fairy-tale for adults
12/02 2016
The universe, as a woman, has own secrets.
The story had happened on another planet. The inhabitants of the planet lived forever, staying in their prime. They, like the people were divided into men and women, but they did not had children.
They were very warlike, and their main occupation was the battle, tournaments, military parades and competitions. They didn’t kill each other, but the conquered land and took each other as prisoners. Captured knights became employees, and had to forget their basic military craft for some time.
There lived one king, who was considered as one of the most powerful and strong. The knights were loyal to their master, respecting his intelligence and courage, and he valued and respected each of them. There was a queen on the same planet, and although her tenure was far removed from the possession of the king, and she was never the first to attack anybody, but of all the rulers on the planet the king was feared just her.
There were rumors about the Queen that she had a secret weapon, which she used suddenly, while it operated smoothly, as the strongest poison, depriving the best knights of their strength and will. With this weapon Queen’s possession steadily expanded, and the number of prisoners grew.
She was also reputed to be a very skillful, adroit and tireless warrior, so those knights who tried to defeat her in battle, were forced to retreat, or were taken as prisoners. King several times sent his most skilled warriors with orders not to engage in open battle, and try to explore what was this secret weapon and how to get it. But none of the messengers ever returned back.
Finally, the king, tormented by anxiety, curiosity and desire to be the most powerful and invincible ruler called his adviser, who was also the best of his knights, his right hand, and said:
- I implore you - find out about the secret weapon of the queen and bring it to us. Then we will be invincible!
The knight went.
The Queen met him honorably, because the law of hospitality was one of the most important on this belligerent planet. She was all dressed in shining armor of light and very strong steel, with a sword at her side and a spear in her hand. She offered to knight the battle, as it was considered the best of what you can offer, but Knight politely declined saying that he just arrived for a visit, having heard about her extraordinary power, that he intends to stay in her kingdom one day until the evening, and then go back to his king.
Queen calmly accepted the news, she arranged joust in honor of the guest, where she fought herself, and the knight was struck by her skill, speed and agility in combat. Then there was dancing, too, more like a fight, so that the Queen never parted with her armor, only took off the helmet and gloves.
Dancing with the Queen, knight closely followed her every movement, because as was said the Queen had never parted with her secret weapon, and he was hoping to see some awkwardness in her movements, but failed - military armor hid everything.
Then it was time for lunch and rest. During leisure, the guest and the Queen were playing chess. Knight was a great player, he tried but could not win: she herself did not attack, but warned all his moves, disclose all his cunning traps and escaped before the knight had time to do anything. In the end, tired of this intellectual competition, Knight surrendered.
Meanwhile, it was evening.
- Your Majesty - said the knight. - I stayed in your castle and saw everything. Now I'm going home, the last I would like to see how you are getting ready for bed.
Knight had hoped to have at least a glimpse of the secret weapon while the Queen would take off her armor.
- Desire of a guest is a law - calmly said the Queen, and they proceeded to her bedchamber. There was dim too and soft music sounded beautifully. A window to the garden was opened.
Maids came, they helped the Queen to remove her armor, and she remained in a long white shirt made of the finest silk. Maids combed her long hair and leaving, lit a candle on the table by the window, where the Queen was staying. Warm light illuminated her face, long blond hair and an unusually flexible, proportionate, harmonious body...
At that very moment the knight who was on guard every moment, suddenly felt a powerful blow to the heart... he's seen the Queen's secret weapon ... but it was too late!
He, like all his predecessors, never returned to his king...