Inheritor Of Magic: The Magi King

After breakfast was finished, and the demons were intently discussing the merits of the various flavours that they had experienced with Cook, Wolfe headed up above ground to take in the festival and let everyone know that he was back.

Gossip spread quickly through any town, so they would probably have already heard, but it was still good to put in a personal appearance.

"Mister Wolfe, welcome home. We have been waiting to see you again. The girls have been complaining that the number of villages to drop supplies at keeps increasing, and we're running short on Pilots. I don't suppose there's something that you can do about that?" A cat - eared local man asked as Wolfe passed one of the vendor stalls.

"You're on the delivery team, then? I'm not sure how much we can do, there are only so many trained Pilots to go around, but I suppose that I can talk to Cassie and Ella to see if we can work on getting a few more transferred to the airport."

The man smiled. "We've got customers in the Gondian Empire and Hiziros now as well. It's not too bad of a flight, but you've got to cross the mountains headed north to get to them. Mostly they're interested in the magical plants and Witch charms. They've got a coven to the west of the Gondian Empire, but they only just got their first Rank Two witch, and we've been pushing Rank Three Garden Charms and protection spells for a while now.

So, their deliveries are all bulk plants, and I heard that one of the Elves has taken pity on them and started keeping the monsters from coming down from the mountains in large numbers.

That's a real relief at their end, but it will likely only increase the number that come our way."

Wolfe chuckled. "Well, since most of them are edible, I suppose that we can't complain all that much if they're sending them to us. How about Gormana or the others in the East? Any word on requests from them?"

"Nothing for us. They've got a good deal going on with the swamps in Morgana, and that's sending them all that they needed. I don't know much about it other than that, it's not my concern, but if we can get some more planes in the air to keep the north supplied without cutting supply runs to the rest of the Wastes, it would build up a lot of goodwill. They're in a lot rougher shape than they let on, and without the garden charms, they were in real danger of not making it through this winter."

Wolfe sighed. From what he had learned from Cassie and Ella last night, most of the continent had been in a bad way the last decade or so as the natural resources ran low and the split between magical and nonmagical nations became impossible to uphold.

While the Grand Dutchies had opted for war and kidnapping to get magic back into their nation, most had tried to either tough it out or make amends with their neighbours.

That, of course, was easier said than done after two hundred years of animosity, but it was good that they had at least tried.

The Gondian Empire, a medium-sized nation along the north coast in the centre of the continent, was one that had tried to smooth things over with the small coven to the west of them. That had gotten them through a few years, but this last year had been especially bad, and until they started getting deliveries from Forest Grove, and Fae showing up to help out with high-level magic, the arrangement wasn't nearly enough.

"I think that we can get the flights sorted out easily enough, If we're still short on Pilots, I will lend some power to the design corps and we can make some larger aircraft. There is plenty of room for large cargo planes at the airstrip, so it shouldn't be an issue, as long as we have someone who can fly it. As I recall, we should have some pilots from the Grand Dutchies here still." Wolfe replied after some thought.

"Thanks, I'll pass on the good news. We have the blueprints, we just need the arrays made for the larger engines and the more powerful mana crystals for that level of consumption. Neither of those is something that the Witches can do without the inscription to work from."

Wolfe made a mental note about the issue and continued his walk through the town, waving to all the friendly faces and stopping for the occasional short conversation. Things seemed to be going well, and everyone was in full party mode, waiting for the first shows of the day to start after lunch.

There was supposed to be a display put on by the local Faeries today, in hopes of attracting some potential suitors from among the visitors. That was guaranteed to be a great show, but many lamented that Wolfe had missed the Demons putting on their fire dancing show last night.

"I'm sure they'll be doing it again. The Demons love playing with fire, and they enjoy showing off even more than that." Wolfe laughed.

That caught the attention of a few of the Wrath Demons, who were among the foremost experts on fire magic in the Demon Realms, but they calmed quickly when they saw who was speaking.

"Patriarch Noxus, it is good to see you returned home. I trust that you had a pleasant journey?" One of the deep crimson demons asked, sounding completely unnatural as he tried to be formal.

"It was a good trip. I even managed to sign a Pygmy Wrathbringer named Risa as my personal bodyguard. She will likely be around this evening, if you'd like to come say hello." Wolfe replied.

Both demons vehemently shook their heads. "I'm not built for that, I'm just a rank two clerk and she is a scary one. But congratulations on signing a bodyguard contract with someone so powerful. We were wondering who she would end up with, but my money was on the younger Prince of Nephrite, or possibly, one of the younger nobles from Sodom. Anyone older already has their personal guards, but those are all smaller in stature as well, so they would likely pick someone short to work their guard detail."

"That's understandable. I picked Millie and Chloe, the twin Bloodletters as the rest of my security detail. One of them should be behind me somewhere, they usually stay back a way since I've got magical armour on, and they dislike dealing with people." Wolfe agreed.

The clerk looked around nervously, and Wolfe could see him plotting his escape path already. He wasn't sure why, though. The twins were actually quite kind and relaxed sorts, especially for Wrath Demons.

"Thanks for your time, and good luck with all the projects now that you're back. I will be by later to drop off the day's updates and notifications." The clerk announced, then practically ran away from Wolfe.

The mention of the twins had made the man panic, and Wolfe wasn't even sure why. It sounded like it should be a good story, and a more personal reaction, since he had recognized their names and didn't react to their species alone.