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lowered my gaze to him. At least he didn’t look angry with me. Queen Janti gave me an encouraging smile. I smiled back.
    “They didn’t tell me they were coming, your Majesty, or I certainly would have.”
    The King laughed. “Well, no damage done, except to your apartments. They now smell of roasted fish, I’m informed. And it will be something to tell our grandchildren; that many dragons visiting us is a rare event.”
    [They were all the dragons, your Majesty. All that remain in the multiverse. Though many of them were invisible in glim.]
    Everybody stared at Fluffy who had materialized above us, hanging in midair. People moved out of the way so he had somewhere to land. Jenny stepped up to him as his feet dropped to the floor and put her arm on his neck.
    The King looked taken aback by Fluffy’s comment. You tended to think of dragons as lords of the multiverse, not as an endangered species.
    “And why did your brethren choose to visit us in such a spectacular way?”
    “Jake has made an idiot of himself once again.” No guesses as to who said that. The King looked at his daughter enquiringly and she continued.
    “He made a deal with the Wizard of Valhalla to attend something called The Conference Between the Worlds in exchange for the power he used to defeat Bronwyn. When he attends the conference, the Valhallans will obtain the locations of all the worlds the delegates represent, the dragon worlds, the hidden worlds and Earth. He didn’t even think to ask them what being their representative meant.”
    Boy, that girl can make a guy feel small.
    The King frowned at his daughter. “My Lord Wizard Morrissey had the temerity to save Salice and all our lives, including those of many people from his home world by making a deal with the Valhallans?”
    Esmeralda stamped her foot. “You cannot possibly approve.”
    Queen Janti smiled at her daughter. “Well, I for one am glad to be alive and even happier that I might live to see my daughter give birth. Jake has a way of getting himself out of the mess he creates, and I will not condemn him for saving us.”
    The assembled dignitaries burst into spontaneous applause and Esmeralda went red in the face.
     
    Some time later, after the lords and ladies had gone, we circled the chairs on the stage leaving Fluffy a big space to sit.
    “ Valhalla has known where we are for millennia,” the King said quietly. “So we are not directly threatened by this Conference. In fact, if the Valhallans are busy elsewhere it might give us a breathing space. But this is very bad news for the Hidden Worlds.”
    “What about Earth?” Jenny asked.
    “You are too technologically advanced to make a good serf world,” Esmeralda told her. “The danger is to your family. They would make good levers against Jake.”
    “Only if Jake becomes a threat,” the King pointed out. “I think they are probably safe enough until them.”
    “Perhaps we should bring them here?” Queen Janti asked.
    I shook my head. “This is my problem and I’ll fix it when it happens. You should leave it to me.”
    [I cannot, Jake. I have been tasked with accompanying you.]
    “Okay, then leave it to me and Fluffy to sort out. There’s a more immediate problem we have to deal with.”
    Startled eyes turned to me.
    “The fires Bronwyn started destroyed a lot of crops. People are going to starve unless we do something.”
    The King shook his head. “There is nothing to be done. Poor harvests in Denton , Frode and Alegon mean they will not sell us the food we need. Chancellor Hart and Bishop Danedi are calling on the nobility to provide whatever spare grain they have in storage. It will be distributed to those in most need. Despite that, it is certain that many will starve and some will die this winter. I have released all the grain we have in our reserves, but it will not be enough.”
    Standing up, I faced the King. “I refuse to accept that.”
    “Jake, should we go back to Wales and take Esmeralda?”