Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 112 Illyrio's Mission

"As I said, I will naturally arrange for you to meet the king at the right time."

"I wonder, when is the right time?"

Illyrio stopped his hand, which was cutting the leg of lamb with a table knife, and looked up at Ian: "Is Sir Ian not satisfied with my stay?"

"Of course not. Compared with Your Excellency the Governor, Darry City is like a pigsty in the countryside."

"Then why are you so impatient? You have only been here three days."

"It's not that I'm impatient, Your Excellency Governor. I waited until today to find you. It's just a manifestation of my patience. Because according to common sense, you should let us see you on the day, or at most the next day, after verifying our identities. Your Majesty, or do you still have doubts about us?"

"That's absolutely not the case." Illyrio shook his head with a smile, "I actually intend to introduce you to His Majesty on a more formal occasion, and at that time we will announce to the world that there are already nobles from Westeros who have defected to you." Your Majesty, so as to set a good example for other Lords of Westeros."

"So, when is this official occasion?"

"Khal Drogo, oh, when the horse king who is to marry the princess arrives in Pentos, he will hold a banquet in the palace we jointly gave him in Pentos, and then There will be many great nobles from Essos in attendance.

I think it is most appropriate to arrange for you to swear allegiance to the king at that time, and then the king will bestow on you and Daeron your original titles. "

Khal Drogo's Banquet!That's all about the first episode of the TV series, there are still nearly two months left!
"As far as I know, Drogo and his Kara S are still very far away from Pentos," Ian resisted the urge to slap Illyrio's fat face, and said in a discussing tone, "maybe We can meet the king first, and then formally conduct a ceremony at the banquet you mentioned."

"I'm not discussing with you, Sir Ian." Illyrio still had that kind smile on his face, but his tone was unquestionable. "Or, is there any reason why you must see the king as soon as possible?"

"It is" Ian has, but Ian Rivers shouldn't have, "well, I admit, Lord Illyrio, I am anxious to get the family name, I am too eager to get rid of the status of bastard, and only the king have the power to give an illegitimate child a surname."

"That's all?"

"You don't understand what it's like to be an illegitimate child! That's why I came here." Ian blurted out excitedly, but stopped quickly in the middle of speaking, not daring to see Illyrio move away look.

"Okay, as you wish." Ian gave up arguing and started eating again.

The best way to fight against a smart guy like Illyrio is to satisfy his sense of superiority in IQ and status, let him see through your purpose and force you to submit.

When he thinks he can handle you easily, he will be less vigilant and give you more trust.

As for why Illyrio needs more trust?Ian's new plan is to try to become Illyrio's 'one of his own'.

Doing things for Illyrio can not only quickly spawn more optional tasks, but also have the opportunity to use Illyrio's intelligence network to deal with other players lurking in the city of Pentos.

Ian could see from the look in Illyrio's eyes that he was satisfied that he had defrauded his purpose so easily.

In this way, at least one of Ian's two purposes for coming to Illyrio this time was achieved.

However, Ian still didn't understand the question of meeting the king.

Why wasn't Illyrio willing to let himself see Viserys as soon as possible?
What's so special about Ma Wang's banquet at the time he set?
Soon, Ian found the answer.

In the original book, Jorah Mormont, the first dog lick under Long Ma's command, was introduced to the Viserys brothers and sisters at that banquet, and he had just arrived in Pentos at that time.

And Illyrio probably didn't want to get in touch with the Viserys brothers and sisters too early, lest he gain the trust of the Viserys brothers and sisters earlier than Jorah Mormont, and marginalize this Varys pawn.

That's right, Jorah Mormont is the person Varys arranged to monitor them beside Long Ma and them, not the so-called assassin.

This can be seen from two aspects. One is that Jorah Mormont seems to have never attempted to assassinate the wandering siblings after being introduced to Viserys, which does not conform to his status as an 'assassin'.

The second is that after Jorah Mormont fell in love with Daenerys, he still sent a message to Varys in Qarth for the last time-if Jorah hadn’t known that Varys would never hurt Daenerys, he It is impossible to continue sending information to Varys.

Of course, maybe at this time Illyrio didn't even know who the chess piece Varys would send was, but he had already reserved a place for the chess piece.

"Your Excellency Illyrio," Ian said again after making his judgment, "I followed your arrangement, which will cause us to have nothing to do for the next two months. Your Majesty's great cause has to be prepared in advance, do you have any suggestions? Or, is there anything we can help you with?"

"Help me?" Illyrio asked excitedly.

"You are His Majesty's patron and our most important ally. I certainly hope to establish a deeper friendship with you."

"It's not like what the noble knights of Westeros said. For a businessman of low blood like me, while you smile on the surface, you should have contempt in your heart."

"No one is lower than an illegitimate child." Ian showed a vicissitudes of life, "As long as I can get the surname and honor, I can cooperate with anyone." That's right, it's your 'little Aegon', hurry up Let me pull it into your plan!
"Okay," Illyrio nodded, "Since you want to help me, I do have a problem here."

"Remember Tarobane?" Illyrio continued.

"The cheesemonger who gave us the invitation, I remember you told me to leave it alone." Ian was a little surprised.

"Things have changed a bit, and Tarobane has disappeared."

"disappear?"

"Tarobine left Pentos through the north gate on the second day after meeting you. This is a normal action. The north is where the milk source of his workshop produces cheese. He will go there from time to time. .

However, this time he didn't come back, and he didn't even take away his property in the city of Pentos. My people went to investigate his house secretly and found that his servants were packing up his property in the house. "

(End of this chapter)