Chapter 61: First day of the tournament
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"Aye, Edward does not like when someone asks him for something without getting anything in return. He will not go out of the norm unless it is for a friend or a family member. You know that Edward helped us based on Robert and Lyanna's engagement and his friendship with Ned. He would not get much from the north, but he only helped us because of these two reasons. Even if Lord Dayne is going to be his brother by law, Edward will not do him any favors aside from what they both agreed upon." Said Brandon, demolishing everyone's hope. Yeah, why would Edward help them if he did not get anything in return?
"Perhaps, only Lord Arryn could ask him for such a favor. I do not think he would even listen to his brothers on this matter." Said Brandon as if he was thinking about something. Edward's personality was more and more to his liking. He would do small favors to a friend or a family member on his own. But Edward would refuse any favors they asked for themselves.
Everyone turned to Lord Arryn to see if they could make him ask Edward for a favor. Lord Arryn could only shake his head. Even if he could do that, he could only do that once. Who was he going to choose from all those lords?
While the Lords were talking, Edward entered the hall. Prince Rhaegar, Lord Tywin, and some of the Kingsguards followed him.
The hall turned silent for a moment. Everyone was surprised as they did not think Lord Tywin would come to this tourney. After the tournament of Lannisport that Tywin held in honor of Prince Viserys's birth, Lord Tywin did not participate in any tourneys after that.
After some moments of silence, everyone stood to greet the prince and Lord Tywin while Edward tried to find his way to Lord Arryn's group.
Edward was trying hard these few days to hide Lyanna Stark. He did not want Rhaegar to notice her this early, as Edward did not finish his preparations for the coming Rebellion.
Lyanna and Edward were now good friends. Edward even thought of her as his little sister. He did not want to sacrifice her for his goal, but how could he achieve his goal if Lyanna did not die? He did not mind if he fucked up the timeline anymore and thought about a solution.
After some serious thoughts, Edward came up with a plan. He would advise everyone against the things that were going to cause their death. If they took his advice and did what he said, he would do everything he could to save them. But if they still refused to take his advice, it would be their fault, and Edward would not even move a muscle to help them.
That was why Edward spent some time trying to change Lyanna and correct her way of thinking in the past two weeks. The problem was that Lyanna was really stubborn and refused to change her way of thinking. Unable to do anything more, He could only allow her to train with some of his men as she loved the way the men were training. He did not forget to tell her to accompany Ashara for the rest of the tournament.
Edward spent the rest of the day accompanying the different lords of Westeros. He would greet some lord before shifting to shake hands with another. These few days were going to be longer than expected.
Edward spent some of his time with the prince, who tried to recruit him again, and because Edward wanted to put an end to this matter, he could only tell Rhaegar that he would work as his hand when he became king in the future. Edward was not giving up or something, but as someone who knew what was going to happen, he decided to say those words to shut Rhaegar up.
Edward did not why, but Lord Tywin was behaving weirdly. He continued to ask Edward if he was sure of his marriage with the Dayne's girl. Tywin even advised Edward that he should choose, at least, a more powerful family because that would give him more benefits.
'What the fuck, old Tywin? Are you trying to find me a spouse yourself, or what? Don't tell me you are trying to push your daughter to me. I am not that adventurous, so keep her for Robert, man.' That was Edward's only thoughts. As Edward was truly impressed by the mentality of old Tywin, he wanted to ask him some questions. Did Tywin really forget about all the rumors that Edward had spread? Or did he think that Edward would forgive him for the assassination?
Edward even had a thought to mess with Tywin by adding something to his drink so that Tywin could spend the rest of his days in Storm's End as a horny dog. After deep thoughts, Edward decided against it as Storm's End was not the right place to do so as it would also be a slap on Edward's face. Plus, if he did something like that here, Edward was sure that Tywin would go out of his way and kill Edward immediately.
Edward could only spend the rest of the day like that. At the very least, from the next day, he would participate in the Jousting and melee competition and would have to fake his words like that day.
The next day, Storm's End entered its festive mood. Storm's End was able to receive more than one hundred thousand for this tourney.
Edward had a big smile on his face seeing this scene. As Edward was looking at the surrounding, He could see that all the people were happy because of the biggest festivities. Blacksmiths and apprentice blacksmiths were busy working on the Knights' armor and weapons. Merchants were busy trying to sell their goods while children were playing at the side.
At the moment, it was the time for the first round of the competition. Edward had allowed his men to participate in any kind of competition they liked. He himself had registered for the melee and Jousting competitions. It might be Edward's last chance to defeat all the famous Kingsguards and Rhaegar as Edward was not planning to take place in the tourney of Harrenhal personally.