Not as Idiotic as Previously Appeared

"She really thinks my weapon failed on her?" Hanlon seemingly was summoned by the mere implication one of his weapons did not work as intended.

"No, she was using it as a way to look over my store for magical crap. I don't believe I ever sold her the pistol she used to shoot her own foot." Therod's guard members were already gone, having found what they wanted to find and I had a nice fine to go along with it.

"And they didn't find anything right?"

"Oh no they found plenty of small knick nacky magical garbage, hidden just where they'd look so Therod would get to have her moment of triumph and hand me this fine and a warning and I get to look all 'shucks captain I had no idea those magical things were here' while all the real dangerous stuff is safely hidden in places she'd never find." Hanlon smiled, as I've said before I'm a dick, I'm involved over my head in matters I should leave alone, but I'm not an idiot, I learn things.

"Well played Trezlan well played, everytime we have a conversation I learn more about you that cements my view as my favorite person. When the time comes for this world firey demise I'll make sure to save you." He smiled and left and I wasn't entirely sure he wasn't just foretelling the world would be wiped out in a fire storm, but I at least took solace he'd save me from that fate, which probably meant I'd wind up in some other horrid version of bondage for all time instead. Still I'd be alive! I was interrupted in my thought of how the world would be wiped out by a knock at the door by a messenger. He wasn't a special messenger, just the normal letter carrier who comes and goes, but his message was special. In fact it was a message I'd been wanting to see for a long time.

Dear Trezlan Lorentino

Your petition to reenter the borders of Ronerawth is set to be reviewed in Two weeks time.

 

 

Long live the Empire

 

Ronerawth Imperial Council

 

 

I was going to be allowed to go home! FINALLY! I swear I jumped two feet in the air when I read that letter. Sure it said my petition would be reviewed, but that was a lot better than the "Stop writing us we do not like you." Letters I'd been recieving for years! I was finally getting somewhere, so of course I should have been instantly leery of it, but I wasn't because I'm Trezlan Lorentino eternal optimist!