"That's for their safety, you can see genially evil people everywhere, so it's reign's sentry to protect people and to check around all the gates, this is social law," Sarya said.
They logged into a gate, she left quickly, but the two young boys hesitated for a moment because of Athor's anxiety, he grabbed his hand "Let me take a breath, it's happening so fast, I'm not ready," Athor said.
He took a deep breath, then they vanished and in a blink of an eye, they were inside an old tree in front of a big long fantastic bridge, which was contiguous to the castle. The bridge was on a very calm river, passing through a valley. The palace was near to some big white huge cliffs from the west side.
"Why can't I go around alone without you taking my hand?" Athor asked.
"Because still you don't know how to do it on your own and you don't know this place well, I will teach you soon," Suran said.
When they were walking at the station, he heard many people whispering things like "hey look, why he is here? Who is the boy that he brought with him? He wore man's clothes."
It was clear that Suran was popular especially among girls, but after his mother's death, he changed to a mute cold person who never got close to many people or girls. He was a great worrier with a noble character and used to take care of others, which reveals his beautiful devotional heart, the reason for his popularity in the whole lands of Farya.
They passed the bridge and arrived at the castle of Cemythra. Inside the castle, its precinct was magnificent, on the way to the entrance there were few sculptures catching attention. There were surrounded mountains, reliefs on the mountain used to describe a tale. Again hovering islands could have seen around the castle and on the top of the river and the lake, there were seven Islands in a regular distance such as a circle.
The question in his mind was "how it could be possible, why are those islands in the sky?"
He looked at the sculptures, pointed to them, and said: "Why are there so many of them?"
"Those are symbols which introduce every land of Farya," Suran said.
Athor pointed to the Phoenix "Three of them are bird and animals. What are those two?"
"The first one is water which belongs to Cemythra; the second one is a fire which belongs to the west of Farya –Lardona. They are so nice comparing to the others; you will realize how important morality is for them. The Phoenix belongs to the south -Maryla- Deer belongs to the north (Synola) and the east -white Pegasus which is the king of horses-," Suran said.
"It's is highly awesome, like the ant's formicary, every part is connected, there are bridges all around the palace," Athor said.
"Maybe you are in a formicary," Suran smiled and said.
Athor was confused if he is joking or not.
"I remember when Mr. Ferssi destroyed their nest with molten-Aluminum and took it out from the ground. At that time I realized how concisely it is," Athor said.
"Welcome to the ant's home then!" Suran said.
Sarya was overexcited. She could finally see Suran is happy after such a long time "Well, let's go inside quickly, it seems it's going to rain."
They entered the castle and Athor couldn't believe his eyes. Even blinking was a waste of time; he was able to stand right there and watch that place forever. After they saw him not moving, but froze, Sarya got worried and said fearfully "Are you ok? What happened? Suran look, he doesn't blink."
He didn't want to say anything even one word, but he had to speak and release that joyful feeling then said with a tied- tongue "I'm fine, who built this amazing place? I can't get this. Oh my lord, how much time it took."
"Is inside the ant's formicary this much wonderful?" Suran said.
He was so attracted to the scenery of the floor which was made of beech woods and polished perfectly by crystals, big marble sculptures of some elves were drawing his attention "who are these people?"
"They offered so many services for keeping our world safe, the first-one is Darun, the first great elf's physician, and the one in the middle of the hall belongs to the lady Ceyra, a great warrior. Thousands of years ago she fought bravely against demons to protect elves' lives" Sarya said.
As time was passing by, he got even more curious when he heard about the demons, asked. "Demons? Which war do you talk about?" He remembered the book that Atendor gave him before he left. He became sad; he wanted to finish that book, but destiny had another desire for him.
"Yes, many years ago a big war happened among all creatures. Demons lost the war; soon you will learn them in history." Sarya said.
"Ok, thank you, I thought they are the queen and the king," Athor said.
"We don't make the sculpture of kings; we believe that the kings are only guardians to take care of people and to make sure they are living in comfort and welfare. They are not symbols of a nation.
We are not praising them. Only great men and women who did good deeds can be a good symbol of the folks and must follow the right beliefs to bring peace.
This world has only one king who doesn't have any sculpture, we are all his creatures, and we must live beautifully, know the world and make every good dream come true," Suran said.
Athor was looking at the dome; suddenly he saw a white eagle flew in by the window, flew over the dome, then sat on Sarya's shoulder and whispered something in her ear.
He got amazed and said, "That's talking, is that real? Oh my lord, everything is so wonderful and marvelous."
The eagle turned his head to Athor, looked at him carefully "who is this weird young boy who never saw an eagle's speaking."
"This gentleman is a new member of the family. The one that I talked about, he's just like Suran, isn't he?" she said.
The eagle got closer and looked into his eyes then turned his head and said, "I'm Maiyo, it's my pleasure to see you, young man, and actually all white eagles can speak."
"You will learn to speak with some animals at school if you are talented in, practice it you will be able to talk to them. It's an excellent option which is going to help you a lot," Sarya said.
Athor was so excited for all he had on his plate. It wasn't easy, but he loved it. "Alright, I like it so much, that's my pleasure, I hope it's not that much hard, I wish to learn fast and one day bring angle back to me,"
Sarya said, "No, it's not, I had been having her since she was a baby."
Then turned her gaze to Suran and said, "I must leave, my sister had sent me a message. Please watch your b…" she swallowed the rest of her words, smiled, and said, "Please take care of Athor, and I'll see you tomorrow."
He shook his head, subordination. After saying goodbye; she disappeared in a blink of an eye.
"Why did she leave? You said everyone must use the gate, didn't you?" Athor asked.
"This is not a public place, no need to be worried," Suran said.
"What a solitude place, only a few guards are near the bridge and a few are here in front of the door, but why?" Athor said.
"Here is the didactic side of the castle, we are living in the west side, the sentries are all around, but for now this area doesn't need more than these," he replied.
Guards are used to watching all over the lands; he was looking at them in their silver armors, it was the first time that he could see real soldiers with big long spears and shields with a symbol of the dragon.
"Do you mean that the school is clung to the castle?" Athor asked surprisingly.
"Exactly, every one in five lands is dreaming about being a part of this complex. Okay. It's time to go."
"Are we going by the stairs?" Athor said while he was looking at those long helix stairs.
He realized what is going on in his mind, so he grinned and said, "of course not, please follow me."
Athor made his choice and took a part of wonderland as he thought, but were they all so nice or even accept him without any harm or condition? These thoughts were chewing his mind and didn't allow him to enjoy the scene. To stand out he must hang on to the bones and stay alive. This world has many things to learn.