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her fingers at his face.

”Oh, right.
It ’s the Night Mother. ” He said simply too casually.

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Alina felt conflicted all of a sudden.
On one hand, she could just go and pursue Cicero and his wagon to destroy the night mother or…

”Are you letting that abomination leave? ” She asked.

”What can you do about it? Destroy it? Then you would be making an enemy of an immortal woman who communicates with the world through the Void itself.
And you will also be involving Sithis who is quite a bitch when involved in anything. ”

Alina remained silent after Jon ’s reply.

”I know you can argue with the Daedric Princes being forces of nature but the Night Mother is just evil, husband. ” Alina said with concern.

”I know. ” He nodded, ”That ’s why I won ’t involve anyone other than myself with the matters regarding the Dark Brotherhood. ”

***

It was one of Jon ’s most important decisions.
The Dark Brotherhood is not the Thieves Guild where he got all sorts of connections, it is the bloodiest cult in the entire world and their quest itself is a major death trap thus Jon needed to prepare many things first.

He returned with Alina to Winterhold and checked on his journal to see how Wulfur, Alina and Jullanar advanced in their missions.

Wulfur, of course, was assigned to the Companions; Alina in the College and Jullanar in the Guild.
The Companions storyline has slowly started to kick in with Wulfur going every weekend with the Companions doing a job or two.
The College ’s situation was by far the most advanced as the Eye was still under investigation and Alina just started lately to look for any books regarding the Eye.
The situation in the Thieves Guild was by far the slowest since the only thing Jullanar has managed to do is to sabotage the Golden Glow estate.

Aside from the Factions, the Dragons seem to have calmed down a bit compared to before.
Jon doesn ’t like the calm before the storm but he had to make the most of it.
This day, the main expedition team headed out of Saarthal under the lead of Mjoll the Lioness to search for the lost city of Blackreach under Winterhold itself.
Truth be told, Blackreach may extend further all the way to Hjaalmarch across the Pale making it almost twice the size of any northern hold or almost as large as Whiterun itself all underground.

Jon accompanied the team during the first day but they met a lot of obstacles blocking the road around the ruins of Alftand.
This caused Jon to go idle around somewhere else only to end up in his Domain in the island far in the sea.

There, he found Nurina and Alfe Fye as well as Beth.

”Master! ” Beth came to see Jon who was outside the town most of the time lately.

”Here you are! How is our little protege? ” Jon asked as he rubbed the head of the bald girl.

”I ’ve been studying hard lately.
I have memorized the Theory of the Unity of Schools and the other schools of thought. ”

”Oh! Arcane Philosophy? My favorite of all time. ” Jon said as he went forward to greet Nurina and Alfe.

”Master, Grandmaster! ”

”Look who ’s here.
If it is not the self-important newest Arch Wizard. ” Alfe mocked Jon.

”Shut up, Alfe. ” Nurina said, ”Jon, you finally came.
It is time to start the Initiation Ceremony. ”

”Oh! ” Jon rubbed his hands in anticipation as he ran to sit beside Nurina, ”I wouldn ’t miss this for the world. ”

They were all in a forest clearing inside his Domain sitting on a large lying tree trunk while in front of them stood Beth.

”Let ’s make this official. ” Nurina said, ”Back when it was Jon ’s initiation ceremony, it was only me and him.
Little Beth has more luck as not only her Master is here but also her Grandmaster and her Great Grandmaster.
This makes her a Fifth Generation in the Magic School of Grandmaster Divayth Fyr. ”

Alfe nodded in approval as she witnessed the magic skill of Beth just the other day and praised her dedication to the craft.

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Seeing Beth come such a long way, Jon felt immensely proud.
A girl whom luck was so dire to get killed and be revived because of the scheme of some Daedra then get abandoned by Boethiah once her mission is done, it all left a bad taste after his last labour.
Now that he adopted her as an apprentice, she has shown a great promise so far.
Even though still unable to grow hair with magic due to her unique bloodline, she is now a long shot from the person she was before making her not only the youngest but one of the most dedicated people Jon has behind him.

”As the Eldest, I give permission for the ceremony to begin. ” Alfe said and turned to Jon, ”Youngster, have you prepared the thing? ”

”I did… hehehe! ” He replied followed by an evil laugh as he took out a large mace made of wood and had multiple steel teeth lined on it.

Jon simply handed it to Beth.

”What should I do with that, Master? ”

”By long tradition, this cudgel will be the tool of your initiation ceremony exam. ” He said.

”And your exam will be… ” Nurina raised her staff and started making a dark magic cloud with it before casting a summon, ”Make that thing cry. ”

The summon was complete and what walked out was a Dremora, not just any Dremora.

The ultimate test is to make a Daedric creature cry.
They can ’t submit, they can be defeated, they can even be cowardly but they can never cry.
It is not Daedra pride or anything…

”But Daedra doesn ’t possess tear glands. ” Beth said.

”I can ’t imagine how painful it is not to be able to moisten their eyes but that ’s the test, baldie.
Now, be creative. ” Jon said as he watched Beth trying to figure this one out.

*Swoosh* *Swoosh* *Bang*

Without hesitating anymore, Beth started trying the cudgel on the Dremora ’s face.
The creature was infuriated and tried to retaliate but he was quite disadvantaged against the nimble Beth.
She tackled him down and started to flatten him using the cudgel which caused a lot of blood to splash left and right.

”It is said that by using this method, the Daedra are quickly to lose their rank in the Daedra Society they come from. ” Alfe said.

”True.
Jon here was very brutal with the Daedra that I summoned for him back in the day.
He said that if the Dremora doesn ’t have tears, they can use blood to cry with. ” Nurina added.

”Yes, but what about that thing about Daedra losing rank? ” Jon asked.

”Daedra are mostly indifferent to being summoned by Humans.
Those who get summoned are already disgraced but those who are summoned and beaten down to tears are forever shamed. ” Nurina explained.

”I see. ”

”Nurina, you were quite good at your ceremony as well.
I still remember that Daedra you tortured.
It was quite the spectacle ordering him to grow tear glands. ” Alfe said in nostalgia.

”Yes, I remember him… what was his name again? Xik… something? Ah! Old times. ” Nurina seemed to be agreeing with Alfe.

Meanwhile, Jon heard the name and preferred to stay silent.
Now that he thinks of it, he never mentioned to Nurina that the Daedric Titan he summons is called Xikil… then again, that guy has quite the low self-esteem.
It can be some similar name though.
What are the chances anyway?

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