Chapter 43: Three missions

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After Edward arrived at the road where he would meet Robb, A soldier wearing armor as one of Edward's men came close to him. Yeah, that is right, that was Robb. Edward had instructed the forgers to make armors, which held Edward's own sigil, for his men. The sigil was a dear like the Baratheon's with a dragon's wings on its back.

That was one of the ways that Edward decided to use when the both of them met. Edward only summoned Robb this time to check how things were going in the Shadow Legion. He wanted to know their progress and how the recruiting was going. It had not been three months yet, but Edward valued the Shadow Legion very much. He had a lot of tasks for them. Edward summoned him today for another three missions.

First, Edward wanted Robb to spread another rumor in King's Landing, which said that Tywin was preparing his army to attack King's Landing and kill Aerys. Tywin was gathering some of his men in the last few weeks. He was preparing to deal with a small lord that refused to pay the taxes. Edward was preparing to use this action to fan another flame.

Edward knew such a pity trick would not trick those with great minds. Those would think that it was only a rumor to hurt Lord Tywin's reputation. But what about the Smallfolk and the king who was sure that Tywin was trying to kill him. Would not that hurt their relationship more.

Edward also wanted to use the Smallfolks to hurt Tywin's image. Edward would use the Smallfolks, although he knew that Tywin would have prepared this time for Edward's tricks. Edward was sure that Tywin was thinking of how to pay him back for his previous ploys. But All that Edward wanted was for Aerys to hear these words.

Second, Edward needed the shadow legion for a much more important mission. This one was for his future plans. Edward gave Robb a list of people that must be eliminated by the shadow legion in the next two years. Those people held leadership positions in the free cities, and since he wanted to control the trade in the narrow sea and the shivering sea in the north, he wanted to build a conflict in those cities. Especially those from Bravos, Edward would cripple their management of trade and the Iron Bank. He also wanted some of his men to infiltrate the free cities and try to hold leadership positions. Edward asked Robb to concentrate on Tyrosh and Lys as their leaders were the wealthiest families, so it would be easier to infiltrate.

Third, This one was a long term mission. It might take a decade to complete it, but it had much more value than the last two. Edward wanted Robb to start sending men to the city of Asshai, the empire of Yi Ti, and the Shadow Lands beyond Asshai. He did not want to sacrifice them or something; Edward just wanted them to find three things for him.

The first and the most important thing to him now was a way to block the vision of the three-eyed raven. Edward thought that if he wanted to complete his goal, he had to find a magical way to hide himself from the three-eyed raven's visions at least. If Edward left it like that, He was sure that Bran would know about his real character that Edward wanted to hide, and that would ruin everything. Finding something like that was nearly impossible in Westeros. There might be some secrets about it in the old Valyria, but it was too dangerous. His only option was The City of Asshai or Yi ti to the east of Qarth and the Bone mountains.

Edward knew that this mission was difficult and there might not be any results in the near future, but he had to do it for his future. He could wait for ten to fifteen years, and he was sure that he might hear some news about it. If they could not reach Asshai, he would have to search for a way in Essos.

The second thing that he wanted them to find is dragon eggs. They would have three different values depending on the third thing which he wanted his men to find. The first value is their obvious gold value. They could be sold by him for high prices, especially after Daenerys hatched her dragon eggs. They would be equal to mountains of gold dragons in Essos after Daenerys Targaryen's dragon fuck them up.

Edward could also use them to manipulate Daenerys by promising to give them to her for some favors. After that, he would use Daenerys for his profit, although this plan might fire back in his face, literally.

The third thing that Edward wanted his men to find and by which the dragon eggs would have a new light and value in Edward's eyes was the magic way to hatch the dragon eggs and connect them to his blood. If his men could enter the old Valyria, he was sure they could get him what he wanted, but old Valyria would make them vanish. Edward promised himself to visit old Valyria after becoming the king. He would leave the throne to his son and move on his way to The City. He would have achieved everything that he wanted by then.

After Edward told Robb about the three missions, they split up after acting by ordering Robb to ride to King's Landing with a message. As if that would fool anyone. Was Edward making fun of us or something? Oh, man.

A year passed since Edward's meeting with Robb A lot had happened this year. We could divide what happened this year into five different sections.

For a start, Edward's alcohol project had started its production seven months earlier. The alcohol and wine business was a hit. At first, Edward faced many problems when he wanted to ship the alcohol and wine and enter the free cities, not to mention King's Landing and Lannissport. For nearly a month, Edward was not able to make any profit from his alcohol and wine. After some investigation, Edward knew that Tywin was able to finish a deal with some of the masters of the free cities.