Missandei inclined her head and left, her guards falling into step as she walked back through the quiet halls. In her thoughts, the conclusion was clear. Illyrio Mopatis was tied to Varys. His motives were not only profit. He was a man with old loyalties and deeper plans.
She would report it all to Daenerys before dawn.
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The different faces of loyalty
After the Grand festival I had to remain busy the entire night. I couldn't even check the two rewards I got after becoming the official Empress of the Eastern Empire, acknowledged by Braavos and the iron bank and forming the first formal diplomatic tie of the Eastern Empire.
I also wanted to celebrate with all of my close people by arranging an orgy. Unfortunately due to a small problem I couldn't even do that.
Apparently, one of the great masters of the Mareen had hired a mercenary group called Second Sons to rescue himself and his family, not trusting the decision of the other Masters. Even though he had taken precautions, he had still severely underestimated the threat of my army and my Dragons. Because of the surprise attack the second sons couldn't reach Mareen in time to complete their job. So when he learnt that I had ordered my army to kill every adult master and spare the children, she had sent another letter to the second sons, telling them about his hidden treasure in volantis in exchange of saving his son and killing me, aka the Dragon Queen to avenge him.
And like what had happened in the TV series Daario Naharis turned out to be a snitch. After entering the pyramid while avoiding all the guards instead of trying to assassinate me he had decided to surrender his blade in exchange for a chance to serve me.
It would have been very simple if he would have attacked me. But thanks to his surrender and giving me all the information about how the Second sons were planning to call a great commotion in the city the next morning, in order to rescue their target, I had to remain awake all the night and capture everything will member of the second sons with Greyworm and his Unsullied squad.
Although I was quite grateful that a great disaster was avoided, I was very tired.
After eating baby Goku and handing him over to Jiqhi, I went straight to the open meeting hall in one of the pyramids.
'System, show me my new rewards.'
*Ding*
You have achieved the official title of the Empress of the Eastern Empire, acknowledged by Braavos and the iron bank.
Reward: Dragon's pride (class A)
Explanation: Now you will have a natural 'Pride' for your 'actions' and 'self'. It will provide you with a natural boost in willpower and decision making. It will boost your strength and will power during any kind of challenge. The sense of shame will diminish. And your aura in your most natural form will increase 10 fold.
You have officially formed the first formal diplomatic tie of the Eastern Empire.
Reward: Dragon magic battle armour set (class A)
Explanation: this is an item containing 3 sets of battle armour, providing extreme defensive, extreme offensive and extreme evasive capabilities to you and your ride. These items will appear in front of you once you wish.
I immediately felt the change in my surroundings. It was most probably the effect of my new reward, Dragons Pride. While these rewards excited me, the one thing I needed the most at the time was some sleep or some good quality sex to avoid being completely exhausted. Unfortunately after receiving Missandei's report on Illyrio Mopatis, I have no other option but to deal with the small problems right now before they turn really big.
Then suddenly an idea popped into my mind.
"Wait a minute… I can just do that… I mean since Greyworm will not be attending the meeting, and every other member who would attend belongs to the Dothraki, there is no problem with this idea !" I couldn't help but exclaim.
With the new idea in my mind, I quickly skipped to the pyramid before I dropped from exhaustion.
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Illyrio Mopatis quickly tied the letter he had written, on a small raven and sent it away just before dawn.
He was no fool. From the very beginning he knew that Daenerys held no soft spot for him. Her every past action in his palace, whether it in enduring the harassment from her brother or putting up with everything he 'suggested', was solely driven by a deep seated ambition. As a merchant and experienced spy, he knew it very well. But despite that he had underestimated her because of how powerless she was. And he regretted it.
When the letter from Daenerys arrived on behalf of the Eastern Empire, she knew the risk of going there. An entire nation controlled by a potential enemy was dangerous. But he had thought that someone like her wouldn't take the risk of attacking him, an official diplomat from Pentos. He had bet everything on her rationality and had come all the way to Mareen in order to gather information. But the moment Missandei pressed him about Varys he knew that he was not safe anymore. That's why he had decided to leave the place as soon as possible.
So the moment the sun rose in the East, he quickly called his personal guards and the small mercenary group he had hired before deciding to leave Mareen.
He simply didn't want to take the risk.
Unfortunately for him, Daenerys had already taken the decision to eliminate him.
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Next chapter: Daario Naharis, you are not surprised, are you ?
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