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Дата обновления : 14.06.2023
Only none ofВ the satellites have seen them, besides the horses who tried toВ flood them with hooves.
The golden web on the left side ofВ the new road, which was able toВ leave, no one also noticed. But the flickering creatures are crawling along it, or women, whether the spides, gloatingly whispered after Amaranta.
В«How good that you arrived! We all welcome you!В»
It was worth turning toВ the rear window ofВ the carriage, and they no longer see them behind. Either the carriage is going too quickly, or aВ huge web with Arachnes was only an illusion.
GoldenВ game
The king ofВ the elves appeared suddenly. Angus did not expect him toВ visit right now. And how can he call the guest ofВ the one who originated right from the emptiness on the other side ofВ the table fromВ you.
Just ranked somewhere bells, sounded right above the ear ofВ wonderful voices, and here the elf is already here. Dagda clearly made aВ moment when Angus remained alone and without servants, and without vassals. Obviously, before appearing toВ all the inhabitants ofВ the county, he wanted toВ agree on something with the count personally. But as it turned out, he wanted only toВ play, and the invisible servants were taken inВ care that all items disappeared from the table. Instead ofВ them, the gold figures were lined up on the countertop: or chess, or checkers. They moved themselves. They did not need toВ even touch them. Angus has never become aВ participant inВ the game inВ which it is not necessary toВ play. Everything is done byВ yourself.
В«IВ just check the honesty ofВ your intentions,В» Dagda admitted, В«and see that they are honest.В»
В«And how can this be seen?В» perplexed Angus. Unless the elf knows how toВ read thoughts inВ the face.
В«They catch all your intentions,В» Dagda waved his hand toВ spinning figures, which resemble golden tornados. His nails were also gold covered with some embossed patterns. You do not need toВ wear with such nails and rob. Such nails are already as aВ jewel.
Angus felt not inВ his place. Although he was sitting inВ his own chair inВ his castle, and Dagda was here just aВ guest. But inВ the presence ofВ an elf, the owner ofВ the castle felt himself uncomfortable.
В«So, do you know all my thoughts?В»
The elf looked at him through the table with clean azure eyes, for which, as if darkness was hiding.
В«They know!В» He nodded again on the figures, reminding the ghosts from the golden sand.
«You have a lot of thoughts, but among them there is not a single insidious idea,» the king of Elves decreased to clarification. «From the people you’re the first one, whom I can call sincere. So let’s be friends.»
AВ good offer! Is it an honest one. Angus remembered the disturbing stories ofВ the peasants and even several knights who returned from the forest inВ aВ terrible state and swore that the evil spirits almost pinched them toВ death.
В«InВ our areas, they say that Elves can not honest,В» Angus admitted. He did not want Dagda toВ consider him petty or unfriendly.
В«InВ my country the elves talk about people the same,В» said the guest indifferently. В«But IВ see that it is not always worth believing what they say. People are different as we, elves.В»
В«Among you there are not only an elves,В» Angus did not even know how toВ call those terrible creatures that sometimes began toВ appear here together with quite harmless fairies.
В«Now IВ offer friendship from the face ofВ the whole ofВ my magic people, no matter how much varieties do not belong toВ them, as you have suggested aВ friendly union toВ me on behalf ofВ the whole county, although not all the knights are also generous as you.В»
В«You already know about their contradictions?В»
В«IВ know about everything,В» Dagda unexpectedly caught one ofВ the golden figures with his hand. Under his fingers, it took the outlines ofВ the flower closed byВ the petals inВ the ring.
В«You think now about your bride, which sailed here through the sea. Give it toВ her!В»
Angus took the ring uncertainly. For such elegant work, no earthly jeweler is capable.
В«She exactly likesВ it!В»
В«IВ know how toВ please how toВ earth girls and fairies,В» Dagda had aВ self-confident appearance.
В«How can IВ thank you?В»
«Only being honest in communication. I can’t endure hypocrisy.»
And it says master of all elves. Is it worth trusting him or is it a tricky trap? He came here and now lubricate people to himself in the magical seven hills, and then rip them on the feast. Doesn’t the legends go about him that he did this with his enemies from the magic clan?
В«The danger was waiting on the sea,В» Dagda said. В«Your bride had not toВ saile byВ the sea. Water like beautiful girls, but the risk is already behind. Amaranta is save and sound on the shore.
В«You even know her name!В»
В«You know it, and IВ know everything you know.В»
«And I don’t know anything about you. Do you have a Queen?» Angus asked with trepidation and felt relief when Dagda denied it. Seeing the real elf, unwittingly feel jealousy. He wanted Dagda to belong only to him. Even thoughts about Amaranta disappeared somewhere. Angus fed to the guest charm.
В«At least you have aВ bride?В»
They want toВ impose me one, but before it happens, there will be the next war. Already between us, elves. It will not affect you.В»
It is easy toВ say!
В«This bride is so ugly that you do not want her. She is aВ monster from the forest.|
«She’s something like a black storm, which if you let her in our possessions, enlisters with her black everything and enslave us all.»
В«Then do not marry her!В»
В«It is easier toВ say than toВ do.В»
The creature, who came with Dagda diligently made the view that he did not overhear the conversation. The game on the table was done byВ itself. InВ the hall hung such aВ pleasant atmosphere, as if everything was warmed from the sun, descended into the castle straight from heaven. It is aВ solid pleasure toВ have an elf as aВ guest.
The king ofВ elves, it should be noted, was incredibly beautiful. Near him, Angus was almost ugly. Is all elves so beautiful that even the most impoverished earth guy compared toВ them can be considered crippled? They are also strong not like people, but as titans. Dagda easily crushed the stairs toВ the railway, forgotten byВ some ofВ the guards, while not borrowing about her spikes and not even noticing what heВ did.
He would be the whole castle to crush with one fist. It’s well to have such an ally. With him no war is terrible. You just need to try so that he does not become an enemy again.
Near Dagda, a green creature was expected, resembling a living tree. It held a bundle of pure gold keys. What are the gold resources of elves, if they don’t even have copper keys, but gold? How would you take all this at least partially?
Angus himself could not understand where such aВ bad thought was from. He was never greedy. And toВ steal something from the elves is almost aВ suicide. They are hundreds ofВ times stronger than people and immediately account for the thief. So what does he think about their wealth?!
В«Take something from them! At least try!В» As if someone is aВ terrible, monstrous and planted inВ aВ distant underground cell, woke up and fiercely whispered inВ his ears. This someone, dark and terrible, oddly enough led toВ aВ beautiful and shining Dagda. It did not lead, ofВ course, inВ the literal sense, but his presence was pending, like aВ black cloud. This someone is angry with the fire ofВ the rod ofВ his cell. He demanded toВ make some kind ofВ evil. Angus shook his head toВ get rid ofВ the title. It seemed that the thunderstorm cloud was hung over the hall, and the rain was not water from her, but aВ black fitness and blood.
Vision instantly passed. Did Dagda see it? The elf looked entirely focused on the game. His golden eyebrows frowned, eyes under the sparkling eyelashes stressed the figures. His eyes change the color, Angus noted it with surprise. They are green as grass, then blue, like the sky. Slightly curly hair reached shoulders. InВ color, they were also like pure gold. And on the face ofВ the king ofВ elves is nice toВ look. It immediately causes sympathy. It even entails him. Probably, for the girl it is impossible toВ be near him and immediately do not fall inВ love with madness. It is probably why he decided toВ meet alone with the count so that no one else saw him. Otherwise, broken hearts will bear numbers.
«What are you waiting for? He is near, and you don’t even try to cripple him or kill,» the wary voice came out again. It was worth covering eyelids, and Angus almost saw a monster in a cage that appeared to him from the dungeon. «Call at least pops from rural churches, if you are weak yourself. They know how to harm elves.»
This gloomy creation inВ aВ cell has dozens ofВ clawed hands and hundreds ofВ heads. All this is aВ crazy dream! He got drunk too much. Angus shook his head, trying toВ come toВ himself.
Dagda frowned, watching the game.
В«Do you feel it too? Someone third is between us?В» honestly asked him Angus, but did not receive the answer.
Dagda only flashed with golden eyelashes and smiled as if he was able toВ look into his soul and read all human fears and doubts there.
Their eyes met: Blue ofВ the Elf and brown ofВ the count. From the look ofВ Dagda came an unexpected calm, as if aВ multi-headed and multi-rigid monster inВ aВ cage did not exist even inВ aВ dream.
В«IВ am more pleasant toВ have you inВ friends than inВ the enemies,В» Dagda noticed and ordered his companion toВ transfer the count one ofВ the gold keys. В«Just turn it inВ your hands and call me instantly when you wish.В» No matter how far IВ am, but IВ will immediately be on the call.
The key lay on the pad from the green leaves and really reminded the magical.
В«So you can lure you into the trap.В»
В«But for the sake ofВ friendship, IВ go toВ risk.В»
How this elf is unusual. And how nice toВ make friends with him! And what would be aВ fight withВ him?
В«The war is not far off,В» the same evil voice made from the cage, but Angus had never listened toВ it.
В«ByВ the way, IВ bring the wonderful wine as aВ gift and pretty girlfriends toВ entertain you while you are waiting for the bride.В»
From the last Angus wanted toВ refuse, but the beauties inВ the eastern robes and with the wings already arose near, offered him sweets and mouthpiece. From vapor and aromatic smoking made dizzy the head. One ofВ the peri reminded him Amaranta, and the entrance door was tightly closed. No one will see, unless inВ the keyhole, that the groom spends time with wizards. Dagda himself, kindly offered them, has already disappeared somewhere. Apparently, he himself did not like toВ entertain. Or, that black, like aВ cloud, bride poisoned his interest inВ women and fun. Angus even felt abandoned from the fact that the king ofВ the elves went somewhere. Although it is difficult toВ feel himself abandoned inВ the company ofВ the magic beauties.
Elves at the wedding
The day ofВ wedding came. Amaranta was inВ aВ white silk dress, decorated with the flowers and with aВ bouquet ofВ roses inВ her hands. AВ heavenly vision! And the temple is just heavenly, although created byВ the hands ofВ the fairies. InВ the arches behind her back reflected the sky and clouds. The temple tiers were arranged so cunning, as if the structure was inВ heaven. Such close clouds seem only here. Amaranta looked like aВ flying angel. The bridal veil from lace framed her blond curls. The face is struck byВ incomparable beauty. Well, not aВ fairy! Even Dagda will envy such beauty.
«You can’t imagine how right are you!»
The count shuddered. Where did the voice come from? It seemed from the emptiness itself. Or from the clouds? This is again the jokes ofВ the elves or this time is it aВ warning from angels. If the first one, then nothing, even with the elves and the peace is concluded, but they love toВ fool all the same, but the second alarmed. The count sighed with relief, noticing that it says an unusual bird flying for Amaranta. It was white with aВ bright amber spot inВ the forehead, resembling aВ gem and aВ fluffy cockle on the head. He was already warned that this bird knows how toВ speak toВ the people. There is nothing surprising inВ this. He himself used toВ collect inВ the poultry house the speaking parrots delivered from foreign countries. But inВ the fluffy bird ofВ Amaranta he preferred toВ see the special blessing ofВ heaven.
It was attributed toВ the ability toВ predict the future, but inВ this count preferred not toВ really believe. What this bird was called, he did not even know, although he collected the most rare feathered species inВ his poultry house. But the birds possessing the gift ofВ foresight, he has not yet seen. And did not even hear about the probability ofВ existence. Unless she flew out ofВ the Magic World ofВ fairies. But then he knew about it. All creatures who came toВ the county after the conclusion ofВ his union with Dagda, were inВ line, because now they were obliged toВ come, fly or cord only after official warning. So installed Dagda himself. He, too, as it turned out, did not want toВ quarrel anymore.
В«He is very merciful, our ruler,В» aВ tiny drunk elf tumbled inВ aВ barrel. Now he drank without fear, and therefore did not hurry toВ fly away when he got drunk, and his tongue was unleashed. В«Good, bold, brave, humane, no one punishes inВ vain. There were still no such as he. Therefore, for him aВ couple ofВ centuries ago, everyone voted unanimously.В»
В«Were there many others?В» asked Angus.
«Yes, many…» The elf did not remember himself from intoxication. «Wait, after all, he rules not a couple of centuries, but already four or five,» he began to count on his fingers and suddenly it turned out that he had a lot of fingers than a pair of dozens on every tiny handle.?
The count was curious about the world ofВ elves.
В«But someday you will start this world toВ destroy,В» the bird whispered, sowing him on the shoulder at the altar, as if acknowledged for the owner, the future husband ofВ the hostess.
And the count again did not believe it. It’s just a bird chatter. It is not wiser than the words of the scientist parrot.
There were many supernatural guests. Residents of the county have already managed to get used to them, but here are people invited from the city, they are frightened. Fortunately, there was still no fight and quarrels. Angus was thinking about how to avoid mutual offense, since the townspeople are frightened by his magic guests. It was not necessary, of course, to invite anyone from Rodolit – the city closest to the county, but then the bishop would be nowhere to call. According to the traditions of the country, the Count had to marry not a simple priest and not even a cardinal, but only a bishop sent by the king himself. Now the rumors will reach the king that in the county, evil spirits live side by side with mortals. Probably, everyone will give a hint that it’s time to finish hostility. The magic creatures are stronger than people. You can not fight with them, you can only make a compromise. And Count Angus went to it. But is it worth expecting such humanity from the others? The bishop was displeasured, settled on the elves and fairies, although they were all beautiful as on the selection. And for some reason, they came to the wedding in white. Probably, they are considered to be a festive color. In snow-white clothes with a sparkling edging, they looked very solemnly. That’s just their wings occupied a lot of space and sometimes they whipped the people not on purpose. There were heard outraged exclamations, but no one was able to call the elves to the duel. Immediately it was clear to them to lose.
Amaranta did not show the slightest fear, having learned that the elves were now settled inВ the county, as if she was familiar with such creatures before. At the sight ofВ ugly trolls and Finodirriers inВ the crowd, she also did not express squeamishness. But her companions, including the old nurse were very frightened.
Angus also noted that even though elves and fairies decorate the wedding, but the freak-dwarfs and goblins even inВ exquisite costumes, cause aВ strong disgust. The guests who have stuck next toВ them, almost fell into fainting. Yes, it will not be easy, toВ make people discard all the prejudices and make friends with the magic folk. At first there will be many difficulties, but inВ the end, the Union with Dagda will lead toВ peace and prosperity.
But where is he himself? Why is he late for the celebration, which he himself helped toВ organize, sending the builders ofВ the cathedral. ByВ the way, they are now hiding under high domes, rustling with black leathery wings. If something needs toВ be urgently built, they are here. And also, as it turned out, they could plow overnight and falling down all the fields ofВ county, and the overall already gather harvest. Excellent workers! It is true, bringing them, Dagda put forward the requirement that people from the county stop cutting out the forest and plant the land under arable land. This, you see, harms his subjects, and they become talking on the fact that people build mills and equip the gardens on their territory. How then toВ engage inВ agriculture? The exit found the same servants ofВ Dagda. It turned out, they are able toВ feed the whole army, ensuring edible reserves only during the day. The fruits ofВ them from their spell ripened even on dried trees. Angus saw the Fairy himself, which turned aВ dry bush into aВ fragrant peach tree.
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