บท 174: Chapter 174: Recruiting the Hound

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"Did not you listen to your uncle earlier? Go and whine to your mother and tell her that the Stormking is here, and he would have a talk with her and your other uncle before you leave." Said Edward as he saw the fearful expression on the boy's face and was satisfied. Although Edward wanted his sons to do that for him, he could not hold back when he saw his face and hit him directly. He had other plans for Joffrey and Ramsy Bolton, and he would like to play that game with them.

The hound, who stayed silent since Edward came here and did not even defend his prince, looked at Edward and did not say anything since he knew that he could not beat Edward and would probably be asking for his own death if he raised his sword, not to mention the army behind Edward. Plus, he knew the one who avenged him and killed his brutal brother was none other than Edward.

His brother was a ghost haunting him in his dreams when he was a child, but the hound heard how Edward captured and humiliated him. He even heard that the mountain only died after years of his fall on Edward's hands, and he was tortured all that time. He could not explain how he wanted to thank Edward for removing that parasite from the world, although he wanted to be the one who did that.

The boy ran after hearing Edward's words while looking back every now and then. He was probably swearing in his heart to tell his mother about what happened to him that day and ask her to avenge him since he was his mama's boy. He did not know that not he nor his mother could touch Edward anymore. Edward believed that he won this war long ago after all the preparations that he made. He was only waiting for the good show to start and enjoy a little more before ending this game which was in its final stage. Even Tywin could not do anything against him in war, and Tywin himself knew that. With the soldiers from the new kingdom and the Reach alone, Edward had more soldiers than all the realm and could defeat take Westeros by force if needed. He was delaying that matter, though, since he did not want to sacrifice his men when he could let the other do that for him. He would be the final winner in the end anyway.

If Tywin wanted to win, he had only two options in front of his eyes. The first was to continue scheming against Edward, and he might succeed in the end if he managed to convince someone to go against Edward and kill him in his sleep or something, but the chance was minimal since Edward's men got filtered more than once. The second was to get Edward on his side by marriage, and that was what Edward thought Tywin would do since he had no other choice.

But Edward would get more surprised by Tywin's shamelessness at that time. He would not expect Tywin to go as far as that, and Edward would not stop laughing in his throne hall when he would receive Tywin's proposal. He would stand up to salute the man for his darings.

Anyway, After the boy had disappeared from their eyes, Edward turned to the hound. Edward looked at the man in front of him with some interest in his eyes. Edward was actually the hound's fan and liked his style. He practiced a lot in his previous life to curse in every sentence as the hound did, but he could not do it well like the man.

"I did not know why are you staying with that idiot?" Asked Edward as he looked at the hound with interest in his eyes. He was actually referring to two idiots, not one. The other was Robert, of course.

"I need gold to eat." Said the hound as if he did not care about Robert or his son. He had lost his ambitions long ago after Edward killed his brother. He wanted to eat and enjoy his life at the moment.

"Come with me then. You are just wasting your time here. You know who has the most gold in this land, don't you?" Said Edward with a smile on his face, getting a weird look from everyone, especially Tyrion Lannister, who saw Edward recruiting one of their men in front of him like that.

"You mean it?" Asked the hound with a non-caring attitude, but he wanted to check if Edward was truly recruiting him right now.

"I do." Said Edward with a smile.

The hound saw the look in Edward's eyes and knew at once that Edward was serious about this matter.

"Fuck it then, I agree." Said the hound, who started taking everything, indicating that he worked for the crown and threw them to the ground as if they were not his anymore. Edward liked that a lot and could not help but admire the man's style more and more.

"Haha, good. Follow me for now. We will find you a place when we return to Storm's Eye." Said Edward with a laugh after experiencing the hound's attitude with his eyes.

"Wait, wait, wait. Are you serious?" Said Tyrion with amazement in his eyes. He was about to insult the hound for following every order given to him by Joffrey just now, but what was the situation right at the moment? The hound had abandoned Joffrey and everything the next moment, just like that.

"What the fuck did you think would happen?" Mocked the hound after he heard Tyrion's words. If he could find someone as rich as Edward to serve, why would he need the Lannister?

"I need a drink. I could not take it anymore." Said Tyrion as he moved away from the group with a perplexed expression on his face.

Edward could only smile after seeing this scene. He did not expect to have the ability to recruit one of the strongest men in Westeros with just a few words like that, but he should since he knew how the hound acted. Edward returned to Winterfell to make things difficult for his brother, Robert, who could not use his left hand anymore after Edward pinned him with the dagger back then. He wanted to see if he could do the same to his right hand as well.

Edward did not forget to fuck with the Lannister as well. He wanted to blow up Jaimie Lannister's balls since he did not need them anymore after having three children already with his wife-sister. But Edward did not want to cause trouble to Ned Stark in this place since Edward would have a way to do that in the future. He wanted to see Cersei's and Tywin's expressions when he did that.