N-no, this is not right. The Emperor Aprajaya Suryavanshi, this... tell me this guy is lying. There is no one named Aprajaya Suryavanshi. There was no such king.He might be lying, because I had a whole book under his name. Maybe, he had read my work and now pretending. But the main problem is, I had never published that book.Hell with publishing, I never even sent my draft for proofreading.Prank? But on such a big margin? And too, on a dying person? Yeah, seems very convincing.But, but that's not possible. There is a whole man sitting in front of me claiming himself as Aprajaya Suryavanshi.Wait, this can also be a dream right. Many studies have proven that you can feel pain even in your dreams sometimes. So, there can be a possibility that I'm in coma and having this dream.Yeah, very much possible. Now this seems convincing."Hey!!" his loud voice got my attention."Y-yeah?" I gulped."Where were you lost?""Nowhere." I huffed and fidgeted in my position."What were you saying?""I was telling that I also know, you are not from this world."My breathing stopped. Dream? My foot."H-how?""First, when I found you, you were wearing utterly weird clothes, and second you are also mixing foreign language while you are talking which I have never heard."Fuck."You are getting me wrong; I am from here only. The language I'm speaking is the native language of my village.""I have known every language which is being spoken in Aryavart, even native languages. From the origin of Mata Ganga to its ending, I have known every language which is being spoken but I have never heard this dialect. Nor I have seen these kinds of clothes."Well, fuck."Then you lack some knowledge. In north, there is a small village which you have never heard of that's why you don't know about the language and clothes." There might be some audacity left in me, that I'm telling the emperor that he lacked some knowledge. Even if this is a dream, this person is a King who no one can defy. Well, I don't know what would happen next so, it would be good if I shoot my words carefully. "How are you gonna explain this, then?" he suddenly pulled out my phone and wristwatch out of nowhere. My eyes widened.Now, fuck."Look, I am not going to harm you nor I'm going to question anymore about this topic, so relax. There is no need to lie to me.""Why are you telling me this?" my neck hung low."Because I don't want you to hide your true self in front of me. But that also doesn't mean you will tell others."I giggled. I might be crazy for laughing but the way he said that sentence felt he is scolding a little kid."Why? I mean you might not be doing this for free, there is nothing called free lunch in this world. Tell me what you want from me."I don't know if I should blame my trust issues or my paranoia, I don't think people help you because they just want to, there is always a motive behind.Being in dream or not, I can't let anyone take advantage of me. Not in presence of my conscious thoughts."I don't want anything, yet. So, please rest first."See, I told you. Men."Your Majesty, the food is ready." A man suddenly knocked on the door making me flinch. That surprised me."Tell the servants that I will eat in this chamber today, and while in that bring food for this lady also like I instructed.""Do everyone know my identity?" I put forth my concern. Because I don't want to be labeled as witch."No, and I prefer you also don't say anything."I agreed on this part. But wait-"What do you mean when you told me, you don't want me to hide my true self from you." I narrowed my gaze at him."I mean, what I mean." He replied smugly. And the urge I had to slap that smug out of his face.Very helpful, I see.Soon, some people came in the room with food. And no, it was not just one or two plates, it was whole buffet. If that was me before this injury, I would have gulfed everything. But now, I just felt nausea looking at everything."I didn't know what you would have prefer to eat, so I just called in everything the kitchen would have been prepared."Rich people, yeah.I glanced at the buffet in front of me, but not even one thing was there for me to eat. Even my favorite Matar-paneer is looking at me pitifully."I don't have appetite but thank you."Not just he ignored me but forwarded a morsel to me. I pushed my head back slightly and looked at him in disbelieve."No, please. I don't want to eat. I will vomit, I swear."He lowered his hand and looked at me, why does it seem like he is looking at my soul. Unknowingly, I shivered."If you didn't eat, how you gonna recover? You have been unconscious for two days straight. I still wonder how you managed to stand up in this state of yours." His voice softened."Please have some."If you talk with me in such a gentle way, how am I going to deny you? This moment is one of those rare chance where a guy has talked with me this softly. Except my father.I hope my parents are fine. I want my mother with me here, I miss her so much. My emotional bitch decided to come out on such a crucial moment.Hang on, girl. Just hang on. You can't cry in front of a stranger.But this is a dream, I can cry in front of my own character.Before I could let my tears free, a morsel again was presented in front of me. I looked up only to see a bulky guy was waiting for me to have the first bite.I sniffed and opened my mouth. This is spicy.And which resulted me coughing badly. I love spice, but I don't think my throat wants it right now.I drank the water which magically came in front of me. Does water taste so sweet, or my taste buds are fucked up? My eyes shone with fresh tears when I felt extreme burning in my mouth."I apologies, I didn't know the food was this spicy." He gritted his teeth and immediately called someone."Why the food is spicy, I clearly told the kitchen to have light spices, what is this?"His voice was so down that anyone who heard him would cower down on their knees to worship this man. Me having on bed had this disadvantage that I can't bend my knees, but the man who came in earlier did."Apology Maharaj, the cooks did go easy on the spices, I don't know what went wrong."So, you are saying, I'm being overdramatic?"Tell them to pack their bags and go back to their villages, and on your way out, call Jaivardhan inside."The man immediately went out with a small yes.But the man in front of me analyzed the food in front of us. His hands grabbed a bowl which have something like milk.I noticed his hand movements like my life depend on it.How would it look when these hands grab my neck-Shut up. Why am I lusting over him, that's seriously not like me.He picked up a spoon like something and dipped it in the bowl. But instead, he took the bite to himself.Sigh. I think he understood.I closed my eyes and leaned back. Even the fragrance making me nauseous. I sniffed, feeling headache but a sweet aroma filled my nostrils.I opened my eyes only to see the flat spoon were forwarded to me. He patiently waited for me to have the bite. But wait, didn't he just eat from this spoon, right now?"Don't worry, I checked. This time it's ok, it's not even that sweet. You can eat this." He pushed the spoon more. Having the spoon too close to my lips I had no other way but to have the bit.The bitterness came surging through my tongue. Sweet? What revenge he is taking from me. The kheer was way too bitter. What did they had put in it? Neem?"Is this, ok?"My throat burned more this time. The bitterness made me almost gag. It's like I had put the raw bitter Gord in my mouth."It's good, but please I can't eat." I plastered a smile on my face. His lips itched.What? Are you irritated now? It's you who haven't listened to me when I told you I don't want to eat."If you didn't eat, I'm going to shove it down your throat. And remember you can't do anything." He smirked. His gaze analyzed my shoulder and then went down. His smirk widened.I gulped, feeling too helpless. I wanted to scoff, but still restrained myself.He again forwarded the spoon to my lips. Before eating, I remembered the bitterness which came from first bite. How should I tell him, it's bitter.Just tell him the truth. But I can't. I don't want to bother him anymore. If I told him this, I don't know who is going to lose their job now.Suck it up and eat silently. I can't tell him.I forcefully opened my mouth and let the content fill my mouth. The familiar bitterness came rushing down my throat. I again almost gaged.He forwarded the spoon again, and I took the bite again.My stomach feels so heavy that I could vomit right now. But still it held the content on a great extent."Maharaj, you called for me?" Another man yet bulky hulk graced his presence inside the room.His sharp look and a permanent frown on his face made him look serious. Not just sharp looks but the physic he had, told me; he is a great warrior. Looking at him, I felt proud on my imagination. My brain created such hotties."Recruit new cooks and instruct them to prepare light food for this lady here."The man whose name I forgot, looked pointedly at me. I didn't do anything dude, it's your King's order. I didn't tell him to fire them."Will do, Maharaj.""And yes, when I say light food. It should be light and call Vedah ji."The man bowed and went out. I wonder if he is single. He is totally my type. Deep voice, sharp features, good physic.In that case, Aprajaya Suryavanshi would top your list, no?Yes, but look he is King. Even if I crush on him, he still is out of my league.Yeah, yeah. Whatever you say.>>>It's been a week since I am stuck in this dream. The time felt too long to be a dream. But my logical thinking can't seem to accept this part. And my critical thinking is not supporting my logical brain.For example, we can't see time or clock in our dream and the dreams are usually black and white- says my critical thinking.But this is possible in lucid dreaming- says my logical brain.And my conscious thoughts want me to sleep. But that can't be right. I didn't even know where am I stuck, in another world or in my dreams, how can I sleep?And also, I haven't seen Aprajaya in the last 3 days. Where did he suddenly vanish off to? The devil, he made me eat that bitter thing.Ahh, this is annoying. I want to move my body, but I can't. But I have too, if I sat lazily like this, I don't think my muscles will appreciate it when I will be perfectly fine.But for starters, I need support. I am not Saitama.I will take help when I see someone. Where everyone had gone too, there is not even a shadow in here. Did someone die?I am getting bored now, I need entertainment. Oh? I have my phone here, right? Where is it? Did that devil take it with him? What's he gonna do with it, anyways? I will remember to ask it the next time I will see him.But now, I really need some entertainment, or I will kill-"Oh, so you are still alive?"