[Chapter Size: 3156 Words]-------------------------------------------Jon Snow POVNorth Kingdom, Somewhere in WolfWoods, 289 A.C., 6 days ter.--------------------------------------------It had been 6 days since Jon entered the giants and began f bonds with the men, some of whom were rger than the boy himself. The giant with a scar over his eye had bck hair, a beard that covered his entire , and was quite rge; his eye was bck, showing a fierce gaze with his lone eye. He stood at 4 meters, despite appearing quite lean. No one in the North could defeat him in a one-otle. He introduced himself as Wallyk.Like Wallyk, Wuual was his panion and the mother of the boys. She had eyes and hair as bck as Wallyk's. Her gaze was fierce, with a warrior's aura, standing at 3.5 meters with incredibly long hair braided.Their children introduced themselves as Carruuyi and Tuuuxy, both boys not older than Jon, with features sculpted by their two parents, having hair and eyes as bck as the night. Each was 2 meters tall, which made Jon cautious not to let his childish side take over, knowing he could get hurt with almost double the size or weight that other children represented. He was also more focused on his own s and had no time to be a child now.Kypyl and Huyys were another couple. Despite not having children, both told Jon they had been together for 5 years but never mao have children. It seems that giants' fertility is much worse pared to humans. Kypyl had blond hair with a small beard on his and green eyes; his emerald gaze intimidated a 4 meters. Despite looking primitive and lean, Huyys was a quite tall giant, at 3.8 meters, with hair kissed by fire and blue eyes. This made the boy frown when he remembered Lady Catelyn. Jon's mood ged when the giantess said she defeated her mate in a fight and stole him, as humans do beyond the Wall.As for Seryna, the teenage giantess, she was 14 namedays old, with loose bck hair and bright blue eyes in a 2.2-meter body.The giants were very cautious with Jon and his animals while the boy was ing that fe in the early days. Jon, with his wolves, and the giants formed two kinds of groups in this pce. It was only ohird day that they started talking for real. Then, they began telling stories to each other around the campfires they made at night while eating. The giants became more fortable with the boy.When the 2-meter children wao py with Jon, he had to step back, which was easy to do. However, Seryna was another matter. At first, she was cautious with Jon. After they started talking, she became curious and always followed him to the fe with curiosity. After that, to Jon's dismay, this curiosity turned into obsession.In the past few days, Seryna followed Jon and became bold, hugging the poor boy like a straw doll. This made Jon even annoyed and fight back when these annoyances became unbearable. The adult giants ughed at it, and his wolves just looked at him with paws over their eyes and a lost whine, as none of this posed a threat to the boy's life. Caraxes kept pining to the giantess but was ignored by the same.But, to Jon's surprise, despite the size of the teenage giantess, when Jon raised his angry voice, Seryna got scared and started g and running away. This made Jon feel a bit guilty. He had to sole, a strange sight: a human child patting the back of a female giant almost twice his size, g in a er of that pce.

  Apart from his iions with Seryna, Jon discovered that the giants seemed to follow him and even expected to receive orders from him. This surprised him. He had only inteo use the fe ahem live in peace here oheir business was done, but they made their iions clear after learning more about the blessed little human.

  It was from there that Jon found out they had e from beyond the Wall with a raft made of trees. After successfully passing the northern part of Bear Isnd without alerting anyone from the Night's Watch, they reached the northeastern mountains, where the s live, and desded south during the night, managing to arrive in WolfWoods without alerting anyone, by some miracle. Someone surely saw the trail, but no one must have believed it was about footprints many times rger than those of humans.

  They also told the boy the reason for fleeing their homend, about the winter spirits awakening and killing everything that moves in their eyes, and no one being able to stop them. This made the boy's hair stand on end with the giants' description of how their tribe of 60 giants was massacred he Fist of the First Men. This made Johat his mission to reach the Wall is reted to this terror beyond the Wall. The people beyond the Wall are followers of these gods, which makes sense if the deities want to protect them.

  Talking about the giants' made Seryna cry. Her father was its leader, and she saw him die in front of her. She said she had felt lonely until now, but with Jon, she no longer o worry about that, as she cimed to have found her husband, making his body hair stand on end even more than the description of the terror they went through. Jon could only try to escape when Seryna ran to hug him.

  Jon shared his story and his goal with the giants. Even if he went to the Wall, the giants decided to follow him because they khat their life here would reach a point where they would be tracked when they went out to hunt.

  As the days passed with the giants, Jon noticed some iing things. His bonds with the animals were starting to ge. His attention began with Panis, the u horse that saved his life and brought him from the Icehill farm. Its burnt yellow coat was slowly and almost imperceptibly ging to a brighter color. Its fur started getting softer as Jon brushed it, to the horse's delight, every day. With the abundance of food that Joed with fruit-bearing trees and even pastures, it was gradually getting out of its thin state, developing small muscles.

  The horse expressed its happiness with this new owner, as us time on the farm, it was living a dream with freedom and such delicious food that the boy gave it. Johe thoughts of the animal and leased for Panis. The horse was developing with each passing day, nothing too noticeable yet, but Johat his horse would be the envy of any general in 6 months.

  Not only his mount, but the wolves were also ging. The boy couldn't believe that his wolves were being even more robust, or if this species could grow even more. With his enhanced eyes, almost nothing escaped his gray eyes with emerald halos. He could see the few extra timeters of difference from when he first id eyes on these incredible creatures, despite his initial fear.

  Not to mention Caraxes, his first partner, who didn't seem to slow down his growth. His color was more beautiful than any other bird Jon had ever witnessed, his sky-blue spots shining in his pure white plumage.

  But Johat all these ges were not a natural course. They were ging due to his magic that bonded with his linked family members. He felt a slight flow of magic beio his animals and stantly strengthening them.

  It wasn't just his animals ging around him; Jo ges in himself as well. Since leaving Winterfell, he was altering his personality. He had childish habits, but he felt he was growing more mature in some aspects, fog on his own tasks over stant distras. Oher hand, he was showing more of his emotions, something that could be a disadvantage, but he couldn't do anything about it.

  At Stark's headquarters, Jon had always been shy and never showed anger, knowing it would be worse for him in Winterfell. But now he was free to express his feelings, although they often came without much trol. His most stant feeling i few days was anger, especially after Seryioned marrying him. Her pursuit was even more relentless, f him into hugs, but the teenager wasn't very careful, and most of the time, he was crushed by the giant.

  Jon began to uand his magic as well, creating more trees. He was getting stronger, although his strength was increasing minimally. He khe long-term results. He developed his uanding that magic was like a ke in his stomach. As he pulled, creating a river for his arms, he didn't need spells. If it was within his capabilities, he could cast a kind of and, and his magic was sent, f a river from the ke in his stomach to his arms. He noticed that there was a fixed river going straight to his head without interruption all the time, believing that this is due to his Warg abilities being strengthened with this blessing from the gods.

  Breaking from his thoughts, Jon looked at the "current camp." His wolves were off hunting in the woods, so they were absent. His pregnant she-wolf was still active, but it would soon be difficult for her to go further north, causing Jon to rethink his steps.

  Besides the absence of his wolves, Panis was eating grass that Jon made grow magically in a er. A giant couple was sleeping, while the other was carrying firewood with Seryna. The children were pying among themselves aing apples from the 10 trees that Joed. His fe was with the help of the giants. There were some parts to fix, but he needed some resources, as well as the material he o start his experiments.

  Sending Caraxes to the east and seeing through his eyes, he discovered that he was near a small town. Looking at the map, he located himself and found that the town was called FrostRoar, with just over 5 thousand inhabitants.

  With the need for supplies, Jon decided to head towards this location. It took him a few hours to start headi, after bidding farewell to the giants and sharing their thoughts, they hen, evading a dramatic Seryna, he mounted Panis in an old saddle he gained in Icehill and headed towards the city, his wolves apanying him during the days. He was safe.

  It was after 3 days of walking through the woods that he began to spot the first traces of civilization. As this was a city near WolfWoods, its ey was based on hunting and trade. So, he saw many hunting materials at the edge of the forest, being careful not to be seen by hunters, he left his wolves and ged his route as Caraxes spotted movements in the woods. It was in the middle of the third day that he finally emerged from the forest. He could see the city two kilometers away.

  He mounted Panis ao the city calmly. No one saw a child emerging from the forest riding a horse, but even if they did, some might question internally. But no one would meddle in others' business uhey inteo steal.

  It took a while to reach the city through the west gate. He passed by some hunters, but beyond the odd gno one cared muortherners have their own stomachs and their children to feed.

  Jon was wearing a cloak to withstand the low temperature, even in the summer. His cloak could hide his face with the hood. He knew he was more handsome than people with his noble blood, especially with his striking eyes.

  He could only hope that no one would bother with a hooded child on an u horse. Fortunately, he passed the guards at the gate without them notig him much. Even a small town like FrostRoar has many passersby. It might not be the busiest gate, but all the hunters passed through here, and they believed that some children would try their lu the woods for some food. So, it didn't attract much attention from the guards.

  Jon noticed that besides the city having walls made of tree trunks, its houses were mostly made of wood. When he passed the gates, he could see the thousands of houses scattered around the area with eys releasing hundreds of smokes. It was mid-m, but the Northerners like to warm their homes with wood.

  Despite not ing from a regur gate, Jon looked like a typical farmer's son looking for supplies for his family to the local residents as he walked on horseback, hooded.

  The boy noticed that besides the guards at the gates, the city patrols had the emblem of the local house on their armor. A white ice cube on a green field, House Frotniid, a small vassal of the Glovers, if Jon didn't fet Meister Luwin's insistent lessons about Northern nobility while still in Winterfell.

  Going through the city and trying not to bump into anyone or the carts ing and going, Jon only saw inhe west gate. So, he decided to head towards the ter of the city.As he walked, he heard people handmade products, but nothing that ied Joiced that the city iorthern city, with people always grumpy, g more about their lives than anything else. en and women took care of their own businesses, children running in groups through the alleys, most of them in tattered clothes. There were some beggars trying to warm themselves from the cold and asking for money from people. Jo some time admiring the city on Panis. In Wiown, he could hardly go, as Lady Catelyn always made sure he spent all his time w in the castle like the servants.

  With people and guards hardly paying attention to him, Jon reached the areas with more shops, with various stores. He still hadn't found a bcksmith or a materials depot. It was 10 mier that he found a rge house with a stru symbol, as it was futile to write. The overwhelming majority of oners are illiterate.

  Finally finding a struaterial depot, he went to the location, putting Panis to the side without b to tie the horse. He went to the entrand opehe door. The first thiiced was that his entrance caught the attention of a man sitting writing something at the main table. As a mert, he should be minimally literate and should be writing his ats.

  The man looked at Jon with suspi in his eyes, as it was unusual for a boy to e here, especially a suspicious oh old clothes and a hood entering his shop. He immediately thought it was a little thief.

  "What do you want, kid? If you're here to cause trouble, you better leave before I call the guards." The man growled immediately. Jon looked at the man without saying anything. He didn't like this attitude, but it's better not to be hostile araight to the point. Sighing, he looked at the middle-aged man and spoke.

  "I came to buy 200 kilograms of sand, 100 building stones (Bricks), and 20 kilograms of stig mass (Medieval t). I hope you meet my needs; otherwise, I'll leave!" Jon spoke coldly. He came to buy materials, and he didn't like the initial prejudice, although deep down he found it uandable since he's still an 8-nameday child.

  The man was more surprised by the boy's rhetoric than his demand. Jon didn't know, but the man wo this moment why a boy would buy so many kilograms of sand for his parents. It could probably be a small noble or a mert. But he didn't dwell on it for long. At this moment, he expressed an apologetic smile to the boy because for this man, business is business.

  "I do that for you, but I need you to pay me first, house rules." He said in a not-so-hostile voice as before.

  "And how much would that be?" Jon asked calmly.

  "That will be 2 silver stags, or 20 bronze s." The seller said.

  The ey works in a fixed way worldwide, although the s are different, the cept that 10 bronze s are worth 1 silver , just as 10 silver s are worth 1 gold .

  Ieros, we have bronze s with no symbol, weighing 7 grams. Silver s have the Baratheon symbol, as the sed-rgest house after Aegon and his sisters quered the Seven Kingdoms, he made sure to make silver s with the stag symbol in honor of his brother Orys, who took the name Baratheon and Storm's End.

  'Ironically, almost 300 years ter, the Baratheons would take power, overthrowing the Targaryens,' Jon thought but didn't ment much for the old monarchy when the mad king burned his grandfather and uncle unfairly.

  In addition to the symbol, the s are only called silver stags and weigh 10 grams. It takes 10 silver s to be worth 1 gold . Gold s are symbolized by a dragon carved on them and only work ieros; we call them gold dragons weighing 10 grams.

  Robert Baratheon wao end everything the Targaryens represented, but that couldn't be possible with the ey. ging the age would take at least a tury. Or more, because only mining houses like the Lannisters could do that, as they have bcksmiths and molds for it.

  Stopping thinking about the ey, Jon turned his face to the man aiting for his response.

  " you sell me a cart and some horses too?" Jon asked, making the man surprised by it.

  "T-This would be 1 gold , sir." He said as politely as possible. If the boy buys what he's asking for, he'll be very happy. He even charged a higher price to get rid of some horses and a cart.

  The Northern seller became extremely greedy when Jon took a gold dragon from his purse and tossed it to the man.