Game Of Thrones: The God-Emperor of Planetos-Chapter 189 - The Conversation Between Two Kings (II)

"We will fight on the battlefield, a brutal and murderous fight, only one of us will come out alive." King Aenar I Targaryen to King Robert I Baratheon, The Demon of the Trident.

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"Son wanting to kill father, cousin wanting to kill cousin, brother wanting to kill brother." Aenar took a sip of wine and commented with a smile. "What a cycle of eternal hatred."

Aenar's eyes fell on Tyrion and Tywin, then he looked at Harold and remembered Robert Arryn, then he looked at Sandor Clegane and Gregor Clegane.

"Ghosts always come back to haunt us." Robert replied with a cold tone, looking at Aenar, who was calmly sipping his glass of wine. Although they both knew of each other's murderous and brutal intent.

"I know you're my family, cousin." Aenar spoke, causing many to turn their gaze to him. "But you killed my father and as his son I must kill you to avenge him."

Killing one's own relatives was unforgivable, but no one denied that avenging one's father was bad or even wrong. If a son cannot avenge his father, then he is incompetent and cowardly.

That's why we're going to fight on the battlefield, a brutal and murderous fight, only one of whom will come out alive." When Aenar had finished speaking, he looked at Robert with an amused smile.

Robert smiled and drank all the wine in one go. "I like the proposal, I'll kill you just like I killed your father." He said with an incomparably cold and murderous tone.

"The feeling is mutual, Your Grace." Aenar replied with a gentle smile and continued speaking. "But don't worry, I'm not a monster like you."

"If you die, I won't kill your bloodline, I'll even take your noble daughter as my mistress." Aenar's words made many people's eyes widen; they hadn't expected the young king to actually leave Robert's children with Queen Cersei alive.

Robert narrowed his eyes and gave Aenar a serious look. As for the humiliating position his daughter would be in, he didn't care. Living was more important than anything else, if Myrcella could stay alive by being the king's mistress, then he could accept it without any weight on his conscience.

"As for my male children?" Robert asked, silence spreading with his words.

Saving a woman was different from saving a man, especially a prince. Although they would have no power if Robert lost the war, but titles were still titles and they didn't care what humans thought.

If Joffrey and Tommen were princes, they would be princes until they died and that was a danger any monarch didn't want to have.

"They will be considered bastards and given the surname Waters, their titles will be abdicated and they will no longer be nobles." Aenar spoke with an amused tone at Robert's question. He will kill Joffrey in secret, he was too mad to stay alive, but Tommen will stay alive, he was a good boy with a rare heart who felt sorry for the commoners.

A weight on Robert's shoulders ceased to exist when Aenar's words were uttered. He wasn't afraid that Aenar would lie, if such a thing happened, the prestige the young man had accumulated would cease to exist the next moment.

"You really were raised by Ned." Robert spoke, his blue eyes falling on the man he considered a brother. Eddard's betrayal hurt Robert more than Jon Arryn's own death.

They were brothers who didn't share blood, he trusted Eddard completely, but his brother betrayed him. If there was any pain to describe what he felt when he heard of the North's betrayal, it was agony and sheer mental pain.

Remembering this, Robert's eyes filled with hatred again.

"You helped the son of the man who raped your sister!!!!" Robert roared at Eddard, who remained calm in the face of the king's fury.

The relatively calm and tranquil atmosphere was shattered by Robert's bestial roar, everyone in the court of House Baratheon took a step back for fear that they would disturb Robert.

Eddard didn't speak and looked at Aenar, waiting for permission to speak, who nodded and allowed him to speak.

"Lyanna didn't love you, she loved Rhaegar." When Eddard spoke those words, the eyes of many people present widened in extreme shock and disbelief.

What had they heard?

The greatest cause of the war really was a lie!!!

"LIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" If Robert's roar had previously been one of rage, at this moment the man was a demon full of fury.

"SHE WAS RAPED AND YOU DEFEND THE RAPIST!!!!"

"YOU'RE A DISGRACE TO HOUSE STARK!!!"

Robert's furious roars spread across the battlefield, even in Harrenhal they could be heard.

Eddard's face finally showed a reaction. "Don't pretend you don't know why she ran away from you." The Lord of the North spoke with an icy tone as he looked at the man mentally wounded by the pain of betrayal.

"I advised you countless times to stop going to brothels, but you continued to cheat on my sister even though you were engaged. You had at least a few bastards in the Vale." Eddard continued, oblivious to everyone's stares.

"Robert will never stick to the same bed. I heard he had a son with a Vale girl. Love is sweet, my dear Ned, but it cannot change a man's nature. That was her word to describe you, Robert." Eddard spared no words to make the pain Robert felt even stronger. freeweɓnøvel.com

Robert clenched his fists as his eyes filled with fury, resentment and pain. He wanted to shout that Ned was wrong, but deep in his heart, he knew that Lyanna was right. He could be strong for a few months, but never forever.

Knowing of Robert's numerous betrayals with Cersei, no one questioned Eddard's words, even Robert's court knew of Robert's betrayals, so they easily accepted the words Lyanna spoke to her brother.

"It seems that even your vassals believe my lovely mother's words." Aenar spoke with an amused tone as he looked at Robert's face. He didn't mind the tense atmosphere hanging in the air, as if he didn't care what was going on.

"He still kidnapped and raped your sister." Robert refused to think he was wrong and spoke with a cold tone, looking at Eddard like a snake about to bite its prey.

"Really? So the marriage register in Oldtown in the hands of the Order of the Maesters is a fake?" Aenar answered the accusations with a calm gaze, looking at Robert's shocked expression.

It wasn't just Robert who was shocked by Aenar's words, even Tywin showed a surprised expression.

What the Order of Maesters wanted by hiding such important information was worrying, to say the least. Perhaps the Maesters already knew Aenar's identity before anyone else in the world.

Robert felt his chest ache thinking about it, there were traitors everywhere, but what really hurt was that Lyanna had actually married Rhaegar. That was worse than killing him, he would rather die thinking that Lyanna had been kidnapped than accept that the woman he loved deeply had given herself to another man for love.

Robert wanted to laugh, laugh at his misery, he had thrown the whole continent into the flames of war for a woman who didn't love him and preferred to marry the enemy. There was nothing more tragic than such pure love being betrayed.

"Robert, my dear cousin." Aenar spoke with a tone that could be considered calm or even indifferent, drawing Robert's attention. "I know you must be full of rage right now, probably wanting to kill us all, but control yourself and be a true king."

Robert took a deep breath and calmed the murderous, angry, hate-filled feelings bubbling up in his chest. Just as Aenar had said, he couldn't lose control at this moment, especially with everyone looking at him.

Looking at Aenar's indifferent appearance, Robert wondered if his father's killer were standing in front of him, could he be so calm and indifferent. After thinking for a moment, he realized that he would probably try to kill the murderer as soon as possible.

"All right, don't be an animal controlled by your own emotions. Decisions should be made rationally without any emotional aspects involved." Aenar taught Robert with a calm look.

Everyone looked at the scene with strange looks on their faces. They felt that Aenar was the more experienced king while Robert was a young man who had just been enthroned. This was extremely strange, because it was the exact opposite.

Robert was the veteran while Aenar was the novice.

Having finished his wine, Aenar stood up.

"That was a good talk, Your Grace."

"We'll see on the battlefield."

"I hope you'll be in good health until our final battle, cousin."

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