The rose attendants wheeled Willas away, and the smile on Daenerys's face gradually faded.
Ever since her husband had gone off to war, Willas seemed to have been avoiding... Gryn's name, which could not help but puzzle her.
Especially their earlier conversation...
Daenerys had noticed more of these "traces" in Willas, even though he had acted naturally.
Her fingers curled slightly as she found herself unable to determine why Willas was behaving this way.
Daenerys was no longer the exiled princess she had once been. Since setting foot on Westerosi soil, she had crammed the knowledge a ruler required with old Maester Al, while Gryn had taught her how to look down upon problems from a higher vantage point—the way a king thought.
That was why she doubted what she had discovered.
She did not know Willas well. She could not even stop herself from wondering whether some private grudge lay hidden between him and Gryn...
Just then, Lady Surana entered carrying a teapot. Daenerys gestured for her to sit in the chair opposite her. "I recall that Gryn once went to Highgarden?"
Settling into the chair, Surana thought back briefly before saying, "About two years ago. To gather provisions for the campaign in the Vale, King Gryn visited Highgarden in the Usurper's name."
Daenerys nodded lightly and pressed on. "Did anything happen then? For instance, did Gryn have any conflict with Viscount Tyrell?"
Though Surana had not accompanied him, as the steward, she naturally knew something of the matter. Besides... she had heard quite a bit from the attendants who boasted of Gryn's "great deeds."
"At first, things did not seem to go smoothly. As you know, His Majesty was merely a baron from Crackclaw Point at the time, while those he visited were among the foremost nobles of