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  »Storm's End Castle, the living room.

Ser Arlekan Florent sat restlessly on the sofa in his fine linen gown with the fox tattooed on his chest.

Sitting next to him was a thin girl, wearing a gray maid skirt and a black bowler hat, her face was also covered by a scarf, only a pair of blue eyes were exposed, and she looked curiously at the people in the living room. decorate.

The tea on the table in front of the two of them had already been drained, and the cheese snacks had also been eaten, but they still hadn't waited for the host to meet them.

After an unknown amount of time, he heard footsteps from outside the door, and Sir Alekon stood up hopefully, only to see a young maid walking in.

"When will His Majesty the Storm King see us?"

"Sorry, Sir, I don't know about this." The maid bowed apologetically, stepped forward to refill the tea for the two, replaced the burnt incense candles, and left quietly.

Aleken couldn't sit still anymore, so he walked back and forth in the hall, his leather boots stepping on the red paulownia wood floor making a crisp sound.

"Uncle," the girl said, "cousin...doesn't he want to see us?"

"No." Sir Allerken forced a smile, "He must have been delayed."

The girl didn't say anything after hearing the words, but just lowered her head with a melancholy expression.

Aleken actually didn't know what to do with himself.

Although Storm King Caesar is his nephew by blood, the relationship between the two parties is not actually harmonious.

There is no way, everyone is their own master.

After the death of King Joffrey, the Florens family naturally put their heavy bets on Stannis Baratheon, but in fact they planned to win over Caesar and tie the Reach to Stannis' battle. car.

However, when Caesar used the power of the Horse Party to control the power of the Reach, he brazenly led his army to invade the Stormlands, which angered Stannis and caused Caesar and the Florens family to part ways.

Later, after Caesar quelled the rebellion of the Deer Party, he actually conferred Brightwater City, the territory of the Florens family, to Dickon Tully, which exacerbated the conflict between the two parties.

Aleken knew that his father, Earl Alister, had planned to make peace with the Lannister family and jointly deal with Caesar, thereby regaining the family territory.

It is a pity that Lord Alister underestimated Stannis' stubbornness and stubbornness.

The fiasco of the Battle of Blackwater Bay did not completely defeat the king. Stannis not only rejected the proposal of peace talks with the Lannister family, but also deprived Earl Alister of the position of King's Hand and sent him to the black prison.

Later, it was reported that Stannis was going to lead his army north to support the Great Wall.

From Aleken's point of view, Stannis may have gone crazy, and he actually wanted to support the Great Wall when he was in danger.

Seeing that the Baratheon family was about to come to an end, Alekon was planning for the future of the Florent family, and then thought of this nephew who had become the Storm King.

So, under the guise of going to Pentos to buy food, he planned to sneak to Storm's End to test Caesar's tone.

But just as he was leaving, "Onion Knight" Davos Seaworth actually found him secretly and gave him a girl...

The sound of footsteps sounded again, and Sir Alekon rekindled hope in his heart. He stopped and looked towards the door.

This time, he was not disappointed.

"Uncle." Samwell walked in with a smile and explained, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting, but I just learned that Dani is pregnant, so there was a delay."

"Danny? Is that the Targaryen princess?"

"Yes."

"Congratulations," said Sir Allerken with mixed feelings.

He still remembered the situation when his nephew was kicked out of the house by Earl Landau. At that time, everyone thought that Samwell must fail to develop and become a wandering knight.

But three years later, Caesar has become the king of the Stormlands, and married the last blood of the Targaryen family...

Maybe it won't be long before my legendary nephew can really sit on the Iron Throne.

Samwell sat down on the main seat, saw the little girl beside Sir Alleken, and asked:

"Who is this?"

"She is Shireen Baratheon." Ser Allerken motioned for the girl to remove her veil.

"Stannis' daughter?" Samwell frowned subconsciously.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Shireen wanted to call her cousin, but seeing Samwell's dignified expression, she changed to a respectful title.

At the same time, she also took off her veil and hat, revealing a sweet and lovely face.

But it is a pity that the skin on her left face and most of her neck was stiff and necrotic, which made this beauty incomplete.

Samwell knew that this was the sequelae of greyscale.

"What does Stannis mean by sending his daughter here? For peace?"

Sir Aleken looked a little embarrassed, and explained:

"Stannis probably doesn't know that his daughter has come to Storm's End..."

As he spoke, he told how the red-robed monk Thoros persuaded Stannis to burn his daughter Shireen to death and sacrifice it to R'hllor, the Lord of Light, so as to awaken the dragon in the stone.

"Soros really said that?" Samwell rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

"Yes, this is what Davos Seaworth, the 'Onion Knight' told me, and he was the one who stole Shirene and sent her to my ship." Sir Allerken glanced at his nephew carefully, and continued, "Of course, he originally wanted me to send Shireen to Pentos..."

"But you sent her to me." Samwell smiled playfully.

"I think that Shirin has no one to rely on in Pentos, how can she survive as a little girl, that's why I thought of sending you here... After all...she is also your cousin."

Samwell looked at Shireen and asked:

"Shireen, would you like to stay with me?"

The little girl lowered her head subconsciously, covering her necrotic face, and whispered:

"As long as you don't drive me away..."

"But what if your parents send someone to pick you up?"

Shireen's eyes were red:

"Mother wants to burn me to death... She said that I have been cursed by the gods, and I have unclean blood. Only the holy fire can purify my sins... But, but I don't want to die..."

"There are no parents who want to burn their own daughters to death!" Sir Alleken said angrily.

"Okay, I understand." Samwell nodded and said, "If that's the case, then you can live in Storm's End with peace of mind."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Shireen raised her head and smiled.

Although flawed, that smile was still pure and sweet, which aroused pity.

Samwell clapped his hands to greet a maid, and asked her to take Shirene down to settle down and rest.

When there were only two people left in the living room, Samwell said to Sir Alleken:

"Okay, uncle, tell me, your real purpose for coming to Storm's End."

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