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Chapter 97 - Spoiling Bethany

Vincent touched the mirror but nothing happened when Arkay says, "It seems to be blocked from the other side."

"I should take it with me just in case," says Vincent as he puts the mirror away as well as the books around it.

"We should leave and maybe burn everything down to make sure that nobody finds his or her way in her ever again," says Arkay as Vincent was storing the rest of the stuff away before dropping oil on the ground as they walked to the exit.

Vincent ignites it as they barricaded the door so no one would enter or leave the room while Vincent was holding a white Fennic and a miniature white Bear of Xenon in his arms as he says, "Time to return to the Estate. Are you going to join us for dinner?"

"I can't stay too long because of the Veil. But once you are back on Tamriel we can talk about it," says Arkay as he leaves as people were screaming that fire broke out but Vincent was already far away.

He was back at the docks to get his wives before returning to the Estate were Leandra and Meredith were sitting beside each other as Leandra was talking Meredith's ears out.

He entered the Estate and Meredith was relieved that she could leave when she suddenly saw two new faces as Vincent says, "Those are my wives, Kirvena and Karliah. They will be staying for tonight."

"Then I will be leaving now," says Meredith as she wanted to leave long ago but couldn't because Vincent wasn't back.

"I hope to meet you tomorrow again," says Vincent as he was holding the two pets.

"So you are going to gift them to?" asks Kirvena as she took the Fennic since it looked alike the snow fox she raised once.

"They are for Bethany and Elissa. The boys must find their own pets," says Vincent as he looked at Karliah who noded to that.

She remembered how their own children dragged their pets into the house when they were younger. They sit down while Vincent asks, "Did the Knight-Commander treat you right?"

"Yes, she was quite patient with me," says Leandra as they heard some knocking on the door.

Vincent stands up to open the door only to find the Viscount behind it followed by people as Vincent asks, "What is going on Viscount Dumar?"

"I'm here to present you some competent servants as well as to hand you this document," says Viscount Dumar as he hands over the document declaring Vincent the owner of the Amell Estate.

"You made a mistake. I told you it should be the Hawke Family not me to own that house but I will overlook since you must be busy," says Vincent as he looked at the servants behind the Viscount and says, "You are all hired. Get to work."

The servants listen as Vincent gave the document back so the Viscount could rewrite it and correct who the owner was.

Vincent entered with the eight servants and says, "The pay will be fair as long as you do your jobs right. You will be cleaning the house and taking care of the plants and house while we aren't here."

Vincent takes a pouch out for every servant and says, "This will be the wage for the next ten years."

The servant thought that Vincent was paying them poorly since the pouches didn't seem to carry much in them. They opened it and were surprised by the gold coins while Vincent smiles seeing that Thedas really worked just like High Rock.

"How about you go and buy some food and make us a dinner," says Vincent as another pouch appears in his hand giving it to a servant while saying, "You will be overlooking everything in the Estate."

Vincent then retreats as the servants began to work while two left to buy the food to cook tonight's dinner.

"Who are they?" asks Leandra as she sees the people begin to clean the house.

"The servants that the Viscount brought over. I gave them their pay and will be working here for the next ten years," says Vincent as he petted the bear.

Karliah wasn't happy with what Vincent was doing in buying a building in a place that soon will fall to war.

"Where were before returning?" asks Leandra as Vincent smiles.

"I met up with my brother that surprised me by coming over. Together we went to a place where I bought those pets for Elissa and Bethany and some weapons as well as armors," says Vincent as he continued petting the bear.

Soon the servants that went out returned as they began to cook. The group of four were sitting around the fireplace when the children returned.

"Have you heard what happened outside?" asks Bethany worried as everyone looked confused at her.

"In Dark Town was a giant fire that began out of nowhere," says Carver explaining what was happening outside.

"Is the fire big?" asks Vincent as Bethany nods when Vincent asks, "Why didn't you help them?"

"She is a mage the Templars would take her away," says Garrett when Vincent smiles.

"They wouldn't," says Vincent seriously as he stood up and walked over while saying, "Do you think the Knight-Commander would allow that after seeing what you saw. They would let her go in less than a second."

Bethany looked at the ground disappointed when Vincent sighs while putting his hand on her shoulder while saying, "You might be a Mage, my daughter. But you shouldn't be afraid of anything if you want to help someone understood."

She nods as Vincent lifts her head and says, "Then show me your determination."

Vincent was smiling at her warm making her understand that he wasn't angry with her as Bethany smiles and goes out again to help the people when Vincent looks at both brothers and continues, "Protect your sister."

They leave again as they followed Bethany while Vincent sat back down again when Leandra looked worried when Vincent says, "You shouldn't worry they are quite strong."

They only waited for an hour when they returned without trouble it seemed as Bethany looked exhausted from using her Magic when Vincent pets her head and asks, "Did you save many people?"

Bethany nods as Vincent smiles at her while petting her and says, "I'm proud of you."

The other two saw how fast and easily Bethany was bonding with Vincent when Vincent says, "Since you did such a good job."

Vincent takes some clothes out of his bag and hands them over to Bethany with a staff that looked like a halberd when Vincent says, "The staff is called 'The Magister's Scythe'. The clothes should be only for now. Once in Tamriel, I will make you a nice armor."

"Armor?" asks Bethany as she didn't know why Vincent would make her an armor.

"Yes, I learned from the best after all. My father was known as the best smith of all Skyrim," says Vincent as Kirvena and Karliah were smiling seeing Vincent spoiling Bethany.

"Who is Vincent's father?" asks Leandra the two.

"Vincent had three fathers. The first one is Naosane Highwind. The second is Akatosh and the third is Eorlund Gray-Mane. He loves all three the same," says Kirvena when a servant enters the room telling th that the food was ready.

"Bethany how about you change after eating," says Vincent as she nods when they all went to eat.

After eating they all went to their bedrooms as Vincent was sleeping today in the master bedroom with his wives.

"So Arkay was here," says Karliah as Vincent nods.

"Yes, he was here because of a person that was also an Immortal," says Vincent when both looked at him.

"It was your work the fire," says Karliah as Vincent nods.

"Yes, we killed him and found out something dangerous in its lair," says Vincent as he saw what he found as something serious.

"What did you find?" asks Karliah as all three were serious at that moment.

"A Mirror that leads to another world. A world in which the Divines have no control over. I read a book that mentioned monsters I never heard before while some had the same name as ours. But we will talk about this once we have dealt with all this," says Vincent as he didn't need any distraction right now.

"Then we should sleep and not worry about it," says Kirvena as the other two smiled at her.

"Once back in Ferelden you should return to the Mer Temple and get the Mirror you mentioned before. It could maybe be used as well," says Karliah as she didn't want to risk people coming out of that Mirror.

"I will do so but for now let's sleep. I will gift the boys some weapons tomorrow morning after spoiling Bethany a little more," says Vincent as he laid on the bed with both.

"You are spoiling her too much," says Karliah worried as she knows the pain Vincent will feel once she dies.

"You are worried because of the pain I will feel. I will deal with it," says Vincent as he kisses both of them while hugging them.

The next morning Vincent made Bethany choose between the Bear and the Fennec as she chose the Fennec making the Bear fall into Elissa's hand automatically.

Then Vincent took a Greatsword out that was just a blade with a pointy tip and a handle not looking really great as he gifts it to Garrett saying, "'The Barbarian's Sword'. I bought it with Bethany's staff."

Then he turns to Carver and says, "Carver, I want you to take a new path from today on."

"What do you mean?" asks Carver as Vincent was suddenly holding two daggers and a bow and a quiver full of arrows.

"You might have the body of a Warrior but it would be better to become a Rogue," says Vincent as Carver was suddenly angry.

Vincent could understand that and says, "A man doesn't follow the same way another one walks. A man makes his own way. I want you to make your own way even if you have to hate me so you walk it."

Carver took both daggers and the bow with the quiver as Vincent says, "'The Fowl's Wind' is a good bow for beginners and 'Aurora's Freedom' complements 'Shard of the Fallen' for duel wielding."

"I will be teaching you how to use them. You might always see me wielding a spear but I have learned how to wield many weapons including my fists," says Vincent as Carver nods unwillingly when Vincent sighs and says, "Sometimes a battle is decided by one Rogue never forget that."