Chapter 32.4- The Seadragon's Roar

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King’s Landing was nothing like what I had expected while at the same time being everything I had expected. Was that a strange thing to say? Maybe it was. Well, to say it better. King’s Landing the city was far from what I had expected from the Capital City of what I had seen as a backwater Kingdom. That is to say, it was better than expected. The Red keep, however, was exactly what I had expected. Which was to say, mindnumbingly boring and filled with the most inane pieces of drivel being peddled as allegedly groundbreaking gossip.

So it was no surprise that I spent my days exploring the city as well. What was a surprise was the person who had chosen to come along with me today, though. The encounter at the gates had been interesting enough.

“Lord Velaryon. Heading out into the city again?” The Princess had asked, marching over with her sworn shield hovering behind her like a shadow. I gave him a look, but nothing more than that. As far as I was concerned, Criston Cole was one of the sickest sickos to ever wear that cloak. He hadn’t just dishonored it by sleeping with his charge, but then he had the audacity to betray said charge when she refused to make the obviously stupid choice of running away with a Knight from the Dornish marshes and abandon a life as the heir to Seven Kingdoms.

“Yes I am, Princess. It feels like with everytime I visit there is more and more to see” I said, and both my words and the smile on my face were even true. King’s Landing might have smelt like the wrong end of a donkey, but no one could accuse it of lacking character. Of course, that character had seen Ser Ben have to threaten a few ambitious idiots with loss of limb once they noticed how sparse our entourage was. But even that experience had been relatively enjoyable.

“Then it must fall upon me to show you all the best places in the city lest you leave thinking that you has seen all the best she had to offer” She said, walking closer to me. Was she…flirting? Probably not. If I had my canon timelines correct, wasn’t this the time period where she was undecided between crushing on Cole or crushing on Daemon? Pretty sure I was much too young for her tastes at present.