<h4>Chapter 44: Emmah would get a proper wee.</h4>


    Elowin sent Lanai out and when she returned, it was with a bag from which Elowin removed orbs in different shapes and sizes.


    "They can expand to different sizes and some can project onto a wall forrge screen viewing. I have been able to record a few things using mystic memory crystals, the crystal with already recorded data is attached to the orb and then you select what you want to watch."


    As he exined, he showed them how it worked, projecting onto the wall recorded footage which Sigrid regarded to be behind the scenes footage from a pce harem drama series.


    "Are you shooting already?" she asked, astonished.


    She was not the only one that was astonished, all the Thorin’s were as they had never seen magic used in this way. This was because all mages became sword mages, their talents were used to forge weapons not entertainment trinkets.


    "Is this a part of our castle?" Duke Thorin stood up, he walked to the wall and touched the image.


    The others could not resist, they did the same, looking at their hands in wonder as reflections from the projection feel on them. Only Sigrid remained behind, she was not new to televisions after all, even though these were magical televisions, they did the same job.


    "There are people in there, talking!" Deanna gasped.


    "They are called actors and actresses," Elowin shared proudly.


    Sigrid had filled his mind with all sorts of lingo that was rted to films and television, he was excited to be working on something other than a sword. If all worked out well, he would be remembered as a great mage of Eldoria instead of just another sword mage that had not aplished anything major.


    "What are you shooting?"


    "The dark rise ofdy Le nche," he shared with an eager smile. "It’s about a kingdom in which magic is banned and any woman that births a child with magic is put to death. The king’s wife happens to give birth to a daughter with magic, he loves his wife so he kills everyone that knows the secret and sends his daughter away to a far awaynd with a knight.


    Ten yearster, the king allows magic to be restored, his daughter returns secretly but he rejects her for fear of the secreting out that he ughtered children of others and saved his own.


    She grows up to be resentful so she trains hard in magic waiting for an opportunity whiches when she saves the life of the crown prince in battle and returns to the kingdom with him on a mission to wipe out the entire royal family and be the queen.


    She does a lot of evil in order to get the throne, including sleeping with her own brother the crown prince!!"


    The Thorin’s gasped, including Sigrid, that part was not in the script which she secretly gave to Mister Soleil, Eldoria’s rising ywright.


    She had handed it to him and told him to find Elowin, after that she hypnotized him using a pocket watch from the bank into forgetting that they had met and believing that he had written the story.


    Sigrid was now just learning that Mr. Soleil had made his own changes to the script which she wrote basing on the character ofdy Morgana Le Fay in the series Merlin.


    Who knew where Mr. Soleil had got the idea to mix in some game of thrones.


    "Err...brother are you sure that...I mean will people hunt you down with torches for..." Sigrid waved her hand. "You know what, the more despicable yourdy Le nche is, the better. It will be a great wee to noble life gift for Emmah, if the first episode is ready, let’s have a viewing tomorrow at the royal castle."


    Slowly, everyone returned to the table to put their heads together and continue the discussion.


    "What else do we need to do?" John asked.


    His eyes just like the others kept darting back to the screen.


    "Lysander Windrider, the prime minister’s son. He is one of the men that willunch Emmah into our society, I don’t want them to meet just yet or ever. Does anyone have any idea about how he can be stopped from attending court tomorrow when Rnd returns?"


    The Thorin’s already had a list of all the people that Sigrid had said would be assisting Emmah, they had slowly been working on making the lives of those people more troubled such that they would not have the resources to help Emmah as much. They did not make a move to kill anyone unless Sigrid sanctioned it.


    "Kill him." Deanna suggested.


    It was always her first go to ce and nobody blinked when she said it.


    "I can’t, the voice in my dream told me not to do it just yet meaning that he is useful to someone." she responded.


    She had figured that the bank had a use for him.


    "Make him ill, it is forbidden for a sick individual to attend the king’s court unless summoned by the king or queen." Elowin made a different suggestion.


    "Break his legs." Nathaniel chimed in.


    "Let him attend." An unexpected voice contributed to the conversation suddenly.


    All heads turned in Cosmos’s direction, therge knight raised his sk as if to toast them and took a sip before closing his eyes and pretending to sleep.


    In thest two months, duke Thorin had noticed that Sigrid listened to all the suggestions of the knight. No matter how hard he raked his brain, he could not recall when, where or why he had hired Cosmos to be Sigrid’s personal guard.


    The rtionship between Sigrid and Cosmos was more of a rtionship between equals than master and servant, another thing that the duke did not understand. Still, because of the knight’s incredible strength, he hade to respect the man.


    "Why is that?" he asked.


    "Don’t bother, he won’t reply but there must be a good reason behind his words." Sigrid lowered her voice and whispered, "He is a mage."


    Many eyes bulged at the revtion because it was a big deal to be a mage, it came with honors, wealth and glory. Mages were on the same level as nobles.


    "He is a mage, how?" Duchess M queried.


    "Why is he working as your personal guard?" Duke Thorn asked.


    Elowin jumped out of his chair. "I have never seen, did hee from another kingdom? He is not a registered Eldorian mage."


    "How strong is he, what magic does he practice?" Deanna asked in an excited voice.


    She, for one was itching to just shout it from the roof tops that their Thorin family had three mages, one more that the royal family.


    "st it! the king will have our hides if he ever discovers this." Duke Thorin said. He was torn between celebrating and dragging Cosmos to the mage estate so that he could register as an Eldorian mage.


    "Everyone, let’se back to the issue at hand, forget Cosmos. Whatever he is thinking, it will be revealed on that day, he will tell me why Lysander’s presence is required.


    In the meantime, we should continue our discussion or end it. As it’s already runningte, I am inviting you all to spend the night, we have much to discuss.


    Grandfather, at the next court hearing, get one of your people to propose aw on the reform of women’s education. Since Emmah cannot change thews on marriage, she will move to education next. Let’s beat her to it, I will not be involved this time but I will give you my notes."


    The Thorin’s settled and continued their talk, plotting against the foe that was already knocking on the gates of the city.