Chapter 83 – Feast When a prince asks for a feast, then it is a feast he will get. This is what Dorin and Johan found out as Mordecai led their group to several black vehicles with small flags on their side mirrors displaying the Alcione Crest. “Where are we going?” Johan asked as they entered the long car. “Woah, is that a store?” he pointed at the interior where a bucket of wine stood waiting to be served on top of a small compartment stocked with food. “Would you care for some refreshments, sir?” asked a lovely woman dressed in a tight red dress. “Is there something to eat?” asked Dorin when Johan lost his tongue. “Of course, sir, there are finger foods available on the counter.” said the woman as she passed a silver tray. “Woah, I’ve never been in a royal limo before...” said Mar as she sat beside Dorin, followed by Matt and Prince Xander. “I’m afraid though, that the rest of our companions would have to follow us on the SUV’s,” said the prince, but the group was already b

“It sounder better in the song,” grumbled Venet. “Well, be thankful that I translated it for you!” “It was beautiful...” sighed Xander. “It’s the love story of the first Alcione King back in the Black Lands...” “What makes you so sure?” asked Matt. “Prince Rock might be from a branch family or not a Fire mage at all, he gives life to rocks, so he’s probably a terra or even an arcane magus.” “Well, it so happens that we have a book of genealogy back home, and it trails way back to the first Alcione King – King Nicolai Alcione, who was married to Camille Heilig of the Thunder Gods, I bet she was the Small True Flame in the ballad!” “And that Golden Prince and Silver Deity, I wonder who they are?” said Lilith who looked dreamily up in the sky. “I bet they have ballads of their own...” “Probably what Johan said in the ‘Song of Aerials’, that gold kid.” said Lilith. “From what they say in the archives, the Golden Prince was most probably a sourceror,” Mordecai explained. “They are s

  “Dagon want outside! With Daa, outside!” “No, you have to stay here while I go for kitchen duty! I’ll be busy there, I won’t be able to look after you!” Johan told his stubborn son. “But this room, boring! TV boring! Fridge boring! Dagon want outside!” “And I said you can’t come! I can’t just let you run around the kitchen while we work!” “Ready to go yet?” Dorin asked. Seb was still sleeping in his room, while Azra was eating pancakes in front of a bewildered Benette. “I-if you don’t mind, I can come with you and look after him while you work,” Benette suggested with a soft voice. “Hmm. That sounds good. You sure you’re fine with it?” Johan asked, already tired of all the nagging. “Can I come too?” Azra asks. “I can help look after Dagon.” “Ask Seb first,” said Dorin. Azra quickly ran to Seb’s room and came back later with a smile. “My leige said it’s okay as long as I stay as a b

Dupont watched as Cohen left the room with the rest of the class and noticed that Dorin and Johan were still in their seats.“Do you have any more questions for me today?” he asked the two young mages.“I’m at element number eight,” said Dorin. “I’m just waiting for him to close his book,” said Johan.“I had no idea that elements look so different up close!” Dorin added, “I’ve never actually thought of looking at them at this ‘atomic level’ you speak of...”“That’s because the books you have been reading were quite outdated,” said the professor. “There have been much advancement in science in the past centuries, and this class can help you learn all about them.”“But don’t this stuff just complicate things?” Johan asked. “At the mines, we just look at the rock and we can tell if there&

“Why don’t we do some drills on our own?”Upon, saying this, the young prince stood straight and clapped his hands a couple of times to catch the rest of the class’ attention.“My fellow students, since our instructor is not here to guide us today, why not do some drills like he told us to?” he said with the confident air which befits a member of the royal family.“I suggest a friendly competition between comrades, to test our defensive skills when it comes to combat.”“What do you propose, Prince Alexander?” an older looking student from the military department asked respectfully.“In a real battle, we could never really tell what kind of attack would hit us, so I propose that we have a small drill to see if we can successfully defend against different types of elemental magic by countering it with the opposite element.”“Oh, sounds interesting!” Dorin said