Chapter 140: Three favors from the faceless men

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"The man came to deliver a message. The man will not target you and your children. The man will kill other men still." Said the man with a calm tone. He expressed that they would not kill Edward or his children, but he would still kill the others if the price got paid.

Although Edward wanted more than that, he knew that he could not change this group's mind. So unless he launched a full attack on their temple and destroyed the black and white house in bravos, they would still kill his men. Those men were deadly, and Edward wished not to have any conflict with that religion. All he tried to do was to protect his children. He thought that since the faceless men managed to kill one of his men in Volantis, what could prevent them from doing the same to his children.

So although Edward was not happy with this agreement, he would save his children at least. Not many men could afford to pay the required price the faceless men would demand to kill Edward's men. Edward could go with that. His children were the top priority.

"I am fine with that, but you have to provide me with the client's name that asked for my men's death. Of course, I will compensate you. You know who pays the best." Said Edward to the faceless man. Since he could not prevent his men's death, he would take revenge against those who tried to kill them instead.

The man seemed to be in thought, and Edward did not interrupt him. He took a few seconds to think before looking at Edward for another few seconds before nodding his head.

"The man can do that." Said the man with a calm tone. Edward had gained the recognition of their god after all, so it was alright to give in a little.

Edward nodded his head in Satisfaction after hearing the man's reply. He then thought of another matter and turned to the man again.

"Do you want to move your place?" Asked Edward as he looked at the calm man in front of him.

"The man does not understand what the man says." Said the man with a calm tone. Although Edward's words confused him, his expression did not change at all.

"You must have heard that I am building a new city. If you want to spread your faith in Westeros, you have your chance. I can build you a temple in the new city." Said Edward to the man with a smile. He wanted to make the faceless men owe him. He would extort them in the future if he managed to do that.

The man took some time to think of Edward's words. No one could not get tempted after hearing those words. Every faith wished that their religion could reach the end of the world. Even the calm faceless men wanted to do the same. They did not have any temple in this world except the black and white house in Bravos. If they managed to get this opportunity, they would take it. Not to mention that the kingdom of Storm was becoming the center of the world slowly, but they would have much wealth and many people.

"What does the man want?" Asked the faceless man after staying silent for some time. He had thought about Edward's proposal and could not resist the temptation.

"Three favors. That is all I want. I want your word." Said Edward with a smile, but he was secretly laughing in his heart. Edward knew how to attract everyone to him. He knew what they wanted and how to use them.

"The man agrees." Said the man before turning around and leaving a room without a second thought. He was silent that even the men standing outside did not notice anything. Edward wondered if he did not agree to their proposal at that moment, would they have really managed to kill his children?

After that conversation, Edward sent his first request to the faceless men. He did not want them to participate in the war between Bravos and his kingdom. That was why Edward was not so worried about the Bravosi's threats. He knew that the faceless men would not turn back on their words.

And that takes us to this moment right now where the four religions stood in front of Edward. After three years of Edward's first request, the second one had finally come. Edward sent to the faceless men saying that if they could help him with the thing he wanted, Edward would regard it as they had completed their second favor.

Edward nodded his head after seeing the attitude of the faceless man. He did not make the wrong choice back then. Although the many faces god's faith did not start long ago like the others, they were powerful. And with the wealth that Bravos had in the past, Edward was sure that they had vast knowledge. Edward wanted to use this knowledge at the moment.

"We great the Stormking." Said the red priestess, Kinvara. Although Edward did not do much to help this group as he did to the others, he had allowed them to spread their religion in his lands. That was the reason they came here that day, especially after Edward promised them to build a temple for the lord of light in his new city.

Edward's actions would be the first in Westeros. No faith had managed to enter Westeros and spread because of the other two religions in Westeros. The Andals were fanatics who killed anyone that did not follow their religion. They had done so before they came to Westeros. The Andals already had a kingdom on the eastern shore of Essos before they came to Westeros. When they were expanding their territory, they used their religion to kill everyone who opposed them.

That was the reason why Edward was not fond of this faith. Just look at what the High Sparrow did in King's Landing. He used that religion of his and gathered all those idiots around him. The man almost managed to take control of King's Landing. Since Edward wanted to kill that religion a little by little, he allowed any religion to exist in his lands. He first needed to weaken the seven's influence and prepare the right climate for the other faiths to prosper and gather more followers. That would also allow His Kingdom to flourish, especially after he allowed everyone to learn. Edward had started his plans to distribute the knowledge to the citizens of His Kingdom long ago. Edward's plan was going smoothly until this moment and had produced many results that Edward was aiming for that allowed The Kingdom to flourish more and more. We will get to this matter later.