I walked over the bridge to go to the playground. I sat on my usual bench in the playground. I did not care if the if the bench was wet because I was completely drenched in the rain. My phone vibrated, I opened my phone and noticed that Alya texted me. The text said, "Aren't you coming?"
I was looking at the sky and said, "Please just this one time."
I heard a noise. It was like beating drums. I looked around to find where the noise was coming from. I got up from my bench and stood near a tree. My hand slipped and I dropped my phone. I bent down to get my phone, the noise of the drums grew even more louder. When I looked beside the phone, it wasn't me. The reflection wasn't me. It was another new world.
"Many lives have been lost to the drought. And everyone has been looking to sky, wishing the rain to quench their thirst. We will pay for the king's lack of virtue by burning his robes. Please forgive him by taking all the faults transferred to his gown and grant us rain. Powerful Demon God. Please give us rain." said someone inside the puddle.
I took a step forward to the puddle. I let my right foot touch the puddle. My foot sank deeper inside. I took my foot outside the puddle quickly. I looked around to see if anyone was watching me, I clenched my fists tighter took few steps backward and I ran faster towards the puddle. I jumped inside the puddle. The water was very deep. Suddenly I felt something pulling me with more force like a magnet. When I opened my eyes, I ended up in a very big tub of water. I gained my consciousness completely.
I coughed a lot to let the waters that I swallowed during the mysterious journey I went through. I flung myself to the rim of the big tub. I looked around everyone, they all looked like court Ministers that I see it in every Historical Dramas. They were all wearing red and blue long loose gown.
I asked the king who looked more surprising than me, "Are you filming a historical drama?".
As I soon I asked the question few started murmuring something within themselves and few looked at me as if I was an alien. I took my phone out of the hoodie pocket to see if it still works.
The king asked me, "Are you a human being or the goblin? Who are you?"
I asked, "M-me? I am just a high school senior.". The King and Ministers were shocked by my answer and looked more confused than before.
The King asked someone, "Chief of higher education, is he also a senior?"
The Chief of higher education said, "One of two high school kids became mad because of the shock and was disqualified, and it is not uncommon for them to break into the palace out of grudge.
When the Chief of higher education looked at me, I screamed, "Teacher! Teacher! Where is this?"
He commanded the soldiers, "Get up there!" The soldiers surrounded me with their swords. They had the swords near my neck. I pushed the sword gently asking them, "What is this all of a sudden-" when I looked at my finger there was a small scratch with blood. I asked quivering my lips, "Blood.....Real Swords?"
The Chief of higher education said, "Stop it. That is the gift sent to Madras by the heavens. He will save us from the drought in Madras!".
The senior Minister said loudly, "Heaven Nymph, please stop the drought."
I asked shockingly, "M-Madras?"
The higher Minister said, "The heavens please let rain fall."
The court Ministers rhymed choroused, "Please let the rain fall!".
I said, "Me?". The sword was almost touching my skin.
The senior Minister said again loudly, "The heavens! Please let the rain fall."
I remembered the scene that mother watched in the historical drama. The lady in the television said," Let the rain fall!". After a moment of thinking, I said, "Let that happen!" with full confidence on my face. I yelled loudly and said, "Now that I am here rain will fall." The soldiers moved the swords away from me and got down from the place where the big tub was placed.
The higher minister said, "Please! let rain fall!". He bowed and got into his knees. Following him the other court Ministers fell on their knees too, saying it in chorus, "Please let rain fall!".
My hands were in the air and hoping that it would rain. The king lowered his head and was praying too. I knew this was the perfect time for me to escape from this crap. So I got down slowly from the tub and ran away.
Running behind the palace wall, I asked to myself, "Seriously... What's with this?". My heart skipped a beat due to the thumping sounds of the soldiers. The soldiers almost found me, the said to one another, "Find him! he ran that way!".
But I quietly hid in the Ministers' dressing room. I wore the long blue gown, made my bun and wore the chef like cap on my head. I drew a mustache using my black sketch pen.
I came out of the room walked a bit by hiding my face with the long loose sleeve in the dress. The soldiers emerged from the entrance and said, "Over there!". I quickly turned away so that they wouldn't notice me. But someone patted on my shoulder and said, "Let's go". They were also wearing the same blue long loose gown. I let the long loose sleeve freely and walked boldly like the other people. They entered the King's court room. Then, the Chief Minister said, "His Majesty the King is entering!".
As the King was entering from the entrance, everyone bowed to him as a respect. The King walked very furiously. He said very angrily, "I will pluck out the eyes and execute the higher education student who insulted me. I will not rely on the superstition for the important things of Madras. From now on, Math and Science will be used to solve the problems."
One of the Minister said, "I am afraid, your Majesty, that math is a trick rather than a science. it is against our tradition to use math."
Another minister said, "Your Majesty, how could you know the plan of the nature from mathematics? Please reconsider."
Then the other Ministers chorused, "Please reconsider!".
The Minister of weather department said, "According to the God, the reason behind the drought is that the sky is mad, because the father of the country is not producing the heir. So please, spend the night with your Queen on the chosen day. Please reconsider!".
Then the other Ministers chorused, "Please reconsider" and they were on their knees. As I didn't know their old customs, I was very slow in bowing down with the others. The King was too tensed, so he was resting his head on the palm of his hand. The long big chef like cap kept falling down when I bowed down. I quietly exited from the court room.
"Drought and plague? It is as if the sky (God) is helping us to turn the king into a puppet." said my father. I quietly placed the bowl down faster so that my father would not see me eating. He sat down in front of me and said, "What a relief, it is that no rain fell...." he looked up to see my face, with a tone of surprise he asked, "What have you been eating?".
I quickly hid the food stain on the collar of my dress and said, "It is a nosebleed."
My father said, "You should take care of yourself, especially as the day for intimacy is soon. Please keep in mind that you need to give birth to a child! You need to secure your position. If you don't have dream, take my dream instead, my dream of becoming the king of this nation."
I quietly hid behind the court wall. I saw my phone on the ground. When I was about to make a move, few soldiers marched across the street. I quickly turned my face towards the wall. After they were gone, I looked around cautiously to make sure that no one was there to notice me. I crawled on the ground faster again, looked around at all sides. I took my phone, When I was about to get up, I saw someone standing in front of me.
The king said,"You can't even solve Pythagoras' theorem." to a student. He asked to the Chief Minister, "There is no one who is good at Arithmetics?".
The Chief Minister said, "I apologize, Your Majesty."
The King said, "We should try harder not to get played by those old men. I need to see their intellect with my own eyes. You know best the real reason why I need arithmetics.
The Chief Minister made an apologizing bow.
A young boy of mid twenty said, "Your Majesty."
The King and the Chief Minister turned towards him. The Chief Minister said, "How rude! How can the intern talk to the King?". The King stopped the Chief minister from talking further.