The Hidden City by Adrian Tanase

Author:Adrian Tanase [Tanase, Adrian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-25T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11 – Maggie’s new job

The following days brought a lot of joy for both of them. They explored the city, seeing the amazing view from above while riding their dragons that now had their permanent residence in the back yard of their house. The usual stone houses, vegetable markets, stone construction yards, winding, narrow, or straight big roads, alternating in shades of color that were so beautifully seen from above, tall towers, worship places: the city was old, mystical, strange, and beautiful, and the more they were seeing it, the more they fell in love with its magical appearance. It was very far stretched indeed, and every day they went further and further away and taking more intricate paths, they were starting to understand the greatness of this project and the work that the Elders had put in building this wondrous city.

On one of these days, Margaret finally decided to go to the City Council and requested that she saw an Elder, while Philip was at home, tending the plants, and taking care of the dragons. She was waiting in the coolness of the corridors lit by the small blue lights from above for already three minutes now.

“Yes, Margaret? You wanted to see me?” said a white-beared tall man that arrived to see her promptly.

“Yes, I did,” she said, with a soft voice, bowing to the Elder.

“What can I do for you today?” said the Elder, looking kindly into her deep green eyes, and holding his hands together.

“Well, when I and Philip were roaming around the City the other day, I have heard a couple of references about a Financial Council that exists in the City,” she said, and then paused for a couple of seconds. “I came to talk to you about it.”

The Elder looked at her rather intrigued and then said promptly.

“Ah, indeed!” he said. “We … recently formed one, I think maybe 8 years ago. We thought it might be good for the local economy of the City and for regulating our credit-based system, as the city seemed to have grown substantially in recent years, in all kinds of businesses and small shops. May I be inquiring the reason why you are asking about it?”

“Well,” Margaret said, making a slight pause, “since all I do is lie around the house and our garden all day long, just reading, enjoying the sun, and occasionally riding our dragons with Philip, I thought that I might be of any help in maybe … doing more than that. I want to be helpful, I actually … I actually feel the need to be helpful in this City, and doing something for the people that live in it.”

She paused, sighed, and concluded with a softer voice, this time.

“I want to give something back to the community of this City, and feel somehow … useful,” she managed to finally say, worrying that her speech was really lousy.

The white-bearded man looked at her surprised after he studied her for a couple of seconds and then exclaimed.

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