House of The Dragon-A God Amongst Men
Chapter 438: The Maiden in Harrenhal II

Chapter 438: The Maiden in Harrenhal II

(Drakken’s POV)

"I want you to teach Viserra the healing arts I taught you." I told Maegelle, "That is why she is here."

"Right." She said, "I understand."

I was standing next to a table, pouring some wine on a cup as she walked up to me with a neutral look on her face.

"Is there an issue?" I asked her

She reached for my hand, "Not really."

I felt her hand on mine, her soft touch felt quite nice.

"Hm...." I said, "What is it then? Do you want to have sex?"

She chuckled, "Not really." She said, "I just want to peer into your eyes and see what I can find."

"What do you mean?" I took a sip of the wine, "What do you think you’re going to find?"

"I think..." Maegelle started as she looked into my eyes, "I think it is obvious that you will not think twice about killing anyone should they lay a finger on your family. And I find that to be quite.....nice....especially when it is you we are talking about."

"And that means....?" I asked

She smiled, "You don’t have to say it." She said, "But you love them, don’t you? Your children. I know you do. Someone as cruel with a heart as cold as yours, to have such feelings and emotions....."

I pulled my hand away, "Hm."

I walked over to the chair and sat on it, holding my cup of wine as I swirled it, looking at the contents.

"Drakken...." She said

"All I did was send a message. If anyone can lay a hand on my children, a member of House Drakkengard, without me doing anything about it....what would that tell everyone?" I said, "That they could do anything to me without consequences? No. Riktor was one thing, and they were doing something else with Sylas. No, a message has to be sent. If Jaehaerys doesn’t have his people on a tight leash, I will start destroying Seats until everyone begs me to stop. Fear is how you control these people. I cannot allow them to even think they have any semblance of hope when it comes to me. I-"

"You can lie to yourself." She said with a smile, "But I know the truth."

I rolled my eyes, "What truth is that, Maegelle?"

"You do care for them." She said with a smile, "Maybe you’ve made it known, but....I just think it is nice. It’s progress."

"Progress?" I said

"You don’t have to be a cruel and heartless god, Drakken." She said softly, "You can be much more."

"So you say." I said with a sigh, "I don’t like having these talks about high morals with you. I know what I am, Maegelle. You know what I am and yet you still chose to be with me."

She walked up to me and sat down on my lap, wrapping her arms around me, "I know." She said, "And I know it annoys you when I start speaking this way. And I am sorry about that. But I cannot stay quiet all the time whenever you decide to do something horrid. You know that. You know what I am, Drakken. And you also chose to desire me."

"Hm." I said as I kissed her neck, "I know what you are, for sure. Someone who is arousing me at the moment. Perhaps I should pin you to the bed and give you the pleasure you so thoroughly and loudly enjoy."

I saw as her face went red, "N-No, not now....."

"You’re beautiful." I said, "No matter how many centuries pass, the image of your beauty is ingrained in my mind. I will never forget you, Maegelle."

"Why must you speak so morbidly....?" She chuckled nervously, "Nothing is going to happen to us, right?"

I thought about that for a couple of seconds, saying nothing.

"Of course not." I told her, "Nothing is ever going to happen to you."

"Don’t worry about a thing."

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"I’ve always wondered about something." Viserra said as she was sitting across from me on the table in her quarters, "May I speak my mind?"

I nodded, "Sure."

"How could someone who views us people as something lesser than him...." She started, "How come you’re so willing to have children? You have six of them now, My Lord. A god such as yourself, one that has lived for centuries.....which I assume is quite young for a god.....how could a god that views himself as superior to everything else here...how could you be so willing to be a father?"

I leaned back, "Quite the thoughts you are having, Viserra." I told her, "Is this something you think of quite often?"

"You’ve made it clear you don’t like my family that much." She said, "You see us Valyrians as beneath you. Yet.....you married two of my sisters and you have four children with the two of them combined. So I do wonder....what is the point of having so many children? Do you have a particular motive?"

"I’m sure I’ve told you before." I said, "To spread chaos. They are extensions of myself."

"I don’t know what that means." She said, "Can you explain it to me?"

"Hm." I said as I snapped my fingers

Suddenly, a large, empty glass jug appeared in front of me. It was nearly two feet tall, quite big. I had made it to store my personally brewed mead that I started making but eventually stopped focusing on it. She looked at it with a bit of surprise on her face, not expecting me to summon something like this.

"This glass jug....." I started, "Think of it as me. My vessel.....a powerful body that can house Chaos. See, Chaos is not metaphorical. Chaos is the essence of Black Ether, the source of all Calamities."

I waved my hand over the jug and suddenly, a bit of dark wine appeared at the bottom of it. It then slowly began to rise up, filling the jar up at a very slow rate.

"Yes...." Viserra said, "A literal sense. Chaos....is tangible?"

"Not really." I told her, "But it is an energy source, so to speak. Different from Magic, but somewhat similar."

"Oh." She said as she looked at the jug, seeing that not even an inch of wine had filled it, "And that means....?"

"That is how much Chaos I have at the moment." I said, "You see this? Compared to the jug, which is quite big, hm?"

"That does not seem like much." Viserra said

"Because it is not." I told her, "Compared to my true power, I currently have very little Chaos....very little Black Ether. But despite that, I am the strongest being in this world. My power is far beyond anything else. Of course, it is being helped by the Dark Shade and other sources. But this is the Chaos I currently possess."

"I see...." She said softly

I snapped my fingers and six glass cups appeared; they weren’t that big, around four inches in height and a three-inch diameter.

I waved my hand over two of them, a small amount of wine appearing on the bottom of it.

"Tell me what these two represent." I told her

She looked at the cups, "I...." She said, "Lord Riktor and Lord Sylas?"

"That’s right." I said, "These are Riktor and Sylas currently. Basically, I have spread my Chaos into them. And with time....their glasses will fill...."

I waved my hand and the wine began to fill up the glasses slowly.

"The more it fills..." She said, "The stronger they will become."

"That’s right." I repeated, "And if we do the same with the other children."

Waving my hand over the other glasses, I saw that wine appeared on all of them, beginning to fill up. Then, after a couple of seconds, the wine reached the top and began to spill into the table.

"What?" Viserra said

"The Chaos will eventually fill them up...." I said, "And they will spread it throughout the realm..."

The area immediately around the glasses was filled with wine but it didn’t reach further than that. I then tapped the large jug as it began to slowly fill up with wine.

"With them doing that....." I said, "My jug will fill up, metaphorically obviously, and I will get closer to my original state."

"I see...." She said

"The area that the wine has spilled on...." I said, "That is the Realm. And when I reached a specific point....."

I tipped the Jar over, spilling wine all over the table completely. It spilled over and into the floor as well, getting everything wet as Viserra stood up and stepped away.

"The world....." She said softly, "You intend to spread it everywhere....but why?"

"Well..." I said as I flicked my wrist upwards

The wine slowly rose up and began to siphon into a single spot in the air, forming a large sphere of pure wine.

"Everything has its reasons." I said with a slight smirk, "I cannot tell you what I truly intend to do....."

"But that is all you should know."