The king on the Great Wall

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After a moment of silence, Iger came back to his senses.

"I have to admit that this plan is attractive enough for any northerner. If I were Robb, I would definitely accept it." Iger barely found a loophole in Asha's plan: "But here comes the problem, you carefully Planning a coup d'état, pulling one's own father down from power and ascending to power, just to bow one's knees to the Stark family, and even marry oneself into the North? The residents of Iron Island will follow a man who kneels to the King of the North People, do you accept the wife of a northern nobleman to rule them? Also, what are you trying to do if you don't get much benefit but enrich the northern border with this great operation?"

"Inside the Iron Islands, I have my own way, and I don't need you to worry about it. As for what to plan... Do you think that it is normal for everyone in the world to be greedy for power and status, and to do everything selfishly and only think about themselves? I don't care about the Lady of the Iron Island, the Lord of Pike City, the glory of the Ironborn and other nonsense things. What I want is to free my people from the life of robbers and let them have enough food and clothing to live and work in peace. I no longer need to run around the world in a sunken longship against the wind and rain, and only need to lick blood from the knife to fill my stomach! As long as I can achieve this goal, the whole world will think that I am a weak and deceitful coward. I don't regret it for the female cousin who rides, the bastard who ruined his family business!"

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Iger stared at Asha for a long time, and almost reached out to clap.

Wonderful performance, he now fully understands the other party's whole idea of ​​flickering - this is a progressive, step-by-step three-stage process:

The first step is to clarify the relationship between myself and my father and other ironmen, and to show that it is helpless to plunder and invade the northern border, and it is not what she wants—I am not an enemy;

The second step is to tell Iger "I still have friends and influence in the Iron Islands" in a seemingly unintentional way, which is not useless - I am useful;

The third step is exactly the same as Iger's making himself a "revolutionary comrade" in front of Daenerys to gain trust-throwing a grand and noble goal, telling him that he is actually a good young man with ideals and ambitions, To gain trust and intimacy on a subconscious level.

This set of operations is simple to say, but it can be executed so smoothly and clearly without any deliberate traces that even if Igger is to execute it, it will take a lot of preparation.But once it is completed, the effect is quite obvious: With so many layers of foreshadowing, no matter what Asha asks, Iger will find it difficult to refuse.

He was just thinking about seeing what kind of flowers Asha could spit out of her mouth, but after the conversation, for a moment just now, he was almost moved.The biggest advantage of this trick is that the packaging advertises itself: the cost is extremely low, and it is easy to impress certain groups of people.But if others want to overthrow your portrayal of your own role, they must really find evidence that your words and deeds are inconsistent or even relative. Otherwise, if you just say that you are hypocritical and that you are acting, it will fall into the eyes of bystanders. It means that the heart is dirty, and the heart of a gentleman is judged by the heart of a villain.

Iger doesn't care about the life and death of those stinky and hard ironmen at all, but he can't say this out of face, because he sets himself the same as Daenerys - a man of lofty ideals who wants to break the wheel and benefit all mankind .

He also sneered at Asha's statement that "I don't care about personal gains and losses, I only want the happiness of my own people", but after thinking about it for a while, he really couldn't find out what Asha had done that was not suitable for human design. It is impossible to tear off your face and say bluntly, "I don't believe it, I think you are a female pirate leader"...

Ben was just looking for a pastime, whoever wanted to get it in the end, was really pressed by Asha.

What's next?

A skilled player of flickering is naturally handy when it comes to flickering. Iger only had a moment of silence before he had an idea.

He smiled, lowered his arms propped on the armrest of the chair, sat upright, pretended to be completely convinced, and asked the question he had already guessed the answer: "Lovely ideal, Miss Asha. Then, please, What can I do for your ideal of leading the Iron Islands to a better tomorrow...?"

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Chapter 470 Conditions of "Countess"

Asha is not purely fooling people.

She is the only daughter of Balon Greyjoy, Pearl of the Sea and Princess of the Iron Islands.She has always been proud and proud of her identity, until Robert Baratheon led the Seven Kingdoms to attack the Iron Islands and enter Pike City, killing her two older brothers and taking away her only younger brother, she did not wake up Come here: I am just the princess of a bunch of useless pirates.

Since then, the dream of leading the Iron Islands to get rid of the old road of "plunder or starve and be poor" and become prosperous and prosperous has taken root in her heart.Although he was not as great and selfless as he claimed to Iger, he was ready to sacrifice everything for it... But if one day, irreconcilable conflicts and contradictions between the family prestige, personal interests and the future of the Iron Islands really occurred, leading to public and private conflicts Difficult to take care of both, she will definitely abandon the former and voluntarily be the victim of that change.

However, the seamless and well-planned plan and good idea went bankrupt as her annoying uncle Euron returned to the Iron Islands to murder her father and seize the seat of Seastone. When the land-grant army led by Iger When she unexpectedly intervened in the war and tried to capture Asha, she was already extremely confused about the future and didn't know what to do.

Iger defeated and captured her, but in a sense, it was more like freeing her.

However, fate is sometimes so strange: when reality cruelly closed the door she originally wanted to go, it opened a window for her that she had never noticed before, allowing her to see another possibility .

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When the Stark family first handed over Houguan Town to be imprisoned, Iger, who had not yet become the commander-in-chief, simply ordered to give her the minimum humane treatment and dignity in a hurry, and then completely forgot her and ignored her existence. .After several unwilling attempts to attract attention and change her situation but failed, she gradually began to accept her fate and accept the arrangements, and was ready to die here in boredom...but after her heart calmed down like ashes, she was able to use a new life instead. She inspected her surroundings from the perspective of a spectator, and quickly discovered something surprising to her in this rapidly developing land-grant capital.

First of all, the vigorous vitality shown by this never-before-heard stronghold—not only refers to its newness, firmness, or amazing expansion speed, but also the soldiers and industrial employees of the Night Watch's logistics department stationed here. There was a discipline, vigor, or positive spirit that Asha had never seen anywhere else in Westeros before.Here, every officer, soldier, and even an orderly worker has a unique temperament that is inexplicable and makes her uncomfortable but not annoying...

Asha's cultural level is only able to read and write, and she doesn't know how to describe her lack of vocabulary, but if she has to describe it, this is probably one-everyone cherishes everything they have now, but at the same time firmly believes in it. Tomorrow will be better—the "sense of hope" that is completely opposite to the anxiety that the residents of the Iron Island are drinking today and always worrying about where their next meal will be.

At first, she reluctantly explained to herself this way: the elite night watchmen with stable military pay and good logistical support may, probably, have such a face that is completely different from the mob.This guess is not far from the truth: the workers and soldiers in the industrial park that Iger brought to the land grant are indeed capable and reliable people selected one in ten.But the following new discoveries one after another made Asha fall into similar or even deeper confusions again and again.

In less than a year after she was transferred to the land grant, Houcrown Township grew like crazy from a small transit station and temporary stronghold to a solid semi-permanent fortress, and then quickly further into A medium-sized settlement with the castle as the center was built, and it was built non-stop at a speed that is visible to the naked eye and scalp-numbing, and it was divided into two floors, separated by several areas, integrating defense, An important military town with functions of residence and industrial production!

In just two years, Iger was forced to live in a barren land that was once a no-man's land. With less than half the population of the Iron Islands, he created a rare thing that the latter has never had for thousands of years. Thing: A real, thriving town!

If it is said that Houguan Town is only built quickly, and it is not difficult to achieve it by burning money and manpower, then the next deeper discovery completely shocked her: people gathered from all directions, and groups of people settled here and took root. The land-grant residents soon began to have that kind of aura that could only be felt by the residents of the inner castle at first!

Law and order are maintained through strict law enforcement and severe punishment, but how did this sense of unreasonable hope arise?

The land-grant people living in the outer city of Houguan Town, the food and clothing are no more high-end and richer than the ordinary Iron Island residents, and they inevitably complain about how meager the salary is and how tiring the work is in their daily chats. How unreasonable are the people, guards and overseers, and the night watchman officials squeeze the value of their labor like slaves... But no matter how much they mutter, when the sun rises every day, dissatisfied and angry people will still be very angry. There are a lot of them, full of energy, scrambling outside the gate of the inner fort, waiting for the official assignment of work and tasks.From the white-headed old man down to the ten-year-old child, everyone's eyes are burning with satisfaction with the status quo and expectations for tomorrow, rather than the confusion and cynicism that are common in the eyes of ironmen!

Is it because the land-grants survived the catastrophe under the threat of the White Walkers that they are not demanding, or is there something that Asha still can't understand, which is quietly operating in a place she can't see, creating such an exciting situation? What she is incomprehensible but infinitely longing for—a robust and vital social state?

Asha didn't know, but the miracles one after another gradually gave her such a habitual impression: Agger West, this man in black who broke the night watchman's neutrality rules and did things unscrupulously, was hateful, but he did have something. There are a lot of abilities that ordinary people don't have, and there are infinite possibilities hidden in him!

And it was this kind of awareness that made her make a judgment in her heart without any hesitation when she heard that Iger bowed his knees to Daenerys in public and swore to return the Queen to the Iron Throne not long ago: This guy Sure to win!

She didn't know the existence of artillery, and didn't consider the power of dragons at all, let alone Iger's strategic plan, but she just vaguely had such a premonition: This damn night watchman will definitely be the final winner!

His own plan has been ruined, but this bastard who will probably have the last laugh must know the way and have the ability to realize his dream and lead the Ironmen to a better tomorrow.For her ideals that are on the verge of shattering, and for the people she cares about, what Asha has to do now is to try her best to jump on Iger's car halfway.

As long as you can reach the finish line, even if you hold the axle under the car, you will not hesitate!

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Staring into Iger's eyes without flinching, Asha gave her answer slowly: "I want you to support me in my fight against my uncle, to lead my people from the road he led to— There is only death and failure ahead of you on the road to rescue!"

The candlelight swayed slightly under the blowing of the woman's clear and powerful enunciation, which made the projections of the two on the wall also sway back and forth.The answer did not surprise Iger at all. He chuckled, his expression unchanged: "We are not bards, why should we speak so literaryly? Miss Asha said bluntly - you hope that the night watchman will send troops to retake the iron for you." Wouldn’t the archipelago be fine?”

"No, it's more than that, I want you to help guide me to rule and build the Iron Islands into...a prosperous place like Houcrown Town."

Iger pursed his lips and stared at Asha's resolute face again, his smile gradually changed from a patterned mask to a playful one.

He quickly figured out why the woman on the other side made such a request—no matter how free a prisoner is, he is still a prisoner. Asha is not a land-grant management, and the channels and methods for obtaining information are quite limited.She only saw the prosperity, prosperity, and prosperity of Houguan Town under her rule, but she couldn't see the entire page of the night watchman's financial report was flushed.

Being able to rely on external loans and assistance to make the land-grant look good is indeed the ability and credit of the middle and high-level land-grant leaders headed by himself, but in the final analysis-without blood transfusions from the night watchman industry and other external forces, the gods can't do anything. Give the gifted land a new look.

The night watchman owed a lot of debt now, and if Iger hadn't had a big plan brewing in his heart, he, the commander-in-chief of the night watchman, would probably spend his entire life struggling to pay off the debt.Speaking of which, the mountainous piles of debts of money, property and favors are still one of the driving forces for him to grit his teeth and move forward.

All over the Seven Kingdoms, inside and outside the mainland, those well-informed and able to lend a helping hand are willing to help the Night's Watch because once the White Walkers break through the Great Wall and go south, no one will be able to please them.But—it is one thing to donate and lend money to strengthen the shield that protects human beings, but it is one thing to spend money to help a group of pirates become rich and prosperous... Which saint is willing to do this?

Anyway, he won't do it!

I probably also understood what Iger was thinking. After Asha made the final request, she immediately threw out her conditions and sincerity: "I swear to the Drowned God, when this is done, I will lead the Ironborn and become the most loyal of the Night Watch and the Queen." Subjects and followers, unswerving until death!"

There is a high probability that this is the truth, but are there still few people in Westeros who want to be the queen's supporter?As strong as the River Bend, with strong strength, good reputation, and absolute sincerity, Iger wants to persuade the Queen to destroy it and keep it in her pocket. A notorious little broken island has to be defeated first to support a new ruler. With its support, who cares?

The deal Asha proposed, in the context of feudalism, is not outrageous or excessive, and it is even completely fair.

But what is Iger going to do?

Go help the Queen break the wheel of history!

Although one wheel breaks and another will roll out, it's a pity - in the new world Iger planned for the queen, there is no place for Greyjoy's house, or the Iron Islands!

……

Iger can find a hundred reasons to reject Asha, but most of them will inevitably fall into endless wrangling.So he decided on the unassailable solution: declaring that there was nothing he could do.

No matter how lofty and lofty your ideals are, but the Night Watchman and the White Walkers have suffered a bitter battle, and there is really no energy left to help. What reason can Asha find to continue entanglement?

"Miss Asha..."

Seeing the contempt and confidence emerging from the corner of Iger's mouth, Asha knew that she would get a negative answer, so she poured her remaining chips on the table before Iger could say the next sentence: "And I personally , can also become your commander-in-chief... your closest and worry-free partner. I will swear that I will never marry for life, keep my body clean, and not get close to other opposite sexes. You can come and go as you call, without any title or commitment , but perform all the duties and responsibilities of a wife, and keep it strictly confidential and never cause you any trouble... If you want, I can even advance this item tonight!"

What's going on here, trying to exchange personal "exclusive mating rights" in exchange for military and political support?Iger originally just smiled contemptuously, but as Asha stood up from the chair and reached to her waist with a resolute expression to remove the belt on the tight leather jacket, his expression turned completely cold.

"Stop!" Iger squinted his eyes and slapped the table, "I said, stop!!"

Asha has the ability to attract men, not to mention anything else, since she entered this room tonight, Iger has been listening to her flicker carefully, while appreciating and looking at her graceful figure full of healthy breath And a unique temperament that is completely different from ordinary women...

However, it is one thing to appreciate the beauty of women, and it is another thing to further develop intimacy.

Iger has never been a monk or a moralist. He is very happy to enjoy the process of having sex with the opposite sex and reaching the end of life in great harmony, and he never bothers to talk about such unknown things as "love".In layman's terms, he is a very open person. In terms of literature and art, his acceptance of this matter is much higher than the average level of the modern society before time travel.

But that doesn't mean he's free from restrictions.

Sex can be a spice and decompression method for a boring life, or it can be a bond or lubricant for his subordinates, friends or even partners of the opposite sex, or it can even simply maintain or enhance the favorability of a specific person, and expand his interpersonal relationship steadily. The means of the network... But it must not be the rewards and rewards paid to him by others!

In Iger's world view, the strong will not arbitrarily set limits on themselves-in the eyes of opponents, this is called unscrupulous.However, only the pathetic people who can't achieve great things have no self-control.Asha put forward this condition, no matter what she actually thinks, but Iger will feel that the other party subconsciously regards himself as an ordinary man who can think with sperm on his brain and his lower body, a weak person who can be controlled!

Asha, touched his reverse scale with something he liked.

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Chapter 471

"You are insulting me, Miss Greyjoy." Iger said again coldly, not only changed the address to a more distant and formal one, but also lost the previous easy-going and friendly tone, "Since you have no subjective intention, I can Pretend you haven't said what you just said. Our conversation is over, please go back to your room and rest-tonight will be the last night you are entitled to stay in the inner castle, and tell the guards your decision tomorrow morning-whether you will Lightbringer is discounted. As for now, I will continue to work."

After all, he straightened up in the chair, took the first document on the stacked table, opened it, and pretended to start reviewing and processing, showing with practical actions that his expulsion order was not just talk.

Asha stood awkwardly in front of the table like this, the straps of the leather jacket were untied and hanging down by her side, her whole body was trembling with shame and anger.

As the princess of the Iron Islands, the most famous female captain in history and the only woman who participated in the king selection meeting... With her experience, identity, status, appearance and figure, even if she is a prisoner, there will be suitors lined up, When is it necessary to seduce a man with his looks?

No one knows what shame and disgust she had to overcome to make this decision, but what she never thought of was: herself, Asha Greyjoy, the daughter of the Kraken, the pearl on the top of the waves How could it be considered an insult to raise this condition with the consciousness of not sacrificing any cost!

Who is insulting whom?

(Is the inexperienced self proposing the deal in the wrong place, or has the dragon queen's beauty elevated his horizons, or... the rumors that this guy likes boys are true?)

The reason is that it doesn't matter which one, and understanding it can't help Asha get rid of the predicament she is facing-the mind goes blank for a moment, and then it is filled with shame and anger.But after standing for a few seconds, she still digested the urge to "kick over the table" with an unimaginable endurance and spirit of sacrifice.

People under the eaves had to bow their heads.As the party asking for help, even if you suffer a thousand times more humiliation, you still have to grit your teeth, let alone just be rejected?

She let go of her clenched fist, and found that her nails had pierced her palm, but it was only a skin trauma... She raised her hand to find the loosened jacket belt, and Asha re-knotted the rope as if nothing had happened, as if He tightened the last one as if he was deliberately torturing himself, restored himself to the appearance when he entered the door, and activated the alternative plan—a road full of thorns and risks compared with the main plan.

"Please forgive my offense just now, I take back my previous excessive request." If you are refused to send someone to sleep with you and apologize to the other party, what kind of realistic magicism and shameful humiliation is this?Asha didn't know whether she should laugh or roar at this moment, but for the lofty goal of building a prosperous and strong Iron Islands, she forced herself to choose neither. "The Ironborn did not contribute to the Night Watchman's war against the White Walkers, and even added chaos at critical moments. I have no position to force the Lord Commander to support my ideals. But I believe that you must have no reason to refuse my next request."

She raised her head and said the request she had made several months ago: "I now formally apply to you, the commander-in-chief of the Night Watch Corps, to join the Night Watch Corps!"

You must get in the winner's car. Since you can't sit in the car, the roof or bottom of the car is also acceptable!

Iger raised his eyes from the document and looked at the applicants indifferently again.

He was indeed irritated by Asha Yitong's self-recommendation pillow filled with inexplicable confidence and sense of superiority, but he was not really as angry as he showed.The reason why the order to expel the guests cruelly and immediately was just an excuse to save a lot of the original plan.

Unexpectedly, Asha was able to recognize the situation so quickly, and decisively gave up the previous price that didn't impress her. In an instant, she lowered the price to a level that seemed reasonable and not excessive.

However, even this "not excessive" one, Iger did not intend to agree.This is a buyer's market, and he has so many options to choose from now, completely taking the initiative, without caring about the seller's feelings and thoughts at all.

Wear black and become one of your own.Asha, as a high-ranking nobleman with a certain level of education and management and commanding ability, it is impossible to start from a small soldier according to the usual practice.Once this step is backed down, it is trivial for her to be eligible to continue to live in Neibao. The biggest hidden danger is that she can make further progress little by little and climb up to the management.

Iger has big things to do, it is impossible to fight wits and bravery with this sea monster girl all day long, and guard against her abuse of power and embezzlement of public funds for the benefit of the Iron Islands... It is best not to pester her or give her any illusions choose.

"My answer remains the same, Miss Greyjoy." Holding the pen, he maintained a cold expression: "The Night Watch Corps does not recruit female soldiers."

"Don't use this to prevaricate me." Asha snorted, and resumed her initial confident expression: "Arya has told me that you promised her earlier—that gender restrictions will be opened after the war, and recruits will be recruited." She is the first female night watchman to help her get rid of her fiancé!"

Damn it, this damn kid really didn't break contact with Asha!

Iger couldn't hold back his face immediately. This is not a major new discovery that surprised him: Houguan Town is the real "own territory", and there are subordinates who can act as eyes and ears inside and outside. Even if there are more mice in the city wall, he can't hide it from him.Arya ignored the warning and still hang out with Asha often, thinking she was doing it secretly, but he already knew about it, but gradually realized that Asha did not have any malicious intentions, so he turned a blind eye to it That's all.

I thought they were just exchanging sword skills with each other to improve each other's level and pass the time by the way, but who knew that the girls could really talk about everything!

Although I scolded Arya in my heart, Iger not only couldn't get angry, but suddenly a tenderness and apology welled up in my heart: This little girl is one of the few in this world where Iger has no blood relatives. People who will be full of "pay-to-benefit ratio" in their minds.She was a follower because she liked herself, but in the end she came to Houguan Town—but she was busy all day long, so she wanted a prisoner to accompany her!

However, this tenderness is for Arya personally, and he will not casually overflow with sympathy and love.If Asha thought that moving Miss Stark out would make her let go, she made a big mistake!

He, Iger West, was able to get from nothing to today in this world, not because of his conscience.

Just as her expression was cooling down again, she was about to repeat her refusal to answer for the nth time and even call the guards to bring back the visitors, but Asha kept making concessions: "I won't rely on my status as a night watchman to ask for this or that after joining, on the contrary , I will leave the land as soon as possible to deal with my uncle... and all expenses and funds for this activity will be deducted from the value of the 'Bright Messenger' that you originally planned to reward my brother. If the money If I can't get it after using it up, I will exile myself, and I will never return to Westeros in this life, nor will I appear in front of you, Commander-in-Chief!"

oh?The "no" that was on the verge of his mouth was swallowed back by Ai Gesheng. He turned out the heartbeat he had in an instant and reviewed it again, realizing that his intuitive understanding was correct: Asha no longer asked him to send troops for her this time, He intended to be a kinslayer—to assassinate Euron Crow's Eye himself, to avenge the murder of his father.

It was inappropriate for the Night's Watch to conduct or support this event, but let's not forget: Iger didn't care about whether it was appropriate or not.In addition to not declaring war, Land Grant is currently in a de facto state of war with the Iron Islands... and Iger will soon distribute the declaration of war like a wedding candy, no matter how Asha personally tosses, it will not make the situation worse!

If she fails, she will probably never return... Iger will feel regret and regret for this, but it is by no means heartache.

And once it succeeds, the Iron Fleet will be leaderless, and Iger will hold the last Greyjoy in the world... Even if it is a female stream, it will be enough to make controlling the Iron Islands infinitely easier than before-that shitty place, of course it takes a lot of effort to fight for it. It's a stupid thing, but if it's given for nothing, whoever doesn't want it is a fool!

The most important thing is: no matter what the ending is, my plan to march south will not be affected!

Iger threw the pen on the table, leaned back in the chair, no longer reiterated his order to evict, but looked at the woman again.

Different from before, this time, his eyes are no longer a man looking at a woman, but coldly thinking and analyzing the pros and cons.Seeing the other party's actions, Asha, who understood that there was something to be done, breathed a sigh of relief, and finally stopped asking for additional conditions for concessions, but stood quietly, letting the other party's eyes wander over her... waiting for the final judgment.

Half a minute later, Iger roughly considered the whole thing.

"It's feasible, but I have to decide the rules." He said blankly, "Let's set the value of a 'Lightbringer' at [-] gold dragons for now, and I will order—you are allowed to use gifts within this limit." Local resources, seeking manpower and material support. But everything must first be reported to the Night Watchman official, and I will review and approve it. I will convert these assistance into currency amounts and deduct them from your account."

Ten thousand gold dragons is of course a high number, but it's not that it doesn't feel bad to take out the cash. The key is: the value of the help provided is entirely up to him, anyway, it won't be the market price of Houguan Town!

"Besides, you asked to join the night watchman... The order of things has to be changed." Iger continued to add, "If things fail, I will not admit that this negotiation existed or that I sent you to assassinate Euron. Greyjoy—well, in fact, I did not send it—and you must remain anonymous and disappear from public view until I allow it... Only when things are done, I will publicly announce changes to the Night's Watch recruitment rules, And recruit you as the No.1 female night watchman."

Arya dreamed of being the first female Night's Watch, but Iger was sure that if he had just sworn allegiance to the "Mad King's Daughter" and asked Miss Stark "Hey, want to Be the first female night watchman?", she will definitely give her a face...

Of course, after the harsh conditions were announced, it was time to give some hope.After all, if Asha really killed Euron, a major threat... She was one of the biggest beneficiaries, so she didn't need to have too much conscience, but she had to have at least a little bit, or let others think she had a little bit.

"After you successfully kill that lunatic, I will put the march to the Iron Islands on the agenda...but your condition and prestige are no longer suitable for being a ruler, so the Lady of the Iron Islands is destined to miss you. But at least, I can convince the queen to let you serve as the governor of the Iron Islands and get all the ruling powers except 'ownership'."

"You will not be the master of the Iron Islands, and most of your descendants will also die. The Greyjoy family will probably step down from the stage of history to the auditorium, but as compensation, I will find a way to help you lead the Iron Islands." Get rid of the old road of plunder and go to prosperity. Well... this is not a very generous reward, but if you are really as selfless and great as you just claimed to be, then this should be the most appropriate price that hits it off."

This was a bit worse than the worst result I had expected, but it was barely within the acceptable psychological bottom line, and I couldn't take advantage of it—even if I succeeded in killing my own uncle.

She felt the bitterness in her mouth.