Game of Thrones: Lord of Winter

The servants of Stone Drum Tower all knew that there was another fool around the princess.

Stone Drum Tower was the main castle of Dragonstone Island. The castle was built by the Targaryen family using ancient Valyrian craftsmanship. It looks like a black dragon lying on its back. Whenever a storm comes, the sound of thunder will continue to rumble and echo in the main castle, like hitting a stone drum.

Princess Shireen sat in Aegon's garden with a heavy book. Stannis placed a swing for his daughter between two pine trees.

Patchface was chasing butterflies and insects in the wild roses and thorns, singing from time to time. The tone of the chant seemed to be engraved in his soul.

On one side of Shireen stood a young man in a white cloth shirt. He had a handsome and elegant face, his eyebrows were like peaks, but slightly curved, and he looked very gentle. His eyes were purple and blue, and there seemed to be starlight flowing in them. He wore a cloth hat, but some people knew that he actually had no hair on his head, just like Patchface. Cole couldn't tell them that his hair had been burned off twice.

He stood with his hands behind his back, looking like a guard. People said he was dumb and his brain was broken.

So the rumor went that Stannis wanted to be king, so he picked up two fools, one was a crazy and funny jester, and the other was a eunuch with a dull and good-looking face.

Eunuchs and jesters are the standard configuration of the palace.

"Aegon Targaryen rode a dragon from Dragonstone to the Seven Kingdoms." The little princess was reading the history of the Dragon Family.

"Silent Knight, do you think there are still dragons in the world?" Silent Knight was the name the little princess gave Cole, even though people called him dumb. Her only friend was Patchface, but Patchface didn't like to listen to her reading.

Cole looked at her. The left side of the nine-year-old girl's face was a gray dead skin that looked very scary, a bit like cracked stone. Just now he was controlling the white dragon to pretend to be dead and hunt, and this trick worked on seabirds.

In just a few days, Cole felt that the dragon had grown a little bigger.

"Yes," Cole answered.

The little princess opened her mouth slightly, "Ah! Silent Knight, can you speak?"

Cole looked at her surprised look and couldn't help but smile, "Of course, Princess."

"The maester and they all said you are" She didn't say the rest of the words.

"A fool and a mute?" Cole didn't seem to mind.

Shilin nodded, "You are not dumb, nor a fool, right?"

"Do you think I am, Princess?"

She shook her head again.

"I have read some books, so I shouldn't be a fool." Cole answered.

When Shireen heard this, her eyes suddenly flashed with surprise, "Speechless, sorry, I shouldn't call you that, I should ask your name first, it's really rude."

"If your majesty is willing, please continue to call me 'Speechless Knight', of course you can also call me 'Cole'."

"Well, Cole, nice to meet you. My name is Shireen, Shireen Baratheon."

Cole put his hands behind his waist and bowed slightly, "It's an honor to meet you, Your Highness Shireen."

"Did you say you read books? Cole." She couldn't help asking.

Cole nodded, "I have read almost all the books on the Wall."

"The Wall? Are you a night watchman?"

"I grew up there, but I didn't swear to join it and become a black knight."

"Black Knight, black knight, fly, fly, I know, I know, oh oh oh." Patchface suddenly came up.

"Ah, patchface you bad guy." The jester suddenly jumped out and scared the little princess.

"Bad guy, oh, bad guy." He jumped up, as if dancing, with his left foot lifted and his right foot jumping. Shireen chased him, and the two of them started playing in the garden, and in an instant, the clear bell laughter filled Aegon's Garden.

This garden was named after Aegon, and it seemed to have some fate with the conqueror of the Targaryen family.

At this time, there was only one place in the entire Dragonstone that still retained a moment of joy. It seemed that a storm was about to come. There was a depressing atmosphere on Dragonstone. From the servants in the castle to the knights who came and went in a hurry, their faces had different expressions, but there was no joy at all.

Yes, the war is coming.

After King Robert's death, wars broke out everywhere in Westeros, and the Lannisters and Starks in the Riverlands fought each other. Many nobles in the Reach have declared that Renly Baratheon is king, and they are gathering their troops and marching towards King's Landing.

Lord Stannis, the Duke of Dragonstone, followed his brother Renly and claimed to be the orthodox of the Seven Kingdoms.

When Cole controlled the white dragon to adventure on the coast, he often saw ships and warships coming and going. It was obvious that Dragonstone was in a state of preparation for war.

This island could not train too many cavalry, but it could build a fleet. Stannis's fleet began to be built in the battle when Robert became king. During Robert's rule of the Seven Kingdoms, Stannis had been serving as the Minister of the Sea, so his fleet could also be called the Royal Fleet.

Stannis's own flagship "Rage", Earl Velaryon's flagship "Glory of Tidehead", and countless other giant ships like underwater fortresses docked at the port.

This fleet made great achievements during the Ironmen Rebellion and defeated the famous Iron Fleet. Although Stannis's fleet could not be called the first navy in Westeros, its strength was not weak.

Soldiers filled the taverns in the small village at the seaport. Dragonstone had not been so lively for a long time, and merchants came when they heard the sound.

Princess Shireen was full of curiosity and often looked at the market in the distance from the castle.

When she was tired of playing with Patchface, she sat back on the swing. In her daily life, she was actually very quiet and liked to read in her room with a book, but she would occasionally play with Patchface, after all, she was still a nine-year-old girl.

She exhaled softly. Patchface had energy all day and was still jumping around, singing and telling strange jokes.

"Patchface is my best friend." Shirin explained to Cole, and she also said silently in her heart: He is also my only friend.

"They say he also drifted from the sea."

Cole looked a little dull, but he was actually controlling the white dragon. Just now he almost exposed himself to a fisherman.

The white dragon is now the size of a duck. If it is caught, the consequences will be unimaginable.

He looked at the strangely dressed jester, and sometimes he didn't know whether it was lucky or unfortunate to become like this. At least he looked so carefree.

"I think Patchface knows who his best friend is?" Cole said so. Only the gentle and kind Princess Shilin would consider such a fool as her friend.

Few people can talk so much to Shilin, so she looks very happy.

"Cole, you said there are giant dragons in this world, have you seen a giant dragon?" She seems to be very interested in dragons.

Cole thought of something, and then hesitated and said, "I have seen it."

He silently added in his heart: It's just not very big.