Count Mott's Pov

I was following one of my guards to the Entryway. The man barged in as I was about to have my fun with my new maid and spouted claims of a monster demanding for me. The odor coming from the man indicated that he was scared. Scared enough that whatever I could do as his punishment was preferable, as the man said. I was slightly unnerved by those words. However, I remembered that I had every room decorated in a way to provide me a way to defend myself no matter what. Since the room the beast was in was one of the larger rooms, I would be invincible. We turned into the entryway and reached the top of the stairs that lead to the door. To my surprise, I saw my guards pressed against the wall with their weapons scattered about and cowering in fear of a boy. Now I was mad. These fools were cowering from a commoner boy. I could tell from his clothes that he was from a wealthier family. I was going to fine them for everything they were worth.

"Are you Count Mott?"

How could he not know? Perhaps he is foreign. That would make it more difficult to punish his family, but it means I might be able to get more just to prevent war. I look at the ignorant boy.

"Yes. Now then peasant, care to explain why you are here."

"Of course. I have learned that a maid from Tristain's Academy was recently employed by you and have come to ask for her back."

The nerve, "I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I refuse. Now give me a reason not to punish your family."

"They are either dead or beyond your pitiful reach."

What, "Is that so? Well then, I suggest you leave before I kill you and get a little rougher with the maid," that Siesta girl has some foolish friends.

He laughed. Then he said something that sent chills down my spine, "I was hoping you would say that."

"Eh?"

"Count Mott, I challenge you to a dual."

Saito' Pov

Flashback (on the way to Mott's Estate)

"Derf, do you know anything we can use to force him to return Siesta if just asking him doesn't work?"

"Well, you could kill him. That would be easiest but would cause a huge political mess."

"I hate politics. Anything else?"

"You could dual him. You would need something he would want though."

"I could think of something. But that wouldn't stop him for good."

"Then challenge him for everything he has. That would cost him his noble status and would get you Siesta."

"Works for me."

Flashback ends

"Ha ha, why would I do that boy?"

"To prove that you aren't scared of a commoner," he glared, "and for the recipes for these," I pulled out a healing and magicka potion.

"What are those?"

"The red is a potion that heals wounds when consumed and the blue restores your magic reserves."

"You're lying!"

"No," I then use Derf to cut my arm and making sure he can see the wound as I drink the potion. As he watches wide eyed while the wound disappears, "I am not."

I pull out another and he starts to say something, but I cut him off.

"If I win however, everything you own belongs to me."

He looked stunned. This man actually has experience with his magic unlike a blond womanizer. I will be able to see just how powerful a real mage is. Not to mention, I'm going to be rich!

He then thought for a moment and grinned. He ordered the guard who got him to fetch a paper to write down the agreement. After we both signed it, we took our positions. Just then, the door burst open to reveal a pink haired mage and a balding professor. I face palmed.

"Saito, don't kill the Count!"

"About to dual him, so if you don't mind."

The two looked stunned. Then their eyes enlarged as I turned back to my opponent who had already launched an attack at me. It came into contact and I felt my ability to absorb spells (Atronach stone + Atronach perk) kick in. A blue glow engulfed me as the magical energy was siphoned from the water. I was wet, but unharmed. Mott did a good impression of a fish out of water, appropriate given his runic name and element. I chuckled as I drew Derflinger one handed, "Oh, didn't I tell you? I have been exposed to enchantments that reduce the power of spells or allow one to absorb their power instead. Not to mention that my clothes are also enchanted to protect me."

"Yyyyoou'rre bluffffing," the poor count said with difficulty.

"Do you honestly believe that after witnessing it yourself," he started to tremble, "Ready to be beaten?"

He launched another attack. I raised my free hand and used a ward spell. He started gawking again.

"What? Didn't expect me to have magic? Thought that this was going to be a one-sided fight in your favor? Didn't expect to be facing a very pissed off Dragonborn?"

"Wwwhatttt," the 'man' stuttered.

"Mul Qah Diiv," I shouted and let my dragon blood run at full strength. The fear in his eyes grew. I felt my new tail and wings sway as I got adjusted to them. Confident I had full control I lifted myself a few feet in the air. I leaned forward and started to close in on the Count. I grinned.

"Anything you want to say?"

"I yield!"

I paused. Really? That was it? Why do I have a bad feeling? I then lowered to the ground again and sheathed Derf. The guard from before suddenly reappeared with paperwork for the transferring of the Count's assets and presented them to the now former Count. After we signed them and I had collected Siesta, the four of us started to walk out. I made sure that Louise and Siesta were in front of me while I had my back to Mott. I heard a familiar 'twack' sound as a crossbow was fired into the back of my head. I guess the count thought he could sneak attack me. As the bolt harmlessly bounced of my 'hide', I turned back to him.

"Tsk tsk, that was the best you could do? I know children that could do better," one said child is actually three hundred years old but, "you're lucky you're too weak to even be considered a threat."

As I turned to go through the threshold, I stopped.

"Oh, you have three days to pack and get out of MY mansion," I stated while emphasizing the 'my' to drive the point and rub salt in the wound. He growled but walked away. Once outside I picked up Siesta and started to fly. Colbert and Louise got on horseback and followed.

"You didn't have the wings and tail last time you used that shout," commented Louise.

"I have to let my dragon nature out in full force for them to exist. I don't allow that to happen very often because I tend to start thinking and acting like a dragon."

"And how would a dragon think and act Professor Hiragi," questioned a concerned looking Colbert.

"Dragons would see humans and humanoid beings as lesser beings that should be subservient. In my case I would more than likely kill anyone who didn't swear loyalty to me and take any and all the women as concubines and force the men to be my soldiers," they all looked scared, "then the only ones that could stop me would be Louise and anyone who uses attacks similar to Guiche's. If I had my Dragon Aspect shout or my Dragon Skin spell active, then it would leave Louise as the only viable line of defense."

They all sat there, stunned. Then Louise got a strange look on her face, "Wait, I thought that you were immune to magic based attacks."

"True, things like Ice Spikes and such would be useless. However, magic that is used to create a weapon or golem that relies on a physical attack would get by my defenses."

"Interesting, are you able to give that ability to anyone," questioned Colbert.

"I could give them items that would allow them to resist damage but not absorb it outright. I don't know how to make items do that and the only other option is to take them to the Atronach stone back in Skyrim."

"Oh."

"Um, Saito," spoke up Siesta in a timid and panicky voice.

"Yeah?"

"Your wings are starting to fade."

I lowered myself to the ground as the shout ended. Great timing too, as we were already near the school and could walk it. Colbert noticed to and said that he was going ahead to return the horse to the stables. Siesta and I walked toward the gate. As we were walking I looked at her and asked, "Do you mind if I ask you a favor?"

She blinked then started blushing, "you do own my contract now. You don't have to ask."

I looked at her for a moment and noticed how uncomfortable she seemed. Then I realized, "Get your head out of the sewers. It's crowded enough with me."

Her gaze snapped in my direction before she started to giggle. I raised my fist in the air and lowered it until my elbow made a 45 degree angle and my fist was perpendicular to my shoulder. I got her to laugh, victory! I then looked at her as she started to recover.

"You know I'm not like that," then my face got more serious, "the reason I'm asking is because the favor I'm about to ask for may change your life drastically."

Her smile from before vanished, "what do you mean?"

"Siesta, would you be willing to help me research if I can teach my homeland's magic to commoners here?"

She halts her movements. She stared at me like I grew a second head. That is the same look I got when I was turned into a horse. Her face turned into a scowl, "that's not a very funny joke."

"I have given plenty of examples that my magic is different from what you are used to, not to mention my jokes usually involve breasts."

Flashback

"Is any of this sinking in," snaps a blonde haired woman in leather armor as she stands over a map in a hidden room of the Sleeping Giant inn. I, however, barely pay any attention to her. She must have looked pissed.

"Is there any way I can get you to actually pay attention?"

I lazily look at her and say, "You could go topless."

Delphine drawing her sword said that was the wrong answer.

Break

Mirai, Tania, and I are sparring. I swing horizontally and accidentally manage to rip off part of their clothes and left their fronts exposed. We stopped as the blonde Breton blushed and the elf had a neutral expression. I decided to make the dumb mistake of saying, "Huh, fun sized."

A grazing arrow and Mirai shouting Fo nearly made me female.

Break

When Aela asked me for a way to get the attention of everyone in Jorrvaskr for some important notice I said to strip. My jaw put a dent in the floor when she actually did it. I don't remember what the notice was, but I remember that she had a nice ass.

Flashback ends

Siesta seems to be in thought. I figured this might happen and said, "You don't have to answer me right away. It will be a while before I can actually try."

She looked relieved and nodded. By this point, Louise and the professor met up with us. Due to the fact that my room wasn't ready yet and Siesta's needs to be prepared, we are staying with Louise.

Time skip

I am now standing behind my desk in my classroom. Siesta had agreed to assist to sit in and assist in any way she can. The students started to trickle in with Louise being the first and Louise and the blue haired girl and Kirche being last. As they took their seats they started to whisper. One student had the balls to stand up and say to me, "You commoner, what do you think you and your maid friend, think you are doing? Leave before the teacher shows up."

I looked at the kid who had an arrogant smile. Beside him was Guiche who looked petrified. I then looked back at the disrespectful student and said, "Fus Ro Dah!"

The fool went flying before he realized what I did. As he slowly got back up I continued, "I am the teacher boy. If any of you have a problem with that the door is right there. But I warn you, you will fail the class," they all went wide eyed, "Now then, I will be teaching you skills to help you SURVIVE should the option of using your magic prove to be a bad option or a non-existent one."

Another student stood with his wand out and started a rant about how they were supposed to fight with magic or something. I used the Disarm shout and he shut up. This is going to be a long day.

Time skip (end of class)

I learned several things. One, Guiche can make weapons with his magic that I would actually let soldiers use. They were no means the best, but considering the source, I was impressed. Two, one of the girls the aforementioned boy cheated on, Momorency, is actually quite skilled in alchemy. In fact, she is so skilled that, with the exception of some potions, I don't have anything to teach her in that area. Three, the blue haired girl who is named Tabitha already has some degree of survival skills. The level actually concerns me a bit. You don't get that good without help unless you were taught by experience. Forth, many of the students won't touch the smelter and forge because of how dirty they may get. I will need to fix that. Finally, Kirche seems to have fallen for me. Speaking of her, that mind of hers is filthier than the forge.

Thanks to Louise I knew the majority of the student's opinions of me. Normally, I wouldn't care. Except now I am their teacher. Students tend to not pay attention to teachers they don't like or respect. The majority HATED me. Except for the previously mentioned four and Louise, the only students not to want me dead were two random girls who thought I was cute. I really have my work cut out for me. Afterwards, Osmond sent his secretary to inform me that my room was finished and so was Siesta's. I thanked her and dismissed Siesta so that she could go talk with her friends among the staff. I went out to the courtyard for a spell before my next class started. I had lain down by a wall when I felt a presence coming toward me. I glance to my left to see the dragon from the summoning. It stared at me for a while. So I decided to say something.

"Nii los vopruzahvun wah minz. (It is rude to stare)"

"Zu'u los krosis (I am sorry)," the young feminine sounding dragon said as she lowered her head, "Nii los zurun wah siiv mun wo tinvaak ko dovah vun (It is strange to find a human who speaks in dragon tongue)."

I chuckled, "Zu'u mindoraan. Los til atruk Zu'u vis hiif hi voth? (I understand. Is there something I can help you with?)"

She perked up, "Fund hi kos jahaal wah tinvaatey voth zey? (Would you be willing to play with me?)"

I nodded. After twenty minutes of chasing each other around, Tabitha walked up to us and watched for a few minutes before calling her dragon over. She then thanked me for playing with Sylphid. As she started to walk away, I said, "Ms. Tabitha."

She turned back to me, "I was curious on where you learned some of your skills."

She shook her head and said, "I can't say."

Sylphid looked a bit sad too. That doesn't sit well with me. I can't do anything right now without information. For now I will have to let it go. But…, "Tabitha."

"Yes?"

"I will respect your wish. However, if you ever need anything, even just someone to talk to, you can always come to me. Alright?"

She hid her surprise well. Too bad I am a master thief, assassin, and bard. She nods and walks away. Since I still had an hour before class started, I decided to head to the library. When I got there I noticed a familiar blonde boy with several open books around him. I quietly walked up and peered over his shoulder. He was reading several books about armors. So he took my advice on the Valkyries from class. Underneath the one book was a rough sketch of a new form. Sadly, it was just as flawed. Maybe he needs more help. Looked at the sketch and the books and noticed what he was doing wrong in designing the armor. I decided to speak up.

"You know, since you don't have a person in the armor you need to fill it for it to be sturdy."

The poor boy jumped when he heard me and looked at me in surprise, "What?"

"Armor is normally left as a shell because it is meant to go on a person. You don't have that person. Thus you can fill in those gaps and make your valkyries more durable. He looks down at his drawing and his face lights up as he understands what I am saying. I decide to give him one more freebie, "One more thing," he looks at me, "if you can put something in your valkyries that causes them to explode when they are defeated, you can cause quite a bit of damage to your opponent. You don't have to but it may be a handy trick to learn. Just don't blow yourself up in the process."

He thinks about it and nods then goes back to his work. I scourer the library for a while then head to class.

Time skip

I am now in my new room with Louise. She seemed panicked for some reason. I finally got her to calm down enough to speak.

"Louise, take a deep breath and explain what is wrong."

She does so, "Alright, in a few days is the familiar exhibition."

"Let me guess, you want me to be in it?"

"Yes, the princess herself will be there and well…"

"Alright."

"Really?"

"Of course, did you forget that I am also a bard? I love showing off."

"Okay, just no breast jokes."

"How did you?"

"I overheard Siesta talking to some of the others about how you said that most of your jokes pertain to them."

Really Siesta, "Alright, no boob jokes. Don't worry, I know how to treat royalty."

"No killing her either."

"That was one time Louise, one time."

"I know it's just that…"

"It's just that what?"

"Nothing, I'll talk to you tomorrow."

"Alright, good night."

"Good night."

With that she leaves and I hit the hay. That night my dreams were filled with a certain maid crawling up from the foot of my bed as her clothes slowly slide of her beautiful body.

Author's note: Finally, break. I can finally take time to write my stories. Yes you read right. I have had another story in mind for a couple of weeks and it has made typing this difficult. I will probably get that posted with the next twenty four hours. For now enjoy this chapter and the new cover image for the story. I may end up replacing it in the future when I have something better. I do not own the original images, just the photoshopped version.

03/21/2017