Elementary by Niall Teasdale

Author:Niall Teasdale
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: magic, monsters, magic elements, isekai
Published: 2023-05-29T00:00:00+00:00

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‘I don’t really like politicians,’ Calista said, ‘but Abarca seems like one of the good ones.’

They were in a carriage, heading for the clinic. It had been waiting outside the parliament building, ready to whisk them away as soon as they got out. There had been an interruption in treatment, but Abarca seemed to have done his best to minimise it.

‘He’s not too bad,’ Roman said. He sounded wary.

‘Prime Minister Abarca has been a very successful prime minister,’ Dalila supplied. ‘He has been in the position for eleven years. During that time, he has pushed through a number of controversial bills and improved life in Maritania in several ways.’

‘Good for him,’ Roman said. ‘It’s the army man I’m worried about. Nothing good ever came from mixing the military and lethal, untreatable diseases.’

‘That sounds too much like someone talking from experience,’ Calista commented.

‘I did a lot of work in war zones. Back on my own world. It wasn’t uncommon for some of the military forces to use bioweapons. Nasty ones.’

‘Huh. That kind of thing wasn’t common on Earth. Not unheard of, especially historically, but not common. It was too easy for whatever you spread to turn around and bite you.’

‘It didn’t stop them on my Earth.’

‘Oh.’ They were silent for a while, and then Calista asked, ‘If you don’t mind me asking, how did you die?’

‘Ah. Well, it wasn’t some warped pathogen. I was in a transport, heading for a triage outpost, and we ran over an IED. Uh, you know what an IED is, right?’

‘Improvised explosive device.’ Calista looked at Dalila. ‘Think a spell trap which sets off a massive Fire magic detonation.’

‘That sounds bad,’ Dalila said. ‘You have my sympathies, Mister Stacy.’

Roman shrugged. ‘It was quick. I’ve seen people take days to die after getting caught by an IED. I’m pretty sure I only lasted a couple of minutes.’

‘You can remember?’ Calista asked. ‘I only have really vague memories of what happened to me.’

‘Yeah,’ Roman said, ‘I remember…’

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