Game of Thrones: Empress of the Sacred Flame
Chapter 131

Black Rat and Mungo

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"Your Highness, Oldtown is still in chaos. Let these Unsullied stay by your side and protect you. They are the finest guards on either continent!"

With that, Rouge handed Danyla several exquisite gold whips studded with gems. These whips were the tokens slave masters in the Free Cities and Slaver's Bay used to control their slaves.

Through exceptionally cruel methods, the slave masters of Slaver's Bay brainwashed and trained people abducted from all over the world into obedient slaves who answered unquestioningly to these lifeless objects. Just thinking about it made Danyla feel that the whips were steeped in sin and blood.

She took the gem-studded gold whips and tossed them straight down before Dreamfyre, who melted them with a mouthful of dragonfire. Then Danyla approached the Unsullied and declared loudly,

"There are no slaves in Westeros (though the lives of its subjects are hardly any better!). From this day forth, I-Danyla Targaryen, Princess of the Seven Kingdoms and Lady of Holy Flame Island-command you to remove the slave collars around your necks. You will never again be bound by these wretched whips. You are free!"

With that, Danyla personally used the Firefall dagger to cut through the slave collar of an Unsullied standing near her, then hurled it to the ground.

"Before, you could not freely choose the lives you wanted. But now, as free men, you can make your own choices."

"You may choose to live freely, and I can give you money for your journey. Or you may choose to become my Personal Guard, swearing allegiance to me as the knights of the Seven Kingdoms do, and protecting me."

Danyla's actions first left the Unsullied stunned. They exchanged glances, but soon recovered and dropped to one knee before her. In accented Valyrian, they spoke in unison,

"We

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