Rickard looked at the man and the woman in front of him, rather he looked at the boy and girl in front of him if he was being honest with himself.
The boy looked to be around the same age as his dear Ned and the girl looked liked she was hardly a year older than his dear daughter Layanna.
The thing that shocked him the most was the fact that the sheer beauty of their appearance, he had met people from Lys before and none could compare to the boy and girl in front of him.
Hell he thought even the Targaryens barely qualified in their appearance when compared to the two young ones in front of him.
Targaryens were beautiful no doubt but in front of them they looked rather ordinary, a fact that deeply peaked his interest.
" Greetings Lord Stark " , both the boy and the girl respectfully greeted him.
Their accents were a bit different but they still manged to speak the common tongue without any problems.
" State what business do both of you have with the north " Maester Walys spoke up gently following the usual protocol.
" My lord my name is Severus of the house Dragoneel and this is my dear bethroed
Lady Narcissa of house Belarion, both of us wanted to buy land in the North. "
Severus spoke up calmly from his place as he introduced himself and Narcissa.
He blankly informed them of their intentions for coming to north without any hesitations.
They were both surrounded by Stark men as they had to leave the unsullied and their remaining men outside for security purposes.
He was neither afraid nor worried about being surrounded as the honor of the Starks was legendary and he fully trusted them with regards to his and Narcissa 's safety both during and after the negotiations.
Rickard considered their words, both of them looked to be from rich families, hell he even thought that they might be the descendants of some old royal family by the way both of them carried themselves.
Severus was not holding a sword but his posture indicated that he was fully aware of his surroundings and he had the aura of a veteran of the battlefield.
What could force such a young child have such an intense aura he thought to himself.
"Severus of House Dragoneel, tell me how much land do you wish to buy and I might consider it" Rickard asked calmly without a trace of emotion on his face.
" We wanted to buy the whole of Skagos and Skane my lord" Severus replied cooly as if he was not buying land as big as a country but rather he was purchases common clothes for his servants.
He spoke fully aware of the chaos that this is going to cause but he couldn't care less, first of it was only gold and secondly all the money was Elijah 's to begin with so why should he care about it , he thought to himself .
Utter silence.....
The entire surroundings turned to Utter silence...
Rickard was still trying to digest what the fuck did he actually hear...
Then after seemed like an eternity, he shouted " Boy !!! I hope this is not some kind of joke that you are trying to pull.
Leaving everything aside how the fuck exactly are you going to afford the said purchase . Unless you want to suggest that the house of Dragoneel owns the fucking
Iron Bank!!!" Rickard shouted with disbelief at the young couple in front of him.
In all his years as the warden of the North this was the first time he faced something as absurd as this.
" Well if it helps, House of Dragoneel and house of Belarion own Dracarys and we are fully supported by the Iron Bank. Severus replied showing the emblem of the Iron Bank, something that only those who had the absolute support from the Iron Bank could possess.
My brother's offer for Skagos and Skane is One billion in gold six hundred million gold in advance and the remaining four hundred million when our gift of a years worth of grain supply reaches the north in a week's time. Hope that the offer is now to your liking if not then we can increase the price as well after all Dracarys has a reputation to uphold my Lord Stark". Severus announced Elijah ' s offer for Skagos and Skane shell shocking everyone.