The City of Wizards continued...
CHAPTER 3 CONTINUED
“You're a wizard!”
My heart swelled.
“Yes, I am,” she confessed with a hint of sorrow.
She wore her long hair plaited into a single braid falling down her back. Around her neck an amulet made from a dragon's tooth glowed. Her legs were naked halfway to her thighs, where a plain dress with a flower pattern passed around her slim waist and split into two parts to cover her firm breasts, leaving the rest of her body bare...
I swallowed.
Her brown eyes stared at me. They were the same as before but much sharper and a little older. Her beauty was simply beyond man's imagination.
I didn't know where to look first...
She had to anticipate what I felt because her stare was lit by amusement. She touched my hand gently.
“Now look around and tell me what you see.”
“I see...”
Averot'h was definitely not the same as before...
The bridge was the spine of some sea monster and under the bridge a horrible smelling liquid was flowing instead of water. The buildings' walls were crumbling and many houses were reduced to ruins. The streets were covered with dirt and mud; rats swarmed everywhere accompanied by clouds of flies. Sewage flowed freely through the streets. Domes were leaky and the King's spire was fractured in three places, but still stood tall into the air somehow. The Gatherings tower tilted at an angle that denied gravity and even Ka'tan was not without the flaws. Its greyish walls were covered with crevices here and there, but it looked certainly better than both human towers. And above all this devastation Mag'reb shone more brightly and splendidly than ever.
“What, what...”I stuttered in confusion.
“Without Mag'reb the city is only a heap of rubble. The only power that keeps it alive is that of the Warlock.”
“I think I understand...”
I stroked her naked back tenderly from the spine to the slightly protruding shoulder blades. “Aren't you cold?”
I took off my shirt and draped it across her shoulders.
She grinned. “I'm fine but please continue. No, I have a better idea. Let me do it myself...”
Her fingers released the belt on my trousers and they fell to my ankles. I was left in underwear.
Below my feet a soft carpet of grass appeared suddenly.
“I've wanted to do this since we met that first night,” she whispered while her skillful fingers untied the cord that kept the last piece of my clothing in its place...
♠
We stood on Swallow Bridge dressed again, a little tired and ruffled...
“Are you ready to know about yourself?” Elisa asked.
“I have to be.”
She crossed her fingers and a small mirror appeared in her hand.
“So look at yourself.”
I guess everyone experiences a fateful moment in his or her life. And mine was to come when I looked into the mirror...
“You're a wizard!”
My heart swelled.
“Yes, I am,” she confessed with a hint of sorrow.
She wore her long hair plaited into a single braid falling down her back. Around her neck an amulet made from a dragon's tooth glowed. Her legs were naked halfway to her thighs, where a plain dress with a flower pattern passed around her slim waist and split into two parts to cover her firm breasts, leaving the rest of her body bare...
I swallowed.
Her brown eyes stared at me. They were the same as before but much sharper and a little older. Her beauty was simply beyond man's imagination.
I didn't know where to look first...
She had to anticipate what I felt because her stare was lit by amusement. She touched my hand gently.
“Now look around and tell me what you see.”
“I see...”
Averot'h was definitely not the same as before...
The bridge was the spine of some sea monster and under the bridge a horrible smelling liquid was flowing instead of water. The buildings' walls were crumbling and many houses were reduced to ruins. The streets were covered with dirt and mud; rats swarmed everywhere accompanied by clouds of flies. Sewage flowed freely through the streets. Domes were leaky and the King's spire was fractured in three places, but still stood tall into the air somehow. The Gatherings tower tilted at an angle that denied gravity and even Ka'tan was not without the flaws. Its greyish walls were covered with crevices here and there, but it looked certainly better than both human towers. And above all this devastation Mag'reb shone more brightly and splendidly than ever.
“What, what...”I stuttered in confusion.
“Without Mag'reb the city is only a heap of rubble. The only power that keeps it alive is that of the Warlock.”
“I think I understand...”
I stroked her naked back tenderly from the spine to the slightly protruding shoulder blades. “Aren't you cold?”
I took off my shirt and draped it across her shoulders.
She grinned. “I'm fine but please continue. No, I have a better idea. Let me do it myself...”
Her fingers released the belt on my trousers and they fell to my ankles. I was left in underwear.
Below my feet a soft carpet of grass appeared suddenly.
“I've wanted to do this since we met that first night,” she whispered while her skillful fingers untied the cord that kept the last piece of my clothing in its place...
♠
We stood on Swallow Bridge dressed again, a little tired and ruffled...
“Are you ready to know about yourself?” Elisa asked.
“I have to be.”
She crossed her fingers and a small mirror appeared in her hand.
“So look at yourself.”
I guess everyone experiences a fateful moment in his or her life. And mine was to come when I looked into the mirror...
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