Book2:KigdomIteDreams (第132/246页)

huggedandkissedthemandtalkedtoeadeveryohemfly.Dawnbroke.QueenAishasaid,

    “Whydon’tyouallgoupstairs,adressed.ThenwewillgathertogetherhereatthegreathallwithKingDimitri.”Thebeautiesallbowedandsaid,

    “Yes,yourmajesty.”abacktotheirrooms.Thiswasararereunion.AllthebeautiesoftheKingdomwerepresentwiththeexceptionsofRomiwhoremainedbehindinthemundaneworldtorecuperate,EileenandStephanieassedaway,Charmaineainewhohadgonebacktothe7thheavenandMariannawhohadmarried.Theattendiieswereeighteeninall.Itwasareuniontoberemembered,forunbeknowntoall,thiswastobethestreunionofitskindintheKingdom.Butofcourseatthetimenoonecouldknowwhatgesanddevelopmentswouldevolve.KingDimitrisatonhisthrone.Helookedaroundthegreathallnowfilledwithhisbeauties,beautifusflowersandradiatingvitalityandexuberandfeltgenuinelyhappyandsatisfied.

    Forthismomentousoccasion,theywerealldressedinformattirewhichheighteheirbeautyandelegancebecausetheyknewsoontheeldersandchieftainsofthetribeswouldeandpaytheirrespedofferhomagetotheirking.KingDimitri’sheartwasfullofgdnessanddelight,butwhenhiseyesfellonthesixemptyseatsintheroomhecouldnothelpfeelingasenseofwistfulnessandloss.Hesuddenlyhadastrangeimpressionthatthebeautieswerealllikeexquisiteflowersinfullbloom.

    “Whowaslikethatorchidunfurlingitsdelicatepetalsandinparablefragrahehollowvalleys?ThatwasAishaofcourse,therenownedschor,withanairofunmatchedrefiandelegance.SheisworthyanddeservingofthetitleofqueenofthisKingdomofDreams.”

    “Lookatthatcolorfunddistinguished-lookingpeony.Isn’tthatthepersonificationofthedignifiedandnobleMegginn?Onlysheisparabletothepeony.Sheisaniandhappy-go-luckygirl,butwhentheneedaroseshecouldgeimmediatelyintoacapableandresoluteander.ShehastightandpletetroloverthefiheKingdom,butsheisnotproudandarrogantoverherpositionofpower.Wheneversomethingimportantesup,shealwayssultsQueenAishabeforemakingafinaldecision.Thatisreallyrareandudable.”KingDimitri’sattentionwasdrawntoabcktulip,arareanduniquehybrid.Hethought,

    “That’stheembodimentofMedusa!”Medusa’simageappearedasofbeforehiseyes,hercoldbutgeoustenance,herheadofsnakehairandespeciallyherpiergeyes,sointimidatingandunnerving.SheisGod’sgifttome,myrightarm.SheistheguardianofmyKingdom.Withherencirgtheblueskiesabove,Irestassuredthatthesafetyofthebeautiesareingoodhands.Uheblueskies,abrightredpoppywasswayinginthewind.Itbloomedfgrantlywithahintofevil.

    “ThatwasthepersonificationofIleen.Butisn’tshedead?Shemaybedead,buttheflowerlivesonforeverinthisworld.AlthoughIleenwasschemingandcraftyandwaokillmewithavengeance,Iorderedhertobetwofromthewaist,aremelycruelmethodofexecution.Thatwasamadorder,bornofadesireforrevenge,forwhichIamdeeplyremorseful.Letallthislove,hateaydieoutwiththepassageoftime.Letmerememberonlyherbeauty,rememberonlyhergoodpoints.”AnexquisitelywovenofthornsappearedbeforeKingDimitri’seyes,whereepurplepassionflicallybloomed.

    “That’ssomuchlikethepeadmysteriouselle”KingDimitrithought,“WheneverIamwithelleIwouldfeerousedsexually,butatthesametimeitwouldsublimatetoahigherlevel