I slowly opened my eyes, squinting against a dazzling light. Once I had adjusted to it, I began looking around. I was in a small, somewhat cold room with very little in it. There was only a bed, a small table, a chair, and a wardrobe beside the window. The bed I lay on rustled with every movement, since it was made of straw stuffed into coarse cloth. It felt unfamiliar and uncomfortable.
My head hurt like hell. I had never had such a terrible headache. When I touched my forehead, I found it bandaged with a piece of coarse cloth. Just then, the door opened and a woman walked in.
"Oh, thank the old gods, you're awake. We were all beginning to worry something might happen to you," she said.
"Aaaaah!" I was about to answer her when a pain even worse than my existing headache struck my head. It felt as if someone were driving nails into my skull. Memories and emotions I had never experienced began flooding my mind. They belonged to a five-year-old child, as though five years of memories were trying to find room in my brain in five seconds.
Both my parents were dead. My father had been a knight at Winterfell, serving House Stark, and had died saving his lord. My mother had been a servant in the castle, serving the lord's family, but she had died of a fever six months ago. My name was Aermir Drasil. Wait, Winterfell, Lord Stark... Oh God, I was in Game of Thrones, I...
"Aermir, are you all right?"
"I'm fine." What was her name again? Right, Bris. She was my mother's friend and another servant in the castle. I needed to calm down now. I could lose my mind later.
"I'm fine, Aunt Bris. What happened to me?"
"Don't you remember? A horse kicked you when you tried to pet it."
"I think I remember a little. Ah, Aunt Bris, my head really hurts, and I feel very tired. Can I lie down for a while?"
"Oh, of course. I was just leaving. I only wanted to see how you were doing." She walked to the door and said, "Get some rest." Then she closed it.
"Now I can lose my mind."
Oh God, oh God, I was screwed. Wights, House Bolton, and all the other disgusting things coming my way. What was I going to do? I needed to prepare, not lose my mind. I still had my superpowers. Yes, my superpowers. Let me think. I turned toward the chair and said, "Identification." I felt something flowing in my chest, and the word "chair" appeared before me.
"Oh, go to hell. You don't say. I know it's a chair. Let's try something else. Hopefully it'll work."
"Status." Nothing happened.
"Come on!!!! Identify the skill again." A flowing sensation passed through my chest, and words appeared before my eyes.
Identification: A skill for identifying things. It knows as much as you do. If you learn something, it will know it forever and connect things together.
"That's it, nothing else. Exactly what the Order God said."
"Identify the Druid skill." Once again, I felt something flowing in my chest, and then some words appeared before me.
Druid: The ability to cast spells, perform rituals, shapeshift, use spirit sight, and summon and control beasts.
"That's exactly what I imagined a Druid could do."
"Perzys" (fire). Once again, I felt something flowing in my chest, and then a fingernail-sized flame ignited in my palm. So Perzys meant fire. What language was that? I didn't know. I only knew it meant fire.
"I can't even light a campfire. This is smaller than a lighter's flame. At least I've figured something out. That flowing sensation seems to be the magic inside me." The flame still flickered over my palm. It touched my palm but did not burn me.
"At least I'm immune to fire." I willed it to move. It slowly moved half a meter, then disappeared.
"Useless."
"Perzys." Once again, a small flame appeared over my palm. I willed it to move across my hand and then onto my index finger. I giggled.
"Great, I'll never need candles again, because I'm the mighty Candle Man, hahaha." I laughed like a madman out of anger. I was supposed to be ridiculously powerful in this sort of reincarnation. What the hell was this...
I brought the flame on my finger to the candle on the table and lit it, then held my finger beside the burning candle.
"Ow, now it burns. I knew I couldn't be immune to fire. So none of House Targaryen's cheat rules work for me. As long as I hold it in my hand, it won't burn me."
"Perzys." This time, I held my other hand half a meter away and threw the flame toward it, and then...
"Ow, yeah, that hurts... It burns as soon as it leaves my hand. Let's try something else, then."
"Suvion" (ice). A fingernail-sized piece of ice appeared in my hand, but unlike the fire, it did not touch my palm. It floated in the air just above my palm without touching it. This couldn't even chill a drink. Suddenly, I felt extremely weak and collapsed unsteadily onto the bed. My consciousness began to blur, and I abruptly passed out. Then I began to feel a powerful tug, like a fish caught on a hook. It pulled me along very fast.
When I opened my eyes, I saw a humanoid figure made of light. "Why did I pass out, and why are you in my dream?"
"I'm not in your dream. Strictly speaking, you're basically dead."
"What? I didn't even last a day. Why did you put me in an orphan with a bloody head wound?"
"You wanted to be a Druid, so I put you in a body with the highest arcane talent. And I said you were basically dead. I didn't say you were actually dead. I pulled your soul back here. You passed out because you used up all your mana and entered a depleted state called mana deficiency. If you hadn't cast that last spell, nothing would have happened. But when you use up all your mana, you pass out immediately. You have to rest or meditate to recover your mana."
"Then why am I here?"
"When we first met, I had to give you two additional boons if you accepted the terms, but I wanted to see your face when you realized you were in Game of Thrones. It was hilarious."
"Can you watch me there?"
"Yes, I can, but I can't interfere with that planet."
"But you pulled me here. How did you do that?"
"At the core of your soul, you still don't belong to that planet. That's why I could pull you here before you passed out. Once you fall asleep, I can't pull you away. I might be able to contact you in certain sacred places, but I can't even tell you where they are. If you want to speak to me, you'll have to find one yourself. So, let's get back to work."
"No, no, no, not until I get my answers. Why did you give me crippled powers? The superpowers people get in novels are all on a destructive scale, but I literally got crippled superpowers."
"I keep telling you I'm an Order God. When will you understand? Most of the powers I can give you will become useful and powerful once you master them. Do you want more boons or not?"
"Then what are the terms?"
"Your memories of the books and the television series."
"Don't you want me to complete this task successfully? Why are you tying my feet?"
"I want you to succeed. That's why I'm giving you boons. But to gain something, you need to give something up. Equivalent exchange is important."
"Let me think." I suddenly realized something.
"Do you think you're clever?"
"What? You left a loophole. I'll give you my memories of the television series and the books, but the feelings will remain like a sixth sense," I began to jeer.
"All right, smartass. You think you've outwitted someone, do you? Do you think people listen to their inner voices and feelings? No. They almost always ignore them, and I bet you'll be no exception. I'm exploiting loopholes too. You won't remember this deal, and you can only choose practical skills. I didn't say you could have any power you wanted. I only said I had to give you two more boons."
"Why do you always have to make things difficult for me? I really don't fucking understand you." The moment I finished speaking, the white light began to dim, and the Order God's silhouette grew larger and darker.
"Get one thing straight. I am not your friend, and you are no match for me, mortal. Let's be clear: I don't really care about you. Yes, I hope you succeed, but if you don't, I'll be sad about it for a few years, then forget you completely. We gods need neither your mortal faith nor your worship. We've transcended all that. How can I put this so you'll understand? To us, you're basically entertainment and pets. Yes, some gods dote on their creations, just as humans call their pets their children. It's the same thing. But most of us love you as pets, not children, and I'm not the latter. Do you understand what I mean?"
I began nodding frantically. It felt as though a mountain were pressing down on me. "Yes, my lord."
He had no face, but I felt that he began to smile. "Come on, man. You don't have to be so stiff. You can call me the Order God. Let's finish this. What's your first boon?"
"If I have to master almost every skill, I want five times the experience in everything I do."
"All right, that's possible. The most talented person in history was the Dawn Emperor. He had fivefold talent in rulership and magic. Cregan Stark and the Dragonknight were fourfold, while Arthur Dayne was a threefold swordsman. What's your second boon?"
"If I'm going to have familiars, I want an enclosed space where I can train them without getting killed. It should have enemies I can train against."
"You'll have a space where you can train your familiars, but you can only stay there for six hours each day. You and your familiars will be healed when you leave that area. You can't be killed while you're inside, and if anyone hostile comes within four meters of you, you'll be kicked out of the space. While you're inside, you can sense someone approaching. Finally, nothing except you and your familiars can enter the space."
"Will I forget all of this?"
"Not all of it. You'll forget this deal, and to you, this planet will be like any random fantasy planet. Of course, you'll have a sixth sense, if you listen to it."
After a continuous sensation of falling, I jolted up from the bed and woke. I began looking around the room, feeling somewhat lost. After a few minutes, I began to calm down and remembered the new skills I had received.
"Identify 5x Skill."
5x Skill: You gain five times the experience in anything you do. If your base talent in that field is below zero, it adds 5 to your talent.
"Identify the Infinite Training skill."
Infinite Training: There is a 4x4-meter room with no enemies inside.