Recaps

A high school teacher named Li died after saving Emily from a truck and met the God of Order, who offered him a choice between heaven and reincarnation. Li chose to reincarnate and take on a task to restore balance in another world, then fell into darkness as he began his new life.

• Li went to school and saw Emily crossing the road without noticing an approaching truck.
• Li pushed Emily out of the truck's path and died saving her.
• The God of Order told Li that Emily survived and later invented a cure that saved two billion lives.
• The God of Order offered Li heaven or reincarnation in exchange for a future task to bring balance to another world.
• Li chose the task, requested an Identification Skill and the ability to become a druid, and began falling into darkness.

Aermir Drasil woke in Winterfell with the memories of a five-year-old and discovered his Druid magic could quickly drain his mana. After the God of Order explained the rules of his powers and struck a bargain with him, Aermir returned to his body with two new skills, though he would forget their agreement.

• Aermir learned that he was in Game of Thrones and that his parents had died, then tested Identification and his Druid fire and ice spells.
• After Aermir exhausted his mana and passed out, the God of Order pulled his soul away and explained mana deficiency and his limits on interfering.
• Aermir negotiated to keep his feelings about the books and television series, but the God of Order said he would forget the deal and could choose only practical boons.
• Aermir chose fivefold experience and a protected training space for himself and his familiars, with a six-hour daily limit and safeguards against hostile intruders.
• Aermir woke in his room and identified his new skills, discovering that 5x Skill multiplied his experience and Infinite Training provided a 4x4-meter room with no enemies.

A reborn thirty-five-year-old boy tested his Infinite Training and bonding skills while exploring Winterfell and spending time with Robb Stark. He discovered that the training skill required focused practice and planned to find a smaller animal to bond with.

• He entered the Infinite Training room, found it empty, and left when he sensed someone approaching; Aunt Bris then took him to breakfast.
• He recalled his life in Winterfell, including his dead parents, his father Baelon Snow’s sacrifice for Eddard Stark, and his own privileges at the castle.
• He spent hours luring a small dog with bread, but his attempt to bond with it exhausted his magic and failed; he concluded he should try a smaller animal.
• Robb Stark ambushed him, and the two boys wrestled before calling their contest a draw.
• Catelyn Stark questioned Robb’s friendship with a commoner, while Eddard defended the boy because his father had saved his life.
• He tested the 5x training skill by swinging a branch with and without focus, then realized it only worked when he trained with intent.

Aermir asked Lord Stark for the chance to become a knight, and Lord Stark arranged for Rodrik Cassel to train him alongside Robb and Jon. After three months of magic and sword practice, Rodrik judged Aermir exceptionally talented, and Lord Stark tested him in a duel.

• Aermir practiced magic daily, played with Robb, and tried unsuccessfully to establish a soul contract with a bird.
• Lord Stark asked Aermir about his ambitions, and Aermir said he wanted to become a knight like his father.
• Lord Stark ordered Rodrik Cassel to train Aermir, Robb, and Jon in swordsmanship and combat.
• Over three months, Aermir improved his magic, measured his mana at twenty-four points, and learned basic sword movements despite finding training tedious.
• Rodrik told Lord Stark that Aermir was extraordinarily talented and could become a great warrior, prompting Lord Stark to challenge him.
• Aermir mistook Lord Stark for Rodrik and struck at him, then apologized and began fighting him when Lord Stark demanded a test.

Aermir impressed Eddard Stark with his composure and cunning in a sword fight, earning better food and intensive training. After a month of practice, Aermir asked for time to pursue other skills, and Eddard agreed as long as his swordsmanship did not suffer.

• Aermir tricked Eddard Stark during their sparring match and managed to wound his leg before Eddard stopped him with a sword at his neck.
• Eddard praised Aermir’s combat instincts and ordered Rodrik to give him meat at every meal and train him more intensively.
• Aermir practiced his six elemental ball spells, considered how his skills worked, and felt his bond with his bird Blue growing stronger.
• After a month of training, Aermir asked Rodrik for time to study archery, smithing, hunting, reading, and writing, but Rodrik told him to seek Eddard’s permission.
• Eddard granted Aermir more freedom on the condition that he maintain his sword training, explaining to Rodrik that he did not want to restrain the fearless child.

The narrator studied reading, archery, and magic in Winterfell, then found two orphaned crow chicks after their parents died fighting a venomous snake. Maester Luwin explained how to care for them, and the narrator decided to try to save them.

• The narrator asked Maester Luwin to teach him to read and learned the Common Tongue’s letters during an hour-long lesson.
• The narrator practiced archery, learned to read within a month, studied in Winterfell’s library, and trained wind and earth magic in the Godswood.
• The narrator found two crow chicks in a fallen nest after a yellowtail snake killed one parent and the other blinded the snake.
• The narrator brought the chicks to Maester Luwin, who explained that they needed warmth and frequent soft food until they could fend for themselves.

After raising two orphaned ravens, the narrator bonded with Bo as his familiar and began exploring their magical connection. He learned he could sense and control her through the bond, share her sight, and briefly experience flying through her body.

• The narrator raised the ravens for several weeks, named them Erebus and Bo, and trained them while preparing to bind one as his familiar.
• The ravens escaped their cage and ate the third bird, Blue, so the narrator took Bo and began the binding spell.
• The narrator exhausted his mana and collapsed after successfully bonding with Bo, waking the next morning able to feel her presence.
• He tested the bond in the Godswood and discovered he could sense Bo, give her orders, and use her improved eyesight.
• The narrator sent his consciousness into Bo, saw his own face through her eyes, and tried flying before ending the connection when she grew tired.

The narrator practiced his magic and resumed sword training before Hallis Mollen and five other squires confronted him. He fought them off despite being injured, then returned to his room to clean and bandage his hand.

• The narrator tested his elemental spells, used a wind ball to drive off a stray dog, and decided to reserve lightning for close combat.
• He reflected on his sword training and physical limits, then encountered Hallis Mollen and five squires who insulted him and threatened to break his arm.
• The narrator drew his wooden sword, knocked down two attackers, and retreated into an alley while taunting the group.
• Hallis charged at the narrator and was beaten down, but Hulu A struck the narrator's hand and shoved him into a wall.
• The narrator threw sand into Hulu A's face, struck him in the groin, and made him pass out, causing the remaining three squires to flee.
• The narrator washed his injured hand, cleaned the wound with boiled water, and bandaged it with cloth.

Aermir faced accusations after defeating six older squires, and a magical oath revealed that they had ambushed him. Eddard Stark confined both Aermir and the squires to their rooms, while privately entrusting Aermir’s training to Rodrik and summoning Bris.

• Aermir denied ambushing Hallis and the other squires, and asked them to swear that their accusations were true.
• Aermir used magic during the boys’ oaths, and one confessed that they had ambushed him with sticks and tried to cripple him.
• Rodrik defended Aermir and condemned the fathers for demanding punishment while ignoring their sons’ lies.
• Eddard Stark ordered the squires confined for a month and gave Aermir the same confinement with only bread and water for two meals a day.
• Aermir accepted the punishment and vowed to grow stronger, while Eddard told Rodrik to train him and summoned Bris.

Eddard confined Aermir to his room for a month, while Aermir used the punishment to train his mana, bond with Erebus, and develop control over birds. A month later, he had gained another familiar’s worth of experience, learned to dominate other animals, and relied on crows and ravens to hunt and spy as he continued his training.

• Eddard ordered Rodrik and a maid to enforce Aermir’s month-long confinement, with bread and water for two meals a day.
• Aermir decided that talent and status meant power, resolved to master magic in secret, and used his training space while confined.
• Aermir patiently bonded with Erebus, discovered that his eyesight had improved, and trained his mana while Bris warned him not to provoke nobles.
• During the month, Aermir gained two mana, learned to dominate animals, and used crows and ravens to hunt, track people, and gather firewood.
• Aermir possessed Bo and Erebus to spend mana and listened to stories with Robb, Jon, and Sansa, whom he remembered as a sweet and obedient child.

The narrator described two years of intensive magical and martial training, which brought modest gains in magic and major progress with weapons. After Rodrik accepted him as a squire, he faced Waylan Flint in a sparring match, with the chapter ending as Waylan probed his defenses for weaknesses.

• The narrator explained that he could not advance to stronger spells, so he created the minor strength and speed buffs Aspect of the Cat and Aspect of the Bear.
• He developed a theory that magic depended on mana, control, and intent, while his mana, bond with Bo and Erebus, and sensitivity to the heart tree's ancient magic grew.
• He followed a demanding training routine, improved with the sword, spear, hammer, and bow, and sparred with recruits and the children of House Stark.
• Rodrik accepted the narrator as his squire, though he exempted him from chores and required him only to accompany him on assignments.
• The narrator entered the training ground to spar with fifteen-year-old Waylan Flint, who circled him and searched for openings by exploiting his lesser strength.

The narrator defeated Wayland in a spar and convinced Rodrik to speak to the lord about hunting and leaving the castle, then sparred with Rodrik and managed to wound him despite losing. Rodrik recognized the boy’s extraordinary talent and considered how formidable he might become.

• The narrator used his buffs, footwork, and a well-timed retreat to defeat Wayland, who conceded the match.
• Rodrik agreed to speak to the lord about hunting and the pass, but insisted on sparring with the narrator first.
• The narrator attacked Rodrik with an improvised tactic and training daggers, then used a smoke bomb to obscure his approach.
• Rodrik countered the narrator’s attack with a deep feint and held his sword to the narrator’s throat, though the narrator had cut his arm.
• Rodrik reflected that the narrator’s talent was astonishing and imagined him surpassing famous warriors as an adult.

Aermir defeated Wayland Flint using a deep feint and magic, then hoped to receive permission to leave Winterfell and explore. Maester Luwin revealed Aermir’s extraordinary scholarship to Eddard Stark, who decided the North could not afford to send him to the Citadel.

• Aermir learned that Rodrik’s deep feint had beaten him and began a three-year training regimen with his 5x Skill.
• Aermir explained his useful spells to Rodrik, who promised to ask Eddard Stark for a pass allowing him to leave the castle.
• Aermir told Robb that people had to accept unwanted duties, and Robb resolved to stop complaining about Maester Luwin’s lessons.
• Arya demanded to learn swordsmanship, then shouted that she hated being a lady when Robb refused to teach her.
• Maester Luwin told Eddard that Aermir had read nearly a quarter of the Stark library and could earn at least three Citadel links in several subjects.
• Rodrik told Eddard that Aermir had defeated Wayland Flint, and the two agreed that the North could not send him to the Citadel.

Aermir refused Maester Luwin’s offer to study at the Citadel and persuaded Eddard Stark to let him hunt alone by demonstrating his smoke bomb. Eddard agreed to buy eighty bombs and granted Aermir a pass to leave the city during the day, provided he returned before sunset.

• Rodrik asked Aermir whether he wanted to become a maester, and Aermir said he preferred to study at Winterfell.
• Maester Luwin urged Aermir to join the Citadel, but Aermir declined and argued that its teachings offered little he could not learn himself.
• Eddard told Aermir he could leave Winterfell alone only at ten, but Aermir requested permission to hunt alone sooner.
• Rodrik explained that Aermir’s smoke bomb could help him escape danger, and Aermir demonstrated its seven-meter smoke screen for Eddard.
• Eddard agreed to buy eighty smaller smoke bombs for sixty gold dragons and gave Aermir a daytime pass, requiring him to return before sunset.

Aermir reached level-two Druid and formed a mana core, gaining new spells and the ability to communicate telepathically with Bo and Erebus. After discovering that his spirit beasts fed on the mana he circulated, he obtained a pass from Vayon Poole and went to town to buy supplies for his planned experiments.

• Aermir formed a mana core during a dangerous mana breakthrough and became a level-two Druid.
• Aermir discovered that Bo and Erebus could communicate telepathically and learned that they fed on the mana he produced.
• Aermir gained several spells, including Aerobula, Quersumby, Tegonleta, Promodynes, Promoheba, and Vocadyni, and his physical attributes increased.
• Aermir tested his Aspect of the Bear and Aspect of the Cat buffs and found that they had grown stronger.
• Aermir visited Vayon Poole, received a pass bearing a wolf, and returned to town to buy supplies.

The narrator left Winterfell to test his locating and defensive magic in the Wolfswood, then used a locating spell to hunt a rabbit for food. After recovering his mana and eating, he remained in the forest with his experiments and hunting underway.

• The narrator bought a shortbow and weapons, reached Farmer's Village, and used Promoheba (Locate Plants) to find ginkgo trees and gather leaves.
• The narrator tested Quersumby (Oak Shield) and volhen gryves (Aspect of the Bear), finding that the bark-like armor resisted his dagger before it expired.
• The narrator summoned Erebus from Winterfell with Vocadyni (Summon Beast), then sent him back to test the spell's mana cost at a longer distance.
• The narrator located turmeric but found none nearby, then meditated until his mana had recovered while Bo and the other birds watched for danger.
• The narrator used Promodynes (Locate Animals) to find a rabbit, shot and cleaned it, and roasted the meat over a campfire.

Aermir tested Bo’s bird network while hunting, taught her to count, and practiced his spells before returning to Winterfell. Rodrik then learned that Lord Stark intended to encourage the squires to test Aermir and believed House Drasil would eventually become a Stark vassal.

• Aermir used Bo and her killing team to locate rabbits, then had a crow drive one from its hollow so he could shoot it; he followed Bo to hunt nine more.
• Aermir taught Bo to count, practiced the Familiar Vision Spell and Aerobula, and tested how summoning Erebus from a distance affected his mana.
• Aermir sold his rabbits in Winter Town, practiced swordsmanship, and later taught Bo to count to eight while Erebus refused to learn.
• Rodrik worried that Mander might retaliate against Aermir because the guards had mocked him, but Lord Stark said he had warned Mander and Moran against interfering in the boys’ disputes.
• Lord Stark asked Rodrik to encourage the other squires to compete with Aermir, explaining that he wanted them to respect or fear him and expected House Drasil to become a Stark vassal.

The narrator bonded with an adult icicle snake named Im, gaining magical heat-sensing vision, then attended the castle’s squire training and defeated four hostile opponents. The chapter ended with him bruised but increasingly capable, while Aunt Bris warned him not to trust nobles completely.

• The narrator tested Quersumby on a rabbit and found its armor protected only the parts it covered, lasting until the rabbit died.
• Bo warned the narrator about an icicle snake, and he captured it and bonded with the adult snake after an hour of resistance.
• The narrator named the snake Im and gained a mana-free heat-sensing ability through their bond.
• Aunt Bris warned the narrator that even Lord Stark might sacrifice a commoner for House Stark’s interests.
• At the training yard, the narrator threw an aggressive squire and defeated three more opponents, taking a hard blow to his arm.

Aermir confronted Ser Rodrik about using the squires to temper him and learned that Lord Stark expected him to become a future leader of the knights. He went to the kennels to spend time with the Stark children, but a surge of aggression made him call out to Yimu to stop.

• Wayland challenged Aermir to a rematch next week and said Ser Rodrik had claimed Aermir was stronger than him.
• Aermir questioned Ser Rodrik about provoking the squires, and Rodrik told him to act like the leader Lord Stark expected him to become.
• Aermir treated his bruised arm with ointment and decided to rest rather than go to the Wolfswood.
• Aermir found the Stark children at the kennels, where he used his ability to make a dog roll over and play dead.
• Robb tackled Aermir in laughter, and Aermir felt a surge of aggression before shouting, "No! Yimu, stop!!!"

Aermir's Icicle Snake nearly bit Robb, prompting Rodrik to suspect that Aermir was a warg and tell Eddard about his own encounter with one. Later, Aermir discovered that his familiars gathered mana in their bodies and prepared to try using mana to save a sick puppy.

• Yimu emerged from Aermir's shirt and frightened Robb and the kennel crowd before Aermir showed that the snake obeyed his commands.
• Arya tried to reach for Yimu, but Aermir warned her not to touch it, and Robb pulled her away and scolded her.
• Rodrik told Eddard that Aermir might be a warg and recalled how a wildling had controlled a wolf and an eagle during their encounter.
• Aermir and Arya found a sick puppy, and Aermir took it to his room to try to save it.
• Aermir examined Bo and Erebus and found that Bo had mana in her heart while Erebus's mana spread throughout his body.
• Aermir gathered mana around himself and prepared to channel it into the puppy.

The narrator named the sick puppy Berus and created Medenvita, a tier-three spell that strengthened the body but left him unconscious and depleted. After recovering, he cast the spell on Berus again, reviewed his elemental spells, and prepared for his upcoming spar with Wayland.

• The narrator named the puppy Berus and tried to heal it by forcing mana into its body, but it rejected the mana.
• The narrator created and cast Medenvita, which eased Berus’s breathing, but he bled from his nose and ears and passed out.
• Bo told the narrator he had been unconscious for a day, and he learned that Medenvita cost 60 mana and had nearly killed him because it was a tier-three spell.
• Over the following days, the narrator slowly regained his strength and mana while Berus gradually improved, though it remained ill.
• After recovering physically, the narrator cast Medenvita on Berus again and described how he had developed new earth, ice, lightning, wind, and water spells.
• The narrator chose to avoid sparring before his match with Wayland and went to rest after training.

Aermir recovered from mana exhaustion and brought the Stark children to watch his rematch with Wayland Flint. After Wayland revealed his greater strength and speed, Aermir adapted, defeated him, and Wayland accepted his hand, ending their enmity.

• Aermir found that his health and mana had recovered and that Berus was beginning to improve, though the puppy remained ill.
• Robb, Jon, Arya, Bran, and Sansa visited Aermir to see Berus, and Aermir persuaded Sansa to join them at the training yard despite Septa Mordane's teachings.
• Aermir began his spar with Wayland Flint unbuffed and learned that Wayland was stronger and faster than he had been in their previous fight.
• Aermir used the Aspects of the Bear and Cat, countered Wayland's attacks with his sword and dagger, and struck Wayland's helmet with his sword hilt to win.
• Wayland accepted Aermir's hand in front of the onlookers, acknowledging Aermir's superiority and making peace between them.

After defeating Wayland, Aermir began sparring with young knights and spent six months developing new nature and earth magic in the Wolfswood. His animal-finding spell revealed a fight on the road to Deepwood Motte, and he went to investigate a likely bandit ambush.

• Wayland admitted Aermir had decisively beaten him, and Ser Rodrik told Aermir he would now spar with young knights.
• Six months later, Aermir described losing to the older knights, including Hugo Moss, who continued to attack him and treated him badly because he was a commoner.
• Training in the Wolfswood strengthened Aermir's nature magic and helped him develop spells for shaping plants and earth, growing claws, and raising earth spikes.
• Aermir's Promodynes spell detected people dying nearby, so he sent Bo and Erebus ahead and ran toward the disturbance.
• Aermir reached a road between Winterfell and Deepwood Motte and saw two carriages, many bodies, and survivors after what appeared to be a bandit ambush.

The narrator used Erebus to scout a bandit camp and launched a surprise attack after witnessing the bandits’ abuse of two women. He left the remaining bandits dead or disabled, while two leaders fled on horseback.

• After seeing the bandits rape and kill their captives, the narrator controlled his rage and resolved to kill them.
• The narrator used Erebus to locate the bandits, then shot three scouts before they could raise the alarm.
• The bandits tried to surround him, but he used fog and earth clods to kill two, then sent the horses carrying the leaders into a frenzy.
• The narrator set one charging bandit on fire and wounded another with arrows while the leaders escaped on horseback.
• Bo summoned crows and ravens, which swarmed and killed the last bandit hiding behind a tree.

The male lead hunted down the two bandit leaders, but Primaferus (Primal Savagery) transformed him into a feral beast and made him kill one before he regained awareness. He turned on the surviving leader and injured him, despite hurting his own hand.

• The male lead chased the exhausted bandit leaders with Erebus watching them and used Aspect of the Cat and Aspect of the Ox to keep running.
• Berus’s bond improved the male lead’s senses and raised his strength and speed, while the thrill of the hunt overwhelmed him.
• The bandit leaders rested beneath a tree, but one was killed when the male lead leaped from a bush and tore into him in his transformed state.
• The male lead woke beside the dismembered bandit, realized Primaferus had activated before he cast it, and saw the surviving leader frozen in terror.
• The male lead roared at the surviving bandit, chased him when he tried to flee, and cut his Achilles tendon, injuring his own fingers in the process.