Corruption is Magic

“You want how much raw iron?” The Kobold king asks in shock as he places down his mug of alcohol that he holds onto the table we sit at.

“One hundred tonnes to start with.” I say sipping my own drink and I watch as the King sputters and looks at me like I've gone mad. Who knows, maybe I have at this point.

“We hardly produce even a fraction of that amount, how could you expect us to produce that for a deal when we have yet to know if it works.” The King asks and I give a small nod then a hum in thought.

“We could reduce the import till the benefits start showing then increase it slowly as you get used to it.”

“And what exactly will we be getting in return?”

“Well dear king, you will have access to this unique magic, with it we can grow organs and organic material that can be used to save lives. Perfectly preserved and ready to be surgically put into someone who had a faulty organ or more. Then we will also have materials from other worlds at our disposal for trade in a short while. Resources you don’t have natively in this world.” I offer and the king seems to ponder but shakes his head.

“No, I need something more.”

“Ah, well then how about some… recreational goods?” Alexander asks as he pulls out from his suit jacket a package of golden shimmering powder. This grabs everyone’s attention and even mine as I had no idea he had this or what it was.

“What is this?” The King asks as he looks at the powder that Alexander places on the table.

“This is called Glory. It’s a narcotic, one pinch of this stuff will make you feel like you’re in the clouds.” Feeling my blood boil a bit I stand up and use my magic to grab the bag and Alexander by the collar of his suit.

“Please excuse us your majesty, I need to speak with Alexander.” I say dragging him off out of earshot of the others. “Alexander, What the fuck!” I angrily say as I put him up against a wall.

“Come now dear, it is a product, a service, that we are lacking. I simply took the initiative on making contacts out of those left hanging with Pevela gone.” Alexander calmly explains as if it was the most obvious thing ever.

“You idiot, you offered to sell a nation leader drugs? What are you thinking? They could see it as us trying to make their people addicted to stuff only we can provide, basically stongarming them into deals.”

“Don’t we want that? It would mean we wouldn’t ever need to worry about them backing out unless they want to fight their population.” Alexander asks and I open my mouth to retort but stop.

“I… Fine but… can we be more casual about it?” I ask which Alexander nods to me. “Good.” With that I return with Alexander to the table where Gaurt is subtly hitting on the Kobold. Sitting down Gaurt stops her teasing and gives me a beaming smile as if she is being an angel. “Sorry to interrupt the teasing Gaurt. I hope she wasn’t too much your highness.”

“Oh no, she wasn’t bothersome one bit.” He responds with a chuckle and a wave of his hand.

“Good, well, Alexander and I had a talk and we agree you and your people might enjoy some of our world's recreational goods. Much like alcohol this is used frequently.” I say pulling information out of my ass to try and sell the idea of this being an everyday thing.

“Ah so you use this yourself Miss Sparkle?” The king asks and I feel myself pause for a second. What should I do? What should I say? Without any more thought I say the first answer that comes to mind.

“Yes, yes I do.”

“Ah, that’s good to hear. Why don’t we all share some to go with the drinks?” Fuck! This is bad, what do I do!? I look over to Alexander who smiles and nods to the King.

“I don’t mind.” Alexander says but Gaurt who is the only one not drinking alcohol shakes her head.

“I don’t want to have any, sorry man.” She says and I mentally groan at her not using his proper title.

“Then it is settled, let’s have a sample of this product you have.” The King says not paying Gaurt any mind thankfully. Grabbing the bag I open it and am met with the smell of a fragrance that makes my mouth water, the smell of delicious cream and sweet cooked marshmallows with a hint of caramel hits my nose. Even the scent alone is able to make my head cloud very slightly and make me want to take a bunch of the powder in my mouth. Holding out the bag to Alexander and the King with my magic I allow them to take a pinch each but I see Alexander swiftly do some subtle magic to get rid of the powder he had grabbed before he acts to pop it in his mouth.

The King, having his own powder, waits and watches me and I realize he is going to watch me like a hawk for me to take it. I’m so fucked. Gritting my teeth I grab a decent pinch and close the bag. Glancing over at Gaurt who looks back at me with a smile I give her a small smile then turn my head back to the King watching me. “To a prosperous future.” I say and put the powder in my mouth, the first thing to hit me is the taste, like the smell the taste is sweet and creamy with a hint of caramel to it and by the time it fully dissolves I can feel a wave of calmness and lightness wash over my body. Looking around things seem to shift and wobble and I can’t help but laugh a bit as I think about how worried I was. This feels great. I can’t even remember why I’m here exactly but I have three great friends here to have fun with. I happily think as I look at the others at the table. This King guy looks kinda cute now that I look at him. Maybe He’d be interested in some more fun from my world. I let out a giggle as I think that and it seems he finds my laugh funny because he starts to giggle himself. Having friends is great.