Castle Black

"What are you doing here again?" he asks the girl whose footstep she has gotten so used to hearing.

'I came here with one new friend and someone that I brought here to help you." The girl answers him.

He is about to say something when he hears something land on his desk before walking towards him, at first he thought that it might be a dog, but then he felt the heat coming from the beast.

"His name is Flame, he's a fire Salamander," she says to him

"And why did you bring it here, do you want it to melt everything." he asks the girl as he tries to make himself sound as unfriendly as possible.

"So who's the person behind you?" he asks the girl.

'I am one of the doctors visiting with the guild leaders, there is no need for you to know my name just my purpose for being here. Silica has paid to have your eyes back in working condition." the man who accompanies the girl answers him.

'Oh and how would you do that?" he asks the man as he reaches for his sword.

"By now you have heard that we have ways of fixing and healing things that would normally kill a man, but a price needs to be paid.

For a month Silica will be blind and will need help performing her duties." the man says to him

"Oh and why do I need to know that?" he asks the man.

"Because for you to regain your sight, she will have to lose hers, She will get her eyesight back after the month is done, so the help that you provide her will only be temporary." the man answers him.

He doesn't say anything, as he tries to wrap his head around what he was just told, there was a way for him to regain the use of his eyes and not be so dependent on other people's help.

Yet he would have to give the help that he once received to the same person who made this decision without even telling him.

"What if I refuse?" he asks the man.

"Then you stay blind and I return Silica's money to her." the man answers him.

"Chett." he says to his aid.

"Yes." the boy answers him.

"You will serve Silica until she has regained her sight, then and only when she decides that you are no longer needed, you are to come to me to be reassigned." he says to his aid.

He can hear the man's footsteps approaching him along with the girls followed by the sound of something breaking, his eyes begin to itch before they start to burn and then the blackness that had taken over begins to clear, as blurs replace it, until he can see again.

In front of him is a knight wearing blue armor, next to him is a girl with short light brown hair, with what looks like a dragon with feathers on her shoulders.

The beast on his desk lets out a small hiss, but it's not hostile, it's more like the beast is reacting to his actions.

He can't help but widen his eyes at the sight before him, The creature is a salamander, but it's massive when compared to others of its kind.

"Boy, listen carefully to my words. If you do anything to her or allow anything to happen to her. I will hunt you down, torture you, heal you, and do it again until death seems like a dream that will never come." the blue knight says to Chett who can only bod in fear.

He doesn't say anything as the knight reaches into his pocket and takes out what looks like a crystal.

'Good, now let's do something about that face of yours." the blue knight says as he raises the crystal, the crystal shatters, and Chett lets out a scream.

The boy's voice isn't filled with pain but shock, he watches as the boy puts his hand on his face and looks at the knight whose face is now covered in boils and sours.

"Normally I would have given you options, to help you heal, but Silica needs help now." the blue knight says to Chett before turning back to him and excusing himself, his duty was done and he needed to return to the guild master's side.

'Why ?" he asks the girl.

'You remind me of my grandpa." she answers him, Her voice hasn't changed, it's still filled with so much joy.

"I am Aemon Targaryen, Maester of Castle Black." he finally introduces himself to her.

'I'm Silica Keiko. I hope that we can be friends for a long time." she says to him, he can see the girl's smile and how it hasn't dimmed despite her eyes being closed.

"Chett you know your duties." he says to Chett who nods at him.

"Great let's go meet the guild leaders, they need to know that Kirito and Asuna haven't come back yet" Silica says to Chett before her dragon leaped off her shoulder and guilds her hand towards Chett.

Silicia grabs the boy's hand and waits for him to guide her to where the rulers of her people are.

The small dragon begins to fly behind the girl as Chett looks at their hands before turning and looking at the girl, but his eyes fill with fear when the feathered dragon begins to grow before it hisses at him, warning the boy that it will be watching him.

"Why do I need to serve you, I am a man, it's you that should serve me.' Chett says to the girl as he tries to let go of her hand.

'A real man doesn't need to tell people that he is a man, Chett he shows it. And you are helping me, not serving me, now help me get to Master Heathcliff so I can speak with him." Silica says to Chett before tightening her grip on his hand.