Chapter 63 Trash Can

As a five-year-old boy, although he had no parental love and his two brothers didn't pay much attention to him, Renly was still not treated harshly in some material conditions.

He basically had the best food and clothing since he was a child, and there was no need to say more about education. Although the place he lived in seemed a little simple, that was just his opinion.

And in some "entertainment", he also had everything he needed.

In his early years at Storm's End, an uncle liked Renly very much. Every time a caravan passed by Storm's End, he would always buy him some "interesting" toys.

Wooden knights, rag dolls, building blocks, exquisite wreaths and hand-woven fabrics, etc. He even bought various puppets that only professionals could manipulate.

Later, his uncle died, and it was Maester Cressen's turn to take care of him. The old man would get him some toys from time to time, and also made him some simple armor knight swords with tin and wood.

There were a lot of these things accumulated, which were useless to Renly, but he never threw them away, only occasionally giving one or two away when children of his "same age" came to play with him.

Now these toys have accumulated into two large boxes, and the butler brought them to him when he left Storm's End.

The servants of Maegor's Holdfast would come to his bedroom every day to clean, change the curtains, sheets, carpets, etc., but usually they would not pay any attention to Renly's toy boxes.

In addition, these two boxes were also locked by Renly, and now the key was hanging around his neck with the bronze ring.

So for Renly, there is no safer place for him to hide things than a toy box.

The Naga ribs brought from the Iron Islands before had magical effects and could attract fish. Renly once regarded them as treasures, so he hid them in a box. When he found that the pocket dragon egg in his hand was a useless egg, he also planned to throw it in.

However, just after he did this, changes occurred.

Inside the wooden box, when the golden pocket dragon egg touched a broken bone the length of a palm that he had hidden at the bottom of the toy gap, it suddenly trembled as if it had come alive.

At first, Renly thought that it might be his eyes that were dazzled, but when he couldn't help but take out both objects and bump them against each other, he found that the egg in his hand suddenly began to tremble again.

"What is this?"

He looked at the two objects in his hands in confusion, and experimented back and forth.

There was no movement when the distance was far away, but as long as they touched each other, the egg and the bone would move inexplicably.

That's right, not only the egg, but even the bone began to tremble, although it was very weak, but it could be clearly felt.

However, this tremor only occurred when it was in contact at the beginning, and there was no change even if it was pressed together. After observing for a long time, Renly looked confused.

After repeated experiments, nothing else happened. So after thinking about it, he simply wrapped the two things with a white handkerchief with silver edges, and then carefully placed them at the bottom of the wooden box.

He seemed a little absent-minded that day, and after dinner at night, he couldn't wait to crawl under the bed and open the box to see if there was anything new.

But when he got up the next day and opened the box, he suddenly found that the "egg" that seemed to be wrapped in golden scales was now stained with some sparse bone-white particles on the surface.

And the bone next to it seemed to have become rounder...

He had a vague guess.

In the next few days, he paid close attention to the situation in the toy box, and then found that the bone-white particles on the egg increased day by day, and the broken rib gradually became rounder and smaller. Apart from that, there was no new change.

However, Renly's expectation for this became stronger and stronger. He guessed that when the rib disappeared, the answer to the question of whether the egg would change might surface.

Unfortunately, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop. Before he can really see the changes, another unexpected news suddenly arrives.

The former bandits mentioned by the smugglers were suddenly surrounded by the King's Landing gold cloaks, and a guy named Oswin was captured.

...

When Renly heard the news, he was sitting on the balcony of his bedroom, staring at the sea with a large number of ships anchored outside the castle, and thinking about whether the "curse" he had on him would also take effect at the moment.

As a result, while he was daydreaming aimlessly, the servant led the brown-haired middle-aged man in.

"They followed the clues of a singer and tracked down the people of the Kingswood Brotherhood."

After sending the servant away, Davos's first sentence made Renly look startled, and then he stared at him and found that the former smuggler looked very serious at this time.

"No one heard anything, but the gold cloaks suddenly surrounded the inn where the bandits were staying. Ben, who was pregnant, was killed on the spot. A bandit named Oswin was seriously injured and captured. Only the white deer Wenda and her son lived in another room. After sensing the danger, they jumped out of the window and ran away."

"Did they go to find you?" Renly asked.

"Yes." Davos frowned and nodded: "I have hidden them in a safe place in Flea Bottom. The gold cloaks should not be able to find them."

Despite this, neither the smuggler nor Renly felt much comfort at this time. After a moment of silence, Renly asked: "Will he give you away?"

This is the crux of the problem.

"White Deer Winda claimed that Oswin would never betray them." Davos said, "But I have never seen him, so I can't be sure of his character."

He sighed bitterly.

"I was not careful, otherwise I would not have been targeted by those bandits."

"You can't blame me for that." Renly said seriously, "I asked you to do everything."

"In fact, I want to do that, my lord."

The other shook his head: "Lannister killed many of my friends."

Renly didn't speak again, but sat there with his head down, and began to think of a way.

One of those guys who volunteered was captured now, which means that the clues are likely to be traced to Davos, which means danger.

Although they can stir up trouble in King's Landing, it's only because they are in the dark and others have nowhere to start. If they are really caught with clues, they will be vulnerable.

Renly is not worried about his own safety, because even if the person in front of him is caught and confesses the truth, it is hard for people to believe that a five-year-old child is the mastermind of this matter.

It's just that he's busy doing all sorts for me, but he's facing life danger in return. If I don't care or even distance myself from him, I'd be a nobody.

His mind kept turning, and some information about the current situation in King's Landing flashed through his mind. Suddenly, a thought came to his mind, so the boy asked thoughtfully: "Do you think Lord Mace Tyrell of the Reach is a fool, Davos?"

I'm going out in the afternoon, so I'll post this chapter in advance tonight.