[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bear-school-astartes":3,"chapter-bear-school-astartes-bear-school-astartes-chapter-163":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bear School Astartes",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1620243,2087,"Chapter 163. Time Difference","bear-school-astartes-chapter-163",163,"\u003Cp>\"My lady, Catherine. She’s the one who sent the Dragonbone Dagger over, she believed Baelish’s words and met Tyrion Lannister halfway back to the North. She’s a mother, there’s no way she could hold back against someone trying to assassinate her son.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That place happened to be Riverrun, her father’s fiefdom, so she simply gathered people and captured that Lannister!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Edd quickly gave Lann the general context, so that this young man who had little concept of the Seven Kingdoms could have some preliminary information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann was still a bit puzzled at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, just half a minute ago, he was immersed in the excitement and joy of discovering a secret capable of overturning the entire continent’s power structure, ensuring the peaceful life of the Stark family, and was about to accomplish it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, half a minute later, Edd directly told him that war was about to break out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But... just captured one person! Haven’t done anything yet, right?! Isn’t this a bit much?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where’s the negotiation? The compromise? The deal?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t you follow standard procedures?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you all truly nobles?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The countryside youth Mr. Lan felt shocked once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who among you would ignite the gas stove just because there’s a missing pair of chopsticks at a table full of delicacies!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t understand the current head of the Lannisters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Edd furiously rubbed his face with his hand, somewhat exasperated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tywin Lannister, a person who values family honor above everything else, he doesn’t care about Tyrion Lannister, he cares about someone acting against the Lannisters!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyone who dares to make a move, he will ensure that person can never act again! The Lannisters’ mountain of gold gives him this confidence! Now, he’s already mobilizing troops!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>... Indeed! People here are fierce!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann slightly mocked inwardly and immediately focused on the most important thing at the moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was the speed of you receiving the news considered fast?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having calmed down, Lann pulled Edd along as they walked outside, quickly inquiring while moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time difference that information brings is a crucial factor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, the military deployment in King’s Landing is quite peculiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gold Cloaks, the city’s guards, number around two thousand, while the Lannisters’ private army assigned to the queen has more than five hundred!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann had a bit of impression on the Gold Cloaks over these few days; these people might have had some integrity and combat effectiveness when the troops were first established.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, they’re simply a bunch of people who would do favors for whoever pays them more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is even after the king was nearly assassinated today, while he still maintains health, someone presses them making them barely usable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If something happened to the king, these people would likely sell themselves to the highest bidder!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Edd, the Lannisters have a mountain of gold!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Initially, based on Lann’s view, even in family wars, it shouldn’t involve the Kingdom Prime Minister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because above everything else, Edd holds the identity of the Kingdom Prime Minister over being the Stark Clan Leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Acting against the Kingdom Prime Minister in King’s Landing, isn’t this direct rebellion?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the Lannisters suddenly mobilizing troops to gather is indeed teaching Lann a lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not everyone plays the game according to rules and conventions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people just like to gain from flipping tables, even though they know, most times, the damage from flipping tables outweighs the gains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So now, Edd and everyone in the Prime Minister’s tower are very dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five hundred Lannister private soldiers are enough to kill everyone here, except Lann.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They must retrieve the king’s orders before the queen mobilizes the Lannister private soldiers, directly pressing Gold Cloaks to confront the Lannister soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With one hand, Lann pulled Edd, and with the other hand, held \"Genealogy and History of Major Noble Houses in the Seven Kingdoms.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have to notify the king of what I discovered before the queen reacts, let him take preemptive action against the Lannisters!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Edd didn’t really understand political scheming, but after all, he had once led a side in the Rebellion War.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he switched his thinking to battlefield mode, he immediately became decisive and straightforward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without looking back, he instructed Jorri Kaiso who was following.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll go with Lann to see the king, you and the others guard the Prime Minister tower, remember! Defend according to battlefield standards!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once these words were spoken, Jorri knew this meant not caring if the Prime Minister tower looked presentable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Directly put on armor, pile barricades and debris at the entrance! All non-combat family members, regardless of gender, must be gathered to hide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understood, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guard Captain ran off to inform his subordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann and Edd went downstairs again and mounted their horses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you really finish reading that book so quickly? What’s in there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While turning his horse, Edd asked Lann.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, it was a book with hundreds of large pages, reading so fast was just too exaggerated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I mentioned I have some insights in reading.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a word, both rode their horses, galloping towards the road leading to the tournament stadium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by time, the archery contest should already be over, Robert is on his way back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann didn’t beat around the bush, he directly shared his discovery with Edd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pop, the book contains records of marriages between Lannisters and Baratheons! Not just once!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann patted the thick tome fixed to the horse’s back and told Edd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All those children have black hair and black eyes! Without exception! Meaning none of the current heirs are the king’s biological children!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\".... Damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this conclusion, Edd’s eyeballs almost popped out of his eye sockets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that’s why my foster father went to find Robert’s bastard! That’s why he borrowed this book!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had gotten the answer before the incident with Tyrion, Edd might have privately allowed Cersei to leave with her children, at least letting innocent children leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he knew when his brother lost his mind, he genuinely would kill children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now the timing doesn’t allow him to hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann looked up at the sky, his vision surpassing that of ordinary people allowed him to see several ravens flying into the sky of King’s Landing one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time is running out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Starks are involved in the kidnapping and therefore have the advantage of early information, compared to the straightforward Northmen, other families undoubtedly have better intelligence operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The various news of Tyrion Lannister’s kidnapping came only about an hour later than the Starks’ ravens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann and Edd galloped out of King’s Landing, encountering Robert halfway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the big, stout man had his waist bandaged and was taking swigs of wine intermittently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he still rode a horse rather than sitting in a carriage. Even if every hoofbeat made the corner of his mouth twitch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he still rode the horse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the king, wanting to prove he was still strong and powerful after surviving an assassination attempt, there was no more convincing way than riding into the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert saw Lann and Edd coming on horseback from afar, spilling his precious Cyan Pavilion Island red wine on his beard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aha! Isn’t it our Hand of the King and the Swordsman who saved the king! Why are you returning?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, Robert’s hearty smile couldn’t be maintained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he saw Edd’s bitter melon face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Duke of the North often had a bitter melon face, but those who knew him, including Robert, understood—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The alert before battle and the difficulty when facing a situation could be distinguished in Edd’s expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only he could distinguish it.\u003C\u002Fp>",1280,"2026-06-06T10:40:07.942Z",1,"novelbin.me","dd15914d2613f3ad38e63be97b9d142c0efd804005165661fa4466bc98072c3f","bear-school-astartes-chapter-164","bear-school-astartes-chapter-162",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]