Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #16 July 2015 | Page 18

“Kiddo you’re in luck here. I signed your
purchase order, it’s genuine now. Can I get the good?”

As he appeared from the upper floor, the whole
room became silent and tense. Seeing him descend the
stairs, most of the guests decided to go away on their
own, taking their leave. Lilith got up and was about to
leave too, as she saw that there was something special
going on, but Sirius put his hand on her shoulder.
“He’s most likely here to see you, miss.”

Nisswa-en tried to invoke the content of her
card, but it failed. She tried again, commanding,
“Spell-Card prepare; Brute-force mode; Divine Will:
command; Store Off!”
Aoi was just willing to tease the kid a bit, as he
looked at her trying to store off the goods to no avail.
He had not predicted the girl’s reaction well. Instead,
his little prank fell flat while she was swearing at the
idiot who’d protected the card so much, and wishing
many ills on him. Aoi confessed and admitted that it
was not a funny joke, telling her that because there
was a strong protection around the guild hall for
magic the card wouldn’t work.

“Ensiel!” yelled Minger-arai. “Stop it with
the dramatic entry already. Don’t you see that you’re
frightening her?”

“Aoi, next time you’ve got such a bright idea,
go die somewhere,” said Efren to defend the young
girl who too kindly forgave him.

quinin.

“It’s okay Rania-erai. Even at the school
we have pranksters. You shouldn’t scold him
over harmless ones (pranksters?). Lord, here’s the
blueprint,” she said, giving it to Aoi.
“Thank you, little lady,” he smiled. “I’m Aoi
Kotova, sohen of the Draticornix...”
He couldn’t finish his sentence. Her spell
attracted the attention of the one person not expected
to be seen in the common room at such an hour.

Morani-quinin grunted. “What dramatic entry?
I am just up because I felt something interesting.”
“I see you went out to take care of that?”

“Someone forged an order from us to this
young girl’s school for a blueprint. Aoi signed to
validate it nonetheless, and told her to get the content
out. Failing to summon it, she brute-forced what she
probably thought to be a protection on her card.”
“I am most sorry for Aoi’s ex