Another chapter complete, this one with no action in it and more just seeing Drago's day and seeing the sights
Waking up from his sleep he sees Bell under some covers and crying as if he spilt mead on his favourite armour, Drago rubs his temple and sighs out of frustration, "What happened? did you dream of an ugly monster chasing you."
"N-no much worse." He sniffles under the cover.
"Oh, by the Nine Bell spit it out." Drago demands.
"What's all this commotion." Hestia asks while rubbing her eyes and picks up the book.
"I have no idea, I found Bell crying under the blanket when I woke up." He stretches his limbs, heads to the closets and puts on his armour, he notices the book in Hestia's hand "By the way Goddess Hestia what is that in your hand."
"Oh, this it was a book Bell was reading." She opens it to a random page and has a look of shock, "B-Bell you read a grimoire."
Drago stops in the middle of putting on his boots and looks up in surprise, "How did you managed to find a grimoire?"
"Syr gave me the book, when I asked what she does on her free time." He then realises what he has done "I've got to give the book back."
Hestia stops him "Listen Bell don't bother giving back the book, I'll sort this mess out." Hestia gives a thumbs up and takes the book before marching out of the building, and Drago just keeps looking at the situation dumfounded.
Bell then rushes over and stops Hestia "Goddess please stop it."
"Bell this world is fickle, even more so then the gods!" Hestia shouts.
Arriving at the Benevolent Mistress Bell bursts through the door "Miss Syr!"
Syr looks up form sweeping the floor "Oh, Bell what can I do for you."
Drago walks through the door with his face in his hands, trying to hide his embarrassment, Bell is certainly one to over react to things in the most ridiculous ways.
"The book you gave me it was grimoire." Bell opens to a random page for Syr to see the blank book.
"Oh, Bell you've certainly are in a tough situation." Syr says with a cute tone while partially hiding her face behind the tray.
Drago is impressed that girl knows how to manipulate the situation better then he can, and he always thought he has a silver tongue, but her, she is an entirely different level.
"U-uh, you are cute Miss Syr." Bell says.
"What is all the commotion going on here!" Mama Mia shouts from the back room.
Drago takes a step back, even though he is the Dragonborn, something tells him Mama Mia is one person he doesn't want to mess with even on her best back.
The Half-Dwarf walks over to where Bell is standing and takes the book "Well I'll be surprised; it is a grimoire." She flicks through the books.
"What should I do Mama Mia?" Bell asks with worry in his voice
Mama Mia sighs and drops the book into a bin "Save it kid, the person who left this book expected that it is lost."
"B-but…" Mama Mia cuts off Bell
"Listen Kid, you need to grow a backbone and except it, if you didn't take the book someone else would have, so count your lucky stars you got it!" Mama Mia shouts.
At that instance the duo left the bar and head to the dungeon
Before heading to the dungeon Bell asks if he could take a quick stop at the Miach Família
The person running the store is a young girl with floppy dog ears and hair in a chestnut colour wearing a yellow tunic with a blue jacket and a yellow scarf and a glove on her left hand.
"So, since you magic it would be advisable to take some mana potions." She shows two flasks of the elixir.
"Um, how much do they cost?" Bell inquires.
"They are about 2,000 valis each." She calmly says.
Drago physically twitched at the amount she is asking, as those prices are thievery, and he is a thief, thinking Bell is going to be swindled out of his money he decided to interfere.
"Listen... what is your name."
"Naaza, Naaza Erisuis." She says.
"Naaza, how would you feel if your God found out you are trying to swindle money out of my friend." He tries to persuade her.
Naaza says nothing as she couldn't argue with that.
"So how about this, well pay 1,500 valis for them and I'll buy some healing potions for a 1,000 each, does that sound good." Offers her a better deal.
Naaza doesn't say anything but nods.
"Thank you very much, I'll take 3 potions please." He decides to buy some as you never know when they could be useful.
Bell on the other hand feels bad that Drago might have cheated a bit.
After that Bell heads to the dungeon with Drago escorting him, and Drago was curious about somethings.
"So, Bell, what have you been up to since I left for the deeper levels?"
"Well I managed to find a supporter and she's been a big help, though I almost lost my knife till Miss Ryu found it, then me and Goddess Hestia went out for a date, though the other goddess made that difficult as they chased us all around the city."
Drago looks a bit surprised; Bell certainly had some crazy adventures when he was gone, kind makes him wish he stuck around instead of going to the 18th floor.
"What about you, did you see anything interesting?"
Drago looks to Bell and smiles "Just ran into a few monsters, nothing I couldn't handle." He lies, not wanting Bell to get involved with his problems.
"That's good to hear."
"By the way Bell, where did you get that armour?" the Dragonborn enquires
"Well, Miss Eina and I went shopping, she thought since it would be best if I had better armour to adventure in the deeper areas."
Drago nods in agreement, and since it is light armour, he has more agility and speed.
Arriving at the tower Drago says his farewells he heads to the Market District to get some new clothes."
Looking around he sees a large selection of clothes; he enters the stores and is surprised but the selection.
He takes of a sleeve and examines the clothes and notices the mannequins "These are for elves specifically high elves, I may be a Breton, but these are way too fancy for my tastes." He lets go of the sleeves.
But out of curiosity he decides to browse a little bit more, just to see what they have to offer, stopping he sees a lovely suit, far fancier then the on he wore when he when he was in disguise at the Thalmor party.
But he knows he couldn't afford it so he leaves the shop and heads to another one.
Unknown to him three figures behind a barrel are stalking the Dragonborn, they being Lefiya, Tione and Tione trying to figure out just who is this Drago guy.
"So, who do you think this Drago guy is, we see him summon a dragon, then apparently can eat their very souls and knows that other guy in the dungeon and add to the fact he knows the name of the black dragon." Lefiya says out loud
"I don't know, but he is really awesome the way he fights is really graceful almost like he dances." Tiona imagines him.
"Whatever, he's nothing compared to the captain." Tiona brushes him off.
"Regardless, we need to keep an eye on him in case he causes problems for Orario." Lefiya tells her friends.
"Look, he's going into another store." Tione points to Drago entering another clothes store.
If Drago didn't have his mask on, people would see his face as red as a strawberry, at how revealing the clothes are in this store, then he remembers seeing some women wearing them, and now he wonders how can anyone wear such revealing clothes.
"What is that guy doing?" Lefiya asks while peaking from behind a rack of clothes.
"It looks like he's staring into space." Tione points out.
He then turns around and goes to another shop, with Lefiya and the two amazons following right behind him
This time he is a commoner's shop, a place selling clothes for everyday people, which is more up his line and now he looks around the shop.
He takes out a tunic and compares the size to himself, and when he sees it fits him, he keeps it.
Next, he is deciding the pare of trousers, he takes a red pair and looks at it, he shakes his head thinking that it doesn't suit him, so he puts it back and examines the rack and sees blue trousers and takes.
He examines it and is satisfied with the look, before going to the check out, he notices a leather vest that would fit on him perfectly and a nice pair of boots.
"That guy is really into the simple thing." Lefiya pops her head out of another rack.
"Yeah but he does have good taste." Tione points out while popping her head out of a rack.
With his items chosen he heads to the check out and places the item, the casher checks the items and gives the price.
"That will be 10,000 valis." She says with a smile.
He nods his head and takes out the appropriate amount and places on the counter, the woman puts everything in a bag and hands it to Drago.
Drago exits the building and decides to wonder for a bit until he hears his stomach growl and thinks it time to have lunch.
He takes a seat at a tavern and looks around and he can feel the hominess of the place, kind of reminds him of when he was chilled living in Cyrodiil before losing his family, he tries to push that painful memory aside.
"Welcome, what would you like?" A waitress asks him.
"I would like some meat and vegetables, with some bread and gravy with some mead please." He orders his meal.
"Sure thing, it will only take a moment." The waitress smiles and heads to the kitchen.
On the other side of the bar, the three members of the Loki Família take a seat while using menus to hide their presence .
"What is that guy doing?" Lefiya questions.
"It looks like he's just sitting there and enjoying himself." Tione answers the question.
"You know Lefiya you could just go and ask him, instead of just tailing him, I'm sure he wouldn't mind asking some of our questions." Tiona points out the obvious.
"We can't risk it; he might hold back some valuable information about the Black Dragon." Lefiya responds back.
They notice the waitress arriving and giving the Dragonborn his meal, and he takes off his hood and his mask so that he may eat.
The three members of the Loki Família now have a good look at Drago's face and they are surprised that he is so young and the fact he has semi pointed ears.
"The guy is a half elf?" Lefiya says a bit shock.
"I didn't expect that, but boy he looks really dreamy." Tione ogles his face.
"Does that mean he's good at casting magic? But we've only seen him use swords and that weird shouting magic." Tiona tries to figure him out.
"I don't know, and that is the frustrating part, its noting but unknowns with this guy." Lefiya tries to figure out who this guy is.
After that the three of them watch him as he ate and takes the occasional drink and on other thing that they notice, he has very good table manners almost like he was raised in a noble family.
After finishing his meal, the sun is starting to ser and he is walking down an empty ally but suddenly stops.
"You three can come out, I knew you were following me since I left the clothes shop." Drago turns around to see the three stalkers. "So, an elf and two amazons were following me, I take it you are my fan club." He smirks
"No, we were making sure you aren't a threat to Orario." Lefiya stands up.
"Me a threat, I think you've mistaken me for a someone else, I've been on my best behaviour." The Nightingale smiles.
"Yeah, but with your abilities, you are to much of a wild card." Tiona now speaks up.
"A bit paranoid aren't you."
"Not if you know the Black Dragon's name." Lefiya tells him off.
"And why is Alduin's name such a taboo?"
"You need to stop saying his name out loud, it will bring nothing but a bad omen." Lefiya warns him.
"Why? I don't fear that overgrown lizard, I've faced him plenty of times." He the n realises he slipped up.
"You fought the Black Dragon?" Tione says impressed.
"And? Alduin is just another dragon, and like all dragons before him, he will fall to my blade." He lies a little since he killed him, but doesn't want to make the situation worse.
"If the Zeus and Hera Família couldn't defeat the Black Dragon what hope do you have." Lefiya questions Drago's sanity.
"Trust me, next time I see him, he will be meeting Akatosh." He says with confidence.
"Aka-Akatosh, who is that?" Lefiya asks again.
"Guess he isn't to well known around here, Akatosh is the Dragon God of Time, and chef deity of the nine divines, and father to all dragons Alduin being the first of all dragons." He gives another hint of his homeland.
"Why, would a god create the Black Dragon if only for it to be killed." Lefiya tries to understand the logic behind that.
"Because Alduin's duty is to end the current world, and begin the new one, as I said in the dungeon Alduin is both destroyer and creator."
The Loki Família couldn't believe what they've been hearing, first the theirs this is guy who knows the Black Dragon's name, he then says that a god created said dragon to end the world, and people would worship him.
"If that's all the questions you've got, I want to go home." He turns around and heads back to his Família
"One last question." Lefiya asks.
He stops but doesn't turn around and listens "Who was that guy on the 18th floor, and what connections do you have to him, if so, you need to tell us, for the safety of the citizen.
"His name is Miraak, for who and what he is, that is a secret." He doesn't give much away to keep them safe.
They just stand there not knowing what to do as he just dodges the questions, but at least they have something to report back to the captain.
Back at the Hestia Família Building Drago is currently getting an earful from Hestia.
"You should have gone into the dungeon with Bell, if you were there Bell wouldn't have been almost killed by her." Hestia points to the culprit.
The person who Hestia points to is a young girl with almond colour hair, with eyes the same colour wearing a red and white shirt, with matching pants with her belt undone and brown boots.
Drago looks at her with rage which makes her look away in shame, he may be a thief but he wouldn't just let someone die to get an item, even if she provided Bell with a second weapon, the chance of death was too high.
"I am sorry Goddess Hestia, I will make sure I not to repeat what happened today, I will keep a better eye on him." He promises.
"Good now to deal with the rat." Hestia looks at Lillie "Listen Rat I would have half the mind to throw you out and demand not to see you again."
"I agree, she is to high of a risk to keep her around." Drago agrees with her.
"However." Drago and Lillie look at Hestia "If you wish to make it up to Bell you will work with Drago and Bell till you can prove you can be helpful for my Família.
"What!" The Dragonborn shouts in surprise "Goddess Hestia, I must protest keeping this street urchin around has proven to be a danger, she almost killed Bell and tried to take his knife if she stays, she could…" Drago couldn't finish as Hestia interrupted him.
"My decision is final, if you have a problem you can leave." The goddess warns him.
Drago keeps quiet, it would seem that his persuasion ability has its limits, and it doesn't affect the divine as much as normal people.
"Thank you, Goddess Hestia, I promise I will make it up to you." Lillie bows in front of Hestia
"Thank you, Goddess Hestia." Bell thanks the loli god.
All the while Drago was not happy about this, but what can he do if he leaves, he may have a harder time doing the things and plus he needs all the help he can get.
"As you wish Goddess Hestia." Drago admits defeat.
On the other side of Orario Lefiya, Tione and Tiona are in the captain's office to give a debrief on information on The Nightingale.
"So, did you find anything interesting about our friend clad in black?" Finn asks.
"Yes, we did and it doesn't look to well." Lefiya says with a bit of grim in her voice.
"How so?" The High Elf asks.
"He said that he fought the Black Dragon a few times on his own." She tells them one part of Drago story.
"What! You're telling us that one man fought of the three great beasts?" The Dwarf says surprised.
"And not only that he knows the Dragon's name as well!"
"Okay this guy is becoming more of a problem every day, first he absorbs a dragon and now he fought the Black Dragon, and he knows its name, this guy is becoming a real problem." Gareth complains.
"A problem that doesn't seem to be against us, it would seem he is after the Dragon as well, and the knowledge he has could prove to be useful in the great quest." Finn points out the usefulness Drago could be.
"He said one more thing that could be a problem." Tione remembers one thing Drago said.
"And what may that be?" Finn questions.
"He said that a God named Akatosh created the Black Dragon in order end the world." Tione says the more worrying part.
"What? He said that a God created the Black Dragon, that's hogwash." Loki shouts in protest, "Plus I've never heard of a God named Akatosh, so he must be lying."
"Regardless we need to continue monitoring him in case he truly is a threat." Finn gives his final orders for the night.
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