Chapter 335 Whose Dragon?
Suddenly.
"Hiss-"
A dragon roar as dull as a bell came from afar, and the long single tone contained a strong warning meaning.
Damon frowned, recognizing that the dragon's roar came from the ferocious beast that was born from a wild dragon.
"Uncle, when you go to the martial arts arena, do you also want to compete with me?"
Rhaegar was the first to speak out. He looked at each person and the dragon calmly and said calmly: "Are you riding a horse or controlling a dragon?"
"Hiss-"
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge dark dragon shadow cut through the sky and landed suddenly outside the east side of the competition ground.
The glutton planted his feet on the ground, and looked down at the man and the dragon in the arena with his ferocious dragon head. His wide, dark wings spread out, and the shadow enveloped half of the competition arena.
"Hiss..."
Another sharp scream came from the direction of Shenyan Lake, and then the thin clouds and mist were seen stirring on the horizon, and a light gray dragon shadow was looming.
Four dragons appeared one after another, which greatly stimulated the audience.
To the east and south, there is a behemoth looking at the white stone building, a famous blood worm crawling in the competition field, and an unknown dragon hiding in secret.
Many nobles were sweating profusely, intuitively feeling that Targaryen was called "the person closest to God".
On the high platform, Viserys glanced at Vhagar sensitively and straightened his clothes to maintain the king's demeanor.
No one will remain indifferent if the world's largest dragon stands behind him.
He was just thinking, why didn't Wormisor come out to protect the Lord like a glutton?
Lanner got off the dragon's back and walked slowly, holding her slightly bulging belly.
In order to cater to her pregnant body, she only wore a plain white dress and a red vest.
"Your Majesty, Damon wants to prepare a gift for you. We are late."
Lanner curtsied and saluted, with a hint of helplessness in her apologetic tone.
Viserys forced out a sincere smile: "It doesn't matter, you are pregnant, please take your seat."
Lannal touched her belly, smiled and walked back to sit next to her mother Rhaenys.
With the appearance of Lanner, the originally tense atmosphere on the high platform was greatly relieved, and there was no need to worry about what would happen to the uncle and nephew.
In the competition arena.
Daemon caught a glimpse of the glutton and the hidden gray figure, and knew that the provocation of his nephew was coming to an end.
Although I am not willing to do so, there is nothing I can do about it.
Just like he wanted to inherit his brother's throne, but his brother gave birth to six children, which almost shattered his line of succession.
Rhaegar held his head high and his eyes were full of interest.
He likes to watch the scene where his uncle is trapped in a cocoon and unable to step down.
"Haha~"
Damon already had a countermeasure. He looked down at his nephew arrogantly and said with a smile: "Rhaega, when did you have the habit of going out to put on makeup and find a new female companion?"
Rhaegar's heart skipped a beat, and his attention stayed on the word "female companion."
I thought that my good uncle who was a promiscuous man was going to expose him in public.
Except for that time in Volantis, he had placed the sisters Daniela in a safe place and had no personal contact with them.
But he obviously thought wrong.
Damon raised his hand and tapped both sides of his face, and couldn't help but mockingly said: "The lip marks left before the competition seem to have brought you good luck."
Rhaegar was stunned when he heard this, recalling the lipstick marks left by Margaery on his cheeks.
Dang clang——
The fat referee came out of nowhere, rang the gong and shouted: "It seems that our Prince Rhaegar is very popular with the girls, and he keeps kissing him!"
Rega turned around in shock and stared at the fat man with an unkind look.
Damn the Fool, ruin his reputation.
"Hahaha~"
"..."
Damon was the first to laugh, and many nobles who had heard about it followed closely behind, making the whole room burst into laughter.
Lei Jia smiled cheerfully, but in fact his back molars were almost broken.
But there is nothing to lose. Romance is a formalism pursued by nobles.
He glanced at his good uncle, and his tension eased slightly.
Both parties are Targaryen's male heirs, Daemon spends more money than he does, so it is appropriate for each other to show some dignity.
Leng Buding noticed a hint of amusement in Damon's eyes, and Rhaegar quickly noticed something was wrong.
After thinking about it, Rhaegar cursed in his mind: "Despicable, you deliberately used words to mislead him."
Damon looked proud as he stood up from the saddle and climbed down the ladder onto the back of the dragon.
He was so compatible with Colach that most of the time he didn't need the stable chain on the saddle.
This time wearing armor, he didn't even bother to tie the chains.
Rhaegar dismounted, lifted the scarlet cloak off the horse's head, and led the white horse to the rest area.
After being intimidated by the roars of several dragons, the white horse managed to hold on without collapsing to the ground. It was already a good horse.
The squire came to take over the reins, and Rhaegar carefully warned: "Take good care of it, it won't be able to go to the field recently."
"Hiss..."
Corakxiu neighed, flapped his wings and quickly rose into the air, his long snake-like scarlet body swaying flexibly.
Rhaegar was too lazy to answer and found Tormund who had been waiting for a long time.
Damon passed him by, looking for the king's brother with a successful smile on his face.
…
The corner of the arena.
Rhaegar opened his hands, and two Unsullied helped him remove his armor.
Tormund stood behind him, his voice regretful: "Prince, there have been a lot of news and rumors these days. I am sure of two things, one good and one bad."
"bad thing."
Rhaegar kept his cool, wanting to hear how bad the bad thing was.
"As for Storm's End, two bastards are trying to restore their surname and inherit the Baratheon family legacy."
Tormund puts it bluntly.
"Idiots and dreams." Rhaegar frowned.
There are very few cases of illegitimate children regaining their surnames. Once they have a surname, the illegitimate child will have legal inheritance rights.
The government of Storm's End is temporarily ruled by Lady Elena and Rhaenys, and the bastards have no say.
Tormund said in detail: "Two illegitimate children are not simple. They or the people behind them have won the support of most of the nobles of the Stormland and a small number of the nobles of the Valley and the Reach."
"The Dondarrion family in Darkport and the Swann family in Cape Wrath?" Rhaegar asked doubtfully.
These two families have a long history in the Stormlands and have great influence, but they should not affect the Valley and the Reach.
"Besides these two families, there should be a small unorganized group."
Tormund gave an example: "Duke Jason of Casterly Rock once openly criticized Lady Jeyne for managing the Vale and suggested that the king consider an illegitimate child to inherit Storm's End."
He also told the origins of the two illegitimate children.
The elder one is named Bronn Storm, the illegitimate son of the old Duke of Bomond, and the illegitimate daughter of Lord Dondarrion of Blackport.
He has remained with Lord Dondarrion and served as an infantryman for three years, participating in the war in Dorne March.
The younger one was named Arnold Storm, the illegitimate son of Duke Boros, born from an affair with the wet nurse of Earl Sven's eldest son.
He was a blacksmith's apprentice when he was young. Later, because of his physical strength, he was accepted as a knight's squire by Earl Sven. He fought in the Second Battle of the Steps.
"No wonder Dondarrion's old man and Lord Sven support two bastards."
Rhaegar sneered and changed the topic: "Where's the good news?"
Emond's eyes were reserved and he whispered: "Laris Strong is dead."
Rega was slightly startled, calculated the time, and said puzzledly: "One month has passed, and he should die."
After the Laris trial, he should have been exiled directly.
Leonor was worried that his second son would be seriously injured and die on the way, so he delayed him in the dungeon of the Red Castle for two months before sending the recovered Larisse and a dozen prisoners to the night watchman's prison car.
According to the slow speed of the prison car, it would take about a month to reach the vicinity of Jingze.
Rhaegar expected that the path would be filled with mosquitoes, rats, ants, and diseases such as dysentery, making it a good place for Laris to die unexpectedly from illness or from a wild beast attack.
Tormund shook his head: "Laris did not lose his life according to the death method we set. He was burned to death by dragon flames."
Rhaegar was shocked when he heard this.
Tormund continued: "The information from the spies was lost a few days ago. I transformed into a raven to search, and found a piece of scorched earth in Path Zee. Including our shadows, there were more than a dozen scorched corpses."
"Laris is a useless man, who can control a dragon and kill him?" Rhaegar was sifting through suitable candidates in his mind.
"Judging from the burning marks on the ground, the dragon was at least an adult dragon. It was not something that could be caused by a sub-adult dragon like Yang Yan."
Tormund made a reasonable and bold analysis: "I suspect it is the king's Wormishor."
Rhaegar fell silent.
The term "adult dragon" is very general. Dragons over 60 years old can be called adult dragons, and they are all mature in size and temperament.
Excluding the masterless dragon, the adult dragons in the family include Dreamfire, Sheepstealer, Bloodworm, Red Queen...
There are also three behemoths, Vhagar, Glutton, and Vormithor.
After a while, Rhaegar asked: "Are the other dragons not suspected?"
Tormund said: "There are more or less doubts, but the king is the most suspicious and has the best reason."
Helena travels on the Dreamfire every day, and Emond will also force his fiancée to ride the dragon with him.
After Corakxiu recovered, Daemon and Lannar rode the dragon and traveled beyond the Narrow Sea.
After Viserys experienced the first month of freshness, Vermisor was put in the dragon's lair on Thousand Faces Island, and occasionally one person and one dragon would go out to relax.
With the distance between Harrenhal and Path Zee, Vormisor could fly back and forth in half a day, stopping to spray a puff of dragon flame with ease.
Larisse made a big mistake and mastered the scandal of the royal family.
Viserys did have a good reason for killing him halfway.
Rega thought for a long time and said cautiously: "Are you sure Laris is dead?"
Such a cunning person would rather have his legs broken than live, and he would not rest assured if he could not see the body.
Tormund thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "There is a charred corpse with a broken leg in the ashes, and there is a golden ball in the broken hand."
Laris has a scepter that never leaves his body, and a golden cicada carving emerges from the crack in the handshake, which melts into a golden ball.
Lei Jia's purple eyes flashed, and he asked strangely: "But why do I feel that he is not dead?"
The more I think about this, the more strange it becomes.
He understood why Harwin fought against him in the tournament.
Probably because he had no credibility, Yu Long burned his brother who should have survived.
But my father is not a fool, so why would he do it so obviously?
Tormund lowered his eyes and thought of something strange.
"You said an insidious insect escaped death, where should he run?" Lei Jia pointed out.
Tormund continued: "Then it depends on who saves him."
Larris is Alisson's ally and the two have a close relationship.
Helena, Aemond, and Aegon were all suspected.
Damon's whereabouts are unknown and he is also a target of suspicion.
Rhaegar pondered for a while and thought of several hiding places.
Stonehedge, the fiefdom of the Strong family, the towering tower of Oldtown, and even Lord Jason's Casterly Rock.
But there are loopholes in these places.
Stonehedge was the least likely, otherwise Harwin wouldn't have gone crazy and paid the price of serious injury for his acting.
Hightower and Lannister are the best at protecting themselves and will not involve a single criminal.
Rhaegar's eyes flashed and he looked at Tormund.
Tormund raised his head knowingly.
The two said in unison: "Red Castle!"
The people who rescued Larisse, Allison and Otto are the most suspect. The Red Castle is a good place to be in darkness.
After months of training, the Red Keep was already within Rhaegar's power radius.
Immediately send people to search and arrest everyone.
