Chapter 52: Finding out the truth

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"Look here, Ed. I think you are a genuine person and I like you a little. But I am a daughter of a lord in Dorne, and the person that I might marry is also a lord. So unless you are at least the heir of some land, no one in my family would even care." Said Ashara as she looked at Edward's face. Was Edward going to back down after hearing these words? She hoped not. Ashara thought of Edward as a nice looking and strong man. She hoped that he would not be scared by her words.

As if Edward would care about any lord or an heir, so unless it is the prince himself, Edward would not put them in his mind. And if it's the prince, Edward would challenge him directly in a duel for the girl.

Edward looked at her with determined eyes. He was not going to back down. He already thought that she might be from a noble house since she was this beautiful, not because every beautiful girl had to be from a noble house, It was just that Edward thought of this possibility.

Ashara did not look surprised much. She saw that Edward's men always followed Edward and moved in some kind of formation. She thought he was a merchant at first, and he had just hired those men. But after she saw the way the men moved, she knew that they were soldiers. Edward must be an heir of a lord, but she did not hear about any lord who had visited Starfall in the past few days.

Since Edward had such confidence, that meant that he was from a big house. Edward was also likely good with the sword seeing his body. She did not think Edward was a knight since he was still young. Although many knights achieved knighthood at this early age, why would such a knight appear in front of her?

Since it came to this point, Ashara decided to tell him some of the truth. She liked his confidence, but she did not want him to embarrass himself in front of Lord Baratheon.

"Listen here, Ed. I liked your confidence, but ..." Said Ashara, but before she completed this sentence, Edward interrupted her. He always wanted to use Eddard Stark's famous sentence.

"I will tell you what one of my friends always said. Everything before the word "but" is horse shit." Said Edward with a smile. Ashara got confused for a moment before laughing as well.

'Oh, Ned. Thanks, brother. You let me make her laugh.' Thought Edward as he found it somewhat funny. He would believe it more amusing when he figured out that he was talking to Ashara Dayne. And Ned Stark was of the flies around her.

"Shut up, Ed, and let me finish. The one who would come is a lord of a great house. He is famous all over Westeros. He is also a strong man who became a knight at a young age." Said Ashara trying to warn Edward not to be cocky, especially in front of the young lord Baratheon. Ed might think he was a strong man and go to challenge lord Baratheon. He would get himself killed.

Edward was confused at the moment. Really, the men in love lose their brain cells. Edward thought that he did not hear about any young knight strong enough to stand against him.

Seeing that Edward looked more confused, Ashara nearly cried. Was Ed living in a cave and did not hear about the achievements of the young lord Baratheons? Even she was interested in the man. She could not help but start to explain who the man was.

"Did not you hear about the young lord Baratheon? Were you living in a cave before coming here? How the hell did you not hear about him? The man is known all around Westeros as even the merchants of the free cities knew him. He would be coming to our house the next week, and my brother wants me to meet him." Said Ashara as she wanted to explain the entire situation that she was going through. She was also saying that as a warning to Ed because she did not want him to get hurt.

After hearing that, Edward's brain was finally able to connect back. His brain was screaming and insulting the hell out of him. How the fuck was he not able to connect the dots. A beautiful girl with pale skin, violet eyes, and long black hair wasn't that the description of the fucken Ashara Dayne? Edward facepalmed after hearing all this. Yeah, he was literally the man that he planned to kill. Now, he became one of Ashara's flies as well.

Edward's men who occupied the four stands around them could not help laughing out loud. They could not help it anymore. They had been hiding it since the previous question. But with one glance, Edward was able to shut them up. Now, he had become the laughing stoke of everyone. How could Edward maintain his men's respect after this? Was he this dull the whole time? Edward wanted to cry at this moment.

'What a fucken irony? I was telling myself that she was not to my standard, and in the end, I became Ned Stark in front of her. I was not able to even think of anything. She is literally a witch. She is my witch. Better get her before anyone could even think of that.' Thought Edward as he found it a plot twist. To fall for this woman among all the others, it's a horrible destiny.

'I thought I was going to refuse to marry her. And since I would refuse, I would be able to do anything that I want to Dorne and her brother. But now, what am I supposed to do? I am not giving on the part I crave from Dorne. I only have to find a way to achieve it without angering her. Or I would need to find a way to coax her after she got angry. But the real problem is Arthur. I was planning to be the one who would kill him, but I could not anymore.' Thought Edward as he was getting a headache from all this.