Surprise and astonishment smashed like boulders into the lake, causing ripples in Samwell's heart.

In his previous life, for the first time, he was about to have an heir of his own.

Never before has Samwell felt such a real connection to this otherworldly world since he crossed over.

He finally put down roots here.

"Is it the night in Green Valley City?" Samwell couldn't help but gently caress his fiancée's lower abdomen, which was just beginning to show her arms, and his tone became extremely gentle.

"It should be." Margaery pressed the man's big hand, and there was already a hint of motherhood in her smile, "Grandmother has agreed to let us get married early, we were originally going to go to the Stormlands to find you, but this kind of thing happened halfway......"

Samwell then realized why Lady Olenna was not trapped in the High Court, and it turned out that she had come to find her pregnant granddaughter.

But perhaps it was because Lady Olenna was not in the High Court that she failed to notice the rebels' movements.

"What the hell is going on in the High Court?"

"It's the Oakhut family! They united with the Iron People and betrayed the High Court! Margaery's tone became resentful.

"Oak Hutt ......" Samwell had already guessed that it would be them.

In fact, when Omar Oakhet died in the Battle of Bronze Gate, he and Earl Landau had a premonition that the Oakhut family was likely to retaliate, so they also wrote to the High Court to remind Lady Olena at that time.

But now it seems that this letter is very likely to have been missed by Lady Olena who came to Bitter Bridge.

"Apart from Oakhut, are there any other riverbend nobles involved in the rebellion?"

"Sir Aegon Lyvere is also rumored to have defected. But...... The Levi family has written to them stating that they will never participate in the rebellion. ”

Samwell knew that Sir Aegon was the captain of the High Court's guard.

"Where is Lady Olenna now?"

"Grandmother went to Fort Table."

"The Tableburgh of the Maryweiss family?"

"Yes. Count Orton Mareweiss organized an army to stop the Iron Folk from attempting to raid the upper reaches of the Mandeb River, but Fort Long Table became a key town for the Iron Folk to raid. In order to support the Marevis family, Grandmother personally went to Fort Table, and at the same time called on the other princes of the Riverlands to send troops to support. ”

Samwell knew that Fort Table was located in the middle reaches of the Mandeb River and was the confluence of the Blue Bourn River into the Mandeb River, and to keep this place would be to defend the upper reaches of the Mandeb River and the Blue Boon River basin.

However, if the Tablefort becomes the front line, it will mean that the richest part of the river bay, including the High Court, in the middle and lower reaches of the Mandeb River will fall.

That's weird.

It stands to reason that even if the Shield Islands did not issue a warning because of the internal response of the Oakhut family, causing the High Court to be attacked by surprise, but now that the news has spread, why are the princes of Riverbend so slow to react?

Especially the Qingting Island fleet.

As long as they block the mouth of the Mandeb River, there will be no return.

Thinking of the previous siege of Storm's End, when he couldn't see the support of the Redwin family, Samwell wondered if Qingting Island was also involved in the rebellion this time?

Or at least deliberately sit back and watch the rebellion spread.

"Grandmother told me to stay at Bitter Bridge and wait for you, Sam, how long will it be before the Northern Route Army can withdraw?"

"The main force of the infantry is estimated to take about ten days." Samwell said, "But my father has already let the cavalry go first, and it is estimated that it will be two or three days before we reach the Bitter Bridge." ”

Margaery looked worried when she heard this: "I wish the army could be faster." Father, mother, and eldest brother are still in the High Court......"

With that, Margaery covered her mouth again, tears streaming down her cheeks.

Samwell had no choice but to embrace her again and reassure her.

"Sam, shall we go to Fort Table and meet Grandmother?"

"Let's wait." Samwell pondered for a moment and said, "It won't help much if the two of us go, so let's wait for the cavalry to arrive." ”

"Okay."

In fact, the reason why Samwell didn't dare to take Margaery to Fort Table was because he didn't trust the Margayss family very much.

This time, the civil unrest in the river bend is menacing, and Samwell always feels that someone is manipulating behind the scenes, and this person is most likely Duke Tywin Lannister.

The old lion had been dormant in Harrenhal all this time, but Samwell didn't think that the most terrifying strategist of the Seven Kingdoms was just watching a show.

If you think about it, although the death of Sir Omar Oakhut was due to his own greed for merit, it cannot be ruled out that someone was secretly carrying out assassinations in order to stir up civil strife in the river.

Moreover, this attack on the High Court by the Iron Folk was also very strange, and the Oakhut family's actions were too fast, as if they had been premeditated.

But Sir Omar's death was clearly an accident—at least on the surface.

The Oakhut family reacted as if they were waiting for this excuse to attack.

A month ago, the Iron People were still looting the northern border, but now they suddenly turned around and attacked the High Court, which doesn't look like a temporary idea.

Samwell suspects that the Lannisters have been secretly plotting for a long time to make peace between the Oakhut family and the Iron People.

Moreover, he guessed that the old lion should have a follow-up method.

Just letting the Iron People loot the High Court doesn't make much sense to the Lannisters, and the Iron People can't occupy the High Court.

Samwell suspects that the Lannisters have secretly instigated a number of Deer Clans, and is ready to take this opportunity to get Riverbend to change sides.

And the Marry Weiss family is one of the Deer families most likely to be co-opted by the Lannisters.

Because in the original book, Count Orton Mariweiss was later appointed by Queen Cersei as the Hand of the King, although the Lannisters and Tyrells were allies at that time, it can still be seen that the relationship between the Mariweiss and the Lannisters is close.

And when Cersei was preparing to deal with Margaery Tyrrell, Lady Tanya, the wife of Count Marieweiss, directly betrayed the High Court, became Cersei's eyeliner and bedmate, and revealed many secrets of the Tyrell family to Cersei.

Combined with their performance in the original book, Samwell has reason to suspect that the Marry Weiss family is most likely secretly involved in the riverbend civil unrest.

So in his opinion, Lady Olenna's behavior of going to Fort Table was a bit risky.

Of course, this was Samwell's judgment from God's point of view, and Lady Olenna would not have foreseen that the Marry Weiss would be so obsessed with the Lannisters.

Moreover, after all, there are her sons and grandsons in Gao Ting City, and it is inevitable that they will care about chaos.

However, judging from the current situation, the Marry Weiss family has not clearly reversed, and I don't know if they are waiting for the opportunity, or Samwell is worried about the sky and wronged them.

Samwell also hoped that he had misjudged, but no matter what, he would not risk going to the Table, placing his fate on the loyalty of the Marry Weiss family to the High Court.

In the midst of his thoughts, Samwell realized that Margaery in his arms had fallen asleep.

It is estimated that she was too nervous and anxious during this time and didn't sleep well.

Samwell gently picked Margaery up, took her back to the bedroom, and placed her on the bed.

Helping her cover her with a blanket, he was about to leave, but found a wreath at the head of the bed—

A wreath of winter snow roses.

The blooming petals are bright red as blood, with a hint of bewitching beauty.

Samwell looked at the garland and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

He didn't care, he went back to his room, washed and changed, ate a little bit, and went to bed early.

Samwell slept restlessly that night, waking up twice.

For the first time, he dreamed that he was sitting on the Iron Throne, looking down on everyone.

The nobles below all bowed down to him, pleading for his favor, and Samwell accepted their allegiance with a smile. As a result, he accidentally touched the hideous barb on the throne.

His skin was cut, and blood flowed down his arms and dripped onto the throne, causing the nobles to exclaim in amazement—

"The Iron Throne rejected him! The Iron Throne rejected him! He doesn't deserve to be king! ”

Samwell rose in anger, only to find his feet in the crevices of twisted metal, and the more he tried to break free, the more the Iron Throne relentlessly crept up on his body, seemingly engulfing him.

The nobles below began to laugh at him, cursing at him.

Suddenly, someone rushed to the throne and plunged a sword into his chest.

Samwell woke up suddenly, only to find himself sweating.

The last face in the dream seems to be still in front of me—

With blond hair and blond eyes, it was Duke Tywin Lannister.

Samwell shook his head and smiled, thinking that he had been so tired lately that he had this nightmare.

He got up to take a bath, but hesitated but did not wake the servant to boil water for himself, so he changed into clean clothes and lay back on the bed.

Drowsiness strikes again, and Samwell dreams that he has come to the Wall of Desperation.

The icy wind swept up the snow, dyeing the heavens and the earth pale.

He stood at the head of the city, surrounded by countless figures—

No, they are not people.

His skin was as pale as snow, his eyes were like blue stars, and the armor on his body melted into the ice and snow, reflecting only a faint glimmer in the sun.

They are a group of ice and snow spirits, elegant, bizarre, dangerous, and exuding a beauty that humans cannot comprehend.

They spoke, making a sound like ice breaking.

Samwell didn't understand the language, and could only guess that they were cheering for themselves.

He turned his head and saw an ice and snow beauty standing beside him, wearing a wreath of winter snow roses.

She spoke, too, in the same strange language.

But this time, Samwell understood.

They're calling him —

"King."

Samwell woke up again to find a light rain outside.

Completely sleepy, he simply got up and went down the hallway.

The night breeze blew the drizzle down on him, bringing a hint of coolness.

Samwell thought back to the second dream, the icy woman he had seen in the visions of the sky and the city.

It was the illusion that the bronze armor [Time] had brought to him.

He was on the verge of forgetting it, but was reawakened by the wreath of winter snow roses at Margaery's bedside.

He didn't know what that meant.

"Whew-"

A loud dragon groan pulls Samwell back to reality.

When he looked up, he saw Cleopatra swooping down from the sky at some point.

It flicked its tail and froze in front of Samwell, its wings stirring in the hot air rushing towards it, dispelling the chill of the dream.

A touch of fish belly white appeared in the east, and dawn was approaching.

Samwell jumped forward, mounted the white dragon, and said with a smile:

"Let's go, let's go south and see how it goes."

Cleopatra fluttered her wings excitedly and soared into the sky.

Soon, one man and one dragon disappeared into the dark night.

(End of chapter)