Chapter 36 The Curse of the Chain

"Father, I'm fine..."

His back felt numb, and Lei Gao braced himself and spoke.

"Rhaegar, my child, did I wake you?"

Viserys sat helplessly on the edge of the bed, reaching out to touch his son, but he didn't dare to do so.

"No, I wasn't asleep at all."

Rhaegar smiled, reached out to hold his father's big hand, and comforted him: "I have the blessing of the white deer, but I can live to be a hundred years old."

Viserys held his hand tightly with his backhand and couldn't help but nodded: "You are right, you are a child blessed by the seven gods. Pain cannot make you give in."

Trying to force a smile, Viserys tried: "Tell me, some people say that your injuries were caused by trying to tame the dragon. Is that true?"

Rhaegar regretted: "Yes, I almost tamed the Dream Fire."

"Seven levels of hell! How dare you secretly train the dragon behind your father's back? That's the always violent Meng Huo."

Viserys almost collapsed, unable to believe that his eldest son could be so bold.

Rega explained: "But I really almost got Menghuo's approval."

"I didn't see what you said. I only saw my beloved child lying on the hospital bed with big blisters on his back!"

Viserys whispered a painful lesson.

Not only was he expressing his anger, but he was also worried that the loud noise would scare his eldest son who was seriously injured.

Being rubbed salt into the wound again, Rega's face turned red: "I didn't lie. I can feel the anger in Menghuo's heart about being imprisoned. It recognizes me!"

"Komuka almost killed you with dragon flames!"

Viserys growled, his eyes full of fear.

Lei Jia blurted out: "Someone changed the chain of Menghuo. During the last step of the recognition ceremony, Menghuo was angered by the chain, and then he went crazy and attacked me."

"chain!?"

Viserys looked stunned, his brows furrowed.

"The chain holding Dream Fire is abnormal, forcing it to lie on the ground."

Rhaegar immediately told the truth.

Viserys fell into deep thought, wondering who had changed the chains and for what purpose?

Leonor's voice came from behind: "Your Majesty, Sir Eric is outside the door. Do you want to summon him?"

Coming back from his thoughts, Viserys said angrily: "Call in, I want to ask him how he protects my child?"

Eric entered the room, consciously walked to the bed and knelt down on one knee.

Viserys looked at him with stern eyes and said in a cold voice: "Explain today's itinerary carefully, especially why Rhaegar was injured. Don't miss a single point."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

In the sight of everyone in the room, Ilic spoke frankly about his day's itinerary.

Departing from the Red Fort to the Blacksmith Shop...

From entering the dragon's lair to meeting Princess Rhaenyra and Prince Daemon...

From Rhaegar training the dragon alone to escaping from the dragon's mouth...

Within a few minutes, Ilic had explained everything in detail.

The more Viserys heard, the darker his face became. He glared at Ilic angrily, blaming him for not following Rhaegar step by step.

Leonor spoke up at the right time: "Your Majesty, the bachelor named Menas is very suspicious. We can start with him to thoroughly investigate the matter."

"Where is the illegitimate child?"

Viserys nodded in agreement and asked Ilic angrily.

Ilic whispered: "Menas was imprisoned in the dungeon by me."

"Sir Hadlow, do this yourself."

Viserys nodded in agreement and sent the experienced Harold to take action.

With the suspect in hand, Viserys' anger subsided slightly and his focus returned to Rhaegar.

Rhaegar looked hesitant: "Father, Menas should not have the guts to murder me, can you spare his life?"

Viserys snorted coldly: "You are still thinking about others. I really don't know if you are kind or stupid."

However, he did not refuse the eldest son's request and told Harold to give someone a breath.

Rhaegar turned to look at Elik and said softly: "Sir Elik has done his duty faithfully, but I am too arrogant. You..."

"Okay, I know what you're going to say."

Viserys interrupted him, held down his hand, and said impatiently: "I won't punish him, okay?"

"Thank you, father."

Rega felt warm inside and lay down on the bed honestly.

For a moment, the father and son fell into silence.

Upon seeing this, Leonor waved to Elik and Melos, and exited the room in a wise manner.

After a while, Viserys looked out the window at the sunset and said hesitantly: "Did you...really almost tame the Dreamfire?"

"Yeah, if it weren't for that damn chain, I would definitely succeed."

Rhaegar replied disappointedly.

Viserys fell silent again after hearing this, and a stern look flashed across his lowered eyes.

Menghuo is an adult giant dragon. Although its size is not as good as that of Vermisor that hatched at the same time, its ferociousness is far superior to the young Syracuse and Sea Smoke.

Even stronger than Red Queen Melias and Bloodworm Colakxiu.

The eldest son could obviously tame such a powerful helper.

He was caught by a ridiculous chain and almost lost his life.

This kind of loss and psychological gap was unacceptable to Viserys.

Gently stroking Rega's messy short hair, he said deeply: "Good boy, father will make the decision for you."

Rhaegar said: "I recently had a dream about a dragon's lair. You asked me to believe my dream. I want to tell you about it."

"Speak! You have the talent of a dreamwalker. No matter what you say, I will listen carefully."

Upon hearing that it was related to the prophetic dream, Viserys was looking forward to it.

Rhaegar used the same rhetoric he had used when chatting with Rhaenyra.

Focusing on the harmful effects of dragon lairs: "Dragons cannot be bound by chains, otherwise they will be cursed!"

Viserys thought for a moment: "You mean, this time the dream fire is out of control, it's the so-called curse?"

"No! The loss of control of Dream Fire is mostly due to human factors, and it is not a real curse."

Rhaegar was threatening: "This time may just be a reminder. If we use chains to restrict the dragon's freedom, it will definitely lead to more terrible consequences."

He is convinced that the experience in ancient books is not false.

If Meng Huo hadn't been shackled, he wouldn't have been harmed.

Viserys's expression was unpredictable, and he finally decided: "Dreams will not be fake. I will start a thorough investigation of the dragon's lair and eliminate the rats in the dark."

"But the master dragon of the family cannot live without its lair in King's Landing. The dragon's lair will still be retained, and the chains can be removed appropriately."

Rhaegar agreed with his father's approach and said: "As long as the dragon is no longer chained, the curse will no longer be fulfilled."

As the sky grew dark, Viserys looked at his eldest son distressedly and said goodbye: "Have a good rest. I will see you again tomorrow."

"Well, see you tomorrow."

Rhaegar said goodbye obediently and watched his father walk out of the room.

After everyone left, the room fell silent.

Rhaegar was left alone, lying on the bed in despair and grinning.

How could such a large area of burns be okay?

It was just a pretense in front of his father.

"Hiss, the power of the dragon flame is really unreasonable. A little spark can't burn me to death."

While gasping in pain, Rhaegar couldn't help but feel scared.

Thanks to the effect of [blood and fire], otherwise the fragile body would definitely not be able to withstand the dragon flame burns.

I'm afraid it has been burned through from the back to the chest.