"THE COUNTRY BEHIND THE RAINBOW"

guests in the fog

the longer, the woman in the black dress was getting closer to santiago.

"who are you, why are you blocking my way?"

"should I ask who you are?and what are you doing in this forbidden forest, how dare you enter our world and without permission you come and try to infiltrate this land."

"i'm santiago, I did come from the human world.I accidentally entered here through an open stone gate.and I'm not an intruder."

santiago bravely faced the strange woman standing in front of him without any fear.

"young man, do you know? the place where you stand today is the boundary between the human world and our land the land of the angels and you humans are forbidden to enter this territory."

"i'm sorry to have entered your world again and if my presence has disturbed this place, I'll come back and get out of here."

immediately Santiago turned his body intending to leave the forbidden forest and returned to the waterfall where he entered before.but he had not had time to step, the middle-aged woman again confronted him.

"wait, it's not that easy, young man, you won't leave this place that soon."

"what do you mean?"

"you are considered to have broken the law of our world, and in return, you must come with me to the land of black fog."

santiago began to be haunted by anxiety when he heard the land of black fog.shadowed in his mind what kind of black fog country.certainly terrible and filled with Monsters scary there.

"no, I'm not going anywhere else come with you.sorry I have to go soon."

without saying anything else, the woman quickly enveloped santiago with pitch-black smoke, and immediately took him away.they disappeared instantly from the forbidden forest and finally the black smoke group took santiago somewhere.

"where am I, why can't I see anything.why is it so dark here!"

he shouted in a very loud voice until finally, slowly the black smoke began to disappear and no longer enveloped his body.

santiago looked around him.this time he was already in a different place.it was like a very deep abyss.Santiago looked up there were many vultures flying.and around the place there were only large rocks and very high that fortifies the surroundings.

"where am I now, why is it that it's full of mist here, what exactly is this place?"

the woman who was carrying santiago suddenly disappeared and left her alone in that place accompanied by vultures.not long after that woman suddenly reappeared and this time she was not alone.looked a girl a beautiful silver-crowned, with a sparkling black dress and beautifully-drawn hair standing beside her.

"i'm Viona, I'm the queen of this land of mist.and you, what's your name?what are you doing in this place?

santiago introduced himself, and told all the events that brought him to the place.viona listened to the story of santiago carefully.he smiled sweetly and looked at the young man who stood before him.

"i'm sorry if my guards brought you here disrespectfully, because only this time there were humans who were straying in our place.so, as guardian nymphs on the boundary,we'll arrest anyone who tries to enter this country."

"alright then, are you going to lock me up here?

"of course not santiago, you don't deserve to be locked up in a place like this, if you don't mind, will you come with me to my palace?"

santiago forced to agree to viona.hawa request the air is very cold. and santiago like shivering cold.there is no beautiful scenery there.that there are only rocks and fog that is very thick surrounding the place.Tree that grows was left only branches and twigs without foliage on it.Santiago follows the trail of viona that walked slowly in front of him.his eyes glanced at the place.some black pigeons perched on the branches of trees.The atmosphere in the mist valley is very gripping like in the world of ghosts.

a towering black fence opens by itself.In the fence there is a magnificent and very beautiful palace.viona let her new acquaintance into the palace.

some of the guards standing there saluted their newly arrived queen.

"prepare a special meal for our guests."

viona ordered them to prepare a meal for Santiago.The palace occupants began busy preparing a banquet for their guests and queen.

Santiago sits on a chair made of beautiful natural stone while answering the question of viona who also sits on her throne very gracefully.

"santiago, you're a handsome young man.yet I've seen a man as handsome as you are in this country."

"really, but I feel like I'm used to viona.you're praising me too much."

santiago's face reddened as viona praised him many times.

"yes it's true, and I'm telling you honestly.santiago are you married?"

"of course not viona.i'm not married anyway I still want to be alone and spend my youth first."

the queen of the fog country breathed a sigh of relief to hear santiago was not married.seems like he began to like the young man from the human world.

"how about you viona?"

"i once wanted to get married, but my father forced me to marry a young man I didn't love.Santiago's long story, one of which I'll tell you."

santiago and Viona are involved in a serious conversation.they exchange stories about the human world and the country where the viona lives until finally a waiter comes and tells them that the dish is ready.

"queen viona, the dish is ready, please your majesty."

they then headed to the palace dining room, where the banquet was ready at the meal.viona invited his guest to sit down to eat with him.Santiago was confused to see all the food presented at the dining table.

"what are these foods, why are they black?"

he thought about how he refused not to eat with the viola.after all he could not eat the bones and leaves of the black.he thought for a moment and he remembered what his mother had told him about the story of a magical land where in that country, people cannot touch any food served by them.

"you mustn't touch anything including their food.if you eat it, then you can never return to your world"

the words of his late mother ringing in his ear.Secret viola pay attention to santiago gelagat.

"what's up, why don't you eat?let's try to taste our dishes.all very delicious and this is cooked by the chosen cook in this kingdom."

a plate of stone filled with unique carvings in the place in front of him.Santiago is really confused.everything he has to do so that he can escape the food that makes his appetite lost, he said,and it feels like his stomach wants to spill.

"ayo santiago, please taste do not be ashamed anyway at this table there are only the two of us.let's please enjoy."

viona stood up from her seat and took a meal that resembled a tail of earthworms in a ball-like shape, and placed it on a santiago plate.

"uh, let me just you don't bother viona.I can take it myself.hehehe.."

santiago's behavior is increasingly irregular.his throat feels cold when viona put something on his plate.Cold sweat began to wet his forehead.once he stood up then sat down, and stood up again.

"what's wrong with you.why are you so agitated, what's wrong here?"

viona began to suspect with santiago who was like a hot worm.he was astonished to observe the behavior of the young man.

"oh no viona, once again I'm sorry to have ruined your eating atmosphere.I'm holding back the pain in my stomach.and it feels very painful viona, I can't take it anymore."

panic began to be seen on the face of the black fog queen, with immediately he shouted to call the guards.

"guard, keeper!take our guest to the restroom.it looks like he's going to pee."

a guard ran small from the inside, and met santiago.

"let's sir, I'll take you back."

viona continued eating while santiago followed the guard who was about to take him out of the place.