Chapter 51

~~ Escapade ~~

“Yes. What where you expecting?” Kurt asked defensively. The somewhat grave and stunned expressions on Ian and Karen's faces caused him to frown a bit.

“Metal… Real metal, not the waste products of winged horses,” Ian replied as he recovered from his shock.

‘Is this guy crazy?’ he couldn’t help but ask inwardly.

Kurt dipped a hand in his pocket and sighed, “We’re in a stable, what other stuff is here other than the hays? I still don’t get why you’re surprised.”

“No one in their right mind would ever think that an horse's dung has such an attribute. Which is still confusing by the way,” Karen folded her hands, “Mind explaining how this irritating thing is Etnum?”

“Well…” Kurt smiled nervously. “We can’t call this Etnum per say… It’s more like a mixture containing a sparse amount of it…”

“Excuse me?” Ian interrupted, almost shouting.

‘This isn’t the real deal? Don’t tell me we risked coming here for nothing,’ Ian was having it in mind to at least punch