Chapter 207: Closure and Butcher

My name is Akatosh,

I'm wrapping up all sorts of things.

—4E, 200, Moon of Fire, 9th, 14:31

At this point in the year 200 of the Fourth Age, I was quite busy, because many people's "misfortunes" happened in this year, such as the death of an old lady's husband in an accident while going out to collect medicine, the attack of a cargo team carrying refined Void Salt by trolls, the killing of a certain mine in the Richie fiefdom by the outcasts, and so on and so forth, and so on,

The calendar of the Elder Scrolls world is very strange, they use the same method of recording the year and date as the Arab numerals, but they do not record the months in the same way, and instead record certain activities or sights that are common to the month, such as February, July, and November, which are called the dawn, height, and twilight months respectively based on the average height of the sun, March, May, and August are called the first, second, and last months according to agricultural activities, and January and December seem to be named the morning star and starry night because the nights are too longThe rain in April and the frost in October made me suspect that the production team was mixed with compatriots.

Well...... In addition to the "middle of the year" in June, which is completely untechnical, the most special month is the "hearthfire" in September, when the "last seed" is over and before the "frost" falls, most people will sit by the warm hearth and do nothing, but this month, which should have nothing to do, has become the beginning date of many troublesome events in history, in short, idle.

On the 9th of the Furnace Moon, I arrived at the northeastern part of Skyrim Province, the lair of the Storm Cloak, Windhelm City, as planned.

It was a huge fortress-like city, all the houses were made of solid stone, there were no wooden buildings in sight, and the whole was divided into the palace area, the noble area, the commoner area, and the gray area, and the roads between each other were all winding, easy to defend and difficult to attack stone walls, even if it was attacked from the outside, the enemy would have to continue to break through at least two "fortresses" to reach the Palace of the Kings, where Ulfric Stormcloak was located.

As the name suggests, the Noble and Commoner Quarters are inhabited by the Nords of related status, while the Grey Zone is a unique specialty of the entire Skyrim, where all the "non-Nords" of Windhelm City live, and its inhabitants include people from other provinces of the empire and various elves, while the Tiger and Argonians are completely forbidden to enter the city.

Lao Wu was clearly a Nord supremacist, and since his banner was to "restore the glory of Talos", this behavior apparently earned him the support of most Nords.

However, for me, who was heading to the gray zone, it was a bit of a problem.

"Hey! Chick, this is not the place for people like you. "Two slick guys blocked their way in a hallway.

Rolf Stonehammer and Angelenor, the latter being a bartender in the Tavern in the Grey Zone, a Brightoner, and the former being a Nord who can be related to Stormcloak Commander Galmar Stonehammer - after I don't know how many turns.

"I'm looking for 'Callisto Krim', get out of the way." I said in the voice of Maaya Sakamoto.

[Hahahahahaha! 】

'Shut up! Don't laugh! ’

[Although that guy's goal is a 'beautiful girl with blonde hair', she's not the only one with this kind of appearance.] 】

It's a pity that there are too many double ponytails, and Saber doesn't fit. ’

"Hey, it's pretty fierce," Rolf crooked, "I have to tell you, the dark elves in the gray zone are all criminals, and if they find a lonely rich lady, they may do anything, so you'd better hire our brothers-"

"If you don't want to mess with the Shattered Shield Family, you'd better disappear immediately." A proud woman's voice came from behind her, and the two guys in front of her turned around and ran away after hearing it.

"Frigga Shattered Shield, it seems you've heard of Callisto's reputation too?" When I turned around, I saw a tall woman with bright blonde hair holding out her hand to me.

"Jeanne Darch," I shook her hand, "yes, I have a strange magic book for him to identify." ”

The Shattered Shield Family, the Cool Sea Family, and the Stone Fist Family are the more influential families in Wind Helmet City, although the Cool Sea Family, which grew up in seafaring, has declined somewhat due to the war with the Empire, but the other two have risen strongly in the war, and Frigga Broken Shield, as the eldest daughter of her family, has become famous in Wind Helmet City with her beautiful looks and strong wrists, and even moved out of the main house to buy her own villa "Halim" - this incident is also the beginning of a tragedy.

In terms of the architectural style of Wind Helmet, it is naturally impossible to build another property out of thin air, so "Halim" is a villa that has an original owner, but it is just a rush to sell due to an accident, and after buying the property, Frigga quickly discovers the "accident" - an altar arranged in a hidden room and a discarded magic book.

It was an evil magic that sacrificed the soul of a living person to a powerful being and thus received its gift and even summoned the true body, and the former owner of the villa accidentally opened the communication channel without sacrificing because he could not read the magic book, and was frightened by the appearance of "that being" and hurriedly sold his house and fled.

Frigga couldn't read it, of course, but she knew that there was a mage in Windhelm who could read it, and the owner of the "House of Legends" who acquired and identified all kinds of strange items, Callisto Krim, so she came with the book to identify it, perhaps out of pure curiosity, or maybe she hoped that there was some magic in it that would help her family.

Unfortunately, the only thing that can be related to her is the sacrificial rule of "sacrifice five blonde maidens in a row on five specific dates to obtain the necromancer inheritance", and Callisto, a mage who was expelled from Wintercastle for studying necromancy, has one of the limited contents of the magic book that he can understand.

Of course, I could have slapped this "butcher" to death or thrown him into the realm of annihilation, but as I said a long time ago, it is logically incomprehensible to deliberately guide the impending crime to the original path.

And what I want to give him for appraisal is the "Luoyan City Textbook".

[Hahahahahaha! 】

I found that pulling the wings didn't do much for this stupid system anymore, and I thought about whether to start extracting teeth.

[Joan of Arc holds Marshal C's treasure, hahaha! 】

'Shut up!' ’

"So, Miss Dalke, your book is for summoning evil gods?" Frigga asked, surprised.

"Judging from the scene, it should be Poyesia," I flipped through the textbook in my hand, "The host of ceremonies refused to admit his guilt, and none of us 'Shino scholars' could understand this, so he sent me to translate it as evidence." ”

Due to this Broken Shield's great interest in the occult and magic, my status as a "Shino Scholar" quickly gained her approval, of course, this is not a lie, those guys from the Shino Scholars really gave me the title of Honorary Scholar.

For aristocratic ladies who have no magical qualifications but are interested in magic, most of them will give up this hobby after getting married, and a small number will fall victim to evil mages like Frigga who take the wrong path, and only a very lucky few who really find a way to learn magic and have a good teacher can successfully become magic apprentices.

"I think there are a lot of similarities between your book and mine." As I was about to reach the door of Callisto's shop, the House of Legends, Frigga stopped and opened the book she had in her backpack to show me.

Of course it's similar, after all, they all summon tentacle monsters, and I glanced at the magic book with a thick green cover, which was a [Dark Magic Sutra] written by Hermaeus Mora, the god of knowledge.

Generally speaking, this book will reach out tentacles and grab anyone who looks at it into Mora's "Alien" Annihilation Realm, and will be rewarded accordingly after completing some strange trials, apparently the original world online Callisto became a "butcher" through this behavior, but now if Mora really dares to stretch out his tentacles, I can grab the tentacles to catch him, so this book has now become a strange book written by strange words, completely unreadable, and the only role left is sacrifice.

"For the sake of the reputation of the Shattered Shield family, it is best to tell this Callisto that both books are mine, and of course I will share them with you after the translation is completed." I suggested to Frigga.

"Hmm...... Yes," Frigga pondered, "are you going to come to live with me?" ”

"No, if I live with you, this cover-up will be pointless, I'll be staying at the Candleburn Castle Inn, next door to Captain Lone Wind, you can come to me later." I shook my head and replied.

Frigga nodded, pushing open the door to the House of Legends' magical goods shop.

——20:41——

On the second floor of the Candle Castle, a small banquet was being held with Frigga Shattered Shield, Jotti Coolhai, the mischievous hostess Susanna, Tsushima very keen merchant Avalia, and me, all of whom were beautiful girls with blond hair, although they were suspected of boasting.

"To our beautiful blonde~" Frigga raised her glass to try to take the lead.

"Respect our beautiful jewelry~" Jotti, who is also the eldest daughter of the family, is naturally not to be outdone.

Suzanne and Avalia clearly didn't intend to get involved in the argument, so the two drunken girls turned to me.

"Hmm......" I felt the five stabs I had been stabbed in the back by Callisto when I went to get the text translation not long ago, and I also raised my glass: "Congratulations to everyone for meeting here." ”

I hope that the guy who decided to become a "butcher" to sacrifice after understanding everything will have fun in the Annihilation Realm of Shelgera, and as for me, use this image to sign up for the Mage Academy after finishing up the various side quests.