Chapter 235 - 236 - Back to the North (I)
"Determination is an admirable trait." Leda Dayne, Lady Commander of the Royal Guard.
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Seeing Tyrion enter with a somber expression, Aenar couldn’t help but laugh, knowing the reason for the Hand of the King’s expression.
No one would be happy to inherit an astronomical debt from their father. As Tyrion was the new Lord of the Rock, he naturally inherited Tywin’s entire debt.
"You look terrible, my Hand of the King." Aenar commented as he took a sip of wine, the bruises and wounds having disappeared by this point. He looked young and without any scars.
"House Lannister will pay 70% of the debt while House Baratheon of Stannis will pay the rest." Tyrion replied with a still somber tone.
Even seeing the great and powerful Tywin Lannister chained up like an animal in a cage didn’t make him happy. Remembering the expression of pleasure on Tywin’s face, he really wanted to rip his bastard father’s head off.
"Fortunately, the Iron Bank knew that it was impossible for such a large debt to be repaid, so they divided it into smaller amounts that House Lannister and Baratheon would have to pay every year for fifty years!" Tyrion said with a sigh.
He never thought people’s hearts would be so dark. Fifty years of paying off debt, perhaps he was the first Lord of the West who was in debt. The irony was that the Westerlands produced Westeros’ gold!
"Your gold mines are running out, how do you plan to pay them off every year?" Aenar asked curiously. House Lannister really was almost bankrupt. The gold mines that sustained House Lannister’s huge army were coming to an end, and along with the end of gold, House Lannister’s hegemony over the economy of Westeros.
Remembering this fact, Tyrion’s expression became even darker and more uncertain. He really was in a lot of trouble. For a moment, he saw himself as the first poor Lord of House Lannister.