[A/N: 1st Person POV]
I went down to eat breakfast, I sowhat felt so presences downstairs so I could already guess that so people woke up!
Judging by habit, Wulfur and Svidi would wake up before . Back in the orphanage, our sleeping schedule was made by Nurina and no one could break it, so it beca a habit.
Wulfur was eating breakfast alone, I joined him and ordered sothing.
"I went to your room for so hangover redy." He said.
Dammit now!
"I think I was still drunk and I saw things that shouldn’t be there." He continued.
Let’s ignore that guy.
"You just can’t keep it inside your pants can you?" He was still speaking.
"Fine, here, a hangover redy." I gave him all the potion left.
"Now I forgot everything this morning, everything is hazy." He said.
When did this guy beco so shaless?
Eating together for a while, the rest ca walking like zombies and holding their heads from last night’s rave, you guys deserve it.
"A courier for Jon Dare." I could hear soone calling. Strange! this is my first ti receiving a courier.
I went to the voice direction at the entrance of the inn to see who called, a person stood there and appeared to be a courier.
Couriers are people who deliver ssages to other people, in Skyrim there is a -post office-like- system that works under every jarl, people hire them for communication purposes and sending ssages around all holds, couriers also appeared in the ga on many occasions.
"I am Jon." I said as I faced the young man.
"Oh! I have been looking for. Got sothing I am supposed to deliver. Your hands only!" Said the courier, "Let’s see here. Ah! A letter, send by Nurina from Winterhold, to Jon Dare in the ’Winking Skeever’."
As the young man was speaking, I started lagging, but I lagged once again.
First lag, this courier just now said the sa words courier say in the ga, the exact sa words when couriers deliver sothing, I just didn’t know how to feel for a second, should I be happy that sothing is the sa from the ga or should I just freak out from the similarity, this was mortifying.
The second thing is, Nurina sent a ssage, and she used a courier! Normally she uses the ’Thieves’ Guild’ to do her communications but she used a courier, strange!
I thanked the man and gave him a few copper septims, then went back to my seat.
Wulfur and Svidi were curious about who might send a letter, we basically are a bunch of kids who just left the orphanage.
"It’s from Nurina." I said with a grin, "Seems like even she couldn’t help but miss this handso young man."
I was buffing my chest, yet Wulfur and Svidi were looking at with disdain.
"He truly is headmistress’s lapdog." Svidi said and Wulfur started laughing.
I gained many nicknas over the years from always being around Nurina, the lapdog, the minion, the thrall. And these aren’t the worst nas I got, god knows what Grelod used to call behind my back.
I was finished with opening the letter not enduring to wait any longer, hehe! Let’s see what Nurina have for !
’Jon,
Our friends in Winterhold has no business here so I am not able to make any use of them,
I forgot to buy so stuff from Riften, as Winterhold is no better than wasteland now,
Buy these stuff for ;
-...
-...
-...
....
...
..
.
-Nurina.’
Okaaaaay!
Where is the rest of this letter?
There got to be another letter, right?
"What is that? A shopping list!" Svidi who sneaked behind snatched the letter from my hands yet I didn’t respond.
I was overwheld with embarrassnt now!
Svidi started laughing like a pirate and gave the letter to Wulfur who laughed too.
Guys! You can’t do that to big bro, you know!
"She really did it this ti!" Svidi started tearing from laughter.
"No one can make that guy know his place like her!" Wulfur also beca my enemy.
I was so down right now! I thought she might say sothing good! It has been a month, you know! This is the longest ti we were separated, you know!
"Elves!" I said to myself, these guys have no concept of ti at all.
So Altr in the inn started eyeing after I said that.
"Ehem!" I noticed, "Dark Ones." and corrected myself.
They got back to their business.
"Sigh! Svidi! Can you help with shopping?" I said.
"Mhm!" Svidi nodded, well! She made fun of so at least she has to apologize.
But that’s is strange! Winterhold is a major settlent in the ga, even if it’s in deep decline, I am sure they have so thieves or anything around, and the college also must be bringing business.
For Nurina to send a courier and ask to buy these stuff sure make question the situation in Winterhold.
"Enough deep thinking now." Wulfur said, "Make sure you don’t eat too much! You have a big match this ti big boy!"
Why is he talking like a gym coach? I am sure I talk like that with him when I want to buff his morale.
Is he worried and trying to buff my morales after Nurina’s blow? What a good friend!
Fine! I am back to normal anyway! After all, I have been dealing with Nurina’s clumsiness for years till now.
"Is there any news about who is going to bail out from the last match?" I asked Wulfur.
He looked at and smiled, "Aside from team ’Black Snow’ which ’tragically’ lost a team mber, and team ’Blood Hand’ that was discovered to be in relations with Assassins, there are only two teams that won’t be participating." Wulfur said as he did so research, "The first team is ’Swift Blades’ from Riften as they seed to be not interested, the second team is ’Wolf Fangs’ as you have already crippled most of their mbers."
’Swift Blades’ not entering is for sure, these guys are ’Thieves Guild’, their job was to get close to the participants and gather information about them, the guild also dealt with informations.
As for ’Wolf Fangs’ then that was my doing.
"So basically today is against twenty seven others, haha! I can see myself winning already." I said, this was a true madness, I don’t want to take part in that madness.
Whatever! I finished eating and went to my room to dress.
Lisette was still here, she was dressing and ready to go.
"So, will I see you after the match?" I asked.
"No, I will be at the college afterward." She said, "Don’t worry, I will do fine until you decide to visit."
She got close to on her own so I kissed her in return and held her hands, yet I could see so sadness in her eyes, she was hesitating for so reason.
"Are you alright?" I couldn’t help but ask.
"I am fine!" She said and made a cheerful face, "I’ll be on my way now."
She said her farewells and left the room.
Sothing didn’t feel right, yet maybe she is sad or sothing, I hope my rash actions don’t cause her harm.
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[3rd Person POV.]
Behind the inn, Lisette went out from the back door, she looked sad yet it was no sadness of separation, she felt a lot of guilt too.
After all, she was after him for a purpose, not a good song or what people would think an ambitious bard would go after. She was after him for he was her target.
Her ntor brought her into a fine bard for other reasons than just being a bard, this person had other plans for Jon and she was just the an to pry on him.
Yet she has never thought that she would romance Jon for a full night, he was just soone she needed to get close to and take what she wants, yet he overwheld her will as she felt no power but to be played by him.
Even after that night, he wasn’t just after her body, he was also interested in her.
He even saw through her mood and asked if she was alright, he also wasn’t dishonest with her, she knew liars as of course, she was one.
"Forgive !" She couldn’t help but mumble to herself.
"For what?" A voice sounded, it ca from her side.
Lisette’s face turned yellow from the shock and she jumped back from the fright, this voice was so sudden.
As she could take a good look at who was speaking, her expressions cald down and could breathe.
"Nothing ntor." She could turn her expressions back to normal with no problem, as a bard, she knew who to act and perform too, only thing is, she felt more depressed than before.
Front of her was her ntor. A man she respected ever since she was a girl, and also the only person worthy of her respects in the Bards’ College.
It was the headmaster of the college, the Altr (High Elf), Viarmo. The sa Viarmo who does the comntary for the tournants and the big events.
She dreamt to be soone like this man, therefore she joined the college and endured how much rivalry and bad mouthing happened between the young bards in the college.
Yet one day, she found out that the person she always admired was not just a bard, he was sothing more, he had his own secrets like any other person yet this ti, this man didn’t only just hide secrets, he also dealt with secrets.
He was what people could call ’A Secrets rchant’. Soone who knows what others want to know and sells it for the buyer that would bring most benefit.
This was what this man recruited her into, and what he also recruited many other bards all over Skyrim, as bards were everywhere, in every inn, palace and sotis, in the influential people hos.
This ntor was the owner of the biggest secrets trading business that even the empire was working hard to establish a stable contact with him.
Viarmo, the master of all the spies in Skyrim, was standing in front of her waiting for her results.
"What did you know about the boy, Lisette?" Viarmo asked.
Lisette who was in a storm of feelings started collecting her thoughts while thinking of how was she betraying Jon.
"I, I talked with him." She said ekly.
"And?" Viarmo replied with patience.
"He was not much different than what he shows to people." She said, "Or at least that what I thought at first."
She took a breath and continued, "He is an alchemist, a good alchemist too, I could sll many fragrant herbs and alchemical ingredients in his room." She said, " He also sotis sneaks out at night but I couldn’t tell where he goes to."
Viarmo nodded and asked, "What about his Thu’um? That power of the Voice?"
"I couldn’t learn anything, no one knows, not even his friends, but aside from obsessions with dragons, he had so books I could copy their titles in this note." She said as she handed out a note to him.
"Hmmm!" Viarmo thought while taking her note, "These are all mysterious book of magic, mostly in the ’Old Ways’, interesting." He said, "Tell , how did you get into his room?"
Lisette lagged for a bit, that answer was not easy to say.
"Didn’t I tell you not to sneak behind closed doors." Viarmo said, but he was not angry, he was smiling kindly though, "We are not thieves my girl."
"I didn’t sneak." The girl said, "I was invited in..." and halted.
"Hmm..." Viramo thought and said, "So you slept with him?"
Lisette’s face turned red from sha.
Viarmo laughed softly and looked at the short girl in front of him then his tone turned serious, "Did he harm you?"
Lisette shook her head hastily, she was already ashad of what she did with and to Jon, her conscience didn’t stand anymore harm to him.
"I see..." Viarmo rubbed his chin and nodded.
"Listen, Lisette, I know what you are thinking." He said, "This is your first real job, and for most of us we sotis have to mix between personal life and business."
Lisette looked down and didn’t talk.
"He is a youth that all the powers willing to curry favor with him, he won’t be hard by that much." Viarmo said and patted on Lisette’s head.
Suddenly cheers could be heard from the inn, it seems that participants started heading out to the arena.
"I will go now." Viarmo said and left Lisette behind.
She just stood there without lifting her head up.
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