me in a black body! He said I’d never grow up to be a real man.»
«How cruel is it!»
«But now I’m fully fit to serve you, and I have experience. For example, if the whole country goes hungry, I’ll get you food from the garden fairies.»
«Won’t they glamorize us with their vegetables?»
«It can happen. But that’s only if you forget to be friends with them. I once insulted them and got colic from their beets for a week. Since then, I’ve always been nice to the garden fairies.»
«Do you know any garden fairies? What if they live in my garden?»
«You don’t want to talk to garden fairies. They’re all arrogant upstarts, prickly as roses. Every one of them thinks she’s above the queen.»
«How am I supposed to tame them? Burn down all the gardens?»
«The dragon will do that for you.»
«Alas, the dragon does not serve me. He’s at odds with me.»
«Then bring him to your side.»
«It is easier said than done.»
«I’m a counselor. My weapon of choice is words. And you, by the way, have a woman’s charm. It can be a weapon, too.»
«You think it’ll work on a dragon?»
«Even King Alaric’s friendly charm worked like a lethal weapon on a dragon. And the result is the Sultanit is now the most powerful nation in the universe.»
What’s true is true! Rosamunda bit her lip until it bled. Everyone knows that to be in conflict with Sultanit is to sign one’s own death warrant. Is it really about the dragon?
«Do you know why they don’t allow visitors to Sultanit; no merchants, no ambassadors?»
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