Light of the West

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POV of Wilhelm

It had already been three weeks since the big meeting we had and by god I have had to do some work.

Roon may now have much of the pressure of organizing our forces, but every day I have had meetings with lords to arrange resource purchases in their territories and to establish a steady flow of raw materials that we can't find in our own territories.

And hell yes, we should import everything in the reach, it may be the richest territory of the seven kingdoms, but it has no quarries, no mines, no forests to obtain wood, only grains and cattle which they sell at high prices in years when the harvests are not so abundant or when one of the westerosis winters comes that can last for years, but for everything else they must bring it from outside.

Honestly, I don't know if the reach was a land so neglected for mineral resources, but any attempt at military self-sufficiency will be difficult to maintain if we have to constantly import everything from the outside.

'Stupid Robert, so manipulative, so predictable'.

The bastard did not listen to our advice on how to proceed with the Targaryen as was to be expected from a young king hungry for glory, he acted faster than the circumstances warranted

And decided to attack the Targaryen fleet in dragon stone, luckily I managed to get the Prussian and Finnish sailors who were on those ships to be replaced, but when the king's brother Stannis led an attack and they fought against the Targaryen royal fleet, which Stannis said he managed to win, but it seems that mother nature decided to play a joke on the Baratheon.

A storm collided with the Baratheon and Targaryen navy forces as they prepared for the final battle at dragon stone, causing many ships to now lie at the bottom of the sea with several thousand sailors on both sides.

Luckily the Targaryens managed to flee to essos to one of the free cities, we still don't know which one, only that when Stannis was at dragon stone he saw several dozen ships disappearing over the horizon.

With this the Targaryens were forced to flee their kingdom, a blow to their prestige, since from conquerors they are now only renegades escaping for their lives.

The outcome was good for our interests, but terrible for Lord Arryn and Robert.

Arryn was nervous and from time to time very thoughtful as he thought of a way to end the splinter that had been embodied in Robert's reign, for being a literate man he knows the history of how the bastard house of Targaryen always came back with support in the seven kingdoms.

Well and Robert, what should we say about him had become a grouch, when he saw that the damned dragon spawn had escaped being so close to him, and all his anger was focused on his younger brother, who had failed him in completing the simple mission he had given him.

The mere fact that Stannis by gathering the fleets of several lords without any standardization managed to defeat the royal fleet speaks extremely well of him as an admiral, it just seems that fate hates him.

He became the heir to the seven kingdoms until Robert can have an heir, he gave him the ceremonial title of dragon stone, very prestigious because it means he is next in line, but considering he could have been the lord of the stormlands, that title is an insult.

Dragon stone by itself has no value, little population, almost no natural resources, except the black rock that the Targaryen loved, but volcanic ash worthless to most, but those of us who know the secrets of the Romans, pozzolana, the cement material of the Romans, by the fact of using sea water would make it difficult to use with steel, as it would rust it would still serve for smaller to medium size infrastructure.

I only had to negotiate with Stannis who did not show it on his face, but was devastated with his new territory, and agreed to sell me large quantities of the volcanic ash because it was needed for a religious festival, Ash Wednesday, so I hide the main use of the ash.

''My king, Robert, invites you again to a feast'' said Helmuth handing me a letter with a wax seal of the house of Baratheon.

''Again,? that's the third one this week'' I said a little annoyed.

''It's no big deal'' said Helmuth leaving the letter on my desk.

''It's Tuesday Helmuth, yesterday Robert invited us to two feasts, he is wasting the gold we loaned them'' I said as I tried to finish organizing some account numbers.

''Ha, ha, ha, he's enjoying the good life of being a monarch, besides where is he buying all that food, the crown lands are empty of food'' laughed Helmuth.

''Ha, ha, from us, obviously the war left many areas without food'' I smiled remembering how several lords borrowed money just to buy grain from us to protect their small folks from starvation.

''Tell him I have no interest, but send Maximilian and a couple of Teutonic knights who can tell him stories of their battles, preferably the knights who traveled to Egypt to support the German king who rules the area, that man loves that stuff'' I said while inking my pen.

''Understood'' said Helmuth withdrawing from my room.

But almost immediately someone came into my room looking for me

A boy with golden hair and green eyes, but his face was unfamiliar to me.

''Lord Hohenzollern, thank you for allowing me some of your time, my Lord Tywin invites you to a special meeting, his beautiful and lovely daughter is already in the capital waiting to meet you'' said the Lannister messenger.

''Thank you for the information I will attend immediately'' I said getting up from my seat and receiving the letter that the messenger brought.

''With your permission I withdraw Lord Hohenzollern'' said the messenger withdrawing as quickly as he arrived.

'Probably a Lannister from your secondary houses in Lannisport'.

I prepared my clothes because I had to make a good impression as Maximilian said the first impression is the most important one, so white clothes with golden ornaments and medals should be fine.

On my way to the meeting with the Lannisters I met Antti who was waiting for me.

''My king... I've been waiting for you, are you going to meet your fiancée?'', said Antti looking all around, making sure no one saw or heard us

''That's right... anything to report?'', I asked, intrigued.

''Unfortunately no, our spies, they couldn't get any information from the Lannisters, it seems they found out what Aleksanteri did earlier about the infiltration of their camp and now they are more paranoid'' Antti said placing his ear to the wall

''It seems that the paranoid one is another one?'', I said smiling seeing what Antti was doing

''What they say that the walls have ears is true my king, the whole damn castle is full of the spider children again, it's hard not to be being heard by them'' said Antti getting behind me as we walked once more

''Wow he can get those kids in'' I said a little surprised.

''Little credit to him, only the spider knows the tunnels as well as we do, he just has to show them where to listen and nothing else'' said Antti as he looked around

''Well here we are, do you want to join me, to do a psychological profile of the Lannisters?'', I asked Antti

''Yes Aleksanteri asked me personally to know the kind of woman we will work with as your wife, try to ask several questions about her youth'' said Antti

''I will do what I can''I said as we walked towards the Lannister guards a gate.

The guards let us pass into one of the many rooms overlooking the sea.

The room held Lord Lannister and the Lannister twins, who were seated in chairs.

It seemed that there was some kind of conversation going on, maybe because Lord Lannister's daughter was frowning and Jaime was grimacing with his lips.

Without saying a word, I took a seat in the chair that was prepared for me.

Lord Tywin began to stare at me

Apparently, the woman who appeared to be Cersei Lannister when she saw me seemed to have a surprised and started smiling at me while playing with a finger with her golden hair.

''Wilhelm, we were expecting your arrival, it is good that you decided to attend right away'' Lord Tywin said with his usual stern tone.

''I appreciate the invitation lord Tywin, meeting with one of the most prestigious houses in the seven kingdoms is not something that should be left for later'' I said looking at Tywin

''There she is, my daughter Cersei Lannister, the most beautiful woman in the seven kingdoms'' Lord Tywin said pointing to his daughter.

I looked at her and yes she was beautiful, but more important is the family she came from.

''I must tell you lord Tywin, your daughter is truly beautiful ..... when we perform the marriage ceremony''I said smiling at Cersei and then turned my attention back to Tywin.

''I will prepare a tournament to celebrate the union of our families, it will be held here in the capital, Jon Arryn has consented, you just need to fulfill the last part of our arrangement'' Lord Tywin said making a gesture that looks like a very forced smile.

''The supreme septon has been avoiding me the last few days, but when we manage to meet again, convincing him to lift the royal guard's vows to Jaime will not be difficult, with a generous donation to the faith and a gift to Jon Arryn so that everything is in place, Jaime will be your heir once more'' I said smiling to lord Tywin.

''Father I have told you, I will keep my vows, I don't want to leave the Kings guard'' Jaime said a bit annoyed.

'Sometimes I wonder if I was ever such an idiot when I was a teenager'.

Lord Tywin stared at his son and without saying a word Jaime turned his gaze away from his father.

''Come on Jaime, let's let your sister get to know her future husband for a while'' Lord Tywin said in a stern tone.

Jaime obeyed and accompanied his father.

Which left me almost alone with Cersei, the Lannister guards and servants who looked at me and my bodyguards.

''Rather stupid Lord Tywin's son, it seems he did not inherit his father's cunning'' Antti said in Finnish.

''Wilhelm isn't it, I must say it when I was told I would marry a mercenary lord, I thought I would marry a beast that wears furs like that man over there, but I must say it you look good my lord'' said Cersei making a flirtatious giggle

''Ah.... thank you I suppose, it is a pleasure to be able to meet you my lady, hopefully we can get along well this arranged engagement and we can overcome the acrimony that separates us''I said amiably

I didn't have to look at Antti to try to figure out his personality.

Cersei rose from her chair and swiftly sat down in the nearest chair she had and took me by the hand.

''WHAT ARE YOU WAITING?.... bring something to drink for my future lord husband'' Cersei shouted to her servants.

A servant girl began to pour me wine very shakily

''I don't drink wine.... neither beer my lady.... would appreciate some fruit juice.... any fruit'' I said smiling while looking into Cersei's emerald green eyes.

Cersei looked at her servant girls, they all stared at her in fright.

''No.....there is no juice, my lady..... we didn't think he would choose juice.....'' said the oldest maid

Cersei was scowling at the servants

But with one of my hands, I placed my thumb on her lower lip while with two other fingers I touched her jaw and focused her gaze on me.

''I appreciate your concern for me, my lady, but why don't walk through the castle gardens, I hear they are beautiful this time of year''I said with a kind tone while holding her chin with my hand.

''*gasp*I would be delighted my lord'' said Cersei taking me by the arm and helping me up while blushing slightly

We walked with my escort to the castle gardens while she held my arm very firmly

''He has to accompany us? that wild man'' Cersei said with a flirtatious voice as she placed her head on my shoulder.

''He is a trustworthy man who would sacrifice his life, if it would save my life and in the future with you too'' I said as I looked at Antti who had rolled his eyes as he was sick of listening to Cersei.

For almost an hour we were walking through the gardens where we asked each other questions about our youth, until the Lannister guards called Cersei back to her father

While my bodyguards and I returned to my room.

''My god, what a nasty woman, my king..... narcissistic, she's used to power.... quite ambitious... she has anger issues or it's just the way she normally treats servants, which speaks terribly of her upbringing, she's going to have a hard time in the Prussian court''Antti said as he followed me

''I know, I also dislike people who abuse the power.... but the alliance with her father is the important thing...'' I said after a heavy sigh.

We were about to reach my room when a Teutonic knight came running towards me.

My king Charles is back and he brings bad news'' said the knight who was tired of looking for me all over the castle.

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