Chapter 164 Transaction

Unwrap the Martell Sun from the sealing wax.

The letter was written by Prince Doran himself, and the great raven flew over the Crimson Mountains, bringing the cordial greetings of the Prince of Dorne.

The letter stated that Prince Oberyn Martell had left King's Landing and was about to return to Dorne via the Bone Road. He also invited him to Sunspear as a guest.

At the moment, Cole can't get away to go to Dorne.

In the past few days, teams have been coming towards Storm's End, and Selwyn Tarth, the star of dusk in the Hall of Dusk, was the first to arrive.

The coat of arms of the Tars family is a quartered coat of arms consisting of a yellow sun on a rose background and a white moon on a sky blue background.

Earl Selwyn Tarth is already over fifty years old, and his hair is gray, showing his age.

When Cole went out to greet him, the old earl knelt down on one knee and swore his loyalty to him, hoping that Cole would spare his daughter.

Cole accepted his gift and quickly sent someone to bring Brienne of Tarth out of the dungeon. After seeing the intact "beauty", Lord Selwyn breathed a sigh of relief.

Prison obviously did not dissipate her anger for revenge against Cole. Her eyes were still fierce, as if she wanted to tear him apart with her teeth.

Selwyn glanced at Cole nervously and saw that he looked unconcerned.

"Don't want me to kneel down for you." There was stubbornness in her tone.

Cole just shrugged his shoulders and turned to Selwyn, "Your Excellency Evening Star, I have brought you the precious daughter. Let's talk slowly."

"Thank you very much, Your Highness."

Cole nodded and walked out of the hall, leaving the father and daughter looking at each other.

"Father, why are you here?" Brienne's eyes were full of complexity.

Dusk Star raised his eyebrows, with a serious look on his face, "You idiot, do you know what you are doing?"

Of course she knew, "You were the one who sent me to Storm's End."

"This is really the decision I regret the most."

"I am Lord Renly's Rainbow Guard, and I must abide by my duties."

Selwyn could only see his daughter's face when he raised his head. Her broad body did not look like a woman at all. He had looked for three marriages for her. Duskstar knew that those guys were just coveting her inheritance, but Bree With Ni looking like this, how many men in the Seven Kingdoms are willing to marry her?

What's more, the spirit of chivalry she admires is also contrary to the spirit of ladies in the Seven Kingdoms.

The last man to marry her was a knight older than Selwyn.

"He is already dead. Renly is a dead man and a ghost now. Do you want to lose your life in vain for a dead man?" his father asked him.

Brienne looked at him in confusion and said, "I swore an oath."

Selwyn looked at his foolish daughter and sighed, "You are not a knight at all, Brienne. Although Renly asked you to serve as his bodyguard, no one is willing to canonize you in the presence of the gods."

She lowered her head, and her dry yellow hair fell down weakly.

"Go home, back to Mu Lin Hall." Father continued, "I will find a marriage for you later."

"No." She shook her head firmly. "Father, I can already protect myself and know what I am doing."

He looked at his daughter's stubborn look and shook his head, "I won't allow you to do stupid things again."

"I'll ask the maid to take you to change clothes." He smelled the stinky smell on his daughter's body, "and take a bath. I'll take you to apologize to His Highness in a while."

Seemingly seeing what Brienne was about to say, Selwyn continued: "I have sworn my loyalty to him. Renly's death is not your fault. You have done your duty, my child. People die and they die." , if you don’t want to stay with me, just go home.”

Brienne nodded.

She followed the maid, and it wasn't until half an hour later that the maid hurried over to tell Lord Selwyn that Miss Brienne was missing.

In the study, the soldier came in carrying her.

Cole was sitting at the desk holding a book. Her hands were tied and she was pushed to the desk. The soldiers tried to force her to kneel down, but she was pushed away by a struggle.

Brienne's face and clothes were covered in dirt and dust, and there was some blood on her body.

Cole waved for them to stop, "It seems that the food in the dungeon is pretty good, and you seem to be very energetic."

Brienne just snorted.

"Your father's only condition is that I forgive your sins." Cole put down the book, "Do you know what you will be punished for robbing the castle's finances?"

She snatched a war horse from the stable and then rushed out of the gate of Storm's End, but was tripped at the door.

"Should I sentence you for stealing or robbery?" Cole asked her. "The penalty for stealing is the amputation of your fingers. You should be lucky that there were no casualties."

"You want to judge me?" Brienne stared at his handsome face, "Then I ask for trial by combat."

She made no excuses and was very decisive.

Cole couldn't help but chuckle, "Is this your plan?"

No, she really planned to seize a war horse and rush out of Storm's End.

"Of course you have this right." Cole said, "But I just promised your father to be lenient with you, and you haven't thought about his feelings?"

Brienne was stunned. She was still feeling a little happy that Cole agreed to trial by combat.

People say he is a good man, to his family, friends, and civilians in the territory. But in Brienne's eyes, he is just an old man, his forehead is full of scars of time, and after his brother Galedon drowned, he aged faster, and now his sparse hair is pale.

Thinking of her father's persuasion outside the hall, Brienne fell into silence.

"I know you always think that I killed Renly." Cole said, "It's hard to please everyone. We can't ask everyone to defend the truth and hypocrisy in words. If this is the case, I can give you a chance to avenge him."

Brienne raised her head.

"But there is a price." He continued, "I agree to your trial by combat, but if you lose, I won't kill you."

Brienne's face showed anger. Cole's contempt hurt her. Did he think he could win?

Cole just smiled, "The price is that you have to do something for me."

"I will not serve you."

Cole shook his head, "No, you are not serving me, this is just a deal. If you can beat me in the trial by combat, then this deal will be invalid, and I will not ask you to do anything that goes against your beliefs."

Brienne's eyes flashed with hesitation, and she asked, "What do you want me to do?"

"Find someone and bring her back to Storm's End safely."

"Who?"

"Shireen Baratheon."