Lottery King by Vall Eric

Author:Vall, Eric
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2022-02-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Poppy was silent for a moment as she stood near the door, and then she squealed with delight.

“Your majesty!” Poppy clapped her hands together and bounced on the balls of her feet. “That was incredible! I was just coming to see how you’re doing, and I can see you’ve made a lot of progress so far.”

“Actually,” Firo cleared his throat, and he continued to look at me with a mix of confused admiration. “You arrived just in time to see His Majesty’s first use of magic in training.”

“What?” Poppy asked as she walked to the very edge of the mats. “That’s the first shield King Michael made?”

“Yeah,” I said. “We’ve been working this whole time, but that was the only time I’ve been able to get anything to happen.”

“It was very impressive, though,” Poppy said in a consoling tone.

“Maybe, but I still don’t have any idea what triggered it or how to do it again.” I glared down at my hands that a moment ago had shone with bright silvery light.

Poppy frowned at me and then looked to the dragon-man for answers.

Firo was rubbing at the patch of scales at the back of his neck, and his eyebrows were knitted together. He started to pace around me like he was looking for written instructions or something.

“Firo?” I asked as the man’s movements started to worry me. “What are you thinking?”

“I’m not sure just yet,” Firo said. “I’d like to try something, but first… Poppy, join us on the mat, please.”

“Uh… okay.” Poppy kicked off her bejeweled flip-flops, bowed to the center of the mat, and then joined us in the middle.

“Thank you,” Firo said. “Would you show me one of your shields, please?”

“I guess…” Poppy narrowed her purple eyes at the flame-haired man. “I don’t understand what this has to do with training King Michael, though.”

“Just humor me.” Firo shot Poppy an indulgent smirk. “I need to check something before I give you my theory.”

“I’m totally confused,” I admitted, and I took a few steps back to give Poppy some space.

Poppy’s wings fluttered as she took a deep breath, and then the room burst into bright silvery light as she created a magical shield directly in front of her body. It glittered exactly like mine had, and I looked at Firo to see if I could tell what he was looking for.

The dragon-man grinned and nodded as if she’d just explained everything. “That’s enough, thank you.”

Poppy let the shield fade away and then propped one hand on the full curve of her hip.

“So… what’s your theory, Firo?” Poppy demanded in a friendly tone.

“Your shields are identical,” Firo said, like it was just that simple.

“That’s impossible.” Poppy shook her head. “You know all magic is unique to the user, even things like shields have their own personality… like fingerprints.”

“Yes, they do,” Firo agreed. “I believe King Michael has mirror magic.”

“What?” I said in an entirely flat voice because none of this was making much sense to me. “Go back, I’m so confused, and I’m only getting like half of this conversation right now.

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