We both walked beside each other smiling from ear to ear. Being with him was the best feeling. It was like I am free from all the other tensions.
Roger and king Leo were in the meeting room waiting for us. As we entered Roger jumped up and came towards me,
"Are you okay? Don't go wandering around like this kid!(This foolish child just got me again…I m relieved to see you but.)"
Roger was definitely angry with me, but still he cared about me. Still there was someone who was unfazed by all this. You know who he is. King Leo.
Getting back to the topic which we left in the early noon, king Leo started his explanation.
"Before the war, some weeks ago, I met Queen Ariya here, I am castle. She was worried about the war. Losing to the devil was not easy for us as the sacred elements were missing and we had lost 50% of power because of it. There is a ritual among elemental royal families that if a body is sacred then it can behold the power to control more than 1 or all 5 elemental magic. For queen Ariya it might have been possible but if not then to she wanted to give a try for everyone's sake. So she suggested that we trade the fire elemental pneuma to her body."
"What? But Queen Ariya was skilled enough to cut full Army." Roger asserted.
"For the DOOR….there is a door which connects our world to the underworld. It was sealed with sacred seal lock passed by our ancestors. But the sacred stones were stolen by devil itself. Hence, it was necessary to gather enough power to seal it again." King Leo replied.
"But still..queen knew about it and you didn't even stopped he? Lan asked furiously.
"I searched about it hundreds of time after everything was reversed.. still there nothing about the seal and other things."
"But how did she know it then?... how did the fire element pneuma from queen Ariya went to her?.... and wait… what was the ritual again?" Lan asked again and again.
("wohh wohh wohh! Easy there boy..")
"I don't know how it went to her and all, but…if she has it, I can certainly get it back!" King Leo stated with a sneer.
("There is something wrong with this dude…")
"What exactly is the ritual then?" asked Roger
"The Internal sacred pneuma energies are transferred from our bodies, jumping from one to the other then finally being absorbed into the sacred body."
("oh! It looks easy…")
"Fine.. let us give it a try then.."I stated which was…. foolish of me…
I held out my hands to king Leo, standing in front of each other we focused.
I closed my eyes and tried to focus.
(" The energy into my body…I can really feel it… just like pure white fluid running through out my body silently yet gracefully…")
We stood there for a moment…. Focusing very hardly…..and…
NOTHING!!!!
It was not working?.. I tensed a bit and tried it again. I know its my first time and it is not always possible in one try but still… I am embarrassed to death! I might die [internal crying].. noooo!!!
We stood there for about 5 minutes now. With the white fluid I can sense a red one, green, blue and purple one in some amount which resembled the stones from the dark room.
And still nothing was working out….. I opened my eyes to take a glance and was shocked as everyone was watching me.
[Dumbfounded] I was so embarrassed. I grabbed my hands and moved back.
"yo kid it is not possible in one try(chuckle). Yet you did a good try!" [roger patting my head]
And we all burst into laughter.
"Did you feel any red energy?" king Leo asked
"[nodding] yes, I did."
A big smile immersed on his face. He was very about this thing!..what a weird guy!
"Huh!.. I am tired!" I lazed around a bit.
King Leo asked his butler to arrange some rooms for us to stay. Then he turned towards me with loving eyes and said,
"Let me escort you towards the room." And laid his hands towards me.
("That was weird..")
I looked at Roger and Lan as it was unexpected one. Lan had a displeased face.
("This man is a king. I heard that kings are crazy…. If I declined ..will I be hanged to death?")
With an awkward smile I accepted his gratitude and we headed towards a room.
The scilence between us was awkward as well as frustrating. He escorted me towards a room and stood outside the door. Giving my hand back with a big smile he said,
"Please rest Lady Ariya. A servant will escort you later to the dining hall."
And he left.
("why is he getting weirder and weirder?")
I opened the door to my room.
"so this …is …my ..Room."
Again with the glory everything was sparkling. It was clean, neatly arranged and the bed was very very softttt! Taking off my shoes I jump in the bed… the day was tiring with all the mysteries and all. I got new friends….[grumble]
"Ah! I am hungry!"
I laid on my bed watching the ceiling. My eyelids getting heavier and finally closing my eyes. It was not long I closed my eyed peacefully when,
TAK ! TAK! TAK! [KNOCKING]
Someone was knocking on the door. I was lazy enough to ignore it.
"Lady Ariya, Its me. Fiona. May I come in?"
The soothing voice of Fiona made me jumped out of bed and run towards the door. There she was… MY PRETTY ANGLE ..[teary yet proud eyes]
"(smile)Fiona! Please come in !"
"I heard you weren't able to eat meat? So I brought some food you might like?"
"oh My!(teary eyes)… You are really an angle Fiona!"
And I hugged with a huge smile on my face.
She asked her maid to arrange a table for us to eat.
"I hope we can dine together?"she asked.
"what? Oh yes of course!"
The table arranged for us with potato soup, some toasted bread, a vegetable pie, some sandwiches and some salads.
"AMAZING!!! So lets eat up!"
I picked up the spoon and was ready to dig in when…again…
TAK ! TAK! TAK! [KNOCKING]
"(irritated) who is it now!"
I rushed to the door. This time it was…
"Lan!"
"ummm.. I thought we could dine together so I brought some food as you don't like meat?"
But Lan noticed Fiona sitting with food on the table.
("I am Late! [depressed lan]")
"(guilty)umm.. why don't you join us..? let me ask Fiona?"
She just smiled and agreed. Lan was happy as he entered fast and sat next to me.
He brought cake and some pasta and ..WINE…
And we were ready to EATTT!!!
"LETS DIG IN!" I exclaimed…when…AGAIN…
TAK ! TAK! TAK! [KNOCKING]
"(angry) NOW ! WHO IS IT?"
I quickly went and opened the door.
"Roger? What is it?"
"I thought you were hungry so I brought some food….but look here you are all here"
And he just joined himself without even asking.
We all sat together and we were ready to eat, again!
"LETS EAT!" I stopped for a moment and looked at the door.
I confirmed that no one was there. Fiona, Lan and Roger burst into laughter on my actions.
And thus he were having our meal. Th soup was creamy and delicious; Pasta was the perfect partner for wine; everything just tasted good. Not just because it was made tasty but because we were eating it together in a happy atmosphere just like a FAMILY.