Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

After personally teaching Viserys for several months, he came to a conclusion that he had never told anyone before.

This conclusion remained buried in the old scholar's heart until he entered his coffin.

It might sound a little unbelievable.

That is... he believes that Prince Viserys is better than Prince Rhaegar.

This may sound different from what many people think, but the old scholar still sticks to his own judgment.

He personally taught Rhaegar, and later he also taught Viserys.

He even spent far more time with Rhaega than with the second prince.

Prince Rhaegar was indeed wise, that's undeniable, but his wisdom was still confined to a certain framework, perhaps the framework of his time, or perhaps the framework of the world.

The old scholar wouldn't have thought there was anything wrong with this, because he was also amazed by Rhaegar's intelligence.

However, ever since Maester Daniels met Viserys and had a deep conversation with the boy, the old maester was astonished to find that Viserys could always inadvertently mention ideas that transcended this era and even this world in his conversations.

Some of these ideas are groundbreaking, some are impractical, and some are remarkably effective.

Scholar Daniel considered himself well-read, having dabbled in a wide variety of books, from the Age of Heroes eight thousand years ago to many other miscellaneous ones today.

However, Viserys' ideas were never confined to this framework, which is perhaps what makes them all the more remarkable.

This is why, on his deathbed, the old maester held Viserys's hand, had him put his mouth to his lips, and told him the story, rather than Queen Leila.

Because the old maester believed that Viserys would certainly do a better job than his mother.

Viserys did not disappoint the old maester's dying wish; after learning of this, he did not tell anyone, not even his own mother.

He wasn't worried that his mother would leak the secret, but rather that her mental state was already very bad at that time.

They often get angry or cry for no apparent reason.

Viserys didn't want these things to disturb Queen Leila's rest, so he kept making plans quietly by himself.

However, perseverance pays off. After the old maester's death, Viserys discovered that the raven cage on Dragonstone, which was responsible for external communications, had been tampered with.

It seems that someone, after eliminating the old scholar, is using ravens to send messages outwards.

However, the other party was very careful and Viserys did not find any clues, so he was unable to determine the other party's identity for a long time.

Is it one person... or a group of people?

However, Viserys deliberately told Sir William about this before he set sail with the fleet.

As Viserys's swordsmanship instructor, the instructor had once risked his life to save Queen Leila and Viserys. Without him, Viserys would have died long ago, so Sir William was naturally trustworthy and beyond question.

Viserys hopes the coach can keep an eye out for anyone who might be eager to reveal themselves after he leaves.

This is also why Sir William hesitated to speak several times when facing Viserys.

However, Viserys did not let him say it.

The boy had already obtained information through other channels before returning to Dragonstone and knew who the traitor hiding on the island was.

During the fleet's return voyage, a small boat was intercepted in the waters near the edge of Dragonstone Island. The small boat saw the fleet approaching aggressively and hurriedly tried to speed away.

However, it was overtaken by experienced sailors in small boats and eventually intercepted.

Several people on the boat even tried to jump overboard to commit suicide, but only one person drowned, while the rest were pulled ashore.

After severe interrogation, these people finally confessed their identities.

These people all came from King's Landing; Ser Shad, the acting lord of Dragonstone, had already secretly pledged allegiance to House Baratheon.

King Robert, sitting on the Iron Throne, even generously promised him a castle and the title of Earl.

However, because a fleet was stationed on Dragonstone, they were unable to hand over Queen Leila and her son directly, so they waited for an opportunity.

Then the opportunity of the storm surge arrived.

They understood this was a golden opportunity, and they wanted to take advantage of the fleet being hit by the storm or leaving the port to kill Queen Leila and Viserys and escape.

But things took another unexpected turn.

Viserys actually left with the Dragonstone fleet, and they didn't know where the fleet was going.

Sir Jeffrey was hot-tempered and stubborn, and he never took him, the acting city lord, seriously.

Chapter 48 Launching the Rebellion

However, Viserys was a boy from House Targaryen.

His life was actually far more important than Queen Leila's, including the child in Queen Leila's womb, until the gender was determined.

None of them are as important as Viserys's head.

If they went to great lengths and took huge risks to carry out their plan, only to kill Queen Leila but leave Viserys alive.

Then their plan this time will have been a complete failure, and the Iron Throne will not keep its promise.

Because the Targaryen heirs are not yet dead.

So, with no other choice, the bastard son from Dorne and the guards he had bribed had to continue to wait patiently for Viserys to return.

Then came the news of the great victory at the Battle of Shipwreck Bay.

The Targaryen fleet destroyed the Baratheon navy in one battle and returned victorious.

Sir Shad had in fact been cornered by Viserys, and even the possibility of him continuing to hide had disappeared.

As the person in charge of the castle, he was already able to sense the undercurrents within Dragonstone.

Perhaps someone has already noticed their actions and is secretly investigating something, and is about to trace it back to him.

He had secretly killed all the chefs he had bribed to silence them.

But these are not enough.

Sir Shad's anxiety grew daily with the arrival of news of the fleet's great victory.

He was afraid that if what he did was exposed, he would suffer a terrible fate.

So, with no other options left, he took the initiative to contact the spy from King's Landing and told him that he would launch his plan to kill Viserys and the newborn Targaryen girl on the first night after Viserys returned to Dragonstone.

They then requested that the other side send a small boat to pick them up and evacuate them.

The bastard son, having no other choice, no longer cared that the Targaryen fleet had returned.

His sense of urgency told him that if they didn't launch the plan soon, they might be exposed and skinned alive before they could do anything.

By abandoning his plan and fleeing overnight, he not only lost the castle and the count he had already acquired, but the Baratheon family might also not let him go, leaving him to spend his life in exile on the continent of Essos.

So after weighing the options, Sir Shad had no choice but to grit his teeth and make a do-or-die decision.

Unfortunately, the bastard son was unaware that the King's Landing messengers hadn't even reached Dragonstone when they ran into the returning Targaryen fleet. There was no way he could abandon ship and jump overboard; he was wiped out in one fell swoop.

And they also implicated him.

Therefore, Viserys actually knew that Sir Shad was the traitor on Dragonstone before he even disembarked.

However, Viserys did not immediately order his guards to kill the man after disembarking.

Because he was certain that if the other party wanted to launch a plan to kill him, then he was definitely not the only one.

So he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to lure all these people out and catch them all in one fell swoop.

Otherwise, if this opportunity is not fully utilized to eliminate them completely, these people will remain a hidden danger on the island from the beginning.

This is Viserys's plan.

He had already discussed it with the equally informed old knight, and Sir Jeffrey would lead a portion of the fleet's elite troops, along with his own personal guards, to Dragonstone at midnight without alerting the enemy.

Meanwhile, there were people arranged inside Dragonstone Castle to open the city gates for them.

...

But nowadays...

Viserys sat up from the soft bed, listening to the sounds of battle outside. The guards inside Dragonstone had been alerted and rushed out.

They didn't know who the attackers were, and assumed it was the same situation as a few months ago, with mercenaries from across the Narrow Sea sneaking into the castle and launching a surprise attack.

However, to their surprise, their former brothers suddenly turned on them, and many of the castle guards were killed or wounded in a short time.

A large portion of the guards inside Dragonstone were soldiers who had served Rhaegar Targaryen, and the vast majority of them were extremely loyal to the Targaryen.

However, a small number of them had already been bought off by Sir Shad.

Having just been attacked by their own brothers who had launched a rebellion, the guards of Dragonstone quickly realized who the enemy was, and then, filled with anger, accused them of betrayal before drawing their swords to fight back.

The two sides quickly engaged in a fierce battle throughout the castle.

But Viserys, sitting on the bed, was surprisingly calm.

Although he has only been in this world for less than a year, the things the boy has experienced are more exciting and wonderful than anything he has ever felt in his previous and present lives combined.

Raids, assassinations, war.

Viserys's blood was still boiling, but the initial fear and tension were gone.

In fact, there has always been a saying in Westeros.

"The transformation of a recruit into a veteran is to survive a war and kill one person."

The silver-haired boy had already experienced all of this, so when he faced it again, he at least didn't seem so helpless.

Viserys sat calmly on the bed, adjusting the leather armor he was still wearing. His short sword was also by the bedside, but there was another deadly weapon in his bedroom.

That was the crossbow left behind by the mercenary who came to assassinate him.

Viserys felt that this weapon was most useful to him at this stage.

Compared to a boy holding a sword, who is aiming a crossbow at the enemy who may threaten him, the latter is more intimidating.

Just then, there was a knock on Viserys's door.

"His Majesty."

The guards outside the door spoke up, fearing that the young king might not have woken up yet.

These two fully armed soldiers were elite soldiers temporarily drawn from the fleet, replacing Viserys' original guards.

These two men had followed the old knight for many years, and their loyalty was beyond doubt, which is why Viserys could sleep so soundly.