Competition

Roland saw that Yelia returned while he waited for the wildfire to die out.

They met at the hilltop. Looking at the wildfire, Yelia asked, "Did you cause this?"

Roland nodded.

"What spell was that?" There was disbelief in Yelia's eyes. "It's as powerful as a forbidden spell."

"Inferior Fireball."

Yelia snorted angrily and sat down on the rock without care for his image. "Now is not the time for jokes."

Roland said sincerely, "It's really Inferior Fireball."

Yelia turned around abruptly and looked at him. "Are you serious?"

"Yes." Roland sat on the rock too and said helplessly, "Do you want me to show it to you again?"

"That will be unnecessary." Yelia waved his hands. Then, he clutched Roland's sleeves and said, "I'll give you five hundred gold coins for the spell model. Those are my savings from the past twenty years."