House of The Dragon-A God Amongst Men-Chapter 407: Punishment III

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(Drakken’s POV)

"What happened.....was regrettable..." Jaehaerys said as he sat across from me

I raised an eyebrow, "Regrettable?" I asked, "Is that all you have to say? Regrettable?"

We were in the Small Council Room, most of the Royal Family were present, including the Queen and her Eldest Children. Maegelle was with me while my other wives were having their entertainment with the wretched woman.

"Drakken..." Maegelle grabbed my hand

I scowled, "Tell your Father that should he say some dumb bullshit yet again, I will rip his fucking face off....." I said with pure anger in my voice, "Regrettable? Regrettable?!"

"It is unacceptable, yes." Aemon spoke up, "But what you did was completely out of-"

"And tell your fucking brother to keep his fucking mouth shut, Maegelle!!" I stood up, "I am in no mood to hear his aggravating voice at the moment."

"Let’s stay calm." Jaehaerys said, "Drakken, let us discuss this.....calmly."

"Oh, I will calmly drive a blade through your chest should you say something so foolish again." I said as I glared at him, "What would you have done should you be in my position? You are the King, obviously, you would do something dire to let the people know not to mess with your house."

"And what do you want to do....?" Aemon started, "Is it to commit genocide?"

I looked at him, "Maegelle...."

"Brother, please...." Maegelle spoke up, "Do me a favor.....j-just let him calm down before speaking up."

I slammed my hand on the table, causing it to shake as everyone at the table jumped up, save for Jaehaerys and Aemon.

"I want people to die." I said seriously, "And I will have that happen. I don’t care if you don’t want that, Jaehaerys. House Penrose....."

"W-What about it?" He asked

"It will no longer exist." I said seriously, "I am going to wipe it off the face of this land. Do you understand?"

"Drakken, what?" Maegelle stood up, "Y-You didn’t say you would do that."

I looked at her, "I don’t need to run things by you."

"But Drakken, you promised me." She started freewebnσvel.cøm

"I did no such thing." I said, "You need to understand, Maegelle, that this is our son we’re speaking about. My Heir’s dignity was disrespected, I will not allow this to go by so easily!!"

"But if we butcher people who have nothing to do with it....." She started, "I.....oh...."

She patted her belly as she frowned.

"Sit down." I said as I gently grabbed her by the shoulders and had her sit, "Don’t be standing up so recklessly."

"Daughter...." Alysanne said, "Do not get worked up. Does she need to be here, Drakken? She needs to rest."

I ignored her and gently patted Maegelle’s cheek as she looked at me, "He is our son." I whispered, "I understand your feelings, but he is our son. I cannot allow this to go unpunished...."

She closed her eyes as she felt my touch, "...I....I understand...."

"Let me be the vile one." I said, "Just step back and turn the other cheek...."

"That makes me as bad as you...." Maegelle opened her eyes and looked at me, "Drakken..."

"No....it doesn’t. I am forcing you to do this." I said as I pulled away and let out a sigh, "Any of you imbeciles got anything to say, hm?"

I heard Baelon clear his throat, "So you took Lord Penrose and his daughter....." He said, "What are you going to do with them?"

"Take a guess." I said as I turned around

Jaehaerys sighed, "It cannot be helped...." He said, "But.....I cannot agree with your decision to wipe out an entire House. The repercussions for that.....it will-"

"What?" I cut him off, "It will what? Will it spread Fear and Hate? Good, that is exactly what I want. Let them try something, let them give me a reason to spread the flames of chaos throughout this wretched land. I will flay them all alive, burn their blood until it melts through their flesh...That is what I strive for, Jaehaerys, I want all of that!!!"

"Yet...." Aemon mumbled under his breath

I looked down and sighed, "For fuck’s sake..." I muttered as I shook my head, "Do you want me to bring your late wife.....and remind you of your fucking place?"

I looked at him, watching his expression harden as he shifted in his seat. Everyone was silent there, including Alyssa, who was sitting next to Baelon. Nobody wanted to look at Aemon at the moment, well aware of what had happened; of what I had done to him. Even Vaegon, who was silent, simply looked down.

"Drakken...." Maegelle grabbed my hand, "Let it go. Leave him be....."

"Jaehaerys." I said, "I want you to round up every man and woman who preys on children. And I want you to execute them via dragonfire."

"What?" He said, "That.....that will take time.....too long....and-"

"I don’t care how long it takes." I said, "Shut the fucking gates of the city and get it done. If you don’t do it, I will remove Vaegon’s other hand."

"What?!" Vaegon exclaimed, "W-Why?!"

"And I will kill Aemon’s dragon." I said

"Don’t you dare!!" Aemon stood up

"Brother, sit down." Baelon grabbed his arm, "Calm yourself."

"And I will undo Little Aegon’s shifted Fate." I said seriously

Alyssa widened her eyes and stood up, "M-My Lord, please do not!!" She exclaimed, a look of fear and desperation immediately appeared on her face, "N-No, he has nothing to do with it!!"

"Drakken, don’t do it." Baelon said as his face went pale, "We did nothing to you..."

"You might want to rethink that statement." I said with a scowl

"Drakken, leave Aegon out of it....." Maegelle said

"If they don’t want any of that to happen." I said seriously, "Then Jaehaerys will do as I fucking tell him. He is the King, he will see to it that it is done."

Jaehaerys looked at me, "If I do this...." He said, "There will be ripples across the Realm, which will rouse the wrong people."

"Fuck. Them." I said as I leaned my hands on the table and glared at him, "I will do the same to every corner of the Realm, Jaehaerys. I will purge the impure, the sick fucks who cannot control themselves. I will kill them all and pile their corpses up till it reaches the heavens. When you burn those in the city, I want their ashes collected and sent to me at Harrenhal. Do you understand?"

Jaehaerys nodded, "What will do to them?"

"That is my concern." I said, "And another thing."

I pulled away as I looked at them all, seeing that they had mixed emotions on their faces.

"Child Marriages." I said seriously, "They’re done. Not anymore. No grown adult will ever marry a child nor will a child marry another child. Marriages will only occur when both parties are of age...we’ll discuss the details at a later day, since I am going to check in on my wives."

"Wait.....what?" Aemon asked

I pointed at him, "Shut up." I said seriously, "Or I will rip your tongue out."

"Now...that...." Jaehaerys said seriously, "Will cause serious backlash."

"Good." I said, "I want that."

"Let them start something."