I ran with the girl on my back and avoided every eye that can see us, I stuck to the shadow and sneaked around every corner until I reached the ship.
Svadall and Rusning were on the deck drinking together and when they saw a figure board onto the ship, they stood up and faced , other sailors took notice and also looked at .
"It’s !" I said and removed my hood.
"What? When did you get out?" Rusning said.
"The servant I ntioned was a bit late and I went back to pick her up." I said, "Sorry, I sowhat was in a rush."
"Oh! Is she the one on your back? What happened?" Svadall asked and pointed out.
"I found her in an alleyway, soone must have mugged her, is there a healer here?" I asked.
"What a dull question! I’ll go call for Holman, take her to your cabin, it is cold out here." Rusning said.
I thanked him and hurried to the cabin, As I put the girl on the bed and continued casting healing on her, Holman arrived after a minute.
"Mara’s rcy! Who did that to her?" He was shocked by what he saw.
Holman looked like an honest fellow with a black hair and an early facial hair, he was three years older than .
"I don’t know, she was supposed to buy things from the market but I found her in an alleyway like this when I went to look for her" I made up a story I already thought of.
"By the nine! Can’t a girl walk safely alone these days? What happened to the world." Jolma, magically appeared from the door followed in and made a sad face.
I made up a few things and assured them, I also had to stay beside the girl for a while before we could leave the room for her to rest.
As we were getting out, I took out her journal and put it beside her, can’t afford to let her go crazy again.
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I went out of the ship with the excuse of thanking soone who helped getting ’Jullanar’ to the ship.
’Jullanar’ was the na I told them as the na for this girl, I didn’t know her real na and made up a na from my past life.
’Jullanar’ is a Persian na which ant pogranate flower. Sha! The na was just wasted on an assassin who tried to kill .
As I got away from the ship, I headed to the East Empire Company, I could see Gulum-Ei was talking with soone there.
"Hey!" I said and acted as if in a bad mood.
Gulum-Ei looked at then nodded, then he talked the man away.
"This was flashy!" He said.
"The deed was done, didn’t it?" I said.
"Overdone in my opinion." He said.
"What? Does the guild in Solitude pay up for the damage they cause?" I said with a mocking smile.
"No no, don’t get wrong." Gulum-Ei raised his hands and turned ek, "When I got the ssage from Delvin that you are a daredevil, I really didn’t take it too seriously, glad to see Old Delvin still has an eye for good people."
"It’s all good and fine but my ship is going to sail." I said.
"Hmm?! Ah! You want your money! Here here." Gulum-Ei gave a purse and said, "It was a pleasure doing business with you."
"...." I didn’t say anything to the lizard and turned my back, he stinks.
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Back to the ship, I stayed in the cabin with the passed out girl, her temperature started rising so I started brewing an herbal redy to resist fever for her. Damn this Njord, how many tis did he pat her, my shoulder is itching when I thought about that.
I went outside the room after nursing her for a while, I also cast ’Heal Other’ on her, this was Adept level healing spell that I didn’t master it very well yet it got cast by luck.
As I was out of the cabin I could feel the ship shaking. So it was moving! It is my first ti to be on a ship so I wanted to take a look at the deck.
As I went out I saw many sailors moving around under the order of an elderly man, and the boys from the team were sitting on a crate and talking to each other.
I had warped myself with so fur before I got out, the weather now was freezing, as I got close to the boys they noticed and emptied a seat.
"So, how is the girl?" Holman asked.
"She is fine, I brewed her sothing for the fever that will keep her sleeping for a while." I replied.
"Good man, here, sothing to warm you up." He said and gave sothing. It slled like milk with so seeds in it.
"What is that?" I asked.
"Don’t know!" Svadall said, "The sailors made it and they give us when we ask."
I tried it and it wasn’t bad, yet had no flavor, I could feel alcohol in it though.
The ship started to move as the light started to shine, the scenery was great, on the left of the ship was the docks and Solitude, on the right was the great marshes of Hjaalmarch, ahead of us was the big rock of Solitude.
"Did you guys hear about this, a fire broke into the castle after we left!" Svadall started chatting again, so the news reached here. I still can see so smoke over Solitude from here too.
The ship passed under Solitude and continued sailing with Karth river, the sun started rising yet it was not getting any warr.
"This is the sea of ghosts for you lads, it can make you shiver to the soul." The elderly man who was giving commands to the sailors earlier ca close to us and talked, Rusning and the rest stood up so I tagged along and stood up as well.
"This weather is nothing to a Nord, Captain." Rusning said, "We want to introduce you to our new friend here, this is Jon, he won the tournant and will be the new addition to the college."
"Aye, we got ourselves a champion, eh? I see, good lad, strong arms, broad shoulders, you’d make for a good sailor, if you were a bit taller I would have mistaken you for one of them Fire-Manes." The Captain said, "Na’s Geldof and they call Smiling-Hull, like the ship lad?"
This man said a lot of things, but wait a minute, didn’t he just say sothing about the Fire-Manes.
"Yes captain, It’s my first ti on a ship and it’s quite a nice ship." I said.
"’She’, lad! The ship is a ’she’." Captain Geldof said.
"Ah! Yes, sorry. But Captain, you just now said sothing about the Fire-Manes?"
"Aye! The Fire-Manes, if you don’t know of them then I don’t know if you if should or not. That na refers to one of the great clans that don’t co into public. No matter how shaful for an old dog like to admit it, they are the best to sail in a sea or ride in a land." Captain Geldof said, "I only thought that you are one of them when I saw your hair and eyes but you are not as tall, and it would be strange if you board on a ship that is no Fire-Mane Ship, you ain’t one of them, are you lad?"
"Not that I know of, I am an orphan from Riften." I said.
"Riften! Far from ho ain’t you lad!" He said, "No wonder it’s your first ti in a sea, ever thought about sailing?"
I nodded.
"Want to learn?" He asked.
"I would like to." I said, I was interested.
"Hehe! Fine, go untie that robe but rember it well, never let go of it."Captain Geldof said.
I was curious about sailing actually as it was sothing I have never done before, so I went to the robe and held it with my left to its end tightly and rounded around my forearm, with the right hand I untied the robe.
The boys were looking down for so reason and so other sailors were grinning, I didn’t know what was going on so I continued untying.
As I was done with it, I held with the right hand and was ready to hold it tightly yet the wind started making Yard that carried the mainsail change its direction around the mast.
This was not the problem right now, the problem is, I was getting pulled by the robe and started flying.
I don’t know how it happened but I fell on the deck and everyone started laughing at , this was not nice you know.
"The first lesson is..." Captain Geldof made an appearance over who was lying on my back saying "Never hold that robe alone, if you did, never hold to it."
I was in pain from the flight I just took but I found the strength to stand up while rubbing my back.
"But you said..." I was about to say sothing but Captain Geldof interrupted.
"Learn from the mistakes lad, as long as they don’t kill you, you can learn from them." He said and acted like so wisea**.
"Are you ready for another lesson?" He was grinning, "Lady Luck is with us this morning, the wind is fair and the sea is easy, a good ti to teach youngsters."
I looked at him with no power to retorte, "As long as I am not learning from another mistake." I said.
"HA HA! You’ll make them without even tell you, lad." He said, "Just do this and do that."
Captain Geldof started pointing so jobs for , and he was right, even without pointing a mistake I still did them anyway.
I started learning about the ship and the sailing process all day long [A/N: And I watched docuntaries], I sowhat enjoyed learning sothing I had completely no experience about. Although, I played so sailing gas in my past life, there was no experience like this.
"You learn well lad, these boys didn’t even last the first hour." Captain Geldof said and looked at Rusning, Holman and Svadall.
"We are no sailor Old Geldof, we are mages." Svadall retorted.
"And I am what? A tavern wench? I learned at the college one day like you, why do you think I work on this ship now?" Captain Geldof shouted at Svadall.
Svadall didn’t retorte.
"Let’s see how you fair tomorrow, lad." The Captain said and went away to shout at the sailors.
"My body is aching I am going to my cabin." I said to the boys.
"Fine, just don’t miss dinner." Rusning said and continued what he was doing.
Now that he ntioned it, I am so damn hungry, last ti I ate was at the banquet in the blue palace and that felt like ages ago now.
Fine, I’ll head down and wipe my body then go eat sothing.
As I was thinking about food and stuff like that I reached the cabin and opened its door, I was also planning to check on the assassin girl too.
I found her sitting on the bed while looking at around, she seed to have just woke up.
"Looking good." I said, "For soone who was half dead, you sowhat passed all the critical stage."
The girl looked at expressionless, "You should have left to die." She said.
Dammit! I guess I should start talking that girl into living now.
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