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"As for your dogs, they are my property now." Said Edward as he looked coldly at Tywin. The mountain was Tywin's strongest asset, and taking him would hurt Tywin so much.
"Our deal is done here. Tell Lord Arryn that I would take more than we agreed on. Plus, the new kingdom of Storms would have no more relation with the Iron Throne." Said Edward throwing a bomb at everyone present. No one had heard about the deal that Edward made with the rest of them.
Edward left after saying that, taking his men with him. The others in the room could not help but stare at this man's back. He was strong enough to punch the new king and Tywin Lannister and injure them without caring for anything. If Edward decided to kill everyone present in the hall, would not he be the controller of Westeros?
Edward had the same thought but, in the end, decided against it. Yeah, he could kill everyone present, but the other lords in the other region would start an open rebellion against him. That was why Edward could not act at the moment because with how many soldiers he had, he would not be able to defeat all Westeros if they decided to rebel against him.
Edward thought that when all the houses started attacking each other and got occupied at the process, that would be the right time to act. If he killed Tywin, Ned, and Robert at the moment, what would prevent the other kingdoms and the other lords in those kingdoms from rebelling against him. Edward did not have dragons to rule all Westeros with force. Edward only thought was that controlling one Kingdom or two with brute force might be possible, but he could not dream of doing so for all seven kingdoms together. Only one Kingdom's soldiers could not do all that. And since he wanted to have full-control, he could not allow people like Ned Stark and Tywin Lannister to exist and help him rule the kingdoms. But it would be acceptable if the lords of these kingdoms were his sons or sons by law.
Tywin, who had just listened to what Edward had said, stood there in shock. He did not know about Edward's deal with the others. After hearing the news that Robert would become the new king, Tywin came up with another plan. He discarded his thoughts about Edward and thought of wedding his daughter to Robert instead. Edward would be a prince or a great lord, at most, while his daughter's son would be the new king. Tywin would still have much control over the kingdoms.
But After hearing Edward's words about the independent Kingdom of storms, he could not sit still. He did not respond to Edward's punch and provocation a little earlier as he thought that Edward still had his momentum after killing Rhaegar and could replace Robert on the throne at any moment. He planned to deal with Edward after Robert married his daughter and crowned her as his queen. But what could he do at the moment? Edward stated that Stormsland would be an independent kingdom which meant that most taxes and wealth that Stormsland fed the crown in the past few years would disappear with him. If Tywin knew about their plans, he might have thought to do the same thing that Edward did. He might try to change Westerlands into its own independent Kingdom like the very past when they were still the Kingdom of the Rock.
Tywin did not even know the rest of the terms of the deal. When he would hear about the rest of the terms stated in their agreement in the future, he would wish to kill Robert himself for being such a stupid man. Edward would keep more than a third of The Reach's lands which meant that he would have enough food and supplies for any war he wanted to start, not to mention the agricultural revolution Edward started in Stormsland. Edward would also take two-thirds of the Targaryen's hidden wealth, especially after ordering Bruce and Stannis to take Dragonstone. Edward would ask one of his men to take Viserys and Daenerys Targaryen to Essos and took care of them.
Edward would have to be careful about that tho. Every man who followed Daenerys fell in love with her, so Edward should send a female knight instead to escort them. Daenerys was a foolish girl in her early years, but after her wedding to Khal Drogo, she would turn into a dangerous bitch a little by little. Edward had experienced the thought of killing her when she was still young, but he did not know how the situation with the Night King might turn out to be, so he needed her and her dragons, not all of them tho.
After leaving the Red Keep, Edward instructed the men to take all the valuables the Targaryen might have stored for centuries. Although nothing about these items got shown in the books, Edward was sure that the Targaryen had many valuable things from the old Valyria. They might even have hidden some items used for blood magic. The younger generation might not know about their value, but he could take his time to find out.
After the sisterfucker, Jaimie Lannister, killed Rossart, Edward did not have much choice but to look for the other two pyromancers Belis and Garigus. He would need them to develop wildfire for him and to help with the transportation of the wildfire from King's Landing to the new Kingdom of Storms. Edward would build a research lap far away from any populated area and would ask the two pyromancers to develop wildfire for him. He needed to find more new ways to use the wildfire as weapons as he could not use it flexibly in its current form. Well, he would have another sixteen years to do such a thing, and that was why Edward was sure to complete this mission.
Edward waited for four days in the King's Landing to wait for his men to finish loading everything that he came to king's Landing for, while Ned took this time to find clues about where Rhaegar took his sister. After four days, he managed to found some clues after asking Varys. It seemed that Varys's little birds could even reach The Tower of Jon in Dorne, and Edward did not need to tell him the information.
During those four days, Varys tried to ask for an audience with Edward but got refused by Edward multiple times. Edward had to show his strict attitude and fake his anger at Varys because he did not manage to save Allyria. He wanted the man to feel some guilt and sense that his delay in delivering Allyria out of King's Landing was the reason for her death. Edward also wanted to use this accident against him in the future, especially with the young prince that Varys sent to Pentos.
Lord Arryn and Hoster Tully arrived at King's Landing after one day before Edward left. Hoster Tully was still terrified by Edward, so he went to the Red Keep and did not come to visit Edward, even once in the house that Edward had bought long ago. After Lord Arryn heard from Ned about what happened, his face turned black, and he could not but look begrudgingly at Tywin and Robert. Jon Arryn knew that it was thanks to Edward in the first place that they had achieved such results. Robert, who started to drink after he sat on the Iron Throne before knowing Lyanna's condition, got the displeasure of both Ned and Jon.
Jon came to visit Edward the same day after he heard the news. He came with Ned to apologize as they could not hold on to their part of the deal and caused Edward to be in this pain. They also wanted to ask Edward to left his siege on King's Landing as Edward still took control of the whole city, and his men would kill a Lannister soldier every once and a while. Edward was doing that to warn Tywin not to send to the other lords of Westerlands, or he would kill him and his soldiers here.
When Jon came in and saw Edward's status, he could only sigh. To look convincing in pretending to be sad, Edward did not sleep for three days and did not take care of his look. He wanted to show them that he was pitiful in order to try and take more benefits for him and Stormsland.
"You can't change what happened, Edward. You are not the only one who lost someone in this war. You did not look like that, even when Renly died." Said Jon as he looked at Edward. He did not know why Edward acted like this at the moment. He lost the two possible heirs that could take over the Vale after his death, and he did not look like that. Ned lost his father, his mother, his brother, and possibly his sister as well, and he was holding it.
Edward looked at Jon and was speechless. Although he looked like that to get some more benefits from them, the real reason was Ashara. Edward was preparing for the day at which he would meet her. He had to look convincing, especially in front of his two sons. Although he wanted to get some benefits from Lord Arryn and the rest, he would not depend on the way he looked in front of them. This look was for coaxing a crying woman, not lords.