Gardner, Craig Shaw - Ebenezum 03 by Gardner Craig Shaw

Author:Gardner, Craig Shaw [Gardner, Craig Shaw]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-05-30T15:31:49+00:00

I did as the sword instructed. The first time I swung the sword, a small light appeared before me. The second swing, and the light grew to the size of an apple. On the third swing, the light exploded outward, until it appeared we were looking through a window right onto the lawn at the Academy of Magic and Sorcery Extension Program campus!

“Your wizardship!” Klothus called across the greensward. “I have your robes for you at last!”

“Indeed?” came a voice from outside the picture. “Bring them here quickly! There is work to be done.”

Klothus moved across the lawn. The image in the window blurred and shifted. When it cleared again, Klothus stood before my master!

“Here they are,” the costumer said with some pride. “Just as you specified, model four-seventeen!”

And yes, they were just what my master ordered. The magical window was clear enough so even I could see the delicately embroidered silver moons and stars.

“Excellent!” Ebenezum cried. “Now I can once again truly feel the part of the wizard!” He eagerly unfolded the robes that Klothus had given him. But then he paused and frowned, lifting a short piece of cloth that was sewn to the main body of the garment.

“Indeed,” my master inquired. “And what is this?”

“Oh?” Klothus replied dismissively. “What else would that be? It’s a short sleeve.”

“Short sleeves?” My master’s voice trembled. I could see his anger grow as he rapidly unfolded the rest of the garment.

“Well,” Klothus said rapidly as he sensed my master’s growing displeasure, “I told you the resources of the college here are somewhat limited. That robe is a four-seventeen. It’s the summer model. I did not think you would mind. While it is no longer high summer, it is still somewhat warm. Well, at least warmish

...”

Klothus’s voice died as Ebenezum stared at him, the robes held at arm’s length from the wizard’s body. From the look on my master’s face, you could tell he was not pleased.

Klothus seemed to evaporate from the window. I guessed he had made a silent retreat. Looking at the costume he held, I could see Ebenezum’s point. In an emergency, perhaps, my master might have been capable of wearing the upper part of the modified summer tunic, but I could never have seen him wearing the shorts.

“It’s probably none of my business,” Cuthbert remarked from above my head, “but now that I’ve gone to all the trouble of making magical contact, don’t you think you should say something?”

The sword was right! I had come upon this quest half certain that I would never see the surface world again. I had been so overwhelmed to see my master once more, in obviously good spirits, that I had temporarily forgotten my purpose!

But what should I say?

I cleared my throat.

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