Chapter 24

Cersei and Jaime see of course nothing of it, and you couldn't help yourself but wish for a short moment that you hadn't seen anything either, but that moment passes you by soon enough. You're a bit undecided on what to think about your visit, and then you also remember that your Father made clear that you three were to behave properly. Yes, he most likely knew your inner Thoughts on the Capital before you even had any, though why a City that has access to the Taxes of the Seven Kingdoms, is in such a dismaying State in the first place, isn't something you can really comprehend.

Mayhaps this is the true Answer to why your Father was always stuck in the Capital, fixing King's Landing with normal Tools would certainly make for a good amount of hard work, and when half a million People live in one place actually keeping anything in prime Condition would certainly be somewhat hard to achieve. It seems there are quite a few Disadvantages for serving as the second Man just behind the King, and with how the Madman has it out for your Father you can even see him keeping the Capital in this State, just to point at your Father and ask if this is the best the Hand of the King could do.

But then how does the Realm still stand if the King is truly mad enough to let this happen to his own City, and that with half the Nation watching no less, it actually feels like a Plot of your Father now that you think about how everything fits together. You allow the King to bury you in work and ridicule you, all the while using that exact Opportunity to show the full extent of decline throughout the Realm, all in a place that everyone of importance can see, Yes, that does sound like something your Father would do, doesn't it?

For now you choose to set the matter aside and focus on being the perfect little Girl as your Father had requested, but while you do so you realise that your Mother seems somewhat concerned while looking around the Red Keep's Courtyard. Which you suppose is rooted in the Fact that you have yet to see someone that isn't avoiding your Party, it would seem like the Nobles in the Capital aren't all that fond of being seen with Members of House Lannister.

Not exactly a good Sign for the Hours to come, for you realised that someone will have to look after your Siblings while your Parents take some time for themselves, and with how the Knights were sent to rest from the Journey, you could see that your Mother wants you to be the one looking after them. You would never say no, but you still wish you could just use your Lions to distract them a bit, but neither your new nor your old World had moving stuffed Animals, so your Statues won't save you from playing this time, damn this Cheese of a Castle.

And really, why does anyone need four ways to spy on a random Chamber in their own Castle? It even feels like there are still some Skeletons in the Walls, in at least three of the collapsed Sections under the inner Keep, just sealed away. Just where's the common Sense in this World, for the Gods sake this Castle is disgusting from every way you decide to look at it, so much so that even comparing it to Casterly Rock would be outright laughable, if you weren't stuck in this Abomination.

Why does your Father want the Crown if there's no Strength or Wealth to be had in the Crownlands, is he really trying to take the Realm without fighting a proper War over it? If so that's just great, and you will be bored for Years to come, so yeah, that's not happening, not if you can help the coming War along with so very little effort. And seeing as the Columns that are holding up the Realm are already weakened by your Father's work and the King himself, how could you possibly resist.

Thus, after just a Week of waiting for an Opportunity, you begin your little Ploy to shatter the King's trust, and with it take the first step towards remaking the Realm into a Nation worth fighting for. You after all know that most Humans need something worth fighting for to freely take up their Arms and stride into Battle, and a certain eight Year old Boy made for the perfect Tool, for if they fought for him once they would do so again for sure.

And so while thinking about the future, you command the Statue you made for the Occasion to push the little Prince down the steps, and then smile your meanest Smile as the Statue clad in Brown Robes kills four Guards and three Plate clad Knights effortlessly. With it having completed its Duty, you order your Statue to cease existing and drop the stolen Pouch of a certain unlucky Noble near one of the Corpses before you fill out the small and annoying, but still mildly helpful Corridor. If it's there you will of course use it, but no Castle should have these many secret Passages, and you believe the King will soon be of the same Opinion.

With seven Men dead and his Son wounded there will be little that could stem the King's Paranoia, and you truly feel for the Darklyn Family as the Pouch you used became open Knowledge, but needs must. And with the Royal Army marching for the young Prince to bring House Darklyn to Justice and the King getting more and more deranged by the Day, one can't help but dread the future of the Realm, but who knows, mayhaps a certain Prince becomes the Hero in shining Armour the Nation will need, one for which the People would go through anything, one that would make it impossible to replace the Crown without a War of a fitting Proportion, what a bummer.