LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 7: varys' doom
Lys was beautiful, the streets were lined with fruit trees that kids just picked from as they pleased, there was no starvation in Lys, even the slaves were well fed. Sure, they weren't fat but they weren't malnourished either. Renly's crew was split up, exploring the city… well the pleasure houses most of all. One of his crewmates dragged Renly to a pleasure house, "we are in Lys, you must enjoy yourself a bit, lord Renly, you must be so frustrated"
Reluctantly, he went with him. It was true, the stress of being a lord had been building up over the years. He had been governing storm's end since he was one and ten. Sure, the maester and castallen helped but he took initiative to get involved in the inner workings of his territory.
"Hello handsome", one of the girls approached Renly, she was cloathed in fine silks that left nothing to the imagination. Her breasts we're firm and round, jiggling with every step she took. Her hips swayed as she approached him, her hazel eyes staring into his soul. His member stiffened as he watched her, "would you like to come with me?"
He gulped, it had been so long since he last had been with a woman, so all he could do was nod. The whore grabbed his wrist and guided him to a room with a big, velvet bed, silk curtains blocking the view from it. The whore slowly shed her robes and began undoing his armor. Her lips were so close to his that he couldn't resist and kissed her. It sent sparks down his spine as the lips locked but as he enjoyed the sensation, he could feel something, a sensation of magic, something akin to the disguise self spell. He broke the kiss just as she unfastened his shirt. He was in danger! He tried to pull away but the whore already had her knife in hand, stabbing him in the gut, "Valar Morghulis", she whispered, "the spider sends his regards"
She walked out, changing her face to that of a man in his 30's.
Another? First the red priest, now the faceless men? The spider, Varys… he hated all magic. Renly should've expected this… looking down at the wound, it had pierced his guts, even if there was a maester around, he couldn't save him, the blood loss was too rapid. Thankfully, he had magic. The wound was deep but he had more than enough magic to mend it. Three cure wounds were enough to close the wound, a fourth one stopped the injury from scarring. He had to do something about Varys. He was no longer save, not with the spider around. Renly dressed himself and walked back to his ship. At night, he held a meeting with his crew.
"Faceless men? Has the spider no shame? What are we supposed to do?" Ryu asked, "if he sent one, he can send more"
"Which is exactly why I will have him dealt with" Renly grimaced.
"How? The spider has the upper hand, no matter how many assassins you send, he will always be one step ahead of them thanks to his little birds" Ryu shook his head.
"Which is why I won't be sending an assasin, I will kill him myself. We will be leaving Lys in two days, heading for storms end. It will take us two months and a half to get to storms end and another few days for me to deal with Varys. We can set sail a few weeks later. I was originally going to sail for Volantis next but I think we can skip that part and sail directly to old Valyria" Renly told his crew.
They paled, looking at him like he was crazy, "milord… Valyria is destroyed, no one who goes there ever comes back, the air itself tries to choke you"
"You are right… it wouldn't be fair to let you endanger your life for me like that, it is a suicide mission… for normal people that is. I am more than capable of surviving. Fine, we will sail to volantis and I will go to Valyria myself"
They all looked at him like he was crazy but didn't say a further word. That night, he searched the merchant lord's houses for what he needed but again, he found nothing about hatching dragon eggs.
The trip back to storm's end was fast and uneventful. They arrived a week before Renly's seven and tenth name day.
"You are back early", commented jurne, as he watched the ship unpack.
"Yes, there have been… complications. We will depart in another month again. I have business to take care of first though. I will be leaving the castle in animal shape and returning no later than my name day, have a small celebration ready when I return, just the servants and guards, nothing fancy", Renly ordered Jurne as he looked out to the horizon, out towards king's landing.
That day, he was debriefed on all that happened whilst he was away, vodka was flourishing, king's landing being the main buyer. The king seemed to have a liking to the drink. Their food production was high too, good crop yields all across the stormlands, starvation was at a low point.
Later that night, Renly began his fly to king's landing. It took him three days to get there as a raven, he arrived at evening, circling the red keel to look for the master of whisper's chambers. After a good dozen minutes, he found it, dipping into the window, cawing to get the eunuch's attention, "one of my birds sending a raven? It must be important", he walked over, looking for a message on his leg, when he was looking at his leg, Renly transformed into an eagle, faster than the eye could see and his claws dragged the eunuch out the window. The man grabbed the ledge, trying desperately not to fall. A fall from this height was definitely fatal. Renly picked at his fingers and, one after another, the eunuch lost his grip, before, finally, falling down. Renly watched the man scream and flail through the air with satisfaction. That man had tried to get him assassinated, he deserved what was happening to him. With a loud *splat*, the former master of whispers was no more.