He did not expect that the Targaryen family would complete a desperate counterattack in such a harsh situation.
Ser Barristan the Bold thought the Targaryens were gone.
He was loyal to the Iron Throne and once wanted to die for his loyalty to the Targaryen dynasty.
But he did not expect that his bravery impressed Robert Baratheon, so he pardoned his crimes and asked Barristan Selmy to become the captain of the Kingsguard of the new king.
The white-robed knight was holding the hilt of his sword with one hand at the moment, looking at the kicked-down table in the room, the spilled wine, the documents stuck to the wine and scattered on the floor, the trembling bachelor and waiter, and a furious man.
The new king.
With a beard and hair that sticks out like steel balls, and a tall and strong body covered with a big cloak, he looks like a crazy brown bear, full of rage.
He kept smashing items in the house, making loud noises that could be heard clearly outside the hall.
And when I looked around, I saw everything was in chaos.
However, the white-robed knight looked at everything in front of him quietly, holding the hilt of his sword with one hand and saying nothing, not even speaking to persuade the king to calm down.
The crow's feet at the corners of the knight's eyes were a bit deep, and his light blue eyes were deep. Then he lowered his head and glanced at the floor under his feet.
He sighed softly and couldn't help but fall into memories.
This scene...
He felt a little familiar.
Another king he once served, the previous owner of this room, Aerys Targaryen II, who was known as the 'Mad King', often lost his temper in this room.
Then he smashed the place into a mess, and even ordered everyone who offended him to be burned alive with "wild fire" because he liked to hear the sound of torture.
Barristan thought that the Targaryen era had passed, and that the 'Mad King' Aerys II had died under the sword of the 'Kingslayer', and that he might never see this scene again from now on.
However, he did not expect that in just over half a year, he would see such a familiar scene again.
"Ser Barristan Selmy the Bold!"
And at this time.
King Robert, who was pacing and beating in a rage, suddenly stopped.
Then he raised his head and looked at the captain of the Kingsguard who was standing at the door with piercing eyes, holding a letter written by Stannis in one hand and thinking deeply.
The king's voice was deep and powerful.
Although on the surface it seemed that Robert had controlled his temper, the boundless anger could still be heard in his irritable voice.
However, the difference from the 'Mad King' is that Robert will not spread his anger on irrelevant people.
Not to mention he would not burn people alive for fun.
"His Majesty."
After hearing King Robert's voice, Ser Barristan came back to his senses slightly and put down Stannis's autographed letter in his hand.
Then he raised his head and looked directly at the king without any deviation.
"Go to the Hand's Tower quickly and fetch Lord Jon Arryn!"
"I have something very important to discuss with him."
King Robert's voice was as loud as the bells of the sept.
He seemed to have made a very important decision in his heart, and he couldn't wait to find his adoptive father, Lord Jon Arryn, the Duke of the Eyrie and now Prime Minister, to give him a reference.
Robert relied heavily on this old duke because this old man was brave, upright, and wise.
If the old Duke hadn't bravely spread his wings to protect his two adopted sons before the start of the Usurper's War, but instead succumbed to the 'Mad King', Robert and Eddard would have become a pile of withered bones by now.
.
There would be no King Robert and Lord Eddard Stark today.
Therefore, Robert respected and relied on the old Duke very much, and he would refer to his opinion no matter what decision he made.
In the words of Eddard Stark.
"Perhaps only Jon Arryn in this world can control Robert. Even Robert's dead biological parents can't make this bastard change his ways."
However, the white-robed knight frowned slightly after hearing the king's words, but stood still and did not move.
"Um?"
"Go quickly!"
Robert saw that Barristan did not immediately carry out his order, and his anger suddenly rushed up again. He stared at the white-robed knight with his eyes and asked.
However, Ser Barristan remained unmoved, looking quietly at the king who was still furious, like a furious brown bear.
Then he sighed slightly and spoke in a calm voice.
"Your Majesty, have you forgotten... The Prime Minister has left King's Landing for more than a month?"
The Baratheon Dynasty was established, but the Seven Kingdoms were not unified, Dorne did not submit to the new king, and even the Greyjoy family of the Iron Islands did not take the initiative to come to King's Landing to express their submission.
And now.
As the Prime Minister, the old Duke devoted himself to cleaning up the pain caused by the war that lasted more than two years and engulfed the entire continent of Westeros.
The entire country has gone through the period of waiting for the new king to coronate and is finally on the right track, but it still has not returned to the state on the eve of the Targaryen War.
The problem of Dorne has always been a problem in the throat and has become a problem that the new dynasty must solve.
So more than a month ago.
The old Duke finally made enough preparations and took the body of Prince Llewen Martel on his way to Dorne for peace negotiations.
Attempts to appease Dorne's anger over the deaths of Prince Lewen and Elia Maltair and their son Aegon.
However, what Sir Barristan Selmy did not expect was that for the sake of unifying the country, the old Duke still traveled thousands of miles to Dorne as an envoy at such an old age.
But the king, who was sitting in King's Landing and enjoying himself all day long, forgot about it, or he never remembered it at all.
Ever since Lord Jon Arryn left King's Landing, the king has indulged himself all day long, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, without paying any attention to state affairs.
They were all piled up waiting for the old Duke to come back and deal with them.
"Um?"
"Lord Jon Arryn has left King's Landing?"
After hearing the white-robed knight's blunt words, King Robert's slightly fat cheeks were clearly filled with astonishment, and the anger he had just been feeling was reduced a lot because of this interruption.
He really couldn't remember this incident.
But after hearing what Barristan said, it seemed that... I had a slight impression.
I see.
King Robert suddenly understood.
No wonder the old man didn't come over to persuade him during this period to stop just eating and having sex.
It turned out that he had left King's Landing for Dorne.