Skyrim Journals: Lopiken [Year 3]

Day 96

       

Phew, I thought I had lost my journal! Thankfully, it was just buried under one of my books and I must not have looked hard enough when I searched my pack.

Anyway, we ran another errand for the school, and we've stopped by Whiterun again on our way back. Just in time too, as a dragon was attacking one of the outlying farms. We joined the guards and killed the beast with no casualties, thank the Divines.

But then the sky opened up and immediately began to pour down heavy rain. It's been absolutely miserable. Normally, Lucia and I go to the market and stock up on food and supplies for the house, it's kind of a tradition at this point, a way for us to spend some time together. But the heavy rains closed the market down, so we spent the day inside, which wasn't too bad, actually.

Lucia and I spent some time sword sparring in her room, which didn't allow for movement at all, and then I tried showing her a simple healing spell, since she has read through the books I had brought back for her already. Unfortunately, she never quite got it before we had to retire to bed for the night. She's quite determined, though, and when I told her I'd return the books, she asked if she could keep them some time longer. Apparently, she wants to read through them again. It's nice to see her to eager to learn. I just hope the other children don't give her a hard time for learning magic. I wonder if she'd even tell them.

On a more serious note, I can't believe how many septims I've spent already. Between the tuition for college and the upkeep for two homes, I'm nearly out of coin altogether. I should write to Adril and see if he can't arrange to rent out my home there, at least to cover the costs of upkeep.

I'm rather disappointed in myself. As soon as I had excess coin, I stopped working as hard as I had before. It was nice, at the time, and definitely necessary for me to focus on Miraak. But did I really need to rush into college like I did? I don't know. It's so difficult to know if I've made the right choices. I just want to protect the people I care about.