("He is… King Lupa?")
He stood up straight and walk to me. He bowed and greeted,
"Welcome lady Ariya. I, King Lupa, welcome you to my earthy kingdom city, PULVIS…"
He was like a completely different person some minutes ago and now he is very king like.
("she just looks like her…. even more beautiful! [giggle] I can't wait to talk to her!...")
His inner voice was just like a puppy…. I mean cute.. which eventually made me blush.
"Can we go back to the palace?" Rodger asked irritatingly.
("This guy never lets me have fun….[pout]")
"Yes. Yes old man, let's go." king Lupa ordered.
Fiona poked king Lupa and went ahead teasing him.
Then we all set in a car…. Wait! a CAR????
"This is my newest invention…..an iron carriage without any horse and runs automatically on the ground." King Lupa spoke proudly.
("what a sloppy name…. can't he just name it simple… like a car or something… ")
"What are sloppy name Lupa. Just like the person who made it…." Fiona mocked him.
"Why don't you give it a simple name, which can be on everyone's mind for a long time?" I suggested.
"Just like expected from the beauty with brains. It was still in the testing process. So why don't you help me with appropriate name?"
"sure."
It was modelled just like a car but more like a vintage one, yet a stylish outerwear. The whole thing was based on a magic system like an engine. It was a silent, spacious and had even more magical elements than in an ordinary car. But the most important aspect which was missing was… the WINDOWS! They were just a piece of glass attached for viewing out. Even the conditioning was missing. We all were sweating like crazy. It was a horrible experience just like sitting in an oven. But thankfully we reached very early then expected.
"My dear friends, I gladly welcome you to MY EMERALD PALACE."
("What a fantastic architecture it is!")
The Emerald Place was a magnificent one, with a great architecture. It was set on a mountain, just like forts found in India. But even though it was set on a mountain, where we got inside from bottom to top, it was totally carved in a big Stone Mountain…. Yup… fully carved in stone.
The palace was surrounded by a stone wall from three side showing us the proof of carving. The stone consisted of some Green Emerald elements in it. Hence, it came to be known as Emerald Palace. All the carvings, the stones, the designs and its ancient feel, totally reflected its Earthy Vibes. It almost felt like some type of Rajasthani Fort. But still the surroundings were balanced and modernised. And all this information was blabbered by none other than King Lupa - the Talking Machine.
"Hurry up! We have to go up." king Lupa Directed.
We went through the main arch up the stone stairs, we climbed….. and climbed… and climbed…
"Hey! King!.... Huff… I just finished my counting….. we are almost… 312 stairs…up….Huff… Are we going to continue like this?"
Roger and Fiona both were relived as I asked.
"My dear Ariya, first, please call me Lupa. Second, who told you we have to climb up like this?" [claps]
He clapped his hands and the stone stairs started moving just like an escalator. It moved up smoothly grinding some stone powder to its sides. I was confused and speechless.
"If you already knew why didn't you do it earlier?" I asked desperately. I continued, "there made of made of stones. How did you do it?"
"MAGIC ANSWERS EVERYTHING, my dear." he replied proudly.
Going from the escalator, we passed many arches, some departments handled by Specialists. "So Lupa how many stairs are here exactly?" I asked furiously
"Let me think... something about 5014 steps, precisely."
[Jaw-drop]
("He just answered me like the Willi Wonka from Movie….")
I averted my gaze and thought that it was better to enjoy the wonderful scenery instead of some stupid questions…
Finally we reached the top, at the last arch, which had various engravings on it. They were telling some story. Some gems were used as decoration… Wait!..... Did it move????
"Fiona! The engravings… on the arch…. It moved..?"
"Oh… they change after every one or 2 hours automatically. It's one of the Ancient magic from our elemental City."
Interesting city it is! The engravings that moved made the story livelier. It was hypnotising….. Ancient stories reminded to this every day… so that they remain alive.
Moving inside, there was a big Courtyard, surrounded by walls but an open Sky. It was filled with various Knights, Swordsmen and Magicians who had magic weapons…. I guess?
There were also many people around, rejoicing in their magical world. A happy atmosphere everywhere.
Just like this courtyard, there were several more Courtyards on our way. Somewhere crowded somewhere empty, and finally a giant door appeared.
As Lupa approached the door, the engravings on the door, glowed in a green light. And the branches like structure entangling the door loosen up and opened it for us.
All the maids and Butler where waiting for us inside. It was a huge Palace room with some big tall pillars structured after a variety of trees. The combination used all over, was in green and white colours. Some Emeralds, Jades, Peridot, Malachite, Aventurine, etc. were used all over the Palace in a great combination.
"WELCOME BACK KING LUPA!" everyone exclaimed.
"These are my lovely people, friends, while these are your guests. Please take care of them." he ordered…. or rather… if it like a requested his maids and Butler.
"Now…" he got back to us, "let me show you your room.."
("Why is he so excited to show room…?")
I didn't know it until I saw...