The Quest For The King's Magic
Copyright© 2007 by GLSGareth
Chapter 4
As the door closed behind the young Mage, I turned to the group against the wall. Blaster was there, of course, but all my attention was drawn to a small dark woman standing next to him and it was before her that I presented myself. Her dress was flame red, embroidered with a pattern of a Phoenix rising from a sunburst. Strapped crosswise on her back was a huge sword. It looked heavy, but I knew it signified a responsibility heavier than any steel.
Removing my Helm, I bowed before the lady, taking my time, as I hadn't done this in years. It would be just my luck that now would be the time all that wine would take effect and I would look a fool in front of the Phoenix Clan's Primogeness!
"Hail, Phoenix!" I cheered, and meant it. "My life is yours."
"Well-met, Gareth, it has been too long since we have seen you in our Clan Hall," Khadijah replied, kindly. "Well done, too! I have been trying to teach those two manners for years... somehow I doubt they will soon forget THIS lesson in courtesy!"
"I apologize about that," I said, sheepishly. "I guess I could have been a trifle less dramatic, perhaps only bruising him a bit."
"Quite a gamble you took there," Someone I didn't recognize said from behind the Primogeness. "Using that old Whirlwind spell left you wide open without someone to Heal you."
"I had someone to Heal me." I nodded at Blaster. "A mage helped too, if I am not mistaken."
Khadijah smiled, "Leave it to an old Warrior to be able to tell one Heal spell from another just by having it cast on him! I helped a little, old friend."
"Thank you, My Primogeness, I am not worthy." I bowed again.
"Isn't it ironic that you spend your days with young Mages and Warriors," Khadijah mused, "Teaching them to see their own self worth, when you cannot even see your own?"
Blaster had been saying much the same thing for a decade; somehow it sounded more reasonable coming from her.
"I should go thank that young man." I said brushing off imaginary dust from my Moon blue armor, "Nothing like a good Hellfire to clean the blood off your platemail!"
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