"Hmmm, let's just leave it at that for now. I'll find the person for this job myself later. for now we will have to leave everything as it is. Guard look for rodrik and call him please."
5 minutes later rodrik came in with his armor and sword he looked at me and said
"My lord, do you need me?"
"Rodrik, are the troops of the city and the castle trained?" he looks at me as offended and responds
"Yes my lord they are ready at any time to fight" and when he says it I let out a sigh, which makes him raise his eyebrows.
"I'm worried about this" I show them the parchment in my hand "a seagard raven arrived ships from the iron islands have been seen in small groups. I imagine they're looking to loot, so I ask again. Are the troops ready to face the robbers?" I look him straight in the eye
"If my lord will be ready, I will order them to increase surveillance at night" he answers me with a firm voice
"Well, I also want you to look for people who are good at archery. I want 10 for a project. You can withdraw"
"Yes my lord" he greets and leaves the room. then i look at maester lewin and ask
"Master how much it would cost to make a tower of wood or stone as a lighthouse and at the same time defensive for the pier."
The master does the calculations and then speaks
"My lord, a wooden tower with this objective would cost about 50 golden dragons and would be ready in a week and a half. The stone one would cost around 260 golden dragons and it would take 2 months to be ready if you start now" when he doesn't tell me I start to think
"Okay, Master, I want you to make a detailed plan for the wooden tower and let's wait for the father to arrive. I just hope he's okay and they don't attack us while he's gone. Without more to say let's finish for today I will go to train, tell me anything.
And so 2 days go by on the morning of the 3rd day, the day my father would have to return, I wake up to the sound of the alarms.
Shit this has to be a joke. Or a damn plot of the protagonist." I say as I quickly put on my clothes, I take my sword that my father gave me for my 13th birthday and my shield.. And I go out to the training yard where rodrik was giving orders.
"Rodrik report" he turns and looks at me and then sighs. He knows that I have the ability to defend myself. that's why he doesn't say anything about it and he informs me
" my lord 1 galley and 5 drakkar with a total of 250 raiders. We are prepared to defend the castle and the men of the town are fighting right now " when I hear that I get angry and order.
"Give me 30 of the best men, defend the castle with the other 40. Quick is an order" I tell him when I see him hesitate.
Me and 30 armored men-at-arms walk out of the fort into the village and 3 minutes later I see the soldiers making a shield wall on the main street of the village holding out. I already see 10 corpses of ours and at least 20 robbers.
" 20 of you reinforce the shield wall the other 10 follow me. We will surround and hit them from behind "the soldiers hesitate but comply with what I say.
When I get to the rear of the attack I see another group of men of ours and I see my father wounded fighting and I throw him to help. The battle lasts 1 hour and only 20 raiders and 50 of my troops remain. My father died fighting.
I see the robbers on their knees and I speak
"I, Frank Flint, Lord of the Flint Finger, condemn you to death for the crime of attempted robbery, attempted rape, and murder." With that, my men went ahead and killed them.
"The wounded go to the castle or help the grave to get there and seek medical help. The rest accompany me to claim my new boats" and so I go to the dock with 20 other men and when we arrive we fight against another 15 who had been protecting the boats, they tried to escape but we stopped them. Although we lost another man and another wounded
" you 10 who are uninjured stay watching the boats there will be a rotation so rest and watch" then I go with the others to the castle where I start tidying up
" Maestre sends someone to count the profits of the Basques. rodrik sends 10 men to replace those who are taking care of the boats and another 20 to look for and burn the bodies of the looters, oh and look for my father's body we have to bury it in the crypt" I say with sadness in my face and he turns around and sees me with open eyes to what I say
" Yes. He was at the rear of the looters. I fight to the end. I will inform mother, master also count our losses I want a report of everything after lunch"
I head to the castle to my mother's room when everything at the door answers me and allows me to enter.
"mother we managed to kill them with many casualties. My father died fighting." She looks at me with melancholy on her face but I see that she is not crying, she is just sad.
"My baby, why did you go out to fight? You're still young. I was very worried "she tells me while she hugs me after digesting the information to which I respond by pushing her away
"Mother, I am dirty with blood. Please. Mother be honest with me. Why are you not saddened by the death of the father? He was always cold to me but he raised me" she asked out of curiosity. She sees me conflicted and after thinking she tells me