(Cyrus's POV)
What is the reason for being here specifically?
I don't know. The strange woman-like voice told me I had a goal, one that I needed to achieve to grant me a wish. What was that goal? It said it would contact me later on and tell me what it was.
Is it something significant that relates to this world? Or is it something stupid? I really don't know. From what I can understand, that voice belonged to some sort of entity that sent me to this world for its own amusement.
Either way, I had to think of something. I needed to do something that would put me closer and closer to that goal. Even if I don't know what it is, I had to do something. Maybe if I do something significant, I will get the attention of that entity and get it to tell me what it is that I need to do.
But, what can I do? I know literally nothing about this place. All I know is that I am in the body of a person who was a literal nobody and died in a battle at sea. I washed ashore sometime after and I encountered the Royals.
And now, I have these Cultists in front of me, guiding me through the city to search for a serial killer who is burning victims in the name of the God they worship.
What's that about?
They said that they followed my actions, but what exactly did they see? If they saw me escaping the Targaryens by using my flames, why aren't they reacting so....underwhelmingly? Maybe they didn't see me, it makes no sense if they did.
I needed answers. Maybe with them, I'll get them.
What exactly is the deal with this world? Who is the God they worship? What's the deal with the Targaryens and their dragons? Answers. I definitely need them.
Once I have my answers and a full grasp of my power, I will devise a plan and work toward it. I don't plan to sit about and do nothing when I have been granted godly powers like these. I needed to work towards whatever my goal is....
"I am sorry," a young man said, "I didn't get your name earlier. What did you say it was?"
I looked to the side, seeing one of the cultists was looking at me. He had brown hair and blue eyes, a burn scar on his left cheek. He was a bit shorter than I was, and I am at 6'2, so I assume he was around 5'10. Either way, he was giving me a strange look with his dumb eyes.
"Cyrus." I said, "Yours?"
"I am Erys." He said, "Cyrus is a nice name, What does it mean?"
"Where I am from, it means Sun in a certain tongue." I said, "I don't know about this place, though."
"This place?" He frowned, "What could you mean? Westeros?"
"Yea, you could say that." I said with a shrug, "What's the deal with you lot? What do you call yourself?
"We are followers of the Lord of Light, R'hllor." He said, "We worship the Red God, He whose fire gives Light, Life, and Heat to the world."
A god that has to do with fire. And they give offerings through the fire, huh? Interesting.
"I see." I said as we walked through the street, "And your god speaks to you all?"
"They speak through the Red Priests and Priestesses. They spread the word of the Lord of Light." He said with a slight smile, "They give offerings to the flames and the Lord speaks to them, to guide us all."
"And this person." I said, "The one we're looking for. He's trying to speak to the Lord?"
"Yes." He said, "He is misguided. We must bring him to justice. He is bringing a terrible light to our cause."
"Hm." I said, "Say, you guys said you followed my actions. Were you watching me?"
"We saw that you encountered the Heir and his men." He said, "Prince Aemon claims you were the one responsible for the murders. We also know that you escaped the dragonpit. Such a feat, to escape the Dragon that Princess Alyssa rides."
"Do you know how I did it?" I asked with a raised eyebrow
"We didn't see it, no." He said as we kept walking
I see. So they don't know about my fire abilities. This seems to be a crazy coincidence. I do wonder how they'll react when they find out about it. This could go in my favor or be incredibly inconvenient, but we'll see.
We turned a corner towards an alleyway, the guy in front of us stopped and looked down at what looked like a body on the ground.
"Curses." He said, "Another one."
I looked past him, seeing that it was a woman with fresh burn marks on her arm and throat.
"The hell....." I said with a scowl
The man in front of me crouched down and inspected her body, "According to a source, the man we're looking for was spotted nearby." He said, "It appears that we are too late."
I looked at Erys, "What kind of asshole does this to an innocent woman?" I asked, "What sort of followers do you people recruit?"
"I must admit that this is not something we agree with." Erys said seriously, "Do not be mistaken, we are not all like this."
"We need to find him." the other Man said, "Now."
"Guards." another of them said, "We need to move. I know that there is an underworld fighting ring somewhere in Fleabottom, we can find more answers there. He was spotted in that area, he could be fishing for a new victim there."
I scowled, "Don't let me catch him..." He said, "The more he kills, the more blame will be placed on me. He has to be stopped."
"Do not worry." Erys said, "But we'll make sure that your name is cleared."
"It's not just that said," I pointed at the woman's body, "This is wrong. I won't stand for it."
"We have to go. Now." the Man walked past us,
"Let's go to the fighting ring."
[A/N: Patreon is ahead by some chapters. (Link in Bio). We won't get another upload here until we hit 10 chapters ahead over there. Go and check it out if interested.
The Ark_Astorias account has a HOTD Smut story if you haven't checked it out. It's called "Forbidden Lust". ]