"Let the curtains open for the show to begin." Daenerys looks at Aegon with a cold smile.
-------------
Rhaenys' eyes fell on the leader of the entourage that had just arrived. He was a young boy, no more than fourteen, although compared to the height of Aenar, who was the same age, the young man was a dwarf. He had pale blond hair and deep purple eyes, almost blue. He was handsome, but just that, handsome, nothing like the inhuman beauty of Visenya, Daenerys and Aenar.
Rhaenys couldn't help but feel sickened by the look of genuine joy on the boy's face. He seemed genuinely happy about her arrival, which showed how much this young man had been raised as a puppet over the years.
Even if this young man really was her brother, Aegon was just a pawn in other people's conspiracies. Rhaenys estimated that if it were Aegon, she wouldn't kill him, but she was sure she could never fully trust him, as she trusted her family.
With the arrival of Aegon and his entourage, including some nobles from Westeros, everyone stopped eating and watched the show that was about to take place with great expectations. In a world without much entertainment, polemics were what drew the most attention, especially polemics from the Royal Family.
"Sister!" Aegon exclaimed as he looked at the beautiful figure sitting next to Daenerys, there was a genuine look of joy in his expression. The boy had seen the silver dragon flying over King's Landing and knew that this was his sister.
However, the next few words made Aegon's smile stiffen completely.
"Don't call me sister, my brother is dead." Rhaenys said with disgust and surprising coldness.
Although Aegon seemed hurt by Rhaenys' words, he soon recovered and showed a determined look. He knew it wouldn't be easy to convince Rhaenys of his truth, but he wasn't worried about it.
After all, blood is thicker than water. Especially the blood of House Targaryen, where fire and brimstone ran through his and her veins.
"I know it won't be easy for you to accept me, but I won't give up so easily." Aegon spoke with a determined tone while displaying a confidence that made many wonder if the boy had a problem in his mind.
Anyone could see the extreme disgust in Rhaenys' eyes, and it could be said that the Princess not killing Aegon on the spot was the biggest concession they could imagine. If it had been them in the princess's place, Aegon would long since have been turned into a corpse and thrown into a random ditch.
"Believe in what? A phony who uses my dead brother's identity?" Rhaenys looked at Aegon and spoke with a sarcastic tone. She seemed to hear the funniest joke on the planet. A Blackfire talking about trust is like believing that a scorpion has no venom.
"Princess, I can confirm that the Blackfire Lineage has ended with Maelys." Harry stepped forward and spoke with a sincere expression. As Captain General of the Golden Company, he knew better than anyone that House Blackfire was extinct. There were no male or female descendants, as both genders were protected by the Golden Company.
The last male descendant was Maelys the Monstrous and the last female descendant was Alyssa, the mother of Daemon and Maelys.
Everyone agreed with Harry's words, there had been no news of House Blackfire for decades, which was simply impossible. Rumors circulate faster than wind and everyone would know if there were any Blackfire in Essos, but after decades, there hadn't been even a single rumor of anyone who considered themselves a Blackfire.
House Blackfire was truly extinct according to that logic, a logic that everyone believed to be true.
Rhaenys knew this, but he didn't believe a word the man said. Although as he had said, the last male and female descendants had died out, but what about the illegitimate children? The children sired by the prostitutes of Lys and the other Free Cities?
"And the bastard children? Who can say that mercenaries like you have never visited brothels or raped a few women? Can you confirm that you've never left an illegitimate child behind? Who knows that Aegon is a son of one of those descendants?" Seeing that things were getting more and more tense, Daenerys added with a touch of malice in her voice, although everyone thought it was just sincere doubt in the queen's tone.
Harry wanted to open his mouth and say that this was absurd, but he didn't dare contradict his only hope of returning home, even if it was to Aegon, whom he considered a nephew. Besides, Daenerys was right, he himself couldn't claim that he never left bastard children behind.
Mercenaries were the most lustful men in the world, not because that was their innate nature, but because they were constantly in danger of dying, the stress was enormous. And the best way to eliminate stress was sex and wine.
You could say that many mercenaries were born this way, almost like a cycle of reproduction that spanned thousands of years.
In all honesty, Harry's silence was like a silent confession of guilt in the eyes of the nobles.
Aegon felt his heart beating faster for the first time, but this feeling disappeared when he felt Jon Connington's hand touch his shoulder with encouragement. Feeling the support around him, Aegon looked at the three women with Ancient Blood features.
"I want the chance to prove my descent, to prove that I have the blood of Aegon the Conqueror running through my veins, just like my sister, my aunt and my grandmother." Aegon spoke with a determined and confident tone, which made many nobles look at him with different eyes.
Although Aegon could be many things, he really was a charismatic boy with his natural confidence and good looks, which definitely made him seem like a true Targaryen.
The three women were not moved by his confident, determined and courageous words. Rhaella in particular wanted to end this farce as soon as possible. In her eyes, Aegon was an element of danger that had to be eradicated, even at the cost of her own reputation.
But seeing her daughter's and granddaughter's expressions, Rhaella knew that Aegon would live a while longer, mainly so that both girls could physically and mentally torture Aegon. She knew that her daughter and granddaughter wanted Aegon to commit suicide.
"And how can you prove your descent?" Daenerys asked curiously, but Aegon's next words turned all her curiosity into pure murderous intent.
"I want to ride a dragon." He spoke with a lively, cheerful tone, but very determined to be a dragon rider. Especially after seeing the beautiful silver beast under the city. He had never thought that such monstrous beings could be so beautiful.
"There is no wild dragon for you to claim, Lord Aegon." Daenerys' eyes, with no trace of warmth in them, fell on Aegon with a calm gaze, but behind that calm, there was a vast murderous intent.
Aegon had touched on a delicate point of extreme importance to House Targaryen. Dragons were a line that House Targaryen did not allow anyone to touch, without exception!
"I can try to ride one of House Targaryen's dragons, as long as I can ride one, I can prove my descent." Aegon spoke as naturally as if asking for a family's greatest weapon was the most natural thing in the world. If anyone heard his tone, they would have thought he was asking to borrow a horse.
Rhaenys, Daenerys and Rhaella's eyes widened as they listened to the completely irrational, absurd and extremely insulting proposal.
What was the bond between rider and dragon?
A bond binding the souls of both beings in a faithful bond until death did them part.
Now knowing that Aegon really wanted to steal their dragons, it could be said that the three women wanted to kill Aegon at that very moment.
But pondering something interesting, Daenerys flashed a gentle, sweet smile. "Since you insist, I'll let you try with my dragon, Balerion."
Daenerys' words shocked everyone, including Olenna who hadn't expected things to develop to this point, but how could people know the power of the bond between a dragon and rider?
Rhaenys and Rhaella knew that no claimed dragon could accept another person riding them, so Daenerys' intention was obvious.
Balerion is going to kill Aegon.
But that wasn't what Daenerys wanted, she wanted Balerion to cripple Aegon, beginning the torture she had prepared for this Blackfire bastard who dared to lust after her and her dragon.
However, how could Aegon know Daenerys' thoughts, in his eyes Daenerys' words were no different than confessing that she had an interest in him and he had already proved that he was a Targaryen. It just filled him with emotion, knowing that he was well on his way to winning the heart of the beautiful queen.
If Daenerys had known of Aegon's thoughts, she would probably have asked Balerion to devour Aegon's cock, leaving him a Eunuch.
-
"Are you sure you'll allow that?" Olenna asked the queen in a calm tone. "The recognition ceremony, as it was called by the nobles, will take place in the morning in the stadium. What if the dragon accepts it?"
Daenerys shook her head and spoke. "You don't understand what it's like to be bound to a dragon. It's a bond that will only be broken with the death of one side. A dragon only has one rider at a time and a rider only has one dragon at a time. If someone tries to ride a claimed dragon, the dragon will kill that person."
Olenna finally understood why Daenerys would allow something so insane; at the same time, her eyes glazed over at the thought. "If the Body Snatcher dies trying to ride the dragon, no one will blame the queen or the king."
Daenerys nodded, but she didn't want to kill Aegon, she wanted to make him suffer before he finally committed suicide.
"Varys is dangerous, my queen." Olenna spoke, the meaning of her words obvious.
Kill Varys.
"I know, he'll die when this farce is over." Daenerys didn't want to keep Varys any longer either, although the Eunuch was indeed competent and his information network was impressive, the various dares the Eunuch had made had already condemned him to death in her eyes.
Olenna looked at Daenerys with appreciation, the young queen was decisive, which was a great quality for any monarch.
"My granddaughter wants to serve the queen as Maiden." Olenna said, making Daenerys look at her with a smile.
"I'll take her on, I hope she enjoys spending her precious time with me." Daenerys said in a fun and playful way, which made Olenna roll her eyes, but she nodded seriously.
Daenerys looked at the harmless-looking old woman and narrowed her eyes thoughtfully. It wasn't unusual for ladys from the Great Houses to serve the queen, it was quite normal. Those who served Rhaella were Joanna Lannister and the mother of the current Prince of Dorne, Doran Martell.
But Margaery was rather annoying in her eyes, especially the pretended innocent and hypocritical appearance of the girl of a similar age. Olenna really trained the girl to be the perfect lady, whether in etiquette, acting or seduction.
However, Daenerys didn't want to refuse Olenna's request, the woman had truly been a teacher to her during that time, especially when it came to looking after the affairs of the Court and the affairs of state of King's Landing and all the surrounding cities. Olenna helped her avoid many mistakes that she would only learn after years or decades of governance.
In another room.
"Aegon, you were too impulsive." Jon Connington commented with a tone of helplessness at how quickly things were unfolding. In his plans, they would have had to wait for months to try to subdue one of the dragons. But now, with Aegon's words, the plan had practically turned to ashes and could no longer be carried out.
"Don't worry, Jon." Aegon put his hand on his shoulder and comforted him with a naturally cheerful and positive tone. "I'll be able to ride a dragon and we'll go to the Riverlands to help my brother fight Robert."
A smile appeared on Jon's aged face, he looked at the young man before him and couldn't help but think of his father, the man he loved deeply.
Both were essentially different, Rhaegar had a melancholy aura around him and always seemed to be thinking deeply. Aegon was the opposite, always looking cheerful and sunny, optimistic about everything and everyone.
"May the gods help us with such an anxious king." Jon commented with a smile as he sipped his wine. It had been a long time since he had been so relaxed.
Aegon laughed at Jon's words.
---------
Note: Note: Some of you are concerned about the future, especially when entering the Space Age, but keep in mind that I don't want to cause you any discomfort, readers; I'm striving to make things as natural as possible.
The nobles you are currently seeing will be placed in space, only with advanced technology. Just think of it as a Space Game of Thrones. All your favorite characters will still be alive and with descendants, showing other points of view.
I'm striving to create a world that you can recognize and not find strange. Some of you may not know Warhammer or Dune, but don't worry, things will be explained so that everyone understands.
The reason I'm writing this is because we are approaching the end of Phase 1 of the book.
Sincerely: Prince.
Read more than advanced chapters in my Patre on!
Read chapters ahead on Patreon. Two chapters are updated every day except Sunday.
/GOTSW