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      "body": "sorry I have been busy but now I am ready. here is an excerpt from  chapter one; will post remaining part of the chapter later\n\n\nThe Dark Lord\nThe sun was barely showing above the hills of Westlandia, when Edward woke up. It was still late summer, and his room was warm and humid. Recently he had hard time sleeping, no matter how hard he tried. Sometimes it was because of the overwhelming stress. Other times, he simply couldn’t fall asleep. He did not why, and he was starting not to care. Insomnia had started to become his friend, as strange as it sounded. It was only during night time, that Edward was able to collect his thoughts. During the day he was rarely alone, and if he was, he was busy writing important reports, reading just as important reports, responding to letters or sending them, and making decisions many of which were crucial when it came to the ruling of Westlandia. “I should be a king” he often thought to himself; but he was only a lord. 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Not to mention, that Edward hated change or having to change more than his name. So he would rather keep it the way it is. The second reason was out of respect for his parents. There weren’t many people who could earn his respect, but his parents were certainly people he respected, even though he used to disagree with them very often, back in the day. Now he simply was missing them. It was more than 15 years ago, when his father left for the unknown world, never to be seen or heard of again. Times in Westlandia were hard back then, many people were starving, and when Edward’s father had learned about the opportunity to travel across the sea to the Unknown World, to search for better opportunities for work, and thus a better life for him and his family, he right away took the opportunity. Back then Edward still wasn’t a lord, but an officer in the King’s army. Though there was a rumor that the king was looking for a new lord to lead Lagera, since the current had just passed away, without leaving any male heirs. The two candidates for the job were Edward and the current heir to the kingdom of Lulin- Bakhus Bakhur, son of Lord Raegan Bakhur, who was very sick back then and it was a matter of time. Thus his son Bakhus was name ruler of Lulin - the smallest out of the three kingdoms out of which Westlandia consisted. \nEdward was certain that the King would pick him, but the king made a mistake to pick the young Lord Bakhur. That was very disappointing and very crushing blow to Edward. It also meant that his father was definitely going to leave for the Unknown World. Edward still remembered the exact conversation, word for word for word he had with his father, when he was pleading with him not to go.\n“It’s a strange world out there dad. That’s why they call it the Unknown World, because no one knows what’s out there. They say it is a land of magic, and evil sorceress; a land where it is way more for someone to lose himself forever, to lose complete touch with reality, than to ever succeed. I heard they don’t like foreigners over there. The trip by itself is full of dangers, with the sea being so unpredictable; plenty of ships leave for the Unknown World, usually for trade purposes and never return to Westlandia. Please dad, don’t go.”\n“I have heard the same stories son, but what choice do we have. It might have been different if the king had chosen you to be the new ruler of Lagera, as you hoped, but now that he chose Lord Bakhur, what future do we have here? The country is starving son. Yes, we still live better than most people, because of your officer status, but what happens, when the king decides that he won’t need you anymore? What good are officers in military time? Only a few more throats to feed. And if he fires you, then what? I am still the man in the family, and I am responsible for its future. I have to go out there, and take whatever job I can find. Then in a year or two, once I become financially stable, I will call for you guys to come join me. I promise I will write to you guys often. But now son, I have to go, the ship will leave the port soon; no one will wait for me. Take care for mother and younger brother, while I am gone.”\nAnd after saying that he said goodbye and left. That was the last time Edward saw him. In the first few years, his dad was sending letters often. But after the third years, all the letters stopped. And just once everyone thought that his father was gone, one more letter came. It was from his dad, letting them know that he finally made it. He was sending them some money, and wanted his family to come join him. His mother and brother readily sold everything, and left for the Unknown World. Edward was supposed to go too, but then the Buckstone brothers’ rebellion started. They were the rulers of the second largest, or the middle largest kingdom in the country – Krasno Selo. Edward was a colonel of the army back then. While in peaceful times he was free to leave the army, if he so chose, during war time, he had no option but to stay and fight the traitors; while the kingdom hid in the Sky Tower, while the uprising lasted. Not that the kingdom was a coward, but his son was very sick, and the kingdom wanted to get him away from the fight. At the same time he didn’t want to leave his wife and son alone with the Grand Sorcerer, in the Sky Tower, surrounded by dangerous prisoners, and hardened by war soldiers, who were guarding them, and were protecting the tower. It didn’t make a difference. Edward crushed the rebellion in less than a month. Though it was Bakhus Bakhur who took all the credit. Being away from the battle, the king didn’t have any way to know that though, thus the recognition that Edward got back then was minimal. At the same time sad news reached Westlandia from across the sea. The ship that his mother and brother were on, was supposedly sunken in a storm. His father had gone to look for them, but the same fate had followed him also. So now, Edward had no one left in the world; no one except Martin and Vlad; his two best friends. Five years later, Bakhus Bakhur, had shown his true face, and had started his own uprising, even though he was ruling two of the three kingdoms, on the king’s behalf, and was considered the second most powerful person, in the whole Westlandia. Again the king had to flee to the Sky Tower, and again not on his choice. This time his one year old daughter, had died, just a few weeks ago, and his wife was really sick also. The King was cursing left and right, these cruel Gods, how unfair they were towards him, and that each time the country needed its king the most, he had to run to the Sky Tower’s safety. Bakhus Bakhur also had to flee the Lagera kingdom, which overnight had turned against him, declaring him a traitor, and the worse person in the kingdom. The Dark Lord crushed Bakhus in less than two weeks. All of his army was army was massacred, and the remaining survivors left along with their cowardly ruler towards the Unknown World. The only problem for Edward was that Esther, the only girl that he truly loved and cared for once, also left with Bakhus. Esther actually never shared Edward’s adoration towards her. In fact Edward was sure she was dating Bakhus way before they left for the Unknown World. She has had rejected the Dark Lord numerous times, one of which was especially humiliating for him to take. \nAfter the rebellion was crushed, the King finally made Edward Rayland, the lord of Lagera. Instead of being happy though, Edward was really sad that day. “Too late” he thought. “My father, would never know of my accomplishments, neither would my mother, nor would my brother. And Esther despises me; she is probably fucking with Bakhus right now, laughing at me”. That was the first and the last time Edward cried in his life. When he finally calmed down he said to himself, “crying is for the weak. I should stop thinking about the past, and move on. I am a lord now.” While he never cried again, Edward never really managed to leave the past behind, no matter how much he tried or wanted to. Often he was sitting by the fire, burning in the cabin in his room, just looking empty in to the fire. He was either wondering if his parents or brother are still alive; whether Esther is still laughing at him; and where the hell is Bakhus. For the past five years when people saw Lord Edward, he was always in a bad mood, always dressed in black, always frowning, never smiling. Edward found the nickname annoying at first, but with time he completely adopt it. He even adopt it to a point where he was getting mad at people whenever they were calling him “my lord.” \n“I am not just any lord you fool; I am the Dark Lord, remember that. You will call me “my dark lord”, or I shall have your tongue next time you get it wrong”. Edward used to say this often whenever his servants or soldiers made this simple, but very annoying mistake. So soon everyone was calling him, ‘my dark lord”. Even the King and the Grand Sorcerer started calling him “Mr. Dark Lord”. The only people who didn’t were the Queen, Prince Harry, and his two best friends and most loyal servants – Martin and Vlad. The Queen and the prince would call him Lord Edward or lord Rayland; Martin would call him “Uncle Edward”, even though he wasn’t his uncle, or even related to him, and Vlad would call him simply “Edward” or “Ed”. \nEdward was just trying to close his eyes, when someone knocked on the door.  “Come in”, he said with his flat voice. \nEve, one of his favorite mates, and the King and the Queen’s favorite court lady, came in, a bit hesitantly at first. “I am sorry my Dark Lord, did I wake you?”\n“Not at all sweetheart; I was already awake. What is it?” he responded still half drowsy.\n“Martin and Vlad, asked if they can see you. They stated that they have a very important news for you.”\n“Did they happen to mention this news to you, my dear lady?”\n“Yes, my Dark Lord. They said that Bakhus Bakhur have returned secretly to Westlandia. However, your guards have caught him. He is chained in the dungeons downstairs, my Dark Lord.”\n“My sweet lady, this is the best news, anyone has ever brought me in a long time. Tell Vlad and Martin to come in, but give me ten minutes to get dressed first. “Edward responded with excitement in his voice, and for a first time in a while, Eve saw something, no one had seen in years – the Dark Lord smiled at her.\n“At once my Dark Lord”, she bowed, and left the room, closing the door gently after her.\n“Such a nice girl” Ned thought. Eve was certainly not a beauty at least in the face. However, she was once of the nicest girls he knew. Sometimes, when she smiled she could even pass as pretty, certainly charming; though when she was angry she could be a bit scary looking. “Her nose ruins it all; if it was a bit shorter, she would be way better looking. Her petite body, is certainly nice, her long, blonde hair is cute; only the nose. But hey I’d still do her. “Edward slowly got out of bed, and went near the cabinet at the other end of the room, and opened the first drawer, where he kept his most important supplies – the collection of his favorite herbs. These herbs were a bunch of green leaves, coming in a slightly different shapes and lengths, and were carefully wrapped in a foil paper, with a sign taped on the top of each one – “tranquility”, “high energy”, “euphoria”, and of course “dreams” Edward had characterized each of them by the physical and mental effects, each of the herb had on his body.  “Tranquility” made him feel calm. “High energy” helped him recover when he was feeling tired the most, though it was lasting only for a short while, so sometimes, if it was necessary, he had to take up to two leaves in one day. His favorite herb was by far “euphoria”. Recently Edward was starting to feel in a really gloomy and depressed mood, though some days were worse than others. It was in days like that he had to take a leaf, smash it and drink it with a cup of water. True, the taste was bitter, so very often he had to take a piece of chocolate or something else that was sweet, but only in a short while the taste did not matter. Edward was feeling as joyful as ever, and everything seemed just fine; the world was a beautiful place, and he was loving it. Such was the effect of “euphoria”, and in tough days, it made him feel better; it was the best way to release the stress. Though it had one thing, which worried him. While at first, “euphoria” made him hornier than a dog in heat, just a few minutes later, the effect was completely the opposite. He could have seen the most beautiful girl naked, and still be as soft, as the kin of a new born baby. “I hope this dam herb doesn’t make me sterile”, he often thought. But then he remembered that he was probably the only man in the country, and maybe in the whole world, who didn’t enjoy drinking, not even beer, nor wine. Other men, and many women also would get as drunk as pigs as parties, but not Edward. Firstly, because his body didn’t allow him to get drunk. Every time he was consuming alcohol, his chest was squeezing as tight as ever, making feel strong pain. His whole face would get red also, his body, would be burning. Not to mention that he hated hangover. Many of his people had them, and on day like that, he was glad he wasn’t one of them. Plus he had noticed, that people were making plenty of dumb thing when drunk, like saying the stupidest hit that came to their mind; they were beating their kids or women wen drunk; starting fights with their mates or stranger when drunk; and completely making fools out of themselves. “And then they judge me for takin “euphoria”; or they would have if they knew.” “Euphoria” or the other drugs, were outlawed by the king, because they were from the Unknown World, and all trade with the unknown world, was banned. Also the king didn’t like, or didn’t understand the effects these herbs had on the body; though he never had tried them himself. He called them evil sorcery, but what did he knew? “People, always hate things, they don’t understand” Ed used to say. Still, he didn’t want others to know, other than Vlad, Martin and Eve to know that he was taking them. “The King may very well exile me if he found out, and then all my work, would have been for nothing”; so he was determined to keep it a secret for as long as he can. The last herb “dreams”, was the most powerful one, and Edward was really careful, trying not to abuse it. It gave him vivid dreams and visions. However it was a very helpful herb, because all the visions he was able to see, while on “dreams”, were actually prophetic, and were coming true, very shortly after he has seen them. For instance, when Bakhus Bakhur, had his rebellion, he was able to crush it easily because he saw it when on “dreams”, and thus was able to guess correctly the enemy next moves. Not that the king would have considered this as Edward’s defense. Still it was good he had it/ Every time when Edward was getting a bad feeling, he took half leaf of dreams, and was able to see and understand better where his bad feeling was coming from. Somehow Edward, had very well developed six sense, which was warning him, every time something bad was about to happen. Together with “dreams”, and Martin’s special seeing abilities, Edward always knew everything that was happening or was about to happen, and was always prepared to react appropriately. The Dark lord took a leaf of “tranquility” smashed it in a cup of water, until the dry powder made the water light green and drank it, in one sip. He certainly couldn’t afford to drink “dreams” right now, and “euphoria” would quickly exhaust him, while the day was barely starting.  “High energy” would help him out but just for a bit, and his supplies of it, were running low. He need to save it for later, until Rakamu, the man who was bringing him the herbs from a place in the unknown world, known as the “High Forest”; came again with the new shipment. He often wondered, f the High Forest, and the things he had heard about it were actually true. “Talking trees, that are always high, is it possible? Or is it just a myth? Maybe it is a myth, but if so, where do these herbs come from? There are certainly no herbs like this in the whole kingdom of Westlandia; so it must be true.” \nEdward took off his pajamas, and put it in the laundry basket, so Eve can take them letter to be washed. He put on his brand new clothes, all in black of course, and looked at the large map, he had nailed to the wall. He focused at the huge piece of land, people referred to as the Unknown World.  While there was no magic in Westlandia, or “known world”, as some people call it, the Unknown World was known for having all sorts of magic. It was divided in a few important territories. The Civals occupied the biggest territory of the Unknown World. It was said that thousands of years ago, when the first colonies were just barely founded, the Civals were the first true civilizations to populate them- including Westlandia. Then they migrated to the unknown world, though many of them remained in Westlandia. Many people used to pride themselves with the fact that they could trace their roots back to the Civals. Edward’s family was among them. The other major territory belonged to the Namottos; who constantly fought with the Civals. Recently Dan Namotto the 13th, had declared a war on the Civals. The war was cruel and bloody on both sides; causing many people to leave their homes and search for refuge in other territories of the Unknown World; or in Westlandia even. “We used to run away to them, now they are coming to us”; Edward though often. He often used to hear refugees, complaining about Dan Namotto the 13th’s despotic rule. Edward found amusing what they were saying about him. Supposedly, this crazed dictator had said, that he will destroy anyone who opposes him “with fire and fury”. “Only an idiot can claim something like that”. The Dark Lord however, also found these statements rather concerning. “What if he manages to conquer the Civals; and takes control of the whole Unknown World? Then it would be no one left to conquer, but us? We have to attack him, and the rest of the Unknown World Scum, while they are divided and weak” That’s what he constantly preached, but the Queen, would never hear about it. Edward respected her a lot, but knew that her good heart, made her too weak. Which would have been all too well, but she was influencing the King also, making him weak in the processes.  One of her worse influence Edward though she had on the king, was convincing to let refugees in Westlandia. Something Edward was feeling very strongly against. “We can’t afford to take care of our own people, never mind all these extra, empty throats to feed”, he often stated, but no one was there to listen to him. Maybe back in the day, the king would have listened to him, but now, it was almost impossible to change the king’s mind, if Mariana, had convinced him otherwise. And this was just another reason, Edward had started to dislike his king; great friend back in the day; but a weak and pathetic man nowadays. The third largest territories were the unclaimed or the disputed territories; the name spoke for itself. Many different tribes were fighting over them; there were real laws, or order established there. Finally there were the collejios – that’s how all the magicians, sorcerers, so called scientists, and educated men were calling themselves. While education in Westlandia wasn’t exactly a priority; in Westlandia; the territories of the collejios from the Unknown World territories insisted on it, and mostly in magic, both for good and for dark purposes. They established different schools, called faculties  where they thought their followers magic as well as ways to understand the living and nonliving world. One person who have claimed he studied in such a faculty was Myles- the Grand Sorcerer. The Grand Sorcerer, claimed he grew up and thought himself in one of these faculties, and that he possessed magic powers, acquired from the training; though Edward, mistrusted him about that; in fact Edward mistrusted him that he was even a sorcerer to begin with, or that he had anything magical about him. Yes the Grand Sorcerer, could summon Domoros; a mythological creature – a huge dragon like creature, but with three heads; used with the sole purposes to carry the king, his family, and anyone else the king needed, to safety in the Sky Tower, should the need arise. The Sky Tower was built on a very high and steep mountain; so tall and steep even the best climbers couldn’t climb to it. However, anyone who was proclaimed Grand Sorcerer, was automatically given the gif to control Domoros.  All they had to do, was to read an ancient spell, which allowed Domoros to turn from a stone statue, into a living creature, and then back again, when he was no longer needed, and they were able to control Domoros. “If I was the king, I would have named Martin, the Grand Sorcerer, and he would be able to summon Domoros also.” The Dark Lord used to say often; and that was true.  And apart from being able to give commands to Domoros, which were automatically acquired with his title, Myles, has never proven that he had any magic abilities. However, Edward knew that at least for now, he needed no one else but Myles Rockwood, to be the Grand Sorcerer. True, he couldn’t confirm if he was loyal, not like Vlad or Martin, but for now he was reliable. The king thought Myles was serving him, and technically speaking, that was true, since by oath the Grand Sorcerer, was obliged to serve the King, and anything that king commanded, and if the king was to die, the Queen, and the prince automatically took over that role. However, the Grand Sorcerer was serving Edward. It was Edward, who helped him get the position, by personally recommending to the king, and thus Myles, owed hi allegiance to him. Though Edward wondered, should Myles ever realized his true strength and potential, would he still remain loyal, or would he betray him the first chance he get? \n“I can’t trust this man; only Martin and Vlad… and maybe eve and Diana Buckstone in certain instances; no one else; certainly not the Grand Sorcerer; but I still need him”.\nApart from the Grand Sorcerer and Edward’ favorite herbs, the only other people and thing that connected Westlandia to the Unknown World, was his dad’ old letters, Martin, Pajoul the court’s fool and of course the fear of war.  \nMartin, while originally was born in Lagera, early as a kid moved and grew up, somewhere in the Unknown World, in the Civals’ territory to be exact. Then when he turned only 13, Martin’s parents had decided to come back home to Lagera. On the way back they were attacked by pirates. They were planning to sell them as slaves, most like to the Chosen by the Devil, a very dangerous cult, living in the Hell Lands, the land on the west side of Westlandia; known for practicing extreme believes, and rituals, including human and animals sacrifice. Luckily for Martin, the pirate ship was intersected by the king’s men, on the way to the Hell Lands. Hi parent however, weren’t so lucky; for when the parents realized that they were about to be captured; killed all the hostages on board; only Martin and Pajoul managed to escape. \nAfter being rescued Martin started living with Edward and his family, and the two boy were like brothers; Edward of course was way older, became something like Martin’s mentor. When Martin, only 13 of the time, came to Edward’s life, Edward was already 25, and was a successful officer, in the king’ army. Then two years later Bakhus Bakhur’s rebellion started, and also Edward’s brother and mother left to search for Edward’s dad, living Martin, the only close person, in Edward’ life, apart from Vlad, Edward’s childhood best, and only friend.  People used to pick on Martin for being too shy, and that he was having a nerdish look due to his glasses, but Edward didn’t tolerate such kind of behavior; after all Martin was smarter than most people and possessed an unique talent.\nThe special thing about Martin was his ability to see things, in almost all part of the world, both known and unknown, as soon as they occurred, then he was reporting them to the Dark Lord. The gift of vision; that’s how people called it, when they talked to Martin’ gift. Indeed, it was a unique for very few people in the world, and Martin was one of them. The only places that he couldn’t see what was going on were sacred magic places in the Unknown World; like the “High Forest” for instance, the Sky Tower, as well as the hell, to which people referred to as the Hell Entrance. The “Hell Enterance” was a cave hidden in the Hell Lands, where the Chosen by the Devil cult was committing all of its sick, and twisted rituals. It was also said that there was a hidden hallway, approximately 10 kilometers long, which connected the cave with the Sky Tower, though no one dared to enter it, for there were all kinds of dangerous monsters living in it. There was also a rumor, or more like a legend, that if entering this tunnel, on a certain night, instead of going to the sky tower, one was entering another dimension, that was leading straight to the gates of hell, and only the Chosen One, would be allowed to freely return back in safety to Earth dimension, and continue straight to the Sky Tower. Edward didn’t know what to think of these tales, nor he cared a whole lot; since he wasn’t planning to visit neither the Sky Tower, nor even less so the Hell Enterance; he simply had no business there. \nThe Dark Lord’s glance switched from the Unknown World to the other end of the map, which included Westlandia, straight across the sea of the Unknown World, and the Hell Lands. There wasn’t much to say about the Hell Lands. The reason why people call them so, was because of the cult – chosen by the devil, and the Hell Enterance, their main meeting point; were located there. There were also cannibals, monsters, and other savages, who refused to live in a civilized way, who were living there. Also in the most northern point of the Hell Lands, the Sky Mountain was located, and on top of that – the tower which provided the King a Safety haven for a year, should the need arise – the Sky Tower; to which the only way was via air – or in other words, via Domoros – the mythological monster that only the Grand Monster could summon with an ancient, given to him at the time he was appoint a Grand Sorcerer by the king.\nApart from the Hell Lands and the Unknown World there was Westlandia – consisting of three main kingdoms, and one really small kingdom, that no true Westlander was able to talk about, without being embraced by it; and so it was known as the Kingdom of Embarrassment, or Gypsy Land, or Friendship One, as the Gypsies themselves called it. Gypsies were nomadic, very unclean people, whose true origins were unknown, or debated heavily at best, who were coming from a land known as the Namotto, located in the central part of the Unknown World. They also had some bad habits which included not bathing for long periods of time, living on the back of others, and stealing anything they can get their hands on, especially copper. During both uprisings, that Edward had to crush, a group of gypsies, led by a man called tsar Hiroul, stormed the king’s armory and stole all the armors, swords, helmets, shields, spears, axes, and all other types of un melted iron and copper they could get their hands on. Then they melted it and sold it to a group of well-known traders from the Unknown World, who forged it back into weapons and sold it double back to the king’s men. Edward was furious especially the second time. He hated being made a full of himself; especially by such imbeciles; such as the gypsies. And while the first time Hiroul had caught them by surprise; the second time it was more than ridiculous; because Edward expected it. He had begged the king back then to give them 100 good men, and let him go to Gypsey town – the capital of Friendship one, and destroy Hiroul and his men before they rob him a second time. The king refused, by stating it was unnecessary cruelty, which the kingdom should not afford. Then Edward asked the king to at least double the guards. The King refused that as well, stating that it would be unnecessary, since Hiroul, being a gypsy, was not a man bold enough to try something as crazy as stealing from the King two times in a row. Well, Hiroul did, and both times was successful. Bath times the king had flown away on Domoros back to the Sky tower, high up in the cold mountains of the Hell Lands, leaving Edward with no time to prepare, and having to trade with the Unknown World, in order to arm his men, with armor which was their property to begin with. And all because, the king was a weak minded idiot, controlled by his sweet, and soft hearted wife. But Edward was trying to see the positive in everything. Had it not been for the robbing of the armor, Edward wouldn’t have met the strange trader Rakamu, and wouldn’t have had the chance to try “Euphoria”, “Tranquility”, “High Energy” and especially “dreams”. And without “dreams” he wouldn’t have known for Bakhus Bakhur plans for instance; he wouldn’t have decided to send Admiral Jon Lees and his ships to attack Bakhus from the back, and he could have possibly lost the rebellion, and he would never won his lordship. Plus it wasn’t his fault that tsar Hiroul struck him twice. He did warn the King; he could only warn the king; it was the King’s job to listen and to give appropriate orders. So in a way, he was thankful to Tsar Hiroul, and his brother 100 Arrows. Gypsies were obviously not very creative when it came to names. Hiroul for instance chose to be called Tsar, because that was the Civals’ word for king, thus he was proclaiming himself as the King of the Gypsies; though he was the furthest possible thing from a king, as you could ever get – a bolding man in his 50’s, who was stinking like sheep’s piss, but with an extreme self-confidence. The name applied for his brother Ivan, who had called himself 100 arrows. He probably had never seen an arrow in his life, and yet he called himself after a famous Civalic leader, from hundreds of years ago. That’s how lame gypsies were when it came to names. The lamest name of all was probably the name of their so called kingdom – Friendship One. There was nothing friendly about it; and a man would never have been able to understand where the part about number one came from did. “If there is ever a Friendship two, I would go and kill everyone there myself; without showing a drop of friendliness.” Edward used to say; ‘and I will stick and arrow in 100 arrows’ ass, see how he likes it. Then I will break his fake gold, which is probably copper tooth and will make Tsar Hiroul swallow it. Hopefully I won’t die from suffocation while crossing Gypsey Town”. Edward was referring to the unbearable stench, that was coming from the city, due to the fact that 99% of the population never bathe, or if did, it was once a year, and made a big deal about it. “I bath today” was an expression locals used to say, when they were bragging to their friends. Not to mention that the horses and donkeys were shitting everywhere, and no one ever cleaned the streets. While the locals were used to the stench, a person who had never step foot, could literally pass out, or get a diarrhea just by smelling the air. That was the main reason, the king never wanted to attack the so –called Gypsy kingdom, or try to integrate it towards the rest of Westlandia. Which while certainly understandable, it was still a sign of weakness in Edwards’ eyes. Not to mention, how much gypsies liked to take stuff, which didn’t exactly belong to them, or try to sell you their copper, which was most likely, also stolen. The reason why they were able to do that, was because the king was willing to give a chance to every gypsy, willing to integrate himself or herself in the rest of Westlandia, as long as they earned their living by honest work. For gypsies, honest work usually meant either working on people‘s gardens or wheat fields, and then they would steal the crop for themselves; or simply selling stolen copper or goods made from stolen copper. Gypsies usually would come to the kingdom of Lulin, which was the bordering kingdom, though sometimes would make it to Krasno Selo, and once in a while to the kingdom of Lagera, and would approach people that seemed to have money in groups. “Older brother, older brother” or “older sister, older sister” would be the usual way they would try to talk to people, regardless of the fact that they had no relationships to them, and regardless of whether they were actually older or not. In fact, most gypsies were usually way older looking than they were indeed, especially the women. A gypsy woman could easily be 35-40 years old, and look as old as 60. It was due to the fact that they had many kids, half of whom they would forget the names they themselves had given them; “difficult to keep track, after the fifth one pops out, I guess” Edward would often say. But the annoying part was that all the gypsies that ended living outside of Friendship One, would receive money for each kid, they had, collected by the taxes of hard working citizens. Which was how they were living on other people’s backs. Not to mention, Edward believed, that all the refugees running away from the Unknown World were hiding in Friendship One, and later was illegally getting to the rest of Westlandia. He had begged the king to extradite all the illegal refugees back to Gypsy town if not to the Unknown World, but the king kept refusing; again Edward was seeing in this Mariana’s influence; only the Queen would be so influential. Or maybe it was Countess Lora, the Queen’s favorite court lady, which she treated as a daughter, as her own daughter had died years ago, right before Bakhus’ rebellion. Lora, also like the queen, had a soft and gentle heart, and was advising the queen to accept openly everyone; though Marian would probably do it anyway. Then the Queen would advise the king, making Edward’s job, practically impossible. \nAs for the remaining kingdoms on the map, there wasn’t much to be said about them. There was the Lulin Kingdom which used to belong to the Bakhur’s, but after the rebellion the king had given it to Prince Adrian and his wife, lady Diliana. Adrian was never huge on ruling, so he let his sister lady Marta, rule in his stead. The kingdom also served as the port to the south, and thus needed strong military armada to defend the shores of the kingdom from whatever danger could come by sea. After the defeat of Bakhus Bakhur, the control of the sea were given to Admiral Jon Lees, and his brother Teodor “the Jolly Fellow” Lees from the East. Both have demonstrated their heroics during the rebellion, which had earned the titles – the Protectors of the Westlandia’s seas. Apart from Lulin, there was also the kingdom of Krasno Selo, which was led by the Buckstones. Unlike the Bakhurs, the Buckstones, kept their kingdom after their rebellion. Mostly because Edwards was in a good relationship with one of the brothers Nikolay Bucksotne, and vouched on his behalf that the Buckstones would remain loyal to the crown. Thus while the Buckstones paid heavy taxes as a punishment, and lost some of their lands, they remained pretty much in control. Nikolay Bucksotne, owned the Eastern part of the kingdom, and Kiril “Kiko” Buckstone, the west. Both had lost their wives during the rebellion, Nikolay lost his wife due to sickness, while Kiril Buckstone was suspected to have killed his wife by starving her, because he caught her cheating on him, with a merchant from the Unknown World, though it was never confirmed. Both brothers had two kids each – a boy and a girl. Bart and Mira were Kiko’s kids, and Riktor “Vitya” Bucksotne and Diana Buckstone were Nikolay’s kids. Edwards was great childhood friend with Bart and Riktor, and used to have special feelings for Diana, who he also taught had for him. That was after Esther left, and he was trying to forget her. Though even before that, Edward, had soft spot for Diana.  And finally there was the kingdom of Lagera – the kingdom where he had grown up, though duty often took him to both Krasno Selo and Lulin. \n“You can look at the map, all you want, the Unknown World, will continue to be there”, Edward heard a voice behind him. It was his friend Vlad, the voice of reason, as Edward referred to him. Vlad was 33 years old, a year older than Edward. He was Edward closest friend, and the one who usually criticized him the most, whenever he felt that Edward was going on a wrong path. And recently Vlad, a skinny lad with a goat tea and pale face, a lad who rarely spoke to other people, often spoke to Ned, advising him of this and that, letting him know, whenever he didn’t like something, and he felt Ned was doing it wrong.  \n“You guys, obviously don’t believe in knocking”, Edward stated as he turned around to face Vlad slowly.\n“We did knock, but you didn’t hear us Uncle Ed”, a tiny lad with glasses, standing next to Vlad responded.\n“So nice to see you too Martin, so Eve stated that you caught Bakhus. Finally some good news in these dark times.”\n“Your people caught him.”\n“And where is he now?”\n“He is in the dungeon with Georgi, your torturer.” Said Martin calmly. “But knowing how Georgi is, I would strongly advise for you to hurry up, and go down there. Or soon Bakhus will be less than recognizable.”\n“Oh yes, Georgi likes to have fun, doesn’t he. We will go, but first I need a quick report from you Martin. Who is expected to come to the council meeting today, and what will the King talk about?”\n“I believe he wants to make sure that Westlandia is still loyal to him; as well as the war in the Unknown World. As for who is coming apart from us and Eve, the King and the Queen and the Grand Sorcerer, all of the Buckstones, including their kids, prince Adrian and his sister Marta, Teodor and his brother Jon Lees, countess Lora, “\n“Oh she is countess now?” Edward interrupted him.\n“Yes, ever since the queen granted her the title, for the past 5 years; but you already knew that Uncle Ed”\n“Did I? Forgive me, must have slipped my mind” while Edward didn’t exactly hate Lora, he wasn’t very fond of her, as she constantly was attacking him at council meetings, and was always taking the opposite side. Originally Lora was a daughter of one of the court ladies of the queen, but her mom passed away when she was an infant, and the queen had taken Lora under her wing, raising her like her own daughter. Their bond even became stronger when Queen Mariana, lost a daughter of her own, due to the little baby catching a strong case of the flu, never being able to fully recover. Queen Mariana was a very sickly woman herself, and constantly blamed herself, for passing her disease to her daughter. It was Lora who comfort the Queen, for she understood her best, way better than the Queen’s son prince Henry, or her husband – King Merek. So the queen officially made Lora a countess, and often called her daughter, while Lora called her mother or mommy; even though she always called Prince Henry by his name; instead of brother; and King Merek your majesty; instead of dad.  “Will his holly manliness attend?” Edward was jokingly referring to the fact that Prince Henry was gay. And not only was he gay, he made no effort to hide, and in fact he was making it very obviously, by dressing up, making up, and perfuming himself, in the most feminine way possible. While being gay by itself, was not against the law, despite the protests of the Grand Sorcerer and Kiko Buckstone at previous yearly council meetings, the King refused to make it illegal, even though he himself, strongly disapproved of this kind of behavior; while Edward remained neutral to it. Still, being gay was not something most men openly admitted about themselves; whether noble or poor. Each faced different obstacles of being accepted in the society. It was even more so, unacceptable for the only male heir of the King, to be this way, for it was expected of him to produce on his term future male heirs, to continue the dynasty. If the future heir was deemed unable to create generation of his own, and was determined to be his fault, and not his bride, the law stated that he must give up his crown to the next in the hierarchy line – which was the Grand Sorcerer, followed by the ruler of the largest kingdom – Lagera, followed by the general in command, followed by the assistant general, followed by the colonel. In the event that none of them was being fit to rule, which was an extremely unlikely event, then the nobles were to vote on a new king, but in the ten thousand year history of Westlandia no such precedent has happened; it has only gotten as far as the general of command, but that was more than 1000 years ago. Still the prospect of the Grand Sorcerer taking control of Westlandia, wasn’t exactly a prospect, which delighted Edward. As for Prince Henry himself, it was an open secret that he was gay, and everyone knew that. Everyone except the King. Or maybe he also knew, but had refused to accept as a fact. “People constantly live in denial of accepting their biggest fears; even when they stare them right in the face” Edward would often say. \n“Yes, Prince Henry will attend also” Martin replied.\n“Anyone else?”\n“Pajoul, the court’s fool.”\n“I hate this fucking clown. “ Pajoul was the last of the three people, who had connection to the Unknown World, apart from Martin and the Grand Sorcerer.  He was the only man in the kingdom, who looked more feminine looking than Prince Henry; or at least he was trying to be. Pajoul like to powder his face so much, that it was sparkling bright; so much so, that people could mistake him as a burning candle, if they saw him, when it was dark outside. Pajoul was a dwarf; barely 4 feet tall. There were 5 and 6 year old boys taller than Pajoul. He was carrying a large clown hat, with five tassels, with bells at the end of each tassel. The dwarf was skinny, ugly, with crooked hands and legs, which made him look like a duck when walking, and he was having difficulties carrying anything heavier than 5 pounds. When Pajoul laughed, and he laughed often, he was having the creepiest and evil smile, and a very deranged look in his eyes.  Due to his really feminine features, looks and extremely tiny and squealing voice, people automatically taught Pajoul was gay, and he never did anything to prove them wrong. Thus men never felt threatened when he was talking to their women. Court ladies, considered Pajoul as one of them, and were constantly talking what they referred to as “women things” when they were with Pajoul. He himself eagerly would join them in their conversations- usually sharing rumors about other people – who happened to work at court, or were noblemen who were often visiting the court. Their conversations would go something like “Girls, did you hear what happened to Lady Susan the other day? Her husband caught her sleeping with three soldiers from the king’s army. She was fucking with all three at the same time- having all her holes filled if you know what know what I mean?”\n“We know what you mean Betty” Pajoul would respond. “The question is, do you know what you mean. \n“What are you trying to say Pajoul?”\n“Bitch you know what I am trying to say, look at you. You have gained like 100 pounds for the last year. You look like a whale. The only men you have been with, are the ones that visit you in your dreams.”\n“Don’t be mean with her” another lady of the court will respond to him. “Just because you fucked more soldiers than a cheap harlot, working in a tavern, doesn’t mean that we all have to be like you.”\nPajoul raised surprised his eyebrows, looking at her with shocked face, blinking endlessly. “Hole, I know you just didn’t say to me, what I think you said to me. Ugh-ugh. I know you didn’t. You, who are as wide a trench; if a man tries to stick his bone in you he will feel like sticking it in a river; you the girl who can probably fit 3 men at the same time in just your small hole; II know very well you didn’t just said this to me.”\n“Pajoul, I just …”\n“Bitch you just nothing. Keep your mouth closed bitch, or I will have to close it for you. I know that at least in this aspect you have plenty of experience” Then he turned again back to Betty. ‘Ok Mrs. Pork Chop, now that we can go back to where we were before, we were so rudely interrupted, tell us again what happened to Lady Susan”.\nLater that week, Mrs. Susan and her husband were found dead, in the bushes. It seemed like he killed her, and then killed himself. Pajoul only laughed hard when he heard the story.\nThat’s how he usually acted, but talking wasn’t the only thing he did when talking to the court ladies. He usually promoted himself as the God of Love, trapped in a dwarf’s body. He was telling the ladies and their husbands, that for a small price, he could teach their wives, how to satisfy them like never before.\nAnd those fools paid them dearly. Now Pajoul would tell them, that he will take either a cucumber or a banana and demonstrate to the ladies how to suck it, how to swallow it hole, and later on how to ride it. Edward knew that was bullshit. Martin had told him the truth, because he was able to see it, but Edward didn’t need Martin to know the truth. “The whole kingdom would run out of cucumbers and bananas for years to come, if this was the truth; especially with all the “students” this dwarf has” Edward with often said.\n‘What if he uses the same banana and cucumber for each of his students?” Harold, one of the soldiers working for Edward asked him once.\n“You know how unsanitary this would be? No, no way; he definitely makes them suck his cock, pretending to teach them better techniques, and then he would instruct them to get on his dick and he will start shagging them, pretending to show them riding techniques. That creepy fool, ain’t fooling me.” \nAnd that was exactly what Pajoul was actually doing. He was fucking all the lonely, rich women, and sometimes even poorer ones; and if the girl was pretty enough for him, he would even take a poor one, telling her husband or boyfriend, he would give him a special discount, because he was a good men; and the men were paying him for it, thinking their wives were learning new ways to please them better. Well technically speaking they did, but not exactly as they pictured it. Edward knew what was happening, but was feeling impartial to it. “If they are so stupid, to willingly put horns on their heads, and pay for it, on top of that, that is their problem. I hate stupid people”, he would say often. Though he was wondering, why the women did it so willingly. Was it because they were also as stupid or was it because they wanted to get willingly fucked, by the ugliest creature in the kingdom; Edward couldn’t tell for sure. He believed that it was in the nature of all women, to be slutty, but at the same time Pajoul was so hideous, that he couldn’t imagine how they would get turned on by him. Maybe they were picturing someone else; maybe just were so tired of their boring lives, and wanted a bit adventure to make it interesting, and hey a dick of midget is better than no dick at all. Or did they actually found the thought of feminine looking Pajoul, inside of them really exciting in some strange, perverse way? Whatever it was, he knew he would kill this fucking clown one day; just for the fun of it, if nothing else. But not until the King was alive; that was for sure. For some reason the King truly loved his fool. 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All other floors would have been replaced at least ten times by now. If your soldiers were as strong as your floors, no one would ever oppose you.”  Pajoul said to the King once, and everyone in the room died laughing. Another time he said “This Domoros, must be a really strong creature with unique endurance, since it is able to carry your weight twice from here to the Sky Tower and back. Though I wonder if it starts complaining of severe back pain, once you get off, while no one is watching.” And then he started to make strange howling sounds with his mouth, pretending to howl as Domoros, every time the monster was angry. Again everyone in the room was laughing. But were they laughing, because they truly found his jokes funny, or was it because the King truly found them funny, and it would have been rude if they let their king laugh by himself; no one knew. 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      "body": "Ok I will start by including my prologue. After a few days I will include an excerpt of chapter one, than chapter two and so on. Enjoy\n\nPrologue\n\n\"So what is this thing, you people call reality? And what is so bad about your reality that you want to run away from it? Tell me Ned - actually I changed my mind. I don't want you to start bothering me with one of your sad, depressing stories, of how boring your world is, and how bad you want to live in your made up one. That is the reason, why you did it right? You wanted to experience what it is to be important; what it is for people to fear you, and to follow your command; even though they may secretly despise you behind your back. You wanted to feel special. So you created me. You made me look just like you; but without your insecurities and weaknesses; without your weirdness and need for approval. You made me a lord; you gave me the cheesy name of Edward and a castle to run; in a made up land; in a made up world. You made me a combination of your dreams- both childhood and current. But at the end of the day, it will be just another medieval fairy tale, that only kids would want to read; won’t it? You would end up making me just another superficial character; might not be intentional or not; but that's would end up doing. You would make me just as superficial as your life at the moment. Isn't that what you always wanted; to make everyone and everything as superficial as you?\"\n\"You are being unfair. You know that is not true. And why do you keep torturing me? Why are you so evil?\"\n\"How can I be evil? Or good for that matter? How can I be anything, when I only exist in your mind? Well, at least up until now. Very soon you will be the superficial lord Edward, and I will be Ned. Your wish will come true. You will escape your reality; you can have mine and my world also. And then I will have yours. Oh and when your friends ask you, what are they doing stuck with you, in the stupid world you created, tell them it was your fault that they are there. And their doubles, the characters you made up who look like them, will be here in the real world with me, and then you will truly appreciate what it is to be real.\"\n\"What do you mean by that?\"\n\"Oh don't worry Ned. You will find out very soon.\"\n\n***\n“On my count of my voice you will wake up. Relax, you are almost awake. And you will wake in 3, 2, 1” and the professor snapped his fingers. “So how was the meditation this time?”\n“Very relaxing, as usual. Thank you doc” Ned responded, while still sounding a bit drowsy. “How long was I out?”\n“For about 40 minutes, like every time.”\n“And every time, it feels like it has been at least 2 – 3 hours.”\n“That’s the beauty of hypnosis son; it make time feel like an abstract concept. And technically speaking time is an abstract concept, it just people don’t see this way. So, is there something new you want to bring up today?”\n“You mean, something that we don’t talk about every time? I don’t think so.”\n“What about your book? How is that going?”\n“I got a few chapters out of the way. It is coming all right so far.”\n“Tell me more about that. Last time you mentioned that majority of the characters are people you know, just with different names. And I believe you are the main character.”\n“I am a bit embarrassed to talk about that doc” Ned’s face was blushing, he looked nervously down at the ground.”\n“Why, what is there to be embarrassed about? It’s perfectly normal, if you ask me. I wonder how many writers, have written their books this way; they just don’t admit it. In fact it is the most natural thing to do when writing a book, especially for a first time- to imagine the main characters as people we know, and even ourselves.’\n“Well, I am not a real writer doc. I haven’t written or published anything yet, though I was hoping to make an exception with this book. And yes, imagining the characters as people I know helps me write better. It helps me describe the characters better, when I know how they look; I give them their personalities so that they match their look, though not always. “\n“Ok that’s a start, so tell me more about the actual story, and about your character.”\n“Well, it takes place in a parallel universe, meaning everything is like our world, except that it has never happened. I don’t want to be accused of historical inaccuracy. Anyway, it takes place in medieval times, or somewhere around this time. It doesn’t matter a whole lot, because I am not really using dates. And my character, the one who looks like me, is a lord, his name Edward Rayland, but everyone calls him the Dark Lord. He used to be a good man back in the day, but certain traumatizing events have made him in to a very dark and bitter person, with a very negative look on life, thus they call him the dark lord; plus he always wears black, just like the color of my hair. While he looks exactly like me physically, his personality is completely different. He doesn’t have all the insecurities I have, and has very high self-confidence about himself, though he doesn’t feel the need to demonstrate it. He is not arrogant, and hates arrogant people, though he is not exactly humble either. He hates stupid people, and values people who know how to use their brain. Has a lot of respect for smart people in other words, even if they are his enemies. He doesn’t feel the need for attention, or approval like do. He is a high lord, to a king, who he despises, because he thinks is too weak, but still hasn’t found the right opportunity to revolt against him. People either fear Edward, or have sworn to serve him; notice most people in the kingdom, actually serve Edward, and not the king. Basically, Edward is everything I am not.”\n“But you wish to be?”\n“Well I don’t want to be evil, but the rest, yes I do…”\n“So why, did you make him evil?”\n“Because, I am constantly frustrated and disgusted with this live. The more I live, the more feel is unfair. And you know what they say- good guys finish last. So, I decided to make him a bit cruel, cold and never showing emotion, and see how it goes from there. Still not sure how to end it for him though. Either he will end up winning the whole thing, with the moral of the whole story – good guys finish last, or don’t always win – like in the real world. Or maybe Edward will take the road to redemption and die like a hero. I haven’t decide which way. I have always dreamed to be the hero myself you know. Ever since a little kid, I keep picturing myself, saving either a very beautiful girl, or maybe a group of people, but get stabbed or shot in the process, and people gather around me, while crying. I imagine people being thankful for what I have done, being thankful for my bravery, and remembering me. Because if you think about it doc, we all are going to die sooner or later. Majority of us, will be forgotten by the society; hell most people won’t even knew we existed. But I always dream of having a special place in history, and be remembered. This way you or shall I say your legacy lives forever. I know this will never happen to me in the real life most likely, but at least I can have it for my character. Though I may not go this route; it feels a bit cheesy. And when I write I am a perfectionist, I don’t want anything cheesy in my book. I hope I am not bothering you doc, I can talk sometimes for too long without stopping “\n“Not at all son. But I was wondering something.  You said you dream about having your place in history, but you know, Hitler and Stalin for example, had their special place in history, though certainly not in a positive way. Now, I know these two are a bit extreme examples, but nevertheless, is that how you want to be remembered? I mean, are you wishing to earn fame so badly, even if it is a terrible fame?”\n“I think about that often. Sometimes I think, that negative fame is far better than no fame at all; sometimes not so much. But you are missing the point doc. The whole reason about writing this book, is not just to become a famous writer someday. I mean yeah, that will be nice, but that is not the main purpose. I am writing this book, to escape the boring everyday reality I live in. don’t get me wrong doc, I am not trying to sound ungrateful. I appreciate everything I have – I am in good health, have both of my legs and hands, I have a roof over my head, and a steady job, which automatically makes me better off by millions or maybe even billions of people. But at the same time, I am not seeing any purpose of living. Like, it is the same thing every single day. Get up, eat, shit, go to work, go home. Next 4 days same thing. Then the weekend comes, you do what you do to relax for these two days, then go back to work on Monday. People wake up, constantly waiting for the weekend, waiting for their next pay check, waiting for their vacation, waiting for their promotion, which may never came, waiting to retire peacefully, and before they realize it, life ends. Yes that’s a bit cliché and kind of philosophical, I am not going to be the first or the last person, who have said that, but for me, it is just too much. Where is the fun adventure, where I the fame, where is the glory. You, may say, I sound like a kid, and it may be true, but so what? I want to experience something different, I want something most people will never experience. This book is the closest thing I get to escape at least for a little bit, from this grey, boring, everyday reality. It helps me create a world, in which everything is possible, in which I am in control, and don’t have to be considerate with no one and nothing.”\n“I see. You sound really passionate about this story, which makes me very happy.”\n“I have to be passionate about something. I have been single for I don’t know how long, my dog recently died, I am divorced, and my son lives in another continent; I don’t even watch football like I used to. This book is everything. I hope I don’t sound like a retard.”\n“Why do you constantly feel like you have to apologize, or feel bad for what you said or did? I thought we talked about it son. Confidence, confidence is the key.”\n“And see that’s another thing. Edward would never have been like that. He would simply not care, about what other people think of him. Not me though; I constantly struggle with that. “\n“Who else is in the story?”\n“Many of my friends, some coworkers. Girls I know from different places. And sometimes even strangers. Once in a while I will try to make up my own appearance for a character, but that’s in rear cases.”\n“Strangers?”\n“Yeah like I see someone on the street, with very distinctive features, I think to myself – he has perfect appearance for character X, or she is perfect character Y.”\n“Am I in your book?”\n“You are doc. Your character is called Myles, and he is a grand sorcerer. “\n“Wow, that’s cool. You know when I was a kid, I used to dream of becoming a professional magician – something like David Copperfield. I admired his tricks, and how amazing he was. Of course, my father quickly ended my dreams, like most fathers would when they hear that their kid wants to be a professional magician. So instead, I started studying science, and more specifically psychology, though other types of science a well. So here I am today. But now, my kids dream will become true, at least on paper. So thank you for that. Tell me more about my character, the grand sorcerer.”\n“Well, in the western part of the kingdom, magic is not allowed; it is only practiced in the eastern part, or as I refer to it in the book, the “unknown world.” The grand sorcerer is the only exception. And he doesn’t really have any magic skills either, except for one, more for that later, so he really serves as an advisor to the king. However, he is a man of Edwards, one of his closest accomplices, and together they plan to overthrow the king.”\n“I like the sound of that, me and you in cahoots against the king; against the system if you will. Anyway, sorry for interrupting you. Tell me more about this sorcerer.”\n“Well he is a very sneaky man, and not very trustworthy, a bit creepy if you will. “\n“Do I look creepy? Be honest Ned, I promise I won’t get offended.”\n“Well, to be honest, when I first saw you… Man, I shouldn’t say that, I don’t want to offend you.”\n“Come on Ned, we should be past that already. Don’t be afraid, I promise I won’t get mad at you.”\n“Well, when I first met you…. I got the impression that you look like a pedophile or a child molester.”\nThe professor laughs loudly. “Lol, do I really give people that impression? Is it my hairstyle or my clothing? I am just curious, to see on what I have to work on”.\n“Your eyes and your smile was what creeped me up initially. But I told myself, that I shouldn’t judge people by how they look, and I gave you a chance. And I am glad I did. You helped me a lot doc. And still help me every day. You are a good person, unlike the character in my book.”\n“Well let’s not jump to conclusions there son. I can be an asshole sometime. But I am glad, you think this way. So it sounds like it may turn out to be a great book. I would like to read it once you finish it, even if you never publish it. But I do believe you will publish it someday, and that many people will read it.”\n“I sure hope so. It will really mean a lot for me.”\n“You should see how excited you get when you talk about your book.”\n“It’s my creation, my baby. I keep my finger crossed it gets published one day. “\n“Ned can I ask you something. If you had a chance to live in the world you’re created, in your story, would you do it? Would you like to know what it really feels like to be Edward’s shoes?”\n“Oh my God, in a heartbeat. I wouldn’t think twice about it.”\n“But what if that meant, that you never get to return to the real world?”\n“Who cares; didn’t you listen to what I said just a minute ago, about the boring reality? But why do you ask?”\n“I am glad you ask. You see Ned, I am not just a psychologist, and I am also a scientist, primarily the concept of time and time traveling. For the past few years, I have been doing a research, for which I had to take a few bank loans, and now that the research is towards its end, I am glad I did. “The professor opens his cabinet and takes a small metal device, with one red button, two long black buttons, one of them extending all the way down, while the other shifted half way up. On both ends of the device there was a circle, metal plaster and a rugged surface on the top and bottom of the device, and brown wooden surface on the device.\n“What is that doc? Forgive me the ignorance, but I don’t think I have seen this device before.”\n“Nothing to forgive laddie. No one has; because it is a brand new product. Ned, let me introduce you my invention – I call it the D2. It is first of its kind mind traveling machine.”\n“Mind traveling?”\n“Exactly. This device, when touched to your forehead and pressing the red button, will automatically transfer your brain to a chosen destination. And the best part is, this destination doesn’t have to be real; it only has to be real in your head. So, for example, let’s say you want to become Edward from your book, all you have to do is imagine him, and the place where you want to go, and you will be inside his head. Now I have to underline this is only mental time traveling; your body never gets transferred, only your mind does. This is possible because the receptors of this device, are able to instantly communicate and read your brain and your thoughts. Then, presuming you have a good imagination, the receptors capture your thoughts, and in less than a second create the whole illusion like it is in your head. Then your brain, which is a very powerful by the way, accepts this illusion as its reality. And I can’t stress this importance of this fact but the brain is by far the most powerful device humans possess. It helps us accept our reality, it is the reason why we feel pleasure or pain, the reason why we act a certain way, and so on. Unfortunately people can only control only 5 % of their brain, and some dumb individuals even less (that was a joke), or we all would have been Mind travelers Well my D2, increases this percentage almost by 2, at least for a few short moments, allowing your mind to travel in parallel universes, or places that exist only in your mind. However, just because your body will still be in the real world, so to speak, it doesn’t mind that while you are in the parallel universe, you won’t feel anything. In fact because like I said, the brain is connected to all of our sense, you will physically feel everything that happens to you while in this parallel universe. This way it won’t just feel like a dream, but it will feel 100% real. So real that your actual body won’t feel anything while separated from you, in the real world. Just like a disable person can’t feel his or hers legs, even if they are on fire, because they are no longer connected to the spinal cord, or thus to the brain. But you, while in your own reality, will feel everything – every single touch or hit, simply everything. How does that sound, laddie? You look shocked.”\nIndeed the surprise on Ned’s face was more than obvious. “Are you being serious right now? So you mean to tell me, that if I  touch this not even 1 kilogram heavy device to my forehead and press the red button, I will be transferred to Edward’s head in my story, if that is what I wish and desire; I mean mind will be transferred?”\n“Exactly Ned; just press it against your forehead, think about the imaginary kingdom from your book, press the button, and boom you are there.”\n“And you are being serious? Like 110% serious?”\n“Again, yes I am.”\n“What’s with the black buttons? Why is one of them extended half way up, while the other one is all the way down?”\n“These are the settings of the D2. I have made it to go to one way transfer, which means that only you can transfer yourself in Edward’s brain, and not him in yours.”\n“How he can do this if he doesn’t even exist?”\n“He will, at least in your brain, as soon as you press the button. Which means that if you choose to, you can make a double transfer. This way he can take over real body, here in the real world, while you completely take over his in your story; mentally at least. So in an event, you get tired of this world completely, and you want to live in his world only, or at least for a while, just set it on double standard. Thus in your brain, your reality will the same as in your story, and you can say you are truly living in it. Then once you decide you had enough, just set the D2 to double transfer, press it against your forehead, press the red button, and your mind will return back to the real world. But be careful laddie; time feels differently in the planet universe. A day in the real world may be equal to 10, maybe even 20 days in the imaginary world. Can’t say for sure, but it will definitely change your perception of time, but most of all it will change your perception of reality. You got to be careful that you don’t overuse it, or you might completely lose yourself. You will not be able to differentiate what is real and what’s not. You might completely forget about the real world. You may even go insane.”\n“Wait a second, I got to ask, how is it that this hasn’t been on the news yet, and that only I know about it?”\n“Because it is far from legal. No first or second world country’s government would allow this research to take place, never mind allowing the product to be produced for mass consumption. Not to mention, that in the wrong hand, this can become a very powerful weapon, or an extremely sophisticated spying method. Only a few minor changes will be needed. And let’s not forget, that if you unattached it like this in the middle”, the professor squeezes gently the D2, pressing a very tiny black button, towards the bottom of the device at the same time, and easily unattaches the device in two even halve, “and then you reattached with the top side facing the other way”, and he attaches it. “Now the code is reversed. What does that mean? Well the way it is set up right now, only a real person can initiate the transferring into an imaginary person that only exists in their imagination. But remember once you go to your imaginary world for instance, your characters will become alive in your mind. If the code switched then they can initiate the transfer as well. Thus this so called made up doubles; for a lack of a better word, let’s call them doubles; will be able to initiate the transferring into their original human form, which they are made to represent. To say it in other words, since most of your characters, lookalike real people that you know, if the code is switched, then they can take over the bodies of the real people, you thought them after; completely capturing their mind.”\n“But how is this possible?”\n“Think of it as a computer virus. These are virtual in nature as well, but once created, the person who created them, can send it from his host computers to computers all over the world. Your mind is the host computer in this analogy, and your characters are the virus. This is another reason, why western countries will never approve this device – not only that you can control your own state of mind, but if it falls in the wrong hands, or used inappropriately, you can control the mindset of every person that you choose to include your model. All you do is think him or her up, and they become real in your imaginary world. Then if the code is reversed, you can send these characters in the real world, and to shift the reality of their original mind owners, to such extent that your story will be the only reality they will know will be your story. So if someone piss you off for instance, you can send him in your story, change his or hers personality however you like, and the character you created can take its place. Again, that was a joke, but not really, since it is completely possible to happen. But don’t worry; this is very unlikely to happen. You have to either give the device willingly to one of your characters, or you have to lose it, but loosing this is like losing your smart phone, wallet or keys – the things we are most careful not to lose every time we live our homes. This is also a key so to speak- a key to a reality if you will, and it will be the reality you choose. Just be careful not to overdo it. And of course, just don’t lose it.”\n“So if this device is so powerful, and so illegal why did you create it?”\n“Who said it was to be sold in Germany, or Europe for that matter. Well maybe someday, but that is not my plan. I am leaving for Argentina in a few weeks: some of my old colleagues, ad old acquaintances, also German like me, live there. They know the right people, and the ones they don’t they can give a few extra pesos. I will try to get approved there. But before I can do that, I have to have at least one volunteer, to test it, to see if works. As you can imagine I don’t have any. Remember this device hasn’t been tested before. Well actually I did, and the results were inclusive. Not that I didn’t expect them to be. You see I performed the test one dog and a duck in a lab. I knew shouldn’t do it, because this machine isn’t to be used on animals. Their brains are much smaller than humans’ and don’t function properly. Still I needed a quick test, so I had no choice.”\n“And what exactly happened in the experiment?”\n“I tied one of the paws of the dog, to one of the duck’s legs. Then I pressed it once against the dog’s head, and the duck’s.  After wards the dog started thinking he is a duck, and started making quaking sounds. The duck started thinking it is a dog, and started barking. Poor animals were struggling so after an hour, I did the only human thing to do, and put the dog to sleep. The duck was delicious by the way. No it did not taste like a dog. Remember their bodies stayed the same. Plus I couldn’t risk, someone seeing them or they could have tried to stop the project. Plus the dog was a starving, homeless dog anyway; and the duck was so fattened, it was just a few steps away from being served at the dinner table. Yes I feel bad for the animals, but it was in the name of science.”\n“But you said the animals were suffering? Will this thing happen to me?”\n“Very unlikely. Like said our brains are bigger, function differently, and we have the awareness state. Not to mention the two animals were so completely caught off guard and were truly confused. You on the other hand will be prepared and you won’t have the shock. But let me ask the question again. Ned, how do you like as of right now, this very moment, to step Edward in shoes and bring him back to life?” Since you will be the brave volunteer, I won’t charge you anything for the D2, and even our session today will be free. However, I needs your response now. Otherwise I have to ask some of my customers to see if they will be interested. Though this will be terribly disappointing. But at the end of the day, I need at least one volunteer to pass successfully the experiment, so I can get it approved. Even in third world country like Argentina, people want some kind of verification.”\n“May I just ask one question? Why me? Why did you choose me for a volunteer? I am not your most loyal client, neither ht5e first.”\n“True, but you are the most interesting subject.  You are the only one of my customers who is writing a book, and with imaging himself and other people he knows as the main characters. That right there is more than a bonus. You fit the role of a test subject much better than anyone else. So, for the third time the million dollar question – would you do it? You said how important this character are to you Med, and how bored you are with the current life. Now prove it. This is a onetime opportunity. Ned, how do you like to be Edward, the Dark Lord?”\n“A smart man once taught me, when the opportunity knocks on your door, don’t make it knock twice. Give me the D2, I am ready. I just hope this really works, and not some type of a hoax.”\n“Smart man. I knew you would make the right choice today, and won’t let me down. Here, the D2 is yours.”\nNed took the device. Then he relaxed on the couch, closed his eyes, and pictured Edward in his head. Then he pressed the D2 into his forehead and pressed the button. He completely forgot, that the code is switched. The last thing he remembered seeing was the professor’s creepy grim.",
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      "body": "Soccer/football is the world's sport and justifiably so. Kids in the US play it widely, but it's never really caught on at a pro level in terms of the reach that these other sports have in the US. Good point with the World Champions label. As you know, we Americans can be rather us-centric. :)",
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