The Mountain of Ice and Fire

Chapter 64: The Monster Cersei

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Gregor understood the witch's prophetic abilities.

His deep confidence in the witch's prophetic abilities came from his familiarity with the world's already known trajectory.

In the year 276 of Aegon's Conquest, to welcome King Aerys' tour of the Westerlands, Duke Tywin held a tournament at Lannisport.

At that time, Duke's daughter Cersei Lannister, Jeyne Farman of Fair Isle, and Mellara Hetherspoon, the daughter of Ser Tybolt Hetherspoon, all came to Lannisport. When the three children heard that the witch could foresee the future, their curiosity was piqued, and they secretly sought out the witch together, behind the backs of the adults.

At that time, Mellara was the oldest, but only eleven years old, Cersei was ten, and Jeyne was the youngest, at nine.

When the witch sat behind a long table filled with medicine bottles, brushed aside her hair, and opened her pale yellow eyes, Jeyne Farman screamed and immediately ran away. But Mellara and Cersei stayed, insisting on hearing prophecies about themselves, but they were refused by the witch.

At this moment, Cersei, only ten years old, threatened the witch that if she refused to tell her and Mellara's future prophecies, she would send family soldiers to burn down the witch's house and hang her on the tree outside the gate.

The witch was forced to tell the two girls their future prophecies.

The witch's first prophecy was that Cersei would marry the king at the age of seventeen and become queen.

This made Cersei ecstatic, because her father was going to propose to King Aerys at the banquet, hoping to marry Cersei to Prince Rhaegar. Cersei had already met Rhaegar and liked him very much. At that time, Cersei thought that the king she would marry in seven years would be Rhaegar Targaryen.

The second prophecy the witch made was that Cersei would have nineteen children, sixteen of whom belonged to the king, and the remaining three belonged to Cersei. Cersei didn't understand at all at the time, but now Cersei understood.

The third prophecy was that Cersei's children would be shrouded in gold, and when Cersei cried for the loss of her children, she would be strangled to death by her brother.

The first two prophecies have now come true, and the third prophecy accompanies Cersei, bringing her a lifetime of shadows.

The witch also predicted the future of the eleven-year-old girl Mellara, and the witch told Mellara that her desire to marry Jaime would not be realized, and that tonight would be her death.

"Little sister, your death will come tonight. Haven't you smelled her scent yet? She's right next to you." The witch hinted to Mellara that the murderer who killed Mellara was her playmate Cersei.

Cersei picked up a medicine bottle from the table and smashed it into the witch's eyes.

Mellara didn't believe the witch's prophecy.

However, this prophecy came true. Mellara fell into the well and drowned that night. Because she was close to Jaime, Cersei saw her, and Cersei lured Mellara to the well and pushed her down.

Mellara's body was fished out of the well the next afternoon.

Now Gregor knew that it was not the first time Cersei had killed someone.

Queen Cersei, Jeyne Westerling's elder sister, was a ruthless and beautiful monster who was not easy to deal with.

Also in this year, not long after the incident happened, it was by the pool in Cersei's house. Cersei tricked her three-year-old younger brother, the Imp Tyrion Lannister, to the pool to see the fish, and then pushed Tyrion into the pool.

Tyrion Lannister struggled in the water, and the noise alarmed the servants, and Tyrion was rescued. When her father asked Cersei, she said that Tyrion had accidentally fallen into the pool himself.

The Imp Tyrion was hated by his father Tywin and also hated by his sister Cersei because his body was deformed at birth and his mother died in childbirth.

Gregor also knew that Cersei had secretly taken scissors to kill him shortly after Tyrion was born, but her twin brother Jaime Lannister stopped her that time.

Cersei failed to murder Tyrion several times, but eventually these things were known to Duke Tywin. Because Duke Tywin could not deny in front of the Seven Gods that Tyrion was his blood, Tyrion had the Lannister surname, and he had the responsibility to protect Tyrion, no matter how unwilling he was, out of family honor and faith in the Seven Gods, Duke Tywin sent a special servant to take care of Tyrion Lannister, and did not allow Cersei to approach this deformed younger brother again. The Imp Tyrion Lannister finally grew up safely.

Gregor believed in the witch's prophetic abilities because he understood these secrets that were unknown to outsiders.

Having such a powerful prophetic witch among his relatives, Gregor decided to take advantage of it.

In this mystical world where mysticism will gradually flourish with the appearance of dragons, in addition to fierce generals and battle-hardened soldiers, Gregor hopes to obtain the help of wizards with magical abilities.

The witch was the best candidate he thought.

Because the witch was a wizard, tinkering with all kinds of strange potions day and night, her two sons left her. The two sons did not want to become merchants without status like their father, nor did they want to become neurotic wizards like their mother. The two brothers set up their own businesses and worked hard. Being promoted to the nobility by Duke Tywin was their goal.

Therefore, after her husband died, although the witch had sons in Lannisport, she lived alone like an old woman.

Although the two sons founded the Spicer family, their lives did not outlive the witch and died. One of the sons left behind Rolph Spicer and Sybell Spicer, and the other son left behind Samwell Spicer.

Although there was blood in the world, the witch was used to living alone. After the death of her sons, her grandsons and granddaughters had no contact with each other.

Gregor was the first of the Spicer bloodline to come to the witch.

Regardless of what Jeyne and Earl Gawen thought, Gregor was determined to take the witch to Clegane Keep. He had already planned when he was building the Sept of the Seven that the Clegane Sept of the Seven needed a priest, his future army needed a scholar, a chaplain, and no matter how he looked at it, the witch was the best candidate.

Under Gregor's enthusiastic guidance, Jeyne and Earl Gawen stepped forward to meet the witch as relatives.

The witch said, "Gawen, how is Sybell?"

"She's fine, Grandma."

"How about that kid Rolph?"

"He's fine too."

Rolph Spicer was Jeyne's uncle. After Sybell married Earl Gawen, Rolph went to Crakehall with his sister. Rolph was a fierce general with a broken nose, a scar on his face, and a fierce appearance.

Rolph did not come to Casterly Rock with Earl Gawen this time. Earl Gawen must leave one person in Crakehall whenever he leaves Crakehall for business. Rolph was the acting lord.

"Grandmother, I have built a Sept of the Seven for you, built a special pharmacy for you, and hired special servants for you. Come with us to Clegane Keep, and let us take good care of you in the days to come." Gregor was respectful and sincere.

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