![]() ![]() It was obvious he’d found something to tease me about. His jade eyes sparkled, and the corners of his mouth were turned upwards into a wry smile. ![]() His silver hair cascaded over his shoulders, revealing his white forehead and nape and the pointed ears that were characteristic of half-elves. He was leaned way back in the chair, looking at me with his head at an angle. ![]() The last time I looked, he was scraping a reed with the knife in his hand, but apparently he’d started watching me at some point. On the other side of the desk, sitting in the chair for guests, was my close friend Meneldor. I could sense the grin before I even looked. Then I ran my fingers over the pages a few times to check their texture.ĭoesn’t take much to put you in a good mood, huh, Will? Smiling, I played with the paper, turning the pages, bending them, and holding them up to the lantern so the light shone through. It might have received a passing grade by the standards of this age, but even so, it couldn’t have been called good paper by any stretch of the imagination. It was a pale-yellow ochre like fallen leaves in autumn, too off-color to call plain white, and had a rugged and substantial thickness that reminded me of construction paper from my previous world. This was not the paper from my previous world, dazzlingly white, thin enough to turn with a fingertip, and smooth to the touch. Under the lantern’s light, I untied the hemp cord that bound together a sheaf of papers and spread them across my desk. What was inside the lantern was not wavering fire, but a pure-white shell with a character engraved upon it: Lumen, meaning light. The office was lit up by the brilliant glow of a lantern. It was the kind of night in spring when the cold air had lost its edge and green grass seemed to grow in the span of a single evening. Front Image1 Front Image2 Front Image3 Front Image4 chapter1title ![]()
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