Chapter 106

|Volux - Lunarian Merchant|

I look at the incoming caravan in the distance. Is that the royal family? I wait for a few minutes before I can see a banner flying in the air. It was a banner of a stag. They are the royal family. I nod my head and write something on a piece of paper before putting it inside a tube.

I walk toward the guard next to me and say.

"A letter for his majesty."

"Of course."

I nod my head and walk down the wall. That guard is a member of a Thousand Hands that stay in this place to give information to his highness. After the guild relocated to Sol-Luna, the guild became a personal spy for his majesty.

As long as he and his descendants take care of the smallfolk and not a corrupt king, we will follow them until the end of time.

I shake my head and arrive inside the tavern. This is a tavern where our members stay and gather together to exchange new info. His Majesty Viserys is the one giving us this idea. Make a tavern with low-priced food and drink to attract a lot of customers. With a lot of customers, there will be a lot of gossips we can get.

I look at the barkeep and say.

"How is it? Is there anything new?"

"Not at the moment. However, I hear from the rumor that the king came here to ask Lord Stark to become his hand."

"Oh, really? Stark in the south? That was never a good thing."

They will die whenever a Stark goes that far to the south. It was a fact of the family. However, it looks like they cannot comprehend this fact.

"The Quiet Wolf will accept the position, isn't he?"

"He is too honorable to reject the king's request."

"What a shame. Even though he is too innocent for political battle, he is a good lord."

"Aye."

I nod my head and drink my beer. I release a sigh, place a couple of coins on the table and say.

"I need to get back, Kir. I will be back tonight to see if there is something new."

"Of course. Just be careful there are new people snooping around the city. They are from the south."

"The location?"

"Most of them coming from King's Landing and Highgarden."

"I wonder what they want."

"With the canal almost finished, the people from Highgarden want to establish a connection here and maybe bribe one of the Black Dogs and White Cats to work for them."

"Ha!"

I cannot help but laugh at the thought of them trying to bribe those groups. They did not have enough money in the world to bribe them because they were loyal to his majesty. To the point, they are willing to give their life for him.

"That was a good one. Anything else?"

"The people from the west try to destroy the canal but the Black Dog manages to stop them before they can do that. They also want to buy a lot of food from the north."

"The north? They want to buy food from the north, huh? Are you sure? The north is not the place people visit when they want to buy food."

"No. They know that the North has a pact with Lunaria and he wants to exploit that. The old lion thinks that we will give them the food when they marry into the North."

"Are they delusional?"

"No. They are desperate. With the poison from the south keep making their harvest fail and their gold gets dried at a very fast pace, they are willing to do anything. The old lion's grip on the entire area gets loosened and the people that fear him now get angry at him."

"Do they want to rebel against the old lion?"

"No. At least not for a few more years. Tywin manages to quell the budding rebellion by massacring a couple of noble houses in the west."

"Really? Why did the king and the hand not get informed?"

"Tywin managed to put any rumor down before it could spread and promised the most painful death to anyone who dared to spread the news about his action."

"And that work?"

"Not entirely work but he has other groups that make sure that rumor stays just that, a rumor."

"Ah, double layer deception, huh?"

"That's right."

I nod my head and get up from the chair.

"Give that news to his majesty or do I need to do it?"

"No. I will do it. You need to focus on your merchant business."

"Will do."

I walk out of the tavern and return to the house I bought in this city. Before I enter my room, I can see the king hugging Lord Stark.

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|Brynden River - Three-Eyed Raven|

I can see it. I can see my next vessel in this world. I can see him falling from the tower and ready to be used as my vessel. My original plan is to mold him into a perfect vessel for me, but my life is cut short because of the blasted dragon.

I can feel my magic getting out of my body. The world has rejected this body, and now I need another one to stay in this world, and I found it.

Brandon Stark, the second son of Eddard Stark and my soon-to-be vessel. He is perfect. He has a massive amount of magic that I can use. I can use it to make sure my plan works.

However, I need to make sure he falls first. I took a deep breath and sent an unkindness of ravens to Winterfell to ensure Brandon fell from the tower by alerting the couple who practiced incest.

I'm sorry, little one, but this is for the world's greater good. You will die, and you will give your body willingly.