The castle apothecary heard a somehow annoyed croak, and looked up from his crucible. The largest toad he’d ever seen was sitting on the bench and staring at him. It was wearing the court magician’s hat of office.
“Magus?” he asked, hoping this wasn’t another prank.
“I do not wish to talk about it,” the toad said. “I have a list of ingredients for you. I shall cast the spell to break the curse myself, but I need you to brew the potion. You will find it is well within your capacity.”
The apothecary smirked. “Fighting with the missus again?”

“Green Toad” by kaibara87 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

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