Chapter 176 - House Tyrell arrives in King's Landing (I)

"A person's greatest teacher is their failures, only when you fail can you become a better person." Aenar Targaryen.

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"The gods have decided the outcome, Petyr of House Baelish is innocent of the charges." Aenar declared with a calm tone as he looked at the man kneeling before him.

Even Aenar felt that his words were extremely hypocritical, Petyr had indeed killed Lysa Tully, but according to the laws of Westeros, any winner of the Trial by Combat is considered innocent in the eyes of God.

"The gods have been benevolent, Your Grace." Petyr spoke with a gentle, reverent tone, and there was a happy smile on his lips. Although he didn't understand why Eddard had agreed to be his representative, it no longer mattered.

He had survived!

As long as he's alive, there are many things he can do, including rising through the ranks of the Court once again. He had already done it once, this time it would be even easier. As long as he was useful, the king would reuse him.

All the lords looked at Petyr with contempt, no one hid their disgust, everyone felt repulsed at standing in front of such a cold, cruel and indifferent man.

Aenar smiled imperceptibly at what was happening at the moment. He wanted people to look at Petyr like that, only then would he learn that without the King's support, Petyr Baelish was nobody, just a landlord of a poor fief in the Vale and nothing more.

Petyr certainly noticed the looks on his face and continued to smile gently, as if the stares didn't bother him. What he had to endure to grow from a poor country lord in the Valley to the Master of Coin of the Seven Kingdoms could not be put into words.

So the looks of contempt and disgust didn't affect Petyr at all, but the Lord of House Baelish looked at the incredibly tall young man sitting on the Mountain Throne with a touch of fear in his gaze. He sensed that everything that had happened had been planned by the king, especially the hatred of everyone around him.

Petyr knew that the King wanted him to know that without him, Petyr was nobody and he should obediently be his dog.

But, even knowing it was a conspiracy, could Petyr refuse? The answer was no. The moment he refused, the king would choose someone else to take his place and he would probably die without anyone knowing. After that, House Baelish will cease to exist with his death.

How could Petyr accept that? He even dared to control the Valley and he really did. If it hadn't been for Aenar's arrival, he might have been controlling the entire Vale at that moment. However, fate was cruel, not allowing him to realize his dream.

"Harold, order all the Lords and Ladys of the Vale of Arryn to come to the Eyrie with their armies, we will march to the Riverlands without delay." Looking at the new Lord of the Vale, Aenar spoke with a calm tone.

He wanted to get to Riverlands as soon as possible, the battle with Robert was getting closer and closer!

"Yes, Your Grace." Harold bowed and spoke respectfully.

"When we reach Riverlands, we will waste no time and subdue the Lords of Riverlands, those who refuse to bend the knee will be killed." Looking at everyone in the room, Aenar spoke with a calm, cool tone.

Everyone nodded encouragingly, they wanted war and they were about to have it, how could they not be happy?

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As Aenar was preparing to leave for the Riverlands in King's Landing, a bronze dragon crossed the city and landed in the courtyard of the Royal Fortress.

Rhaella climbed down from Vermithor and took off her leather gloves. She approached her dragon and stroked its scales, which looked like gold, albeit somewhat dull. Her dragon was beautiful, fierce and powerful. One of the three male dragons of House Targaryen.

"Your Grace." Monford greeted the queen with a respectful tone.

"Any news from the Riverlands?" Rhaella asked with a serious tone as she stroked Vermithor's neck, who seemed to be enjoying the caresses.

"The first battle was won, the Lannister and Baratheon armies fought against our armies, but they were defeated and returned to Harrenhal." Monford replied calmly, but Rhaella detected a little happiness in the Lord of Driftmark's gaze.

Of course, she knew why he was happy. With the victory at Harrenhal, morale in the war was high and no one thought House Targaryen would lose. It only made those noble houses that were still undecided bend the knee to House Targaryen again.

Even now, the amount of nobles from the Crownlands who were arriving was very pleasing to see.

"Anything else?" Rhaella asked, noticing a rather strange expression on Monford's face.

"Yes, there were reports on the battlefield of men possessing the strength of a hundred men fighting outside Harrenhal, witches summoning a wall of fire and a true miracle, where the Red God blessed the army of House Targaryen and their allies." When Monford received the letter the raven had brought, he thought the letter-writer was delirious, but all his doubts were answered by the letters that kept coming from Harrenhal.

A smile appeared on Rhaella's lips as she listened to Monford's words. She understood that Kinvara and the two brothers had finally acted in the war.

However, when she heard that someone could fight against the brothers Titus and Sigismund, as a member of House Targaryen, she knew very well how strong those two children were. Humans were no different than chickens in the face of her brothers. So knowing that someone had fought against Titus or Sigismund shocked her.

"A god intervened" Rhaella thought of something and muttered to herself with a solemn look. She had heard about the gods from Aenar and these entities really did exist. This was the only thing she could think of that could fight Titus or Sigismund.

"Thank you, Lord Monford." Rhaella certainly couldn't speak her mind, she looked at the man of Valyrian descent and thanked him.

"It is my honor to serve the Dowager Queen." Monford flashed his prettiest smile and spoke with a respectful tone.

Rhaella narrowed her eyes, but said nothing. She wasn't a naïve girl, she could see that Monford wanted to get close to her, but the man was bound to fail in his attempt to win her over.

After the abuse and pain she had suffered from Aerys, her desire for men had long since disappeared, even in exile she had never touched another man. Although Monford was a good man and a loyal vassal, she had no plans to take a lover, let alone marry.

Especially after owning a Dragon, she could never allow another Noble House to own dragons, especially House Velaryon, which was one of the reasons for the Dance of the Dragons.

Monford didn't know that his plans to conquer the beautiful widowed queen were doomed to failure, he continued to report on the events in King's Landing.

After so many days, order had returned to the city and the number of crimes had fallen to the lowest level in hundreds of years. The reason for this was simple: the Militant Faith had killed many thieves, rapists and murderers. Then the Sardaukar also cleaned up the city once again.

The death toll reached horrifying thousands of people, but that showed how much poverty the city had.

Returning to King's Landing, Rhaella entered the Throne Room and found her daughter sitting on the Monstrosity that was the Iron Throne. The girl had not once cut herself on the throne, which only reinforced that she was someone worthy of sitting on the Iron Throne.

However, it wasn't Daenerys who caught her eye, but the fat, bald man at the foot of the Iron Throne. How could Rhaella not recognize the Eunuch Varys?

If it hadn't been for this man, Aerys wouldn't have fought with Rhaegar and many things could have been avoided. Perhaps even the coup d'état that Rhaegar was planning would have succeeded if it hadn't been for this man speaking the rumors he had heard.

"You've come at a good time, Mother." Daenerys noticed her mother and spoke in a calm tone. The girl had a majesty that she hadn't had before, which only pleased Rhaella. Unlike her, Daenerys really was a true queen like Visenya I!

"An army of around ninety thousand men is approaching King's Landing." Daenerys' words surprised Rhaella. She immediately thought of who was coming.

"House Tyrell of Highgarden."

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