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Chapter 42: Onto The Icicle

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 me, other sailors took notice and also looked at me.

"It's me!" I said and removed my hood.

"What? When did you get out?" Rusning said.

"The servant I mentioned was a bit late and I went back to pick her up." I said, "Sorry, I somewhat 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, someone 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 mercy! 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 me.

"I don't know, she was supposed to buy me 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 someone who helped me getting 'Jullanar' to the ship.

'Jullanar' was the name I told them as the name for this girl, I didn't know her real name and made up a name from my past life.

'Jullanar' is a Persian name which meant pomegranate flower. Shame! The name was just wasted on an assassin who tried to kill me.

As I got away from the ship, I headed to the East Empire Company, I could see Gulum-Ei was talking with someone there.

"Hey!" I said and acted as if in a bad mood.

Gulum-Ei looked at me 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 me wrong." Gulum-Ei raised his hands and turned meek, "When I got the message 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 me 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 remedy to resist fever for her. Damn this Njord, how many times 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 time 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 some fur before I got out, the weather now was freezing, as I got close to the boys they noticed me and emptied a seat.

"So, how is the girl?" Holman asked.

"She is fine, I brewed her something for the fever that will keep her sleeping for a while." I replied.

"Good man, here, something to warm you up." He said and gave me something. It smelled like milk with some 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 some 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 warmer.

"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 came 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 tournament 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, "Name's Geldof and they call me Smiling-Hull, like the ship lad?"

This man said a lot of things, but wait a minute, didn't he just say something about the Fire-Manes.

"Yes captain, It's my first time 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 something 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 name refers to one of the great clans that don't come into public. No matter how shameful for an old dog like me 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 home ain't you lad!" He said, "No wonder it's your first time 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 remember it well, never let go of it."Captain Geldof said.

I was curious about sailing actually as it was something 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 some reason and some 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 me, this was not nice you know.

"The first lesson is…" Captain Geldof made an appearance over me 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 something 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 some 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 time 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 me even tell you, lad." He said, "Just do this and do that."

Captain Geldof started pointing some jobs for me, 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 documentaries], I somewhat enjoyed learning something I had completely no experience about. Although, I played some sailing games 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 mentioned it, I am so damn hungry, last time 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 something.

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 seemed to have just woke up.

"Looking good." I said, "For someone who was half dead, you somewhat passed all the critical stage."

The girl looked at me expressionless, "You should have left me to die." She said.

Dammit! I guess I should start talking that girl into living now.


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Chapter 43: Jullanar

[A/N: I am having exams three weeks from now and I am not sure I can do the bonus chapter thing now, I'll keep updating daily until I fix my laptop.]

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I picked up a small round box that contained a 'bruises healing ointment' I bought from Solitude, then sat in front of the girl and started applying it to her face.

"Not a chance!" I said to the girl who wanted to die, "How would I torment you if you died." I couldn't help but grin.

"The Brotherhood won't leave a traitor like me live." She said, "I told the red man everything."

Seems that Njord had done a score on her.

"Just what did he do to you to make say all that?" I couldn't help but ask.

She shivered from the question so I cast 'Calm' spell on her, one must know that this girl has a disturbed mentality.

"So what did he do when you told him what you know?" I asked.

"He just left! He also said that the one who hired me was already dead." She said.

"Sibbi? Yeah, I killed him." I said.

"You did?" She looked and appeared shocked. "Do you know what the Black-Briars may do?"

"Yes, but she won't do anything to me." I said, "She has already killed most the thugs in Solitude though, I pinned the kill on them."

The girl was looking at me surprised by what she heard.

"So you did!" She said, "I guess thieves are good with these sort of stuff."

I was done applying the ointment now.

"So, what is your name?" I asked.

"Mabia." She said.

"Do you still want to die, Mabia?" I asked.

"What choice do I have?" She said, "The Brotherhood will perform the Black Sacrament if they suspected that I didn't die yet."

Oh! So she is worried about that?

The 'Black Sacrament' is a dark ritual that can be performed by whoever those who want to contact the dark brotherhood, that ritual is a way to contact the 'Night Mother'.

The Night Mother, an immortal spirit who is revered and worshipped by the Brotherhood. She is only ever met face-to-face in very exceptional circumstances and is seen as a phantom-like form. When a person prays for the death of another, the Night Mother hears and passes on the details of the prayer to her Listener. At this point, the Listener informs a Speaker, who then goes to meet the hiring party in order to draw up a contract.

But still.

"Don't you know?" I asked.

"Know what?" She asked.

"Astrid, your leader, doesn't follow the teachings of the 'FiveTenets' anymore." I said.

"What nonsense are you saying? How can this be? I've never met the leader but my mentor told…" Mabia halted, "Wait a minute! How do you know of the name of the leader?"

"Hehe! Don't you dare look down on how much I know girl, I know most of the important names in your merry little cult, Veezara that mentor of yours, Arnbjorn the husband of Astrid....." I said and started making an act but everything was true.

"Your organization has fallen deeper than what you think, the Listener, Alisanne Dupre, was killed eight years ago in Bravil and the coffin of the Night Mother was lost since then." That also was true, these events happened in the game world yet not 'the game' (Skyrim) itself.

'The Elder Scrolls: Legends', a card game that told the story of a certain hero who lives in this world right now, this hero walked on a different path than the hero of 'The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim' and had his own adventures.

One of them was related to the Dark Brotherhood and he interacted with the big shots from it, he also was the cause of their current decline.

Astrid is the leader of the Dark Brotherhood in this day and age, she abandoned the five main teachings of the Dark Brotherhood which were called the Five Tenets and converted the group from cultist killers to professional assassins.

Hearing this information, Mabia was taken aback by what she heard.

"That all means that there will be no 'Black Sacrament' on you." I said, "And even if there is one, then just live your damn life now and face whatever comes at you later."

I finished what I had to say and went away from her. All I care about was a fellow orphan in distress, if she chooses the path of her own demise then I won't care anymore.

"This all hard to take in." She said as she looked away, "All I ever learned was how to kill."

"Then just learn how to live." I said, "Also you write some crazy nice poems, and I bet you can make a good Frey pie."

"What is Frey pie?" She asked.

"It's a pie that you present to someone you want to kill, its main ingredients are his/her family members, then you kill him/her after they eat it." I said, "Didn't they teach it to you?"

[A/N: Frey pie is the pie that Arya Stark made for Walder Frey in Game of Thrones.]

Mabia seemed impressed by what she heard and shook her head.

"Figures, these people became too soft." I said as I was having fun playing with that girl.

I stood up and headed to the door, "I'll head out to wipe myself and I'll bring you something to eat, rest now."

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Heading out, I went to a cabin that had a tub in it, I took some buckets and filled the tub from the sea.

Heating the water with fire magic was a usual practice for mages, even these sailors learned some spells to do their chores.

The tub is a blessing even though the weather outside is freezing, I can now enjoy some nice bath in this dangling ship.

As the water is nice and warm, my head started spinning from a thought to an idea, there was much stuff I wanted to do and experience, from this moment onwards I will focus on magic and become stronger, there is one year and I should master most of the spells I couldn't master yet.

'Mysticism School' also known as the 'Old Ways' is one of the main six schools but it's not really supported fully by the College of Winterhold, I need to dig into their famous Arcanaeum for more information on it.

[A/N: Arcanaeum is the library of the college.]

During my research, I also plan on; understanding more about Conjunction School, create my original style in Destruction School, start taking the Illusion School more seriously, learn all the aspects of physical magic from the Alteration school, and seriously make progress in the Restoration School. I found out all of my shortcomings in this tournament and I must admit, I am worse than I thought.

I won this tournament because my physical ability, I am also not that talented as I thought, Argir's body movements on equal ground are much faster than me, also Ongeim and Farkas are far stronger than me.

My superiority lies in three talents I have; the first is that I am very talented in Mysticism even with the lack of spells and knowledge, my practice in mysticism also made my Magicka pool larger than most of my peers, the second is about my body my body which is very flexible due to my training on my own versions of Parkour and MMA, The third is my natural gift in the Thu'um, one of the reasons I think I am the hero of the game.

Adding all that to my knowledge from my past life, it made the person I am today.... dammit the water got cold, heat heat heat!

Ah! Just about right.

Where was I again? Ah yes! My qualities.

I am glad I could see through myself this early, I need all the power I can muster, all knowledge is good, and my memory is sharper the better I control and increase my Magicka.

I remember a lot of knowledge from my past life which helped me greatly in something like the Electromancy. Magic is about understanding the power and I can make some scientific theories about it. I also remember a lot of stuff I read in the Wikis, this is all power I have right now and I should make use of.

Yet, too rough! None of it is refined! My time in the Orphanage gave me a good head start and my good luck met me with Nurina, I was lucky to meet her alongside all the people I know.

That's right! People!

My people!

My friends!

That's what I need more right now! A lot of friends to stand beside me.

Wulfur is guaranteed, he would follow me anywhere even if I asked him not to, Jon Battle-Born is a new brother but I know his quality doesn't lose to Wulfur.

Nurina is more powerful and mysterious than I could fathom, I don't like to be greedy but I can't let go of her guidance.

Hilda and these crazy Fire-Mane folk are my next possible ally, I'll let fate decide this one.

The people from the college I met so far are good people but I need to work on this relationship on my own, this will be one of the tasks at hand.

Who else? Ah! Her...

That girl, Mabia.

She is alone in this world, she is a fighter too, if I help her, I can make her into a follower of mine, we just need to build trust with each other.

Dammit! This water is getting colder without my noticing!

Heat heat heat!

Phew! That was close.

Let's stop overthinking for now! I finally can make up some plan for the future.

The last thing is the money but I'll think about that in Winterhold, at least there will be some good ways to earn coin there.

Now after this bath, I should get food for Mabia and me.

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The ship has a big dining cabin and I could get warm food from there, two warm meals for me and Mabia.

As I got back to the room, I found that the girl is still sitting on the bed.

Sigh! What a helpless creature, I moved my hand to her head and pushed the hood on it away.

What appeared was a face of a half-breed girl, she is half Dunmer half Nord.

On the left side of her face are three old scratch wounds under her left white blind eye.

The right side of her face is actually pretty, her right eye is hazel, and her skin was a bit bluish, she had the most features of a Dunmer but her pointy ears are shorter than usual elves and her face structure is that of a human.

Her black hair reminded me of mine from my past life.

Her body was not that tall yet if she stood, she would reach my shoulders, the rest of her body is quite nice.

All in all, if we fixed that girl's face, she will be a hot little treat.

I put a tray in front of her and she started wolfing it up.

I talked to her while eating, I noticed that she had a few screws loose. Well, I guessed as much, she was brought up on killing after all.

After saying this and that, Mabia was not awkward as she felt before and started taking normally, she also told me her story as if nothing, even though it was a tragic one.

Apparently, from what I could understand from her, her mother was a Dunmer in Windham, there are many refugees there and Nords treat them like s**t.

One day, a Nord raped her mother and Mabia was the result of the crime, normally the Nords wouldn't care and her mother wouldn't be helped out even by the Dunmer folk because she decided to raise the daughter.

In a society full with racism like Windhelm, a child between a Dunmer and a Nord will be considered some sort of a taboo child, both races were at each other's throat since the time the refugees started to flee from Morrowind to Windhelm.

The mother decided to take her daughter and leave to a more suitable place for her child, Falkreath was her choice.

The mother died after they moved out and she was brought to the orphanage of the hold, her unusual appearance caused her to be mistreated and she escaped to the forest one day, there she was attacked by a lynx and her left eye was wounded before she was saved by an Argonian who later became her mentor and made her into an assassin.

This was a sad story, I do sympathize with her but the only one who can help her now is herself.

"This ship is heading to Winterhold, do you have any plans for yourself from there?" I asked.

Mabia shook her head, she thought for a while then said, "Do you have a job for me?"

"I can use someone with your set of skills." I said.

"Won't that bring you bad attention?" Mabia asked.

"You can act as a maidservant and no one will mind you." I said.

"So you just want me to do your dirty work in the shadow?" She asked.

I smiled, "I am not really taking advantage of you, I'll give you whatever you wish for as long as I can trust you."

Mabia thought for a while, "Fine, I don't have any choice left, do I?."

"One last thing." I said, "I told them that your name is Jullanar, I think your current name will bring you trouble anyway."

"Mhm!" She nodded and asked, "Jullanar! What kind of a name is that?." She asked.

"It a name for the pomegranate flower, from my past life." I nonchalantly said.

"Ah! Right, past life.." She looked away while mumbling.

"Heh heh!" I laughed and said, "Wait until you see dragons."

Jullanar looked at me again and said, "So I am not the only one who hear voices!"

I think this is my turn to freak out.


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