CHAPTER 19
280 AC
"Sweetheart, are you okay? I don't understand why do those nobles bullying you?"
I start acting like an innocent child, saying, " I really don't know; they keep bullying me." Then I acted like I remembered something then said, "ohh, maybe because I beat the living daylight out of them."
She gets shocked for a second, then with a stern face, says,
"Sweetheart, you should never say something like that out loud; that is not smart. I know you are angry and have the right to be angry, but you can't talk or act like that. You need to suck it up and live your life. Smallfolk like us can't stand tall in front of nobles. They have all the power; if they can't hurt you, they will attack others around you."
She comes next to me and messes my hair, then says,
" Please never do something like that; never stand up to them. You have to respect them even if you don't want to. Please don't do anything dangerous. I promised your mother I would look after you, so I will."
She then puts the tray she is carrying in front of me after that, kisses me on the cheek.
"You must be doing something right if the lord looks after you like this. I will take the tray when I come back for dinner. Bye"
She messes with my hair again and then leaves the room.
"Hmmph, is this how he looks after me, stale bread and water." I bit down on the bread then I felt something juicy and chewy. Then the flavor hits me. It has meat in it. I turn it over and look inside my bite, then reap it apart. A good chunk of meat is inside. "Ohh, she meant this by he is looking after." At least he has some conscience.
(After one month)
This month, I worked on my mana the most and got two more mana. I think I’m starting to get more mana because I have two familiars now. I tested out some things. I’m not able to bind with more creatures, but I can dominate animals. It is not like being bound. I can't see with their eyes, give remote orders, or feel where they are if they are around 100 meters away from me.
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They will get free if I don't dominate them after a week or so. They can understand basic orders like attack, follow, retreat, etc., but the ravens and crows are exceptions. In some aspects, they are as smart as a 2 to 4 years old child. For example, crows understand analogies, exercise self-control, fashion tools, and like to play—all signs of "intelligence."
Because of that, they can answer my short and simple questions with a nod, and I can use them to follow people because they can recognize people's faces. Now both Poe and Erebus have a murder of crows and ravens consisting of 15 to 20 birds. Technically it should be called unkindness since most of them are ravens, but I like the murder of crows and ravens more than the unkindness of raven and crow.
People started to think it was an ominous omen that this many crows and ravens flocked around the buildings. They think this is a sign there is going to be ironmen or a wildling raid in a short time. In the old gods' religion, they don't believe the ravens are ominous creatures but are still believed to be omen because they are carrion birds. The Faith of the Seven, the first raven, is said to have been let into the world when the Crone peered through the door of death.
Some priests of the Iron Islands believe that ravens are servants of the Storm God. In short, people in this continent are a bit obsessed with ravens. The Ravens are the best communication tools too. Maester Luwin is responsible for the communication between the lords, and I can't dominate his ravens, don't know why.
I have been using all those ravens and crows for hunting small game. Even though lord lets me eat meat in secret, two meals a day is not enough for me because I train all day inside my room. I get hungry really fast, so I send the birds at night, and they bring back the prey. I warged into Erebus and stole a knife from the kitchen, then made the other birds bring me dry woods from the Godswood.
After that, when I entered the training space, I lit a small fire and cooked the meat. It is really bland, but it is better than hunger. I don't know why I don't get carbon poisoning inside the space. At first, I was afraid of it and did a little experiment to see if I would get lightheaded inside, but I never did. After that, I got out, did the same in the room, and breathed in the smoke. I got lightheaded, so I’m not resistant to carbon poisoning.
Because I didn't use my mana training on elements, I think I hit a bottleneck with them. I used all my mana on warging. I learned this word from the Stark children's nanny Old Nan. When I needed to spend my mana, I would warg to Poe or Erebus and fly sometimes; I would go to keep and listen to her tell stories. She tells many stories about the age of heroes, magic, and magical creatures to Robb, Jon, and Sansa.
Sansa is Robb's little sister. She is four years old, and before I got punished, I talked and played with her sometimes. She is a charming and obedient little girl; she will not do something if Lady Catelyn forbids it. One time she played with us in a game of tag, and she would always get busted because she wouldn't run. I asked her why wouldn't she run; she told me while holding her head high, "A lady never runs." She was so cute; that day, I held myself so hard not the pinch her little chubby cheeks.