chapter 9

in the jomsviking settlement inside the great hall of the chieftain house

///mc pov///

as I enter the great hall I see long tables put side by side with many Vikings sitting on them as they feasted on the food that was presented to them and drank mead from carved horns

suddenly one of them stood up and began to sing as he held his cup high in his hand the other joined him as they began to sing sagas of old

I go past them and go to the chief table where my mother and father are sitting I join them after greeting my grandparents I see Fenris laying beside the table biting on a big bone as I greet my family and prepare to sit down I hear

"come, boy, "said my grandfather as he looked at me gesturing for me to come close to him

as he looked at me he said "you look just like your mother thought you have a little of your father in you I see you will make a fine warrior and if you have the witt maybe a leader come sit next to me"

"yes grandpa," I said as I sit on the chair next to him with a little smile on my face

"tell me little boy how do you find your new home, I hope you like it, "he asked me as he sipped some mead from his cup while looking over the hall

"it's a good place with many people in it, so I find it a little crowded but they are hospitable to me so I will adapt, "I say while looking at a brawl that is happening in the middle of the hall

"your mother said that you are smart and mature for your age I see it now, you talk like an adult you will achieve great things I am sure of it so I will teach you everything that I know to make use of this potential of yours now tell me what do you think of the jomsviking," he said looking at me in the eyes

"I don't know what you want me to say, "I asked

"the truth" he answered

"the jomsviking are powerful, for now, that is, but they don't have a stable headquarter and they move a lot and that is a waste of their potential if it was up to me I would first find a place to call home and create a foothold for the jomsviking to grow and to achieve nobility by you becoming a jarl, this title of nobility will guarantee a stable land for the jomsviking to grow and a failsafe if the jomsviking suffer heavy losses in the mercenary work they will have a safe place to recover "I explained to him this with a calm face

"how do you know all that your just 6years old"he said downfounded by the Way I talked and my knowledge

"I had a dream when I was 3about a man with grey hair and one eye he had two crows on each shoulder he told me that I have the blood of the gods and asked me what I wanted I asked him for knowledge he asked me why I told him that my mother told me story's of Odin and how he traded his eye for knowledge so why not follow the footsteps of the all father himself he loughed at that and full filled my wish"I told him making some story about how I got my knowledge

"my grandson is blessed by the gods"

###to be continued###