Chapter 121

  Chapter 121 Gathering

  Samwell was walking in the dark corridors of the Red keep, thinking about what Petyr Baelish said just now.

  In fact, from Petyr's point of view, Samwell is considered "one of his own",

  after all, the two share a "little secret".

  Of course, in Petyr's eyes, "one of our own" should be sold if necessary.

  But now, as Samwell is a "rookie" who just arrived in King's Landing, Petyr will definitely try to win him over first, and it is estimated that he will give Samwell some small favors, so that Samwell will wholeheartedly charge for him.

  But it was absolutely impossible for Petyr to guess that Samwell had been aware of his whole plot and knew that he was the real murderer of Lord Jon Arryn.

  This lack of information is Samwell's biggest advantage today.

  He must use this advantage as much as possible to deal with the most ambitious schemer in Game of Thrones.

  This is also the primary purpose of his visit to King's Landing this time.

  This is not only to avenge being manipulated by him as a pawn, but also a decision made by Samwell after careful consideration.

  Littlefinger's goal is the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms, so he can fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the situation.

  But this is not what Samwell wants to see—at least not what he wants to see now.

  Although chaos is an opportunity for every ambitious person, if you want to fish in troubled waters and even climb up, you must have enough strength to support it.

  And now Samwell seems to lack confidence.

  The time he came out in open is too short, the castles in the territory hadn't been fully built, the number of troops is not large enough, the attribute panel also needed time to upgrade, and the territory of the Dayne family, hadn't been fully controlled it yet.

  In short, he needs time.

  Originally, his time was tight enough, but after Littlefinger fanned the flames, forcing Jon Arryn to die a year earlier.

  Doesn't this mean that Samwell lost another year of farming development time?

  Although Samwell also wanted chaos, what he wanted was controllable and small-scale chaos, so that he could have room to display and grab enough benefits.

  Like the previous battle of Starfall City, it was perfect.

  But if an all-out war breaks out, with Samwell's current strength, he can only follow the Reach army to fight soy sauce.

  At that time, no matter how brave he is in the battle, the territory and interests will belong to Almighty Lord, and at most he will get some flashy "glory".

  This kind of loss-making business cannot be done.

  So when he came to King's Landing this time, besides taking revenge on Littlefinger, he also wanted to try his best to prevent the situation of the Seven Kingdoms from completely collapsing in a short period of time.

  Of course, Samwell didn't come to be an envoy of peace. He was also a careerist himself, but a cautious careerist.

  He knew that if he wanted to rise quickly, he also needed chaos—chaos within a controllable range.

  For example, the Iron Throne crusade against Dorne, such chaos is very appropriate.

  Samwell now has a foothold in the west of Dorne, and he already has the basis for plotting against Dorne.

  But he also knows how difficult it is for outsiders to conquer Dorne. The Martell family motto, "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken", is not just a joke.

  Therefore, he must use external forces to weaken Donne as much as possible.

  To provoke the Iron Throne to deal with Dorne so the dirty water of Jon Arryn's death must be poured on the "Red Viper".

  As for saying that this is unfair to the "Red Viper"... Samwell is not interested in helping his enemies clear the suspicion, and the "Red Viper" is not an innocent little white rabbit, and He will definitely become the leader in the future. A stumbling block in the way , so it is best to get rid of him.

  However, in this way, Samwell's methods of dealing with "Littlefinger" will be limited. After all, the truth about Jon's death cannot be used to deal with this person. .

  In fact, Samwell already had a rough plan, but he still needed to meet several important people in it.

  For example, the incoming Hand of the King, Duke Eddard Stark, this person is very important to Samwell's plan, he must confirm whether this person's behavior style is really as upright as in the original book to the point of rigidity.

  Oh, by the way, besides that, there was an annoying little fly—Hobber Redwyne, Samwell was going to set up a trap and slap him to death.

  While thinking about it, Samwell had come to the garden, and found Margaery talking and laughing with Natalie.

  The heads of the two girls were almost together, and their attitudes were extremely intimate like really close sisters.

  Beside them sat two brothers from the Redwyne family.

  Horas didn't hang his arms this time, but the sweat on his forehead and his twitching cheeks from time to time spoke volume , well, he probably regretted it now, for the sake of demeanor, he didn't want his arms, it was reasonable .

  Hobber stretched his neck long, and seemed to want to join the conversation between the two ladies, but he couldn't find a point of entry, and his anxiety was written all over his face.

  Sitting beside the two brothers was Mark Mullendore . The eldest son of the Upland City looked leisurely, drinking tea and feeding the monkey on his shoulder som nuts.

  "Sam...Lord Caesar." Natalie was the first to notice Samwell's approach. She wanted to run over to greet him, but she sat down quickly, as she saw a lot of people and began showing restraint.

  "Sam! Come and sit down!" Margaery was still enthusiastic, and her smile was still so sweet, like a summer rose.

  Samwell stepped forward to greet everyone one by one, then sat down beside Natalie, and asked,

  "What are you talking about?"

  "I'm talking about your flaming sword." Margaery said with a smile, "So it's the Dayne family's inherited great sword [Dawn]! This is the first time I've heard that someone has used the inherited great sword as collateral."

  See Seeing Margaery's narrow gaze, Samwell couldn't help but blush, but he still pretended to be calm and said:

  "The main reason is that no one was using that sword in Starfall City, so I'll use it as not to waste it."

  "Yes." Natalie nodded again and again, and chimed in, "Sam is very good at using that sword, he can make the sword catch fire." "

  " What's so strange about the fire sword." Hobber couldn't help but say "The red priests in the free trade cities on the other side of the narrow sea know how to do this. They smear wildfire or similar combustibles on their swords and ignite them to intimidate the enemy. In fact, their power is average."

Samwell was about to open his mouth to respond, when he heard a male voice from a distance:

  "They're really normal. I once killed a red priest who used a fire sword with my own hands, and that guy's sword broke after burning."

Everyone turned around and saw three figures coming over.

  The person in the lead was none other than Princess Arianne, followed by "Dark Star" Gerold Dayne, and Damon Sand, the illegitimate son of God'sGrace City.

  These two Dorne knights were also captured by the people of the Reach during the Battle of Starfall, but they were later redeemed by the Martell family.

  Samwell was quite impressed with the "Dark Star" with black and silver hair.

  Because this person is the eldest son of Viscount Symon of High hermitage City, he also contributed the most in the battle of Starfall City last time, and of course suffered the heaviest loss as a result.

  Not only did he fail to inherit Starfall City, he even lost his hometown, High hermitage City—after Natalie officially became the Earl of Starfall City, she conferred High Hermitage City to Hughes Dane.

  Therefore, without thinking about it, this Gerold must be full of anger this time.

  It was this person who spoke just now.

  "Dornish people, weren't you praying in the Great Sept of Baelor, what are you doing here?" Horas shouted loudly, as if blaming the pain in his arm on the Dornish people.

  "Yeah, this is a gathering of people of the Reach, and you are not welcome." Mark Mullendore also continued.

  The people of the Reach have always been united when it comes to dealing with the Dornish.

  Samwell felt that he should also be more gregarious, so he also answered:

  "Is it because the gods are unwilling to respond to your confession, so you ran out to find other ways to escape?"

  "Hahaha..."

  Amidst the laughter, the hot-tempered Princess Arianne was not angry, and the smile on her face was as bright as before, as if she hadn't heard the ridicule from the people from the reach at all.

  "Everyone, whether my uncle is guilty or not will have to be judged by His Majesty himself. As for our coming this time, we are adhering to the last wish of Duke Jon Arryn before he died--peace."

Hearing that Princess Arianne brought Duke Jon, the people from Reach will no longer be able to laugh.

  Samwell looked at the princess of Dorne who seemed to be a different person in front of him, feeling a little surprised.

  After being beating, a big change in personality?

  "Princess ." Margaery stood up abruptly, and said politely, "We have always loved peace , but peace has never been made with words. How can Dorne prove it's sincerity?"

  "Martell family has recognized Earl Natalie's rule over Starfall City, and this is our greatest sincerity. In addition, Sir Gerold , as a member of the Dayne family, is now also willing to serve Lady Natalie."

  As soon as the princess finished speaking, Gerold came to Natalie and knelt down, and said loudly:

  "Lord Natalie Dayne, I, Gerold Dayne, would like to offer you my unparalleled loyalty. "

  Natalie was a little surprised ,unlike before, she always went to see Samwell or her mother first when encountering such a situation but now she was little experienced.

  "I accept your allegiance."

  Samwell frowned as he watched from the side.

  It seems that the Martell family still didn't give up on Starfall City, they talked about peace, but ended up doing things like mixing sand.

  However, Gerold surname is Dayne after all, and Natalie cannot refuse when he swears allegiance in public.

  As for who this guy is loyal to, it's hard to say.

  Samwell felt that he wanted to remind Natalie privately later to be on guard against this person.

  After the allegiance ceremony, Gerold did not get up immediately, but took out a pink rose from his bosom and gave it to Natalie:

  "Lady Natalie, your beauty dazzles me, this rose represents my heart is for you."

  Now Samwell frowned even tighter.

  Good guy, it's not just mixed with sand, this is to pick peaches directly!

  Natalie was really at a loss this time, she didn't want to accept the rose in her heart, but she was embarrassed to reject a knight who had just sworn allegiance to her.

  At this moment, Hobber Redwyne said,

  "Sir Gerold, don't you see that Lady Natalie doesn't like your roses? Throw them ."

  Gerold immediately narrowed his eyes and turned to look at Hopper.

  Hobber looked at him without flinching.

  The strong smell of gunpowder diffused.

  Samwell watched this scene from the side, and a faint smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

  Look's like the scapegoat is here.

   [END]