Chapter 75 - Launch speech and a bet. (1/2)

Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am pleased to welcome you to this joyous occasion at the DevVin Corporation, and I am also here to thank the impressive Kingdom of Dulein for receiving us with such a warm embrace. I stand before you as a representative of our magnanimous company and also because I was utterly and astonishingly dragged here by pure bad luck. Yes, my dear guests. I lost a bet, not the kind of simple bet but a horrible trickery.  ​​

A bet I shouldn't have lost if I was allowed to use my magic, or my potion, yes, the one which can cure sadness. Anyway... sigh, without further ado, and because I want to let you enjoy the rest of the event, and because I want to get out of here as soon as possible, I am honored to introduce you… me. Wizar Druon, the heavenly handsome wizard, Master of the Most Outstanding Magic, and a renowned member of the Wizardly Union. The savior of the word happiness and the most acclaimed man in the world.

Don't worry my friends, I will give you autographs when all of this is over, though, you will have to make a line.

Then again… oh right, take a look at the products of this year.

First, I was tasked with the horrible job to make a little introduction about our products, they even wrote it in these cards here. However, I am too lazy for that, and I am a magician not some kind of writer or academic that is holed up in a lab his whole life… [He is… most of his days he had been slaved… in his lab], so the best way to do this is to show it to you.

Take a look at the beautiful promo for the new features of VinDev. Just to make a note on this. I was forced to buy their shares.

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The Wizard Druon of Lith was forced to make the first speech at the launch event. The ones nominated to do it in a biased voting pool were three candidates: Druon, Anne, and the Duke of Mills.

Then, to find the one who will step in the platform and lead the launch to its successful end, a bet had to be taken place.

The terms of the bet:

1. Resist without vomiting a slice of Moira's cake.

2. Look at Gandalf in the eyes without patting his head.

3. Win against Henry in a sword battle.

4. Make Callum laugh.

It was unnecessary to say who was getting the short stick in every battle. Anne didn't eat the cakes, as the two others did, and they ended up running to the bat. Gandalf is a confirmed loss to all of them. Somehow, those big bright eyes made anyone led their hands to part his head and then give him everything he wants, everything.

The sword battle, well only the wizard lose, he didn't even try. He just said 'I am sorry, but I don't want to harm a little youngster.'

The little youngster smiled at the trembling legs of the wizard, and said 'I understand, I won't ever dare harm an old grandpa.'

For the other two, well, Henry won't ever dare to win against Anne. And the battle with his father, well, he had a long way before daring to win against the commander of the Shadow Knights. He realized that, and he didn't like it, not in the least.

For the last battle, the scores were, Anne, two losses, and one win; Duke of Mills, two loses and one win; Wizard Druon, three losses.

Then the next one will determine everything. To make Callum laugh.

If Anne and the Duke lost, then the Wizard would have an opportunity to win, so he had no other choice but to tell the best joke in the world.

Anne, she looked into the red-eyed man, and then she nodded. She was about to start and said her joke, but then a laugh came out from her mouth, ”Muahahahaha!”

The others around could only slightly lower their heads with trembling shoulders and hands in their mouths.

”I will not tell a joke because I am not funny, I am evil, the most outstanding evil in the world.”

”However, I should make you laugh…” Anne passed into the room from one side to the other. ”Do you have tickles?”

”No,” he didn't know what even the word 'tickle' refers to.

”…”

”Knock knock…”

”What is that?”

”You should answer, Who is there?”

”Where?”

”Say, 'who is there?' after I say 'knock knock'.”

”Who is there?”

”Anne”

The idiot Callum kneeled down and saluted the Princess.

”You should say, 'Anne who?'”

”My Princess?”

”Say it…”