Chapter 67 A friendly game

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Volantis

Red temple

Victorian greyjoy pov

Victorian has been hiding in Volantis for a while hoping that he can hide from his brother the crow's eye

He was there when that bastard Aegon Targaryen burned the Ironborn fleet on that black dragon, he was lucky that his ship was one the few that weren't burned by those horrible red flames

While the rest of the ships returned to pyke after that but he didn't, when he heard of balon's death he went to his brother Euron instead looking for a way to get revenge on that dragon bastard

Victorian went to Euron his brother to somehow get revenge on that dragon bastard and destroy the crow's eye from the inside after dealing with the Targaryen boy, but the crow's eye had grown even more cruel and insane these last few years, Victorian is not sure who he is more afraid of, the dragons or his brother

Everything was going fine for a while, he and his men were able to hide in this city without raising much attention but a few days ago they were suddenly captured but the Fiery Hand and the red priest moqorro

For the last few days he and his men are just kept in the red temple without any reason, the red priest haven't even said a single word to us, they just feed and keep us locked up in the cell

Victorian has tried many times to talk to the red priest but all his efforts were in vain

But today the black skinned priest Moqorro came to his cell with a few fiery hand and took him out, they are only taking him and not his men, he tried to ask them where were they taking him but all he got silence from them like always

It seemed like his was taken to his death, he had heard that the red priest burn people to their fire god but they have stop burning people for years now so why now

But he was taken to a luxurious chamber instead of a burning pole, as he entered the room he saw that two men sitting in the room playing cyvasse, Victorian was brought inside and dropped right in front of the two men by the fiery hand

As he was dropped on his knees in front of the table he saw the two men, one on the right was a older man with fire tattoos all over his face, he recognised this man the high priest Benerro, he had heard the red priest preach about the dragon queen Daenerys Targaryen a few times since he came to volantis

And the person to the left was a man Victorian would never forget in his entire life, the dragon King Aegon Targaryen who burned the Ironborn fleet and killed his brother Balon, Victorian was livid when he saw the Targaryen sitting in front of him but he kept his head down and mouth shut

The two men continued to play the game without even acknowledging him, as he looked around he saw Ser Arthur Dayne standing behind the king and like the rest was rest of the people stayed silent while two men played their game

Victorian didn't know much about cyvasse as he just came to volantis but from what he knew the Targaryen king won after a while

"It seems you have beaten me my prince, I remember the last time you were here, you were still getting familiar with the rules, the lord's chosen are truly different it took me years to get this good but I was still beaten" the old priest said as the game was over

"I may have got an upper hand on this board but I still have much to learn lord Benerro, volantis is ruled by the triarchs but everyday you preach against them out in the open in front of everyone yet they can't do anything against you, now that is playing the game , I don't think I could ever do something like that"

"Because you don't need to my prince, these game are of us men to play, you are a dragon you can take whatever you want whenever you want, it is us weak men who have to play games to get something, even now those nobles hiding behind the black walls still boast about their connection with the dragons"

The young king just chuckled at the praise from the old priest "you call me the prince of your lord but everyday you go out and cliam my dear aunt as the saviour chosen by the fire lord, should I be jealous lord Benerro"

"Nothing of the sort my prince, it is just that a candle in the night is far more useful than the sun that's on the other side of the world, your aunt is closer so it is easier for people to believe in her, but enough jest my prince I know you didn't come all the way here just to play with this old man"

The young king nodded "As you know Queen Daenerys is fighting against slavery and while volantis is not part of slaver's bay it is still a key part of the slave trade, I know that the red temple will help my aunt in any way necessary but I think the triarchs should also change their minds about the slaves and be open towards change what do you think about that"

The old priest nodded "While on the surface it may look like the lone tiger is better against the two elephants, but in reality the weak elephant Doniphos is against war with dragon queen, and he is the only one among the three triarchs unlikely to be re-elected but if the dragon king from the west supports him a new triarch could be elected one who won't support the slave trade"

"Aye then meet with him and offer my support, and also start making a list of all the nobles who are too stubborn to give up slave trade, make haste while my aunt takes care of the slaver's bay I want the list of all the nobles who are no longer necessary in Volantis, use whatever means necessary gold, assassinations etc as slavery's bay is destoryed I want volantis to be the first city to declare for Daenerys Targaryen and release all the slaves"

The old priest just nodded at the king's orders," it might take a while but with your help my prince the red priests and fiery hand won't let you down"

While Victorian was right in front of them the two men were discussing the fate of the city like it was nothing, then finally the old priest looked at him

"Ah yes, this is the gift prepared by priest Moqorro for you my prince, the fire showed Moqorro that this man will be of use to you, while I like every other red priest try to see what our lord shows us but Moqorro has a special connection with fire then all of us" the old priest said with a little laugh

These damn red priest were presenting Victorian like he was some small gift to the dragon king