"Hello, Earl Anda Lie. Your words sound like a refreshing breeze on a summer day, making one feel incredibly comfortable."
Faced with the Amber Family's show of goodwill, Daenerys was naturally very happy to accept it.
"This Miss Vada Frey is my personal guard."
"Oh, my! Only such a beautiful and powerful lady is worthy of standing by the Princess's side."
It seems all the men of the Amber Family have a preference for tall women, as none of the female members of the Amber Family present were shorter than 1.7 meters.
"You flatter me, Earl. It is my honor to follow the Princess, and it is also the Frey Family's honor."
Hearing Vada say this, Earl Anda Lie couldn't help but discreetly glance between Vada and Daenerys. Then he immediately echoed,
"That is natural. Although Last Hearth is located at the northernmost end of the Seven Kingdoms, we also know that Princess Daenerys is the youngest Dragon Knight in the history of the Targaryen Royal Family and the only royal princess with a fiefdom. She can also control dragon, and recently, she crushed the cunning Hightower Family's conspiracy in one fell swoop."
"If my good-for-nothing sons could follow the Princess, they would surely wake up laughing in their dreams."
"Hello, Benard! When I saw you in Winterfell a few years ago, you were still a timid child who only dared to cry in your wet nurse's arms! But after a few years, it seems your height hasn't grown much, has it?!"
The speaker was Earl Anda Lie's fourth son, Andarel. Although he was only fourteen or fifteen years old, his height was already close to 1.9 meters. Fine beard hairs had just begun to appear, but they already covered half of his face.
In fact, Benard was already considered tall among children his age. But compared to the children of the Amber Family, who possessed giant blood, there was naturally a big difference.
"Hmph! You big oaf, your mouth is still as foul as ever. It's a pity you eat so much at every meal, yet none of it goes to your brain."
Benard felt that Andarel's words just now made him lose face in front of Daenerys. So his temper flared up instantly, and his words naturally became impolite.
But the simple-minded Andarel didn't take it to heart and wanted to continue teasing him,
"If you're not convinced…"
"Ah~"
"Thud~"
Earl Anda Lie kicked his foul-mouthed fourth son flying, cursing as he did so,
"You ill-mannered brat, how dare you be so disrespectful in front of our esteemed guest. I'm noting this down today. If you dare to make even a tiny mistake again, I'll skin you alive."
Earl Anda Lie's kick was not held back at all, and the tall Andarel was sent flying five or six meters away. He lay on the ground, in too much pain to get up for a while.
Earl Anda Lie's fifteen-year-old eldest daughter, Annatalie, usually had the best relationship with this brother of hers, so she quickly ran over to help him up. This was also thanks to Annatalie's tall stature, a full 1.89 meters, which allowed her to easily pull up the heavy Andarel.
Watching their mischievous and foul-mouthed fourth brother make a fool of himself, Earl Anda Lie's other three sons couldn't help but secretly snicker. Twenty-year-old Ontario, eighteen-year-old Ambrio, and sixteen-year-old Andler were all tall and burly with thick hair. Daenerys estimated that they all exceeded two meters in height.
Earl Anda Lie's ten-year-old youngest daughter, Annatara, was even taller than the early-developing Daenerys by a head.
"You've seen me make a fool of myself, Princess. My fourth brother's head was once smacked by a brown bear. So he often says surprising things; please don't mind him."
Daenerys maintained a polite smile and said,
"I think he's quite lively. He will surely be an outstanding warrior of the Amber Family in the future."
After this farce, Earl Anda Lie's wife, Lady Karstark, quickly ushered Daenerys and the others into the main castle hall.
The castle of Last Hearth certainly lived up to its name, with no less than eight large fireplaces installed in the castle hall, which was only a few hundred square meters. And even though it was summer, one of the fireplaces was still burning. This shows how cold the winters in Last Hearth must be.
For lunch, Lady Karstark had large quantities of roasted meat, various fruit pies, and vegetable mash pies prepared, all high-calorie foods. However, what surprised Daenerys was that despite all the Amber Family members being tall and burly, they preferred to eat vegetables and fruits.
This was quite similar to the habits of giants; tall giants are a vegetarian race. Unless they are starving, they rarely consume meat.
However, the tall ladies of the Amber Family were very fond of eating meat. In this respect, they were very similar to Vada, almost as if they couldn't go without meat.
Eighteen-year-old Ambrio was still unmarried, so from the moment he first saw Vada, he was deeply attracted to her. Throughout the meal, his eyes hardly ever left Vada, his gaze practically dripping with desire.
Every time he ate a fruit pie, he would stick out his tongue very far, then put it into his mouth with lingering satisfaction. It was as if what was in his mouth was not delicious food, but Vada's slightly rough, beautiful hand.
His burning gaze was clear for everyone to see. Vada, who was already skilled in martial arts, had naturally sensed Ambrio's extremely uncomfortable gaze long ago. Suppressing the urge to vomit, Vada managed to fill her stomach with difficulty.
Vada glared fiercely back at that burning gaze, and the already infatuated Ambrio, unseasonably, took the opportunity to give Vada a flirtatious wink and a blown kiss. This finally made Vada unable to bear it any longer. She stood up abruptly and said loudly to Ambrio,
"Big oaf, put away your disgusting gaze, or I don't mind digging out your eyeballs and stomping on them!"
Vada's angry expression only made Ambrio like her even more,
"Woman, you look even more like an Amber Family woman when you're angry! I've decided, from today onwards, I, Ambrio Amber, officially begin pursuing Miss Vada Frey."
The scoundrel's shamelessness made Vada grit her teeth in anger. She directly drew the long sword in her hand and issued a duel challenge to Ambrio,
"Is that so? Then I admire your courage!"
"You want to pursue me? Alright, take out your weapon and win against me first!"
Watching all the members of the Amber Family laugh and join in the cheering, with an expression that clearly showed they were happy to see this happen, Daenerys suddenly realized,
"It seems the Amber Family still retains the tradition of the lord's first night before marriage, it's true."
"Vada, use my dawn sword!"
Daenerys was very confident in Vada's martial prowess, but the tall members of the Amber Family were natural-born warriors, and they were all very strong. With the dawn sword in hand, Vada's chances of winning would be much greater.
Amidst the cheers of the crowd, the two directly set up their positions in the main castle hall.
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