Game of Thrones: Winter Dragon Lord

Chapter 58 Doubt
Stannis "Ser Cole" was sitting at his desk, waving the guards to step back. "Two swordsmen, savior of the dwarves, king of the barbarians. It seems those foolish singers take great pleasure in singing your stories."

"Tywin Lannister set aside a fief in Riverrun for you to allow you to build a castle." Stannis continued, "So now there are no fewer than a hundred Cole in the Seven Kingdoms, but as my bachelor said , Sir Cole should be dead."

His tone was full of judgment.

Cole was holding a big question mark, feeling confused by his words.

"You have committed the crime of fraud, and still deceived the king." Stannis directly pronounced the sentence.

"Is Your Majesty doubting my identity?" Cole asked.

It was obvious from the look in Stannis' eyes.When his subordinates brought the announcement of the Lannister family, he was even annoyed by it. He didn't expect that group of disorderly people to dare to seal the land of the river land to others.

"Tell me, did the mermaid bring you back to life? Or the gods brought you back to life." Stannis tapped his fingers on the table. "I can give you the chance to choose to join the Night Watchman, but of course you can also choose to keep your tongue."

"As long as anyone who has seen me can prove my identity, I know that the world thinks I am dead, even I think so. Maybe floating all the way from the Trident River to Dragonstone is really absurd. But I am not lying, Your Majesty."

"I can let you stall for time, and then you have to spend time in prison until I find witnesses."

"No, Your Majesty. I can prove myself. You mentioned that troubadours call me 'Double Swordsman'. There should not be many people with dual swords in the Seven Kingdoms. Please allow me to testify for myself."

Stannis nodded. "I will send one of my knights as your opponent. I will not hold him back. In fairness, I will allow you to use the equipment in the arsenal of Dragonstone."

"Thank you, Your Majesty the King." Cole stepped forward suddenly and handed out a stone, "This is the dragon crystal I was looking for for Her Royal Highness, please wait for me to pass it to her, Your Majesty."

Stannis froze for a moment, then took it, and then asked the soldiers to take him down. At this time, a figure in red robes slowly walked out from the back of the study.

Without turning his head, Stannis asked behind him, "Is he the one you saw in the flames?"

Melisandre replied in a slow tone: "Yes, great king, this man was led by R'hllor to the real Son of Prophecy, and he must be your greatest help."

Not only did she see the prophecy in the flames, but she also felt the undissipated breath of blood magic on Cole.

Stannis stared dazedly at the dragon crystal in his hand. He no longer believed in the gods since his parents died in a shipwreck.If the gods exist to destroy those good people, then why believe in them?
Stannis summons a guard to bring the dragonglass to Shireen.He turned around and said, "Tomorrow I will test him personally. I want to see if this knight with two swords who has passed on his skills is really worthy of his name. He once fought for the chaos, I don't know about that." Forget, but when he is young and ignorant, I will tell him that his king is here."

Cole thought he would be taken to a cell, but was instead sent back to the room, though the door was guarded by soldiers.

The next day he was taken to the arsenal to choose equipment. Cole saw that Dragonstone Island was well prepared for battle, with spears, spears, swords and sticks all available. It seemed that Stannis was well prepared to go to war, at least all of his own It is not a problem for the soldiers who lead the army to prepare armor.

Cole chose two knight swords, a set of chain mail, a chain mail helmet and knee pads, gauntlets.A sheepskin glove with leather on the outside, this is the equipment he is most familiar with.

The place of the duel was in Aegon Gardens, but when Cole was brought there, there was no one there. He was led through the thorn bushes, and then came to a clearing. No Stannis in armor, either.

Holding a long sword in his hand, he nodded politely when he saw Cole, and asked, "Are you satisfied with the opponent I chose for you?"

Cole was stunned and didn't know how to answer. He thought that Stannis would send a powerful man to kill him, but he never thought that he would go out in person. Is our King of Dragonstone so confident in his own force?Or is it that he himself was described by the troubadour as a character who can only play tricks.

"Your Majesty, the sword has no eyes. You can send knights to fight for you. In your capacity, many people are willing to fight for you."

"Take your sword, ser."

Cole drew his twin swords.

Stannis also came up with his sword, and swung it fiercely, "Do you know who is the right lord of the kingdom?"

Cole swung his sword to block it, and blocked Stannis's sword. "I have heard some rumors. If the rumors are true, then you are the reasonable heir to the Iron Throne, Your Majesty."

"Really?" Stannis's sword softened. "Then why is it that everyone in the world knows this truth but refuses to admit it? Even my brother Renly dares to call himself king?"

Cole continued to block, but he could feel that Stannis didn't use any force, "Just ask any beggar on the road of the Seven Kingdoms to know the answer, Your Majesty. Few people in the world will refuse to be king, but not everyone can Be a good king."

Stannis laughed suddenly, "Then who do you think is the best king of the Seven Kingdoms?"

"The one who takes the throne as his own responsibility, takes people's livelihood as his important responsibility, and strictly enforces the law is the king." Cole said.

Stannis was very pleased with this flattery, and slowly put away his sword, "Remember what you said, Ser Cole. You must know where your king is and who you should serve."

Cole knelt on one knee, "Yes, Your Majesty, I will remember."

"Okay, keep the sword and armor, go change your clothes, and come find me in the study."

Cole knocked on the study room, and Stannis was reading a letter. He said, "Come to the table."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"In the troubadour's story, Ser Cole was as wise as the clever Lanney, and he took Riverrun without a fight." Stannis handed him the letter.

Cole looked at it, and it turned out to be a letter written with poetry.

"My maester can only help me gather this information. I don't even know where the Lannister army has gone."

As Stannis with a strong military ability, he naturally knows who he needs to face if he wants to win the Iron Throne. If he wants to lead an army to attack King's Landing, then Tywin Lannister will definitely lead the army to help.

"Your Majesty, if you want to prevent the Lannister army, why don't you send some people to support Stark and let them help you hold Lannister back." He didn't say a word about Lannister's military defense and scale, Just a suggestion.

Stannis fixed his eyes on him, and then said, "You will protect Shireen from now on."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)