Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon.

Chapter 29 Maid
As the noise from the garden faded away, Viserys no longer cared about the subsequent conversation after the interview with Jorah "The Bear" Mormont.

Yes.

To Viserys, this was an interview, an interview for Jorah Mormont arranged specifically for the Beggar King.

When the Beggar King had nothing, when the exiled king had an idea of ​​the situation in the Seven Kingdoms but had no practical reference, and when the former masters of the fallen countries were longing for their homeland but had no idea where to start, how could an exiled knight who had also been persecuted by the "usurper", forced to leave his homeland and wander in a foreign land, had a deep understanding of the actual situation in the Seven Kingdoms, was sincere in his words, solemn in his appearance, had martial power, and showed that he still had a sense of chivalry in his heart, not be noticed by the Beggar King?

Even Daenerys was curious about this sellsword who claimed that he was no longer a "knight", and naturally guessed that Viserys would do something.

In fact, Viserys was already thinking about how he could find an excuse to reasonably explain that he did not need to recruit or secretly recruit such a subordinate candidate with almost no refusal conditions through Illyrio.

Jorah revealed that he was about to complete the mission of hiring the Tyroshi envoy, and Illyrio was now so straightforward in his attitude of trying to please Viserys.

The Fat Governor will definitely take action next.

But after a secret confrontation with Illyrio over the "maiden" issue, Viserys realized that Illyrio was so eager to place someone around him.

From Illyrio's perspective, Viserys had no reason to refuse, and even if Viserys himself was unwilling to come forward, Illyrio would enthusiastically take it over, helping the king solve problems and preparing for emergencies.

This is an open conspiracy. If the time traveler did not know the information of the original work, if he did not have foresight and look at things with a problem-solving eye, everything would happen naturally.

This posed a problem for Viserys. Simply making excuses to refuse could certainly keep the spy out, but would this approach allow Illyrio to detect Viserys's actual attitude towards him, exposing his own true thoughts and thus prematurely triggering an open confrontation between the two sides?

Two evils.

Viserys knew that he had no advantages at all.

Viserys' only advantage is that Illyrio is willing to take a soft approach rather than a hard one, so he can mediate.

Viserys gradually sorted out his thoughts in his mind. He had already obtained the dragon bone resources he wanted, and he had set up enough traps. There was no need for him to disrupt the ambiguous attitude between the two sides. He could occasionally follow the fat governor's thinking and let them succeed. Then he would think about whether there was any way to go with the flow. Taking advantage of the situation was the way he should choose to deal with the situation.

Viserys was not experienced enough in conspiracy and intrigue, and his mind could only support him to come up with this relatively optimal solution.

In the final analysis, it’s all because of lack of confidence.

If Viserys had enough confidence and was in an advantageous position, he could have directly pointed out Jorah's identity and expressed his suspicion of this person. But doing so now was indeed a bit radical, tantamount to alerting the enemy and pushing Illyrio to the other side of the scale.

While Viserys was racking his brains to think of a solution, Daenerys was also trying to guess what her brother was thinking, but she knew too little. Whether it was what Viserys had just done or what he had said, it gave her new doubts.

At this moment, the maid's broom had swept from the room to near the door, and she was about to change the rag to wipe the floor.

"Wait," Viserys called to the maid, as if ordering a servant. "You, come here."

The maid came forward humbly and asked, "Dear guest?"

Viserys stood beside the table and asked her in a condescending tone: "I remember your name is Ani, right?"

"Yes," the maid responded humbly, "honored guest."

Viserys didn't mince words. He asked directly, "I want to know, are you Illyrio's slave, or a contracted maid?"

".Slave." The maid maintained a humble expression and replied calmly, "Master, please be merciful and allow me not to wear a collar."

"Good." Viserys smiled. He sat down and called her forward. "Come closer. Let me see."

The maid bowed her head and stepped forward. She was now the only person standing in the room. She could easily see Viserys sitting across from her, and she saw his eyes running over her body from head to toe, examining her like a piece of merchandise without any respect.

She heard the other person comment on her: "Not bad. She has a nice face, a nice figure, and is hardworking."

She heard the other party ordering her around.

"Squat down."

She squatted down.

"Looked up."

She looked up.

"Open your mouth."

She opened her mouth.

Viserys grasped her jaw with his hand and peered into her mouth, examining her teeth and tongue.

She heard the other party's final evaluation.

"Yes." The two people talking seemed fine, but Dany was surprised by the suddenness of the incident and Viserys' actions were totally beyond her expectations. She couldn't help swallowing her saliva. She quickly recognized that Viserys treated the maids with the same method that the nobles observed when buying slaves. They had seen it when they were wandering in Lys and Volantis. At that time, she occasionally feared that such a fate would happen one day.
Dany's moods raced as Viserys ordered the maids about.

Then at some point, she felt like she should just react normally.

Thinking of this, Dany picked up the glass of water on the table and took a sip.

When the water entered her mouth, she realized it was wine, not lemonade.

She resisted the urge to exhale and swallowed the wine in her mouth. Then she held the cup in her hands and moved her hands slightly as if she was playing with the cup.

No one noticed Dany's little action.

Viserys withdrew his hand. The maid tried to remain calm and asked humbly, "Honored guest?"

"All right, get up. No need to mop the floor," Viserys said, and began to order her to do things as a matter of course. "Go over there and carry the box over here."

The maid nodded respectfully, then crouched down and carried the dragon bone box from the corner of Viserys's room to the side of the tea table.

Viserys unpacked the chest and laid the dragon bones out on the table.

The dragon bones were just as promised. There were five pieces of raw materials, all of which were small, unprocessed pieces of black broken bones with obvious signs of wind erosion; there were five pieces prepared as luxury goods, which were embellished with jewels, agate or gold and silver; there were five pieces made into weapons, the largest of which was a single-arc dragon bone short bow, and the rest were four polished sharp arrows; there were also purely decorative items, a relatively complete spine, a dragon bone skull with half a face, and three complete finger bones with finger spikes left.

Illyrio was willing to do so.

A smile was visibly spread across Viserys's face, and even Dany was dazzled by the dazzling array of dragon bone objects.

"Dear guest," the maid who was left alone couldn't help but ask, "I..."

Viserys did not intend to let her speak.

"Ani, be quiet." He called the maid's name for the first time. "From now on, when I talk to my sister or do something, you must stand there quietly and serve me without my order. Also, you must call me master from now on. I will tell Illyrio later that you will be my maid from now on."

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The maid and Dany both showed surprised expressions on their faces.

Viserys ignored the maid. He turned and said to Dany in Valyrian, "The Fat Lord intends to send me a maid. This maid knows me well. I will feel more at ease keeping her by my side."

Without waiting for Daenerys to reply.

Viserys asked the maid in the Common Tongue, "Do you understand what I am saying?"

The maid seemed to have not yet recovered from the information she had just been told. She answered unconsciously, "I don't understand, my dear master."

Dany hesitated for a long time, but finally couldn't help but speak in Valyrian: "But."

"But," Viserys interrupted her. "We are the only descendants of the dragon. We must be as cautious as possible."

Dany understood the meaning of the words and did not try to say anything, but her doubts deepened.

Viserys saw that Dany no longer asked questions, and he didn't know whether she really understood or was just keeping silent out of habit.

By the way, even though Viserys pushed the wine glass over at the door and used the silver wine glass as a mirror to observe the corridor in a very professional manner, he was not sure whether what he saw was any very useful information, because the maid did not appear from the cracks in the wall, the ceiling or a corner as he expected, but came out quietly from the empty guest room opposite Daenerys.

Viserys could not imagine how the room opposite could spy across the hallway.

The only thing Viserys could confirm was that the maid was the spy, because she left empty-handed, moved lightly and carefully, and paused very obviously when she walked towards Viserys's room. She was very sharp and noticed that Viserys's door was not closed, and her immediate reaction betrayed her.

Fortunately, Viserys had picked up the half-empty wine glass from the door before she noticed.

Viserys had been reluctant to take the risk because such a test would be a hidden danger to a perceptive person. Just like just now, if he had been a few seconds slower in picking up the wine glass, the other party would have definitely noticed his action.

Fortunately, he was steady enough and never underestimated the other party's sharpness. Viserys's probing had already begun, and once the action started, it could not stop there. This was Viserys' way of doing things. So keeping the maid by his side was his second step. Since the maid's spying in secret had turned from suspicion to certainty, then keeping her by his side was equivalent to putting the eyes in the dark in the open, which could not only see Illyrio's reaction, but also use this relationship to make trouble and order her to leave under certain circumstances.

Perhaps this way, prying eyes can be temporarily blocked when necessary.

The worst thing might be that there is more than one pair of eyes watching Viserys and Daenerys at all times.

But will it?
Viserys thought not, at least not today.

It has always been the case that the more people involved in a secret matter, the easier it is to be exposed. Viserys believed that Illyrio must also understand this principle.

(End of this chapter)