CHAPTER 25
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I could see Robb had a new found determination in him.
"I m not going to whine about Maester Luwin's lectures anymore, like you said there are things in life we have to do even if we don't want to." And he smiles at me.
Sometimes teacher side of me gets out and I start giving lectures about thing but it is a beautiful thing to see a child learn and grows as a person.
"Robb, I want to learn how to use a sword too." says Arya.
"You know you can't, do you want mother to punish us all for teaching you." she gets angry and starts shouting " I hate you ,hate mother and hate being a lady; I don't want to be a lady like Sansa."
"I can't do anything about that you need to convince mother or father about that, you little she wolf."
People start calling Arya, little she wolf. When she started walking and getting all kinds of trouble and she never acts like how a lady should act. I think I started seeing white hair in Lady Catelyn hairs because of Arya. Some people even say she is the Lyanna Stark reborn.
POV NED STARK
"What is the important thing you have to talk about Maester Luwin ? "
"it is about Aermir Drasil my lord. "
"it come to my attention he has a very keen mind. "
"We know of is martial prowess but it is the first time I m hearing about his mind being keen."
"Yes, my lord he is a very smart child, I would even call him a genius that comes once a century. "
I knew he had learned how to read and he was doing readings in the library, he had asked for the permission. But I didn't know he was that smart. Yes, the way he act is most of the time like a grownup but he still doesn't understands how this world works so some of the things he does is just like a naïve child.
"my lord I didn't teach him how to read, all I did was showing him how the alphabet works and how to voice the letters, from that he learned how to read and write. Since then he has been reading all the books he can find. If the Septon Chayle didn't brought this to my attention, I wouldn't realize this. According to the Septon Chayle he read almost one fourth of Stark Library when I heard that, I thought If he camprehened even one tenth of the things he read, he would be a great maester when he grows and I even put him in some test. Then realized he didn't understood one tenth of the things he read, he understood almost all of it."
I was thoroughly shocked, how can someone be this talented in sword and pen.
"my lord; even if we send the boy to the Citadel this instant, he can take the maester exam right away and can forge at least 3 links of chains in history, herbology and medicine."
It was like lightnings were striking on my head continuously, how can a nine years old boy could become a maester with 3 chains.
BANG, BANG,BANG
The knock on the door took me out of my stupor and I said " Come in "
Rodrik came in a gave a salute and stood in front of me.
"my lord, if you are available could I inquire about somethings ?"
"ahh, Rodrik it is a good timing we were talking about your squire too. The Good Maester Luwin was telling me about some unbelievable things about that child "
Maester Luwin told everything to him too, but he didn't look as shocked as I thought he would be so I asked
"Rodrik you don't look that shocked about it, why is that? "
"My lord maybe I become numb to getting shocked about Aermir, if morrow someone tells me Aermir learned how to walk on water I would say it was bound to happen if someone else said he learned to fly I would just say okay. The things that boy does no longer shocks me."
I can't decide about this if we send him to citadel yes he would become a learned man but at the same time I would be giving the potential best swordsman the North ever seen to the Citadel. It is a no brainer, we can't send him.
"I need to talk about this with Rodrik so Maester Luwin can you wait outside for a bit ? "
He walks out of my solar and Rodrik closes the door, turns to me and says "My lord we cannot send Aermir to Citadel, it would be a crime against the North."
"I know but we cannot refuse the Citadel directly either or it will cause a lot of headache not only to me but to all the Northern lords. "
"Do you think Aermir would want to go to the Citadel ? "
"Not likely Aermir likes his freedom, my lord he even wants more of it? "
"what do you mean? "
" he want to go out of castle for hunting and exploring. I even have some shocking news for you my lord ? "
"what is it? "
" today he beaten the Flant boy my lord. "
"that is not shocking didn't we have to give him punishment because he beat them so hard 2 years ago."
"Not Wyl my lord the big one, Wyland. "
"what, isn't he almost knighted, isn't he the one we were thinking of knighting him this year or the next year ? "
" Yes my lord, that is him."
"HAHAHAHA, I m too, going to believe if someone says he can walk on water and fly." This boy he is going to be a force of nature, I m not going to give him to Citadel even if I have to fight them to the bitter end. At most we will keep getting letters from all the Westerosi lords and we will have problems with our ravens, they won't show direct insubordination but they will protest with a passive aggressive way.