Millennial Mage novel · Chapter 20 of 24
Chapter 20: The Muster Opens
The square in front of the Hall held thirty thousand people on a normal market day.
At noon it held more, and nobody was selling anything.
I stood on the wooden platform in my cardigan with the black ledger against my chest.
Beside me stood the archivist, her lantern still in her hand, and behind us Teo, Bran and Isaura.
Three thousand clerks had formed a gray wall at the foot of the platform.
On the high balcony of the palace opposite sat the King, a quiet man in plain brown with a crown that did not fit.
The chancellor lifted his staff.
"The Muster is open," he said. "The Hall speaks first."
Vesk climbed the steps in his gray silk and stood very easily in the sun.
He did not use notes.
"People of Orlenne," he said, in that carrying voice.
"I have served this realm for twenty-six years.
I have fed its armies and ranked its children.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of Millennial Mage are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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