Final Preparations

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 86492

When Fred told Astra what Checkers had decided, she sighed. "I had hoped that Checkers would be one of my bridesmaids, but I can understand her wish to return home now that her work on translating the book is all but complete. There's no way that we can bring forward the wedding to suit her. We need to allow time for the invitations to reach your relatives and friends in Allaria and for them to travel here."

"Yes. It might be best if you are the one to break the news to your mother, and to ask her permission for the archivist to accompany Checkers, assuming that he himself is willing."

"Very well."


The Queen raised no objection, and when the archivist was asked if he would like to accompany Checkers he jumped at the chance of doing so, having no close family. So a few days later, he and Checkers met at an isolated building a short distance outside the capital. "I don't suppose that anything terrible will happen," the Queen had said, "but it's better to be safe than sorry."

Checkers had the book with her. The Glider share of the treasure had been brought under heavy armed escort a short time before. When Checkers and the archivist arrived, the captain of the escort detachment greeted them. Then he ordered his men to mount, and they rode off back towards the city.

"It seems that we are all set," the archivist observed. "The detachment is going to return here in two hours, to see if the magic has worked."

"Yes. I assume that the book will come with me when and if the spell works, as otherwise it would be a very flawed spell. If I stand next to the treasure and you stand next to me, I hope that it and you will be brought along as well. So with luck all that will remain is an empty room."

  1. When everything is ready, Checkers recites the spell.

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