Then the three princes and princesses lined up and stood up. Heros pulled his brother up from the ground and wiped the dirt off his butt.
Viserys saw all this, but said nothing more. Then he turned his attention to the God-killing Dragon Spear and recounted the "posthumous affairs" that he had arranged.
Viserys will next go to Dragonstone Island to retreat, condense his divine body, and then return to the divine realm.
The battle between the gods is far more cruel than the battle in the mortal world. There are no rules or morals between the gods. Everything is for naked interests. Once a battle occurs, it is life or death, and there is no other way out.
Even for these self-proclaimed higher beings, the gods in the sky are more like a forest ecology than the mortal world, where the weak eat the strong, and the weak gods are at the mercy of others.
Once the enemy is defeated, it will be fine, but once the gods of Westeros are defeated, they may end up like the Valyrian Free Fortress hundreds of years ago.
Therefore, Viserys must clearly explain his "posthumous affairs" in advance. Even if he wins the War of the Gods and successfully stops R'hllor, Viserys may not be easily involved in the affairs of the mortal world again.
, he will need a successor by then.
The battle for the successor is often bloody and cruel. Viserys did not deliberately create a so-called false atmosphere of brotherhood, friendship and respect. Instead, he nakedly put the power of succession on the table and said that he believed in his own.
Of the three children, even the youngest Aemon can understand.
The rules established by Viserys are very simple, that is, whoever can pull out the God-killing Dragon Spear from the ground will be qualified to ascend the throne and become the next Emperor or Queen of the Valyrian Empire.
The siblings Diana, Horos and Aemon can compete with each other to find ways to independently crack Viserys's divine power.
Of course, they can also cooperate and work together, and Viserys has no limitations on this.
However, whether it is competition or cooperation, there is a prerequisite. Brothers cannot turn against each other or endanger each other's life. This is an unchangeable rule.
Although Viserys allowed his children to compete with each other, he did not want them to kill each other.
This is something that every father absolutely does not want to see, so Viserys made it clear to his children in advance to draw this untouchable red line.
Viserys set a problem for his three children and asked them to solve it. This was considered a better method.
Otherwise, if Viserys does not set such a goal, the competition between them will still exist, whether overtly or covertly, and it will even become more cruel.
Because this is their destiny when they were born into the royal family.
"besides"
After Viserys finished saying this, his eyes turned to his three wives standing on one side, Arianne, Rhaenys and Daenerys, who were also the mothers of his three children.
Viserys forbade them to participate in this children's 'game'.
As mothers of their children, they cannot directly provide any form of help to their children, let alone do it themselves.
Otherwise, this will no longer be a children's game, but will turn into a 'Dance of the Blood Dragons', and the empire will fall apart and fall into civil war.
At that time, Viserys had to personally intervene and punish them and the children.
The rules of the game and the few red lines drawn by Viserys are very simple. Not only adults such as Rhaenys and Daenerys, but also the three children and even the youngest Aemon can understand it, just like him in the palace.
Just like playing some mini games.
It's just that little Eamonn was a little confused and didn't expect that this day would come so quickly.
As children of the Targaryen royal family, none of their brothers and sisters are stupid.
Aemon has also known his fate for a long time, because his mother has repeatedly emphasized to him many times that he will compete with his brother for the throne in the future.
His bloodline is purer than his brother's, and he is more qualified to ascend to the throne, but he was just born a few years later.
really.
When Viserys finished explaining the rules of the game and the red lines, the three children in front of him had different expressions on their faces.
The eldest daughter Diana's cheeks were full of excitement and eagerness to try. She clenched her fists. She glanced at her younger brother Heros, and then turned her gaze back, as if she wanted to step forward and pull out the dragon gun now.
The brown-haired boy's expression changed several times. He did not look at his sister Diana, but turned to look at his brother Aemon.
Then his eyes also fell on this dragon spear made entirely of Valyrian steel, his eyes firm.
As for the youngest Eamonn, his face was still dizzy.
"I want to try to pull it out now, father."
At this moment, Viserys's eldest daughter Diana stood up and spoke eagerly.
She glanced at Horos provocatively, but she didn't even look at little Aemon.
Diana and Heros grew up together, so the relationship between the two siblings is very good. The age difference between young Aemon and his elder sister Diana is almost ten years, which is indeed a bit big.
Diana was still a young girl herself, so naturally she didn't want to drag a snot-nosed little brother behind her.
"Can."
Viserys had been observing the expressions on the faces of the three children since he finished explaining the rules and red lines. Then he heard Diana's request and nodded slightly in agreement.
Although pulling out a dragon spear weighing over a hundred kilograms seems to be a test of the children's physical fitness and strength.
But in fact, adults such as Rhaenys and Daenerys certainly knew that the problem set by Viserys would not be so simple.
Otherwise, this would be too unfair to little Aemon, who is only four years old. This would completely become a game for the two children, Diana and Kheros.
Her father nodded in agreement, and Diana stepped forward eagerly. She wanted to be the first to pull it out of the hard floor.
"It can't be that easy."
But the brown-haired boy standing behind was not in a hurry.
He calmly watched his sister struggling to draw the gun and analyzed all the possibilities. The problem his father posed seemed simple, but in fact it couldn't be that easy.
Then, as expected, Diana tried her best but could not make the dragon spear move at all. It was as if the opponent was connected to the earth.
"No need to rush."
"You have several years, even decades, to find a way to pull it out."
Viserys looked at all this, smiled slightly, and reminded him kindly.
"Of course, relying on brute force is also an option."