5.3: The Way Of The Voice

A/N[Just to inform you guys, Before the Storm, Bleak Falls Barrow, Dragon Rising, and Embershard Mine were done in 1 day]

Completion Timing

Morndas, 18th Last Seed, 4E201

Before the Storm: ~6:45 AM

Bleak Falls Barrow: ~10:40 AM

Embershard Mine: ~12:45 PM

Dragon Rising: ~3:50 PM

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Morndas, 18th Last Seed, 4E201

5:13 PM

They were inside the market since he wanted to meet Carlotta and other interesting Chara- People, He was currently standing in front of Carlotta's stall, "Hey," He greeted her with a kind smile.

She looked at him with a red hue on her cheeks, "Hi," she replied in a low voice, "So, are you free?" He asked.

She looked around the busy market, indirectly telling him no, getting the signal he nodded, "I'll talk to you later," He said and made his way to the Bannered Mare Inn.

Inside the Inn, he saw Ysolda talking with Hulda who was standing behind the desk, "Hulda, Is there a merchant inside Whiterun that has a Mammoth tusk?" She asked while leaning on the desk her ass in the air.

"No. I don't think so, Why don't you ask the Khajits outside? They might have one" Hulda replied.

"No, it's the opposite, they want one, that's why I'm trying to find it," She said with furrowed eyes, she wanted to know more about Khajit trading, and wanted to learn from them, but the Khajit who could teach her wanted a Mammoths Tusk in return.

Darius who overheard their talk, got next to Ysolda, "Are you ladies looking for this?" He said as he brought the Tusk out of his inventory. He got it from defeating the giant with the Companions.

They were more surprised by the sudden appearance of the tusk out of nowhere than the tusk itself.

Ysolda looked up to see the face of the man and instantly recognized him, he was the one who was waving at Carlotta earlier this morning.

"You're him," She said.

Darius smirked, "Yes, I'm him," Not knowing what she was referring to.

He slid the tusk in front of her, "You needed this?" he asked, he wanted to meet her that's why he picked the tusk from the giant's body.

He looked at her brown hair that were tied behind her head in a bun, only letting some fall on both sides of her face, the jade-like skin was soft and supple, she had a necklace on her neck, and the clothes were a little too revealing for Skyrim standard.

Image Ysolda:

But he liked it, "Yes," she said and was about to grab it, but he put his hands on it, "Payment?" he asked, 'Nothing is free in this world,' He thought.

"How much?" She asked, he looked at her, "200 gold," Ysolda quickly said, "100," Darius knew she was a cunning individual that's why he overpriced it from the start, it's worth 150.

"210," He said, he wasn't going down, 'No one has it in the city right now,' He thought, Hearing his price go up instead of down, Ysolda was a little shocked, "Why are you going up?" she asked.

"I don't know," He said, "I'll give you 150," She said as she held the tusk.

System Prompt: Speech 23 -> 24

"No," Darius said

"What do you mean, no?" Ysolda said, "That's the best offer you'll get," She said.

"Fine," Darius agreed not wanting to waste his time on bickering.

She handed him a coin purse, which he placed in his inventory, "What did you mean by 'Him', earlier," he said as he grabbed a wooden stool and sat next to her.

She said looking back at Hulda, "Hulda give me a bottle of Ale," She too sat down.

Lydia, who had been following behind him since earlier stood next to him guarding him is her duty after all, Darius looked at her and gave her a small smile, but didn't say anything she will loosen her tension around him soon enough.

"Give us 4 Bottles, Hulda," Darius said loudly.

"Is that a challenge?" She asked raising an eyebrow.

"What do you wager?" He said looking at her bosom, which she mistook for the necklace.

"No, this is a gift from my mother," She said canceling the bet.

"Your mother was something, Eh," He said, 'If the daughter is this beautiful I can only imagine,' He thought.

"Yeah, she was," She said with a solemn expression.

"Sorry," He apologized, Ysolda nodded her head.

Thud!

With a thud Hulda brought the Drinks, placing them on the counter, "Here, Handsome," She said with a smile, He smiled back and opened three bottles, handing one to Ysolda, "Thank you,"

And the other one to Lydia, "N-no, I can't drink on duty," She said, "Just one," He said as he stuffed the bottle in her hand.

She hesitantly grabbed it, 'Is he going to do something like 'That'" She thought her mind racing back to the accident.

She quickly shook her head and to get those thoughts out of her head she chugged down the entire Bottle, she's a Nord after all.

Darius who was sipping it slowly and talking with Ysolda said, "Yeah, this morning I saw you standing next to her," remembering her standing next to Carlotta.

"Yeah, why were you waving at her, do you know her?" Ysolda asked.

"No, I just bought some apples this morning from her, and forgot to take them with me," He said.

"Just to let you know, She's a mother and doesn't want people chasing after her every hour of the day, and I'll make sure they regret it if they do," she said with a frown, "What about Mikael?" he asked, She was about to answer him when a man appeared behind Darius.

'Speak of the Devil,' the two women thought.

"Hey, mister, who are you to that fiery widow," the man said his arm resting on Darius' shoulder, Before Darius could say anything, Lydia quickly unsheathed her sword and placed the blade on his throat.

Darius raised his hand, letting Lydia know not to worry.

He stood up, towering over him, "Whoa. Hey there. I didn't mean to make you upset. On my honor, Carlotta won't have to worry about me again." And he was out of there.

'Well, that was quick,' Darius thought.

"You are one intimidating guy," Hulda said.

Darius smirked, "I can be enticing, too," Making Hulda blush, "Oh, haha, I'm too old for that," She said.

"Hardly," He said, She was beautiful, her straight brown long her with face-framing layers, her white skin illuminated yellowish by the fire.

'She reminds me of Sigrid,' He thought, 'But her boobs are lacking a little,'

"Oi, flirtatious bastard, listen I will be buying this Inn for sure, so don't try and butter her up," Ysolda who had gotten a little tipsy just from 1 bottle.

"You can have the Inn," He said.

"That's what I thought," She said with a smirk opening another bottle.

"And I can have Hulda," Ysolda and Lydia both choked, 'Isn't this guy a little too straightforward,' Both of them thought.

Hulda hearing him turned red, Darius smirked at her shy personality and got an Idea, "How about this, you practice taking over the Inn, and I'll do her," He said looking at Hulda.

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