CHAPTER 51

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"Boy, are you crazy? What did you promise nine moons ago? Didn't you promise to run away if you were in mortal danger? Let alone running away; you're even running after the bandits. We were afraid that they would ambush you, and now we need to be afraid of you going bandit hunting?"

We were now in Rodrik's quarter. When I returned to Winterfell, the guards informed Rodrik, and he learned what had happened. I've never seen him this angry; I think blood will start flowing from my ears in a few minutes. He has been lecturing for an hour and does not look tired.

This speech reminded me of a time in my previous life when I was a high school student and stole our car to go for a joy ride and got caught by the cops. When the police brought me home, I received such a big lecture from my father, who was just as angry. I think Rodrik feels responsible for me because I've been training under him, and he acts like that because he's afraid something will happen to me.

"Boy, are you listening to me?"

"Yes, I'm listening. While hunting in the woods, I saw bandits raid a trader's caravan and slaughter all those poor people. I got so angry that I was blinded by anger for a moment and wanted to tear them all apart. At first, I backed off, and after some thought, I realized that if I could kill their archers right away, I was strong enough to destroy them all, and I was right about that. It wasn't hard at all to pelt them with arrows. After all, these were not trained soldiers, and after six or seven of them had died, they all began to flee like cravens."

"I don't regret what I did; I would do the same thing again if I encountered a situation like this. There is only one thing I regret: not being able to get there fifteen or twenty minutes earlier and not being able to save those people."

At least, that is what I want you to think. Of course, I'm not a monster, I will always try to save people if saving other people won't have fatal consequences for me, but I don't have a savior complex; I would never risk my own life for people who are complete strangers and have nothing to do with me.

When I said this, the angry expression on his face improved a little, and it was evident that he was trying hard not to grin.

"If this was not dangerous at all, how did you injure your hand? Maester said your fingers are fractured and would not heal in less than a month."

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"Breaking my fingers has nothing to do with bandits; my carelessness caused it. I tripped while running in the woods and hit my hand on something hard."

POV RODRİK

Every time I hear about this boy, I am in awe. This time, he cleared 11 bandits with just a bow.

"When did you become so proficient with the bow?"

Little brat put his hands on his hips and said proudly.

"I've been working with a bow as much as I've worked with a sword for years; of course, it's normal to be surprised that you haven't seen a gem like me in your life. Ahh, it's tough to be a genius. I'm talented at everything I do; what can I do? This is my curse."

I don't know when it started, but the corner of my mouth was twitching, and something inside me told me to give this brat a hard smack on the head.

"You cheeky brat, don't try to be cute. When did you become so good at archery, I knew you were training, but I didn't know you were such a proficient archer."

"I'm telling you the truth; I'm a genius at everything I do."

I took a deep breath, slowly got up, and walked over to him. I stood before him, started smiling, and gave him a good smack on the back of his head.

"Stop messing around; I'm asking a serious question."

he started rubbing the back of his head as he winced

"Aww, I'm not messing around; I'm giving you a serious answer. I'll prove it to you when my hand gets better. To prove how good I am at archery, I can say this. You know I hunt about ten rabbits in the forest daily, right?"

"So, what, not just you; All hunters hunt about ten rabbits a day, and they hunt big games like boar and deer."

"Yes, but they don't hunt as I do. When I hunt rabbits and rats, I always scare them first so I can have a small target that moves quickly. What's the use of hunting rabbits if I don't do that? I don't need the few coppers I will earn from those rabbits anyway. as you know, I earn 60 gold dragons per month from the deal I made with Lord Stark."

"I also learned recently why Lord Stark bought so many smoke bombs. He gives these bombs to scouts and patrol soldiers; when ambushed or in a bad situation, they can use these bombs and have the chance to escape or get in a better position to fight. "

"Yes, it was not a confidential matter. Thanks to you, many soldiers could escape from bad situations that would normally have killed them."

Which maniac practices archery by first scaring the rabbits and then hunting them down. How many archers in Westeros can regularly shoot down an animal that moves so unpredictably and fast?

"Wait a minute, I just realized. Did you just say you're hunting rats too? Why are you hunting them?" I'm sure I'll regret asking this question.

"Because it is more difficult to shoot them, already skittish animals when I scare them, they run from place to place with all their might. I don't find it difficult to hunt rabbits anymore, it's more fun to hunt rats, and sometimes I even miss them. I usually get ten out of ten with rabbits, but with rats, I average at seven out of ten."

"What kind of monster are you? You are definitely not human. How can a person be this good at everything he does?"

"What can I do? It is god given, and the god who brought me into this world made me this way."