"We are shifting to Flat 5D. Everything is finalized. They are coming with the papers".
From there, we will shift to Ahmednagar. Dick and Xavier are already there.
Bela continued - "Flat 5C is now at their disposal. They will make all the structural changes to the flat like polishing, painting the walls for our ‘Guests", ‘Paying Guests".
"Yes. The hotel personnel has claimed that they want everything exclusive. And to add to it, they have not liked the girl, Aastha staying in the flat", added Catherine.
"It is not her flat anymore", they laughed. "All magical gaits make a mockery of her".
"They want immediate possession of the flat", worried Catherine.
"I know, and that is why I am here to control the activities of the doll and to shift with her to Ahmednagar", smiled Bela
"Why do you forget me?" joked Catherine.
"No. I am not forgetting you. Why aren't you coming with us or what? "Have you changed your plans? Or, are you planning to settle in Kolkata with your boyfriend?"
"Of, course. I am coming with you. I cannot leave the doll till I am made".
"We have tried everything but we fail to get that one thing from her. That one thing that we need the most".
"And that one thing is", queried Bela.
"Her Allegiance!"
On the other side of this world, Sebastian and Harry began their conversation.
"She does not belong to our community. She can never be part of our Universe. We are black magicians, sorcerers, and above all, geniuses of the universe. She is an ordinary medium of our communication and oppression" commanded Harry.
"Don't mix with her. Just play with her. She is just a game", added others.
"She is a devotee of Lord Shri Krishna. She loves him and not us", laughed Harry.
"I don't see her having any prized possession except Bhagwad Gita, the spiritual discourses by her God, and that filthy Shri Krishna's idol. It is the only solace she has in our world especially after we have created all types of troubles for her".
"She was brought into a new world of magicians through her instrument and exercise of powers in the game played by the whole community. They took pride and said – "It was our best game to have ever played". And now, they curse the day when she was given to them".
"She doesn't have any manners. It is difficult for her to fit in with us", added Sebastian. "How will we continue with her? We claim her allegiance while she doesn't know what it means to give allegiance".
"We have given her everything she would want yet she doesn't give her allegiance to us".
"She loved us. Take that as allegiance", said Harry
"We are magical animals not requiring her love but allegiance".
"Your food for allegiance can be made in other ways also, Sebastian".
"I will see to it that she is made to suffer incessantly. I won't give up till she gives up and gives her allegiance to us".
"What allegiance do you want from a doll? Leave her alone"
"She is not a mere doll. She is a breathing life and we are exploiting everything from her. If you know that she has to lead her life, might as well allow her some peace. Why fight every second of her life for your food of false pride, ego, and vanity? Don't keep on making your food from her. She is not our gait", said Harry.
"We are owners of her everything - mind, body and reputation", cried Sebastian
"There is a difference between illusion and reality. Illusion is our belief while reality is the supreme consciousness, the almighty, who is the real owner of everything in the universe", replied Harry.
"You talk like the doll", said
"And you seem to like her the most", replied Harry.
"I never liked her. She is a human error", grinned Sebastian.
"She is an error alright. How can you expect a person to sit in the reverse world suffering the torture of all types from the hands of magical gaits and yet be strong enough to not only sustain them but also work to earn her livelihood?"
"She is doing our work of making food for us and herself also", added Harry.
"You are changing sides now", Harry.
"I am not taking any side. She is like our mother who has sacrificed everything for our upbringing".
"There seemed to be a purpose for everything that happened. However, everything was kept hidden from her. There was a reason for bringing her into the magical world, which was the making of this world."
Her life energy was instrumental in their making and her bad was the food of all magical gaits. She is a pure devotee having extraordinary spiritual power and the only hope for us.
You often used to say Harry, "It is her heart what I need". When others looked at you in astonishment, you used to add – "but after her death. Till then, her life is more important to me"
"Patience is a virtue," she kept on saying whenever you created troubles for her. However, both the worlds had to co-exist. She managed hard to maintain decorum in your world.
"It was the worst. Then it became bad. And then it was better for her. The torture came from all quarters of our existence. We being extremely powerful wanted her allegiance. We understand power but she cannot understand us for she is a small gait than us. She loved us but we hated her immensely".
"Why was I brought to a different magical world full of sorcery and witchcraft?" was not the only question she had. Many questions remain unanswered. Only we had answers to her questions which bothered her. Her faith and devotion were tested and tried by us. We not only made fun of her everything but also wanted to know why is she so different from us. We laugh at her existence only.
She had to hear everything bad – beginning from curses, to our frustrations, skirmishes, and blemishes against her.
"What wrong did she do?" saying so, Harry laughed and cried both at the same time. He cried at times because no one could be made to suffer like her. She was the only one indispensable for their world at the cost of her independence and life. Yet we maintained her slavery more than anything else. While one faction in the community maintained that she be treated badly like a slave, another wanted better treatment for her. But everyone agreed on one point that she was an outsider. Few called her an alien enemy.
"Her life energy, her life, and her body were instrumental for the community. She was left with the bare necessities of life – food, clothing, and shelter. Her right to privacy was infringed. Black magic spells were cast on her as if she was a mere black magician's doll. Her surroundings, food, and water were contaminated and impure. They were all subject to various incantations."
"She was, but an intelligent creation. Her intelligence was not only admired by the fellow beings of the magical community but was used by all means through tantric practices and other means. We claimed authority over her everything while she remained submissive to the will of the almighty."
"By a stroke of fate, we became her caretaker parents, relatives, and friends. The community will have to take care of her till she died her eventual death," said Harry.
"However, we should not forget the primary reason for her existence which was her service to us.
But we want her servitude and not service," cried Sebastian.
"We cannot ask for servitude from a motherly gait even though we are far superior to her in terms of everything," replied Harry
Till now, she was all alone in her journey of faith and tolerance.
We always jeopardized her inner sanctum. Being endowed with sufficient intelligence, she could work for her living in the magical world even though she was drained of her life energies. Her whole body was subjected to all forms of torture.
So, that is good or bad, laughed Sebastian.
Don"t joke, Sebastian. Since her childhood, she was played with like a game but only as per the rules. All of which were declared by me to others in the community.
The game continues even after the change in her world.
It persists.
It is a game of our egos more than anything else.
While everyone like you wants her allegiance, she wants nothing but her death.
"What do you want, Harry?" asked Sebastian.
"I want some peace and resolution to the conflicting interests."
"What conflicting interests? Our interests are paramount."
Don't forget she is bearing our burden. Even her interests cannot be jeopardized to a great extent. It has been more than 2 years now of her staying with the world so created through her, yet she has never got the status she should get.
"What status? She has got a status of a slave, a doormat, and a keep by me," said Sebastian.
"Have some manners. She is like a mother."
"That small girl can never be a mother," replied Sebastian.
Don't bring that issue here.
Why are you sounding tensed, Harry?
"This conflict of ours will not lead anyone anywhere still we have to breed in all sorts of conflicts," Harry replied.
"You are not sounding well? Are you in pink of health?" laughed Sebastian
"Don't joke, Sebastian.
"She is now a Gait like us even though different from us. She is now part of our world. I declare this with pride". Saying so, Harry ended his conversation with his fellow sorcerer.