Chapter 23 Caught off guard
“Right, Jay.
Grandpa sent someone to deliver a letter.
I'll bring it to you after I finish meeting the guests."
As they walked towards the underground fortress together, Benilla suddenly remembered another thing.
"Hey, why don't you just tell me?
I don't believe you didn't peek!"
Hearing Jacaerys' words, Benilla stuck out her tongue playfully and said with a smile, "A white knight is coming to Bloodstone Island with the king's order.
Judging from the time, it is estimated that it will arrive today.
People in King's Landing have a very bad opinion of you, so grandpa wants you to be quiet for the next two days.
Hehehe, the people he sent were too slow.
You just destroyed a merchant ship that broke through the customs today."
"Merchant ships? These guys are pirates if they change their flags at sea!
We worked so hard to open up a route to the Stone Steps Islands, and they want to conduct maritime trade without paying the cleaning fee?
Dream on!
As for the king's order, I can guess it without looking at it.
It was nothing more than Alison and her daughter scolding me, and then forcing me to leave the Stone Islands through various means.
Want to use royal power to put pressure on me?
Unfortunately, this formal process is too slow.
The Stone Steps Archipelago is now my territory!"
When Jakaris heard what Benilla said, he didn't care at all and continued talking with a smile.
Benilla, who was standing by, looked at Jakaris's handsome and wise appearance, and countless little stars seemed to appear in her eyes.
This is her fiancé whom she adores so much!
"No! Jie, we haven't completely controlled the Stone Steps Islands yet.
The pirates who kidnapped my great-uncle are still hiding on an island."
“Well, Benila, you gave me a good reminder!
Thanks! "
Jacaerys showed an expression of sudden enlightenment when he heard this, and reached out to ruffle Bernilla's soft silver hair as a reward.
Benilla looked very pleased, like a well-behaved kitten.
"Greetings to the honorable Prince Jakaris!"
Jacaerys and Benilla had just stepped into the hall of the underground fortress.
Beoro (Chapter 10), disguised in a loose Westerosi-style robe, kneels on one knee with his men to salute.
"You are so kind, my friend!"
Although Jacaris was polite in his words, he walked towards the stone seat in the hall with Benilla in a grand manner.
There was no intention of helping Beoro at all.
"Prince Jacaerys, I brought you a gift!"
Beoro was not angry. He replied with a word and winked at a subordinate behind him who was holding a plate covered with a cloth.
Seeing this, the man tore off the black cloth on the plate, revealing several specially pickled heads on the plate.
Seeing this, Team Stone, who was on guard duty today, reached directly for the hilt of the long sword at their waist.
Jacaris waved his hand and said kindly, "Dear friend, I like your gift very much!"
He had already recognized that those heads belonged to the pirates who had sent Wamond to the uninhabited island.
Beoro was expressing his attitude.
So the name I used was very realistic and I immediately added the word dear.
“Prince Jacaris, I reported what you said to my master after our last meeting.
I got a reply a few days ago, so I came here immediately to discuss the next step of cooperation with you! "
Beoro paid no attention to the actions of the guards around him, and spoke calmly about his purpose.
When Jacaerys heard this, he realized that his series of actions in the Stepstones had finally impressed the archon of Volantis.
When he was about to dismiss the strangers and discuss the next plan with Beoro,
The door to the hall was suddenly pushed open, and a large group of figures appeared at the door.
“Prince Jacaerys, they…” “I am Ser Rickard Thorne.
With the kings of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men in his hands,
Orders from King Viserys I Targaryen, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm.
Who dares to stop me? "
The Velaryon soldiers outside the gate tried to stop them.
But a black-haired young knight wearing brand new silver-white armor and a white cloak,
He held high a scroll covered with a three-headed dragon wax and walked into the hall with a haughty manner.
Thorne?
Jacaerys searched through the knowledge about the nobility of the Seven Kingdoms that he had learned over the years, and immediately remembered this small family in the crown territory.
In his two lifetimes of memory, there was only one famous person in the Thorne family.
That was the Night's Watch commander who often troubled Jon Snow at the Wall more than a hundred years later.
If you are not from a big family, how dare you be so arrogant?
It's your own fault!
Although he had murderous intent in his heart, Jakaris's expression remained unchanged.
After all, the other party now represents the king, and he cannot kill the white knight in public.
However, when they returned to King's Landing...
"Let them in!"
After hearing Jacaerys's order, the Velaryon soldiers who could not be stopped retreated directly to the gate.
snort!
Sir Rickard, who was accompanied by a group of followers, snorted coldly and strode forward with arrogance on his face.
Seeing this, Beoro immediately pretended to be panicked and retreated to the side with his men.
Sir Rickard had no regard for them at all.
He walked straight to the front of Jakaris, who was sitting in the main seat in the hall, and slowly unfolded the scroll in his hand.
Ok?
Stone, who was standing parallel to Benilla on the other side of Jakaris, frowned slightly. He noticed that one of the followers behind Rickard made some unusual movements.
Suddenly, the follower took out a dagger from his arms and rushed towards Jakaris.
assassin!!!
Clang!
Stone reacted quickly, drawing his sword and confronting the assassin head-on.
Snapped!
The assassin, who had focused all his attention on Jakaris, suddenly felt himself tripped by something.
He lost his balance and fell to the ground, and Stone, who rushed in front of him, chopped off his right hand holding the dagger with a sword.
He didn't know what was going on, but Stone in front could see it clearly.
The assassin was tripped by the outstretched foot of another follower.
So, this assassin was just blending in among them?
Just when Stone was slightly distracted by the capture of the assassin and the infighting among the other side.
The follower who tripped the assassin bent down to pick up the dagger on the ground and rushed towards Jakaris like a relay.
But by this time, Stone's six personal guards had already reacted.
They surrounded the follower from all sides and subdued him in a flash.
This series of events left most people in the hall dumbfounded.
There were a few exceptions, one of whom was Sir Rickard, who finally unfolded the scroll.
Swish!
A sharp dagger with a strange gray blade fell out from the paper roll with the king's order.
Sir Rickard caught the dagger in mid-air with a swift movement, and then rushed to Jacaerys in two steps like an arrow from a bow.
puff!
Wow!
The sharp dagger pierced through the fragile flesh, and a small stream of bright red blood spilled onto the ground.
Everyone in the entire underground fortress hall seemed to stand still, all shocked by this sudden and unexpected knife attack.
No one ever thought that the white knight sent by King's Landing to convey the king's order would actually assassinate in public!
(End of this chapter)