CHAPTER 6

For a week I would wake up as early as possible. It is really hard to wake up early when there is no alarm clock. There is a clock tower but it does not have a clock it has a bell. It is only used to informs the commoners with bell rings. The time is kept by sun dials in the morning and with marked candles at night. It would have been really cool if I was an engineer and knew how to make a clock. I know it is powered by springs and gears but I don t know the dimensions and how to configure them. Anyway I start working on my mana for 6 hours until afternoon. I would spend all of it by doing different things with it. Like I would try using other elements I m able to use water, fire and wind all of them are magnificent. When I use water I can make a bead of water, and most powerful one is wind, I can create a gust of wind. I can make a gust stronger then the spell by blowing with my mouth, it is really sad how weak my magic is after the magic training, I would have lunch and then usually play with Robb. We usually play tag or wrestle. It is a bit annoying but it is a good thing for my future. Being the childhood friend of the future lord is a good thing. After that I would rest or meditate like the Rob said and replenish my mana by the time of dinner I would have full mana then I would use all of it again trying to make familiar bound with a bird I bought. I still don't have enough mana for a bound but I can feel the advancement. It is little but it is there.

When I was thinking what spell to cast I heard someone shouting and bang the door "Aermir are you in there."

I open the door and see a stable hand boy standing there. I don't remember his name." The Lord is looking for you." I got up in a hurry and run to the yard. When I m outside I see the Lord Stark, Robb and his other son Jon. I don't like calling him bastard son or baseborn son.

"My Lord I m here." I said.

"Ah, little Aermir come with me, all of you wait here. " I follow him and we go to the one of the tables near the training ground. He sits down and tells me to sit too.

"So you know I owe your father my life right?"

"Yes My Lord I heard it from other people that is why I don't have to work and I can play with Ro.. Little Lord."

"You are a smart child, you know you shouldn't call him Robb when there are other people around. Do you know why I called you here?"

"No, my lord I do not."

"since you know you shouldn't call Robb with his name when there are people around. Can I take it as you know what a highborn and commoner is ?"

"Yes my lord , you are a highborn an commoner."

"Yes, as a commoner you need to work but as thanks to your father I m allowing you to grow with more means. I don't know if I m doing good or bad with this and I want you to have a profession as you grow up. Do you have anything you would like to be or anything you like doing."

This is a good opportunity I could try his limit since he seeing me as a child and wouldnt find it to offensive if I ask something I shouldn't . As I understand it is really hard for a commoner to become a knight my father was a noble's bastard still it took him many years to become a squire. He first become soldier in Winterfell then he become a squire when he was 27 years old as reward for is bravery and valor in a battle. Before he died he had just become a knight. I started acting shy and said

"Can I become a knight?"

He was a bit surprised of my question. He started looking in my eyes for a while.

"Why do you want to be a knight?"

"I want to be like my father."

"Becoming a knight as a commoner is a hard thing, even if you become one noble knight will look down on you, do you know what that means?"

I node my head and said "they wouldn't like me"

"Yes, something like that. You might not be able to become one. Do you have what it takes?"

İ got up from my chair held my head high and bang my chest while saying "I can do it."

"HAHAHA, good good a man should have some gut in life. Okey, I will let you train in sword and everything else up to you."

"Rodrik"

"Yes my lord"

"From now on you will train Robb,Jon and Aermir in the art of sword and war"

"Yes my lord"

I bowed down and said " Thank you my lord, I will not disappoint you."

"Hope not" he got up and left. I turn around and bow down to Rodrik Cassel and said.

"Thank you for your guidance master Cassel." He is a man around 40 years old and has little bit of belly but he is tall and muscular man. He is the master-at-arms of Winterfell.

" HAHAH, we shall see if you are going to thank or beg. All three of you going to be here every afternoon we will be starting morrow" then he gone after Lord Stark.

"cool so we are going to start learning the sword." Said Robb and started swinging a branch he found at the ground.

I looked at Jon he was happy but I wasn't trying the show it. He is a bit of a introvert he doesn't talks much and he usually doesn't want to play with Robb because whenever Lady Catelyn sees us playing, she would always call Jon and give him a hard chore to do. With time little Jon started to get that he only gets chores when he plays with us and started to distance himself a bit he still plays with us times to time but he would stop and run the second he sees Lady Catelyn.