Chapter 176 Five Years (Two in One)

Blood and fire, iron and rust.

The smell of war that once permeated the sky over Westeros gradually dissipated, and peace once again descended on this vast land.

One good news after another came in the peaceful years.

The six-year winter slowly ended with Aegon's official return to the Iron Throne. The snow in the Vale and the Westerlands slowly melted, revealing the mountains with new buds. The Neck returned to the state of a large swamp filled with miasma. The river of the Trident surged again, and the distant Last Hearth gradually extinguished the fires lit by Moon Dance for them.

The ships of Eastwatch at the eastern end of the Wall set sail again and headed for the port of the southern lords, bringing back a shipload of supplies and new soldiers for the Night's Watch who had persisted in the ice and snow for six years.

At the end of winter, the wild men outside the Wall gathered a team of tens of thousands of people to try to break through the Wall, but were instantly defeated by a charge of hundreds of heavy cavalry, which was rare in the history of the Night's Watch after the Conquest War, led by Commander-in-Chief Jason Lannister, who had more supplies. The self-proclaimed King Beyond the Wall had his head bitten off by a lion. His head was passed from Eastwatch to the Shadow Tower for the next year, so that the entire Wall garrison and the wildlings beyond the Wall could witness the outcome of the invasion.

Spring has arrived.

Peaceful times always pass quickly.

In 137 CA, Viserys and Lady Lara welcomed the fruit of their love, a strong silver-haired boy. It is said that his cry at birth could be heard in Vareses Black House.

But Ringol was dismissive of this.

Aegon was very excited about the royal family's birth. He personally named the baby "Aegon", the name of the Conqueror and his own name, to show his importance to the child. Lady Lara also became more stable in the Targaryen family because of her contribution to the birth of a newborn for the royal family.

But when the king was about to go to the dragon cave to choose a dragon egg for little Aegon, he was stopped by Viserys, who said to the king: "My son will tame a real dragon in the future, not a little dragon that grows up with him. Brother, have you forgotten the plight of our brothers in that war?"

This reason convinced the king.

Aegon acquiesced to Viserys's move not to prepare a dragon egg in the cradle for little Aegon.

The kingdom was unusually peaceful this year. Even Dalton Greyjoy, the most unruly of the Iron Islands, strictly abided by the rules of Westeros and restrained the ancient ways they talked about. The Ironmen relied on the harvest of "raping the three daughters" to spend the whole winter surrounded by mead and barbecue. Dalton's prestige also reached its peak.

This clever "pirate" knew very well what he relied on to enjoy most of the spoils. Over the years, he sent many looted treasures to King's Landing and Dragon's Nest. And he also took the initiative to contribute to the reconstruction of the royal fleet.

However, Joffrey Velaryon and King Aegon politely rejected it. Joffrey has ordered a large number of ships in Hulltown, Silver Dragon Harbor, King's Landing, and Braavos to expand the royal fleet. Although he is the head of the Velaryon family, he also remembers that he actually has more Targaryen blood flowing in his body.

He also wants to do something to help his brothers.

Today, Joffrey has given birth to a daughter and a son with Princess Alexandra Martell. The eldest daughter, Belins Velaryon, is a beautiful black-haired girl. The second son, Lucerys Martell, will inherit the position of Prince of Sunspear in the future according to the marriage contract. Lucerys is a black-haired boy with olive skin of the Rhoynar people. He inherited the beauty of his mother and the handsomeness and strength of his father. At a young age, he showed his talent as an excellent heir.

Duke Elmon Tully of Riverrun, who had always been in poor health, did not survive this long winter. When spring just arrived, the governor of the Three Rivers, who had made great contributions in the Dance of the Dragons, died in his own river castle. The young Kermit Tully succeeded him.

The "boys" who had once become famous in the war in the Three Rivers gradually replaced their fathers and stood at the forefront of the political stage.

After the young dragon was killed by Dreamfire, Viserys thought for a long time. His reason told him that he should go back to Dragon's Nest to check the information. Although the Vareses family's in-depth materials and notes on dragons have been hidden somewhere, the great library of the Laurel Leaf Tower still retains a lot of dragon information. But in the end, his reason returned to the greatest scope of the family, and Viserys finally chose to summarize the Targaryen family's own dragon hatching rules.

By consulting a large number of documents from before Aegon's conquest until King Viserys ascended the throne, Viserys discovered that most of the dragons of the Targaryen family were hatched in the Dragon Mountain on Dragonstone Island, and only a few were hatched in the dragon caves in King's Landing. However, the dragons hatched in the Dragon Mountain often died in fighting with each other, or had problems of one kind or another at birth.

This is a difficult problem to solve.

Now that the stock dragon eggs left in the Dragon Mountain have almost been hatched, Viserys decided to wait and wait for the existing dragons to grow up healthily for a period of time. After the family has recovered a few adult dragons, the stock dragon eggs in the dragon cave will be sent back to the Dragon Mountain for hatching. In this way, with the presence of adult dragons, the survival rate of the young dragons will be greatly improved. .

The 137th year of the Conquest calendar passed slowly in the joy of the arrival of spring.

The year 138 of the Conquest Calendar came quietly amidst the sound of Diana's vomiting. Longzell's wife was pregnant again. In order to ensure that the child could be born smoothly, Longzell rode Womisol to send Diana back to Dragon's Nest City.

Ten months later, Long Zell welcomed his second son, a beautiful silver-haired boy. When this child with a pair of azure eyes was born in the delivery room of Dragon's Nest City, the dragon's lair in Dragon's Nest City had been very happy. The quiet Kong Yi suddenly flew out of the dragon's lair and flew around the Silver Blood Tower where the delivery room was located several times before returning to his lair.

Longzell named his second son "Jacaris" after the most obedient servant he had ever had, to commemorate the little tail who had been by his side for so many years and finally passed away by his side.

end of the same year.

Viserys's wife, Lady Lara, became pregnant again. And in the 139th year of the conquest calendar, a girl with silver-blond hair and pink makeup was welcomed. Viserys named her Nellies.

According to tradition, the girl would marry young Aegon, or one of Aegon's other children. But Aegon asked his brother for advice after Nerishi was born.

He wanted Nelis to be engaged to Jakaris, who was also just born.

Of course, this plan was only verbal in the end, and Viserys used the excuse that "the children are still too young, let's wait until they grow up".

Viserys would have preferred that the Targaryen children internalize it.

He wants to ensure that the dragon knights will not be expelled to other families again. However, it seems that it is because he still has doubts about his daughter's ability to tame the dragon in the future.

He finally put the dragon egg into his daughter's cradle.

Unfortunately, the dragon egg was just like the dragon egg of Igalas, and there was no movement at all.

This year was still spent in peace and stability in the kingdom.

Only a few minor incidents occurred.

Duchess Jeyne Arryn of the Vale died of a sudden typhoid fever in the monastery of Gulltown. Before her death, she once again defended Joffrey Arryn's inheritance.

The position of the ruler of the valley was smoothly handed over to the next baton. Joffrey Arryn took Lord Attis Royce and Korn Corbray with him to sail to King's Landing to meet King Aegon.

After leaving the throne room, Lord Joffrey uttered a sentiment echoed by anyone who had attended King Aegon's court.

Compared to King Aegon, Prince Longzell on the side of the Iron Throne is more majestic and more like a real king.

Long Zell also received the nickname "Vice King"

Prince Keoulun Martell also passed away peacefully in Sunspear this year. As the last Dornish prince who caused Dorne to lose its independence for thousands of years, Keoulun did not receive too much scolding. People understood that His despair when he witnessed the eight-headed dragon destroying the Yronwood family was just like how he treated the last King of the North who surrendered. The people of Dorne gradually understood this prince during the years of peace.

He died peacefully.

Alexandra took her son back to Sunspear City and became the female prince of Sunspear City. She and her husband traveled south and north to start planning to build a navy.

Aegon and Viserys acquiesced in Sunspear's creation of a navy.

In the 140th year of the Conquest Calendar, a new long summer has officially arrived in all of Westeros. Even the North, where snow falls in the summer, is now blooming with summer flowers. From the Last Hearth City, the newly granted land, to the Barrow Tombs, the entire northern border has begun to sow seeds under the leadership of Duke Cregan. The northerners must take advantage of this rare long summer to reserve enough food.

And the south.

The nobles in the south have completely recovered the energy they spent in the Dance of the Blood Dragon. The bumper harvests for many years have not only increased the population, but also made the pockets of the nobles full again.

The only fly in the ointment is that because King Landing can no longer take care of it, Old Town, which is under the direct jurisdiction of the Iron Throne, gradually declines. As time goes by, the decline of Old Town becomes more and more obvious, and fewer and fewer ships choose to anchor in Old Town. In the port, the once clean and tidy cobblestone streets are now full of dilapidation and filth. The dense canals in the town have completely dried up. The once bustling residents have long since moved away. The towering towers have not been repaired for many years and were damaged during the post-war liquidation. , completely turned into a pile of ruins in the past few years, only the black stone as the base is still intact.

This second largest city in Westeros, which once had a population of hundreds of thousands, gradually disappeared from the stage of history. Like its former owners, the Hightowers.

At least for now, what about the future? Who can say for sure?

Speaking of the Hightowers.

Sir Gaymund Hightower, the lord of Farsight Castle, married the daughter of his acting city lord Harvard Cobb three years ago. After giving birth to a son and a daughter with her, this man who had imprisoned himself in Farsight for a long time The young man in the tower of Wangbao finally died of alcohol poisoning this year.

His body was discovered when his wife brought him food as usual.

Poor Hightower still held the bottle in his hand until he died.

Although Gray Horror Island is barren, there are still supplies coming from the mainland. There is a shortage of everything here, except wine.

And poppy milk.

Meral Yang Yan of the Hidden God Tower gradually grew into a handsome young man. From the day he could remember, his world was filled with only this small tower, the never-ending sound of the tide, and the sea under the Gray Horror Castle. The town tavern, and his acting castellan.

Until now, he doesn't even know who his parents are.

In the 141st year of the Conquest Era, Lady Lara gave birth to Viserys' third child, a silver-haired boy with a loud cry. Viserys happily believed that this child would become an excellent dragon rider in the future. Everyone was very happy, except for little Aegon, who was not very happy. He felt that his younger brother would take away his parents' love for him.

So while his parents were not paying attention, he quietly picked up his sister's dragon egg and threw it at his younger brother.

Fortunately, Lady Lara quickly stopped the dragon egg.

Viserys angrily scolded little Aegon and locked him in a small dark room until little Aegon cried and admitted his mistake before letting him out.

King Aegon, who came after hearing the news, failed to convince his younger brother to let his nephew go, but King Aegon still obtained the right to name the little boy.

He named the child "Aemon".

The once proud name of the Targaryen family, the first partner of Carax, and the eldest son of Jaehaerys I.

It was also in this year that Longzel's five-year term as prime minister expired. He took off the brooch of the King's Hand without hesitation and prepared to return to Dragon's Nest with his son.

Vareses Black Palace.

The dragons were very excited, even Womisoel, who had slept for several days, was very excited. The mountain-like Bronze Fury looked expectantly at Longzel, who was wearing the riding clothes of the dragon, ready to take off at any time.

Xingge couldn't wait to fly a circle.

Although the dragon pit in Vareses Black Palace was good, it was definitely not as comfortable as the dragon cave in Dragon's Nest. Womisoel couldn't wait to go back and continue to expand his huge cave.

Only Huohuo was still lazily lying on the edge of the dragon pit, and a trace of resentment could be seen in his big watery eyes.

It knew very well that Womisoel and Xingge could return to Dragon's Nest, but it couldn't.

Because its partner was still here, it couldn't leave its partner and fly back home by itself.

Lingol has grown into a 15-year-old boy. He has short silver hair, but he has a fringe that covers one eye, making him look not so easy to mess with. He inherited his father's handsomeness, but compared to Longzel, Lingol's face is tougher and his eyes are colder. When he looks at others, people always shudder unconsciously.

"Father." Samantha wore the red and black queen dress of the Targaryen family, the silver and purple cloak of the Varese family, and a slender golden crown on her head, looking at her father and twin brother calmly.

"Samantha." Longzel looked at his daughter who had grown into a graceful girl, and couldn't help but feel a little dazed. Although it wasn't a long time since they saw each other, the fact that his daughter had grown so big still made the old father sad. "We are going back to Dragon's Nest."

"Father, brother." Samantha walked in front of her father and brother and gently raised their palms. "I hope you won't blame me. After all, I am now the queen of the Targaryen family. In many things, I will still consider my husband's choice more."

"How could it be." Longzel smiled slightly. "My little princess, father will support you."

"The Vareses family will abide by the oath." Ringol looked at his sister seriously. "Day and night are still the same, but Samantha, please also tell cousin Viserys that he has communicated with the Martell family, those guys in the Stormlands, and some people in my territory over the years. We all know that we will abide by the sacred oath, and ask him to abide by the oath."

Samantha smiled. She naturally knew that it was impossible for Viserys to avoid the intelligence network of his father and brother.

Does he think that Tigaro is eating free rice?

But she also knows the love of her father and brother for her, and her brother's terrifying ability to abide by the oath.

"Brother, may the Seven Gods bless you."

"May the Seven Gods bless you, sister." Ringol scribbled a seven-pointed star on his chest. In fact, the brother and sister did not believe in the Seven Gods. After all, their father was more like a god than the Seven Gods.

But I got used to it.

The boy said goodbye to his sister and walked towards Xingge, who had been growing up in the past few years.

This black dragon with silver-gold star patterns has grown several times in the past five years. The disc-shaped horn crown on its head, like a crown, has also grown several times, more like a huge crown.

If it is only in terms of size, it is even close to the original "Red Queen" Melias. It is estimated that if it continues to grow at this rate, it will surpass Dreamfire next year and become the third largest dragon in Westeros.

The large species are a bit scary.

"Samantha, I will leave these fifty guards to you." Longzel looked at the somewhat empty Black Palace. "And this palace, when we are not here, this palace also belongs to you, protect yourself, Samantha."

"Don't worry, father." Samantha looked at the fire confidently: "I am your daughter, I will not let you down."

She said in her heart.

I will definitely become the bond that makes Vareses and Targaryen as close as a family.

Longzel looked at his daughter for a long time.

He sighed and turned back to walk towards Wormithor.

The roar of the dragon could be heard even in King's Landing. On this day, the citizens of King's Landing saw Wormithor and Starsong soaring into the sky again.

King's Landing, Red Keep, Maegor's Tower.

Watching Starsong and Wormithor go away, Viserys quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and then condemned himself in his heart.

At this moment, the voice of little Aegon came over.

"Father, father, your brother is looking for you, please come and have a look."

This chapter is a transition chapter for the next three volumes, so it is sent in two parts. There will be two reports tomorrow, so the update will be later, but it will still be updated twice a day.