Chapter 22 - The Wall (IV)
"How does it feel to be the last of something? This loneliness and desolation is something I wouldn't wish on even my greatest enemy." Aenar Targaryen in front of Old Maester Aemon.
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"Lord Commander Mormont awaits you at the Lord Commander's Keep." Alliser spoke, his voice cold and indifferent, his eyes not hiding the contempt he felt towards him. Although bastards didn't suffer so much in the North, the same couldn't be said for bastards in the South, where the Faith of the Seven was extremely widespread.
Alliser Thorne, like any Southern Lord, didn't like bastards, although all men wouldn't turn down a pussy, even if it wasn't their own wife's. Men liked the pleasure of infidelity.
Men liked the pleasure of infidelity, but they didn't like the bastards that would come with it, so instead of taking the blame, they put it on the mother and her son. The words of the Church of the Seven were merely a ruse for them not to assume the responsibilities they should have and to prevent these children from having any claim on their fiefdom.
Jon nodded and got off his horse. After stroking the horse's neck, he left it in the hands of the Night's Watch member and followed Alliser towards the chambers of the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.
Still wearing a hood to cover his appearance, Jon looked at Alliser's back. The man, despite his terrible personality, was a good warrior, which could be seen by the way the man walked. An identical, steady gait with properly controlled steps.
However, Jon didn't try to talk to Alliser, the man didn't like him and he wasn't someone who flattered others, on the contrary, it was everyone who should flatter him.
Noticing his own thoughts, Jon felt that he was spending too much time with Queen Rhaenys and Queen Visenya.
The Etiquette teacher in particular was someone who liked attention, especially the envious looks of the other women. His fencing and flying teacher, on the other hand, was extremely proud and strong, not letting herself be influenced by other people.
The two women acted as his mothers, subtly influencing the way he thought and saw the world, perhaps that was the duty of a mother, to introduce the world to her son and the father should prepare his son for the challenges of life. Rhaenys and Visenya were mother and father to Jon, who had never been raised by a mother or father in two lifetimes.