Chapter 114 Jealousy
Five sea-fairing ships flying the purple grape flag slowly sailed into the pier of Eagle Island.
Samwell looked at Natalie Dane who jumped down from the boat, and was wondering how she came here on the boat from Arbor Island, when he heard the little girl waving at him from a long distance and shouting:
" Sam, come quickly! The two gentlemen from the Arbor Island said that we can take their boat to King's Landing."
Samwell saw the two brothers Horas and Hobber standing at the bow of the boat, and waved his hands happily to thank them.
However, what he didn't know was that Hopper at the bow was gritting his teeth and said to his brother:
"Lady Natalie insists on bringing this guy Sam, damn it, do you think I should arrange him in the back of the boat?"
Horas looked at the countess who was holding Samwell's arm affectionately, and nodded seriously:
"Yes, otherwise you will not have any chance."
The reason why the two brothers from Arbor Island came to Starfall so active this time was because they were ordered by Earl Paxter to invite Natalie to go with them.
The purpose is obvious, it is to let Hobber and the countess get along well and see if they can collide the spark of love, that would be the best.
Facing the young and beautiful countess with a rich dowry, Hobber naturally readily agreed, slapped his chest loudly in front of his father and said that he would definitely conquer Lady Natalie with his charm.
To be honest, if Horas hadn't been the eldest son who would inherit the Arbor Island in the future, he wouldn't be able to help but compete with his younger brother at this moment.
However, looking at the two people below with an intimate attitude, Horas suddenly gloated a little.
Brother, you have a strong competitor this time.
Of course Hobber was also aware of the crisis, and hurried down the gangway to meet Samwell and Natalie.
"Sir Hopper, thank you so much this time!"
"Haha, you're welcome. It just happened to be on the way." Hobber tried hard to maintain a smile on his face, but stopped Samwell when he was about to board the ship, and said, "I'm really sorry, Sam, this flagship Purple Grape is full, why don't you go to the ship behind?"
"Okay." Samwell nodded cheerfully.
Hobber was overjoyed, and quickly stretched out his hand to Natalie courteously:
"Lady Natalie, please."
Unexpectedly, Natalie shook her head: "In that case, I will go in the next ship."
Hobber smile suddenly froze on his face.
…
In the end, both Samwell and Natalie boarded the flagship Purple Grape. It was found that the two Redwyne brothers suddenly discovered that there were extra rooms.
After this farce, Samwell was naturally aware of the plans of the two brothers.
It's no wonder that the two brothers came here to pick her up, because they planned to pick up girls.
Of course, he couldn't let Hobber marry Natalie, otherwise, wouldn't the Starfall City that he had worked so hard to obtain be controlled by the Redwyne family.
What's more, the little girl is not yet an adult.
You gang of beasts!
So after boarding the boat, he stayed by Natalie's side all the time, never giving the kid Hooper a chance.
It just so happened that Natalie also liked to pester Samwell, the two talked and laughed, and were intimate, like a couple traveling, making Hobber like an 800-watt light bulb.
"I can't take it anymore! Damn Samwell! I'm going to kill him!" In the small cabin room, Hobber turned around in anger.
There was a disdainful smile on the corner of Horas mouth: "Hobber, haven't you always boasted that you are very popular with ladies? Why? You can't even compete with Samwell?"
"He cheated!"Hobber roared angrily. "That brat discovered that female savage, and I'm afraid they had already done . How can I compete with him now? It's not fair at all!"
Horas shrugged: "In that case, then you should just give up, and jump on father geet when we go back."
"No! I won't give up!"
"Don't give up?" Horas looked at his younger brother with red eyes. , frowned, "Hobber, don't do stupid things."
Seeing his younger brother bowed his head and remained silent.
Horas realized something, immediately got anxious, got up and said: "Hobber, you should think clearly, that man is now the Baron of Eagle Island, if something happens to him on our ship, Highgarden will not let us go ,don't talk about Horn Hill and Blackwater keep! Even father will not be able to save you then!"
"I heard that there are pirates on the Step-stones Islands..."Hobber said quietly, "This is a reasonable way to let him disappear."
"Bullshit reasonable! Do you think everyone else is stupid! Hobber, don't implicate me if you go crazy! I still want to inherit Arbor Island safely."
"I know, brother." Hobber nodded and seemed to have regained his composure, "I won't do anything stupid."
"That's right." Horas put his arms around his brother's shoulders and comforted him, "It's just a woman. When we get to King's Landing, There are lot of noble ladies waiting for you to choose, so why compete with this wild woman from the red mountains."
.…..
"The Stepstones Islands?"
The captain of the Purple Grape wondered, "Sir Hobber, If we go there, we will deviate from the main route, and I heard that a merchant ship encountered pirates in that area recently..."
"That's why we are going." Hopper said lightly, "is it not the duty of the Arbor Island Fleet to fight pirates."
"But, sir, we only have five warships this time..."
"Enough."
Hobber waved his hand confidently, "The Purple Grape is the flagship with 300 oars, and the other four are all warships with a hundred oars, so what kind of pirates can threaten us?"
The captain also felt that he was a little too cautious. Since the Iron Islands, the largest gathering place of pirates in Westeros, was brutally suppressed seven years ago, those ironmen did not dare to come out to plunder wantonly. Although there are some pirates gathered in the sea area, it is said that they are all unworthy youngsters.
"Okay, sir. I'll set on route , but the waters around the Step stones Islands are a bit rough so you have to be prepared." ... "
"Damn it! Why are the waves suddenly so big? "
The lamp flickered on and off, illuminating Horas face indistinctly. Under the pale yellow firelight, the eldest son of the Arbor Island staggered up from the bed.
It was already late at night when Horas opened the hatch, but all he could see was darkness.
He called out the servant's name loudly, but only got a thunderous response.
After the thunder, the pouring rain swept down, and the bean-sized raindrops hit the deck densely, splashing a lot of water.
The sea wind became more and more violent. Even if all the sails had been lowered, it still couldn't stop the ships from bumping and shaking in the wind and waves. In the face of the majesty of nature, they were extremely fragile.
"The Step stones Islands? Why are we going to the Step stones Islands?" Horas found the captain and finally learned that the fleet had deviated from the main route. Frightened and furious, he immediately thought of his brother, "Damn it, Hobber !"
Horas was about to order the fleet to return to the main route, but suddenly there was a bright light in front of him.
It turned out that a bolt of lightning flashed across the night sky, almost lighting up the entire sea area as bright as day.
Boom!
A deafening thunder exploded in Horas ears, followed by another crash, as if something huge fell into the sea.
Before Horas could recover, he heard someone yell in horror:
"The mast is broken! The mast is broken!"
[END]
Chapter 115 The Storm
Boom!
Silver snakes danced wildly in the dark night sky making thunder bursts, as if the gods were venting their anger.
The lightning shone on Hobber face, clearly reflecting the fear and regret in the eyes of the second son —
why did he encounter such a big storm! ?
And when he saw the mast broke, he was dumbfounded.
Snapped!
A loud slap knocked Hobber over the deck.
"If you weren't my own brother, I'd cut off your head right now!"
His brother Horas voice came from behind, Hopper struggled to get up in a dizzy state, and mumbled,
"I...I didn't think it would come to this.."
Horas became even more angry when he heard this, he grabbed his younger brother by the collar, spitting wildly in his face: "Of course
you didn't expect that! You idiotic brain is full of sea water and moss! It's just a woman, was it necessary to bring everyone into this mess ?"
"I just heard that there are some pirates in the waters around the Stepstone Islands…"
Horas now really wanted to wring his brother's head off, but after panting for some time, he finally pushed Hobber to the ground and shouted: "You will immediately organise soldiers to stand guard. And if you see pirates you are going be in the vanguard. CLEAR?!."
"Clear!"
"Yes..." Hobber lowered his head and didn't dare to refute, but there was still hatred in his eyes.
Horas turned to leave, but suddenly found a person standing in the shadow behind him at some point!
Boom!
A flash of lightning flashed by, and Horas saw the face of the person who came—
Samwell Caesar!
Horas heart skipped a few beats, and it took him a while to force out a smile: "Sam, it's you, you scared me. How long have you been there?"
Samwell took a deep look at the two brothers,he smiled and said,
"I just arrived. What's going on?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Horas pretended to be relaxed, "It's just a small storm. We've seen this kind of thing a lot. You have to trust Arbor Island sailing skills."
"Umhh." Samwell nodded, "If you need any help, send someone to call me at any time."
"Okay. By the way, Lady Natalie, is she okay. ? "
"I'm going to see her."
"Please convey the Redwyne family's apologies."
"I will."
Turning around, the smile on Samwell's face instantly retreated , and an undisguised killing look flashed in his eyes !
Hobber Redwyne!
Of course, Samwell knew that he must not make a reckless move .
Earl Paxter's second son is not a wild man in the mountains or a refugee of the reach so he can't be killed casually.
Regarding this, he had to learn from the top player Petyr Baelish "Littlefinger" - how to kill a man without making himself suspicious.
He needs to build a small stage and find a scapegoat...
'knock knock'
"Who?"
"It's me, Samwell."
The cabin door opened after a while, and the pale-faced maid almost fell down just as she was about to salute.
Samwell reached out to support her: "Miss Natalie , is she okay? "
" Miss...she just vomited and ..."
Samwell walked into the cabin and saw Natalie lying on the bed with messy hair.
"Sam..."
"Are you okay?" Samwell sat on the edge of the bed and touched the little girl's forehead.
A little hot.
"I'm so uncomfortable..." The little girl hugged Samwell's arm pitifully, and buried her head in his arms.
Such a storm is unbearable even for a strong man like Samwell, let alone the delicate Natalie.
"It's okay, the storm will pass soon."
"Woooo——Sam, I don't want to go to King's Landing... Boo, I don't want to go back to Starfall City either... I'll go back to Eagle Island with you, okay... Boo Huh..."
"Okay, okay, go to sleep, everything will be fine once you wake up." Samwell patted Natalie's back lightly.
There was rumbling thunder and violent wind and rain outside the room, interspersed with various indistinct cries. The dim light in the room flickered non-stop, but it seemed to be the only warmth in this chaotic world.
...
After finally coaxing Natalie to sleep, Samwell left the room lightly.
The storm outside showed no sign of getting better, and even got more violent.
The dense raindrops soaked through his clothes in an instant, and when the wind blew him, he felt a bit chilly. During the violent shaking, Samwell also felt that his stomach was tightly grasped by a big hand, and he tried his best to suppress the desire to vomit.
In the dark night sky, flashes of lightning flickered from time to time. In the flash of light, Samwell suddenly saw a shocking scene -
On the rough sea, several long boats with triangular sails rode the huge waves undulated , sometimes they were thrown into the air by the waves, and when they fall, they splashed water very high, and sometimes the whole boat was covered by the huge waves, and it took some time to get out of the waves dripping wet.
They were like elves jumping on the sea, or more precisely, devils crawling out of hell!
"Pirates! Pirates!"
Someone shouted urgently from the deck.
Apparently, Samwell wasn't the only one who spotted these longships cruising nearby.
"Ready to fight! Ready to fight!"
Samwell heard Horas hoarse voice, but it was quickly covered by the rumbling thunder.
damn it!
Samwell's face turned pale, this was not the battlefield he was used to at all.
In this violent wind and violent waves, he could barely stand still.
And the personal guards he brought were also not used to the rough seas.
Facing the pirates at this moment, he could only pray that the soldiers on Arbor Island were strong enough.
Although they are well-known, there are only five warships here after all, and no one knows how many pirates are on the opposite side.
It's even more unclear whether the opponent's brain has gone crazy, or if he really has enough confidence to dare to start a fight in this ghostly weather.
Another long bolt of lightning pierced the sky and lasted for three to four seconds.
Under its cover, the entire sea surface was like daytime.
With this ray of light, Samwell finally saw everything in front of him clearly.
However, he would rather see nothing clearly.
In the waves around the fleet, there were as many as sixty or seventy longships cruising, like bloodthirsty gray wolves, closely following their prey.
And among the pack of wolves, there was a wolf king—
it was a single-masted warship with a dark red hull, slender and low, and its sails were as black as a starless night sky—
yes, in such a strong wind, , it actually dared to open the sails!
Driven by the bulging sails, this warship, which was only half the size of the flagship of the Arbor Island Fleet, approached quickly like a sharp arrow.
The sharp prow smashed through the huge waves like a blade, and a black iron maiden loomed among the rolled up piles of white snow.
She stood on the bow of the ship, with one arm stretched out, her thick black iron hair looked fluttering behind her head, and her pair of eyes were made of bright white pearls, shining with the light of thunder and lightning.
But she has no mouth.
At this time, Samwell finally saw the name of the warship—
the Serenity.
[END]
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