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"Good morning, mom, and good morning, dad." Alex greeted his parents, who were in the sitting room with his sister, as he entered the house with the old man."Good morning, son. Hope you slept well?" His mom asked. "Yes, I did. Thanks mum" "Good morning, Baba Agba." The three of them greeted the old man simultaneously. "Dad, mom, I'm really sorry for how I behaved last night." He said, as he sat down on a sofa his sister was sitting on, behind the one where his parents were."I really didn't mean to. I guess I did that because the whole thing happened too suddenly. I'm sorry for letting my emotions get the better of me, especially you, dad. I really love you, and I'm always grateful to have you as my parents." He apologised. "Come over here." His father slapped the sofa, indicating that he should sit between him and his mother. They both moved to the edges of the seat on both sides, to create a space for him. He stood up to join them, as his father said. "We understand you, alth
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"Are you in there?" Vivian knocked on Alex's door."Yes, do you want to have a discussion with me?" He replied."Yes. We need to discuss some things with you. We will be waiting for you in the sitting room." Vivian said."We? What's up?" He wondered."Is something wrong?" He asked. "No. Just come to the sitting room and stop asking foolish questions from there." She said. "Okay, I'll be with you soon." He replied."Am I safe?" He asked, seeing all of them present in the sitting room. "You don't have to be sacred. Find yourself a seat, my son." The old man smiled. He sat beside Vivian since it was the only vacant seat. "So, we invited you to this meeting, because the discussion is centred around you." The old man announced. "Okay, I am all ears." The old man cleared his throat and said, "It's been almost a week since your arrival to this town with the intention to fulfil your destiny, and I think it's high time you take the bold step." "The bold step? What does that mean? I th
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Alex followed the old man to the shrine carrying a calabash, wearing a white singlet and a crimson cloth tied around his waist.The old man chanted some incantations as they approached the entrance of the main shrine."Anything I say henceforth, repeat it after me." He instructed Alex,as they entered the main shrine.If Alex had not been in the shrine before, he would have gotten frightened because the shrine was scarier than it was before. More carvings of gods were present in the shrine than before."What could this big pot be here for?" Alex wondered, as he saw a big clay pot. It was almost filled with water."Here we are, Ogundele. This is where you are going to be reborn as a true man. This is where your new journey will begin. This, is the beginning of a new dawn for you. For the umpteenth time, do you accept to carry the cross bestowed upon you?""Like I have a choice." Alex grumbled. "What did you say?" he asked. "Yes, I am.""Now, sit on this." He pointed at a wooden stool.
The Chosen One Chapter Twenty-two
Alex woke up in the afternoon after the fortification in pain from the cuts. He groaned as he got up reluctantly and walked to the bathroom to shower while rubbing his migraine-ridden head. The bathroom does not have a standing shower but only a tap that runs water into buckets. He strained to lean down and use the bowl from the water-filled bucket to pour water on his body. He avoided scrubbing his back and his wrist, which had cuts from the fortification, with the sponge he had brought along from the city, because of what the old man applied to them after the fortification. "This will fasten the healing process." The old man had said, after he applied a substance that seemed like a mixture of a leaf and other things to the cuts, before they went to bed. He didn't spend up to three minutes in the bathroom, which was unusual of him because he was in pain. "2:45!" He exclaimed as he checked the time on his phone after he had dried himself up. "Maybe the painkiller I used before I
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"Why does the king want to see him all of a sudden? What does the guard mean by him disrespecting the king?" Alex wondered as he followed the old man to the palace.He didn't want to ask him the reason for the king's call because the old man was fuming.Alex found it difficult to keep up with him despite the fact that he was old enough to be his grandfather, which made him question how he was still in shape at his age.Many people greeted him as he passed by, which made him wonder why people still respected him despite his exile, because he believed that exile attracted disrespect from others.His heart beat rapidly in eagerness as he saw a house ahead of them. He concluded that it was the palace to which they were headed because a crown was inscribed on its gate."Whom do you seek?" The guard questioned."If not the king, then who should I be here to see? Is it you? The guards exchanged startled looks with one another."Are you simply going to remain still and refuse to carry out you
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"Are they supposed to let us go like that after our display?" Alex asked, as they made their way home."No," he replied with a smile and continued, "just like one of the chiefs said, the king is the second in command and authority after the gods, and no one dares to confront him no matter what he does..." "But I did, because he is not deserving of the title of king." He was expecting Alex to question him about why he had disrespected and confronted him, but since he didn't, he had to explain it. They walked in silence to the house afterwards, occasionally breaking it when the old man responded to people's greetings. Vivian was seated on the bench where they were seated before the guards came earlier, waiting for their arrival. As soon as she saw them approaching, she stood up and moved in their direction."Don't tell me you've been sitting here all this while." The old man said, before Vivian could say anything. "I was really scared, thinking something terrible would happen at th
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The past few days of preparation for the war between the king and Alex have been stressful and tiring for him. The old man has also been demanding, adding to the stress.It seemed like the world was against him, and he could not shoulder the task bestowed upon him anymore. As a result, he felt like giving up and just going back to living and enjoying his normal life before the whole destiny thing happened."Alex?" Despite Vivian's whispering, he could hear her clearly. "Yeah?" He quickly cleaned the little tears off his face so she wouldn't notice.He chose to tear down and sob in the darkness because it was the only place he found comfortable to let his pains out."Alex, why are you sitting here, all alone in the darkness?" She moved closer to him.He kept silent instead."I called your phone repeatedly to ask about your whereabouts, until I realised that you left it in your room. What the hell?! Why are you seated on the bare floor?" She was surprised to see him sitting on the floo
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Alex struggled to get any sleep since he was anxious about his parents' arrival, particularly the surprise the both of them told him.He was up all night thinking about what the surprise might be, but he could not think of anything."If only I could just see the future, especially the outcome of the clash tomorrow between the king and I, at least I would be rest assured. The anxiety is killing me." His body was positioned such that his head and eyes were oriented upward toward the coffered ceiling, which had rectangular panels surrounded by wooden beams, while he lay flat on his bed and rested his head on his hands. The sudden thought diminished his anticipation and made him less excited about his parents' coming.His door busted open suddenly, which made him flinch and startled, and as a result, he stood up instantly due to the reflective response. "Who will it be if not the old man? I wonder why he ignores such elementary manners as knocking." He wondered, because adults he had bee
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