Game of Thrones: Dawn of Justice

Chapter 29 Sister-in-law Ellery's Envy

"Galon, there are so many people here. We came here two days ago, but we couldn't find your family's flag. I didn't expect to meet you here!"

Baylor stepped forward quickly, smiled, and patted Garlon's arm. Then he looked Garlon up and down, exclaiming, "You've grown up so fast!"

Beile was a little surprised. After not seeing him for two years, Garlon had become almost as tall as him, and even more handsome. His sister and father would definitely be very happy to see him.

Baylor is 20 years old this year, 1.83 meters tall, with a well-proportioned body, which is just right. Garlon is only 14 years old, but he is almost as tall as him.

"I'm also looking for the banner of House Hightower." Garen also smiled. "Is Lord Layton here this time?"

"I'm here. My father is worried about letting me bring Helena, Ellery, Linness and the others here alone."

Belle said with a smile on his face.

His smile was kind, unlike the polite smile he gave to other nobles.

In the past two years, Beile has been given the title of "Smiling Beile" by the nobles of the River Bend.

This is to mock him for always smiling at everyone, which is too fake.

But Belle d'Argo was indeed sincere.

Because Helena was Earl Leyton's first daughter, and it was Belle who personally raised her as a child, Belle had the deepest feelings for Helena among all of Earl Leyton's children. Incidentally, he also liked his brother-in-law, Garen.

Garlon nodded, not expecting Earl Leighton to bring all the children with him.

"Come on, Garlon, I'll take you to see Helena."

Bella smiled and pulled Garlon's wrist, and was about to walk south.

"Wait a minute." Garlon quickly grabbed Belle.

"I'm going back to get something."

Garen said.

"Oh? Do you have any gift for Helena?"

Belle teased with a smile.

Garlon smiled. His skin had thickened now, and he nodded openly.

Belle's smile widened, and he followed Garlon to the Tas family camp to get something.

Soon, two servants, Pico and Harrison, followed Garlon, carrying several boxes.

Baelor brought Garen and his men to the tent of the Hightower family.

In the distance, the white tower flag of House Hightower could be seen.

The Hightower family had at least twenty or thirty tents, and it was obvious that they brought a lot of servants this time.

Compared to the messy feeling of other tents, the tents of the Hightower family seemed particularly tidy, and the servants moving between the tents also seemed to be in an orderly manner.

"Master!"

When they saw Beile, the servants all bowed respectfully.

"Beile, why did you come back so soon? Isn't father..."

A pretty and dignified girl about thirteen or fourteen years old walked out of a light yellow tent.

She has long silver hair, beautiful emerald green eyes like a cat's eyes, fair skin, a slim figure but not too thin, and she is wearing a white and gray long skirt, which makes her look very noble.

She walked out and was halfway through her words when she suddenly noticed the handsome and outstanding Garlon standing next to Beile.

"Brother-in-law?"

There was a hint of surprise and joy in the girl's tone.

"Long time no see, Ellery."

Garen greeted the silver-haired girl with a smile.

This girl was none other than Belle and Helena's sister, the third daughter of Earl Leighton, Ellery Hightower.

Ellery has a dignified personality, is generous in dealing with people, and has an outstanding appearance.

She has been engaged to the young Duke Mace Tyrell, and will hold her wedding with Mace after her first period comes.

"Brother-in-law, we are all benefiting from you this time."

Ellery came up to Garlon with a smile and said.

The title of brother-in-law was something Garlon had already earned two years ago.

Two years ago, after he accompanied Earl Selwyn to visit the Tower of Heaven and displayed the holy sword, he gained a group of little fans such as Ellery, and they all respectfully called him brother-in-law.

Of course, they called her that to tease Helena.

"Did you take advantage of me?" Garen was a little curious.

"Yes, if you hadn't made an appointment with Helena, father wouldn't have brought us to Harrenhal."

Ellery squinted her eyes and pursed her rosy lips when she smiled, which was very beautiful.

"Father originally only wanted to bring Helena and me here, but Ellery and Lynesse insisted on coming, saying that Father was partial. I had no choice but to bring them all here."

Baylor shook his head and spread his hands.

"Humph, you're biased anyway."

Ellery glared at her brother.

Belle scratched his head helplessly, unable to refute.

"Helena, Helena!"

"Look who's here!"

After scolding her brother, Ellery turned around and shouted happily towards the tent.

She is very dignified in front of outsiders, but she still has a lively side in front of people close to her.

As soon as she finished speaking, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and a beautiful girl with long light golden hair, deep purple eyes, tall figure and fair skin walked out.

She was about fifteen or sixteen, at the peak of a girl's beauty. She was tall and slender, and gifted with talent. The front of her apricot-colored chiffon dress was full and curvy, already beginning to take shape. It was foreseeable that in two years, she would be so beautiful that you could barely see her toes. Her skin was as fair as Ellery's, and her deep purple eyes made her look even more beautiful and elegant.

The girl was none other than Garlon's fiancée, Helena.

"Ellery, what's wrong?"

Helena came out and asked in confusion.

However, when she raised her eyes, her gaze met Garen's.

In an instant, Garlon saw the shimmering light in Helena's deep purple eyes.

Helena's heartbeat slowed down.

"Garon!"

Helena looked at Garlon, who was now as tall as her brother, with a more handsome face and a restrained and deep temperament, and said with a shy smile, slightly opening her red lips.

"Helena."

Garen also smiled, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

I didn't expect that Helena has changed so much after not seeing her for two years.

Helena was almost 1.7 meters tall, only half a head shorter than him.

She is tall, with a swan neck, right-angled shoulders, a full chest and a slim waist.

She was wearing an apricot-colored chiffon long dress today, with a black corset around her waist. Even though her lower body was wrapped in the long dress, it still highlighted the slenderness of her legs.

Helena's radiant charm is much more obvious than Ellery's.

“Brother-in-law, brother-in-law!”

Just as Garlon and Helena looked at each other, the tent curtain moved again.

A little girl of seven or eight years old, with an extremely delicate and cute face, poked her head out from inside. When she saw Garlon, she was immediately overjoyed. After letting out a surprised cheer, she rushed directly towards Garlon.

The little girl dived right into Garlon's waist, and Garlon could only smile and put his arms around her.

"Linness has grown a lot taller too."

The little girl was none other than Garlon's youngest sister-in-law, Linnessy, who would treat Jorah Mormont like a dog in the future.

After Linness came out, Earl Leighton also came outside with the remaining children.

"Galon, you're here!"

Earl Leighton was also very happy to see Garlon.

He has already chosen husbands for his daughters.

Among them, the one with the highest family background is Mace Tyrell, Duke of Highgarden.

But among his sons-in-law, he admired Garlon the most.

Although Mace is the Duke of Highgarden, he cannot compare with Garen in terms of character or ability.

Earl Leighton always felt that although Garlon looked calm, there seemed to be a volcano hidden in his body.

Garlon seemed to have a powerful core.

He was even more convinced of this after seeing Garlon's holy sword.

As the masters of Oldtown, the Hightower family knows many secrets.

He felt that the fact that the holy sword "Maid of Justice" chose Garlon must have a special meaning.

"Lord Layton."

Garlon smiled and saluted Earl Leighton.

"Come in quickly."

Lord Leighton personally lifted the door curtain and greeted them.

Everyone entered the spacious tent.

Although it is called a tent, it is actually no smaller than a living room.

The floor was covered with luxurious Dornish carpets.

In the center were four low square wooden tables, put together to form a long table, surrounded by many round woolen mats.

After entering the tent and sitting down, Garlon took out a box and gave the gifts he had prepared to Earl Leighton, Belle, Ellery and others one by one.

Each gift was different, prepared by Garlon according to their different preferences.

For example, the glasses prepared for Earl Leighton were a pair of finely polished crystal glasses.

The scholars in the Game of Thrones world have developed crystal lenses to assist in reading tiny text, somewhat similar to a magnifying glass.

But they did not change their thinking and develop glasses that can be worn on the eye sockets.

Garlon had heard that Earl Leighton's eyesight had been a little blurry recently, so he asked a craftsman to spend more than half a year carefully polishing this pair of crystal glasses.

The light transmittance of this pair of glasses has basically reached the level of reading glasses on Earth. The frame is made of pure silver, and a glasses case is specially polished from whale bones.

The gift he prepared for Baylor was a pair of sharkskin gloves.

The gift for Ellery was a Chanel-style women's handbag.

The bracelet prepared for Linness was made of different beautiful stones such as gems, jade, turquoise, amber, etc.

Earl Leighton and others were immersed in the surprise of their respective gifts.

Especially Earl Leighton. When he first opened the glasses case, he was stunned for a few seconds, but he soon understood the function of the glasses.

Even without Garen's reminder, Earl Leighton put his glasses on his eye sockets.

Then, a look of shock appeared on his face.

"this……!"

Earl Leighton's chest heaved, somewhat incredulous.

Garen smiled.

For people with myopia or presbyopia, the joy of seeing the world become so clear when they put on glasses for the first time is indescribable.

Earl Leighton took off his glasses, put them on again, and took them off again, repeating this three times, and finally calmed down his inner shock and joy.

"Galon, how did you come up with this?"

Lord Layton asked with a smile on his face.

He was very pleased with the gift.

For someone who loves to study books, blurred vision is pure torture.

Garlon's glasses just touched his heart.

"I heard that your eyesight has been a little blurry recently, so I specially developed this method with Scholar Yamo. The inspiration comes from the crystal lenses commonly used by scholars." Garlon said.

He specifically added Scholar Amo so that he wouldn't appear too evil.

"You have a heart!"

Earl Leighton sighed and became even more satisfied with his son-in-law, Garlon.

At the same time, he also became more aware of Garlon's unique wisdom.

"Helena, what did your brother-in-law give you? Open it and let us see it."

Denise, the fourth daughter of Count Leighton, sat on Helena's right hand side and said with a look of curiosity and anticipation.

Helena's cheeks flushed with embarrassment when she heard her sister's words.

She and Garlon were not officially engaged yet, but her brothers and sisters already called Garlon brother-in-law, which made her very shy and her ears turned red.

In her hand she held a flat wooden box, a gift from Garen.

"Helena, open it quickly. The gifts my brother-in-law gave us are very exquisite, and the one for you must be very good too."

Brother-in-law Garce Hightower also laughed and cheered.

He is the second son of the Earl of Leighton and is twelve years old.

Helena knew that her cheeks were hot and was embarrassed to let Garlon see her blushing, so she lowered her head and opened the wooden box.

Suddenly, a necklace made of more than a dozen sapphires of varying sizes, dotted with numerous transparent crystals and framed with silver, appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Wow, what a beautiful necklace!"

Denise was the first to sigh.

"Brother-in-law is too partial. If you continue like this, we will make things difficult for you at the wedding."

Ellery sat next to Garlon and said with a grin.

Helena's eyes were also completely attracted by this gorgeous and exquisite necklace.

The Hightower family has a deep heritage and contains many jewels in the family treasury, but few can compare to the necklace in front of them.

Sapphire is pure and clear, noble and solemn, but not overly luxurious. No woman can refuse such a gift.

Helena's heart was pounding.

She naturally knew that such a precious gift was Garlon's way of expressing his appreciation and love for her.

The thought behind the gift is more valuable than the necklace itself.

When Earl Leighton saw the necklace, he couldn't help but nod secretly.

This necklace was worth at least several thousand gold dragons, but Garen gave it to Helena as a simple gift, and the meaning behind it made him satisfied.

Ordinary nobles would not be willing to give such jewelry even at an engagement ceremony.

Helena will definitely not suffer too much injustice when she marries Garlon in the future.

Seeing that everyone from the Hightower family and Helena were amazed at the necklace, Garen also smiled.

The style of this necklace was what Garlon had seen on a jewelry poster in his previous life. It was Cartier's annual commemorative model.

But the sapphires used by Kalia were not so large and of such high quality.

These sapphires were collected by Garlon from the sapphire stock accumulated by the Mulin Hall over hundreds of years.

When Earl Selwyn learned about this, he just twitched his lips but said nothing.

"Galon, the gift you gave must be put on Helena yourself."

Beile was beside Garlon, nudged Garlon with his arm and smiled.

The kids at the table all nodded with smiles.

Garlon couldn't help but smile and looked at Earl Leighton helplessly.

And Earl Leighton nodded to Garlon with a smile.

This is tantamount to default.

A hint of joy rose in Garen's heart.

This means that his father-in-law, Earl Leighton, is very satisfied with him.

Otherwise, Count Leighton would never agree to such an extraordinary act as letting him put the necklace on Helena.

Garen stood up and walked to Helena's side.

Helena's face was already flushed, as if she had put on rouge, making her look even more beautiful.

"Helena..."

Garen called out.

"Hmm..." Helena lowered her head and made a sound as soft as a mosquito's hum. Her earlobes were cherry pink. She handed the necklace box to Garlon. She didn't dare to look at Garlon. She just raised her eyes to glance at Garlon and lowered them again.

Garen smiled and picked up the necklace.

Then she put her hands around Helena's chest and slowly put on the necklace called "Heart of the Ocean" for her.

Although Garlon's body did not touch Helena, he was very close to her, and it looked like he was hugging Helena from behind.

Garlon could clearly feel the slight warmth coming from Helena, and could also smell the faint fragrance of a young girl coming from Helena.

At this moment, Helena's heart was beating faster, her body was tense, and her face was red as if blood was about to drip out. Especially when the gem on the necklace was close to the skin of her neck, the chill made her body tremble. She leaned back involuntarily, just lightly touching Garlon's chest.

Garlon was fastening the clasp of Helena's necklace when suddenly Helena leaned back.

Helena's light golden hair, which smelled of flowers, brushed against his face.

He was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but smile.

How is this different from a hug?

Garlon's heartbeat quickened a little, but he remained calm and put the necklace on Helena.

"Whoa whoa!"

Dennis, Lynness, Ellery, and the others all laughed and cheered.

One was to tease Garlon and Helena, and the other was that he was truly amazed by the effect after Helena put on the necklace.

Helena has a slender neck and fair skin. Wearing this necklace decorated with sapphires and transparent crystals, she looks more dignified and noble, and her face is made even more beautiful.

Garlon was also very satisfied with the results.

It was worth the effort he put into replicating this necklace.

Although Helena was shy, her heart was overflowing with joy.

She has had a favorable impression of Garlon since she first met him four years ago.

Later, he kept writing letters to Jialong and gradually fell in love with him.

During this meeting, Garlon's appearance and temperament perfectly matched her imagination of Garlon, and even exceeded her imagination.

She had no complaints about the marriage her father had arranged for her.

Now her father is satisfied with Garlon, her brothers and sisters are satisfied with Garlon, and Garlon seems to be very satisfied with her too.

There is no better feeling than being liked by both parties and having the support and blessings of family members.

If there was anyone present who felt a little lost, it was none other than Ellery.

She actually didn't want to marry the Duke Mace Tyrell.

Although Metz is a duke, he has a weak character, his emotions are superficial, and he obeys his mother in everything. He has no opinions of his own and no great abilities.

Although she had only met Mace a few times, Ellery still felt the lack of Mace's soul and inner self from their several exchanges.

Compared with Garlon, Mace is really a little overshadowed.

But Ellery knew that this was her father's decision and she had no right to refuse.

And compared with other girls from noble families, she was already extremely lucky.

Ellery, who was very sensible, never revealed her inner thoughts.

It was just that when she met Garlon today and saw her sister's genuine happiness and joy, she felt a little envious.

"If only I had been born a few years earlier."

For some reason, Ellery had this thought in her mind: If I had been born a few years earlier, perhaps my father would have let me marry...

Suddenly, Ellery's heart skipped a beat.

Her face flushed, and a trace of throbbing appeared in her eyes.

How could I think like that!

Garlon is my brother-in-law and Helena's fiancé.

Ellery quickly pinched her thigh to clear her mind of thoughts.

She tried hard not to let her thoughts wander.

But her heartbeat could never calm down.

Next, Earl Leighton's servants and maids began to prepare lunch to entertain Garlon.

Although they were in the wilderness, the servants and cooks of the Hightower family began to prepare a dozen delicious dishes that were both visually appealing and fragrant, and the family enjoyed the meal very happily.

"Lord Layton, I have to see Robert, so I'll take my leave now."

After lunch and a short rest, Garlon spoke to Earl Leighton.

"Okay, go do your thing."

Earl Leighton nodded, he also had to meet some nobles in the afternoon.

"By the way, Lord Leighton." When Garlon was about to leave, he suddenly paused.

"What's the matter?" Earl Leighton looked at him.

"Can I ask Helena to go to the God's Eye Lake tonight..."

"Okay, but you have to send Helena back as soon as possible."

Earl Leighton said with a smile before Garen finished speaking.

"Okay." Garen smiled and left.

Rather than having dinner together, he wanted to be alone with Helena.

Now that the temperature is suitable and spring flowers are blooming, it is a good time for a date.

After leaving the Hightower family camp, Garen groped in the sea of tents for a long time before he found the stag banner of the Baratheon family.

"Galon! Why are you here just now?"

Robert was overjoyed when he saw Garen.

Garen was also slightly surprised when he saw Robert.

I haven't seen Robert for a long time. He has grown to two meters tall. He is tall and straight. He is just nineteen years old and has no extra fat on his body. He has grown some short hair and looks like a tall and strong stag.

"I arrived yesterday, but I didn't attend the dinner at Harrenhal last night."

Garen smiled and said.

"Then you should have come to me earlier."

Robert put his arm around Garen's shoulders and said.

"Where's Ned? Not with you?"

Garen asked.

"He's in the Stark camp. This time his father brought Brandon, Lyanna, Benjen and the others with him."

Robert smiled, and his tone softened, his eyes narrowing, especially when he talked about Lyanna.

He was obviously pleased to see Lyanna more often during this tourney.

Um...

Garen looked strange.

Poor Robert.