Chapter 225 - 226 - The Burning of Oldtown (II)
"That which causes us trials will bring us triumph, and that which makes our hearts ache will fill us with joy. For the only true happiness is to learn, progress, and improve. None of this could happen without rejecting error, ignorance, and imperfection. We must step out of the darkness to reach the light!"
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In the bedroom, Daenerys returned exhausted to find Rhaenys eating grapes while reading a book quietly. Looking at her exhausted body and then at Rhaenys’s body, which was leaning against a soft, warm bed, the queen’s mood darkened in an instant.
"Starting tomorrow, you will accompany me on matters of state and assist me!" Daenerys said in a tone that left no room for negotiation or rejection. Seeing Rhaenys so calm while she struggled to manage such a large army was quite irritating.
Rhaenys, who was reading quietly, couldn’t help but spit out the grapes she was eating and looked at Daenerys in disbelief.
"I wasn’t trained to rule!" she said in protest. Just the idea of spending half the day sitting in a chair solving other people’s problems made her desperate.
Daenerys looked calmly at her and said coldly with a sarcastic smile on her lips. "Don’t worry, sweet niece. I’ll teach you. We have an infinite life ahead of us, one day you’ll learn."
Rhaenys’ face turned pale as she listened to Daenerys’ words. She wanted to protest, but looking at her aunt’s increasingly frightening gaze, the princess swallowed hard and the words that were about to come out of her mouth were not spoken.
She didn’t understand how a fourteen-year-old girl could be more frightening, but Daenerys was definitely frightening. If someone asked her who looked most like a warrior queen, she would say Daenerys. Visenya might have been a great warrior, but she was more like a commander than a warrior queen.
When Daenerys was about to call one of the Emperor’s Daughters to serve her bath, the queen heard someone knocking at the door, before Sigismund’s deep, gravelly voice sounded.
"My queen, the king has sent two hundred and fifty more Astartes and another primarch."