Chapter 98

Chapter 98 Enemies

  "Prince of Dorne."

  Samwell said with a smile, "Princess Arianne is resting in her room. Don't worry, she is enjoying the most honorable treatment here."

"I want to see her." Prince Oberyn said in an unquestionable tone.

  "Of course." Samwell summoned a guard and ordered a few words.

  Afterwards, Prince Oberyn followed the guards and left without saying hello to the nobles of the Reach present, as if these people were not worth his time.

  "How rude!" Horas Redwyne swore.

  However, Samwell noticed that he purposely waited for Prince Oberyn to walk out of the door before making a sound.

  "Okay." Samwell said with a smile, "Let the uncles and niece have a good talk and let's continue our topic ."

  "Yes." Mark Mullendore nodded quickly, "Should the Dayne family pay War reparations now ?"

  The young knight from Upland City seemed eager to take the money and leave immediately.

  Seeing everyone's eyes turned, Natalie was startled, and she nodded timidly after a long while: "Of course, we can get the money now."

  "Okay!"

  ...

  Prince Oberyn pushed open the door , and saw Princess Arianne sitting on a recliner by the window, holding a bottle of summer red wine in her hand, without a glass, just pouring it directly into her mouth.

  Hearing the movement, she turned her head, her big black eyes were full of confusion, and it took her a while to recognize who it was.

  "Uncle? Why are you here?"

  Prince Oberyn closed the door behind him, walked towards Arianne, and said,

  "If I don't come, will the Reach nobels let you go?"

  "If they don't let me go, then doesn't matter ." Princess Arianne said drunkenly, "I just follow them back , so I won't annoy you when I go back to Sunspear."

  Prince Oberyn stepped forward and snatched the bottle from his niece, After taking a big gulp, he smiled and said,

  "Why are you willing to go Reach ? Do you really think you are a princess everywhere ?"

  Princess Arianne reached out to ask for a bottle, but it was a pity that her Uncle didn't give it to her, and only cared about drinking it himself.

  She turned around in anger and said in a muffled voice,

  "What kind of princess am I in Sunspear City? You all treat me like a child! And father..."

  "You are just a child. "Prince Oberyn finished the wine in few sips, and then threw it out of the window casually, "What about your father? "

  " I'm twenty-one years old! I've been an adult for five years!"

  "Yeah, you're so old in a blink of an eye." Prince Oberyn restrained his smile, and his tone became serious. The Dornishmen died for you."

  "I..." Arianne was speechless.

  These days, she has been using alcohol to numb herself, but she just doesn't want to recall that nightmarish evening.

  But now, her uncle's words mercilessly opened up her scars.

  Prince Oberyn took a step forward, squatted down beside the chair, and looked at his niece at the same level:

  "You also realise that you have been an adult for five years, so do you know what I did when I became an adult?"

  Without waiting for Arianne replied, and he continued:

  "I made love to Lord Edgar Yronwood's lover, and then the old thing asked me for a duel, and I accepted it, and then sent him to the Seven god's ."

  Of course Arianne knows this story, She also knows her uncle's nickname "Red Viper" came from it.

  Before the duel, the two had agreed to stop the duel after blood immediately, because Earl Edgar believed that they were both noble, and there was no need to fight to the death for a lover.

  Unfortunately, Prince Oberyn doesn't think so.

  He wanted Earl Edgar dead.

  So he poisoned the sword, and the poor count festered and died.

  "You see," said Prince Oberyn, "I'm good at killing people in the tournament ring, so I've never been afraid of a duel. But I never wanted to play chess with your father. Do you know why?"

"He like playing himself..." Princess Arianne knew that the favorite thing for her father, Prince Doran, was to play Chess against himself alone, because no one had ever won again him .

  "That's right." Prince Oberyn stared into his niece's eyes, and his tone became serious. "I like to fight, and your father likes to play chess. We are both good at the game we play, and we are both sure to win. What about you, Arianne, do you know the game you play? Are you good at it? Are you sure you can beat your opponent? Randyll Tarly, Alekyne Florent, and that Samwell Caesar . Since you participated in this , did you think about it carefully before the game?"

  Arianne's face gradually turned pale, and she finally realized her recklessness and willfulness.

  Thinking of those Dornish warriors who died tragically for this, she lowered her head in shame.

  But Prince Oberyn pinched his niece's chin, raised her head, and forced her to look at himself:

  "You have to remember, we are playing a game of thrones, not a drunkard throwing dice. Any negligence and carelessness will lead to Serious consequences!"

  "I see." Arianne's eyes watered, "I was wrong."

  Then Prince Oberyn let go of her chin, and took out a silk scarf from his bosom for her.

  Princess Arianne took the silk scarf and wiped away her tears, but she couldn't help but said,

  "But uncle, don't you think father is too weak? If I don't do something, I'm afraid everyone will think that the Martell family is weakened !"

  "You really think your father is weak?"

  "Don't you?" Arianne said angrily, "Uncle, you killed Earl Edgar in a duel, and the Yronwood family almost started a civil war in Dorne. But how did my father deal with it? In order to appease the anger of the Yronwood family, he exiled you to the other side of the Narrow Sea and gave him his son as an adopted son. Isn't this weakness?"

"Then if you are Dorne Ruler, what will you do? Summon your vassals against the Yronwood family to fight a Dorne civil war?"

  "That's at least better than what my father did!" Arianne vented all the grievances she had accumulated for a long time , "What he did has shamed the Martell family! This time I issued a call-up order, do you know how many people the Yronwood family sent? Thirty. Thirty people! They are still willing to obey the Sunspear's call!"

  "It's not their fault, Yronwood City is too far away from Starfall City, and it's impossible to fully support this war." Seeing that his niece was not convinced, Prince Oberyn said again, "And Earl Yronwood is already considered an honest man, I am afraid you don't know how arrogant his grandfather Earl Edgar was back then! He was so arrogant that even your father could no longer tolerate him!"

Hearing this, Arianne froze for a moment .

  Although she was reckless, she was not stupid, and immediately understood what her uncle meant: "Uncle, did you..." "

  "That's right." Prince Oberyn showed a cold smile, "How do you think Edgar and my duel happened ? His lover is more than 20 years older than me, and the space between her legs is as dry as the desert of Dorne. Why should I seduce her?"

"So you seduced her on purpose, in order Enrage Earl Edgar and let him fight you..."

  "Yes." Prince Oberyn admitted frankly, "And if you think about your father's subsequent handling methods, is it really weak? The Martell family sons have always needed to travel to the other side of the Narrow Sea when they become adults, and my exile was just a matter of taking advantage of the trend.

  As for your brother, what happened to him being adopted by the Yronwood family? You see, he has become Earl Anders' squire now, and he will be canonized as a knight by him in the future. This is the way a nobleman should grow up, and the Yronwood family will be closer to us because of this. In fact, our Martel family has lost nothing, but we have eliminated a great enemy! "

  Princess Arianne fell into deep thought. Only then did she realize that her father was not as weak as she thought, but he hid his edge very well. "Besides, the Yronwood family is not our biggest enemy. Not even the Reach nobels . "

  "Then who is our greatest enemy? " Arianne asked subconsciously.

  Then, she saw jumping flames in her uncle's eyes.

  "It's Clegane, it's Lannister, it's Baratheon..." Prince Oberyn almost shouted , grinding his teeth, "It's the traitor who caused your aunt and her children to die tragically! "

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