Hero in a Halfling by William Tyler Davis

Author:William Tyler Davis [Davis, William Tyler]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-04T23:00:00+00:00

“I was told it’s urgent?”

Sir Robert gave Nacer a lazy shrug.

“How many messages have you intercepted?”

Sir Robert counted on his fingers. He held up his hand. Three.

“And where are the troops now? Back toward King’s Way?”

The knight nodded.

“Damn, they’ll never get here in time. Can I count on you?” He hadn’t meant to ask it, but the words slipped out. Sir Robert shrugged again.

Nacer stepped around him; he gritted his teeth and opened the door to the king’s chamber. Not today, he thought. Any day but today. This wasn’t part of the plan.

“I told you,” the king said snidely. “A wizard’s plot! I’m coming down for the proceedings! We’ll have him strung up by nightfall.”

The king was getting dressed, fitting his sausage legs into his britches and throwing on a linen shirt. Not today.

This was the type of thing his fellow conspirators failed to comprehend. Their jobs were pretty straightforward, well, for the most part. But Nacer’s job required diplomacy. Tact. Sure, he had coerced the king to outlaw magic—sort of. But this, this was a chink in the preverbal armor, a consequence of managing an entire city-state.

“And you doubted me!” the king chastised. “I don’t even know why I keep you around anymore.”

“But… sire,” Nacer said, “we can’t be sure…” He trailed off, thinking.

This was what he was good at. He just needed to turn this wizard ordeal on its head. He could benefit from it, somehow. Now that Nacer knew who was behind the conspiracy, he had an absolute advantage. And his stock would rise after this—after they saw what he could do. He could divert all eyes from the trolls completely. This could be his greatest triumph.

And maybe after the trial, he could even devise a plot against this Epiman fellow.

“It’s true,” Nacer began. “A wizard could conjure almost anything from anywhere. He could’ve lured the trolls here. Most likely, a ploy to set the city against you.”

“Exactly where my mind was,” the king agreed. And they headed down for the trial.

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