Chapter 7. Lady Meteor's idea

Puck's POV

I stood, waiting for Lady Meteor and Sabrina. While they were busy cooking dinner, I decided to take a look around Lady Meteor's living place. The hall I was standing in was very large, its walls and ceiling were painted lilac and the floor was covered with a Persian carpet. The furniture was ebony and redwood. I can't say I liked the design of the hall, but it looked impressive.

When I finished examining the old-fashioned furniture, I heard Lady Meteor shouting:

"Puck! Where are you? The dinner's ready!"

I walked to one of the doors that led away from the hall. It was made of white marble and was adorned with diamond letters: "THE BALCONY". I ran to another door, which led to "THE COLLECTIONS OF SEASHELLS". Finally, I found the way to "THE DINING HALL". I opened that door.

The dining hall was painted in silvery shades of white, and it was also very cold in there. It reminded me of the Snow Queen's Homeland.

A large table was served in the middle of the hall. I was a little disappointed: the food was normal! I prefer the old lady's queer cooking... Sabrina, though, seemed to be glad that Lady Meteor's dinners were so ordinary.

When the three of us sat down, Lady Meteor said:

"So, Sabrina informed me that the Scarlet Hand had struck again. But I knew it already. I have a telescope that allows me to see everything magical in our galaxy. I invented the telescope myself!" she added proudly. "The Scarlet Hand is mostly dangerous because it has a lot of members. Few of them are powerful, and almost nobody of them is able to defeat me. They're all afraid of me, though. You know, they have a quantity of magic and I have a quality."

"You'll help us?" Sabrina asked hopefully.

"Of course. The Hand is really dangerous, especially for humans and weak Everafters," Lady Meteor replied. "But the only way to defeat them is to take them by surprise."

"What surprise?" I wanted to know. Lady Meteor looked at me and chuckled:

"You're the Trickster King, right? Can you play a prank on the Scarlet Hand?"

"Oh, it would be great!" A simple idea! I should have thought of that myself! "What prank?"

"Take your spaceship. Go to their military base and spray it with oatmeal."

I thought I have misheard it. Sabrina looked stunned as well.

"Oatmeal?" she repeated.

"Yes, what's so confusing about it?" Lady Meteor said. "It must confuse the enemies, not you."


It's not simple oatmeal, of course.

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