It had a very large stone, the size of a phalanx, black and streaked with golden, diffuse veins. “That,” Elri explained, “is a key ring. He gave me access to a small spaceship. ” “ Oh, we have a spaceship? ” “ No, the ship is long gone. But the ring also opens a really, really big palace! ” “ It's actually more of a castle, ”corrected Tjonre, who choked Gjefren's legs around his neck so that his face was already blushing. Thamga had never seen a palace, nor a castle, and neither had Gjefren. But they knew that both were very large buildings. "And where is the palace?" Thamga wanted to know. “In the Black Mountains on a wooded plateau,” Elri explained to her daughter, “near an inland sea. Eerie, iron giants used to live there. But Papa and I drove them away . ” “ Actually, Mama was all alone. ”Tjonre didn't want the laurels that didn't deserve him. “And now,” Elri continued, “the castle is standing completely deserted, waiting for someone to come with the key ring to let him in.”
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