The Mountain of Ice and Fire

Chapter 169: I Just Sharpened My Sword

(First, an extra update for the reward from Hall Master Jin Xiaoyanei 1)

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The Mountain looked at Joffrey, superimposing the Joffrey in his memory with the Joffrey in front of him to define his personality.

Personality determines fate!

The Mountain stared at Joffrey, who was keeping his head down and silent. He believed Joffrey was a person with a very complex personality: courage and bravery? Joffrey definitely didn't have those. The Mountain only needed to give him one look, and Joffrey would swallow back the words he was about to say. When his cheap old man got angry, he would tremble even more.

Cruelty? Dissecting a mother cat and picking out the kittens to show his cheap old man, was that cruelty? It was indeed very cruel, but The Mountain thought the word 'twisted' might be more appropriate to describe it.

Because Joffrey's acts of cruelty were all directed at people and animals who were absolutely weaker than him. For example, with the cat, Joffrey had an absolute advantage in strength. Truly cruel people don't pick their opponents. Whoever the opponent is, whether strong or weak, they only have one attitude: cruelty!

The little devils under The Mountain were such people! Sweetmouth Ralph, Big Head Chiswyck, Notebook Mark, Executioner Duncen, these people weren't at all bloody towards cats and dogs, and preferred to fight strong people who could kill them head-on. Big Head Chiswyck conquered rogue gangs and could let the other party chop at his head with a knife. His cruelty wasn't just towards enemies, but also towards himself.

If it were Joffrey, Joffrey would already be too scared to stand, that was for sure!

Of course, if you want to talk about someone who possesses both excellent qualities of cruelty and twistedness, then the uncrowned king might be Polliver Clegane, who likes to make artworks out of other people's eyes, hands, feet, and faces, put them in glass bottles, and soak them in wine.

So, what are Joffrey's advantages?

Handsomeness!

Joffrey was very handsome; blond hair and blue eyes, typical Lannister family genetic traits. He inherited Cersei's beauty and Jaime's handsomeness.

Tall and strong!

Joffrey's twelve-year-old body was taller than Jon Snow and Robb Stark at fifteen; not to mention his figure, with the perfect shoulder width and waist.

The reason he could make Sansa Stark fall in love with him at first sight wasn't because of his inner qualities, but purely because of the handsome and charming appearance.

The Mountain looked at Miss Sansa Stark, who was also looking down at her toes!

Sansa was a hothouse flower who grew up in a noble, perfect, ladylike education, untouched by the hardships and sufferings of the world!

She was just beginning to experience love, and her mind was full of all sorts of fantasies about perfect love. The beautiful stories of 'beauty and the hero, prince and princess' in fairy tales were the only chicken soup for her young heart. And she herself, naturally, was the beautiful protagonist in the story, destined to marry a perfect prince or a super hero.

And coincidentally, a real handsome prince really came to her side. It was absolutely impossible for a 'very silly and very naive' girl who knew nothing about the sinister nature of people's hearts and the complexity of human nature not to fall in love with Prince Joffrey.

Strictly speaking, Sansa was a good girl who was completely ruined by the perfect noble lady education, and knew nothing about the evil motives behind the sweet smiles on people's faces.

Joffrey and Sansa, to some extent, were a perfect match!

They were already each other's betrothed lovers. Although Duke Eddard Stark was unwilling to agree to this marriage, Sansa herself wholeheartedly sought to pass it and deeply fell in love with Joffrey, coupled with King Robert's 'condescending' marriage proposal, Eddard Stark had no choice but to agree to this marriage.

Noble political and interest-based marriages were one of the rules that prevailed in the noble world, and had nothing to do with love itself. King Robert and Cersei were like this, Duke Eddard and Lady Catelyn were also like this, their adoptive father Jon Arryn and Lysa Tully, everyone came this way, without exception!

In the face of politics and interests, love is a dirty rag that should be thrown as far as possible!

The Mountain saw that Sansa chose the saying 'I don't remember at all' between Arya and Joffrey, and knew that this girl was always loyal to her inner emotional desires, and had nothing to do with the Stark family's motto: loyalty, integrity, unity, fairness, and other excellent qualities.

People are selfish.

The perfect great lady Sansa Stark is the same!

A hint of playfulness began to appear in The Mountain's eyes. If he had any liking for Sansa, it was purely out of admiration for her beautiful appearance. Sansa's noble velvet dress made her look even more beautiful.

When a person has a very beautiful appearance, it will cause a serious misunderstanding to others, especially to the opposite sex, making the opposite sex think that his (her) inner self is also extremely beautiful, but in fact this is often a very beautiful mistake.

King Robert shouted, "Ser Meryn Trant."

"Here, Your Majesty!" Meryn Trant immediately knelt on one knee.

"Go get the cane and whip Joffrey thirty times for me," King Robert said angrily.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Meryn Trant was a fool with no sense of honor, and his martial arts were very average. The Mountain knew this well. In the previous world trajectory, this was a Kingsguard who beat Sansa Stark without any shame. Compared with the Hound's qualities, it was really far behind. A true knight would not beat the old, weak, women, and children. This was a knight's creed. If he was forced to, he would not feel happier the more violence he inflicted, but Meryn Trant was exactly the opposite. Of course, if he met a strong person, such as The Mountain, his knees would be the softest, and he would kneel very easily.

Among this generation of Kingsguard, except for the captain, the fearless Barristan Selmy, who had excellent martial arts and qualities, the rest were all there to make up the numbers. Jaime was a highly skilled Kingsguard with loyalty and kindness in his heart, but his only goal in life was to pursue pleasure. Such a person could hardly be considered a true hero.

As The Mountain expected, Eddard Stark stopped Meryn Trant from getting the cane. Duke Eddard was a good person, strict with himself and lenient with others: "Your Majesty, Joffrey is still a child. Besides, he is injured, with injuries on his hands and the back of his head, and the injury on his hand is not light, and needs to be well maintained. There's no need to take children's fights and quarrels too seriously, Arya is also at fault. Let Joffrey go to rest first!"

With Eddard, such a stubborn and hard-tempered person, protecting Joffrey, it was indeed very difficult for King Robert to punish Joffrey.

King Robert glared at Joffrey, who was very afraid of this cheap old man, so afraid that he trembled. There was a huge lingering shadow in his heart - he was beaten hard by Robert for dissecting a mother cat, and since then he had a psychological disability of fearing his father, which could no longer be cured.

"Get out!" King Robert roared!

This word 'get out' made Joffrey feel as warm as a stove in winter, and as cool as eating ice water in summer. He immediately turned around, lowered his head and walked quickly, this time aiming his peripheral vision at the passage to ensure that he would not bump into anyone again, and left in a hurry like a stray dog.

The Mountain stepped out of the courtier's queue, bowed to the king to greet him, and took his leave. Bernie quickly followed and knelt down to take his leave. His Majesty the King comforted Bernie with kind words, and symbolically warned The Mountain, then nodded to let them leave.

The Mountain walked past Arya and said, "Arya, if you want to practice swordsmanship, you can come to me!" The Mountain glanced at the pitiful Micah, whose hands were twisted together, and gave Arya an knowing invitation.

Swish!

The guards of the North stepped forward to protect their second young lady. Eddard Stark also immediately looked at The Mountain, his eyes containing a stern warning.

The Mountain didn't care about the Northerners' excessive reaction, and said to the Hound, "Hound, if you're free tonight, come to my tent, I have something to discuss with you. If you're afraid, you don't have to come."

The Hound snorted coldly: "The Mountain, I'll bring my sword. I just sharpened my sword today, and I sharpened it very quickly!"

"You sharpened your sword?" The Mountain laughed, "What a coincidence, I also sharpened my sword today!"

The King shouted, "The Mountain, don't cause trouble!"

"I won't cause trouble, Your Majesty, I assure you, the Hound is my own brother," The Mountain said, "I just want to talk to him about some family matters."

"It's a coincidence, I also have some family matters I want to discuss with you!" The Hound said lightly.

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