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A Nascent Kaleidoscope - Chapter 132

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Chapter 132

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Chapter 132:

I made sure to find a secluded area before opening a portal, and walking to a new place before repeating this a few times. I didn't know what kind of schemes these Daedric Lords had, but I wasn't going to risk anything on the off chance someone saw that I popped into Meridia's realm.

The familiar throne, which at this point I assumed was there for my own benefit. The metaphysical makeup of this realm was something I had trouble comprehending in a physical sense, even with my absurd context involved. I could parse it in my head, to understand that I couldn't understand it, but to see it with my eyes just threw me a loop.

"Honey, I'm home." I gave her a bright smile, eyeing her milky white legs, crossed as she leaned back on her throne.

Thankfully, I had a means to make sure I wasn't icky after last night, magically scrubbing away filth and any lingering smells of alcohol.

Meridia looked at me, unamused. "You're back." She simply replied.

"Yeah, I just wanted to check up on Thorum and make sure he was good for now." I scratched my cheek. "I may have gotten a bit caught up though."

"I could tell." She drawled.

"Is something wrong?" I asked. She seemed a little....I don't know if upset was the right word, and it didn't seemed aimed at me in particular.

She furrowed her brow, frowning a little. "It is nothing to concern yourself with."

"Meridia." I gently called to her, walking up closer. It was cute how almost expectant she was when my hand reached out for hers. It was like she was trying to keep her stoic expression but was having trouble. With a little bit of effort, I managed to guide her off her throne and into my arms. "You can talk to me. Even if you just want to vent, I'm here for you." I pushed a few strands of hair away from her face that came loose in the sudden movement.

One of those things I had to remember, she didn't 'have' anyone to talk to. Friends, family, lovers, I pretty much introduced her to all of these as a first, as far as I could tell. Atleast within the context that I would recognize these words as.

She pursed her lips, a little bit of frustration clear on her face. "I am annoyed that the ....others were looking at you when you belong to me!" She hissed.

"The other Daedric Lords?"

She grunted in confirmation, opting to pull herself a little closer, head pushed against my chest. "Many of them were watching over the Dragonborn and then you when you came to aid him. I had to listen to their incessant prattling as they treated you as another of their 'things'."

"Was it bad that I showed off Dawnbreaker? They should all know now that I belong to you." I kissed her forehead, doing what I could to make her feel at ease. She squeezed me a little harder when I confirmed that I was 'hers'. I knew the feeling, and I loved to hear those words just as well.

"Of course." She said arrogantly. "You are mine." She looked up at me again. "And you are not allowed to approach those others. Do you hear me, Wilhelm Schweinorg? You are mine and those Divines, those Daedric Lords, you are not allowed to consort with them." She stated, leaving no room for retort.

"Of course." I wasn't put off by her possessiveness at all. "I am yours, and you are mine."

"Good." She grumbled, sinking back down into me. "I'm happy." She her mumbling reaching my ears. "You used my sword in the open, and showed them that you are with me." She fully explained. "Thank you."

"I just hope I didn't cause you any trouble."

"Nonsense, what trouble could you cause me. Only the bickering of those idiots in my ears, nothing more."

Well, if she said so. "Were there a lot of higher powers watching?"

"Many. What the people here know as the 'Divines' and many of the Daedric Lords. The prophecy surrounding your friend has been many centuries in the making, since the Dawn of Nirn. His actions will dictate if this iteration of the world ends or not. A reset of the board, in their eyes, so they are paying apt attention to the ones involved." She carefully explained.

"So that legend of Alduin 'eating' the world is true then." I hummed.

"Indeed, though he does not physically eat the planet."

"I assumed not. But that raises another question, if he has the kind of 'strength' to go through with a full eradication of the world, how could Thorum ever be a threat to him?"

Meridia looked like she was deep in thought for a moment. "I am having trouble putting it into words you would understand. He lacks the...allowance right now."

"Allowance...perhaps Authority would be a more accurate term?" I offered. His situation was reminding me of Arcueids.

She raised an eyebrow. "Yes, that would be more accurate. He lacks the Authority to fully excavate the world from start to finish. Just as the Divines rule over aspects of Nirn, he too has his purpose and since he not currently fulfilling it, his strength is greatly diminished to something 'merely' the eldest child of Akatosh."

"Ah, I think I understand. For some reason or another, he's not doing his job and so he doesn't get the benefits that come with it. So instead of going full world ender, he's something resembling a dragon demi-god. No godly 'authority' that gives him an absolute autonomy over the planet."

"That is a decent summarization. To delve further would require talking on ends about the conceptual and underlining principals of Nirn's existence. Most of which would further require discourse on the birth of all creation.....from our perspective." I felt like she added that last bit on the end due to knowing that her corner wasn't everything there was.

"So, Thorum beats Alduin, world is saved and continues to spin forever?"

"No." She said curtly. "Alduin is eternal. He can be stopped, destroyed, in this era, and many following it after, but eventually he will return, as well another Dragonborn. It is a cycle; the prophecy dictates it will happen until it finally does. It could be trillions of years from now, but eventually, Alduin will end this world and another will take its place."

"All things have their end." I let out a sigh. "Even this universe will end at some point, when the last spark of life finally dies out and everything returns to the chaotic nothingness to be rebirthed into something new."

"I had thought you would be more upset?" She looked at my oddly.

I couldn't help but chuckle. "I've seen universes die and be birthed an infinite amount of times in a single moment. It is simply the way of creation, I don't know why, only that it simply is. I try to help where I can, when something goes bad right in front of me, but I'm not going to stop get upset about the natural order of everything." I pressed my forehead against hers, feeling the warmth of her breath against my cheek. "Does it bother you that I feel that way? That I don't care that this universe will end along with everything in it at some point?"

"It does not." Her reply surprisingly simple. "It is....refreshing, in a way. I am pleased that you have a wider perspective than most mortals"

I felt her hand move up, lightly pressing against my head as she moved in for a kiss on her own accord. It was very welcomed as we share the passionate moment. My hands also moved, tracing the outline of her hips as I made my way down and felt the ample flesh of her butt. Giving it several good squeezes through her robes, our lips still locked.

"Pervert." She mumbled, breaking out kiss. But I senses no hostility in her words, as if it was a means to settle her own spiking feelings. "How much longer do you intend to hold my rear?"

"As long as you let me." I shot her a cheeky smile.

"....If you wish to do so more often, I will not object."

And suddenly my pants feel just a tad bit tighter.

I made a promise to myself as I saw her slightly red face at my light touching. I was going to settle my house then I was going to take her fully. I was going to push her down and discover all the cute sounds she can make when we really get going.

Having her hand run through my hair sent a shiver down my back. The way she was being intimate, it was getting harder and harder to resist.

"I prefer your hair up like it was previously." She stated.

I couldn't help but sigh. It wasn't as if her words were harmful, I also thought I looked better with my hari in a pony tail. "I lost my binding." I muttered. "Scáthach gave it to me."

"....Do you miss her?" She asked quietly.

"I do." I did not wish to hide my feelings from her, even if they were for my other girls. "I miss her every day." The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.

"Did you not say you have a way to bring her back?"

"I do, but that will take some effort and I wished to come see you first." I pushed my head down into her chest with a groan. "And I'm still angry. I'm pissed at what she had me do, emotionally blackmailed me into doing, but I can't stop caring for her. And I think I'm still wallowing, moping around." I sighed again, something becoming normal in this moment. "Maybe this was good for me, it made me realize how much I was attached to something so simple, just because she casually handed it to me." It was a piece of cloth, and I treated it like a sacred treasure. Hell, I had many other things given to me by her, I didn't need to obsess over it.

I tilt my head up looking at me. "Sorry, didn't mean to ramble about another of my girls when we were sharing a moment." I gave her another quick kiss. "Thanks for listening, though."

"I am....happy that you are willing to share your sentiments with me, even if they are regarding your other women." Meridia didn't even seem to be forcing it when she said that. She genuinly didn't seem at all distressed about the prospect of other women. "I am surprised, you chose to come see me before bringing back your other woman?"

"Do you think I don't miss you when I'm away?" I gently poked her cheek. "I care for you just as much as them." Well, sometimes being told the obvious was needed for it to sink in.

She made a cute sound, but didn't otherwise respond. Instead, she reached out her hand into the void, grasping at something and pulling it through. "I believe this is what you lost."

"What, how?" I looked at her in surprise.

Her eyes turned away slightly. "I noticed you discarded it in your drunken stupor, so I grabbed it."

"While I appreciate it, I did not expect you to care about something like this." I poked her lightly. "Meridia.....something you want to tell me?"

"I merely....." She looked a little embarrassed. "Wished for a better way to keep track of you once you leave...to watch over you in some manner when not in this world."

"You snuck a little something onto this, intended to give it back to me when I 'lost it'?" I rasied an eyebrow.

"It sounds childish when you put it that way." She grumbled. ".....Are you angry?"

"I'm not angry." I assured her. "I am...annoyed for lack of a better term. I would have agreed without a second thought had you simply told me." I pulled her in for another hug. She must have felt a bit out of her comfort zone when I talked about other worlds, making her think of doing something like this. And it wasn't even a 'betrayal' or anything like that. It was silly if anything, and it's not like she was even stealing something from me. "What does it do?"

"It merely allows me to witness your travels when you return, a piece of my power in there will sync back up with me and relay the information." She informed me.

Ah. She can't leave this universe on a whim, I don't doubt she felt a little 'left out'.

"You sill girl." I chuckled, leaning in and sharing another kiss with her. The little piece of cloth that Scáthach gave me. I happily took it, giving her a smile as I did my hair up as I always did. "How does it look?"

I made a promise to stop kicking myself whenever she's mentioned. I would be getting her back soon, I didn't need to wallow in my own self pity.

"Acceptable." She appeared happy that I willingly accepted her 'meddling'.

I couldn't help but chuckle, my hands taking hers again. "You're too good to me."

"Yes, and do not forget it."

"Cute." I squeezed her hands.

"No one else would ever dare call me 'cute' as flippantly as you do." She huffed. "If it was anyone else I would be very upset."

"Really, am I a hot topic right now?"

"Hot topic? What ever do you mean, Red Dragon Emperor." He deadpanned.

I rolled my eyes at his comment. I though it over, deciding on what to basically reveal to the world. "The dragonborn recently acquired a new weapon. Supposedly it is very attuned for killing dragons, one could say it's their natural enemy, courtesy of his friend."

"Now, that is particularly interesting." Enthir grinned. "I'm sure many people would be enticed by where such a weapon could be procured in these troubling times."

It was going to be revealed eventually, may as well benefit from it, and I would rather people focus on me than Thorum.

"I think that should be sufficient?"

"Certainly." He nodded.

"Stay safe, Enthir, it's crazy out there right now." I pat him on the shoulder, getting up from my seat. I had plans, most importantly was to make sure my home was going to be extremely well defended, especially of my Jinn was going to be looking after it.

There were a few more faces I saw, but none I was really on good terms with, merely sharing a word or two with in the past. I didn't see Tolfdir anywhere, but the Archmage said he was in good health, I could only assume he was busy with important matters.

The spiral staircase leading up to the library was the same as I remembered, and the doors to the grand room were pushed open with haste. I was greeted at the beautiful sight of books upon books all around me.

Urag looked up from behind his desk, giving me a grunt of acknowledgement, before ignoring my existence.

A few books floating around in the corner told me where I needed to go. I happily eyed my beautiful genie in the corner, sorting books at an impressive speed.

I didn't manage to sneak up on her, as I got close she saw me out of the corner of her eye, but I wrapped her up all the same. "Miss me?" I kissed her cheek.

"Wilhelm~" She giggled, letting go of the books in her hands.

"How've you been?" I put my chin on her shoulder.

"Amazing!" She beamed. "This is so wonderful, so many books and I can read them all whenever I want!"

Seeing her so excited really set me at ease. "Good, as long as you're happy." I had to resist the urge to nom her ear again, the way they twitched at her excitement was too adorable.

"Did you need me for something." Her expression turned sultry. "Or do you 'need' me?"

Soon, I'll make you regret those words when you can't walk under your own strength.

"I was going to set up my house, it's finally time to get that sorted."

"Oh..." She looked depressed, and I think she was misunderstanding this.

"Hey, hey." I booped her nose. "None of that, you aren't going to be confined anywhere, nor will your 'life' change. I had the calculations going already, you just need to go spend about 8 hours every three days there to keep it all up and running, otherwise you can take the Lamp with you whenever you want to go somewhere." I did take her life into consideration. I was going to finagle something to support the place on a temporary measure when she wasn't around. The Lamp acting like a battery that reaffirmed the anchors when she came back, and charged them up which would take about 8 hours since I knew she couldn't move too far away from her lamp.

"That's it?"

"That's all." I nodded.

"...promise?" She asked very quietly.

"I promise." I reassured her. Maybe the thought of having her hopes dashed at this point made her a little hesitant. "Why don't I show you where I was born." I offered. "We can even go meet my daughter."

Among a few other errands. I wanted a large amount of Talisman making supplies to go along with the Staves and Scroll I was purchasing.

She perked up at that. "I get to see where you were born?" She seemed genuinely enthused.

"Yup, and once I get everything done, you can visit over there whenever you want."

"Let's go!" She happily fidgeted in my arms.

"Ahem." A gruff voice grabbed our attention. Both Jinn and I turned around to see who was there.

"Uh.....sorry for being loud?" I offered the stern looking orc as he looked very unamused by our noise.

He narrowed his eyes. "Are you leaving?" He asked, though I think the question was directed towards Jinn.

"I am." Jinn just nodded.

"Hmm, did you finish organizing the history books about the founding of the empire?"

"In alphabetical order, with an emphasis on partiality"

"The Enchanting tomes?"

"Done."

"Fire Destruction spells?"

"Done, and I already started on the Ice ones as well." Jinn said smugly.

Urug just grunted, turning his attention back to me. "If anything happens to her, I'll snap you like a twig." He threatened before walking away.

I just blinked, looking at Jinn. "Did you get adopted?" He felt like a protective father.

"Maybe?" She seemed bewildered as well.

***

April Fools Omake Non Canon (Obviously) Screw the Rules.

"Wilhelm, are you sure about this?" Thorum looked at me with clear worry in his eyes.

"The Dragonborn speaks true, Wilhelm." The Jarl also spoke up. "This is a fool's endeavor. Alduin is unmatched, he has defeated an uncountable number of warriors over the years, none who faced him could even come close to defeating him."

"I've prepared long and hard for this." I put a hand on Thorum's shoulder. "I have trained and sought out the best teachers."

They were right though. Alduin was a monster, to face him, I would need every advantage I could get. I didn't like my chances if I were to be honest, but I had to do something.

"What is your plan?" Thorum asked.

"I'll play on his pride, challenge him to a duel."

"Aye, that will grab his attention." Thorum didn't argue. "But are you sure you have everything you need? We have many strong and powerful – "

I cut him off. "Thorum." I clasped his shoulders again. "Believe in me."

Thorum didn't speak and just nodded his head. "I will await your victory then, my friend."

With one last goodbye, I departed from them, making my way outside the walls of Whiterun.

"ALDUIN." I roared up to the heavens, a massive black dragon answered my calls as it roared in acknowledgement, landing only a few feet away from me.

"PRETENDER." It shouted in a tongue I could recognize. "HAVE YOU COME TO DIE?"

"I will face you, Alduin." I countered. "You and me, a duel to settle the face of this world."

The dragon bellowed out a laugh. "YOU WISH TO DUEL ME, PITIFUL CREATURE? AMUSING. I SHALL ACCEPT."

"Let the divines witness this covenant!" I shouted to the sky. "The loser will forfeit the rights of this world, never to meddle in its affairs again."

As if agreeing to my request, lighting crackled in the sky.

"Hmph." His voice lowered. "So be it." He practically scoffed. "And what shall our competition intail. Do you wish test your pitiful Thu'um against mine?" He mocked. "Or will test your steel against my blade? Perhaps you want to try and overcome me with your magic." He seemed rather amused by himself.

"Oh, if you're so confident, how about letting me choose our method of combat?" I eyed him, goading his pride.

"Hmph, why not." The dragon practically disregarded me. "Let this world witness your failure as, it matters not. By the end of this day, a false dragon will be destroyed."

"Well then." I held out my arm, a metallic contraption appearing, lights flickering all around it. "It's time to duel!" I shouted, sliding my deck of cards into my duel disk. Holographic enablers shout out around us to initiate the duel monsters battle.

Alduin just stared at me, confusion written all over his face. "....what?"

***

Honestly, forgot about April Fools until i was reminded in Discord and just thought of something stupid like this. I probably won't have time to do anything tomorrow beyond my normal writing since i'll be really busy with work.

Anyways, next chapter foxy mom and daughter make an appearance. MC sets up his house, finally and makes sure it's well defended.

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