"Precisely because of this, the princess remaining in The Eyrie is a great help to us," the Old Knight said. "She is our most capable assistant; she is very strong, with a warrior's resolve."
"Her being here might also help us look after Sweet Robin," the Old Knight added. Although Ser Barristan disdained schemes and tricks, he had many years of high-level political experience. The lord commander of the kingsguard was also a member of the highest council, well-versed in such matters. In times of war, the captain of the White Cloak could also directly serve as a military commander.
"I don't think so; Miss Mia's temperament isn't suited for raising a Child," Gendry chuckled. Sweet Robin needed a very motherly woman to look after him. As for Miss Mia, that would be too risky.
"Your Highness, Princess Mya's concern is very valid: an heir. You also need to consider your own heir..." Ser Barristan suggested. "A great kingdom cannot rest on two young people; that is too dangerous. If you two had a Child..."
"I have considered this matter. The Handsome Man, Longspear, Master Qyburn, and even the Fletcher have told me many times. But I have to consider Daenerys's physical condition," Gendry replied.
Daenerys was only a fourteen-year-old girl, still developing, and years of wandering had left her petite.
For a young girl like Dany, early childbirth would be extremely dangerous.
Only a good mood and abundant nutrition could ensure proper development.
"Don't forget, there are also dragons," Gendry reminded, referring to the bloodline of dragons, the bloodline of Targaryen.
He wanted more children, so he couldn't rush it now.
Furthermore, even with children, the most dangerous ones were still the two of them; as long as they lived, the empire would continue.
"You're right.
The birthing bed is a woman's battlefield, and perhaps it would be better if she grew a little older.
Because of the dragons, we need to protect her and you even more," Ser Barristan nodded.
Gendry's vision was long-term, not limited to the present.
This was different from King Robert, and it also showed the different paths of growth for father and son.
"I hope Dany can bear me many children, but right now, her greatest needs are growth and health."
For more Dragonriders, the mother of these Dragonriders could not be rushed.
"The Good Queen and Queen Rhaenyra of the Blacks both had many children.
If Princess Dany can bear you many healthy heirs in the future, it will be a blessing for the realm," Ser Barristan said.
Setting aside his professional skills, as an old fossil, Barristan had witnessed much of the kingdom's history.
A large part of the Mad King's madness was due to the scarcity of heirs in the main Targaryen line and his wife's repeated miscarriages and stillbirths.
"There are still quite a few of the Dragon King's bloodline, aren't there?" Gendry asked Ser Barristan.
Besides Rhaen, Dany was now the last true dragon, but Gendry knew that the Targaryen family still had princesses who married out, and The Usurper had also produced many people.
Even the exiled "Brightflame" might have left descendants Across the Narrow Sea.
He only knew a general idea, but Ser Barristan himself was a meticulous and gossipy person, knowing many of these secrets.
"Yes, even many families have the blood of the Dragon King, though it's very diluted now," Ser Barristan thought for a moment.
"Of those princesses who married out, the closest blood relative is the Stag.
King Robert's ascent to the Iron Throne also considered this, due to the mad storm and the King's broken friendship.
Speaking only after the Dance of the Dragons, the twin sister of the Dragonbane, Princess Rhaena, first married Corwyn Corbray, but House Corbray was unlucky, and the princess miscarried.
Later, the princess married Garmon Hightower, the brother of the Earl of Hightower, and bore six daughters.
And Princess Baela married Alyn Velaryon, also having descendants.
In the time of The Usurper Viserys, The Usurper had many descendants, and the three maidens of the tower also bore many descendants.
Later, the Good King Daeron married a Dornish princess, and his sister Princess Daenerys married into Dorne, and Daenerys also bore some children for Prince Maron.
And then there was King Daeron's grandson, King Aegon the Unlikely, who married his daughter to Maekar Targaryen's son, Duncan, who was the grandmother of King Robert, Stannis, and Lord Renly."
"It seems Ser Lyn's initial support for Royalists during The late King's rebellion also had reasons of kinship, but not many."
"But this isn't all.
There should also be some dragon blood Across the Narrow Sea, for example, The Conciliator once had a daughter Across the Narrow Sea who became a courtesan.
Aren't The Usurper's descendants still courtesans in Braavos, not to mention the more famous Blackfyre descendants?
I personally killed the last Blackfyre, but with so many Blackfyres at the beginning, I'm not entirely sure myself.
After all, there were still female descendants."
Ser Barristan recounted his glorious moment, killing the ferocious Maelys, but the lineage was too long, and these things were unclear.
"Hightower, Velaryon, House Martell, House Blackfyre, House Blackwood, and Baratheon, and so on," Gendry listed.
By year, the latest were the Blackfyres, House Martell, and House Baratheon; the rest were almost negligible.
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