Chapter 221 - After the War (II)
"Only family matters and nothing else." Tywin Lannister, Lord of Casterly Rock.
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"I think this is the first time we’ve talked alone, Lord Tywin." Aenar spoke, looking at the man sitting inside an iron cage and tied to a log.
Even the mud couldn’t hide the noble fabric of his clothes. It looked as if it had been sewn with gold threads and knowing the identity of the owner of the clothes, he thought it was indeed gold.
Tywin didn’t speak and stared at Aenar’s face, he seemed lost in memories for a moment, before finally answering in a calm, deep tone. "You look like your father, but without that melancholy aura around him. Sometimes it was even hard to stand next to your father."
"I’ve heard those words a lot. Fortunately I’m not a depressive like my father." Aenar could guess that tormented by dreams, Rhaegar was definitely not of sound mind, depressed was the least he could think about his father.
"This should never have happened, you were supposed to be my grandson if Aerys had agreed to marry Cersei to Rhaegar, but he chose that Dornish whore." Tywin took no notice of Aenar’s words and spoke in a calm tone, looking straight into the young king’s purple eyes.
"When a king is weak, he fears his subjects. At the same time, your reputation has surpassed even that of a king. How could my grandfather, who was an arrogant Targaryen, accept being considered weaker than a mere lion?" Aenar spoke about the reasons for Aerys not agreeing to marry Rhaegar to Cersei.
In political terms, his grandfather really did make the right choice. If Cersei married Rhaegar and became queen, the powerful House Lannister would be at its peak, even surpassing House Targaryen, which had no dragons.
"You were too powerful for House Targaryen without dragons." Aenar sighed and looked at Tywin calmly. "Distrust, arrogance and ego. They are all characteristics of the king, but you violated all three, Aerys not killing you still showed that he had a trace of reason in his insane mind."
"He was weak and couldn’t see anyone more powerful than him." Tywin spoke sarcastically, but did not deny Aenar’s words.