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should do. Oh, itтАЩs so beastly, knowing everyone only wants you for your womb!тАЭ

She blushed, shocked that she could be so coarse in front of someone sheтАЩd just met, but Nevyn smiled
and patted her on the shoulder.

тАЬIt must be, indeed, but your life does have a great deal more to offer. YouтАЩve just got to learn how to
find it. Come sit at the table of honorтАФnot way down there! Take your rightful place at the regentтАЩs right
hand.тАЭ Nevyn pulled out a chair for her, then sat down at her left without waiting to be asked.

When Bellyra shot a nervous glance ElycтАЩs way, she found him scowling at her, but with Nevyn for
support she scowled right back and motioned him over with a wave of her hand.

тАЬYour foster brother is welcome to sit at our table, at your left hand, even, if you so choose.тАЭ

тАЬMy thanks, Your Highness.тАЭ Somewhat unwillingly, Elyc obeyed her indirect order and came over to sit
down with Caradoc following along. тАЬMay I order drink for me and my guest?тАЭ

Bellyra ignored the sarcasm, nodded her approval, then turned pointedly to speak to Nevyn. The noise
in the great hall picked up in a buzz of whispers and speculation at the princessтАЩs rare appearance among
important men.

тАЬYou said you read about this sorcerer in a book, Your Highness?тАЭ Nevyn said. тАЬMay I inquire as to
which one?тАЭ
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тАЬIt was just a record book of sorts that I found up in one of the towers. ThereтАЩs bales and bales of stuff
crammed into the upper rooms, you see. Actually this was a codex, not a true book. The head scribe
told me the difference, and he says itтАЩs very important. But anyway, someoneтАФit never does give his
nameтАФwrote the history of Dun Cerrmor, when everything was built, and who lived here, and sometimes
he even puts in what they spent on a feast or suchlike. And whenever he talks about the years from 760
to 790, he mentions the great sorcerer named Nevyn, who planted the old willow tree weтАЩve got in the
inner garden and who ended up advising the king.тАЭ

тАЬAh, I see. Well, by all accounts my grandfather was an amazing man, but I doubt me very much if he
was a sorcerer. For a man to rise from gardener to councillor is very, very rare, Your Highness, and I
imagine it must have looked like sorcery to some.тАЭ

тАЬOh.тАЭ Bellyra was bitterly disappointed. тАЬNo doubt youтАЩre right, good sir, but I had so hoped he was a
real sorcerer! But still, itтАЩs rather splendid to get to meet his grandson after reading about him and all. I
take it your family became merchants with the inheritance he left?тАЭ

тАЬIn a way, truly. I used to deal in herbals and medicinals, but the times are grave enough for me to lay
aside my old trade and do what I can for the true king.тАЭ

тАЬWell, iron is the best medicinal for the army, sure enough. Do you really believe the true king will ever
come?тАЭ