"Hahaha!"
"Cheers!"
"Bottoms up!"
"Come on, Agmair! You're not just a Paladin now—you're a brave Nord! And we Nords are never afraid to drink!"
"Come on! Finish this drink, and Uncle Xilong will find you a girl another day and help you learn the ropes!"
"No! I-I really can't drink anymore..."
"Don't say that, young man! Come on! If our friendship runs deep, down it in one! I'll help you!!"
"Mm?"
"Ughhh!!!"
"Good! That's the spirit! Hahahaha!"
"Enough, Xilong, give him a break! He's had enough. Stop trying to make him drink!"
"Amal, mind your own business!"
"Fine, suit yourself..."
"Hey! Soline, what do you think of Agmair? He may be a few years younger than you, but he's a dependable young man. Why not give it a shot?"
"!?"
"Get lost!!"
Clang!
"Ow!"
"Ahahaha! Xilong, you had that coming..."
"Soline! Go beat him up! We're rooting for you!!"
"..."
The victory banquet in the Dawn Guard castle's great hall continued well into the night, along with all the raucous cheering and rowdy festivities... After all, they'd won an epic battle that day, wiping out nearly a thousand vampires at very little cost—including the vampire lord Harkon himself.
For the Dawn Guard, who had only been founded less than two months ago, this was an incredible morale boost! And now that they'd won this battle, it was only a matter of time before they swept away Castle Volkihar and wiped out the vampires throughout Skyrim, and even across all of Tamriel!
So it was only natural that they were holding a huge victory celebration in the castle's great hall.
"..."
Serana, however, wasn't joining in the Dawn Guard's celebrations. Their joy wasn't meant for her, the only vampire in Dawn Castle!
Of course, she wasn't grieving, either...
Whether anyone believed