the Thief of Forbidden Manuscripts

part 11

In that market, everything is sold except the truth, no one buys or sells it. If you get there, look for a magician named "Barhut." He has the key, but I don't know how much he will ask for it.

Thank you, Mr. Abboud.

Goodbye and good luck, and as for the license, it will be ready in one day.

The two of them leave Mr. Abboud's hut, say goodbye to Pearl, and jump up and walk back to the boy's room.

The boy lies down on his bed and the avatar looks at him and says, "We have a lot of time, Sami, before the afternoon."

Yes, Dad, you're right, I need to rest.

Rest! Who said that? I'm talking about using this time to learn to jump between worlds. Now, let's go ahead and try jumping to your room, Sami. Just remember to visualize your room, or part of it, and then close your eyes and open them as you utter the final destination.

But some jumpers never say the final destination and just disappear, only to reappear later at the intended destination.

Sami, you haven't mastered the concept yet... First you have to understand the mechanics of jumping between worlds and eventually you will be able to jump without even closing your eyes... Now let's try jumping to the backyard... Take my hand and jump.

Why, Dad?

Because then we will jump as one mass and one body, and if you miss the destination, I can bring you back ...

The boy closes his eyes and visualizes the garden, then opens his eyes and says "to the backyard" and finds himself and the Avatar in the backyard...

"I did it, Dad, I did it, it's so easy, I can jump anywhere."

Now let's try jumping to the fantasy world and specifically to the beach where Hamush took you.

Okay, okay.

The Narrator: ("So the Avatar decided to use the morning until the afternoon to teach the boy to jump between worlds, from the real world to the fantasy world to the magic world to the dark world and so on... They only stopped when it was time for lunch, which the boy eagerly ate before going back to his room to keep going.")

For Sami, it was so much fun that he didn't feel time passing and asked for more and more until the avatar was tired and exhausted.)

The avatar said: "That's enough for today, Sami, I'm sure you've learned and passed the first stage of jumping successfully, and it's almost noon and we have to head to the public square."

But you didn't explain the second stage of jumping, Dad?

Listen to me carefully, you are now quite proficient in static jumping between worlds, and later, not now, we will learn mobile jumping.

What is mobile jumping?

It is jumping to a moving and unstable place, such as a moving train, or jumping to a flying magic broom and finding yourself riding on it with its driver, or jumping directly onto the back of a running or flying horse, but this stage is very difficult and needs to slow down and a lot of concentration and balance, and now let's go to the public square because it's the afternoon.

Yes, but we'll be jumping on our own, Dad.

No, ... not yet, because ...

The boy disappears and the Avatar is left talking alone before he realizes that Sami has disappeared. Then he disappears too and finds himself in the middle of the public square, where there are many witches and strange creatures.

He looks left and right looking for him and sees him in the distance arguing with a witch who is offering old magic brooms for sale. He approaches them and says, "Come on, Sami, we don't need flying brooms."

They walk and find a wizard carrying an hourglass, which he shows them, saying, "An hourglass with only three silver pieces, which calculates the time of the eclipse and eclipse with great accuracy."

The avatar said: "No, sir, we are not interested in your offer, thank you."

Then they pass a short and fat witch displaying a white raven on her shoulder, she gives them an evil look and after getting both of their attention says, "White raven feathers, stronger spells and absolute control."

The boy looks at the raven with great wonder while the avatar replies, "No, thank you, madam.

"Sami wonders, "A white raven! "That's the strangest thing I've ever seen."

The avatar replies: "It's just a raven with albinism, very rare and expensive... Now where are we going to find that magician, Sami!"

He replies: "Let's ask the herb seller over there." They approach a vendor, who is displaying a lot of herbs on a worn, patchwork rug spread right on the ground, with a small scale and a lot of sealed jars.

Sami asks him: "Hello, sir."

Welcome... I have all kinds of herbs and I'm offering you a sage for one silver piece, drink its juice and all kinds of magic will come out of your belly.

No thanks, we ask, where in this market can we find a magician named Parhut?

I don't remember hearing that name before.

He's the seller of the Key of Evils.

That thing is sold on the other side of the market of black magic and voodoo.

Thank you, sir.

The Avatar: "Follow me this way, Sami."

The two go to the other side of the market and pass a lot of sellers and magicians.

At the entrance of that part, they find a seller displaying a lot of dead and mummified animals in a disgusting way saying, "Crocodiles, hyenas, monkeys, hedgehogs ... Buy one and take the other as a gift for only two silver pieces."

Sami says, "Let's ask that vendor over there."

They approach a hulking, long-faced salesman with a sharp, hooked nose, wearing a black hat and standing next to a cart with a lot of dirt, just dirt...

He pays attention to them and rubs his hands as he says: "The dust of the forgotten grave, one handful and destroy whoever you want at a very attractive price."

Sami asks, "Mister, can you direct us to Mr. Berhut, the seller of the Key of Evils ?"

Yes, with pleasure.

Where?

One silver piece.

The boy frowns as he takes out his wand and says, waving it, "A silver piece." A silver piece appears on his hand and he hands it to the seller, saying, "Now take the piece and tell us quickly, please, we are in a hurry."

The salesman is astonished, "The wand of a fantasy world? "