Our horse-cart stopped in front of the main door of the castle, horseman jumped out and opened the cabin's door. The queen stepped out, I accompanied her. The old castle seemed to be the home of a glorious legacy and looked at me silently. That big wooden door opened and uniformed servants welcomed us.
We entered the castle. Though the outer view of the castle was unfair, the interior was so marvelous with artistic decoration, the furniture, lighting, portraits, curtains, uniformed staff, and all other setup gave a royal look to the castle.
I was amazed by its view, which was exactly as I had seen in my dream. "Yes, this is the mansion of lust," I said to myself. "I will explore the beauty of lust here."
"Follow me," The queen ordered. The pride of that voice heavily echoed in the hall.
I obeyed the queen and followed her by pulling the trolley. We passed the beautifully decorated halls and corridors that were illuminated by lovely chandeliers and candle flames.
She led me to the third floor. I run along the stairs carrying the trolley on my shoulder. I did not feel any difficulty carrying the heavy trolley to the upper floor. The thrills of the romantic night that I imagined, gave me more energy physically and mentally to move forward quickly.
I hoped that I was going to enter her royal chamber for the game of the White Night of La Esmeralda.
While walking on the steps, I imagined the colorful beauty of the scene again.
Queen opens the chamber of lust having a heavenly fragrance. I enter with the queen. The royal bed of the queen which shines in the golden light of the chandelier welcomes me along with the coolness of the chamber music from a gramophone, The queen getting ready for the game and stripping, jumps to bed kneeling in the gloomy light of the chandelier.
I watch the scene of illusion, the nest of a woodpecker.
'Ah… marvelous…!' I whispered.
"Dick, come on quickly." In the dream, I heard the commanding voice of the queen from upstairs.
I am the slave, ran through the marble steps by carrying the trolley. For me, it was a run to the battlefield.
That running ended on the third floor.
She was waiting for me in front of the room. By running and gasping I reached there.
She opened the door. That was a big library hall filled with many bookshelves. In the quiet silence of the hall, I found some men there, they were reading books. They stared at me with uninteresting looks.
"Come in." Her voice echoed in the hall. I entered the room.
"Keep the trolley here." She said. "This is my library. If you wish, you can come here and spend time with books. I have a lot of collections."
"This is a royal chick." While watching the library amazingly my mind whispered. "She is a legendary chick living in a castle with royal facilities! If this hall is her library, then, how would be her bedroom, the chamber of lust?" I tried to imagine that royal bedroom in which erotic poems are being created.
"I will show you my collections. Come with me." Her male voice called me back from the dream.
"Sure, I am happy to see that." I followed her through the gap in the book racks.
She showed me her book collections. While watching it, I could find a few more people in the hall. They were sitting and standing beside the racks reading books. I looked at them, somebody turned their face, but others didn't mind. The people seen in the hall, youngsters and senior citizens were silent. They seemed to be performing a meditation of silence. No talking, no laughing, even no murmuring..!
I smiled at them and asked a few questions. But, nobody gives any reaction or any word as a reply.
That strange thing amazed me. Nobody saying anything! Why?
"Why does everybody keep silent? Are they practicing any meditation which needs much concentration?" doubtfully I asked her.
"These people are slaves like you. They will not speak to you, because this is one of the rules of this game, Keep silent always. The participant in the game will not have permission to talk to other participants. They can only talk to me or the servants in the castle."
"So all of these saints are the participants of the game?" Anxiously I asked.
"Yes, they are the bloody slaves of the game like you."
I made a sigh of distraction. I felt that things are not going as I thought. This is a bloody game of trap..!
"So…what all of these..?"
She didn't allow me to continue.
"Wait you the dick. Be patient, and don't trespass. I will explain everything. Come with me."
We came out of the library. While walking along the corridor she said.
"As I told you earlier, this game has some rules. The participants in the game should keep the rules very strict or they will be out. That is why they are not speaking to you. Like that, you are also not permitted to talk to them or anybody except the servants and me. Those who are staying here being the participants in the game need to comply with the rules strictly. If anyone violet the rules, the next moment, he will be kicked out from the castle without any questions."
"So, there are many players in the game?"
"Shut up and listen to me. I told you very clearly that if you participate in the game, you will be a slave who has no right to question me. You just listen to me and obey. That's all."
As she closed my mouth, I became silent with much nervousness.
"Though I am a slave, I have some right," I said without caring about her warning.
"You fucker doesn't have any right in this game. If you think that you have some right, then, get out of here without opening your mouth."
"Of course, I have the right to know about the game, because I am a participant in the game."
"That is what I am going to explain to you, be patient, and listen to me."
"While you stay in the castle, you can spend time with books. It will be good entertainment to relax well."
"No, I don't want to stay here. I have an important meeting tomorrow. I need to return tonight to my hotel."
"If you are lucky, happily you can return tonight. Otherwise, either you need to stay or you will go as a loser."
"Sorry. I didn't get it. What do you mean?"
"Be patient. You will be explained everything that you need to know about the game."