the-domnyom - Ali Saeed (novel24 .TXT) 📗

of her master's slaves. And she vanished in an instant. I think that was the magic of teleportation. There is no other. madness."

The Queen said:

-" Anyway..we don't intend to interfere in anything. It suffices for us. But, for someone to claim that he wiped out the kingdom of Verna himself, because it made him disgusted...that is absolutely ridiculous. 

This can never happen, either. He proclaims himself Emperor of Verna, I mean , of Valia now.

This is childish behaviour, this must be a joke.”

-"You may be right..but, don't you remember that night. Two hundred years ago. We were sitting right here..you and the king and I and many of your followers."

said the queen, gazing into the distance:

"I certainly remember it, and I can't forget it until now.. It was after midnight, and we were watching the two blood moons that night. It seemed like an ominous night, and in an instant. The sky of Verna shone with a wondrous blue. It seemed like a hellish fire that consumed everything."

 

For a moment we felt terrified and panicked, it swelled and we thought it would swallow us too..Wait a moment!” She turned to her counselor and continued saying:

- "Do you think that the author of this letter is taking advantage of this situation and what happened to Verna ? What was his name ?"

She read the letter aloud again:

- " LINIAS .. LINIAS Vintos .. what is this funny name ?" 

The counselor said:

'Maybe. But. Don't you think there is any truth in it. segal Russo has been killed, and this by itself will greatly weaken some of their conquests against us. Also. It was not only Russo who was killed, for many years I have heard of people who never return from Verna . "

"I know that well..why are you telling me this now?"

The counselor said, raising his finger in front of him as a teacher:

"Because I have an idea."

The Queen said:

-" idea ?" .

 He said :

- "Yes. We know that Verna is in ruins now. Of course we do not know its topography. But we know that it has a wide sea to the south."

The Queen's face brightened and her eyes lit up with hope. She said:

- "Therefore, we must have a good relationship, and we ask them to use their sea to sail to other countries."

 He said :

-"This is one of two. If what is written in the letter is correct, and they rule Verna themselves, we will ask them, that their country be our ally... Who knows what will happen in the future...".

-"An ally country.. It seems like a dream to me. None of the countries agreed to be like this for fear of other countries.. That's why I don't think they would accept, also what if they became a burden on us? You know our situation..

 They are people who took the country, as if they were gangs. Do these people know the words of covenants and honor? ".

He said :

"We first need to build good relations with them, and then decide what to do next."

She said, staring at the golden letter seal:

-" You seem to be forgetting something important, we are not mercenaries, we are a kingdom and yet we are allied with these people. I am concerned that they may turn into enemies.." 

 In a voice as hard as steel, the counselor said:

" Your Majesty. Will this change anything.. We don't have much time, many of our cities have fallen, and soon they will reach the capital. We must save our country even if we allied with Satan himself."

 

The queen couldn't say anything, he hit the nail on the head.

She said sadly, looking down at her city:

"Well, do as you see fit. "She was silent for a moment. Then she turned to her counselor and said:

- "Is it true that the enemy army in the south is dead? Do you have reliable information to support that?" Pointing to the letter, the counselor said:

"Maybe they did." The queen shivered at those words, for the army of the south was camping between the borders between the kingdom of Verna and the kingdom of irem, and of course the army was not an ally of the kingdom of irem , as it was besieging irem from the south. That army was tough and tough.

The queen said in a frightened voice:

-"We could never defeat him...so how..."

"I don't know... I received a telegram this morning talking about it." He stared at the Queen with rigid eyes. The Queen swallowed her saliva as she looked at those eyes that carried worrying things. She said:

-" what ?what?..". ?Her counselor replied:

-"They were all brutally torn apart...their bodies and shields were torn as if they were made of paper."

The queen felt cold. Putting her hand around her throat, she said:

-"All of them? They were three thousand..isn't there..."

"They've all been ripped apart. Maybe it was some monster, or maybe this LINIAS Vintos , is one of the ancient dragons .. That's why I said, we need to have a relationship if you get what I mean." Again, tears welled up in her eyes.

-"Are you telling me. I offer myself to a dragon ? He will kill me! They eat meat. All my people will devour!" And the queen broke down in tears.

 The counselor said consolingly:

"But Laura was the lawful wife of a dragon , and she bore many sons."

-"It's ridiculous legends..funny..also Laura was one of the giants." The chancellor wanted to say that Laura was a human, but he kept silently watching the Queen's screams.

-"It's all nonsense. I'm fed up with legends .! No. Domnyom must be real.. We must be in the days of Domnyom.. when kings become slaves. Isn't that what was said? I am a queen and I will become a slave soon."

I don't think this is the correct meaning.. Someone will come and make kings slaves. Perhaps those words mean the end of the world. Or will the world become more lonely? What a funny thing.. a dragon lost his mind and started to go crazy.

The chancellor thought those words, and looked back at his queen. Then the queen said nothing, straightened her dress and hair, and wiped her tears. She came back standing like an ice queen. Her wand beat on the ground and she said in a voice as hard as her tall white castle: 

"I will do anything for the sake of my people...that is the king's duty. So do what you see fit!"

The chancellor bowed, seeming glad she was back to her royal nature.

-"Concept". The queen smiled softly. Although her eyes were filled with deep sadness, she said:

"You seem to want to see that pretty girl quickly. You are a man after all, Uncle."

He replied with a warm smile, and he knew, that she was joking to keep her anxiety away:

" No, she's a little girl. How can I think of that?" 

-"But. Old people love little girls."

 Vahhahahaha!!.

 The counselor burst out laughing from the bottom of his heart. He had not expected such words.

The Queen followed, laughing happily. They continued laughing until tears in their eyes.

However, they had no idea, that someone was watching them from the wall behind them.

He was a person made of shadows, and he was staring at them with red eyes like burning coals.

- 2 -

The Queen stood in front of the door of one of the rooms, and took several breaths. And when she felt that she had regained her calm, she opened the door.

The Queen entered a lavishly furnished room befitting a prince.

There were four young maids, looking after a fourteen-year-old boy, Sleeping on a large bed. One wipes the sweat from his forehead, and another wipes his body with a damp cloth. The rest were standing ready for an emergency, and all wore white cotton gloves.

They were about to bow to their queen, but the queen raised her hand to stop them.

And she said to the only man in the room:

" How is he now?" 

 The man was an old man with a long white beard that reached his stomach, and his head was long white and curly hair. It looked like sheep's hair.

He was wearing a red cloak. His eyes and wrinkles on his face lit up with wisdom and knowledge. In addition, he had a black wooden stick with a glowing red handle, and the sticks were floating in the air beside him

.

 He said while holding back his tears:

-" There is no progress. His condition is getting worse. I am sorry, Your Majesty..During my long life, and my many experiences. I have never seen such a disease .Even magic does not benefit with him . If this was the alchemeist who I heard about alive، Maybe he could treat Prince ".

The Queen knew that well. I heard about that alchemist a long time ago. However. They didn't find this person, and she knew there was nothing they could do. She had to ask to put her heart at ease. 

-"You don't need to apologize.. I really thank you, you served me well for many years, and you did your job as a palace healer with all honesty and honor. Please accept my thanks." The queen bowed her head. The man was of high stature even for her.

 

 But. The old man stood up and said:

- "What are you doing , Your Majesty?! .. I am the one who failed to treat the Crown Prince. Please raise your head." The maids bit their lower lip as they painfully looked at their Broken Queen. The queen raised her head, and with a face torn with grief and pain, said: 

"I'm sorry, I want to be alone with my son."

 -" Concept ". The old man said, and they all went out, closing the door behind them. The Queen sat on the old man's seat, and looked at her son, who was sleeping.

He was a miniature version of his mother. It had six tails Sleep on his bed. Like six white foxes sleeping beside him. It was his arms, legs, and neck. Black as tar from this strange disease. At that moment the blackness slowly rose like serpents crawling to cover his shoulders and chest. The Queen's body shivered at that, and she pleaded:

" God , give me strength. Heal my son."

 The boy opened his tired blue eyes, and tilted his head, letting his silver hair fall over his eyes and forehead:

- " Uh, mom... why are you crying?" The queen pulled the hair from her son's eyes and said: 

- "They are tears of joy, the counselor said a joke that made me cry from laughter." But the prince. I think she was crying for something else. And he said:

"If I had another brother, someone would take my place." Be with me, son.

I can not afford these words . I 'm not as strong as I used to be .

"What are you saying, son? There is no one who can take your place."

- "Mother, I mean matters of governance, there must be a crown prince. So... why don't you marry, Mom?"

I ran after every man.. and no one accepted your mother, son. Perhaps soon you will see me for sale in one of the countries... a slave who pleases men. Whore, son. Your mother is going to be a whore. Dunya Viktum Petrai irem will become a whore .. And the kings and nobles will be keen to humiliate me .. And perhaps they will make their dogs ..

She would weep from this inevitable fate. However, she made every effort to laugh in front of her son.

 And the Queen laughed sweetly, saying:

"You want me to get married? Me? You must be joking. After your father all the men in this world died."

" Did you love him?" 

“What is the story of your questions today?”

"Nothing. I just want to know. But don't lie. Tell me the truth."

 The Queen launched a noisy laughter, tears welling up in her eyes as she said:

-"You!..you are so funny today..stop that..you will make me die of laughter!"

Her son looked at her seriously and said:

-" I want to know ".

The queen smiled softly and said:

-"You really look like your father. He was serious and daring at your age. As if he was a man in the body of a boy.

Don't look at me like that.. you'll make me laugh again. Ok. Ok. I will tell you."

She wiped her tears with one of her tails and continued:

-"Yes. I loved your father very much..you know that he was my cousin, and we were never separated.

I would go crazy when I saw him talking to the girls, I would drag him by the hands to keep him away from them, and your father would laugh at that, waving to the girls. And when we're alone, I'm about to scold him.