Wizard’s Tower 2 by Allanther Gregory

Author:Allanther, Gregory
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2022-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 23

Among the people shouting, the loudest was the fat attendant, who sputtered and shouted, "You refuse!? This is a lawful order! To refuse is treason!"

I shook my head and waited, watching as the king looked from me to his attendant and back. He leaned forward, looking down on me from his throne. It may have been more intimidating if he weren’t staring at my beard. The large red banner behind his throne, a white crown over a star, rippled with his every movement.

"Explain yourself," he commanded.

The way his voice echoed across the chamber silenced everyone, and I detected a skill being used. One that even my wards only partially blocked.

Luckily, I had planned to explain myself. "My king, the honors I have earned from the Kingdom are vast. I wear them proudly on my chest and sleeve." I shook a few medallions at him in case he wasn’t bright. "I have done much for my kingdom, but this order would place the Kingdom at greater risk."

I stopped speaking then, watching how the tea in the king and the others reacted. I wanted to see if I could leverage their own loyalty to the Kingdom to alter this ridiculous summons.

The king simply motioned for me to go on. I took that moment to inspect the other, higher nobility present. The houses of Eistoni, Birktoni, and Laxtoni were all nearby. Duke Laxtoni looked miserable—no doubt the fall of his seat had changed his standing. The eastern duke’s face was powdered, which was odd on the tanned skin and blonde hair, but I could see he looked gaunt underneath.

Duke Birktoni looked to be a fat, jovial man with whiskers down the side of his face and a balding head with strings of red hair. He looked as if he were related to the king’s attendant.

Duchess Eistoni was a matronly woman with an upturned nose and a unibrow. While she held those same features, along with the cleft chin, she lacked the metallic irises.

"My king, the end of our Age is upon us. Soon the Pestilence will gather in numbers unstoppable. I endeavor to prepare the Kingdom as well as I can to meet this threat. I had hoped you would have heard the message I passed through Count Shielding of this. Should I stop now, you and many, many others might very well be the last of their line."

Chuckles rose from the crowd, though I didn’t pay it any more regard than that. Instead, I watched the king as a smirk crept onto his face. It wasn’t the pleasant kind of smile, but one of arrogant triumph.

"Baron Shielding did notify the Kingdom of this ‘threat’ two years past," he started to answer, the emphasis he placed on the new title leaving no doubt in my mind that the Shieldings’ prestige had paid a price for carrying my message. He pointed to my right, to where Duke Laxtoni stood. "And for two years, I stalled our enemy. What would you have me do?

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