Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon

Chapter 25 Otto Hightower’s Plan

"Otto, please be patient and let the Grand Maester finish telling the information." Viserys tapped the table a few times and motioned for Otto to sit down.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, this news is too terrible. I lost my composure." Otto lowered his head and explained, then slowly sat back down.

Grand Maester Melos opened a book and continued: "According to records, the Vareses family was also one of the forty dragon king families. The last Valyrian emperor Orion Vareses was from this family. After the Doomsday, this family lost all its dragons, and its descendants hid behind the black walls of Volantis, relying on the huge wealth left by their ancestors to survive. But its previous generation leader Clay. Orius Vareses was a wizard. He accumulated even greater wealth for his family and formed a fully independent standing army of thousands of people. This army has long been at war with the Dothraki and mercenaries. Fighting and accumulating rich war experience, Cleorius married "more than ten years ago."

The Grand Maester suddenly stopped.

"Continue." The king held his head. He was shocked when he learned this information. Even after thinking about it for a long time, he still found it difficult to accept.

"Princess Senera Targaryen in self-exile."

The ministers were silent. Even Larry Strong lowered his head and fiddled with his orb, not knowing what he was thinking.

"The princess gave birth to three boys, Dragonzel, Valar and Rey. Among them, it was Dragonzel Varese and Valar Varese who tamed the dragon. According to Pantos According to the news, the fleet of the Varese family is sailing to the west, with at least 300 large ships in the team."

"So they not only have dragons, but they also have wealth and thousands of capable troops?" Ser Tyran Lannister pointed out the problem, but he cleverly did not mention Princess Senela.

"Your Majesty, we cannot allow the dragon to escape." Otto Hightower stood up with a cry.

"I know." The king waved his hand helplessly. "Then what do you think we should do?"

"Send the dragons to attack. We have Vhagar, Sunfire, and Dreamfire." Otto Hightower paused and continued: "Dragonstone has Syrax, Corakthio, and Rhaenys. Princess Melias, our dragon is more.”

"Your Majesty Prime Minister." Larry Strong's plain bass sounded. "I think I need to remind you that Princess Rhaenyra is still pregnant, as everyone knows." He put the orb he had been playing with back into its groove. "Pregnant women cannot ride dragons. Prince Aemond has just recovered from the hospital bed. He has only ridden Vhagar once. The same goes for Princess Helena. Prince Aegon." Laris looked at Otto with squinting eyes.

Otto pursed his lips and sighed inwardly. He could only sit down and continue: "Your Majesty, if this matter is not dealt with in time, it is very likely to happen again." He did not say anything about Aegon's conquest.

Viserys naturally understood what he meant, and he looked at the other ministers. Queen Allison looked at her father, then at her husband, but finally said nothing.

Earl Linman coughed. "Your Majesty, it seems that the only dragon knights we can fight are Prince Daemon and Princess Rhaenys, but"

"Your Majesty, since he is the heir of Princess Senela, why can't we win him over to join the kingdom?" Count Jaspi suddenly said.

Otto was just about to retort, but found that there was some truth in it. None of you here are fools. What will happen to the Dragon King family in Essos? They are well-versed in history. They know clearly that the Eastern Continent has a complicated relationship with dragons. If Dragonzel stays in Volantis or elsewhere in the Eastern Continent, the ensuing chaos will sweep across the entire continent and eventually engulf his family and his dragons.

Then the purpose of his fleet sailing westward will be obvious.

"During the Great Council of your grandfather Jaehaerys I, the Arbiter, Princess Senela's heirs were deprived of their inheritance rights." Earl Jaspy continued. “Women in inheritance”

"cough."

Earl Linman suddenly coughed, interrupting Earl Jaspi's words.

"Lord Wilder, please don't get involved in other matters." Earl Linman reminded.

The king's expression changed for a moment, then returned to normal. "Go on."

"Your Majesty, forgive me." Count Jasper apologized hurriedly and then said. "Since there is no inheritance issue involved, we can completely regard him as another Velaryon family."

"Lord Wilder." Otto interrupted. "Velaryon has followed Targaryen for hundreds of years." He looked at the silent King Viserys. "The two families have been married for generations, and it was not until Lord Corlys' generation that they temporarily owned the dragon because of Princess Rhaenys. There is no room for comparison between the two families."

"Your Majesty Prime Minister, what Lord Jaspy said makes sense." Grand Maester Melos looked at Otto and continued: "The Velaryon family once had three adult dragons, including Vhagar. But as time passes, The dragon master Lady Lannar died, Prince Aemond successfully recovered Vhagar, and Sea Smoke also returned to the wild dragon after Sir Lannino's accident."

"I understand what you mean, Grand Maester." Otto spread his hands. "Win them over through marriage, and use the in-law relationship to take back the dragon after their death. However, there are no girls in the royal family now!"

Queen Alicent finally found an opportunity to interrupt. "My Lords, my son Aegon and my daughter Helena have consummated their marriage and have received the blessing of the Seven Gods, and Rhaenyra's son has also married Prince Daemon's daughter."

"We can handle this matter through the marriage of the next generation." Laris Strong said. "Or wait for the birth of a new girl in the royal family, Grand Maester, if I remember correctly, they are three brothers."

Meros nodded. "Yes, the youngest, Rey Vareses, is only 12 years old."

"We can wait." Laris Strong said. "We can also provoke a fight between brothers."

"Lord Laris." Sir Tyran interrupted Laris. "Your Majesty, I think you should know that if you want to win them over, the so-called marriage alone is not enough. They brought hundreds of ships and tens of thousands of people."

"Territory, wealth, and title." Earl Linman said. "Boys are only pursuing these three things."

"Lord Linman, you say it lightly." Earl Jasper responded unceremoniously. "Territory? Which territory? Your Beehive City? Or my Rain House City? Although the Seven Kingdoms are large, they have their own owners. If you want to divide new territories, you must discuss with the lords of each place. How easy is that?"

"Okay, let me be quiet." King Viserys finally couldn't help it. "I agree with the plan of winning over, but how to win over, you go down and discuss it." He covered his head and motioned Queen Alicent to come and support him. "Mellos, you come to search for unowned or royal territories that can be divided, and then send letters to the guardians to inquire about land matters. The rest will be discussed next time."

"As you wish, Your Majesty."

Watching King Viserys leave, the ministers also left the Red Castle with doubts. Only Sir Otto Hightower walked towards the Prime Minister's Tower with a serious face. Several servants of the Hightower family saw the Prime Minister coming and hurried to meet him.

"Write to Earl Hobart and ask him to clear a piece of territory near the old town as soon as possible, quickly."

The servant was stunned for a moment, and was kicked on the butt by Otto. "Hurry up."

"As you command, my lord."

Watching the servant running towards the Raven Tower, Otto flashed a barely perceptible smile on his face

Summer Sea.

Varezes' fleet became larger and larger. Lady Clevna did not stop Vareses' fleet from leaving the port with soldiers, craftsmen, and civilians in batches. On the contrary, she was very pleased when she saw this scene. She even took the initiative to help provide ships.

"My lord, the Tiger Party's envoy's ship has been following behind for many days." Vansen Kaon stood steadily on the deck and said to Longzel who was watching his brother playing with the little dragon.

Above the sky, Womisol and Silver Wing hovered over the Silent Lord.

Valar was practicing flying in the sky.

I don't know if it's because of the dragon egg or other reasons, but Rey's little dragon grew very fast. In just a few weeks, its scales hardened and it also grew dense and terrifying spikes. The size of the little dragon also increased by several times. However, what's different is that this little dragon is relatively slender. If you put aside the spikes and scales, you can't even see much meat.

Rey named the little dragon "Shadow Nightmare". This was the name of his favorite pony when he was a child. Unfortunately, the horse died. And the hunting falcon "Flame Wing" also died in the sky after the last group of people withdrew from Volantis.

Rey held up a piece of roasted meat to tease the little dragon, but the little dragon stretched out its neck like lightning and took the meat away and swallowed it.

"Brother, is there any more meat?"

"Yes." Longzel smiled and asked the chef to bring a few more pieces of meat. Then he looked at Fansen, "No, the Tiger Party wants to leave us in the quagmire of Essos."

"But Westeros" Fansen pursed his lips. "Excuse me, that is a backward land. It is barbaric and has no civilization."

"I know." Longzel looked up at the sun in the sky and squinted his eyes. "This is an attempt, but also a mission."

Fansen lowered his head and said in a deep voice. "The Kaon family is your spearhead, and your direction is my direction."

Womisol happened to fly by and blocked the sun's rays.

The boy's eyes looked to the distant west.

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