A/N: A shout out to my anonymous reviewer! More on what Glinda finds soon and just what Morrible was up to as well. Thanks!
Chapter 33
"I would have thought that this would have been looked for earlier," Bayram admitted. Both he and Glinda had gone into the throne room to search for the Wizard's trunk. They hadn't had to look far. It was behind the throne and in it were more bottles of the elixir that the Wizard was so fond of. There was more in there than just bottles and they were sorting through it on the steps leading up to the throne. The bottles were placed behind them, a safe distance from the steps so that they could be used as evidence.
"Morrible and I were probably the only ones that knew about it, other than you, once I told you," the blonde figured as the Lieutenant handed her a book that was locked with a small lock.
"Is there a key?" She wondered.
"I don't see one. Can you open it with your magic?" Bayram asked. He'd pulled loose papers from the box and a cloak, effectively emptying it.
"He probably has it on him. Well might as well give a lock picking spell a try," Glinda said. While she was attempting to get the book open, the Lieutenant shook out the cloak. Nothing fell out of it, so he put it down. Moving to the papers, he discovered that he could sort of read them.
"These are not in Ozian, but I can kind of read it. Have you seen it before?" He wondered, showing the papers to the blonde.
"He called it 'English'. It's mostly like Ozian. What are those?" She wondered, taking them to look closer.
"I'd say they look like a flyer. You know kind of like those signs we post of wanted criminals," Bayram said.
"I know what you mean but these look like flyers for his 'Miracle Elixir'. He's claiming it'll cure what ails you," Glinda frowned, handing the pieces of paper back to him.
"Only if you call getting drunk off your ass a cure," the Lieutenant shook his head, placing them back in the trunk.
"And want to be manipulated. He makes my skin crawl," the blonde involuntarily shivered.
"How'd the spell go?" Bayram asked, changing the subject.
"The book is open, but it looks like a long read," Glinda heaved a sigh.
"It's not in code is it?" He wondered.
"Thankfully not," She smiled slightly. Bayram stood up and grabbed the bottles off the steps. He put them back into the trunk and closed the lid.
"I think we should take this to the Council," he told her.
"I agree but they won't be meeting until tomorrow afternoon," she reminded him.
"Then it's back to Morrible's office. We need to keep this safe," the Lieutenant said. Glinda nodded, quickly standing up, clutching the book close. Bayram picked up the trunk and they headed back into the hallway.
"So now that the Captain is back, and hopefully with this case that is building, everything will go back to normal?" He wondered.
"Normal is going to have to be new. Trying to convert those that rabidly followed the Wizard will be tough. I imagine unrest will follow. I'm kind of surprised we haven't had some sort of incursion attempt yet. Probably the only thing keeping the people of the Emerald City at bay is the fact that there are heavily armed Vinkun troops here," Glinda didn't pull any punches.
"You think that they'll try something before you make an announcement and explain the situation?" He was concerned.
"I honestly have no idea, but I suppose we have to be prepared for anything," she said as they reached Morrible's office.
"Then you and I need to talk later. Just the two of us, please," Bayram told her before she opens the door for him.
"Ok, let's drop this off and check in on everyone and we'll go from there," Glinda smiled at him, wondering what he wanted to talk to her about.
To Be Continued…