Game of Thrones: From a deserter to a high-ranking official

Chapter 12 The Truth About Bloodwave Cape

"I said Tiberius," Vito said, wiping his sweat, quite annoyed at Tiberius sitting on his horse.

"Damn it, will your fishing plan even work? We've been walking around in this scorching sun for ages, and they still haven't taken the bait!"

"Patience, Vito!" Jules rebuked Vito before Tiberius could speak.

"The hunter's virtue is patience, the fisherman's virtue is forbearance, and the commander's virtue is waiting. Now that we've accepted this task, let's do as Tiberius says! Unless you have a better idea!"

Tiberius smiled at Vito, then spoke slowly and deliberately.

"Vito, tell me, what kind of bandits would dare to attack a group of more than twenty knights under the blazing sun? Be patient, Vito..."

"I'd like to be patient, but Tiberius!" Vito snapped, tearing open his robe and pointing to the other side of the road.

"Those guys from the Second Sons Group, and other mercenary groups that got wind of the situation, are all at Bloodwave Cape now! How many have we seen along the way? And these guys are always heading into the dense forest!"

"Fishing, fishing... I think the fish are going to get scared away!" Vito spat on the ground and said indignantly.

"Damn it, ten thousand gold coins... Lisangzhuo really went all out! We might as well have just come and found his precious daughter..."

Tiberius ignored Vito's rambling.

What a joke! If we hadn't made things clear to Lisangzhuo beforehand, in his eyes, the White Army would have become: first, they flatly refused, and then a few days later they brought back their daughter...

Hmm, it looks like a ten or even nine out of ten performance was staged by the actor himself.

By then, rather than the White Army vehemently denying that they had orchestrated the whole thing, Lisandro might be more convinced that Tiberius was a time traveler...

Furthermore, the dossiers that Tiberius needed were provided by Lisandro. Without these dossiers, how could he have devised a "fishing" plan?

"Miss Zera." Tiberius first brought a stool to help Zera down from her horse, then presented her with a silver tray and spoke to her in a friendly manner.

"Miss, today's lunch is pan-fried cod, rabbit soup, and white bread; along with a glass of lemon mint water. Although it's not as delicious as the food you have at your residence, the situation is urgent, so please bear with it." Tippi smiled slightly as he opened the lid of the lunchbox and took out a bundle of linen, placing it on the plate. Inside was a set of silver-plated cutlery.

These are tablewares from the mansion; of course, the chefs probably didn't know that these tablewares had been "borrowed".

"That brat 'Lightning' is even serving 'Miss' now?" Vito couldn't help but tease, and then the knights following Jules also burst into laughter.

"Tiberius, don't be like 'Lightning' in bed!" a knight joked rudely.

The joke made Zera curl up into a ball, but instead she grabbed Tiberius's hand like a startled fawn. Tiberius gently patted her bare shoulder, using sweet words to temporarily soothe the canary.

[Plan works!] Tiberius thought to himself. [What a pity, too little time, insufficient resources, and an unsuitable environment. Otherwise, I could easily create a Stockholm slave girl.]

Yes, Vito's little joke was also part of Tiberius's scheme.

Tiberius knew perfectly well that Zera hadn't willingly become bait. Therefore, she couldn't possibly obey Tiberius completely. But as bait, she had to at least ensure two things: first, not be so nervous that she would immediately notice something was wrong, which would scare away the big fish; second, Tiberius had to at least keep her calm and make her obey him, at least in a rational state.

Thus, the training plan came about.

Yes, Tiberius intends to do what Ramsay Bolton did to Theon in the original story: turn Zera into his "stink."

Of course, Tiberius wasn't that twisted. It's just that his ultimate goal was the same: to temporarily turn Zera into a "puppet" he could manipulate.

When Tiberius told Vito about his "female slave training plan," Vito looked at him as if he were a little pervert.

"Tiberius, so you like... well, this type of training?" His expression was somewhat strange.

"Uh, but it's quite interesting, to be honest... and, are you sure that if we follow your approach, that little bird Zera will really become like you say: if you tell her to go east, she won't go west; if you tell her to wiggle her butt, she won't swallow..."

Tiberius then gave Vito a look that said: Shut up.

Yes, Tiberius's previous coldness caused Zera some suffering. But on the journey to Bloodwave Point, Tiberius took meticulous care of Zera: providing her with the finest silk sheets, white bread for the road, and even having several "heart-to-heart talks" with her, recounting his past (which was actually entirely fabricated to elicit tears), and the disgust he felt when he killed for the first time…

In short, in Zera's mind, Tiberius went from being "a despicable brat, a perverted little lecher who drools over his own body" to "a lovely child, it's all the world's fault for making him like this..."

One night, after listening to Tiberius's "confession" about the murder, she even hugged him with tears in her eyes.

"You must have suffered a lot," she said, her voice choked with emotion.

Tiberius could only say that he was having trouble breathing...

This scene was the envy of many knights.

After all, Zera was beautiful and gentle (at least in their eyes, Zera was always the little bird by Tiberius's side), she would shed tears for a brat like Tiberius, and she was good at needlework, making her the perfect wife!

Tiberius could only remark: Tortoises appear every year, but there are especially many among knights...

"Zera, listen to me." After Zera finished eating, Tiberius's expression suddenly changed from its original gentleness to the coldness he had shown when he gave orders to Vito.

This face reminded Zera of the time Vito had slapped her unconscious. She flinched, but after seeing Tiberius's eyes, she stammered:

"My lord, what do you need me to do...?"

Tiberius took out a chainmail and a coarse cloth robe from his personal baggage.

"Put on the chainmail first, then the robe," Tiberius said sternly to Zera. "The robe will cover the chainmail."

Then he gave Zera that smile, which meant gentleness, kindness, and concern. "Don't worry, this is for your own good, Sister Zera."

Several knights around Tiberius cast envious glances at him.

Tiberius's womanizing skills are really worth learning! Zera does whatever Tiberius says!

Jules, however, was quite worried.

He knew, after all, how Zera had "agreed" to be used as bait, and because of this, he knew what Zera's true nature was.

[Tiberius, please don't let this woman be bewitching you!] he thought to himself. [After all, she's just a plaything. If you really want a wife, you should go for a noblewoman from Westeros!]

[Moreover, I remember that our Morde family has intermarried with the Reed family of the North and the Mandler family of White Harbor... I don't remember ever intermarrying with the Bolton family! Where did Tiberius learn his methods of controlling people?] Jules muttered to himself.

My nephew seems to have become very clever ever since he was knocked unconscious by Tie Min…