——4E, 201, the last month of seeding, 29th, 15:00——
"If you want to find work, maybe there is one outside the city, hiss~" Kilwa, the Argonian landlady of the Honey and Poet Inn, said to Parassus: "In the city, even if there is any need, there will be no Blackthorn.
Even with the permission of the family, we cannot entrust it to outsiders, hiss~"
"Okay, I understand." Palathos, who wore a large cloak over his ebony armor and looked like an adventurer, thanked him and walked out of the hotel.
Rift Valley City is located in the forest on the shores of Lake Henrych, the largest lake in the southeast of Skyrim Province. The geographical location makes the city's fishery and mead brewing industries extremely developed. There is even a river surrounding the city to facilitate the fishermen living in the city to go out.
Fishing work can make money, but it is very tiring and does not meet the status of a noble. Therefore, the mead brewing industry, which is also profitable but not very tiring, is controlled by the Blackthorn family who have lived here for generations. Its power is so powerful that even if the lord orders it
Orders also require asking for their opinions first.
Fortunately, they only care about the sales of Blackthorn Mead and their control over the city. Although they support the Stormcloaks, they don't care much about Ulfric's Nordic Supremacy. In addition, the Rift Valley is located in Cyrodiil.
It is at the junction of Skyrim and Morrowind, so there are various races in the city. Not only the Argonians like the innkeeper's wife, but even Khajiit who are discriminated against in other cities can enter Rift City.
Although there are many residents in the city who are dissatisfied with the Blackthorn family, most of them only talk about it and dare not take action. Those guards who don't know whether they obey the lord more or the Blackthorn family will naturally ignore them.
The only one that actually took action was the reason why the princess came to the Rift - the Thieves Guild.
Just from the fact that Baron Erekul of Dugu City was once a member of the Thieves Guild, we can guess how large this organization once was, and there is naturally no relationship between the thieves' guild and the rich Blackthorn family.
There is a possibility of peaceful coexistence. According to Sharp-Eyed Eagle's information, Rift Valley City has been divided between the two sides for a long time, with one going back and forth.
However, in the past ten years or so, the Thieves Guild has declined inexplicably. Coupled with the new head of the Blackthorn family, Marwen Blackthorn, who has great skills, she has completely suppressed the Thieves Guild, and even had to negotiate with it in order to survive.
, accept some very harsh conditions.
Parathos has no doubt that he has been targeted by the Thieves Guild after entering Rift City. However, due to his luxurious equipment and sophisticated manner, he looks like an experienced adventurer at first glance. Ordinary thieves do not dare to act without authorization. If he
His actions were judged to be a threat to the Blackthorn family, so it was completely impossible for him to remain so leisurely.
"Boss? What do you have here?" "Many people say that what I sell is garbage, but I think they are all treasures~ Please take a look~"
Like an ordinary adventurer, Parasos stayed for one night and went straight to "Pawn Shrimp", a grocery store in the city that accepted and sold everything. He prepared some trophies that were completely flawless, even if the thieves guild later
If you sneak into the store to check what he sells, you will only find that he is an adventurer who has come from afar, has great strength, and wants to find something to do. This may give you a chance to break into this organization.
After traveling all the way from Dugu City to the Rift Valley and chatting with the leader of the Blade Warriors, Parasos felt that he had already guessed the purpose of Her Royal Highness the Princess. Of course it was not the "want to be a baron but don't have the money to join the Thieves Guild" as she revealed.
For the completely unbelievable reason of "making money", her purpose must be to master the connections and strength of the Thieves Guild to "whitewash a peripheral member and make him a baron of Dugu City", and then use them to pacify the Skyrim Province.
of rebellion.
However, how could the princess do such a thing herself? The majestic imperial princess turned out to be a thief. There was no need to report this matter to Dugu City. Delphine, who had just met her recently, could come over and kill her, so she still let him
Do it yourself. "The adventurer who is strong but lacks money and sells some important travel supplies, but only looks glamorous on the surface" has been shaped through his various actions. It won't take long, and there should be some.
People from the Thieves Guild came to contact and recruit.
But speaking of which, where did Princess Emilia go?
——15:30——
"Can you see me?"
"……Um."
West of Rift Valley City, on the roof of a cargo ship in the center of Lake Holich, Emilia was looking at a young woman wearing dark leather armor, a hood, and an orc-style longbow on her back.
.
This kind of leather armor is very strange. It seems that there are no pockets, and there are hidden pockets everywhere. There is an armed belt diagonally across the shoulder that can hide various weapons. At least in appearance, this outfit is better than Amy's.
Leah's pure white velvet skirt that almost covered her face was more suitable for sneaking.
"Although you look a little strange, I guess you are traveling with me." The young woman thought for a moment and decided to give up on the reason for the invisibility failure of both parties and go straight to the point: "I want to sink this ship, what about you?"
"...I want to kill those tree spirits." Emilia pointed in the direction of the warehouse at her feet.
"Tree spirit, ha~ that idiot." The leather-armored woman held her forehead: "Someone said that he could sell him a boatload of fir trees at a low price. Then a merchant in the city who bought fir trees at a high price came to him. Didn't he suspect that there was a problem?"
"...The sap of tree spirits, added with moon sugar, can make skuma," Emilia continued: "Contraband."
"I didn't expect that two of us stalkers would plan the actions of the law enforcers here." The woman looked at Emilia: "Could it be that you are Brynjolf's new apprentice? It doesn't look like it. Could it be that you were captured by Marwen?
That old woman hired you?"
"...Who are they?" Emilia tilted her head.
"If you don't want to say it, forget it. I originally thought there was something wrong with those fir trees and planned to sink the ship, but if it's a dormant tree spirit, just sinking to the bottom of the lake is useless." The leather-armored woman took out an exquisite dagger from her waist:
"Let me help you...huh?"
The dagger slid back into its sheath and shivered, refusing to come out no matter how hard she tried to pull it out.
"Hmm... Are you an envoy of the Holy Spirit? You frightened this dagger made by some unlucky demon god," the woman in leather armor shrugged. After trying a few more times and still unable to pull it out, she turned to take off the dagger from behind.
Longbow., "Don't worry, I have ways to support you."
"...Hmm." Emilia took out an ordinary iron dagger that was much shabbier than the hidden dagger, and silently swung it around her body. A large hole was cut in the ceiling of the cargo ship, and she was directly
fell down.
Rustling——buzzing——
Perhaps feeling that their lives were threatened, the "fir trees" that had remained motionless even when being carried back and forth by dock workers stood upright one after another, waving their barely formed arms to beat Emilia, but they were attacked from above.
Blocked by arrows.
"Behind the torso of the attacker, at the position equivalent to the human back heart, there is an organ called an 'upright root'. After being cut off, the tree spirit will die directly." The voice of the leather-armored woman came from above the hollow: "And that
The things are very valuable.”
"...Hmm." Emilia, who was originally going to cut the enemy in half as usual, made a temporary change. The dagger narrowly passed through the dryad's body, and directly hit its back like a branch that had not grown. "
The "upright root" was cut off, and the dryad instantly fell to the ground in a daze. The other dryads speeded up their attacks as if they were furious.
"Nice job!" the leather-armored woman said while providing remote support: "If you are not hired by Blackthorn and have nothing to do with the Stormcloak, I can make the decision to invite you to join the Thieves Guild. You will start from the top directly. No need.
Go and do some petty thieves’ business.”
"...Thank you." Emilia nodded casually and continued to wave the dagger to dodge the tree spirit's attack and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.
"Shouldn't I be surprised to ask you who you are at this time? It's so boring." The leather-armored woman accelerated her attack frequency, and after killing all the remaining tree spirits, she took a look and dived directly because she noticed the movement in the warehouse.
The captain of the ship, who had escaped and swam far away, said to Amelia, who was searching for the upright roots: "My name is Saphire Malloy."
"...I am Emile." Princess Septine replied, and after a pause she added: "Nice to meet you, Sapphire."
"Come up, Emil, I am definitely more expert than you in sinking a ship," Safir greeted Emil, who was studying the bottom deck of the ship: "If you move quickly, you can still have time to mock that idiot Shad."
"...Who is Shad?" Emilia did not return from the original "road". She jumped directly towards the top of the cabin, where a hole was opened out of thin air.
"Although my parents have taken care of me, I am too stupid. I have ruined my family fortune and lost all the money I gave to repay my kindness. Now I can only make a living by helping in the stables, but I always want to get rich overnight and borrow money from everywhere.
"Saphire finished speaking without any pause, and then shot an arrow through the bottom of the boat.
"...He should keep the horses honestly." Emilia said after following Saffir and jumping onto another cargo ship heading for the Rift Valley.
"Very good~ You completely passed the test~" Safir looked very happy: "I will recommend you to Uncle Delvin."
"...Can't see." Emilia tilted her head.
"Hmm...don't you want your identity to be exposed? I will find a way~" After the cargo ship docked at the port, Safir took Emilia off the cargo ship. Neither the ship owner nor the stevedores saw them at all.
two.
——16:00——
"Shad! Pay back the money quickly!"
Parasos, who was passing by, glanced at the direction of the sound. A young woman wearing strange leather armor was shouting at a decadent man who looked like a groom. It seemed to be a common debt collection incident in the Rift Valley, so he withdrew his gaze and continued.
Think about where the princess might go to play and how you might join the Thieves Guild.
