535 Blood for Blood
When the king was married, the gloom that hung over King's Landing was swept away.
And with the queen pregnant again, the people of the Seven Kingdoms rejoiced, believing that the kingdom's political situation would finally enter into stability.
Unfortunately, the accident happened again.
Queen Alilia was born prematurely after nine months of pregnancy, and Shireen, who led the most experienced midwifery team in the country, was unable to save the baby.
To make matters worse, the queen was also unable to have children due to excessive bleeding.
After the bad news spread, certain rumors began to spread among the Seven Kingdoms.
Some people say that this is ironclad evidence that the king's blood is not pure, some say that this is a punishment for the king to marry his sister, and some even say that the king's own inheritance is not legitimate-
One of the knights of the Bitter Bridge asserts that the present king was born less than ten months before the marriage of His Majesty Caesar to Queen Margaery.
In other words, Octavian, in fact, was born out of wedlock.
Of course, the knight quickly paid for his stupidity.
Baron Bitterbridge personally cut off the man's head and sent it to King's Landing.
However, this does not stop the rumors from spreading.
Doubts about the king and worries about the heir to the Iron Throne have shrouded the entire Seven Kingdoms in a gloom.
Intrigues and rumors are surging and accumulating like an underwater undercurrent.
Finally, at a royal council, the Hand of the King, Count Randolph Tully, proposed that the King announce that his younger brother, Prince Aegon Caesar, the second son of the former King, be appointed First Heir to the Iron Throne.
But this proposal made the king's face turn pale, and he walked away on the spot.
After the meeting, the Empress Dowager Margaery found her son and asked directly:
"Why don't you recognize your brother's inheritance?"
Octavian looked at his mother with a mixture of grievance and anger:
"I'm still so young to have an heir, why should Aegon be the heir?"
"Allylia can no longer have children, as for Helena, how much do you love her, but she is a girl after all, and according to Westeros inheritance conventions, uncle's inheritance takes precedence over daughter."
"That's why they didn't want me to have a son!" Octavian suddenly erupted, "Jane had miscarriages again and again, and now it's Ariria's turn!" Mother, can't you see that? β
Margaery's face changed drastically:
"You, do you have proof?"
"If I had proof, I would have cut off Aegon's head and hung it on the city!"
Margaery breathed a sigh of relief:
"You can't slander your brother like this without evidence."
"Slander?" Octavian sneered, "Could it be that what happened to Jenny and Arylia is a coincidence? They weren't destined to give birth to a son for me? Don't you understand? Mother, they have been plotting for the throne that rightfully belongs to us! β
"Aegon and Aemon are your brothers, and the Iron Throne belongs to them as well."
"If I really can't give birth to an heir, then I'll naturally choose Aegon as my heir. But now they're plotting to murder my heirs! Do you know how hard Jenny and Arylia have to go through to give me an heir? You've seen them wailing in the delivery bed, too! Do you remember what happened to Jenny before she died? They peeled her belly alive!
This bloody scene will appear in my dreams every night!
I will never give in! Mother, I want them to pay! β
Margaery found herself unable to convince her son, and even she began to wonder if Janine and Arilia had really been assassinated.
If it's a coincidence, it's too much of a coincidence.
Jane had two miscarriages and two stillbirths, and Arylia was able to give birth to a daughter for the king before marriage, but as soon as she got married, she suffered a stillbirth immediately.
He also lost his fertility as a result.
It really looks like someone is deliberately trying to cut off the king's heirs.
"I'll definitely find out about it." Octavian gritted his teeth and said, "I must make them pay!" β
Margaery stopped talking, and finally sighed and said:
"But you won't have any more children after all......"
"I'm still young, and I can marry again."
"Remarry? What about Ariria? β
"Father can marry two wives, why can't I." Octavian said, "And Aegon Targaryen, who also married two wives. β
"Aegon Targaryen conquered the Seven Kingdoms, and your father ended the night and saved humanity. How do you compare to them? "A king is not the same as a king. What they do, the nobles can tolerate, but you may not do it. Marrying Arylia as queen, you have already made many people have opinions, if you marry again......"
"Do they dare to rebel?" Octavian interrupted.
Margaery pursed her lips, and after a long silence, she said:
"Don't be reckless in this matter, I'll send someone to investigate, if it's really Aegon who is doing the trick...... I will never forgive them! β
With that, Queen Margaery turned and left.
Octavian looked at his mother's distant back, pulled the corners of his mouth, shook his head, and said:
"Mother, even Gavin Mander can't find out their horses, what can you find out?"
The king sat behind his desk and hid himself in the shadows.
At this moment, he felt an endless loneliness sweeping over him.
After some time, there was another knock on the door.
"Your Majesty, the Hand of the King begs to see." The voice of the guard came.
A hint of coldness flashed in Octavian's eyes, but he still spoke:
"Let him in."
Count Landau Tully pushed the door in, and was about to salute him, when the king was the first to ask:
"Lord Lando, are you here to persuade me to declare Aegon the heir?"
Earl Landau shook his head lightly and said:
"No, Your Majesty, I'm here to ask you for your resignation."
So saying, he took off the brooch on his garment, which symbolized the hand of the king, and laid it on the table.
The king's face changed for a moment, and at last he asked angrily:
"Randolph Tully! What do you mean! Is it forced to the palace? β
"Your Majesty, you have misunderstood." Count Landau said in a flat tone, "I just feel that my body can no longer support and serve the kingdom, so I resigned. β
Octavian sneered:
"Hehe, don't think I don't understand what you're thinking. Don't you just want me to declare your grandson-in-law the heir to the Iron Throne! β
Count Landau sighed, and his gaze at the king became extremely complicated:
"Do you really think so? Aegon is married to my granddaughter, but have you forgotten that you are my grandson yourself. β
"But you always want Aegon to inherit the Iron Throne, don't you?"
"If you have a son, I will support him."
"I have a daughter!"
"Women should inherit after men in the family......"
"That's the Targaryenan inheritance convention, but now it's the Caesar dynasty!"
"This is Westeros' inheritance practice," said the Earl of Landau, unyieldingly, "and to deny that you would be shaking the succession of hundreds of lords." Your Majesty, please don't be rash. β
"Then convene the Great Council!" Octavian said suddenly.
"The Great Council?"
"That's right! Let the lords of Westeros decide who will inherit the Iron Throne! β
The Count of Landau looked deeply at the king:
"Your Majesty, have you thought it through? More than 200 years ago, the Targaryen family also held a great council in order to choose an heir, and that time it was also a choice between a female heir and a male heir, and I believe you must know what the result was. β
"I said," Octavian emphasized, word for word, "that now it is the House of Caesar, not the House of Targaryen!" β
"But the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms are still those nobles."
"Then let these nobles make a choice. Lord Randolph, don't you allow this request too? β
"Of course not." Earl Landau bowed and said, "Of course you have the right to convene a Great Council. β
"Can you stay in office, then?"
Count Landau still shook his head:
"Your Majesty, I am eighty years old. It's really old. Please let me die in the Horn Tomb. β
Octavian looked at the frost-covered Count Landau, and a trace of sadness welled up in his heart, but it was quickly replaced by anger.
But in the end, he nodded:
"Okay, do you have any recommendations for the new Hand of the King?"
Count Landau thought for a moment and said:
"Tyrion Lannister, you can take my place."
"Lannister?" The corners of Octavian's mouth twitched slightly, "Okay, I'll consider your proposal." β
Count Landau didn't say anything more, and leaned over:
"I will leave King's Landing after the Great Council is over, please take care, Your Majesty."
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A month later, the Great Council convened in King's Landing, and more than 500 lords of the Seven Kingdoms gathered at the Red Keep to discuss the future heir of the kingdom.
After three days of discussion, Aegon Caesar, the second son of the first king, overwhelmed Helena Caesar, the only daughter of the current king, and became the heir to the Iron Throne.
This result did not come as expected.
In Westeros, with the exception of Dorne's case, which is slightly more precedent than females, male heirs are all heirs in higher order than women.
Many people think that the king's convening of the Great Council this time is actually a bit of a humiliation.
But they soon understood why the king insisted on convening a great council, knowing that the vast majority of the nobles would not choose their daughters.
After the Great Council ended, Count Randolph Tully resigned as Hand of the King and left King's Landing.
The king appointed a new prime minister, Count Marin Peck from Planet Sol.
This appointment caused great controversy among the nobility of the Seven Kingdoms, after all, the Peck family had already declined during the time of the previous king Caesar, and the Count of Marin had neither experience in governing the country, nor high prestige, let alone merit.
Perhaps the only reason he had the king's favor was that at the Great Council, Count Marin Peck voted for the king's daughter, Princess Helena.
The subsequent actions of the king also confirmed people's speculation.
Within a month's time, the king dismissed the other five important ministers of the Imperial Council and replaced them with new ones. Even Tyrion Lannister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Gavin Mande, Director of Intelligence, were not spared.
The only thing these new ministers have in common is that they all agreed to make Princess Helena the heir to the Iron Throne at the Great Council.
At this point, people finally understood why the king insisted on convening a great council, knowing that he would lose.
He's picking his diehards.
"He's fooling around!"
At the Lannister House, Prince Aemon Caesar shouted with a wine glass.
"Your Highness, you are drunk." Tyrion Lannister reminded, then waved his hand to all the servants at the banquet to retreat.
Prince Aemon had a disapproving expression.
As the second son of the former King Caesar and Queen Daenerys, he has the silver-haired purple eyes unique to the Targaryens, as well as a handsome appearance that is not like a mortal.
But compared to his gentle twin brother Aegon, Aemon's temper is very hot.
Since he was a child, he has been fighting bravely, and even knocked out three teeth of the current king in a martial arts fight.
It is said that the relationship between the king and his half-brother was always strained, and it was from this that he began.
"Father-in-law, what are you worried about?" Aemon said, "Are there still few people who scold the king in the Seven Kingdoms today?" β
"He's your brother no matter what he says." Tyrion looked at his son-in-law with a headache.
To be honest, he was strongly opposed to marrying his daughter Cirui to this Prince Emon, of course, he didn't look down on it, with the current embarrassing situation of the Lannister family, it is obviously Gao Pan to let his daughter marry into the royal family.
But Tyrion could not trust his daughter to the prince of Amon, who seemed to him to be the most troublesome of Caesar's three sons.
I don't know if the Lannisters will be implicated in the future.
However, the prince personally came to the door to propose, and he could not refuse.
In addition, her daughter also likes Prince Emon, and his wife Shae tries her best to match, and Tyrion can only pinch her nose to recognize this marriage.
Now that the kingdom is in turmoil over the king's heir, Tyrion always has a sense of foreboding.
Especially this unconscious son-in-law, who makes him worry every day.
"Father-in-law, he even removed you from your official position, this is too much." Prince Aemon was still shouting indignantly.
"It's time for me to retire." Tyrion said seriously, "I'm going to take this opportunity to move back to Castle Rock. β
"Back to Castle Rock?" Shae was stunned, "At this time? β
"Yes." Tyrion glanced at his wife, surprised by the surprise and resistance she showed.
"Father-in-law, if you leave at this time, I'm afraid you will miss a lot of wonderful programs." Aemon laughed.
"What's the show?"
"Our good king, who has gone to great lengths to replace all the important ministers of the Imperial Council with his own people, must be prepared to do a big job. Moreover, how could he be willing to make my brother the crown prince. β
"What's the use of being unwilling?" "The Great Council has established Prince Aegon as the heir. β
"But what if the king could give birth to a son?"
"How to give birth? Isn't Queen Alilia infertile? β
"But what if the king marries again."
"Remarry?" Shae was slightly startled, "Where did you get the news?" β
"That's it!" Tyrion slammed his glass down on the table, interrupting the conversation between his wife and son-in-law, and said, "I'm tired, so let's stop here today." Your Highness, I will send you back. β
Seeing off Prince Aemon away, Tyrion closed the door and faced his wife alone, his tone becoming extremely serious:
"Tell me, are you involved in the king's affairs?"
"What are you talking about? What's the King's business? β
"Don't lie to me, Shae. After so many years as a husband and wife, I know you too well. β
Under her husband's aggressive gaze, Xue Yi's face finally showed a trace of unnaturalness.
"Probably ......"
"Possibly?" Tyrion said angrily, "What do you mean there could be? β
"I don't know." Shae was also a little panicked, "They did let me do something, but I promise, they didn't have anything to do with the king, they just arranged for a few servants to enter the Red Keep......"
"Idiot!" Tyrion let out a loud snort, whirling around the room in anger, "You're going to kill the Lannisters!" β
"What are you afraid of?" "The people involved in this matter are more than you can imagine......"
"Really?" Tyrion interrupted, "Then why don't you dare tell me?" Did they remind you not to tell me? β
"Yes...... But they say it's for your protection......"
"Shit! They're afraid that I'll know and stop you from being stupid! Tyrion said, "A couple of gutter bugs, I can guess who there are even if you don't say it." Ruth Burton, Anya Weywood, and perhaps Frey...... It's just a few unambitious conspirators, how much energy do you really think they have? If something happens, no one will be able to protect you! β
Shae's face was pale, obviously frightened, but she struggled to defend herself:
"We're doing things for Queen Daenerys, we're helping Prince Aegon ......"
"Queen Daenerys knows about this?" Tyrion's eyes narrowed.
"Should know." Shae was a little unsure, "Sir Jorah Mormont has contacted me. β
"When will Jorah Mormont represent the Queen Daenerys?"
"He, isn't he the Queen Mother's most trusted knight?"
Tyrion scoffed:
"Oh, my stupid lady, you really don't understand anything. Dare to play this Game of Thrones. Believe it or not, if Queen Daenerys knew about your little moves, not only would she not be grateful, but she would cut off your heads and give them to the king to make amends. β
"How so? We're helping her son, after all. β
"You're splitting the House of Caesar!" Tyrion was merciless in exposing it, "and trying to use it to stir up chaos and profit from it!" β
"Isn't that right? We always have to think about ourselves! Look at yourself, you are the Duke of Kaiyan City, the guardian of the Western Frontier, and you have been the Minister of Finance for more than 30 years, and you have worked hard to make a lot of contributions to the kingdom. But in Octavian's eyes, you are just an old thing in the way, and you were casually dismissed from your position as an important minister, and you are really willing to be driven out of King's Landing like this? β
"I'll at least make it out of King's Landing alive." "If you continue to mix, we'll probably be left in a coffin and carried back to Castle Rock." β
"No, it won't. We were careful not to be detected, and ......" Shae said and stopped.
But Tyrion had already seen through his wife's careful thoughts:
"Are you trying to say that Gavin Mander is also on your side, so he will never be discovered?"
"You can guess that?"
"Huh! You guys are so foolish, you haven't been able to get your head cut off by Octavian, so naturally someone is helping you cover it up. And this person can only be Gavin Mande, the director of intelligence. However, if I can guess this, can't others guess?
The more you think you're doing secrets, the easier it is to be exposed! β
Shae almost bit her lip, but she still didn't want to admit defeat:
"No, it won't. The king can not care about us now, and if he tries to forcibly remarry, he will inevitably anger most of the nobles, as well as the church. His enemies will only grow. β
"Well, even if Octavian really didn't find out about your little deal. But have you forgotten someone. β
"Who?"
Tyrion let out a breath:
"Caesar."
Hearing the name, Shay's face turned pale, and after a moment of silence, she spoke again:
Caesar...... Isn't it already ...... Already ......"
"Dead?" Tyrion pouted, "Would you like to go to the Sanctuary and see for yourself, there are dead people who can keep their bodies immortal?" β
"But he's been lying there for thirty years......"
"Maybe I'll wake up tomorrow." Tyrion said, "You say, how will he clean you up when the time comes?" β
Shae was stupefied.
In the eyes of the people of the Seven Kingdoms, especially in the eyes of this generation who have experienced the horrors of the long night, Caesar is a symbol of invincibility, even comparable to the existence of gods.
They dare to plot against the kings of today, but they never dare to make petty moves under Caesar's nose.
And they also knew that no matter how secretive they were, they would never be able to hide from Caesar's eyes.
It was an almost omniscient being.
Seeing that his wife was really frightened, Tyrion said:
"Well, from now on, you don't have to contact those people anymore. Pack our things now, and we'll be back to Castle Rock tomorrow. β
Xue Yi's eyes flashed with a mixture of unwillingness and fear, and after a while, she finally gave in:
"Good ......"
As one of the most respected ministers left King's Landing, the city became more and more depressing.
After much discussion, the King and his Council issued a series of reform decrees, the most notable of which was the canonization of Prince Aegon, the crown prince.
As the second son of the previous king, Prince Aegon originally had a fief of Storm's End, but now, the king has canceled his younger brother's Duke of Storm's End, and the title of Stormland Guardian has been canonized as Prince of Dragonstone.
From duke to prince, the title was indeed promoted, and during the Targaryen dynasty, the Prince of Dragonstone was always the title of Prince of the Iron Throne.
So, this canonization looks very reasonable.
But anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is actually a canonization of rising and falling.
How can the barren Dragonstone Island be compared to the rich Stormlands.
Moreover, the symbolic meaning of Storm Land, as the land of dragon prosperity of the previous king, is obviously stronger than that of Dragonstone Island.
Even more provocatively, the king conferred the vacant Duke of Storm's End and the guardian of the Stormlands to his only daughter-
Princess Helena.
However, unexpectedly, Prince Aegon was calm when he got the news.
At that time, he was escorting Count Randolph Tully back to the Horn Tomb, and after receiving the canonization paper, he only smiled and said:
"That's a good arrangement. It's easier for me to spend time with my mother. β
Queen Daenerys has always lived on Dragonstone, so there is nothing wrong with Prince Aegon's words.
It's just that such an indifferent attitude disappointed many careerists who were waiting to see the excitement.
also eased the situation in an instant.
It seems that the Caesar family is more united than many people expected.
However, the next thing happened that exacerbated the contradictions within the Caesar family.
To talk about this, you have to mention one person-
The king's only daughter, Princess Helena.
Princess Helena was born to the King and Queen Aliria, but since she was born, she has lived in King's Landing as an illegitimate daughter.
In order to protect the king's reputation, Queen Alilia never told anyone who Helena's father was.
So until the king officially married his mother and legalized his identity, Helena thought that she was a wild breed of some lowly knight.
This inferiority complex enveloped her childhood, making her personality twisted and sensitive.
And after being recognized by the king, this inferiority gradually turned into conceit, and sensitivity turned into arrogance.
The failure of the heir battle also made the ten-year-old princess disgusted with her uncle, Prince Aegon.
This time, when she learned that her father had canonized her uncle's Storm's Rest Castle to her, Princess Helena immediately felt the thrill of revenge.
So, early one morning, she harnessed her little dragon "Fire Cloud" and galloped south.
"Fire Cloud" is a reddish dragon with a thin wing membrane, hence its name. It was hatched from the fourth dragon egg produced by Cleopatra, and she lived with Princess Helena since she was a child, and her feelings were very deep.
The red dragon carried the princess all the way south to Storm's End.
At this time, Prince Aegon was still on his way to escort Earl Randolph Tully back to the Hornland, so his son Daren Caesar received the princess.
Of course, it is not appropriate to say that it is "reception".
For the princess did not enter the castle, but landed on the terrace, held her little head high, and demanded in a commanding tone that her uncle's family should move out of her castle at once.
Such an attitude naturally angered Daeron, who immediately retorted, saying that Helena was nothing more than an illegitimate wild species.
We know that in the absence of elders, it is very easy for children to get out of hand.
Especially when these kids have powers that they can't fully control.
Daeron's words infuriated the already sensitive Helena, who screamed and ordered her dragon to attack.
Maybe she just wanted to scare her cousin, maybe "Huoyun" misunderstood her master's intentions, or maybe the red dragon was also in a bad mood that day...... But no matter what, the princess gave an order, and the red dragon actually aimed at Daren and spewed dragon flames!
This turn of events caught the surrounding guards off guard, and even Princess Helena herself was terrified.
It wasn't until her cousin's terrible screams reached her ears that she hurriedly rode the red dragon out of Storm's End.
When Prince Aegon hurried back to Storm's End, he saw his son, disfigured by the flames and forced to amputate one of his arms.
In this case, no matter how good-tempered Prince Aegon was, it was impossible for him to accept such humiliation.
He immediately and publicly demanded that the king hand over the murderer of his son.
The king knew that he was wrong, so he could only write a letter to his brother to apologize, but he was unwilling to hand over his daughter.
However, as compensation for his brother, the king retracted his previous order and renamed Prince Aegon Prince of Storm's End.
It is equivalent to making an apology for the Stormlands and Storm's End.
But that didn't quench Prince Aegon's wrath.
"He can't make apologies for what belongs to me in the first place," Prince Aegon declared, "and there's only one way to get my forgivenessβ
Blood for blood, fire for fire! β
This condition was obviously not acceptable to the king.
Princess Helena was his only son, how could she agree to let her be punished by Dragon Burn.
As a result, the contradictions between the two sides began to intensify.
In order to vent his anger for his brother and nephew, the prince, who was the commander of the royal family's navy at the time, mobilized a fleet to blockade King's Landing Harbor and aimed hundreds of cannons at the Red Fort on the cliff bank.
And demanded that the king hand over Princess Helena within three days, otherwise he would shell the Red Keep.
This move undoubtedly pushed the Seven Kingdoms to the brink of civil war.
But just at this moment, the Queen Mother Daenerys rode the black dragon Drogon to King's Landing again.
Queen Margaery greeted her with the most solemn courtesy, and had a whole night of private meetings with her.
The next day, when the two Queen Mothers walked hand in hand to the head of the Red Keep, the city erupted in enthusiastic cheers.
Everyone knows that there will be no civil war after all.
Prince Aemon withdrew the fleet, and the king announced that he would no longer pursue the impudent offenses of his two younger brothers.
As compensation for the burns of his nephew Daeron, Prince Aegon was canonized Prince of Storm's End, Guardian of the Stormlands.
At the same time, the king also announced that he would never marry again.
Only then did the crowd understand that this last condition was the real concession of the king.
Queen Alilia was sterilized, and if the king no longer had a wife, he would never have any new children.
In this way, Prince Aegon also locked in the identity of the heir to the Iron Throne.
Some rejoiced and some were saddened by such a result.
Regardless, the clouds of civil war lifted, and everything seemed to be back on track.
However, the seeds of hatred have been planted, and it is impossible to say whether they will take root and grow stronger or gradually dissipate over time.
Five years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Princess Helena quietly came of age and married Sir Dennis Arryn, the eldest son of Duke Harold Arryn, Guardian of the Vale.
Not long after the two got married, Princess Helena became pregnant.
A witch from across the Narrow Sea swore that Princess Helena would have a boy in her belly.
King Octavian was overjoyed and held a grand banquet at the Red Keep to celebrate his imminent grandson.
At the same time, a new question began to come to the table -
If the king has a grandson, who is higher in line of succession than Prince Aegon?
Some people are worried that the dispute over the succession to the Iron Throne will once again stir up the political situation in the Seven Kingdoms.
But it soon became apparent that their worries seemed unfounded.
Because Princess Helena actually had a miscarriage.
The bad luck that had enveloped the king and queen had been passed on to the princess.
Is it true that the gods refuse to give the king a male heir? Or are some people secretly targeting the king's line?
It is said that King Octavian, upon learning the news, almost fell into madness.
He threw all the servants in the Red Keep into a black cell, interrogated them one by one, and vowed to find out who had murdered his unborn grandson.
And at each interrogation, the king bluntly asked if Aegon had sent them.
It seems that the king has decided that it is his two own brothers who are constantly plotting to kill his heirs.
Unfortunately, no matter how severely the king tortured, no one dared to admit to the crime.
One by one, heads fell to the ground, and they were stuck in spears and placed at the head of the Red Keep, looking terrifying and terrifying.
Although there is no evidence, Princess Helena seems to believe that her two uncles are the real culprits behind the murder of her children.
So the mother, who had just lost her child, under impulse, dragged her body that had not yet healed, climbed onto her mount "Fire Cloud", and went south again, to the Storm's Breath Castle.
The Storm's Rest Fort was shrouded in a storm that day, and it rained so hard that it was impossible to open your eyes.
But such a rainstorm could not extinguish the anger in Princess Helena's heart.
She hovered over the castle on a red dragon, cursing her uncle and accusing him of hurting her children.
The princess's behavior did seem stupid and redundant, but considering that this is a mother who has just lost her child, it is understandable.
Prince Aegon didn't bother with his niece, but just closed the gates, pretending not to hear the curses.
However, he can be Princess Helena is air, someone else will not.
Princess Helena, who was venting her inner anger in the sky, obviously forgot that five years ago, she had hurt a teenager here-
Prince Aegon's son, Daeron.
The teenager who was disfigured and amputated by the "fire cloud" never forgot the hurt and pain that this vicious princess gave him.
So, when he saw Princess Helena reappear in the sky above Storm's End, Daren immediately mounted his mount, a black dragon named "Ink Wing".
Under the control of Prince Daeron, the "Ink Wing" was like a black lightning bolt, swooping straight towards the red dragon in the air.
Caught off guard, the "Fire Cloud" was torn open by the black dragon in the right abdomen, with a scar that almost ran through the entire body.
And Prince Daeron will not easily let go of this murderer who ruined his life, driven by the desire for revenge, he constantly manipulates the black dragon and launches deadly attacks on the red dragon and Princess Helena.
The two dragons, one black and one red, fought fiercely in the sky above the Storm's Breath, and a ball of fireball exploded in the air, and the brilliant fire even overwhelmed the lightning and thunder for a time.
When Prince Aegon realized that the situation was not good, he urgently mounted his mount, Bellerion, to persuade him, only to find that the red dragon "Fire Cloud" had already swirled and fallen.
It crashed on the cliff shore near the sea, and the movement of the ground was so loud that the entire Storm's End Castle trembled with it.
Through the smoke and dust, Prince Aegon found that the "Fire Cloud" had only one breath left.
Its wings were torn, its ribs pierced its body, the organs in its stomach were bloodily revealed, and Princess Helena had been burned to an unrecognizable corpse.
Prince Aegon watched the king's only daughter die in front of him, and he was silent for a moment.
Five years ago, Princess Helena burned her son, and he once cried for "blood for blood, fire for fire", and now he has become a prophecy.
But Prince Aegon is also well aware that the death of Princess Helena has also broken the fragile peace within the Caesar family, allowing the contradictions and hatred that have accumulated for years to completely explode.
War seems to have become unstoppable.
(End of chapter)