AStoryForOne

Chapter 47

There was a forceful silence that permeated every corner of this area. This little ‘haven’ that seemed to exist within this realm of death and cold.

Was it fear? One so ingrained on the inhabitants of this desolate realm, those abominations that continue to exist through malice and regret? It seemed like the lingering touch of death even refused to come anywhere near this woman, the true ruler of this realm.

She stared at me, not making a sound as I approached, my feet breachi...

Chapter 46

The courtyard was built into the side of a mountain, I could peer over and see the surrounding foliage that littered the valley below. It was a beautiful sight, practically devoid of any kind of human touch.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it were a monastery in the past.

Many of the amenities had been weathered and grounded from the passage of time, but it was still a wonderful location for some secretive experiments.

I turned my head, seeing the familiar scene of a portal cre...

Chapter 45

Short Chapter today, a bit tired.

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Artoria Pendragon POV.

I kissed him.

The image continued to permeate all my thoughts.

It was only on the cheek, but it was a kiss nonetheless. Was he put off by my forwardness? Do men dislike women who take the initiative? Rin Told me that it was a common occurrence at the end of one of these ‘dates’.

What do I do now? Do I request for further courtship? No, that isn’t the correct word any longer. Dating, becom...

Chapter 44

I looked myself over in the mirror.

Hair was nice and tidy, clothes were clean even if they weren’t exactly as high quality as I usually enjoy, but my old ones were almost ripping in certain places. Otherwise, everything looked rather good.

It’s kind of weird that I hadn’t seen Artoria in the past couple days, almost like she disappeared until I told her what time I would be taking her out.

Well, Rin wasn’t to be seen either, I think she took Artoria out shopping and...

Chapter 43

“Old man.” I entered my grandfather’s office.

“Have a seat.” He said smoothly, gesturing towards one of the chairs. There was a pleasant silence as he finished up whatever work he was doing. “We haven’t had a chance to sit down and talk.”

“That’s true.” I admitted. “You used our first meeting as a learning experience for Rin.” I let out a small sigh. “Not that I’m complaining, if it were anyone else, I would have been extremely upset.”

He humm...

Chapter 42

[That lass, she is practically a dragon in human form.]

Tell me about it….I think I have new bruises now. And I don’t think there is in doubt about what she is. You know, I’m starting to think I like women who can beat me up.

[Wouldn’t be surprising, Devils in general worship strength, dragons also do the same.]

Yeah, that makes sense.

[How are you feeling?]

“Pretty decent, all things considered.” I moved my body around, still a little sore after boos...

Chapter 41

We walked in silence towards one of the arenas in the vicinity. There were several places that one could go for the more physical applications of testing or sparing. Not all of them were wide open like where Rin or Luvia fought, many were private, and you merely needed to pay a fee to ‘rent’ them.

I of course swept the entire room for any third parties trying to peek.

“It is not too late to recant.” Artoria gave me a look, stepping to one side of the arena.

“Then a...

Chapter 40

“A Divine Construct.” Artoria spoke with a bit of reverence in her voice.

A Divine Construct, it was a bit of a misnomer, there were divine weapons not considered Divine Constructs and even weapons crafted by non-deities that are Divine constructs. Frankly, it’s a catch-all term for something not producible by mortal hands.

For example, Excalibur. It was crafted by the Fae in the heart of the planet, yet it is a Divine Weapon due to the nature of its conception. My Dawnbreak...

Chapter 39

I popped back into the Clocktower, specifically the ‘library’ where I had disappeared from earlier, it seems like Rin and Artoria had cleared out. It wasn’t all surprising I seemed to have lost track of time and a few hours had already passed.

[Why did you challenge that Servant with purely swordsmanship?] I heard Ddraig ask me.

“I wanted to test myself.” I looked down at Mirage still in my hands. “If I am going to do something, I’m not going to half-ass it. I needed...

Chapter 38

Another one of those that i'll be doing another look over in the future because i feel 'meh' about it.

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It was obvious that we were both looking for a fight here, nothing malicious, but I think we could both tell what the other wanted almost immediately.

A heroic spirit, even a fake one, wasn’t something to be trifled with. The man who ‘encompassed’ the legend of Sasaki Kojiro enough to be summoned as a wraith. He was samurai garb and had a long sword in his hand. A...

Chapter 37

I stepped out onto the roof of one of the highest buildings in Fuyuki. What a beautiful night it was, breathing in the air of my home just made it all the better. I may have been born in that other Earth, but I would forever consider this place my one true home.

[You know, when I was still a whelp, I once tried to fly to the moon.]

A smile crossed my face. “How did that turn out?”

[I got pretty high, until I couldn’t breathe anymore and passed out, falling back to the ...

Chapter 36

It didn’t take much convincing, really none actually, to get access to ‘grandfathers’ library. I guess he accepting that familial connection so I don’t really need to keep thinking about it like I have. I am not Zelretch, I have a large portion of his memories, but I’m just Wilhelm. I’m okay with thinking of the old man as my grandfather.

He had quit the collection, not nearly as big as the library back at the College, but there was a lot more applicable to my situation.

Chapter 35

Zelretch quietly wiped his face with a piece cloth he pulled from wherever he stored things. “Explain properly.” He said evenly.

“Fine.” I shrugged, It wasn’t like I was just going to leave it there. “The world I was born in, the original demons are all dead, the term ‘Satan’ is used similarly as ‘President or Prime Minister’. There are four Satans, of which my biological father is one of. I’m actually descended primarily through the Bael and Gremory lines of Solom...

Chapter 34

We sat in his office, the familiar walls and furniture were playing heavily on my nostalgia. Rin and Artoria sat next to me, all three of us facing Zelretch who sat behind his desk as he casually browsed a few documents, seemingly content with the silence in the room.

“Which one is it?” Zelretch spoke softly, barely even glancing up but I felt the question directed towards me.

“Pardon?” I asked in confusion.

“Which of my collection were you so keen on helping yours...

Chapter 33

There was actually more to the fight than just ‘don’t kill your opponent’, no doubt Luvia was trying to be dramatic. Really, it was just basic etiquette things, like don’t purposely blow up the building, don’t hurt spectators blah blah, common sense things.

“This will be an open match, any spells are acceptable as long as the rules are followed.” Luvia stated, facing the crowd, hyping it up.

She was really trying to embarrass Rin here, honestly these just went past a...

Chapter 32

Sorry for not posting yesterday, work was absolutely crazy. It was my second week on this job and I came right as the 'busy' day of the month arrived. Didn't get home until almost eleven and I got about 500 words into this and just crashed.

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“How!?” The servant’s eyes widened.

“You’re a smart girl, figure it out.” I winked, leaving her dumbfounded. “And don’t worry, I made sure no one was eavesdropping.” A rune appeared at the tip of my index finger. 2021-12-03 00:52:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 31

“I’m home….” I muttered, staring up at the sky, recognizing the familiar constellations and the singular moon in orbit.

As beautiful as the two Skyrim moons were, I much preferred my own

Now, where exactly was I? My sword was already filling up with the required calculations, the ones I used previously were more so just to get myself to this world-line. Well, I just need to make one more jump.

As my sword finished up, I slashed the air again and walked through a new ...

Chapter 30

Kinda rushed this, got home late from work, so i'll probably do some editing at some point before it gets posted to webnovel. But the main points touch everything i wanted.

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I took one more look around the College, my time here was…short but I enjoyed it. The casualness of the institute dedicated to magical knowledge. I compared it once to the clocktower, just more…whimsical. Perhaps I exaggerated a bit, the clocktower was much more cutthroat, death and worse wer...

Chapter 29

Me and Thorum had departed early in the morning, he wasn’t as intoxicated as he appeared last night. Thorum could have quite the slight of hand when he wanted, now that I think about it, he did point me towards someone in the thieves guild when we first met.

I had done a round around the market, most were setting up about that time and they were happy enough to sell some goods early to me. Of course, what I could buy in mass was somewhat limited, the Jarl had been keeping a firm hand ...

Chapter 28

Author's note: Don't really like this chapter that much, i'm pretty sure i was practially sleeping when i wrote it. Will probably be heavily edited and reuploaded after I post a better version on Webnovel, the general gist should stay the same though.

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“Thank you all for coming, I know this isn’t the most celebratory of circumstances.”

The building was almost like a mead hall if I were being honest, but banquets and celebrations were a major part of thei...

Chapter 27

Thorum POV

People were too busy tending to the dead and wounded to care that the dragon is dead. I think everyone is more concerned with how much damage it caused before we were finally able to put it down and even then, well, I don’t know what would have happened.

I was up and about after some healing, I was still hurting something fierce, and my arm couldn’t be moved, but there were others in much worse condition than I.

How many didn’t make it back?

I only kno...

Chapter 26

Author's Note: So I'm not 100% happy with this chapter, everything I wanted to happen, did happen, but I felt like something was missing so it may change a bit more than a normal chapter by the time I post it to webnovel.

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What filled the world was a roar, one that could shake heaven and earth.

Ddraig let the entire world know of his presence here.

[You don’t have much time, and the more moves beyond regular boosting you use, the shorter the time will ...

Chapter 25

I popped over in Whiterun again, just finding a back alley to not draw attention, I felt like I left a bit abruptly after finishing my sword and I wanted to check back in with Thorum and…..show it off if I was being honest.

I wonder if he would know anyone who was a good sword trainer? I wouldn’t call myself a novice, but I was in no way a master. Even if the previous me was a master, which he wasn’t, these kinds of things need to be physically built up, shit like muscle memory an...

Chapter 24

I wasn’t giggling to myself like a child, regardless of what Ddraig would say. I was merely appreciating my amazing new sword.

Mirage.

I repeated the name several times in my head as I swung the sword about. The afterimage that blurred every time it cut through the air just made it all the more beautiful.

My instinct was telling me that this sword would be able to fully handle the might of my Magic. The addition of the Eye of Magus….well, I would even put it on par with ...

Picture of Will's new sword.

Alright, Spoiler alert if you haven't reached this far yet.

So, replace the gold with Orichalcum, and imagine a small Eye of Magnus at the base of the pommel. 

Chapter 23

I casually strode through the entrance of Whiterun.

It was about midday, the sun was high in the air and the temperature was actually very comfortable. I had flown all the way down from Winterhold, something I was a bit hesitant to due because of the ‘laws’ surrounding flight. For some reason they outlawed flight-based magics pretty much over the entire empire, yet allowed various forms of teleportation. Bugger if I know why, I just didn’t want someone to spot me and get in troubl...

Chapter 22

While I wasn’t bedridden anymore, I still didn’t adventure out of the college for another couple days, just deciding to take it easy and do some studying. I was also pleased to find out that the College did in fact have a dining area. Actually, the College had a lot of things I didn’t know until now. It took me sitting down to realize I had been bouncing all around the place without resting.

I’m certainly not against being on the move and with a purpose, but it’s good to sit d...

Chapter 21

I opened my eyes, staring at an unfamiliar ceiling.

My body ached something fierce, and I felt a burning sensation in my chest.

“You are finally awake, then.” I looked up to see Meridia sitting next to my bed. Well, this wasn’t my bed, I’ve been here before, this was the Archmage’s quarters.

“Hey there.” I smiled only for her to scowl back at me.

“I find myself conflicted.” She didn’t look pleased. “Usually if a mortal does something to anger me o...

Chapter 20

Dungeon diving was apparently a pastime in Skyrim.

The traps, undead, winding tombs and mazes that stood between an adventurer and the loot at the end. What no one wanted to talk about, was how fucking annoying it was going through everything.

I was probably pissed off by the third room. After killing all the draugr, and finding the ‘secret’ passage through that little area, it led me into more of a ‘crypt’. There were coffins lining the walls with a weird pedestal at the ...

Chapter 19

“So….Tolfdir, can you give me an idea of what I can expect?”

We were quietly riding along in the small caravan that departed from the College. Only the necessities had been completed over at the excavation sight. Basically, setting up some stairways, reinforcing the immediate paths to stop cave ins. They had to stop when they somehow triggered a bunch of the mummified remains in the place to start rising.

There were actually a few people from Winterhold coming along. A coupl...