It was supposed to be petty revenge. The sorcerer surrendered the bag of coins to the tax collector, only smirking a little.
That night, the coins would grow little legs and skitter back to him. The spell was usually used as a prank to scare first-year students.
He went to sleep dreaming of his wealth returning to him and woke up on a bed of coins. A small error in the spell’s structure caused it to spread, infecting every coin in the treasury.
The sorcerer quickly packed up his little house and disappeared to start his new life of crime.

“Coin” by jetalone is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Everyday Drabbles © 2026 by Hugh J. O’Donnell is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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