Chapter 89: Tourney of Harrenhal

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Here's today's second chapter. I want to tell you something here. The upcoming two chapters might cause some of you to be upset about some acts but bear with it. Those acts would have a little effect on some character's development.

After that, the rebellion will start officially.

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Edward did not want to attend as he knew what would happen there but decided to go alone after some thought. He wanted to make sure that he did not regret anything, so he decided to attend while leaving Ashara in Storm's End. What he was planning to do, Ashar must not know.

He decided to see for himself the famous tourney and judge how grand it would be. He wanted to see if Rhaegar was willing to outclass Edward's tourney by spending more gold dragons. The prizes announced were not on the same level as Edward's. Yeah, the gold dragon prize was more, but Rhaegar was not Edward and would not give a Valyrian Steel dagger as a prize even if he could.

When he arrived at Harrenhal with his men, Edward could see that the prince really used most of his wealth to outclass him. The massive castle of Harrenhal got decorated with a festive atmosphere. That was without mentioning all the decorated roads and the large feasts to come.

Lord Whent went out of the line by even decorating the whole area around Harrenhal. Edward only saw that as a waste of money and could only shake his head when he saw all the decorations three miles away from the castle.

The feast held for the lords of Westeros would be on the same level as Edward's. Not much difference except for the number of lords coming to attend this tourney.

Lord Whent had announced this tourney a year before it was held. So it was not surprising to see all these lords attending this tourney.

Edward arrived among the last group of lords as he hesitated for a long time for whether he would attend this tourney or not.

When he arrived, he saw Howland Reed getting bullied by the three squires. He was shocked and wondered if fate was trying to play a dirty trick or it was some kind of Irony to witness this famous scene. Why would he have to witness this situation? Edward did not want to attract any attention to him during this tourney, but he got seen by Lyanna, who was in a hurry to help the young Howland. If he did not interfere, he would leave a bad impression.

Edward kicked his horse so that it would move. He saw Lyanna holding a tourney sword and screaming on the three squires.

"That is my father's man you are kicking." Said Lyanna, who started moving her hand, swinging the sword left and right.

Edward could only smile after seeing this scene. Lyanna was really cute when she behaved like that. He had to have a talk with her that night as he had to make sure that he did not have a real feeling for the girl before letting her die. He hoped he would not feel anything for her except his friendship.

"That is not the right way to punish these scums, little Lyanna." Said Edward from the top of his horse while kicking them in his charge.

The three squires fell down after Edward kick, and Edward jumped down from his horse, giving it to one of his men. He went the squires who had a terrible look on their faces.

They were really horrified at this moment. The man standing in front of them was the famous Lord Baratheon, who became a knight at their age. They were afraid that they had offended such a person.

Edward was smiling as he moved in their direction before kicking the leg of one of them hard enough that Lyanna could hear the crack of the bones. Edward was about to do the same to the other two but got stopped by Lyanna, who looked at him as if she had a grudge against him.

"That is enough, Edward. You could have stopped after kicking them. Why are you going so far?" Said Lyanna as she was using her hands to push Edward away from the other two.

That was one of the things that Edward did not like about Lyanna. Although she was brave as the She-wolf, she was so kind. She was so soft and not merciless or strict enough to kill anyone.

Howland Reed was looking at the scene with shock in his eyes. He did not imagine seeing this scene when all this started. Although he wanted to avenge himself against those three, he did not plan to break their legs like that. That man could say goodbye to his knighthood. Even if it got better, he would live as a Cripple.

Edward could only sigh after seeing the look on Lyanna's face. He turned to the three squires.

"Take him to the maester to treat him. If I see anyone of you in front of me again, you would not need that head of yours." Said Edward as he threatened them. He would not care about those nobodies. Even their lords would not have the courage to say a word to him.

After the three of them left, Lyanna went to Howland Reed to help him stand up. After telling him that he would go to the Stark's tent to treat his wounds, she turned to Edward.

"You should not have acted like that, Edward. I was only scaring them." Said Lyanna with some anger in her voice.

"Stop acting like that, little Lyanna. You should be strict in such situations." Said Edward with a smile. He was trying to educate the she-wolf.

"You still act like that. I told you before that I hate to see blood." Said Lyanna as she was looking at Edward.

Edward could only sigh and shake his head. He wondered why she would train with the sword and act like a tomboy if she did not like blood.

"Anyway, you are going the Stark's tent, right?" Asked Edward, and after getting a nod from Lyanna, he asked his men to move his luggage to the Baratheon's tent. He would go and greet the rest of the Stark.

While Edward, Lyanna, and Howland were walking in the Stark's tent's direction, Edward came close to Lyanna. He wanted to tell her something and did not expect Howland to hear what he had to say. It would be a secret between him and Lyanna.

Edward's head came close to Lyanna's face, and she could not help it as her face turned red a little. Any girl would have the same reaction.

"Meet me after I greet your brother. I wanted to have some private talk with you. You got it?" Said Edward with a smile. It was finally the time to test his feeling. He hoped that he would be ruthless enough and would not hesitate after this time. Edward was daring to do something like this here in the first place. If a word of this reached his wife, Ashara, she might not forgive him.