iron throne of ice and fire

Chapter 458: Crow's Eye Treasure

Davos Seaworth and his son followed Lord Matus's servants to the small hall, and when they saw him, they waited for Matus Rowan to come over and greet him.

"Good day, Lord Rowan. He is my second son, Allard Seaworth."

"Good day, Lord Seaworth."

After the greetings, Count Matus showed a friendly smile and said, "I have heard about your experience. Welcome back to the Seven Kingdoms."

Hearing this, Davos frowned slightly.

"Because I made a mistake, I became a wandering knight. It was Duke Green who took me in out of kindness. For that... I am very grateful."

Then, Davos glanced around casually and changed the subject abruptly: "Your house is beautifully decorated."

"Thank you for your compliment. Please take a seat."

Matus and Seaworth sat down, while Arad stood behind his father holding the wooden box.

After chatting for a while, Davos gestured to his son and said, "Lord Rowan, we have captured a man."

Arad placed the wooden box on the round table, and after getting Count Matus's permission, he opened the lid.

Count Matus leaned forward slightly, his eyes moved to the wooden box, and after a pause, he asked in surprise: "Oren Weishui?"

"Arad noticed something unusual while serving in the royal fleet."

As he spoke, Davos could not help but glance at his son with relief: "Orren suddenly ordered the fleet anchored in Blackwater Bay to set sail. After I received the news, I worked with Arad and his men to prevent his defection."

"What a clever young man! I will report Arad's bravery to His Majesty the King."

He first praised him, then Count Matus pondered for a moment and asked, "Where are the ships that the bastard took away?"

"Many of the ships were damaged, so I left them at Mermaid Harbor... Well, the craftsmanship of the shipyard there is good, and more importantly, it's close."

Arad glanced at his father who was answering seriously and pursed his lips.

The Minister of the Navy, who had no fleet to command, stared at the head in the wooden box in thought for a while, then he closed the lid with his hand.

"Lord Seaworth, in the name of the Lord High Lord of the Admiralty, I intend to invite you to serve as the commander of the royal fleet."

Davos was a little surprised and asked, "The commander of the royal fleet?"

Count Matus nodded: "To be honest, this..."

He pointed his gaze and said, "The bastard commander almost destroyed the royal fleet. Now Blackwater Bay needs an outstanding captain to defend it."

Amid Arad's excitement, Davos shook his head slightly and said, "Lord Rowan, thank you for your invitation, but please forgive me for rejecting your kindness. I am the captain of the Crabbe family, and Lord Green has given me the task of guarding Dragonstone."

"It seems that this head makes me too happy."

Count Matus stroked the wooden box with his fingers and continued, "I'm sorry, I didn't think it through enough. I will write to Duke Green about this matter."

Davos nodded modestly: "It is my honor to receive your invitation."

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Leaving Count Matus's mansion, Seaworth and his son rode on horses.

After riding for a while, Arad glanced around, kicked the horse's belly, and approached Davos's horse.

"Father, did the Earl do this on purpose?"

Davos glanced at Arad and said, "I can't be sure."

He adjusted the reins and the direction of the horse, and then said, "These are not important. My son, the Seaworth family must always remember that we are Lord Green's vassal."

"I will remember your teachings, father."

After a pause, Arad scratched his head like a child: "When I heard that you were invited to be the commander of the royal fleet, I almost..."

"There is poison hidden in the gold."

The old father reached out and patted Arad who was feeling ashamed. "You have done very well. I am proud of your bravery, my son."

Thanks to Arad's contribution, the Seaworth family will soon have a third knight... Thinking of this, Daveston felt relieved.

Although Arad was very happy with his father's praise, he was still annoyed: "If you hadn't led the Dragonstone fleet to stop him, perhaps the bastard commander would have escaped. I underestimated him."

The old father patiently counseled: "Arad, when you were able to deliver the information about Oren Weishui's plan to defect to me in time, it can be said that we had already won... As for what happened later, wars are never won by one person. If you can grow from this incident, I believe you will serve Lord Green even better in the future."

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Iron Islands, City of Ten Towers.

In order to avoid the Crow's Eye, Asha Greyjoy, who arrived in the afternoon, waited until the dead of night before entering the City of Ten Towers.

As she passed through the courtyard under the Library Tower (one of the ten towers in the Ten Tower City), she suddenly stopped, reached for the dagger at her waist, and looked in a certain place vigilantly.

A dark figure stepped out from behind the well, and the moonlight transformed it into a man in a sealskin cloak.

"Damn Tris!" Asha put the dagger back on.

The young man's name was Tristan Portley, the second son of Savon Portley, Lord of Kingsport in the Iron Islands.

After Asha's brother was sent to be raised by the Lord of Winterfell, Asha's mother adopted five boys, and Tristefan was one of them.

Tristefan has messy hair and big, innocent eyes like a seal: "Captain Rodrik told me that you will be back soon because you are busy recently... I wait for you every night. I want to see you."

With a chuckle, Asha grinned, "Look at me? Where do you want to see?"

She shrugged: "Well, I'm grown up now, please watch it as you like."

As children, Asha and Tris both suffered from acne, which brought the two of them closer.

As they grew older, they both became more curious about sex, and one day... when he was touching her, he was discovered by Maester Quillen of the Greyjoy family, and then... Tris was sent to Blacktide Island by Asha's father to be the adopted son of Chief Blacktyse, and Asha never saw him again.

Tristefan came closer: "Asha, you have become a woman, and you are very attractive."

Asha looked at this playmate. Compared with what she remembered, Tris had become much more muscular, and his face was... very handsome.

Yet, he was still as gentle as ever, which was the misfortune of being an ironborn.

But... this is Tris, her childhood playmate.

Asha smiled: "Your tongue is as sweet as before... I heard that you are now the Lord of King's Haven. Well, congratulations." He stared at her and said slowly: "It is the nominal Lord of King's Haven. Because my father insisted that the throne of Seastone should belong to your brother, Theon Greyjoy. After the Crow's Eye drowned my father, he still held a grudge. He gave half of the territory to the Weaving family, and the rest of the territory was given to my uncle who was forced to be loyal to him."

The Weavers are a minor family of little historical prominence in the Iron Islands, but they are one of the supporters of the Crow's Eye at the Kingsmoot.

"You sound like a real poor little thing."

Asha patted Tristefan's arm comfortingly and promised, "King's Harbor is yours by right. Don't worry, I will return your father's land to you as soon as I regain the Seastone throne."

Tristefan shook his head slightly: "Actually, this doesn't mean anything to me... I wrote you a letter, but Yoslan (the bachelor of Kuroshio Island) was unwilling to help me send it out. I found an opportunity, I gave a rower a silver deer, and he promised to hand my letter to you..."

He loves me...

Asha spread her hands and smiled: "Obviously, you were tricked by that rower. He threw your letter into the sea."

"You are so lovely in the moonlight. Asha, they never gave me your letter."

Asha was slightly embarrassed, she had never written to Tris… …in fact, she was actually relieved that he was sent away by her father, as she had grown tired of his advances by then.

Asha smiled and suddenly said, "Tris, since you are here, does that mean you are willing to follow me? You should know that I want to drive Crow's Eye off the throne of Seastone."

Tristefan stared at her motionlessly: "No matter what you do, I will support you. I am yours, forever and ever."

He moved closer and said, "Asha, I want to marry you. Your mother has agreed to my request."

She should have asked him first, even though he wouldn't like her answer... at all.

"I am now the legal leader of Portelli, and I will support you with all my strength." Tris groped her body as he had before, and she could feel that he had been patient for a long time.

Asha pushed him away. "Tris, we are not children exploring each other. You think you want to marry me, but you don't. What you really want is..."

Tristefan interrupted, "No, I only want you. You are all my dreams. Asha, I have never touched another woman since we separated. I swear to the Drowned God."

Asha's voice was a little stiff. "Go ahead and touch them. One, two, or ten. It doesn't matter to me. Tris, I've touched more men than I can count. Some with my lips, some with my axes."

Tristefan was a little unbelievable: "I thought you would wait for me... Why did you do this, Asha, did someone force you?"

"No, I forced those men to take off their clothes."

Asha pushed away Tristefan who wanted to hug her again: "You don't want to marry me. Believe me, if we get married, you will hate me soon."

"No, Asha, I promise to love you forever..."

A murdered father, a sick mother, a cunning uncle, and a domesticated brother, this is enough to overwhelm any woman.

Asha was getting impatient, she didn't need another weak puppy admiring her.

She said coldly, "Find a female branch girl, she will make you forget me, Tris."

Tristefan shook his head: “You and I are destined to be together, I always thought you would be my wife and the mother of my son, Asha!”

When Tris tried to hold Asha again, she held her dagger to his throat.

"I'm going to throw one on your bed tonight, and pretend she's me, and you can fuck her hard all night long."

Asha sheathed the dagger, leaving Tris standing there.

"Don't touch me again. I am your queen. Remember that."

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Dozens of candles were lit in my uncle's study, making it seem like daytime.

When Asha came in, her uncle was still buried in his books, reading as usual.

"Uncle, why are there so many candles tonight? Is it to welcome me?"

After a pause, Rodrik Harlow took his eyes off the book and said, "It was the maester's advice on my eyes. He told me to light more candles when reading at night."

Asha shrugged and then sat down in the empty chair in front of her uncle's desk.

"Why are you in such a hurry for me to come back?"

"You look upset?"

The uncle and niece asked the question almost at the same time. Rodrik smiled slightly and said, "You go first."

Asha grinned. "I ran into Tris down there. He wants to marry me. I heard my mother agreed."

"Your mother may have forgotten what she said."

Rodrik looked at his niece briefly, then continued, "If Tristefan wants to get his rights back, he needs to help you get back the Seastone seat first. He can be trusted, so I allowed him to wait for you there."

He added: "Perhaps you can use Tris to arrange the marriage that the Crow's Eye has arranged for you."

Asha rubbed her head in pain: "Uncle, only by solving the Crow's Eye can we stop the conspiracy of using marriage to tie my hands and feet from happening again. One sword can't do anything. What I need is ten thousand swords."

Rodrik pointed to the kettle on the table. "It contains refreshing ale."

Asha blinked her eyes. She picked up the wine jug and looked at it in surprise. She said, "Uncle, don't you never allow such things to appear in your study?"

"this is the last time."

Seeing her uncle glanced worriedly at the books beside her, Asha threw her head back and laughed.

After laughing for a while, Asha picked up the wine flask, took a big sip, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

After Asha put the wine jug back on the table, Rodrik slowly spoke: "Did your trip to the Green Land go smoothly?"

Asha leaned back in her chair, paused, and said, "Duke Green Crabbe proposed to use my brother to lure Crow's Eye off the ship and set a trap for him on land."

Rodrik frowned for a moment and said, "What are the conditions? Do you want to marry him?"

"He is more interested in the treasures of the Crow's Eye."

Asha stretched out her back, half lying on the chair, and said angrily: "I stripped naked in front of him twice, but he didn't show any interest in me. Alas!"

A faint smile flashed across Rodrik's lips: "Perhaps that lord likes women wearing skirts in the Green Land."

Asha held her forehead weakly and said, "My dear uncle, please stop gloating over my misfortune."

She straightened up and looked over. "I guess he doesn't like women. Well, a real man can't refuse me."

Rodrik nodded: "Perhaps... But it doesn't matter. He Suo just brought back the treasure of the Crow's Eye (Chapter 438), which is more important."

(End of this chapter)