He felt a lot better, just staring at the house. At least, now, he was sure he was in the Cradlands and he could find his way to the castle. The soporific weakness he felt seemed to have been replaced with vigor. He took a step closer. “V-“
The door opened and Von looked at him with guilt all over his face. He walked up to Fred and held out the bag of money.
Fred smiled. “Never mind”, he said. “You can keep it. I just wanted to be sure”
Fred turned around, heading back to the castle. There probably was still a war going on and they don’t even have enough fighters. They were lucky only six Senators had come for them. Now, they would put more time and effort in preparing for the actual war. He leaped on his wave glider.
“Fred”, Von called. “Thank you”
Fred nodded and glided back to the
