19. Bootlickers

Draco and Erandur looked at dragon that thay had just killed in the village of Dragon's Bridge. As usual, the dragon's body burned away, leaving behind a skeleton as a swirl of energy flowed out from the dragon before it entered Draco's body. Some of the villagers and the guards gasped at the sight at what was happening. Not wanting to waste any more time, Draco motioned Erandur to follow him and leave Dragon Bridge for Solitude quickly, not wanting to get to much attention from the crowd.

"It can't be, you… you took its very soul!" one of the villagers said in astonishment as Draco and Erandur walked away quickly.

At Solitude, Draco and Erandur had just finished trading with the blacksmith Beirand and were ready to go. As they turned around to leave, the first thing they saw was a young Nord teenager, probably a few years younger than Draco. His face was filled with shock and excitement.

"It's… it's you!" the Nord teenager stuttered in excitement. "The Dragonborn is in front of me!"

"I'm sorry, but you have mistaken me for someone else," Draco said calmly. "If you don't mind, please step aside, I'm very busy."

"Of course you're busy, because you're the Dragonborn! You have damsels in distress to save, killing outlaws and dragons, doing heroic deeds and bringing justice!" the Nord teenager exclaimed. "I'm a big fan of you! I can't believe I witnessed you killing that dragon in Dragon's Bridge and absorbed its soul!"

No. Oh no, no, no. This naïve Nord teenager here was completely mistaken about him. Draco does not save damsels in distresses or save lives. Not only that, he doesn't take pride in killing outlaws and dragons at all, he is not heroic one bit, and most importantly, he always finds a way around the law. He does not live a luxurious lifestyle or being a law-abiding citizen. In fact, it was quite the opposite. He always seemed to run out of septims often and he also does not have any regard for the law at all. He would steal from rich nobles and corrupt officials, as well as planting stolen objects in their homes and wrecking their property. Not to mention that he also killed an entire regiment of guards in Windhelm to escape because Ulfric arrested him for 'assaulting' a 'true' Nord of Skyrim in the city. Wait, did he just say that he had witnessed him absorbing a dragon's soul in Dragon's Bridge? That means…

"You followed me and my companion here, did you?" Draco asked, but it wasn't a question.

"No! I mean… ugh, yes I followed you here," the Nord teenager admitted. Then he became cheery again and continued. "But it was worth it! I get to see the handsome happy Dragonborn who is capable of killing hundreds of bandits at once, slaying dragons like a boss, bringing countless people to justice and…" Before he could finish, Draco punched him right in his face. The Nord teenager fell to the ground as he clutched his bleeding nose that was caused by Draco's punch.

"What was that for?" he wailed.

"Don't try sucking up to me," Draco said coldly. "I hate when people do that. And please, stop being sarcastic and exaggerate too much. And one more thing, I don't need a fan base." Draco then turned to Erandur and signaled him to follow.

As Draco and Erandur walked away, the teenager was still on the ground, still trying to stop his nosebleed. He said loudly, "But I'm not being sarcastic at all! I'm saying all of those at the bottom at my heart! I'm really a big fan of you!" However, Draco ignored him as he continued walking away. Erandur on the other hand, turned to look at the Nord teenager one last time before catching up with Draco.

"Draco, was that punch really necessary?" Erandur asked when he caught up with Draco.

"I want him to shut up as quickly as possible so as to not to attract to much attention," Draco replied. "It would be bad if certain people know my identity, and I really hate it when people suck up to me without thinking. Calling me 'happy' and 'handsome'… he hasn't seen the scar on my face that was made by a Senche-Tiger as I wore a mask that conceals the bottom half of my face, and from my tone and behaviour, I am certainly not a happy person."


20. People making love to each other (Not exactly, but something more than that)

Draco had to collect the entire 'Mystery of Talara' series Urag gro-Shub had ordered a few days ago from the bookstore called First Edition in the Imperial City, Cyrodiil. Since Urag said that he would pay Draco for collecting the books for him, he took up the job. After crossing the border, Draco headed to the Imperial City and collected the five 'Mystery of Talara' books from First Edition. As it was dusk by the time he reached the bookstore, Draco decided to spend the night at the King and Queen Tavern at the Elven Gardens district before going back to Skyrim. He bought a taffy treat from the innkeeper and rented a room. After finishing his taffy treat, Draco headed to his room upstairs on the second floor and slept on his bed. However, his sleep was disrupted when he heard moaning and strange noises coming from the room next to his. Draco recognised that kind of noise and sound. Draco tried to cover his ears, but the noise coming from the room next to his was becoming louder and more frequent.

'Why aren't these walls soundproof?' Draco thought.

He tried his best to ignore the sounds, but it became more and more annoying to him. He would lose his sleep if this goes on. Feeling annoyed, he decided to give whoever they were in the room next to him a piece of his mind and a lecture. When he stepped outside of the neighbouring room, he could hear more giggling. Draco could not take it any longer, and was prepared to knock down the door. As he was about to do so, he realised that the door was not even locked at all, which annoyed him further.

'They are having sex and yet they don't lock the door?!' Draco thought incredulously.

Still, he decided to knock down the door with all of his strength. He took a few steps backward before running up to the door and gave it a powerful kick, and he saw IT. It was traumatising. And when he entered the room, the two people in the room making love to each other are desperately trying to cover up their bodies.

The scene was utterly beyond comprehension, and Draco could not get the image out of his head. Draco quickly ran down to the first floor, grabbed whatever bottles of alcohol he saw, opened them up, and them poured their contents all over his head and drank some of them, desperately trying to erase the scene out of his head. He shouted to the innkeeper, "I'll pay for those!"

After Draco recovered, he told the innkeeper that he would pay for the alcohol the next day, as he was currently very tired. The innkeeper accepted that reason.

The next day, when Draco asked the innkeeper what was the cost of all the alcohol he drank and poured over his head, he was surprised, although he managed to hide his expression from the innkeeper. He could not let the innkeeper see the look on his face.

Two thousand septims. Draco guessed that he must have taken some high-class alcohol by accident.

Draco knew that he did not have enough to pay for the alcohol, and told the innkeeper that he left some of his money in the room he rented. When the innkeeper wasn't looking, Draco quickly dashed out of the tavern as fast as possible before the Imperial City guards are called. He did not need to have a criminal record in Cyrodiil. It was really not worth to drink all of that alcohol, because Draco still could not get that image out of his head. The image of two people making love to each other.

Two MEN making love to each other to be more exact.