Silver and Light by J R Castle

Author:J R Castle [Castle, J R]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Castle Book Creations
Published: 2019-04-25T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Leon paced around his office, looking over the dusty volumes lining the bookshelves of his study. There was something that could be done for Kardia, but he wasn’t sure how to go about getting it done. Or who to contact. Nobody in Rodonal had the skills with mechanical gadgets like the Logorians in Aloblase, or the Curians at the Hall of Knowledge.

Kardia talked about her healing skills as if it was something of the past. Since learning that she was now a goose-girl, he’d found new excuses to take his morning strolls around the pond. Sometimes he was lucky enough to catch her feeding the ducks, others times she was off walking the geese through the harvested fields.

Her afternoons were free, and he’d encouraged her to visit their library since she seemed to enjoy reading. She’d even shown him her worn and marked copy of the King’s Book of Letters that she carried tucked in her dress pocket. He was pleased to know the wares he’d left behind in Goia had done some good.

His times visiting the golden-haired girl were a pleasant reprieve for his troubled mind. Though he didn’t share too much about the province, not wanting to bore her, he found her to be a sympathetic listener and eager to learn more about the wide world outside of the province. She wanted to know why she didn’t see any Creatures in town, then talked about a faun she’d met during her travels to Rodon. He sounded like a scoundrel, but she spoke of the fellow with fondness.

Such was Kardia’s ways, always seeing the good despite how badly she’d been treated.

Sitting at his desk, Leon sorted through a stack of parchment papers, various requests from the people of Rodon. He’d not had any more correspondence from the outlying towns since his last request for the names of people who needed to make the trip to Radiance. So far, he only had Kardia and the Illuminate who was still too young to go without her mother being in attendance.

He slumped in his chair. Making the trip for a handful of people wasn’t exactly feasible, but he feared if he tried to put the Sano off, she’d attempt to make the trip by herself. There wasn’t even a white path from his province to Radiance! The trip through the mountains was dangerous and she’d be easy prey for slave traders and wizards. No, he couldn’t allow her to attempt such a feat, though she’d probably scoff at his attempts to detain her.

With her damaged hands, she wouldn’t even be able to carry a weapon to protect herself.

Resting his forehead on the ball of his palm, he sketched his idea on a blank sheet of paper. He knew it was possible. Gloves with fingers that could move. If only he had the technology to make such a thing himself, but it would require a bit of Logorian enchantments and….

“Of course!” Leon pushed aside the stack of papers and found another blank sheet.

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