Chapter 14

Well, it is what it is, and that Gold remains the most revered matter a Man can own even if he lives on top of a Goldmine is hardly something new to you, though it's the first time you actually see how much so little of it can change a Man's State of Mind. You decide that it's good that you won't be lacking it in the future, and move on from the Event and focus on being a good Girl, yes, perhaps you could dedicate some of your time to improve your relationship with your Sister.

For you can clearly see that it's needed with how much she's glaring at you, and while it's cute beyond Belief, you would still prefer if Cersei wouldn't hate you when she grows up. So getting more Attention from your Father when he's back Home again will most likely be impossible which while annoying is still something you will gladly put up with to not make your Sister even more upset, though what's in your Opinion more problematic is that to succeed you also can't gain too much Attention from your Mother.

This wouldn't normally be a problem, if you hadn't planned to split your efforts to help your Family into giving the Gold to your Father and the Gems to your Mother, which now has become quite impossible. And you know that just about everything you do with your Ability will make you look worse in her Eyes, as if you were actually trying to steal the Attention away from her, as childish as that sounds, and so you're stuck with practically nothing to do.

If you focus on your Lessons you will get nothing but Praise you're sure of it, yet being praised by your Mother wouldn't help you in achieving your Goal, and beyond learning and practising your Ability you don't quite know what to do with yourself. Not long after you decided to improve your relationship with Cersei you tried to approach your Brother, seeing as you aren't exactly a natural Talent when it comes to dealing with Children you thought you might benefit from his good Standing with Cersei.

But that was the wrong thing to do you realised, and you will have to put in a good Deal of effort to smooth over that particular mistake, though you're getting rather agitated as well seeing as Jaime is your Brother as well, that you aren't sleeping in the same Chamber as your Siblings doesn't mean that you will just step aside to please your Sister. So you decide to talk with your Mother about it to see if she can't help you out a bit.

"Mother, can you help me with a problem?"

"What do you need help with, Azami?"

"Well, Cersei doesn't like me anymore."

"Is that so?"

"How would you like me to help with that, shouldn't you simply apologise if you did something wrong, isn't that just common Sense, little Cub?"

"No, I see it every time we are together, she's annoyed with getting less Attention than me, and I don't know how to change that, Mother."

"It really isn't because I did something wrong, she's just angry that I'm better than her in about everything I do, and get actual Praise for it."

"..."

"Are you sure you didn't say something hurtful, because that doesn't sound like Cersei at all, Azami."

What was that supposed to mean, you didn't do anything but help your Family to draw her Ire, there's no need to think more about something so obvious is there? And even if you screwed up somewhere along the way, why were you the one being branded as the Wrongdoer now? You hadn't even really spoken with Cersei for the Gods sake, how in the World could she come to the Conclusion that you did anything wrong, and that after putting in so much effort into being a good Daughter!

You decide to leave your Mother's Chamber, so as to not give the nonsensical Comments the light of Day, and you admit if only to yourself, that you're quite disappointed as you do so, perhaps it isn't worth the effort, and it's better if Cersei has some Anger in her rather than you working yourself up over it. It's fine though, she's just a Child, she will get over it eventually, and even your Mother can make mistakes, so holding a Grudge over something so silly seems wrong to you.

For the time being you will need a simple Purpose, something to do that doesn't involve your Family, just so you can get your Head a bit clearer again, and so you decide to leave the Rock for a Week or so. For you realised after a few Seconds of thought that this would be something much more enjoyable than having to put up with your Siblings and Mother, and whatever aggravating matter would surely come up.

Yes, you quite like that Plan, and with your Knights at your side no one could say that doing so would be too dangerous, thus you resolve yourself to put up with whatever Punishment you might get out of this, though with how much your Head needs some Rest right now that doesn't concern you all that much. Who knows you could even find something of interest in the Town, mayhaps the Harbor would be worth your time, for what Corner of the World wouldn't want to trade with a Lannister.

You can't help but admire your own quick thinking, and so you happily make your way to your Camber to get yourself a small Casket to begin creating some pretty Gems to trade with. And hopefully salvage a part of your Plan so as to still benefit the House with your Excursion, yes, that doesn't sound so bad at all, you go buy stuff you like, help out your Family in spreading the Wealth of House Lannister. And that all to not annoy your Sister in giving your Gems to your Mother, who knows, maybe it even saves you from Punishment, you're truly a Genius it seems.