Wind's Rest, the parlor.

Sir Alecon Florent, dressed in a fine linen robe with a floral fox coat of arms tattooed on his chest, sat on the sofa with an anxious expression.

Beside him sat a small girl, dressed in a gray maid's dress, wearing a black bowler hat, and her face covered with a scarf, revealing only a pair of blue eyes, looking curiously at the decoration in the living room.

The tea on the table in front of the two had been drunk, and the cheese and snacks had been eaten, but they still did not wait for the host's reception.

After some time, when he heard footsteps outside the door, Sir Alecon stood up hopefully, only to see a young maid enter.

"When will His Majesty the Storm King see us?"

"I'm sorry, sir, I don't know that." The maid saluted apologetically, stepped forward to add tea to the two of them, replaced the burnt incense candles, and quietly left.

Alekon couldn't sit still, so he walked up and down the hall, his leather boots making a crisp sound on the paulownia floor.

"Uncle," said the girl, "cousin...... Don't you want to see us? ”

"No, it won't." Sir Alecon barely managed to squeeze out a smile, "He must have something to delay." ”

The girl didn't say anything more, but lowered her head with a melancholy expression.

Alekon actually doesn't know the bottom of his own heart.

Although Caesar, the Storm King, is his nephew by blood, the relationship between the two sides is not harmonious now.

There's no way, each for his own master.

After the death of King Joffrey, the Florentine family naturally put a heavy bet on Stannis Baratheon, but in fact, they originally planned to win over Caesar and tie the riverland to Stannis's chariot.

However, when Caesar took control of the Riverlands with the power of the Equestrians, he brazenly led an army to invade the Stormlands, which angered Stannis and caused Caesar to part ways with the Florentine family.

Later, after Caesar quelled the Deer rebellion, he actually canonized Brightwater City, the territory of the Florentine family, to Deacon Tully, which further exacerbated the conflict between the two sides.

Alecon knew that his father, Count Allister, had intended to make peace with the Lannisters and work together against Caesar in order to regain the family land.

It's a pity that Count Allister underestimated Stannis's stubbornness and stubbornness.

The crushing defeat at Blackwater Bay did not completely defeat the king, and Stannis not only rejected the offer to negotiate peace with the Lannisters, but also stripped the Earl of Allister of his position as Hand of the King, and sent him to the Black Prison.

Later, it was reported that Stannis was preparing to lead his army north to support the Desperate Wall.

In Aleken's opinion, Stannis may have gone crazy, and he actually thought about supporting the Great Wall when he could not protect himself.

Seeing that the Baratheon family was about to reach the end of their rope, Alecon was planning for the future of the Florentine family, and he remembered this nephew who had become the Storm King.

So, under the pretext of going to Pantos to buy food, he prepared to sneak to the Storm's End to test Caesar's mouth.

But just as he was leaving, Davos Seaworth, "The Onion Knight", secretly found him and stuffed him with a girl......

The footsteps sounded again, and Sir Alecken rekindled hope in his heart, and quickly stopped and looked at the door.

This time, he was not disappointed.

"Uncle." Samwell walked in with a smile and explained, "Sorry to keep you waiting, I just learned that Dani is pregnant, so I delayed a bit. ”

"Dani? Is it the princess of House Targaryen? ”

"Yes."

"Congratulations." Sir Alecon said with mixed feelings.

He remembered when his nephew was kicked out of his house by Earl Landau, when everyone thought that Samwell would fail and become a wandering knight.

But three years have passed, and Caesar has become the king of the stormlands, and he has also married the last bloodline of the Targaryen family......

Maybe it won't be long before his legendary nephew can really sit on the Iron Throne.

Samwell sat down on the throne, looked at the little girl beside Sir Allegen, and asked:

"Who is this?"

"She's Shireen Baratheon." Sir Alecken motioned for the girl to remove her veil.

"Stannis's daughter?" Samwell frowned subconsciously.

"Yes. Your Majesty. Shireen wanted to call her cousin, but when she saw Samwell's solemn expression, she changed her honorific title.

At the same time, she also took off her veil and hat, revealing a sweet and lovely face.

But unfortunately, the skin on the left side of her face and most of her neck was stiff and necrotic, making this beauty crippled.

Samwell knew that it was a sequelae of gray scaly disease.

"What does Stannis mean by sending his daughter over? Sue for peace? ”

Sir Alecken looked a little embarrassed and explained:

"Stannis probably didn't know his daughter was in Storm's End......"

As he spoke, he told the story of the red-robed monk Thoros who persuaded Stannis to burn his daughter Shireen to death and sacrifice it to Rahlo, the Lord of Light, in order to awaken the dragon in the stone.

"Soros really said that?" Samwell rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

"Yes, that's what 'The Onion Knight' Davos Seaworth told me, and it was he who stole Shireen out and sent her to my ship." Sir Alekon gave his nephew a cautious look, and continued, "Of course, he originally wanted me to send Shireen to Pantos......"

"But you sent her to me." Samwell smiled playfully.

"I think Shireen went to Pantos and was helpless, how could she survive as a little girl, so I thought of sending it to you...... After all...... She's your cousin, too. ”

Samwell looked at Shireen and asked:

"Shireen, would you like to stay with me?"

The little girl subconsciously lowered her head, covered the necrotic part of her face, and whispered:

"As long as you don't drive me away......"

"But what if your parents sent someone to pick you up?"

Shireen's eyes were red:

"Mother is going to burn me...... She said that I was cursed by the gods, that I was an unclean bloodline, and that only the Holy Fire could purify me of my sins...... But, I don't want to die......"

"How can anyone burn the parents of their own daughter!" Lord Alecken said indignantly.

"Okay, I see." Samwell nodded, "In that case, you can stay in Storm's End." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Shireen looked up and smiled.

Although it was flawed, the smile was still innocent and sweet, and it was pitiful.

Samwell clapped his hands and beckoned a maid to take Shireen down to rest.

When there were only two people left in the drawing-room, Samwell said to Sir Alecken:

"Alright, uncle, tell me the real purpose of your visit to Storm's End."

(End of chapter)