Chapter 217 The past, the new life, and the upcoming

Lingol could not explain his wife's dream, and Longzel did not answer his son's question. He only told his son that the dream indicated a good thing, which made Lingol and Danyla feel relieved.

Facts soon proved that Longzel's charlatan prophecy was still very accurate. Danyla was still nervous when she gave birth to Daenerys, but the second time she gave birth was particularly smooth. Serena and Lady Helena, who came to help, had not had time to prepare for normal delivery. In order to prevent accidents, Danyla successfully gave birth to a boy.

A beautiful boy who opened his eyes as soon as he was born.

He also had heterochromia. His left eye inherited his grandfather's deep purple, but his right eye surprised everyone because the color of the child's right eye had never appeared in the family.

It was a bright gold.

The child even giggled after seeing his grandfather, and Longzel was not vague. After the child was older, he took him with him and raised him by him and Diana.

It's not a preference, the third generation of the Vareses family was raised by Longzier. The old Diana also likes children very much.

Longzier personally named the child "Igor".

Igor Vareses, in the high Valyrian accent used by the Targaryen family, is "Aegon Vareses".

In the past few years of peace, the population of the Vareses family has also slowly expanded.

Helena, the wife of Jacaerys, gave birth to her and Jacaerys' son safely a year ago, a boy with blue eyes and light golden hair. Ringol named the boy Osiris Vareses. He is also the third boy of the third generation of the Vareses family. Not long after, Dan and Varena's eldest son was born. This little boy named Damion was also loved by the elders.

However, the Vareses family can support so many children, and even each child has a specific job. For example, Jacaris and Dan, while assisting their brothers, also have the responsibility of important military fortresses of the Vareses family.

Jacaris is responsible for guarding the three fortresses that control the Bone Road. The "Key to the Bone Road" in Longzel's title now falls on him. Dan is the commander of the Silver Fleet, although he knows nothing about naval warfare.

But he has dragons.

That's enough.

Orion is the commander of the Prince's Pass, responsible for the management of the pass established in the Prince's Pass.

But

Boys, boys, boys.

The Vareses family can do it, but it doesn't mean that other families can. The second sons and youngest sons of the nobles in the border princely territory can enter the Silver Blood Army, or go to the academy of Silver Crown City for further study. The border princely territory still has sufficient demand for bachelors.

But this does not mean that lords and small nobles in other places can do it.

The two major territories of Dorne, which suffered heavy losses in the war that year, may be able to digest these newborn children, but other territories may not be able to do so. There are also those who lost their land or their territory in the melee of the Dance of the Dragons. Their lives are getting harder and harder.

They need an outlet for venting.

King Aegon actually knew this, but he was more eager for peace and stability, so he tried his best to maintain the delicate balance within the kingdom. But the balance is meant to be broken, and someone must stand up to reshape a new balance.

King Aegon was unwilling to stand up and be that person.

He also had no energy to be that person.

Queen Samantha was bedridden after giving birth to Baelor. King Aegon devoted almost all of his energy to taking care of his wife, and entrusted government affairs to his crown prince Daeron.

Before that, the Targaryen family gained three new dragon riders.

Daeron's brother Rhaegar Targaryen successfully tamed Horntide and became the rider of this young dragon, and Princess Elena's dragon egg was hatched in the same year - after Elena was born, Queen Samantha restored the Targaryen royal family's tradition of placing dragon eggs in the child's cradle. Unfortunately, Elena's and Baelor's dragon eggs did not hatch while they were still in the cradle.

Fortunately, in the year that Rhaegar Targaryen tamed Horntide, Elena's platinum-colored dragon egg with a wisp of gold hatched a baby dragon of the same color.

And Prince Aegon's brother Aerion, this taciturn boy successfully tamed Vermax and brought the dragon that once belonged to the king to King's Landing.

He will serve the king as a royal dragon rider.

King Aegon was helpless in the face of the increasingly weak Queen Samantha. He thought he would leave before his wife.

But he didn't expect that he would fall first.

This year is the 168th year of the Conquest.

Dragonzel was 62, Ringol was 42, King Aegon was 48, and Crown Prince Daeron was 24.

The 48-year-old king solved a cattle theft case in the throne room as usual and sentenced a wandering knight who stole cattle to have his hand cut off - there were more and more wandering knights in the kingdom, and they had no means of living except swords, and the lords were not interested in granting them land. The price was that there were more and more wandering knights and more and more robber knights.

But strangely, the increasing number of robber knights actually gave many wandering knights jobs. They accepted employment from small lords and villages, and protected their employers within a certain period of time. Some outstanding knights even successfully gained a place in front of the great lords and even the king with their bravery.

King Aegon tried hard to maintain a balance. On the one hand, he severely punished the illegal robber knights, deprived them of their knighthood and imposed heavy penalties. On the other hand, he tried to coordinate the land, stabilized a group of wandering knights, and took the initiative to hire a group of knights, either to enter the court or as an army of the royal family to maintain the peace of the king's territory.

The White Robes, the King's Guards of the Red Castle, took this opportunity to expand a lot, and even the king would organize a team of wandering knights to deal with the robbers in the king's territory.

But no one expected that the king, who had handled a lot of affairs in the morning, would fall on the way to Maegor's Tower after enjoying barbecue and mead at noon.

The maesters ruled out the possibility of poisoning and gave first aid to the king who suddenly fainted.

Unfortunately, the 48-year-old king was already considered an old man in the average age of Westeros. In the end, Grand Maester Alford diagnosed the king with organ necrosis caused by a sudden stroke.

The maesters could not save a person who was close to death.

The black raven brought black news, and the death knell of King's Landing, which had been quiet for more than 30 years, rang again.

King Aegon II, who brought nearly 40 years of peace and prosperity to the kingdom, died suddenly of a stroke. His illness was so sudden that he did not leave any last words.

But the maester who accompanied the king recorded the last words of the king before he suddenly fell into a coma.

It was "Samantha" in High Valyrian.

People loved him. This was the evaluation of King Aegon written by Grand Maester Cas, who wrote "The Book of Targaryen Kings" many years later.

Aegon II of the Targaryen family, the King of Peace, the King of Midsummer, and the King of Justice. People never hesitate to praise him, because under his rule, the kingdom is peaceful, prosperous, and stable, and the increasingly serious public security problems have been effectively alleviated - although the symptoms are not solved. And the long summers are one after another, as if it is always midsummer. Since the chaotic times of Maegor I, this is the second time that Westeros has such a good era, without internal wars and long winters.

In the later period of his reign, even farmers with only a small piece of land can fill their cellars with food for the winter, and even drink homemade sour wine, and buy salt brought by merchants traveling on the King's Road.

Wealthy farmers and citizens can even often enjoy meat and spices

No one does not miss this era that is better than the reign of Jaehaerys I.

After the funeral of King Aegon, Samantha, who was getting weaker and weaker, chose to live in the Black Palace and never left the palace again.

And Daeron, oh, now he should be called King Daeron. After the coronation, he quickly flew to Harrenhal and summoned the princes there.

He will call a grand council.