Chapter 42 The trial of lions

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Kingslanding

Olenna pov

She and her family finally reached this foul smelling city, it seems that even the dragons can't get rid of this god awful smell from this place

But as she reached the Red keep the smell completely disappeared, she has been to the red keep many times in her life but she never felt like this, it seems that with dragons coming the air had completely changed in this place, it even feels a little warmer that the rest of the city

She doesn't know how it happened but she is very delighted by this change,for the longest time her only complaint about the red keep was the smell of the city

As she didn't like to tarvel and they made their way here with leisure they were the last to arrive to the red keep for the upcoming coronation, all the other great houses were already here,even the greyjoys were here

It must be hard for Asha Greyjoy to bend the to the man who killed her father but it is still better than lannisters, the new king beheaded their lord and captured almost every one in the family, at least rest of her family is not in chains about to be executed anyday now

As she stayed in the red keep for few days she got to know the new crown, the king doesn't care about your house or standing if you are not a stark or Targaryen or one of their loyal lords like Velaryons, he will have you whipped in front of the whole court and throw you out if you try to lie to the king, the crime in the city is also very low with the new city watch

Even the business in the capital have changed they can no longer conduct shady activities and exploit the smallfolk of the city,the prominent merchants and lords who conducted such business were quick to oppose such actions but when few quickly lost their heads they were suddenly very open to new changes

All of this let Olenna know the new king won't be sitting on his ass all day like the last one but he is working and is actually ruling the seven kingdoms,and he won't let the lords exploit the people

Even with such little time since the new king came, he hasn't had his official coronation yet but he is already beloved by the people of the capital,she knows that the seven kingdoms are slowly going to change under his reign

She has to get used to new crown soon, which isn't going be easy she knows Rhaella for years now, the old queen might seemed meek when she was married to the mad king but olenna knew that the mad king stayed in power for long because of Rhaella, she didn't let people take advantage of the mad King

She might seem like the sweet grandmother to the to the king now but she can see through the act,even the old dragon is still a dragon

Today she was here with the rest of the court to see the trail of Cersei lannister and Joffrey lannister, all the lords are here to see what happens to lannister queen and the boy

The men brought out the golden queen and the boy, the days in the black cells were not kind these two, the golden queen was silent but the boy is out of his mind, even now he is barking orders to release him and arrest the nothern bastard, he might me merciful on the rest if they follow the commands, but when the men whipped him the little lion quickly lost his voice

Then the herald announced and the king came in the throne room,the boy was not in armour today but in red and black clothing today, as he came in the fires in the room burned a little brighter and the heat started to seep in the room

The king climbed and sat on the Iron Throne, none had looked more suited on that gaint throne than this boy, the new king sat on throne and looked down on the them with complete indifference,it seemed liked no matter what happens he was somehow above all of this

The trial quickly started with Eddard Stark's testimony on how he discovered that the royal children were actually bastards and how the queen tried to kill him to keep it from getting out

Then out of no where Jaime Lannister was brought out and he testified that indeed that Joffrey, Myrcella and tommen are his children with Cersei, seeing her own brother testify the golden queen finally lost it, she started yelling how she is a lion and the sheep has no right to judge her or her children, and lastly that she won't let a bastard from a northern whore take what is hers

As soon as she called the King's mother a whore the entire atmosphere changed, the fires in the room started to burn with such intensity that within seconds all the people were sweating through their clothes and the king hair turned silver and eyes glowed purple

Everyone in the room felt like they might burst into flames any moment now,they somehow knew this was because of the man sitting on the Iron Throne

She had heard that the Targaryen king knew Valyrian magic and she had seen him melt rock at the battle camp, but she never felt so close to death like today, as everyone was surprised this sudden change the giant white direwolf that was sitting near the throne all this time suddenly was in front of Cersei and with a snap he ripped her head out and threw it at the bottom of the throne

"The is trial is only for joffrey waters now" the king said looking the same the entire trial but everyone inside the room felt his rage today,after that the fires started to go down and the room cooled down a little

Pretty soon the trial was over, joffrey waters will be executed and Myrcella and tommen will be named waters from now on, they will no longer have any royal status