobles that he would not let the dragon egg flow out, so he can only let Princess Diana raise Daemon Waters. Daemon Waters has recently gained two playmates, Trystan Sand and Doran Sand. They claim to be the bastards of Prince Jacaerys Vareses, but according to investigations, they do have overlapping itineraries with Prince Jacaerys. But it doesn't fit. Their mother is a dragon from Dragonstone who moved to Dorne and followed Prince Lucerys Martell. She once lived in Tyrosh and Wineport, and may have no relationship with Prince Jacaerys."

The old man paused for a moment, but continued writing.

"His Majesty thought this was very interesting information. He planned to contact the mother of the two children, but found that she had passed away, so he had to give up. In addition, His Majesty ruled on the dispute between the Bracken family and the Blackwood family. With Earl Benjicoe seriously ill, the Bracken family won. It is said that Earl Benjicoe was unable to get up due to old age, illness and anger. Earl Orin Blackwood, who took over his position, almost declared war on Earl Bracken. But he was dissuaded in the end."

Galen continued.

"Also, according to intelligence, Princess Diana has purchased ships, weapons, and armor. She seems to have decided to send Daemon to the land of conquest."

After reporting these things, Garin looked at the old man and closed his mouth.

The old man raised his eyelids and pointed to the corner.

Garin River smiled softly.

He walked to the corner, took a look, nodded with satisfaction, and turned towards the secret passage.

The only person left in the basement was an old man who was writing something.

(End of this chapter)