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The mouths of the other three dropped open in astonishment. "Father!"
exclaimed Exotica.
"But I'm not your father, as I would have thought you would have realised.
Remember
that state visit your father went on about a year ago? I captured him on
his return
journey, and took his place. It was easy for a mage such as I to fool
everyone. Ever
since, your father has been imprisoned in the dungeon in my caverns. It's
hardly
surprising that all the knights I have sent out to kill the dragon, to
avoid suspicion
falling on myself,
have come to bad ends. Their maps guided them straight into my clutches...
"Now, what am I to do with you three? For of course I can't let you raise the alarm. I could kill you, of course. Or I could magically transport you to my dungeon. Or I could turn you into animals so that you could neither talk nor write. Or I could simply erase all memory of the last few minutes from your minds, but leave you with a burning conviction that the three of you together must enter the caverns to slay the dragon. That last one rather appeals to me." The dragon-mage opted to:
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