Chapter 59 The Princess's Guardian Knight

The wood chips were slashed off, and two figures, one big and one small, were squatting in the corridor of the castle.

A rough wooden knight in Cole's hand was slowly taking shape. When the dagger sharpened the sword raised by the wooden knight, it was finally done.

"Okay, my knight is done." Cole said to Shireen.

There was also a paper map in front of them. This was Cole's drawing of Westeros according to his memory. Some simple castles were drawn on the map, and all the castles were connected into a line, and the starting point was King's Landing.

Cole had already told Shireen how to play this alien version of Monopoly called "Adventures in Westeros". The daily life of this child was too boring. Even Cole, who thought he could bear the loneliness, felt bored following her every day.

Anyway, he was idle now, so Cole thought about doing something to pass the time and completing the order given to him by the King of Dragonstone.

Cole had been prepared for not being accepted. He was not killed and was allowed to be a guard for Shireen. This was considered righteous enough. You know, Stannis's stubbornness was well-known in the Seven Kingdoms.

However, after Robb became king, he was directly regarded as an enemy by Stannis. Of course, Cole had not received the news that Robb Stark became king in the Trident Basin at this time. It is not known whether it was because of the lack of information on Dragonstone or the failure of the Northern Border's surprise attack that changed the trajectory of fate.

Cole felt a chill on his back when he thought of fate.

For the stubborn Stannis, he would not hold back even if it was his own brother. Cole felt sad when he thought that Renly would be killed by a spell. In fact, Renly was like a proper heir to the throne. He did not have too many character flaws and was kind to others.

If someone like Stannis could take the throne, the Seven Kingdoms would inevitably usher in a bloody storm, and he would bring all the new and old accounts to the table. Of course, only the nobles will suffer, and the common people involved are a minority.

But this world is ruled by the nobles after all, and it has remained unchanged for thousands of years. The Iron Throne changes with the flow of water, and the noble family remains unchanged.

"I'm going to start." Seeing that Cole was obsessed with what he was thinking about, Princess Shilin shook the little dragon in her hand, which was also carved by Cole. He originally wanted to carve a little lady for her, but she said she wanted a giant dragon, so Cole carved a dragon for her, which actually looked more like a bird.

It's not Cole's fault, after all, he hasn't learned woodworking, but Shilin seemed very satisfied. She threw the wooden dice and got three points, then she looked at Cole, as if asking her what to do, although Cole had already told her the rules.

Cole moved her little dragon to three points, from King's Landing to Duskendale, and then from Blackwater Bay to Dragonstone. He placed three small paper balls beside Dragonstone. Cole picked up one and opened it, slowly reading, "Shireen, riding a dragon, encountered a storm on Dragonstone. She must stay for two rounds."

After playing a game, Shireen completely understood the rules. The wooden knight and the dragon princess chased each other in Westeros, neither of them giving in.

Cole's life is now quite self-disciplined. In the early morning, from the time when Princess Shireen got up to the time when she had breakfast, he trained in the martial arts field. While training swordsmanship and bows, he also became familiar with many kinds of weapons, such as iron axes, maces, etc.

After morning exercises, he went to the beach to take a bath. Because his hair was only a short tuft, it was particularly easy for him to take a bath. When he saw his growing white hair in the reflection of the sea water, Cole understood.

His explanation to himself was that he was a descendant of dragon seed, which was the name for the descendants of Targaryen family illegitimate children. There were many Targaryen bloodlines in the area of ​​Dragonstone. Even during the Dragon Family's internal struggle during the Dance of the Dragons, the Black Party even promised titles and lands, and rewarded dragon seed to control the dragon.

As for whether he was the illegitimate son of Maester Aemon, or even the illegitimate son of a illegitimate son, he had never thought about it. Even if he was the illegitimate son of Mad King Aerys, it was more likely than this. Of course, this was unlikely, after all, he was picked up by Maester Aemon around the Wall, and Aerys probably never went to the Wall in his life.

Maybe the maester took him in because he saw his silver hair color. After all, they were of the same blood. Even if the blood was put aside, the maester was a kind and gentle person, and he would not see a baby thrown away and frozen to death on the road of the kingdom.

Thinking of how Maester Aemon often washed his hair with hot water when he was a child, he thought he was born with black hair. It seems that Maester Aemon used potions to dye his hair.

He did have a carefree life in the Night's Watch. If he had not been weak and sick since childhood, he would have joined the Night's Watch and might have become a ranger now.

Cole clenched his arms, and his veins rioted instantly. In just over a year, his physique has changed.

There is no need to speculate too much about the maester's intentions. The old man is really good to him. Anyway, Robert is dead, and Stannis will not mind the silver hair. After all, Dragonstone still has the orthodox bloodline of Valyria, the Velaryon family of Tidehead.

Silver hair is silver hair, it's pretty cool.

After a period of running-in, Cole and the white dragon got along better and better, and he could switch his vision between dragons and people at will.

Just like the left hand and the right hand, he gradually found a balance between dragons and people.

At this moment, one soul seemed to be divided into two parts, the dragon and the human were moving independently, but were also connected to each other.

The white dragon occupied a seabird's nest and settled down between the cliffs. In the past few days, his size has not grown much, but the temperature of his breath has changed from white mist to flame. This growth rate should be about the same. It's pretty quick.

When he thought that Long Ma's three-headed dragon had become a behemoth in just three or four years, Bai Long was a little dissatisfied with his own growth rate.

I think about where the dragon mother must have learned the magic of raising dragons. After all, Essos was once ruled by Valyria for a long time. There should be a lot of magic about dragons left behind, and Essos It also borders Char, the land of shadows.

Stannis's red-robed witch Melisandre is rumored to come from Char, which is a place where magic is prevalent and where all kinds of people who control strange powers gather. Anyway, Char is full of endless mysteries and various legends.

During the day, the white dragon would fly into the sea of ​​clouds and the sky, far away from the open sea where there are few ships, put some carrion and rotten fish in a basket to make a nest, wait for the fish to surface, and then quickly attack to catch the goods from Shanghai, eat and drink enough, and then bring some more. The reserve grains were put into the basket, and the dragon's front claws were connected to the dragon's wings. It was even a bit far-fetched to call them claws, so he usually held the basket with both feet.

Cole bought this basket from a fisherman, and then used it for Bailong. Every time Cole went out, he would bring back several big fish and give them to the kitchen of Dragonstone Island. This made him and the people of Dragonstone Island The cooks got to know each other first. After all, Cole has done a lot of work in the kitchen and is very familiar with the place of oil fumes.

After becoming familiar with the cooks, you can get to know the butchers and butchers on Dragonstone Island from them. The guardian knight of Kordan Shireen also has a salary, although it is not much. Compared with others, it is used to repair armor, maintain horses, or It's to go to a brothel to have fun. Almost all his money was used to buy some chicken, duck, beef and sheep meat.

Cole found that beef and mutton meat seemed to be more nutritious for dragons. Although he knew that beef, mutton and fish meat were all proteins, science obviously did not work on magical creatures. Through the help of dragon crystal to help digestion, Bailong's daily food intake becomes larger. Moreover, Bailong also exercises his feet and wings, and his physical energy consumption is also intensified.

Although the dragon's combat power mainly comes from dragon flames, its huge body actually has considerable destructive power, especially when the dragon reaches a certain age, its body is as invulnerable as armor.

No one has ever built the dragon's armor, because no one dares to get close except Targaryen, who tames the dragon, but Cole's white dragon can.

When he has some savings, Cole must get a set of armor for the white dragon. Of course, the dragon is growing up, and the armor will be eliminated all the time. This is the difficulty of armoring the giant dragon.

Dragons are not without their weaknesses. Meraxes, who conquered the three dragons, was shot in the eye by an arrow from Dorn's ballista. Cole didn't panic about this weakness, because Bailong had two pairs of eyes.

Cole played chess with Princess Shireen until noon. She let out a sleepy sigh, and Cole reminded her, "You should take a nap, Your Highness Shireen."

She was still a little reluctant to leave. After all, she had never played with such interesting things since she was a child. This was simply more interesting than the puppeteer's puppets.

It is understandable that children are playful, but Shilin showed that she was far more sensible than her peers at this time. She hummed softly, then carefully put away her dragon, and then asked, "Can I With the dragon?"

"Of course, you have to take care of it."

Shireen smiled brightly, ignoring her greyscale skin. She was actually very cute. (Image brought into the series.)

Over the years, she has appeared melancholy to others. But a nine-year-old child is still innocent and will not be stingy with her smile. It's just that she is too lonely.

Her life almost seems to be trapped in this castle, and a small wooden sculpture can make her happy for a long time.

Whether it was her past life or this life, Cole actually sympathized with her very much. If it weren't for this damn greyscale, she should be living in the bright sunshine.

In fact, there is no need for Cole to follow her all the time in the castle. Cole has a lot of time and space of his own, and he does not have to prepare for war all the time like the other knights in the castle. Stannis does not seem to be planning to throw him on the battlefield, so he should be afraid Let him surrender when he fights the Lannister.

It is estimated that he will be left on Dragonstone when Stannis leads the attack, but that's fine, he has no desire to go to the battlefield and fight for his life now.

He patted the two swords on his waist and treated them as decorations for the time being. It was a pity that his "Winter Night" was lost.

PS: I haven’t saved the manuscript. Two updates a day is too much. I thought I could stay at home and code during the epidemic, but it turned out that there was no shortage of homework and online classes. I can only do my best in the future, but I will guarantee at least 3,000 words a day. Guarantee your investment. The brothers can gain a little bit.