Impractical Magic

I M Chapter 81

The day of the festival.

A group of carriages traverse through the forest, escorted by knights on horseback, dragon riders from above and magicians riding shotgun with the drivers.

The road was bumpy and uneven, even if all the carriages were made for extreme comfort it still jolted every passenger of each carriage...

In one particular carriage. Six men sat facing each other, three per side. The four were voicing their concern to a single man. Who was in the middle who kept his eyes closed as he listened to them, beside him is his trusted friend and attendant Howard.

"Your highness, leaving the rebuilding effort to a mere inventor is a..."

"Can that person really be trusted?"

"Majesty, you could've hired someone from Vigan, they have one of the most skillful architects around."

"Also consider the money that they had all spent, for all we know they may be corrupt and had taken it for themselv- ack?!"

The man. Who wore very expensive looking attire, bit his tongue as he was about to finish his sentence. It was as if, karma had struck him.

Those four men were all saying bad things about this so-called inventor. Saying that with small useless inventions, she managed to even get the approval of the king.

"Everyone cool yourselves down." [King Alex]

King Alexis, brought out a yellow-green semi-transparent magic crystal and used its power. The powerful wind turned their hair into a mess, except for the king who was wearing the crown. Howard's hair became an afro, one turned into a hotdog-bun like hairstyle, a guy had his beard tied around his neck forming a noose, another had drill hair which made the old man look like a woman. Then the last... has his wig blown off.

"You're bald Winston?!" [Howard]

"Winston's bald??"

"My eyes!!" {1}

"Bald-bal-"

(Smack!)

The bald man, one punched {2} the dude beside him, knocking the guy out cold.

"You think, that this little invention is useless? While we all sat our butts in our comfy chairs just looking at our subjects who suffer. In just a short amount of time, this thing has changed the lifestyle of our citizens." [King Alex]

No-one tried to reprimand him and they all fell silent.

"Road ahead!"

"Are we finally there?"

"Isn't the city, still two hours away? Have they relocated?"

A knight outside shouted, the two men with the king were puzzled and looked out from the window.

The road was wide enough for six carriages to fit side by side. Apart from that, there is a line or marker of some sort at the middle with arrows pointing in opposite directions. Then they saw a merchant wagon going the opposite direction, leaving the city.

"You there, is the city nearby?"

"No this is only a road, the city is still three kilometers away." [Merchant]

"They've made a road this far?! Blaspheme!!" [Winston]

"What use could this be, if people rarely traverse this far! Roads like this should only be in the city!"

"Indeed they are wasting money."

"Umm..." [Merchant]

"What is it? Do you have something to say?"