What are you doing to protect us from the foreign mages?
This was a question that the lord mage was tired of hearing for it had been asked three times already. Besides the question being annoying, it came out with a tone that screamed entitlement.
"I am not one of your knights that is hired to protect you in your sleep. The mage estate does not exist to serve the nobles. If you want mage protection pay a fee and we will assign mages to your estates."
The Lord mages answer came as a shock to the noble lords sitting at a round table in the tower. Nearly frothing at their mouths, they slapped the table, gasped, jumped up and all but two raised their voices in protest.
"We cannot pay mages to protect us, it is your duty."
The Lord mage heard that similar answer from at least three nobles and it made him sneer. He hated them, he really did!!
