Game of Thrones: The Legend of Jon Arctic - ASOIAF/GOT [Book - 1]

Chapter 169 - Artican Trade in Essos 24 (Volantes 01).

[Chapter Size: 3000 Words.]

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Thrid Person POV

Essos, 296 AC.

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Some days had passed while Jon still couldn't understand the strange phenomenon, with the flames wondering what had happened and where it came from, whether it was from Volantis or beyond, but still without an answer... he continued the journey as usual, having put Rhaenys under the tutelage of her teachers on the ship, along with Daenerys, to learn and familiarize herself with Artica and other matters.

This continued until Volantis, an immense city, appeared on the horizon along with the continent, finally coming into view.

"I think showing our fleet like this is bad... we should position the fleet further out to sea... we don't want the city to see us as a threat and panic. After all, we need them to open the gates for us if we wish to trade," Jon spoke to his men, who nodded, while the wargs passed on the orders to the rest of the fleet that wouldn't go to the city.

He was about to return to his family but saw Daenerys standing alone at the edge of the ship. So he approached his aunt. "How have you been?" Jon asked.

"Nephew..." Daenerys looked at him with a sweet smile. "I'm fine... just thinking a little," she murmured.

"You don't usually stay alone, is something bothering you?" Jon asked.

"It's about the city..." she murmured.

"Rhaenys told me that you don't intend to go to the city this time, after what happened in Myr," Jon commented, looking at her. The girl had been ambushed, but his men protected her and eliminated the entire group that attempted it, hired by that prince of Lys who didn't meet a pleasant end.

"I heard that Volantis is one of the cities with the highest concentration of slaves in the world..." she murmured.

"You certainly don't like slavery... do you..." Jon sighed.

"No..." She shook her head. "Could you end it?" She couldn't help but ask.

"Well... I don't sympathize with it either, but we can't do anything now... intervening in external policies isn't that simple. But you never know... perhaps a slaver will irritate me enough to force me to attack his city..." Jon commented with a smile at the end.

"That would be bad for him..." Daenerys commented with a smile. "Anyway... I'll stay with Rhaenys during your stay," she said, and Jon nodded without a problem.

"That's fine. Anyway, why don't you come with me to see the others?" he said as Daenerys smiled.

"Sure, why not!" she said before they went inside.

As the royal family gathered, as usual, thirty ships began to break away from the fleet, heading for the city. There were no ships in the sea at that moment, which Jon found rather strange, and sending his eagles towards the city to see what was happening, he found himself witnessing a peculiar scene.

A crowd had gathered at the harbor, like a reception with what seemed to be great nobles of the city gathered, waiting for them to arrive, but unlike other receptions, the entire city seemed to be there to see them.

'What is this...' Jon murmured internally as he guided the eagles lower, wanting to hear what the people of Volantis were discussing, seeing red priests speaking of him to the crowd. Even the two factions of the city were united at that moment; Jon had expected a grand reception from the elephants, but even the tigers, whom he had expected to be more hostile towards him, didn't seem to be.