There he stood, brooding over the realm he sought to claim, so near at hand and yet so far away. "Tonight I am to sup with my lords bannermen, such as they are. Celtigar, Velaryon, Bar Emmon, the whole paltry lot of them. A poor crop, if truth be told, but they are what my brothers have left me. That Lysene pirate Salladhor Saan will be there with the latest tally of what I owe him, and Morosh the Myrman will caution me with talk of tides and autumn gales, while Lord Sunglass mutters piously of the will of the Seven. Celtigar will want to know which storm lords are joining us. Velaryon will threaten to take his levies home unless we strike at once. What am I to tell them? What must I do now?"
他佇立沉思，望著他亟思獲得，明明近在咫尺，卻又遙不可及的國度。“今晚我要宴請諸侯，雖然他們寥寥無幾，不過就賽提加、瓦列利安和巴爾艾蒙這幾個人，也都不是什么能干角色，但我兄弟留給我的只有這些了。除此之外，那里斯海盜薩拉多·桑恩會帶來我近來欠款的帳單，密爾人摩洛敘會談論海潮和秋季風向，目的是要我小心謹慎，桑格拉斯大人則會虔誠地以七神之名誦唱祝禱。再之后呢，賽提加會要我說明到底哪些風息堡諸侯決定加入，瓦列利安則會威脅我，除非立刻出兵，否則就班師回家。我到底該怎么對他們說？我到底該怎么做？”
Your true enemies are the Lannisters, my lord, Maester Cressen answered. "If you and your brother were to make common cause against them—"
“陛下，您真正的敵人是蘭尼斯特。”克禮森學士回答，“假如您們兄弟倆能并肩作戰——”
I will not treat with Renly, Stannis answered in a tone that brooked no argument. "Not while he calls himself a king."
“我絕不跟藍禮妥協，”史坦尼斯回答，語氣不容任何辯駁。“除非他放棄稱王。”
Not Renly, then, the maester yielded. His lord was stubborn and proud; when he had set his mind, there was no changing it. "Others might serve your needs as well. Eddard Stark's son has been proclaimed King in the North, with all the power of Winterfell and Riverrun behind him."
“那就不和他結盟，”學士讓步了，他的主人個性剛硬，自尊心強，一旦下定決心，便再無轉寰余地。“其他人同樣能助您一臂之力。艾德·史塔克的兒子已經自立為北境之王，身后有臨冬城和奔流城所有兵力支持。”
A green boy, said Stannis, "and another false king. Am I to accept a broken realm?"
“他不過是個毛頭小子，”史坦尼斯道，“而且同樣僭越稱王，難道你要我坐視王國分崩離析？”
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