Chapter 43 Long May He Reign

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Jon/Aegon pov

After the trial went smoothly joffrey was executed the very next day, Tommen and Myrcella were brought to the court to officially take away their titles as prince and princess of the seven kingdoms

I have no problems with two children but it is important that I do this because plenty of people could take advantage of them for their own gains, they both might hate me now but when they get older they will understand that I did them a favour

After the trial most of the minor western lords that were kept as hostages were released back to west, there is no need to keep them here as they have no one to support, the major lords are still here to keep the western kingdom in line if they decide to do something foolish like a rebellion

Jamie lannister, even Auther doesn't know what to do with him so I talked to grandmother about what to do with him, she told me he was the only kingsgaurd that wanted to save her from the mad King even when the other didn't do anything, so we finally decided that killing him would be waste of his talents so I kept as one of my kingsgaurds

This decision didn't go well with my uncle but I explained to him that while Jamie made many mistakes he also saved a lot of people, so instead of chopping his head off he can make up for his mistakes by serving faithfully to the crown, and if he shows any sign of treason he would be executed

With the trial most of my work in capital to take control of the seven kingdoms is done, now just the official coronation is remaining, I am going to coronated by my grandmother as if I would ever kneel to one of those old men , and lucky for me they still don't have a official High Septon yet so grandmother it is, what a coincidence

Now that things in the capital are stable I can focus on finding my aunt, I would much rather just fly to her in essos but I just took command I can't disappear from the capital now, and most importantly I am the only of male left of the Targaryen line who is not near 100 namedays old

I need to get married and select a heir for now, I am already getting a lot of marriage offers but grandmother just swept them aside and wants me to quickly get married to Rhaenys

There is nothing wrong with Rhaenys, in fact I like her but I don't want to get married for convenience and tradition but being a king means making sacrifices for the people, and the people need a stable crown with proper line of succession

But it is still too early for me to get married now, so I am pushing it till I am 16 nameday old, who knows by then I might love Rhae enough to get married, but right now have to focus on the seven kingdoms and getting my aunt home

Varys is still finding out what happened to my aunt in the dothraki sea,how did she go from being married to a horselord to getting three dragons and why is she going to astopar, as soon as things get clear I can make a short trip to her and convince her to come here back to her family

But for now I am sending a few ships to astopar to find out whatever I can

Grandmother, Elia and Rhaenys were very happy learning about Daenerys's survival, grandmother just wanted to just to fly there and bring her back but she knows I can't do that,so grandmother now just bugs Varys about whatever he finds about Daenerys, even when working with the spider for years I have never seen him sweat but few days with grandmother's constant nagging about Daenerys he had to come to me to finally stop her, it seems not even the spider can escape from a mother's love for her child

Rhaella pov

The day of coronation

When she was living in Volantis she thought she would die in that foreign land without ever coming back home or finding her children but here she is standing in the sept that her ancestors built, many Targaryens are buried right underneath her feet as she will put a crown on her grandson's head today

All the lords are here to pay respects to their new king, all of them who thought the dragons were dead, the lions, the stags , the squids, the fish ,the flowers,even the wolves, all of them came here today to once again bow their heads to the dragons

She might to be old now but what they forget is old people have seen a lot more than the rest, she remembers the ones who tried to take advantage of her family's misfortunes, who wanted to take what was theirs and she also remembers the ones who helped her family in the time of their need, she will make sure to pay them back all what they deserve

But now is not the time to think about the past but to look forward to their future, as she is standing in the middle of the sept waiting with all the lords her grandson came in, he is dressed in our house colours with his hair lose and curling to his sides, as he walked towards me he looked every inch the king he was meant to be

As her only grandson knelt in front of her she could see his young face, then she remembered even though her grandson achieved so much he is still a 15 nameday old boy about to take the burden of ruling the seven kingdoms

As the vows were said by Aegon as she put the crown on his head, her grandson was The King now but he is still a boy she has to make sure he doesn't bear all of this too soon, and she would do right by her grandson, her king

"Now in the light of the seven I hereby proclaim King Aegon Warborn of House Targaryen ,sixth of his name,king of the Andals and the First Men and the Rhoynar, lord of the seven kingdoms, protector of the realm,King of the seven kingdoms long may he reign"

Long may he reign

Long may he reign

Long may he reign