Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon

"In the past 20 days or so, they have never said that they wanted to leave the courtyard. Didn't they even ask?"

Illyrio's chubby body sat on the main seat in the study, listening to the butler and Ani's reports, and finally began to ask questions.

"Yes, Master." The butler answered seriously.

"You just said that after observing these days, you used the word 'pattern'. What kind of pattern is it?" Illyrio asked.

"It's like this. He sleeps in bed until he gets up at noon every day. Before his sister's feet are healed, after lunch, he will pick up a book on the cabinet in the living room, and first go to his sister's room to tell her stories, usually After telling a story, he would leave and then take a walk around the courtyard with a book. He would stay in the courtyard until the sun went down. When his sister's legs and feet were healed, he would take her to wander in the courtyard after lunch. , reading a book while walking, occasionally commenting on the scenery in the garden. Sometimes he would tell his sister the stories in the book, and sometimes he would let her read the book by herself. After dinner and nightfall, he would lock himself in his room to practice swordsmanship. ,The training time will last for several hours."

Illyrio thought for a while and asked, "Well, why do you think he is doing this?"

"I don't know anything else, but in terms of performance, reading is just a cover for training. He is training himself, and it is very effective." The steward replied, "His behavior can be regarded as hard training, and he trains like a soldier. He seemed to be walking in the courtyard during the day, but in fact he kept walking. He rarely sat down to rest, and even wore out a new pair of shoes. During the night, he practiced swordsmanship hard. Over the past few days, he had almost changed. He had grown. He is muscular, his steps are steady, his waist is straight, and he looks more like a nobleman than when he first arrived.”

Illyrio subconsciously said: "You mean he is secretly training himself to look like a king?"

"That's right." The butler lowered his head and replied, "I think so."

Illyrio was silent for a moment and looked at Ani, who was waiting quietly at the side: "What do you think?"

"I feel the same way." Ani replied, "He is almost completely different from when he first came here. If I see him for the first time now and the master tells me that he is a noble man, I will have no doubt that he is of noble birth."

Illyrio's expression did not change, and he only asked in a deep voice: "Apart from this, are there any other discoveries?"

The steward replied: "His dragon bone necklace was burned by him one night, and the silver chain was blackened, but he always tied the chain to his hand. There is nothing else to say except these, Viserys said Those are the sides.”

Illyrio was silent for a moment, as if digesting what he had just heard. After a while, he asked: "Where is the girl?"

Ani gave the answer: "That girl is very tight-lipped. She is very dependent on her brother and follows him all day long. She is timid, suspicious, has no personality, and is at the mercy of him. She is guarding against me. Neither Asking me for things, she didn't answer my casual questions. She responded with silence to all my overtures, and she showed obvious interest in what I said but never asked questions. Sometimes she followed Viserys. Siris told her to stop talking, and she didn't say a word the whole day."

Illyrio said: "It is Viserys who is guarding us. He does not completely trust me, and of course he cannot trust you."

"But it's not that we didn't notice it at all." Ani said, "The girl is not afraid of being burned. One time, the hot water just brought from the kitchen was put in the bathtub. The girl didn't wait for the old woman carrying the water to adjust the water temperature. She got into the bucket without saying a word. The bath water was extremely hot, but she didn't say a word, and she didn't show any discomfort. I quietly arranged for Viserys to have hot water several times to see if he would feel the same, but he didn't feel the same every time. He took the initiative to ask someone to adjust the water temperature with cold water.”

Illyrio's expression changed when he heard this, and his face showed a thoughtful expression, but he didn't know what he was thinking. In the end, he just said vaguely: "Maybe there is something magical about the Targaryen family."

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"Governor Illyrio, you are finally back!"

Before the Viserys arrived, shouts of joy could be heard from outside the dining room door.

The tone seemed to have been awaited by Illyrio for a long time, which made Illyrio speechless for a moment and took back the opening remarks he had prepared.

Illyrio looked up and saw that Viserys was the first to come in through the dining room door, followed by the steward he sent to guide the way, and finally Daenerys.

With an eager smile on his face, Viserys took long strides, looking like he was trying to maintain his dignity but could not hide his excitement. He walked into the restaurant in three steps and two steps, walked straight to Illyrio, and tried his best to restrain his excitement. He smiled and said, "Please tell me what Illyrio, Governor of Westeros, and his party have gained!"

Only then did Illyrio know what the steward and Ani meant when they said that Viserys had changed.

Recalling the first time he met this king, Illyrio felt that he was worthy of the title of "Beggar King". At that time, he was wearing dirty and shabby Chinese clothes, with gloomy eyes, a yellow and haggard face, a tall and thin figure, and a somewhat rickety posture. He has messy hair and is a little nervous. When talking to people, his hands are nervous and tremble slightly but he tries to restrain himself. When he talks about excitement, his voice will become high-pitched. There is a kind of fanaticism in his pale lavender eyes.

But now it has only been more than 20 days. The king's face has changed a lot. His pale face has become red, his face is clean and trimmed, and his sunken cheeks have grown flesh. His long hair is combed to be as bright as molten silver. Although he is still very thin, his straight body can already support his clothes. Illyrio has no doubt that Viserys can attract many young girls at the noble banquet just by this healthy and handsome appearance. The only thing that has not changed much is the excitement and enthusiasm in his purple eyes. It can be vaguely seen that there is madness under this shell.

[He is indeed training himself to be a king, at least physically. ]

When Illyrio came back, he made all kinds of calculations. He expected that the way for this king to cooperate with the Dornish people was nothing more than to conclude a marriage. Princess Arianne Martell of Dorne is still unmarried. Prince Doran always takes out some older candidates to consider her marriage. There have also been people of the right age who asked Prince Doran to marry the princess, but they were all rejected by Prince Doran. Now that I think about it, the Dornish had already promised the princess to Viserys, and they were waiting for Viserys to return to Westeros and support him to regain the Iron Throne.

Seeing Viserys like this now, Illyrio is more convinced that the Dornish and Viserys have secretly communicated in a place where Varys can't see - even though Varys is still ambiguous about this matter, they have searched through the reports of the little birds in recent years, and still don't know when the two sides secretly made peace.

But Viserys is now in Illyrio's hands, and he must find out the king's true plan as soon as possible to plan the next step.

With this plan, Illyrio bowed his head slightly: "Your Majesty, please take a seat first."

What Illyrio didn't know was that when Viserys heard the word "Your Majesty" in Illyrio's attitude as usual, although his face was full of excitement and joy, he was also very guilty in his heart. When he got up at noon today and went out, he heard the butler say "The master is waiting in the dining room." He was so busy with excitement on his face that he didn't hear what the butler said after that.