The boy stood on the stool and leaned on the window sill, facing the salty and humid sea breeze, breathing in the faint smell of burnt and blood in the air, and his silver-gold curly hair gently caressing his fair forehead.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
The distant bells have stopped ringing, but the boy's inner anguish has not disappeared at all.
He hated this feeling, leaving his fate in the hands of others, because this naval battle directly determined his life or death.
If the Dragonstone fleet was defeated, he, his mother, and Rhaenys would not be able to escape no matter where they hid.
After all, Dragonstone is so big.
The sea was like a cage imprisoning them here, with no room for escape.
Viserys decided to wait until this incident was over, and if the Dragonstone fleet could repel the invading enemies, then he would do something to change his current situation.
Just like...
He persuaded his mother to abandon Dragonstone and lead the fleet to escape to the Eastern Continent.
However, Viserys also knew that it was extremely difficult to achieve this. After all, Dragonstone was of great significance to the Targaryen family.
Although he has been crowned as Viserys Targaryen III, he is still young, and even the so-called 'king' is just a title, and even the guards at the door do not take him seriously.
A 'king' who is only seven years old and has abandoned his throne and fled all the way has no power at all. Even commanding a servant requires his mother's nod.
On the entire Dragonstone Island, apart from the fleet commander, Queen Layla's words are decisive.
While Viserys was thinking wildly, he suddenly seemed to think of something.
Ever since she was attacked by the Lannister family on her escape half a year ago, Rhaenys has had the habit of having nightmares in the middle of the night.
The little girl would often be awakened by nightmares in the middle of the night, and then she would cry so hard that she would run to Viserys' house for comfort.
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The rooms of the two children are very close to each other. Rhaenys's bedroom is next door to Viserys. Only by holding her 'brother' who is several years older than her can the little brown-haired girl sleep peacefully again.
In fact, both of them are poor people, and Rhaenys has also lost her parents.
There were many things going on tonight. First, the old bachelor died of illness and breathed his last breath.
Immediately afterwards came the fleet attack from nowhere. Viserys was so full of random thoughts that he forgot about Rhaenys for a while.
According to the past, Rhaenys should have been awakened by the sound of the bell outside just now that spread throughout Dragonstone.
However, until now, there was no movement in Rhaenys's bedroom.
Not awake?
Viserys tilted his head slightly, leaned out of the castle from the window sill, and looked at Rhaenys's bedroom next door to him.
Beneath him was a cliff tens of meters deep. The waves kept rushing forward, and then crashed onto the broken rocks below the castle.
Viserys has become much bolder, and he can lean out without worrying about accidentally falling.
However, after sticking his head out and looking at the window next to him, Rhaenys's bedroom was completely dark without any light.
"It seems like I really didn't wake up..."
"It's really strange."
The silver-gold hair was fluttering, and the boy blinked his eyes and thought for a moment, then retracted his leaning body.
He picked up the dagger placed on the window sill and held it in his hand, jumped off the small stool, and then walked quickly towards the bedroom door.
Squeak——
Viserys opened the door to his bedroom.
And sure enough, there were two fully armed guards standing outside the door, wearing ring armor shirts and long swords at their waists.
Viserys wanted to walk out, but was stopped by two guards.
"Your Highness."
The two guards looked at the young king with wry smiles on their faces. Although he had been crowned king, no one, including Viserys himself, took it seriously.
The guards did not even change their words and still called Viserys 'Your Highness'.
But at the moment, I didn't expect that Sir William really got it right. His Highness was not willing to hide in the house and would definitely find something to do.
However, this time they were indeed wrong.
Viserys opened his hand slightly, feeling a little helpless, and then pointed to Rhaenys's room next door and said.
"I'm just looking for Rhaenys, of course I won't run around."
The silver-haired boy's reason was of course very good. After all, the good relationship between the two children was a fact that was obvious to everyone in the castle.
Rhaenys always liked to pester Viserys, even when he was practicing his sword, Rhaenys was willing to sit under the shade of a tree and accompany him.
Moreover, Rhaenys always made "slips of the tongue" and called Viserys "brother". After being taught by Queen Layla several times, she reluctantly changed her name to "uncle", but the little girl's face was still full of reluctance.
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Indeed, for a child, there is no more complicated reason, and it does not involve the thoughts of adults.
In her simple opinion, Viserys was not much older than her, they were the same age.
But she was a generation older than her for no reason, and she felt a little unwilling to do so, so she deliberately called Viserys her brother, but Viserys didn't care about this.
"Since we are looking for Her Royal Highness the Princess..."
The two guards looked at each other, hesitated slightly and then nodded.
After all, Rhaenys's bedroom is next door, and the little king didn't run around. It would indeed be a bit unkind to refuse to agree to this request.
"Oh well."
Wow——
The metal friction of the armor made a sound.
Then the two guards held the hilts of their swords with one hand, nodded, and then moved out of the way.
"Thank you."
Viserys also nodded, and then suddenly thought of something as he walked past them.
Weiwei paused and stood in front of Rhaenys' door. At this moment, Viserys' figure could not be directly seen from the corner.
Then the boy raised his head and asked casually.
"Then...are there any guards protecting my mother?"
After all, too many things happened tonight, and there was a naval battle going on outside. If the Dragonstone Fleet was defeated, none of them would be able to escape.
However, Viserys thought of something else.
If the entire Dragonstone fleet is dispatched to fight the enemy, doesn't it mean that the coastline of Dragonstone is completely undefended at this time?
With any small boat, you can quietly dock and land in the dark of night.
Due to the barrenness of Dragonstone Island, there is only one small fishing village. As the lord of Dragonstone Island, it is almost impossible to recruit enough soldiers to fight.
The only defense force on the entire island is a few dozen guards in the castle. However, the castle is extremely huge, and these guards cannot cover everything.
After hearing what the young king said, the two guards were stunned. They didn't think as much as Viserys did, but they still nodded with conviction.
"certainly!"
"Her Majesty the Queen is also protected by guards."
But while the three of them were talking.
Bang——
Suddenly there was the sound of a bow string bursting out, and a crossbow arrow flew out in the darkness.