Chapter 96: Families, some fixed and some broken.
"I present to you, the ex-Maester of Winterfell. Maester Walys. He served at the time of Rickard Stark. Maester, please tell us about the letter you received from Lyanna" Alexander ordered.
Robert's ears were attentively opened instantly. Including everyone else in the room.
"I-I received a letter from Lady Lyanna before she went away. In the letter, it was written that she was going with Prince Rhaegar on her own accord. That she was in love with him since the Tourney of Harrenhal. She also disclosed that she was the secret Knight of the laughing tree. I knew what I had to do at that moment. If that letter had reached Lord Rickard, the rebellion would have never happened. So I burned it and hired a lad to intercept Lord Brandon Stark and tell him that Lady Lyanna was abducted by the prince. The rest we all know. However, I did receive another news that Lady Lyanna and Prince Rhaegar had secretly married as well. Prince Rhaegar had already secretly gotten his marriage undone with Elia before all that."
As soon as he finished speaking, Robert fell to the ground with a loud thud. He felt meaningless, he felt like all his life was meaningless. The Maesters were behind god knows what else. He looked at his hand and remembered how he killed Rhaegar. Furthermore, he widowed his beloved Lyanna. Surely she didn't love him but he did like her. The rage he had felt at that time was for her, even if it was misplaced, it was still for her.
"The Order of Maesters had brought so much damage to our society that even words can't describe it. So many wars started because of them. So many more that we will never know happened because of them. They lived like a leech. Sucking the life out of Westeros. They held back all the knowledge and made it nearly impossible to spread. This way they made sure that Maesters were always needed.
This is the reason why I visited the Citadel in Oldtown some years ago. There I met a good man, Arch Maester Marwyn. He told me about the secret plots of the order. I also did my investigation and found dragon and human bones secretly kept underground. So, I had no choice but to destroy and rebuild. I created the Tower of Knowledge, which only serves one purpose, to spread the knowledge. There is no order of Maesters anymore. The position is just a word now. In the north, we now call them teachers or Professors. I will be creating these towers of knowledge in every city in the world. These will be places where anyone can go to receive an education. I will also make it free to teach children as well.
Our future is bright, as long as you follow me. Now, back to the trial. But, let me bring some new guests first." He took out the anywhere door from his pocket dimension and opened a passage to Winterfell. Elina, Anna, Rina, Jon, and Eric were waiting for him.
He opened the door and 2 women and 3 children walked him. As soon as Rina and the kids saw Alexander, they ran to him.
"Grandpaaa," they shouted.