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Chapter 14: The Cowardly Gardener is invited by the Royals in family feast

Chapter 14: The Cowardly Gardener is invited by the Royals in family feast

Castle of Atlantis, one of the magnificient place in the world. It was built in huge pillar of mountain stones and designed by the goddess of the water itself. It is said to be a gift from the goddess to her first son which is the grandfather of the current king.

Many believed that it is where the goddess herself resides. Right after the gate of the castle, there you will find a beautiful circlet of water fountain, at the middle of those water is a statue of a mermaid which they believed to be the goddess of water herself.

It was somehow set in there to create a circular path for the visitors when they come in. On the corners pf the path were a beautiful garden filled with bermuda grasses and Shaded trees. Giving out a freshness in the castles surroundings.

Right behind it was the main door toward the castle. It was a majestic wooden door with a golden knobin, and by the time you enter the castle, there you will find a red carpet laided out on the floor of the wide room guiding the visitors on their way.

Inside the room were ornaments and pottery and statueses and just right behind the stair case were two seperate doors on each corners of the room. To the left was the kitchenete and to the right was the storage room.  In each corners of the four corners of the wide room were stone statues of the goddes of water, 

emphasizing the character of the people who lives in such grand place.

At the center of the room was a medium sized living tree surrounded by a small man made pond which nourishes the tree itself. Above of it was a glass ceiling which gives light down to the tree.

Behind the pond where the tree is planted, a massive stairs can be seen which gradually leads the visitors to the kings chamber and the royal families room.

If you follow the path of the 2nd floor to the left right after reaching the 2nd door room , you will find an open veranda for the visitors which gives them view of the entire kingdom of atlantis.

At the kings chamber behind his room was a passage of retreat, just in case of emergency, this passage was connected underground through underground tunnel which is around 15 km walk. It is connected at the back of the forest behind the Kingdoms wall near to the mountain that protects the castle and the kingdom.

At the back of the castle was a wide opened yard for their visitors, filled white tulip flowers and several shaded trees.

When its night time, a majestic look and a dazzling beauty of white fairy flowers can be seen specially when bathed with the moonlight of the night.

Right now, the kingdoms princess, have just entered the gate of the castle with a kettle on her hands. The castles guard find it wierd for the brute princess to carry such thing.

Despite of it, they did never inquired of the reason why and so the princess then head straight to her mothers lounge and room.

The kings wife, was a sickly woman,it is the main reason why in all of the occasion in atlantis, the kings wife is not present nor never seen and presented. Many of them believed that the kings wife, their queens illness is not a temporary sickness but a lifetime illnes. It is due to the frequency and times it punishes her.

Despite of it the queen of the kingdom is a kind hearted woman, which is also the main reason why despite of her illness, she is loved by the people of atlantis.

There are times, when she is on a court and she would figure out that the convict is innocent and is only tempted to do such act. She will look at him or her directly into their eyes and figure out what is hidden in their souls.

She will then cry for them and educate them not to do it further and warned them not to do it again, until such time that the convict will be forced to repent and change their ways of life. Thats is how the people of atlantis loved their queen.

Lately the queen is under same illness and was bedriddened in her room. This illness in the future world is called, fever with common caugh and cold. Just at the moment the servant of the castle head out of the queens room, she was carrying a tray of empty dining utensils.

On her way, she met princess mera holding a kettle. To her respect, she then greeted her and head back to her work and mera headed straight to meet her mother, and so by the time she opened up the door, bright light from the rooms welcomed her.

In front of her was a beautiful brown blonde woman at the age of 40 gazing outside of her room. This woman is non-other than Queen Serena, the wife of king poseidon.

She then look towards her daughter and invite her for a hug.

Queen: Oh my daughter, come here.

Mera: Mother , how are you?

claimed by mera as she set down the kettle at the top of the drawer beside her mothers bed, and then went straight for a big hug.

Queen: Oh mera, this mother of yours is still sick.

claimed by the queen as she hugged her daughter tightly. Second later she then released her and continued telling her her condition.

Queen: But guess what, im going to be fine soon.

Then the queen gave mera a big smile in reply.

Mera then hugged her mother once more.

Mera: Mother, im glad.

She then remember the reason why she went back home despite of wanting to get jacob springer. She then took the keetle and the glass at the top of the drawer.

Mera: Mother i have something for you.

with out dilly dally, the princess did pour down the tarnate blue tea from the kettle to the clear crystal glass, and the glass is filled with a crystal clear bluish gem water that the ancient world never did know.

Even until now, mera doesnt know how did the water from the kettle turned into blueish gem colour and for her it looks mysterious.

In front of her , her mother, the queen is even more confused and surprised.

Mera: Mother, you have to drink this water in one gulp ok.

Seeing her daughter in such confidence and hearing her resolute words, queen serena drank the tarnate tea and the moment that the blue crystalized luke warm fluid mixture dipped into her mouth, the queen is amazed. She could feel a flavoured texture that travels down to her throat while at the same time, it clears out her nasal cavities and eventually stimulized her brain. 

The moment it travel down to her throat down to her stomach, the queen could feel a warm tender mixture gradually refreshing her body lifting her up like a baby.

The queen closed her eyes and could feel that water is giving her energy and heating up her cold body. In one gulp, like her daughters instruction, the queen finished the glass.

Mera looking at her mothers complexion was somehow a little bit worried, however when she saw her mothers face, she felt relieve.

"Mother is healed, mother is healed" claimed by mera to herself.

She then took the glass and once again filled it with the blue tarnate tea and let her mother drink it for several glasses. By the time, the queen have consumed four glasses of blue tarnate water, her skin released huge  volume of sweat.

Mera: Mother , are you allright?

Her mother nodded in response and inquired for more of the blue tarnate tea.

Serena: Yes darling. can you give me one more glass of it.

Mera gladly pour more of it on the glass and on the fifth time, the queen finally recovered from her flu.

Serena: Thanks darling, im perfectly fine now.

She is full of sweat though, thus she instructed her daughter to go and share it unto her husband.

Mera: Yes mother ill gladly share it to father.

Serena: By the way, where did you get that water?

"I guess its a water from the goddess Aquarius" claimed by the queen.

Mera: From a friend Serenas answer not only made queen confused but puzzled as well. Then she concluded that it might have been given to her friend by the goddess itself, so she did no longer inquired of it.

Serena: I see, go on your way just be careful, that water is very precious.

"To think that i will be healed instantly" claimed by the queen.

Mera: Yes mother.

Princess mera then head to her fathers chamber. Her mothers room is just 35 footsteps walk away from her fathers chamber. When she opened the door, there she saw her father filled with gloom while watching the outside world thru the window.

Mera: Father ive come back.

The moment king poseidon saw her daughter, he stood up and welcomed her immediately and put her into his embrace.

King: Welcome back my daughter, this father of yours missed you.

he then kissed her on her forehead and freed her for her to safely move. By that time mera stepped back a little to give her father a gift.

Mera: Father , i have a gift to you.

King: a gift? hm, lets see what did my daughter get for me.

Mera then with the keetle on her hands escort her father unto his throne and pour him down blue tarnate tea on his glass.

The moment king poseidon saw the strange bluish colour of the water pouring out of the kettle, he was surprised. He then look strangely to her daughter like she was something else, like the goddess of water, but in the end rejected the thought because she is her daughter.

King: Mera, my daughter? whats is the meaning of this? Where did you get this water? and what is it?

Inquired by the king to mera.

Mera: Father, this water healed mother awhile ago, and ive seen her complexion turns good, she said she wants to share it to you.

The king then look at the crystal clear blue mixture that mera bought and take a hold of it. At that moment, the door opened up and to his surprise, his wife, the queen is now perfectly healed.

Serena: Honey, did you drink the water?

Caught by the appearance of the queen, the king is finally relieved, then he realized his wifes question thus the king then turn his gaze into the mysterious water.

Serena: Honey, drink it .. and you will know what is it.

King: No need my love. Im glad that you're fine now, that alone is already a great gift for me.

Mera was quite glad but somehow a little bit disappointed when her father said those words. Seeing her daughters reaction without further ado, the king drank the mysterious water and head towards his wife.

king : but for my princess, ill gladly drink it.

Moment later, the king felt that his complexion is being raised up and all of the weights on his back were being elated up and being eased by the miraculous water that he had just drank.

The queen then hugged his husband tightly.

Queen: Im fine now, thanks to mera and the water she brought to us.

The king then did noticed his wifes complexion getting better, he then checked his body and figured out that all of the stress that hes carrying for a very long time has been wiped out.

Queen: This is the gift of the water goddess from us my dear.

The couple then welcomed mera in their embrace feeling grateful for what she did.

At that time, the king filled with gratitude and gratefulness head towards the statue of the goddess of water and prayed for thankfulness. At that exact day too, the king have announced and have called for his sons which are out of the kingdom for a family feast. All of their relatives and kingdoms generals and officers were all invited.

Mera is delighted with her fathers action and have somehow informed of him of a friend that have given her the strange kettle and water.

Mera: Father, the water that i let you drank with my mother, was given to me by a guy.

King: A guy?

Queen: Tell, me who this guy is my princess, id like to meet him.

The king then look at his wife with a confused face.

Queen: Its ok darling, mera is already old enough to find a guy whom she would like to be with.

King: Darling..

Mera: Mera, it is not that.

Queen: None the less, i would like to meet him, to thank him for what he had given to us.

King: If thats so..

Queen: It would also be very great for you to meet the guy darling.

King: Of course and what is the name of this guy mera?

Mera hesitated a little bit for her father might misunderstood the name.

Mera:Jacob.

King: Jacob, haha, all the more that i would like to meet him.

"could it be that the guy is the champion of that tower, the one who conquered it in one day? then if so id like to meet him"claimed by the king to himself.

Mera: Father, you might have misunderstood something.

King: No mera, just let me meet him and ill know it later.

Unable to explained it to her father, mera went out of the castle to invite jacob on her fathers order, the king even gave her an official kingdoms order token.

Mera: I might have done something terrible.