Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon.

Chapter 32 Impulsiveness is a bad habit
The personal maid could not be arranged anywhere else, so at night, Illyrio had someone move a small bed into the corner next to the washroom in the second large guest room of Viserys, and then asked the servants to roughly set up a transparent partition curtain, which would be the place where the king's new personal maid would live in the future.

That's what it means to be an attendant.

In fact, the king's maid was just a nice name, and the beggar king's slave was her true identity. The maids of noble birth around the king across the sea were called the king's maids.

When Illyrio agreed to Viserys's request, Ani was nominally Viserys's personal property, and he could do whatever he wanted, beat, kill, and scold her.

This is the true side of the free trade city-state where slavery is half-hidden.

Of course, Viserys would not forget the maid's other identity, Illyrio's spy.

The eyes staring at him turned from dark to light, and he was not sure if there was another pair of eyes in the dark. Viserys needed to be more careful.

But no matter what the situation was in private, sending this maid at least showed that the cooperation between the two parties was in the honeymoon period. When Viserys asked Illyrio for this or that in the future, he could be more straightforward.

Viserys was not too worried about the secret being discovered. He believed that people often had a hard time piecing together the truth when they lacked the necessary information. And the secrets he held required imagination, but how could someone who hadn't seen real magic for a hundred years imagine and believe these things before seeing them with their own eyes?
They’ll put the guesswork behind something more practical.

For example, Dorne.

Illyrio repeatedly tested and pressed the issue, revealing information to Viserys. They suspected that the Dornish were behind Viserys' actions.

Of course, it's logical.

Let them battle wits and courage with the Dornishmen in the air.

Viserys thought so as he sat at the desk in the room. At this moment, he was like a college student who was looking at the dragon bones under the oil lamp with a certain research attitude in order to complete his graduation thesis, pretending to have a research attitude.

Seeing that her new master had not given any orders since she entered the room, the maid Ani had to tiptoe and try to approach respectfully.

"Stay away if you have nothing to do." Viserys spoke to her for the first time that night. "Stay away while I am studying a dragon bone."

"Yes, master." The maid Ani respectfully retreated to her corner and began to quietly pack her things.

The huge guest room fell silent. Viserys's shadow under the oil lamp cast a huge shadow in the room. His hands, which were studying the dragon bones, were very close to the flame of the oil lamp. The shadow fell on the wall like a monster with bared fangs and claws.

When Viserys, who seemed to be at a loss and in trouble, had moved on to the third dragon bone in his research, there was a knock on the door.

Viserys turned to look at the door and saw his maid Ani looking at him, as if waiting for his reaction.

Viserys ordered her as a matter of course: "Go open the door."

Unexpectedly, it was Daenerys outside the door.

Dany saw the maid who opened the door and greeted her blankly: "Ani."

Viserys asked, "What is the matter, Dany?"

This is the first time that Daenerys has taken the initiative to find her brother.

“I was just practicing my bow stance in my room,” she said, stumbling a little at first, but soon her speech became smooth. “I don’t know if I did it right, but my shoulder hurts a little.”

She practiced enthusiastically for the entire afternoon. It would be strange if it didn't hurt to exert so much force on muscles that had never been used before.

But anyone can see that this is Dany's excuse. To be honest, Viserys thought that this day would come sooner or later, but he didn't expect that after being treated so cruelly by the original Viserys, he would just treat her a little more like a normal brother, actively trying to win her over and confide in her, and psychologically hinting that Dany should unite with him. Perhaps the drawbridge effect really worked, making Daenerys trust him more. The brotherly love that went beyond brotherly love actually made Dany bold enough to take the initiative to approach him despite the years of cruel treatment Viserys had given her.

What had stirred her? Was it the sudden development of her feelings today? Was it the maid Illyrio had sent?
Whatever it was, things were moving a little too fast on Daenerys's part, beyond Viserys's expectations.

Young girls are easily overwhelmed by their emotions. Viserys should have thought of this earlier.

Daenerys is smart, but she is still too young.

But wasn't that what had brought things to this point?
Viserys collected his thoughts and waved at her: "Come here and let me see."

Dany walked into the room obediently, silently passed by her brother's maid, and came to her brother. Viserys stretched out his hand to pinch Dany's shoulder: "Does it hurt?" This kind of intimate action was natural for him to do on Dany, not at all subtle, and he didn't blush, even Dany herself didn't find it strange.

The pain from being pinched on her shoulder made Daenerys shrink her neck: "Yes, what happened?"

Viserys answered seriously, "It's normal. It means you've trained well and your force is in the right position. Your shoulder aches because you haven't been trained before. You should be prepared. This pain will stay with you for a long time until your muscles become solid and strong. I learned archery in the Red Keep when I was younger than you are now. The coach of the Red Keep was Sir William. He had the support of the king at that time and forced me to practice archery every day. After each training session, my shoulders would hurt so much that I couldn't even lift a fork. Well, I mean it's normal to feel pain. When you take a bath, remember to pour hot water over the painful area."

Dany asked again, "Did Ser William teach you to shoot with a bow?" She remembered that when Ser William was still alive, he would teach Viserys swordplay, but he never took it seriously, which made Ser William often sigh about it in private.

"Yes." Viserys could tell that Dany didn't want to go back to the house, so he simply pulled her to sit next to him and chat with her. "You should remember how he taught me swordsmanship, Dany. I won't hide it from you. Later, I often regretted it. It was only because I remembered clearly the pain that Ser William made me suffer when shooting arrows at the Red Keep that I didn't learn it seriously at the time. Thinking about it now, alas."

Hearing Viserys sigh, Dany didn't know how to respond: "."

Viserys didn't care about Dany's reaction. After chatting for a few words, he picked up the dragon bone on the table and began to study it in the light of the oil lamp, absorbed in it.

This was the first time Dany knew that Viserys would do such a detailed study on the dragon bones in the room. She sat beside him for a while, seeing that he seemed to be making no progress. She revised the question in her mind many times before finally saying, "Brother, what are you doing?" She thought it would be better to ask casually as usual.

"There is magic in the dragon's bones," Viserys replied in Valyrian. "I am seeking to obtain it."

His answer was as it should be, and the enthusiasm in his eyes didn't seem fake, which made Dany stunned. If this was a "secret", why didn't he hide it at all?

Dany's thoughts wandered for a long time. In the end, she said nothing and just sat beside him in silence.

A while passed.

Viserys sighed and put down the dragon bone in his hand, covering his face with both hands with an unconcealed depressed expression. He rubbed his face, then poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all.

While Dany was thinking about how to speak, Viserys seemed to have recovered his mood. He looked at Dany and said, "It's time for me to exercise. If you are bored, just read the storybook on the desk. If you are sleepy, go back to take a bath and go to bed."

Then, without waiting for Dany to reply, Viserys stood up as she watched.

He took out a dagger, stood still in an empty space in the room, and then began to swing the dagger.

again and again.

The dagger struck the air in a dull, unremarkable manner in Viserys's hand.

Dany sat at the table in a daze, feeling a little overwhelmed for a moment. Her eyes followed Viserys's movements as if he were the only one around him, and she couldn't help but look at her maid Arnie, who had been sitting silently in the corner of the room waiting the entire time.

At first, Dany was wondering, what made her brother Viserys ignore others and focus on his own business? What was going on in his mind at this time?
But a minute passed, a quarter of an hour passed, and an hour passed.

She watched Viserys sweat pouring down his face, still thrusting his dagger forward, her confusion turning to shock and amazement, and finally to numbness.

When Viserys stopped swinging his dagger, Dany found herself thinking about many things, but her mind could not connect them all at once. She had a new understanding of her brother.

Viserys was very normal. He ordered: "Ani, go and ask someone to prepare hot water. I want to take a bath."

"Yes, Master." After receiving the order, Annie immediately went to do the work.

Viserys looked at Daenerys, who was obviously shocked. "It's so late, Dany, you should go back and rest early. Remember to take a hot bath. Have a sweet dream."

Dany had a lot of thoughts in her mind, but when the words came to her lips, she only responded as usual: "Then I'm going back."

She was thinking that maybe it would take more to be Visenya and Rhaenys than she thought.

Viserys watched Dany leave and felt that she should have sobered up a little from her emotions. No matter what stimulated her, acting impulsively was not a good habit that should be encouraged.

As for the fact that she was secretly working hard on her training, Viserys knew it very well, and Daenerys was probably the only one in the courtyard who didn't know about it.

(End of this chapter)