Chapter 26: Talking Sword?

“Wait, wait, wait,” Michaela’s words were slurred as she hung off the bar. “Detrick has a talking sword? How come nobody told me about this?”

“What do ya mean?” Vernon asked, amused by her drunkenness. More than half the town was now jammed into his tavern, curious about the young woman that had arrived.

“He has a talk’in sword!” she answered incredulously, raising a hand confused about what Vernon didn’t understand.

“Well, I’ve never heard it talk,” Vernon said, tapping himself on the chest. “Yeah, he has a sword with a red ruby in it. And yes, he has a silver gauntlet. But that’s all I’ve ever seen. Again Miss Michaela, so far, I’m just tell’in ya what Detrick and Cilia told me.”

Michaela squinted at Vernon, then she turned and looked at all the people gathered around her. They all nodded and returned the same dumb look.

“Nobody can hear the sword?” she asked. “Just Detrick?”