29 The Fourth Day of Dreams Part 1 (1/2)
Leo opened his eyes. He found himself laying on the side of the road where he and Solomon had passed the deceased girl. He didn't see the girl. In fact he didn't see the corpse he expected to see. The road was busy. He got up and saw carts. He saw large caravans traveling to and from the city he remembered falling asleep in.
”Raynark...” Leo said.
He didn''t know what the old man wanted to do by putting him to sleep, but he realized that a whole day would be wasted asleep. Even worse was the fact that his body would be completely defenseless while he remained asleep.
Leo looked down the hill that led to the prairie city.
'If this is a dream, is Ahab the still the King?'
Leo didn't know, so he asked. He asked a short man sitting in the front seat of a small wagon. Metal ores, most likely copper, were stored in the wagon. The man was a part of a long line of people waiting to enter the city. The city seemed to shine, like a city on a hill. The city had people entering and exiting at a much greater rate than when Leo and Solomon entered Ahab's city of sin.
The wagon moved three meters then stopped while the person at the gate of the city was inspected by the guards. The line stretched for a good quarter-kilometer. Leo saw the city look smaller than it really was from a wall through the city.
Leo said, ”Who rules this city? Ahab?”
The man scrunched his face in disdain. His rough green face and blue beard moved slightly while the wind blew his blue locks of hair above his head ever so slightly.
They man laughed, ”Aha, Ahahaha-Ha. Prince Ahab, that welp. I doubt he could lead a camel to water, much less rule a city. That's good. That's real good! I needed a laugh like that. What's your name Blackcoat?”
”Leo.”
”I meant your Blackcoat name, but that don't matter. I was never one to heed the barking of the upper class.”
Leo stared for a while, then said, ”Then who does rule this city?”
”Why Solomon of course! The wisest man in the world. Legend has it that the Supreme Fairy descended from a wind pillar, and Solomon wished for wisdom! Wisdom I tell you. He could've asked for anything in the world, yet he asks for wisdom. Anyway, you must not be from around here. I can see from the tint of your skin. It's a dark green, much like a mountain dweller.”
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”Yes, I'm from the mountains...” Leo said with a look of longing on his face.
”Well don't let an old man like me get you down. Tell you what, since you amused me so much, how about I take you into the city with me. I could use the company.”
”Really?” Leo said.
”Really,” the man said, ”I doubt a Blackcoat like you has any money to enter the city with anyway.”
”Thank you!” Leo bowed his head slightly.