THE BANQUET FOR THE LITTLE PRINCESS
THE BANQUET FOR THE LITTLE PRINCESS
"But I still don't understand this programming language yet", Sara told Spellmaster.
"Well, you will eventually and when you do, you will understand magic better than any of us", Spellmaster told her.
"Alright, I'll start compiling all the constellations from the libraries taken from the Kalydon colleges and interpret their effects", Sara told us.
Previously on our journey to Kalydon Confederate of Colleges, Sara went to the top colleges and copied all the books in their libraries.
There were many books with magic constellations that she copied. With her quantum processing capabilities, Sara would soon learn how to create her own magic, using the magic constellations of the templar skies.
"What is the Temple of Magic?" I asked Spellmaster.
"When the Mages of Prolis came to this place, they found the magic here lacking, so it was impossible for them to teach their descendants the magic of Prolis. So, the Supreme Conjurers at the time created Templar magic to be taught to their descendants. Templar magic is an efficient way of conjuring magic despite lacking in magic resources and the Temple of Magic is the artifact that they created to test this new templar magic system", Spellmaster told us.
"Will the conjurers come looking for the Temple of Magic since we took it?" I asked him.
"Probably not. I believe many of the Supreme Conjurers in the Conjurer Court today may have forgotten about it. After the Supremes created templar magic and awakened it in their descendants, there is no longer a use for the Temple of Magic", Spellmaster told me.
"That is a relief", I said to him.
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[In the palace of Tarah city]
"Your Highness, I have been informed that the construction of the new Kaleon town is about to complete, how is that even possible?" Minister Holden asked the prince of Tarah city.
"I am aware of that, and I am quite surprised as well. The usual animal horde that frequents the east forest didn't seem to appear this time to stop the construction", Prince Raslee told his favorite minister.
"Yes, your highness, even the Conjurer Court is baffled. The new Duke of Kaleon is truly lucky, their construction wasn't hindered by the wild animals at all", an advisor told the prince.
"There is more to this Earl of Kaleon besides luck", Prince Raslee told them suspiciously.
"What are we going to do about the new town? Are we really going to allow these foreigners to take root in our city?" Minister Holden asked the prince.
"What have you found out about the Kaleon family?" the prince asked his advisor.
"Your highness, the Kaleon family is a subordinate family to the Mithridocus family", the advisor told the prince.
"Mithridocus family? That is one of the four major noble houses in Drachia kingdom, I never expected these peasants to have such a background", Minister Holden asked the prince.
"The Kaleon family doesn't have much influence in the Mithridocus family. They are considered outcasts from the main family", the advisor told the prince.
"Huh, I wonder what the Mithridocus family will say now that the subordinate family that they looked down on became a duke in my city", Prince Raslee said to them.
"Those arrogant bastards in the Mithridocus family would not like to see their outcasts gaining influence in this city", Minister Holden told the prince.
"Is there a banquet among the nobles recently?" Prince Raslee asked them.
"Not in this month, your highness", the advisor told the prince.
"Then make a banquet happen and invite everyone, especially the new Duke and Earl of Kaleon", Prince Raslee told them.
"Yes, your highness", the advisor replied to the prince.
"Great, that will be a good show", Minister Holden told the prince.
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"We announce the arrival of the Duke and Earl of Kaleon"
We walked into the large hall in the palace of Tarah city where the prince was holding a banquet for the birthday of his daughter who just turned three.
"The aristocrats of Tarah city are really sophisticated and lavish. They will hold such a sumptuous banquet just to celebrate the three-year-old birthday", Orol said to me.
Prince Tarah invited both Orol and me to his daughter's third birthday party. After the usual greetings and presenting our carefully selected gifts to the prince, we walked to our seats.
To our surprise, we were seated at the prince's table which was reserved only for the most influential nobles in the city.
"Let me introduce to you for those who don't know, here are my newest loyal subjects who came from Starri city, the Duke and Earl of Kaleon", Prince Raslee introduced us to the nobles on his table.
"Kaleon? We have never heard of this family before. Who gives you the right to sit on our table as our equals?" someone shouted out to us.
"Duke Erriley of Mithrodocus, the Kaleon family are my guests", Prince Raslee told the duke.
"Your highness, we came here to celebrate your daughter's birthday and bring good wishes, it is disrespectful to have these refugees from Starri city in our seats. They have no right to attend this party in the first place", another person added insult to us.
"Duke Corrigey of Appolokis, the Kaleon family are our new subjects, you should treat them equally and with respect", the prince told Duke Corrigey.
"I apologize to everyone, we can take another table", Orol said to the dukes at the table as the prince concealed a grin.
"Damnit, don't apologize to these country bumpkins", I told my father as I was about to bring him away from the humiliating situation.
"You are both rude and without class", someone else in the table said about us.
"We should go", Orol said to me pulling me away from the table.
"Hey, Duke Erriley, these scums are from your subordinate families, you should discipline them properly for attending events that they have no right to attend", Duke Corrigey told Duke Erriley.
"The Kaleon family? Ah, you beggars are from that disgraceful branch of our family", Duke Erriley told us.