Game of Thrones Overlord Conquest - #215 - Chapter 217 Outstanding Children

Chapter 215 Outstanding Children

“A perfect prince who grew up in the care of everyone, but still remains childish and ignorant of the world and its dangers.

This was what Barristan Selmy thought after meeting Aegon Targaryen.

In fact, this evaluation is already very high.

Barristan has seen a lot in his life. He is the eldest son of the Earl of Harvest Hall and the true heir to the nobility.

When he was ten years old, he put on armor and transformed into a mysterious knight to participate in the tournament. Amid everyone’s ridicule, he challenged Prince Duncan, who no one dared to challenge.

It was for this reason that the prince gave him the title of “The Fearless One”.

Facts also proved the prince’s vision. Barristan was not taking the opportunity to gain the limelight.

When he was sixteen years old, he once again participated in the tourney held in King’s Landing, defeated Prince Duncan and the legendary knight Duncan, captain of the Kingsguard, and was made a knight by King Aegon V himself.

In the Battle of the Nine Copper Kings, he rushed into the Golden Company’s formation alone and successfully killed the last Blackfyre “Vicious” Maris one-on-one, ending the last Blackfyre rebellion and earning himself an immortal name. .

Barristan the “Fearless” spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms.

At the age of twenty-three, under the recommendation of the captain of the Kingsguard, he gave up his family inheritance and the girl he was going to be engaged to, and Jaehaerys II put a white robe on him.

During the rebellion in Duskendale, Aerys II was taken hostage, and Barristan proposed to Lord Tywin that he sneak into the city alone and rescue the king.

In the end, with an arrow in his chest, he slashed all the way and escorted Aerys II to escape from Duskendale Town.

During the Usurper’s War, Hand of the King Jon Currington was defeated at the Battle of the Bell, and Barristan rallied the remaining armies to join the Battle of the Trident.

During this battle, he suffered many wounds from arrows, spears and swords before he was defeated due to exhaustion.

It can be said that Barristan, who has met many outstanding people, has a very high opinion of Aegon, almost to the extent that ordinary knights worship him without hesitation.

Moreover, the prince respected him very much, and when he heard the news of his arrival, he immediately hurried back from the banquet to meet him.

As for the current situation, it’s just because Jon Currington made a mistake before.

The words he said infinitely raised the expectations in the old knight’s heart.

At this first meeting, I couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed.

Barristan failed to see in Aegon what Jon Currington said were the most important qualities and responsibilities of a king.

Being able to speak multiple languages ​​and being good at poetry can serve as a bachelor at the king’s side, but cannot be used to rule a country.

The so-called perfect prince is just an excellent child.

Barristan believed that Varys and Jon Currington had invested too much emotion in Aegon, which caused them to view Aegon from a different perspective. Anyway, he was much better than Joffrey.

The prince does look like a Targaryen, though.

He is slender, well-proportioned, and very handsome. He has the typical silver hair and violet eyes of the Targaryen family, but the purple of the eyes is slightly lighter.

Therefore, Barristan decided to communicate with Aegon again. He observed the room and then said:

“Why do you want to cooperate with the Iron Bank? Those moneylenders will squeeze out the last drop of your blood and sweat.”

Aegon glanced at Jon Currington. When he saw his adoptive father’s encouraging eyes, he cleared his voice and replied:

“We have to cooperate with the Iron Bank. This was not the original plan, but time waits for us not.”

“Robert the Usurper’s extravagant spending has caused the Iron Throne to suffer a serious deficit. It still owes a large sum of money to the Iron Bank and is no longer able to purchase any weapons or hire any troops.”

“Joffrey succeeded to the throne, and Stannis and Renly became kings respectively. These two false kings alone are unable to cope with the current Iron Throne.”

“As a result, the product of incest in King’s Landing who should not be king was extremely stupid. He also executed Eddard Stark, the Warden of the North. The people of the North will never forget this hatred. It is only a matter of time before they raise an army for revenge.”

“For Targaryen, now is the best time to restore the country, but when the time comes, we have no army and no food and grass, so we can only choose to cooperate with the Iron Bank.”

Barristan frowned, as if he was worried about Aegon. In fact, he was not satisfied with the prince’s words.

There’s nothing wrong with those previous words, but now isn’t the most ideal time for a Targaryen.

From the perspective of military strategy, it is best to wait until the Iron Throne and other kings fight in a melee to attack Westeros, which will result in heavy losses.

Unreasonable results always have unreasonable reasons.

In fact, Aegon could also tell him that cooperation with the Iron Bank was preparation, so that the people of Westeros would suffer less from the war.

But if this is the case, there is no need to rush to negotiate with the Iron Bank, as those moneylenders will take the opportunity to suck up all the gains.

In short, it is very contradictory, no matter how you speculate, it is very contradictory.

The most important thing is that, based on the information Barristan knows, in his mind, Aegon has a better choice.

“Your aunt, Princess Daenerys, is married to the King of Dothraki. It is said that she is very favored by the Horse King. Why don’t you go to Vaes Dothraki to meet her husband and seek his help?”

“Of course, my succession is above hers. After my aunt learns the news about me, she will immediately ask the Horse King to send someone to help me. However, I haven’t been able to do anything yet. If I go there rashly, If Dothraki comes to visit me, I am afraid that the powerful Horse King will regard me as a beggar with a low status, and it may also affect my aunt’s status in the heart of the Horse King.”

Aegon’s reason was reasonable, but Barristan’s heart was ringing with alarm bells.

The old knight was not clever and cunning, but more experienced. If you included Joffrey, he had served five kings and had seen all kinds of kings.

Aegon’s words sounded so familiar to him. He could tell immediately which ones were excuses and which ones were the truth.

Barristan’s experience told him it was time to go.

This prince has not yet landed in Westeros, but he has already taken the Iron Throne as his own.

In other words, Aegon’s education made him believe that ruling the country was his natural right, which was not consistent with Barristan’s ideas.

The next day, the sky in Braavos was still dull gray and very quiet, and the wet sea breeze had stopped.

The new moon set early, and as the sky gradually turned brighter and the road could still be seen, Barristan quietly called Arya awake.

The two of them had nothing to pay off, so they left a letter to Jon Currington and left the Mermaid Queen Tavern directly.