Chapter 183
"If I’m not mistaken, our house words are 'Hear Me Roar,' correct? What’s the matter? Have we finally realized that roaring or not, we’re doomed all the same?" Tyrion smirked, the family cris...
2025-01-28 22:44:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 182
The floor beneath was of polished hardwood, the walls adorned with banners bearing the golden lion of their house, and the room was filled with gilded and golden ornaments. At the center of this op...
2025-01-28 22:43:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 181
After joining the Night's Watch logistics division? Other than sneering and wielding a sword with some degree of competence, what exactly could Alliser Thorne do? It seemed more likely he was there...
2025-01-28 22:43:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 180
Ser Alliser Thorne was rendered speechless by Aegor’s move of “leaving the ruling to the Master of Laws.” Frustrated but powerless, he stormed out of the throne room as soon as the trial ende...
2025-01-28 22:43:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 179
Everyone in the courtroom—judge, guards, witnesses, and the accused—all turned to the speaker.
The black cloak was strikingly obvious, and Renly, having seen Aegor during the Vale rebell...
Chapter 178
The first “witness” was a young man Aegor did not recognize. He was neatly dressed, with an upright demeanor, and strode confidently to the center of the courtroom. However, instead of heading ...
2025-01-28 22:42:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 177
"The trial is set for this afternoon. Why are you here so early?" A Stark guard in a gray cloak, naturally friendly toward men in black, spoke kindly. "Don’t linger at the gates of the Red Keep; ...
2025-01-28 22:42:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 176
Aegor had anticipated the beginning but not the end.
He had expected to face questioning or an investigation for warning Tyrion, but what he hadn’t expected was this: the elaborate defense...
Chapter 175
Eddard Stark lifted his weary head from the desk.
He was utterly exhausted and in desperate need of sleep, but the Seven Kingdoms needed governance more than he needed rest. The king, who sh...
Chapter 174
The “eggs” were placed in their respective baskets as the Night's Watch began preparing to face the impending chaos that would sweep through the Seven Kingdoms. After a grueling night and day o...
2025-01-28 22:41:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 173
Leaving the city was easy; getting back in was a different story. After warning Tyrion and misleading the Gold Cloaks sent to capture him, Aegor found the gates of King’s Landing firmly shut upon...
2025-01-28 22:40:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 172
Aegor stood outside the gates of the Red Keep, frozen on the sloping hillside of Aegon’s High Hill. For a few seconds, he couldn’t move. He’d thought he had no power to intervene in this game...
2025-01-28 22:40:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 171
Within the Red Keep, even an idiot could sense something was off as a fully armed company of Gold Cloaks marched past in tight formation. The Night's Watch brothers escorting the wights gathered to...
2025-01-28 22:40:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 170
All actions have consequences, and Robert’s fate today was one of his own making.
Consider this: if all the Kingsguard were like Barristan Selmy, what could Jaime have done, even with thre...
Chapter 169
"Ser Barristan," Aegor greeted the white-cloaked knight with a familiarity born of late-night conversations. Seeing him arrive, Aegor made the first move, offering a polite nod.
Eddard Stark...
Chapter 168
The usurper and the kingslayer—two Targaryen killers—faced each other.
Myrcella was still screaming and crying, struggling to persuade her “father” and “uncle” to stop fighting. ...
Chapter 167
The Night's Watch brothers, all disarmed, followed the gray-cloaked guardsman who had vouched for them through the gates of the Red Keep. To Aegor’s surprise, their destination wasn’t the Tower...
2025-01-28 22:39:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 166
Jaime’s face twitched, and his right hand clenched the sword tightly, his knuckles turning white.
He wanted Cersei to live freely and happily, but more than that, he wanted her to live. Bu...
Chapter 165
Jaime was furious.
He had been woken early with urgent orders to leave for Dragonstone, only to find himself riding halfway across King’s Landing to the River Gate, where he stumbled upon ...
Chapter 164
Silence.
Robert sat at one end of the room in a high-backed chair, while the queen sat across from him on a low bed with the three royal children. Cersei held Myrcella and Tommen close to he...
Chapter 163
It felt like a lifetime had passed in a single night. When Aegor stepped out of the River Gate garrison into the street, the world had transformed beyond recognition. Last night, he had been the ce...
2025-01-28 22:37:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 162
The onlookers inside and outside the River Gate had just finished watching two separate spectacles—the "goldcloak infighting" and the "wight inspection"—leaving them either exhilarated or stunn...
2025-01-28 22:37:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 161
Early in the morning, there were far more people leaving the city than entering it, but the streets inside the River Gate were just as packed. Most weren’t preparing to leave—they were there to...
2025-01-28 22:37:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 160
Dawn was breaking.
Inside and outside the city, early risers gathered near the gates, eager to either leave or enter King’s Landing. As the closest gateway to the bustling Blackwater Bay, ...
Chapter 159
The City Watch had no portable siege equipment, only fixed defensive weapons mounted atop the walls. In his haste, Slynt could only come up with the crude idea of using fire. A dozen soldiers from ...
2025-01-28 22:36:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 158
"Entrust your life to me? Don’t exaggerate. Just stay inside this building tonight, don’t go anywhere, and have your men guard the door. Those young lads in black seem reliable enough. I can’...
2025-01-28 22:36:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 157
The full moon and the blood-red comet hung side by side in the eastern sky, casting enough light to keep King’s Landing’s night from being completely shrouded in darkness. With his escort detai...
2025-01-28 22:35:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 156
The four thugs blocking the path were mere pawns, brought in to bolster numbers and provide backup. Their task was simple: “If the target tries to escape, stop them.” As long as they could stal...
2025-01-28 22:35:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 155
Before transmigrating, Aegor had never been a major business owner, let alone a national leader. He could never have imagined the terrifying power of capital until experiencing it firsthand. The Ni...
2025-01-28 22:35:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 154
The City Watch of King’s Landing continued to harass and obstruct the operations of the Night’s Watch’s enterprise on the first day of Tyrion’s proclaimed “three days,” retreating only ...
2025-01-28 22:35:00 +0000 UTC View Post