Chapter 146: Corenna Swann and Brienne of Tarth
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In Edward's eyes, Everyone had his uses, even his children and his friends. After they did what Edward wanted, there was no more reason to keep them alive then. Of course, the second part was applicable for the rest, not his children. As for his friends, as long as they did not cause harm to him or his children, Edward did not mind them and would treat them well. As for children, Edward only used them in forming alliances. So although two of them did not want to marry, Edward had forced them. He told them that they could do whatever they wanted but only after his plans produced results.
By that time, he would be the king and the one who controlled all Westeros and the eastern part of Essos so his children could do whatever they wanted in their father's world. After convincing them, his children agreed, although they still were not happy with Edward's decision. They knew that their father only married their mother because he loved her, as they knew that House Dayne had betrayed their father during the rebellion and allied themselves with the Martels and the Fallen Prince, Rhaegar. Even if they did not betray their father, House Dayne's forces would not help their father a lot. In their eyes, House Dayne was the only one that benefited from that relationship. That was why they did not want their father to choose who they could marry.
As for Alesanna, Edward planned to keep her by his side. As long as she did not do anything that betrayed his trust, Edward would let her live. The second that she fell in love with Daenerys, Edward would consider her as a wild card that needed to die. He would not kill her at once, though. Would not it be better to leave her by Daenerys's side so that she could say good words about Edward? Edward always treated her well and even sent her to protect Daenerys. That was enough to make her put some good words about Edward. That would help Edward with the trap network he was building for Daenerys and her dragons. No one knew how to play with words more than Edward, and he was sure that he had the ability to wrap Daenerys around his fingers and kill her after they defeated the Night King.
The second female knight was Corenna Swann. She was a splendid one that got Edward's trust after years of hard work. Due to her dedication, Edward had assigned her as a squire to his right-hand man, Jon Clinn. Although Clinn did not like it at first since the idea of a female knight was a little extreme for every lord, even for Edward's close men, he still took her in and trained her to the best he could. He knew that his king would not do something unnecessary, and he had must have seen something in that girl to give him this order.
It did not even take two years before Clinn sang praises of her and bragged in front of the others about the girl's dedication. Clinn was a serious man who admired hard work, and Corenna was the right one who had what Clinn wanted. That was why he got more and more pleased with Corenna after training her all that time. Every time that he kicked her down, Corenna would stand up again and raise her sword. Due to this, Clinn and Corenna got closer and closer.
Edward could swear that if Corenna was not much younger than Clinn, Clinn would have taken her as his mistress. That relationship nearly caused Clinn to lose his marriage. Clinn's wife, Jeyne Rowan, who Clinn married after The Rebellion, went to Edward and complained a lot about that. Even Clinn's three sons, Lorace, Rickon, and Eddard, had come to Edward considering this problem. They did not want to see their respected father behaving like that.
After dealing with all that, Edward decided to knight the young Corenna, who was already nineteen. Corenna, who became a knight at such a young age, believed that she could join the Kingsguard. The problem was that Corenna had to defeat one of the existing ones. Although Corenna was a promising knight, compared to Edward's men, she was a bit lacking. That was why until this moment, she did not manage to become a Kingsguard.
Although Corenna had failed terribly in her dream of becoming a Kingsguard, she did not give up. She continued to train, and train and her performance got better and better. Edward estimated that she might enter the Kingsguard in three years if she continued to improve like that.
Edward had set up another guard unit called Princesguard. Every prince and princess had this unit since Edward had to ensure their safety. Those men would head every request their prince ordered. But they could only answer to two men, the prince who they were supposed to protect, and the king, with the king as the top priority. That was the reason why the brat, Wilyam, could not travel outside Westeros as he wanted. The Princesguard would prevent him and take him to Storm's Eye every time he tried something like that.
Corenna, who failed to achieve her dreams of becoming one of Edward's Kingsguard, decided to train herself among princess Theresa's Princessguard. Not only did she join the Princessguard, but with her own ability, Corenna managed to become the captain. That was why Edward could let his first daughter, Theresa, who appeared as an angel in front of the others and a demon when she was alone with him, travel with a calm heart. As for his second daughter, Jasmine, Edward would not let her leave his eyes. The girl was still nine at the moment. Not only was she this young, but she had experienced terrible accidents when she was only three that caused her trauma. Although she recovered a lot, the little girl would get scared quite easily and would not leave Edward's side for long.
(I knew the name Jasmine is a little out of place, especially in the medieval era like Westeros, but I really like that name so go with it. ^_^)
The third female knight that Corenna was jealous of was, of course, the one and only Brienne of fucking Tarth. Edward was afraid that he fucked the timeline and Brienne would not get born in this world, or she might have a different personality, but his worries were gone the moment he heard about the girl.
Although she did not suffer a lot compared to the other timeline since Edward allowed the females to hold their swords, she still got bullied by the other girls and boys. Brienne was so tall and had a Large body frame compared to the other children in her age. That made it difficult for anyone to accept her as a friend or as a wife. Everyone, who Brienne got betrothed to, would annual the relationship after seeing her, which made her and her father frustrated.