The Sorcerer's Bride Chapter 13

After dinner they went to a comfortable room that had several chairs as well as a small table and a bookshelf . Zylvia had never been in it before . As she took in the room, the other three all day down in the chaired the normally sat in . The king and queen sat in two comfortable looking chairs that were next to each other . Kaldrek sat on a long blue seat that he could have easily stretched out on .

Zylvia hesitated for a while as she was not sure where to sit . She finally decided to just sit by her husband . His blue seat was rather comfy and Zylvia easily found herself relaxing on it . It had been a long day .

"So . . . this Princess Hazel," Zylvia started . "Have you ever met her?" She looked at the two men as she was highly certain that Fayre had never met this princess .

"No," Jayesh answered, and then sighed . "I know enough about Amriel though to have an idea of what to expect . "
Advertisement
"Really?" Fayre sounded excited at the possibility of a new friend . "Tell us . I want to know what I can talk about with her . "

Jayesh frowned slightly before opening his mouth, "Well . . . I don't really know what the princess would enjoy . What I was getting at was that her country has some misconceptions on magic . "

Kaldrek looked upon from whatever reverie he had been in, "So she is likely to be a bit wary of magic then?"

"Exactly," Jayesh smiled a little apologetic . "Shi she is likely to be a bit wary of Kaldrek, especially before she gets used to being here . If it's possible, Kaldrek, could you try not to overly alarm her? At least until we can break down some of her inherited misconceptions?"

Kaldrek smiled, "Don't hit her over the head with what I am? I can use magic fairly discreetly, so it shouldn't be a problem . "

"Thank you . I am sorry if this will be inconvenient to you . Hopefully it will not take her long to accept magic enough so you don't have to worry about it . " The king said quietly .

Zylvia frowned, "Where do misconceptions about magic come from anyway? There is nothing wrong with being able you cast spells . " She huffed feeling slightly annoyed .

"Aww . . . Zylv . Are you feeling protective of Kaldrek?" Fayre took the the opportunity to tease her friend .

At the same time Kaldrek gave an answer to her question, "It is actually a little understandable if you think about it . Spell casters can do a lot of harm . Some have before . People tend to fear power and spell casters can do things that other people cannot explain . "

"Fayre . . . . Kaldrek is my friend . Of course I am a little bit protective of him . And I suppose you are right on the reasons, Kaldrek, but I still don't think it makes any sense . Magic also does a lot of good . Your spells help the whole kingdom in a variety of ways . So much that I am not sure what the full extent is . "

"Yes, magic can be used for good . It is neither good nor bad on its own . It is the caster who determines the use . Even if they are using magic that is, well wrong, they were the ones who made the decision to learn that magic . " Kaldrek ruffled her hair with a small smile .

"Sad that not everyone in this country understands that either . Sometimes people let fear control them to much," Jayesh suddenly grinned . "Well, I suppose the fact that Kaldrek could easily burn down a whole forest could be slightly alarming . "

"Yeah," Fayre agreed with her husband . "Now that you mention that I can sorta understand why someone may be a little bit frightened by the whole magic thing . "

"Yes, but he doesn't," Zylvia shook her head at them, "Just because someone could do something doesn't mean they will . "

Kaldrek smiled, "Anyhow, not all the misconceptions can be fixed in one day . "

"I suppose not," Zylvia grumbled as she settled back down into her and Kaldrek's chair . She stifled a yawn as she was starting to feel sleepy .

The conversation began to turn to other things as Zylvia found herself slipping to sleep .

Chapter end