Somewhere splash of water and joyful laughter is in the distance heard - it mermaids made game again - to ride blades of a water ladder their most favourite entertainment. Easy, as in the morning fresh breeze softly kolysht branches of willows and a head of a cane - it seems that these plants about something are whispered with each other, telling the interlocutors some secrets inaccessible to human mind.
Meanwhile the young man in waterproof clothes and footwear of khaki came out of the wood. His short fair hair is a little confused - it was obviously torn through a thicket. On a sleeve and legs the rep which stuck to clothes are visible. It from legs to the head is covered with dirt and then. Apparently, a way it did considerable. But his face at the same time shone with happiness.
Near the young man there is on hinder legs a plush dog to a floor of human growth. Brown, with large trailing ears, eyes buttons and a big good-natured mouth. The pink rag uvula fell out of a mouth - the dog was obviously tired of walk! It bears some parcel in the brown plush paws.
Having caught sight of the young man, having published wild joyful squeal from where from other end of a meadow to it two children - five and three years, the boy and the girl run. The boy is dressed in a white shirt with short sleeves and white shorts, standing - sandals. The girl - in a white sundress. On children's heads - straw hats with narrow fields. They run, and in hands at them - the flower wreaths weaved by them. And behind them the oslenok, the covered velvety skin from black plush slowly runs. It has on the head a flower wreath, on a nose too - the round old-womanish points which were not hiding good-natured mild brown eyes at all. It goes on all four pads and something shouts after children, something mild and tender. But children do not hear it and continue to ride at full speed. What here! Their darling the folder came from the wood!
Children with running start threw the arms round a neck to the father and he seized them and strong pressed to himself. And then children began to tell it something, briskly gesticulating, and he listened to them and laughed. And then the girl dressed to it on the head a flower wreath, and he took it for handles, playfully scrolled around itself(himself), embraced and kissed on pink chubby cheeks.
Probably, attracted with noise on a lawn, the house left the hostess and mother of kids - the beautiful and slender young woman in a simple print summer dress in a floret. Her long fair hair which is slightly curling on the ends freely fell on shoulders. On her head the silver rim diadem with a bright green stone on a forehead flaunted. Blue as the sky of an eye were lit for pleasure when she saw the young man. She waved a hand and cried out something to it. That lowered the girl on legs and went towards to the woman. They strong embraced. And then the boy ran up to them and embraced both at once, handed to the mother the weaved flower wreath which on the head to her was dressed by the husband, and then kissed it in both cheeks.
The young woman paid the attention to the soiled clothes and frowned. It began to clear hasty clothes of the husband of dirt, but that discharged it, took a parcel from pads of a plush doggie and got a necklace from beautiful pearls, white with nacre, from there. The woman frowned a forehead even more and asked something it. But the man smiled broadly and carefree waved a hand, pointing a finger somewhere back, towards the river. But the woman strictly told something to the husband and pointed by a finger to the wood. The husband bent the head and went back to the wood. Kids and a doggie fell apart too. But when the young man almost reached a wood edge, the woman suddenly hailed it and ran following. On the run she stumbled - the thong on a sandal burst. But she the easy movement of a hand dumped from tiny legs of a sandal and ran to the young man barefoot on a grass, and he having widely opened the embraces.
The young woman reached the husband and threw the arms round him a neck. He strong embraced her and pressed to the breast, having drowned a nose in her fragrant and thick hair, and then kissed in both cheeks and dressed on her pearl necklace on a thin silver thread. The woman, having twisted his neck with thin handles, kissed the husband directly on a mouth.
And then they, having joined hands, shining with happiness, went to children together to go to have dinner to a summer verandah - there they are looked forward by a plush kitten …
This ordinary episode was filled with such light, such happiness that even the all-powerful magic of the Invincible Sun could not erase it from memory!
All these images memoirs rushed before a mind's eye of Prinze for that 100-th share of a moment on which the crystal-clear reflecting surface of the Mirror of the Truth caught a casual eye of Prinze. And Prinze lowered hands.
- I cannot … - he deafly told someone. - I cannot … more …
His hands were unclenched, and both ardent swords dropped out of them and, from everything to scope having hit against rocks, with deaf cotton became torn on pieces.
And in it three hundred fairies, with armbands and medallions with the image of an angry bee are a high time, already surrounded it from all directions, holding the strong network weaved out of golden threads.
The Fairy touched with as light as a feather, thin white fingers a hot smooth helmet and, having groped invisible an eye the panel, pressed. The gold Mask separated from a helmet. The fairy with a grimace of disgust threw out it in an abyss as if a venomous snake. The prince did not resist …
- The keeper of the Limit No. 3, the Keeper of the Limit No. 3, depart from the arrested! Immediately! - the passionless voice strengthened by a spell sounded.
But She did not hear it as did not hear it and It. They looked each other fool in the face and could not tear off from each other loving looks.
- What will be now, the Fairy? - Prinze whispered, passionately squeezing its tiny handles in the hands.
- All will be good, darling, all only now it will be good … - she whispered, embracing his shoulders covered with hot metal and touching with pink sponges its such we heat still to lips. - Trust me, darling, trust me … - and meanwhile in the opinion of it, blue as the sky, there were tears.
- I … lost, the Fairy. I … lost … - Prinze deafly said, bashfully hanging the head.
- There is no, darling, you won, you won! You won … nobody against the Invincible Sun hitherto! And only it matters! For me and for you, you hear? Only it is important. And I will begin to love you for it even more, my kind, my beloved, my one and only … Prince.
- And if to lead me on a scaffold what then?
- Then I will ascend to it with you, and we will be together there …
- … to hold hands? - Prinze picked up.
- Yes, we then will hold together hands and we will die at once … with you … at once … - hardly constraining sobbings, the Fairy whispered and wanted to kiss once again Prinze, but she was already seized by hands by two fairies from "STING".
The prince, that is forces rushed was to it, but heard her pleading voice:
- Stand still, the road! Stand still! For the sake of me! Do not resist! For the sake of me!
And Prinze obeyed, without lowering eyes in love about the Fairy. He did not say a sound while covered with networks it, and then - as the precious trophy was dragged directly to the Hall of Meetings - on interrogation to Triune Knowledge. And the Fairy, breaking in despair of a hand, loudly began to sob, without hesitating of tears any more.
4.
And around fight continued to be humming. Streams of a fiery flame, the grenade, explosions, blows of lightnings, the falling dragons, the bursting avatars, a clang, a roar, a thunder …
Dragons almost broke through a ring of avatars. Couple of tens of the most successful No. Z-001 led by the captain rushed on break to rescue the captivated Prinze.
But far from it! The fairies who now are not burdened with need to struggle with Prinze transferred all the attention to impudent enemies. A minute more - and the cumulative blow wiped out daredevils without trace. The spell "funnel" worked ideally. Just drained in all of them in an air bag which then from big height fell directly to a gorge bottom.
Actually, on it battle also
ended because, having lost both leaders, golems decided to break on base. The little managed to leave. Only every tenth of those who it is proud went to attack some half an hour ago, landed in cave hangars of the Gold Tower.
Fight in air was lost. In a huge game of chess there was a stalemate - any party could not put a mat, exactly as then, ten thousand years ago.
However Triune Knowledge the further course of events did not concern any more. In spite of the fact that the Invincible Sun and remained not vulnerable in the unapproachable citadel, It was happy - at a wasp the sting, and this is important was pulled out. And now nothing disturbed It by the right to enjoy a victory. Calculation on this oddish fairy was true, and contrary to everything it was succeeded to win completely bloodless victory over the invincible opponent.
"After all not for nothing Council called Us by Knowledge. Then it was to the taste not to all, but history, eventually, acquitted Us, - the Triune Knowledge with satisfaction thought, looking on entered in the hall, entangled by a network from legs to the head as fish, the Gold Knight.
- On knees, mortal when there is before the lightest Face them Knowledge! - sharply, but without anger and addiction the fairy escort of their "STING" said.
The prince loured at Knowledge, then at the fairy, but did not obey to the order.
- Leave it, the sister! - softly the Second told and Three. - You see - it is deranged. The evil magic of the Invincible Sun poisoned him reason, it needs treatment and re-education, but not punishment, isn't it?
- It is obvious, - the First and Third Knowledge agreed, having at the same time nodded in magnificent gold diadems.
- Means, we will keep to it life, your Knowledge? - puzzly other fairy escort asked.
- I think, he it deserved. He gave up voluntarily and the wife about it asked him from Us. We think, and she deserved our favor wholly, - the Second of Three indulgently said. - Unless you forgot, sisters that we are put by the Creator first of all to pardon, and then already to punish? Whether we swear it at dedication in a dignity? Whether in that to overcome the evil good?
Fairies of "STING" from among protection bashfully became silent, having terrified so unexpectedly emerged from where from depth of soul of bloodthirstiness.
- War, even the most fair, after all corrupts participating in it, even those who participate in it involuntarily, - the Second thoughtfully said. - And therefore our debt to stop this war once and for all somewhat quicker!
Acquiescence of the being present fairies are absolutely predictably.
5.
And at this time the Invincible Sun did not tear off a stare from the shining sphere-vizatora. She could not believe eyes when she saw how in only a few minutes all its game was lost. No, the Invincible Sun does not grudge death of hundreds of gold dragons at all - it is trifles. Will do still. Especially as and without dragons to fairies not to take it to a citadel. But Prinze …
At thought of Prinze heavy, insufferably heavy freight laid down on her heart. The fact that it seemed such desired earlier - revenge the power, greatness - seemed to it such small, such insignificant and unimportant!
Really, why this power, why greatness, why this high throne trampling on all Universe if you one if you are eternally doomed to loneliness - loneliness of the incorporeal ghost in a gold cage.
The melancholy a black snake squeezed heart of the sorcerer and from full of pain of groan plaintively zadrebezzhat gold mirrors in its Hall as if feeling pity for the creator.
- zas - with - with - with - with - you missed, the Zh-zh-zh-zh-zh-zheltaya Queen, without Printss-s-s-s-sa, yes-sss?
From a ventilating outlet, that in which the Kitten a few days ago sat the disgusting rubbish - three-headed arachnoid with three couples of cold, compound eyes got out. Efficiently, as a black fat cockroach, it slipped on a wall and, without asking permission, climbed on one of chairs that stood around a malachite table, almost like the person having put two forward pads on a surface.
The invincible Sun felt ill at ease. Until recently this place was taken by Prinze whose hands connected to her invisible hands, with it were is connected voluptuous memories of minutes of the greatest pleasure, and now this fat disgusting monster sat here.
- Yes, khe-khe-khe … Unequal, ska, directly, z - z - z - replacement, - with disgust giggled, having guessed her thoughts, Azail.
- What do you want from me, Azail? - killed its Invincible Sun to avoid discussion of a subject, painful for it.
- It is time to begin, gospozh-zh-zh-zh-a as it is planned, yes-sss. Time not zh-zh-zh-zh-zhdet-s-s-s-s. Drugoy vozmozh-zh-zh-zh-nosti mozh-zh-zh-zh-zh-et and not to be - belobry - with - with - sye letun extremely of os-s-s-s-s-slableny, yes-sss, I feel it, I feel … And me my chutye-s-s-s-s never-sss, brings, yes-sss!
- No blow will exist, Azail, I will not go to it, - slowly, but resolutely said the Voice.
- Shsh-sh-sh-shto, Queen, not sly-sh-sh-sh-shu?
- What heard, Azail, - it is silent, but the Voice firmly answered. - Without Prinze no blow will exist. It's over. I will descend down, I will unsolder a cover of the container and I will plunge into the sea of solar juice. Its concentration has enough that even my incorporeal soul broke up to quarks - never the Invincible Sun will exist, any more …
- You sh-sh-sh-shto, s-s-s-s-s of mind of so-sh-sh-shla, perhaps, silly? To ruin ves-s-s-s na-sh-sh-sh of Z-z-z-z-z-zamys-s-s-s-sel because of malchish-sh-sh-shki!. - from three-headed Azail's mouths disgustingly smelling green saliva - directly scattered on ideally polished surface of a malachite table.
- Not only because of it, Azail … - sadly answered the Voice. - The magic of the Mirror of the Truth was stronger than your damned false magical mirrors which can only destroy, only deceive, only sow rage and hatred … The mirror of the Truth awakened in me what does not wish to fill up any more … I any more not that Invincible Sun that earlier. I do not want to be more beautiful and most majestic any more. I do not want to destroy any more. I want to live as there live a Fairy and Prinze! I want happiness, I want love, I want the husband, a family, small children, the son and the daughter! I do not want to be at war more, Azail! I want to tell the whole world - "A Farewell to Arms"
- Become silent - with - with - with - with-with, zamolchi-s-s-s-s-s! You anything not ponimayesh-sh-sh-sh, nichegos-s-s-s-s! - nearly Azail choked with poisonous saliva.
- Leave me, Azail, at rest, leave … I just now feel as far as I am old! Forces abandon me … Leave me … - and Azail reached hardly audible as whiff of an easy breeze, a sad sigh.
- Silly - with - with - with-with, glupaya-s-s-s-s the little girl, da-s-s-s-s-s! - without having sustained, Azail cried. - Glupysh-sh-sh-shka in love! Unless you not ponimayesh-sh-sh-sh-sh-that proroches - with - with - stva Murin cannot Osh-sh-sh-ibatsya, yes-sss! You to receive mozh-zh-zh-esh-sh-sh-sh Prinze back, mo-@-@-@-eat - as well as your body! I am klyanu-s-s-s to you, yes-sss!
Several minutes lasted intense silence. The invincible Sun was obvious is puzzled. It tried to get into Azail's consciousness, but it is vain - Murin did not give in to magic of magic mirrors. Eventually, female curiosity won:
- What do you want to tell these, unfortunate?
- Only-ssss that at me e - with - with - st the plan … Horosh-sh-sh-sh-shenky planets - with - with - with - with-with! We to them vs - with - with - with - this eshch-shch-shch-shchyo, vs - with - with - with - this, vs - with - with - with - with - this - with - with - with - with - with-with!
And Azail broke off, having concentrated on transfer of fancies to consciousness of the Invincible Sun.
Chapter 20. Justice above all!
1.
The prince lay on thick, filled by straw, the mattress put directly on a bare floor in the cellar of the Hall of Meetings on the Flying Island. Though its cellar it was possible to call with a certain stretch. It was the spacious, well aired and lit, clean room, with a floor and walls from blue glass. Through transparent walls the employees of the second department of "STING" specializing in trea
tment of special category of "mads", i.e. all those who oppose the Sacred Principles of the Order and Prosperity and watched as it is obvious for any associate Prinze, can oppose them only mentally sick beings.
Hands and Prinze's legs were chained to a wall, however, rather long that it could move freely on perimeter. The door to the cellar was sealed by security spells, a key to which knew only fairies guards. Access to Prinze was very strictly forbidden even for the Fairy, his wife.
At first Prinze was even delighted to this circumstance - an opportunity to stay alone with himself, without witnesses. In recent days there were so many events that from them the head was literally turned. It was necessary somehow to try to understand them, to understand …
But already in several hours after he laid down on the mattress, something absolutely improbable began to happen to it. All body of Prinze began to break and burn down from within. He could not sleep, could not eat that it was brought by guards, could not even lie quietly. All body burned, the soul burned, even the brain, appear, was filled with a burning flame. In the head one thought pulsed: "Sun, sun!" Then thoughts developed into persuasive voices: "Come! Come to me! Join a stream! Become the sun"! or "It - Perfection, Perfect Wisdom, Perfect Beauty, Perfect Kindness, It - Perfection" - and so endlessly, to head pain. And then thoughts got a persuasive visual form of a solar disk in the form of a round face with empty eye-sockets from which sunlight streams which insufferably burned down Prinze's soul flew.
But the worst began when each section of his body ached literally, persistently demanding pleasure of the Stream, and this burning pain together with persuasive voices and visions demented him. This pain could not be compared to anything. Even starving which did not eat several days in a row experiences burning only in a stomach, and eager - in a throat, and Prinze turned inside out, burned down all - from heels to the top. His body persistently asked only one - one more touch to it the Invincible Sun …
At first he suffered, the first hour two, and then … At first moaned, lowed, and after a while he already shouted, bit till it bleeds lips and hands, was up against a blank wall and about a floor. It convulsively threw up, and then he fell and began to ride in a hysterics on a floor. On a body the hot perspiration acted, it tore hands the remains of clothes and roared as a wounded bull.
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