Cycle: Land of the Dragon. Selection: Choice or Destiny. Book One
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There were so many variations as familiar to me, similar, and completely unknown. But we also have a variety of strings, but the sound of balalaika, for example, is quite different from the guitar, which means I have to look in the music store (maybe I will be lucky to find something suitable by the sound.)
Putting aside the book, I started to study the alphabet. I had one version of the alphabet from Elegelica and a second version from the wizard. I found the pictures with the letters (you know, as we do for children over the letter «A» painted apple), copied to his notebook and put the transcription of the usual Russian letters. So I can slowly begin to learn to read. But not today. It's time to go on a visit. So I can slowly begin to learn to read. But not today. It's time to go on a visit Rosalind.
Chapter 21
Chambers Rosalind combined the emerald velvet canopy, swamp green sofa upholstery, dark wallpaper in the small green flower, brown, heavy curtains and furniture made of wood (not easy and graceful , but rather massive) bed wide high-backed cabinet with heavy doors and dressing table with wide mirror.
Rosalind sat me down on the couch and poured tea in a cup of the most delicate china.
– How’s Nadine’s mom’s health? – I asked – Postpone she the play?
– No, the play was written long ago. Nadine only edits and rewrites details on roles. She promised to finish before the end of the month. We’ll start rehearsals in July. She was, by the way, very happy your desire to insure one of the participants in case something happens.
– By the way, I thought I could rehearse with everyone one by one reading with the opponent to be able to navigate in the text and suggest from behind the scenes, so to speak be prompter.
– Great idea, we’ll give you a copy of the play and we’ll try. Let's start with me.
– As with the male roles? Some of the servants, or disguised themselves of our participants?
– You don’t know Nadine very well – she said Rosalind with a smile. Some roles will play our escorts. The protagonists be played by the stars of the capital theater.
– Will they come to us or are we going out to rehearse at the theater?
– On Tuesdays we to them, on Thursdays they are to us. 10 rehearsals is too short, but they have a tight schedule of rehearsals and performances, so again, your help will be invaluable.
– I can’t wait to read play and start rehearsing.. And costumes, decorations?
– Some costumes and ready sets will be provided by the theater, the rest will be financed by the emperor.
– I’m a little sorry I turned down a part. – I smiled back. Besides the fact that I really wanted to take part in the rehearsals, I think it is also an opportunity to learn the writing faster.– Rosalind, I wanted to ask you for help. See, I know too little about the real world. I made that point to the emperor, and now I have to map out the itinerary and give as much detail as possible. He promised to look it up and give me an answer. I need help with the map. You do know more about what worth to visit.
Rosalind was thinking. I did not expect that such a simple request could cause a range of emotions and deep thoughts.
–Rosalind, is there something wrong? I’m not insisting if you can’t for some reason, just say I won’t be offended.
– I will help. Of course, I'll help you. I just want to ask you – she stopped for a while – Please take me on this trip.
I got up from the couch and began pacing the room.
– Rosalind, but this selection, and purpose of the project to explore each other. His Majesty and so not happy that I instead of being next to – leave. If I tell him that now two of us… I do not know how to tell him about it? – I froze in front of the girl, she was completely calm.
– Catherine, our families are friends since childhood. Yes, I often talked to Nadine and her brother than to heirs, but believe me, the time to look at each other and fall in love was enough, and my presence or absence for some time will not change anything in our relationship. I, as you rightly noted, better acquainted with the geography and traditions of the country, and therefore can help you navigate, but my knowledge is mainly theoretical, I do not have much traveled. After all, I’m curious. I can to talk to an heir myself if you agree.
– Well, if you have long been familiar, probably, he will not mind. I’d be happy if you could keep me company.
– Great, I promised Nadine to come for the weekend, I'll be back in a couple of days and start, okay?
Chapter 22. The legend of dragons
The next three weeks passed unnoticed. In the morning, I learned to read, in the afternoon I took a walk in the park, and later in the evening, Rosalind and I moved to the library and deepened into the study of maps and the construction of a route.
In general, the geography of the empire can be divided into four parts:
In the south there are mostly dragons, in the north werewolves, in the west magicians, in the east people. In the center, stands the castle of the emperor in the heart of the empire.
The territories of the distribution is not legally fixed, but due to the ability to create marriages. As it turned out, in marriage of the dragon and werewolf only can be born man (rarely magician). People live much less both species, watch as aging and dying your child is difficult. Additionally, both dragons and werewolves are pack and drawn to their own, which also generates conflicts. In alliance with any of the human kind is born dragon, werewolf or mage but never a human. A powerful wizard is not born very often, but it can be born in any couple (with a lot of luck with the ancestors). That is such a complex genetics. As a result, each species tries to choose from their own kind.
I have long tormented by the question, why is it possible union of man and dragon.
Rosalind replied: “So we came from the same ancestors”
I specified" Dragons and werewolves from Adam and Eve?», to which I learned the answer;
– I do not know who the Adam and Eve, but how can you not know the legend of the origin of species ?… But, you're a province may have slightly different legends. Okay, I'll tell you
So, lived on a planet human beings, among them grew mad scientist. He dreamed of eternal life, and even a way to come up with. He took four energies, put them in the vessel, mix them up and gave the first subject a drink. That’s how the first magician came to be. Different doses of energy were given to the next subject, so magicians now can live for 100-200 years.