Chapter 154: Let's Hurt Each Other

"Even if we can't defend Dragonstone, we can't hand it over intact to the Targaryen girl. Order Paxter stationed on Dragonstone to burn the entire island before withdrawing. I want her to get nothing!" Cersei felt frustrated and had no place to vent, so she ordered her uncle Kevan.

After Cersei finished speaking, Varys, who was resting with his eyes downcast, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Queen Mother Cersei with horror, whose expression was a little ferocious.

The others looked at Cersei in shock as she had just issued the order. Even Jaime, who was standing not far from Cersei, couldn't help but take half a step forward.

Only Euron was still sitting there lazily, not paying much attention to Cersei's orders.

Kevan looked at Cersei, who was angry, and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Your Majesty, Dragonstone has been the ancestral home of the Targaryen family since they moved to Westeros. If we burn it, it will probably arouse Daenerys' wrath. Then, King's Landing might..."

"Will King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, give up the Dragonstone Island to Daenerys just because we are afraid of her army and dragons?"

Cersei lost her previous respect for her uncle Kevan and retorted angrily.

After hearing what Cersei said, Kevan wished he could quit his job and go home to retire, and no longer serve his small-breasted, brainless niece, the Queen Mother.

If it weren't for Daenerys's dragons, they certainly wouldn't give up Dragonstone, but without scorpion crossbows they had no second choice.

Seeing that her uncle Kevan did not answer her question and turned his head away, Cersei looked at the other ministers of the King's Council angrily. No one agreed with her proposal. She could only grit her teeth and said angrily: "Order Paxter to withdraw from Dragonstone and return to King's Landing!"

After saying this, he flicked his sleeves and walked out of the imperial conference hall.

Seeing Cersei walk out of the hall, everyone except Euron breathed a sigh of relief. They didn't want King's Landing to face Daenerys's angry dragon fire.

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In the Governor's Palace of Pentos, after a day's rest, Daenerys was chatting with Illyrio when a guard suddenly came outside the door and handed Illyrio a letter.

After looking at the seal on the letter, Illyrio handed it directly to Daenerys.

Daenerys knew the news she was waiting for had come. As soon as she opened the letter and read a few words, she felt a surge of anger in her heart. She couldn't help but say, "If Cersei dares to burn Dragonstone, I will dare to burn King's Landing!"

Daenerys's angry words not only scared Illyrio sitting opposite her, but also surprised Barristan and Tyrion beside her.

Drogon, who was dozing off on Daenerys' shoulder, was awakened by the murderous intent coming from Daenerys. He happened to hear her words that she was going to burn King's Landing. He was startled and turned to look at the letter. Only then did he know the reason for Daenerys's anger.

Cersei actually planned to burn down Dragonstone Castle after withdrawing her troops from Dragonstone, but fortunately no one supported her and she gave up.

Drogon could imagine how angry Daenerys would be when she arrived at Dragonstone with great expectations and saw the castle burned beyond recognition.

Not to mention the Mother of Dragons, even Drogon would bring her to King's Landing and give it some dragon fire. Not to mention burning down the entire King's Landing, the Red Castle would never let it exist again.

After reading the letter, even though she knew Cersei had changed her mind, Daenerys was still so angry that her eyes were fierce and her chest was heaving.

After taking the letter from Daenerys, the others knew the reason for Daenerys's anger. Cersei actually planned to burn Dragonstone. She really was not worried about the dragon flames of Drogon's three dragons at all.

Tyrion frowned after reading the letter. He didn't expect that his sister Cersei would be so reckless, which made her worry about the future of King's Landing.

He, like Daenerys's other ministers, is full of confidence in the battle for the Iron Throne.

They didn't believe anyone could withstand Drogon's black flame.

Now that they saw that Cersei actually dared to have the idea of ​​burning the Targaryen ancestral land even though they knew that Daenerys had three dragons, they couldn't help but worry about the fate of King's Landing.

After receiving the exact news from Varys, Daenerys ordered the fleet to continue its journey and head straight for Dragonstone.

As the fleet sailed away from Pentos, Daenerys' mood, which had been influenced by Cersei, gradually adjusted.

Knowing that ahead was the ancestral land of Dragonstone that she had dreamed of countless times, she wished she could ride Drogon and fly there right now.

But she knew that she had to keep her composure at this time, because not only her ministers and soldiers were watching her, but also the nobles of Westeros. She couldn't show too much urgency now.

One morning later, Dragonstone was in sight and the dragon-shaped outline of the castle could already be seen.

The soldiers on the warship knew that they were about to reach their destination, Dragonstone Island, and they all went up to the deck and looked into the distance.

Although the long and narrow Dragonstone Island is not big, the towering dragon-shaped castle makes the island immediately extraordinary.

From afar, you can see the dragon head-shaped stone drum tower and the eight tall dragon-wing walls guarding the dragon head. A long stone road extends from the mountain to the beach, forming the dragon's tail.

Hmm!

The huge shadows of Rhaegal and Viserion passed over the foreship and flew over the castle.

Not only Daenerys was excited to see Dragonstone, but also Shireen, who had grown up on Dragonstone since birth.

She didn't expect that he would come back so soon after being taken away by Drogon, but Dragonstone was now deserted. Thinking of her father and mother, Shireen's face became a little sad.

Seeing that Shireen was a little upset, Drogon flew from Daenerys's shoulder to the back of her hand and rubbed her arm to comfort her.

Only then did Daenerys remember that Dragonstone was not only her ancestral land, but also the place where Shireen grew up.

After Robert sat on the Iron Throne, he gave Dragonstone to his younger brother Stannis and named him the Duke of Dragonstone. Shireen was born here.

Walking to Shireen's side, Daenerys held her little hand, and they looked at the huge castle on the island together.

Nearing the shallows, the fleet stayed on standby while Daenerys and the others rowed to the beach in small boats.

With her feet on the soft sand, Daenerys felt more fulfilled than ever before.

After taking a look at the dragon-shaped castle on the stone steps that seemed to be spreading its wings as if ready to take off, Daenerys raised her legs and walked up the steps. Tyrion and the others followed her and also walked up the stone steps.

Dragon carvings can be seen everywhere in Dragonstone, from the large dragon head-shaped stone drum tower and the armory under the dragon wing wall to the small dragon head stone carvings at the gate and the dragon claw torch stand.

Opening the half-open door and walking through the first-floor hall, Daenerys followed the description of the layout of Dragonstone by her brother Viserys and walked all the way to a long room at the top of the bell and drum tower.

To the north of the room is a wide terrace that leads directly to the outside world, supported by several pillars and facing the sea.

In the center of the room stood a large wooden table, on which was engraved a map of the entire Westeros, the same map that Drogon saw when he first arrived.

More than three hundred years ago, Aegon the Conqueror formulated the plan to unify the Seven Kingdoms at this wooden table, and Daenerys' battle for the Iron Throne will begin today.