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THE KEHITA KINGDOM

The Kehita Kingdom is a book filled with a lot of drama starting from Kahu who later finds out that the King of the Kehita Kingdom was his father. And his uncle seeking revenge for what the King did to him, his sister and the Trianda clan.

Don_Kelechi_Klever · Fantasy
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CHAPTER 5 : THE OBSTACLE

# IN THE DAYS OF THE KEHITA KINGDOM.

Kahu and his four teammates had been assigned to monitor the movement in the palace and give a feedback to the Kingdom of Mesilia and the Trianda clan. They were to know the nook and cranny of the whole kingdom. Karz said, "I trust you all , great sons of the Trianda clan. You all will not disappoint me for any reason". He continued, "My aim is to wipe off the royal family lineage for what they did to us in the past and declare war to the Kehita Kingdom"! Kahu saw the angry look on his uncle's face. His uncle was really serious to take revenge, and will get it at all cost but Kahu said nothing, regardless of the matter. King Mesil told Karz saying, "If the plans works out , my military men will attack the military base of the Kehita Kingdom and slaughter every living soul". Karz said, "The plan must work out. Thank you your majesty". They all bowed down in respect. But what was going through the mind of Kahu was the question why? Why make war with the Kingdom instead of just wiping the royal family? My uncle is really up to something. He wants to take full control of the Kingdom. I won't let that happen. May the god's of my ancestors help me in this. Karz told the young men saying, "You all will disguise as servants to work for the palace. This is King Mesil's gift to King Rulx's children. They will be celebrating their birthdays tomorrow. Finally! We have our revenge". He said proudly. Kahu was worried for the people of Kehita and the royal family. He was now surprised that he was having a change of heart, because of what the old wizard told him. It was early in the morning the next day, King Mesil and his delegate were ready to go to the Kehita Kingdom. He brought along with him, few gifts, servants, and few soldiers around 500 men to go with him. Simon and Kahu greeted themselves goodbye and farewell. Flora also greeted farewell to Prince Simon and her adopted family. As Kahu was going , prince Simon said" May the god's of your ancestors be with you and your teammates Kahu . Kahu waved back and said, "May the god's of your ancestors also be with you too". Kahu also greeted his uncle goodbye and farewell too. The Queen Mother Isabella and her son Prince Simon stayed back. But they saw them off. King Mesil also kissed his wife and the Prince good bye. The Trianda clan also saw them off too. Karz said within his heart, "Finally, my dream to vanquish the Sawat clan and take over the Kingdom is at hand. King Rulx Austine! Get ready to dance to my tune! The people of the Mesilia Kingdom and that of the Trianda clan waved them goodbye and wished them journey mercies. The distance from the Mesilia Kingdom to that of the Kehita Kingdom was a 3- day journey but there was a short route through the forest of Azil which they will follow so as to reach there on time. The people of the Kehita Kingdom and the royal family had started celebrating the birthday feast of their son and daughter by name Henry and Patience. They were both 24 years of age now. There were a lot of guests in the palace who brought gifts for the Prince and Princess . Many of these guests were from different Kingdoms . Many of them were great men in business, kings and queens, and rich men and women. Also, the people of Kehita Kingdom and the elders were also present at the celebration. King Zulux and his son Prince Mike also came for the birthday celebration . King Rulx and his entire household welcomed them warmly. King Zulux thanked the King for the weapons he gave to him and said, "The training went well and we won the battle against the Gothlands and took over their territory. Although, they were strong to fight with but we still won the battle". King Zulux continued, "You are a true friend". And he hugged King Rulx . King Rulx was glad and smiled. Prince Henry , princess patience and Prince Mike also greeted themselves. Prince Mike said, "We meet again my honourable Prince and happy birthday". Prince henry replied, "It's been a while my friend". Hugging themselves. Prince Mike continued, "Oh! My beautiful Princess happy birthday to you". And he kissed her at the back of her hand as a gentleman he is. But Princess Patience did not care and removed her hand immediately and said to her brother "I will go and look for mom now". And she left. Prince Mike wasn't happy and said to Prince Henry " She's giving excuses again isn't she? Prince Henry replied, " She will come around". Tapping him on the shoulder. Prince Mike continued, "This is not the first time she's doing this". Prince Henry replied, "Just give her time my friend she will definitely come by". Prince Mike admired and loved Princess Patience but the princess didn't like him. At this time, King Mesil arrived at the Kehita Kingdom and the royal family welcomed them warmly. King Mesil said, "Long live the King and his beautiful Queen". Hugging the King. He also greeted the Queen too. He continued, "Oh! Happy birthday to the twins. The twins bowed in respect. Then King Rulx replied, " You are welcome my friend . How was your trip? And how is your family? King Mesil replied, "It was splendid your Majesty and my family is alright". King Rulx was glad. Meanwhile the guests presented their gifts like gold, silver, silk materials etc. Also, king mesil presented the male servants and female servants. King Mesil said, "Your majesty may i present to you, new recruits of my male servants and female servants. He called their names : Kahu, lemrick, scod, henry and Smith". The Princess looked at Kahu and saw he was the most handsome than everyone of them. She started to fall for him and his looks. King Rulx was marveled when he called Kahu. He continued, "These are the female servants". He also called their names: Flora, mischelle, margaret, and Daniella. King Mesil said, "I hope the King and his family, will accept these servants with pureness of heart because they are all humble and obedient. They will serve your children and that of the royal family well". King Rulx said, "It's ok". But he asked his children saying, "Do you like the servants he presented to us all? They both answered saying "Yes dad! Kahu who was bowing his head , looked up and saw his father and his children smiling at them and he looked angry but controlled himself. Then after that, a soldier named Quinn one of the victims of the soldiers that were killed in the thick forest of Albed, came to the King and whispered to him saying, " This young men your highness are the traitors, murderers who killed the Kehita troops in cold blood and i was there." King Rulx was surprised and told him saying, "This is not the right time to talk about this". "But"….Quinn said. The King replied, "We can discuss about this issue tomorrow i don't want you to ruin this celebration just come tomorrow". Quinn replied, "Ok your majesty". And he left looking sad . Kahu and his team mates saw when Quinn went to meet the King and they were scared that they would be exposed because he recognized them well and they recognized him too . The Queen asked, "Hope there is no problem? The king replied, "No my dear not at all". King Rulx stood up and said, "My humbled guests i want to thank you all for coming for this special celebration of my children. It's really a pleasure and we, the entire household and the great Kehita Kingdom appreciates your visit. We thank you all for coming once more. We should all stand up while the twins cut the cake". They all stood up and the cake was cut and later shared and everybody was happy. After the celebration, the servants started their work which is to tidy up the palace. And as they were doing it, a palace guard called Kahu saying, "The King wants to see you at the love garden". Then Kahu asked, "where is the love garden? The guard replied " follow me". Then Kahu followed the guard to the garden which was located behind the palace and saw the King looking the other way. Then he began to move closer to the King his father and said, "Here i am your Majesty by then, the palace guard had left. Then the King turned around and marveled and said "How are you? Kahu replied, "iam fine your majesty". He continued, "Where are you from? Kahu replied, "I come from a distant land your majesty as i was told when i was just a child. I was taken captive by King Mesil's men. "Kahu continued, "The same goes with other servants too". King Rulx said, "Your name Kahu reminds me of someone. "Who your majesty? Kahu asked. The King continued, "An old friend of mine ,his father's name was Kahu. The man was a great fighter but died when he went for war against the Arabian kingdom. Although, the Kehita troops defeated the Arabian troops, we mourned for those soldiers who sacrificed their lives for this Kingdom". Kahu asked the king, "Your majesty, where is that your friend now and may i know his name? The King replied, "His name was Karz but he died many years ago". Kahu looked at him disrespectfully without him knowing it and said, "Iam so sorry your majesty it's really a pity". The King replied, "it's ok i miss him too. Kahu was angry and he wished to kill him right now but he controlled himself and said, "Your majesty is there any other question? The King replied, "No you can leave now". Kahu left with disdain. When the male and the female servants have finished doing their job in the palace, they were shown to where their quarters were and were also shown around the palace and the Kingdom. It was already night but the night was still young. Kahu and his teammates were sleeping when all of a sudden someone pointed a sword on his neck and shooked him to get up. When Kahu got up, he saw that it was Quinn with his fellow friends in the room harassing them. He told them all to stand backing the wall and they did and he looked at Kahu and said, "I know what your mission here is. But it will never work for you all. You could have killed me when you had the chance but you foolishly left me. But now you all will dance to my tune in this palace when i will tell the King that you all slaughtered our brave men of this Kingdom. And when the King eventually finds out, you all are finished. They were all scared and were ashamed of themselves. Kahu said, "You will do nothing. Do you think the King will believe you". Quinn replied, "Of course he will since am a living witness". Kahu replied, "I wish we killed you". Quinn replied, "But you didn't". Then he punched Kahu directly on his stomach and pushed him towards a bed. Then Quinn looking at them said, "I will be back for you all. Let's us go guys let's leave this murderers". And they left. Kahu's teammates went and brought up Kahu from the ground and Henry said, "How i wished i killed him". Scod replied, "That guy will bring us down, what do we do? Kahu replied, "Don't worry, nothing will happen to us i promise, there must be something to be done to get him out of the way [He was panting]. Kahu didn't want to tell them about the strange wizard he had encountered. He felt that it was not yet the right time to tell them. Lemrick asked "Are you alright? Kahu replied "Yes iam, let us just go back to bed and sleep. Tomorrow is near. And they replied, "Yes master". At midnight, kahu got up from bed and summoned the wizard 3 times saying, "Gosmolt ..gosmolt!.. gosmolt and the old wizard appeared. Kahu tried to tell him how things were currently but he interrupted saying" I know what you want to say don't forget i have been watching you". Kahu was surprised and sighed for a moment and said, "What do we do now? Gosmolt replied, "We need to remove him from the way as soon as possible before he spoils our plan". Gosmolt continued," I think i should cast a magic spell on the king so that he will not believe him". Kahu replied, "Yes that's a good idea. I think doing it this night would be better". Gosmolt replied," Yes of course Kahu". And Gosmolt disappeared to King Rulx chamber and casted a magic spell on the King and disappeared. The following morning, quinn came immediately to the palace to see the King at the King's court . He was allowed access to see the King and said, "Your highness, those young men that were brought into the palace are murderers and traitors . They killed my fellow men , soldiers who devoted their lives for this Kingdom and they also died in cold blood. And am sure your majesty that they have a plan or mission in this Kingdom. He continued, (sobering) "Your majesty justice must be done" . They should be stopped before it's too late. Please your Majesty look into this matter". King Rulx said" Do you have any evidence against them? This question really shocked Quinn and he replied, "No your majesty but am a living witness". King Rulx replied, "That is not enough Quinn. I need more evidence to convict those young men. And are you saying that King Mesil and those servants must have a bad plan against us. I trust King Mesil he is a good friend to this Kingdom . So get out of my sight if you don't have any reasonable evidence against them". Quinn replied, "Yes your majesty" and he left. As he was leaving the palace he encountered Prince Henry and Kahu helping the Prince with his weapons for training . Quinn said, "Good morning my prince". The Prince replied, "Greetings great noble soldier of the Kehita Kingdom". And as he was passing by he went close to Kahu and said It's not over yet". And he continued," My Prince do take care of yourself". The prince replied, "I will". And he left. Prince Henry asked, kahu do you know him? Kahu said," No my prince but I don't think he likes me. He continued," What did he tell you? Kahu replied, "I didn't really hear what he said well my Prince". The Prince replied, "I guess he was not in a good mood. Kahu replied, "My Prince i think you will be late for your training if we don't go now". The Prince replied, "Yes you are right let us go". And they hurriedly left. That evening, quinn went to a well known bar shop known around the Kingdom with his friends drinking and he said, "How will i get the King to be on my side? Why would he not believe me? This is unlike the King i know. I just don't know what really happened. He continued, "Now i need a strong evidence against them. Come on friends what do you think i should do? One of them named Carl said, "I think you do what the King said. Because if you will ask me, i think our King has been hypnotized. Others were surprised and said, "Carl hope you know what you are saying?. Carl replied, "Of course now". Quinn replied, "I don't really know and i don't think so. I think our King trust King Mesil so much because he is a friend to this Kingdom. But i suspect that King Mesil might have a hand in whatever they are planning. They all agreed. Quinn continued, "But I need a strong evidence". One of them named Simon said, "I don't know if you guys have heard of a witch named Karina who lives in the mysterious forest of Alia. She uses her powers to help people in finding and knowing the truth about a particular thing". He continued, "I think she might help you with this problem so that the King will believe you. But no one goes to that mysterious forest of Alia and come out alive unless if the person is lucky". They were surprised about this. Quinn replied, "I have never heard of such witch before but I will go there. The Kingdom's fate is in my hands thank you Simon. Simon replied, "You are welcome". Quinn then , said, "Who will accompany me on this quest". None of his friends said anything. Then Kenny said, "Believe that you are the lucky one . Quinn replied, "Yes I believe so". And he laughed. Well wish me luck. I will be going in two days time i heard that King Rulx traveled this evening to see King Zulux to talk on business matters and will come back in two days time". His friends were surprised that the King had traveled. Quinn said, "One of the palace guards told me when i went to see the Prince this afternoon to discuss about the upcoming tournament which will take place in two months time . Then one of his friends named Lobin said, "You will return back safely, Quinn the god's of our ancestors are with you". Quinn felt happy and encouraged. But little did they know that the wizard was there at the bar listening to their conversation but magically carmourflaged himself as a young man who came also to have some beer. Later that night, as quinn was in his chambers sleeping, then in his dream, he saw an old wizard trying to suffocate him in his sleep with magic but as the man was still trying to kill him, his anti-magic necklace glowed and his dream disappeared and then, he woke up afraid asking himself who the old wizard was in his dream. At midnight, gosmolt appeared to kahu physically in the room, and said" Kahu I tried to kill him in his sleep little did I know that he was wearing an anti-magic necklace that protects him from magic . Kahu was surprised and replied, "Now what do we do? Gosmolt replied, "I heard that he will be going to the mysterious forest of Alia in two days time to seek for help so i think it's better you kill him. Kahu replied, "Really me but i don't want to get my hands stained at least for now". Gosmolt replied, "That is the only way since it's not about magic. Just be prepared. Remember that if we don't take him out of the way, he will spoil our plans for us here. Kahu replied, "Ok I will". Early the next morning, as the female and the male servants were working in the palace, Mr. quinn and his friends searched throughout the rooms of both the male servants and the female servants to see if they can find any evidence against them or if they were using evil magic charms but they could not find anything and they left in disdain. This search warrant was issued by the Queen Mother when Quinn went and complained the whole situation at hand. At evening, when all the servants had returned to their chambers they were surprised at what they saw and were not happy. Flora came to visit Kahu and his teammates that same evening { Flora was another close friend to Kahu who came from Mesilla Kingdom. They were also close friend since childhood. She is a beautiful ,tall, fair lady with good fighting skills and she already started having emotional feelings for Kahu which she is too shy to tell him about i guess she is waiting for the right time.} and said,"Are we still going with the plan? Kahu replied, "Yes we are my dear. Then she asked what is really going on? Kahu replied, "Nothing much just that the man named Quinn who is harassing us in this palace knows everyone of us in this room so he's looking for a strong evidence against us". He continued, "We were careless on our assignment to kill the Kehita troops so as to bring back weapons of war but we didn't cover our faces when carrying out the assignment and we left him to escape when we had the chance to kill him". Flora replied, "So that is what happened? Kahu replied "Yes". Then Smith asked, "But master what do we do now? Kahu replied, "Don't worry i will come up with a better plan. It won't take long". Flora said, "There is no much time on our side . He will do at nothing to make sure he finds us guilty so we better act fast". They all agreed to what she said but Kahu replied, "Don't worry i will think of something". Flora replied, "Well if you say so you are the leader. I hope you all fine i heard of the first harassment he gave to you all and am sorry we did not come to see you guys". They smiled and told her that they were alright. After much discussion, Kahu decided to accompany her back to the female quarters. They were talking as if they had not talked for a long time until they reached the female quarters and told her good night. Meanwhile as Kahu was going back to the male quarters, he encountered Princess Patience and said, "Good night my Princess". She replied, "Kahu please can I have a word with you in private". She dismissed her guard and maid who were following her and said, "Hope Quinn was not being rude to you and your teammates? Kahu replied, "Not at all my Princess he was only doing his job. She continued, "He calls you all traitors and murderers but it's not normal that you guys are murderers because i know you all are not capable of such". Kahu replied, "Thank you my Princess for putting your trust on me and my teammates. I guess he doesn't like us and it's normal for someone not to like the person" .The Princess replied, "Well that's true but I don't see any reason why he should hate you guys". Take care of yourself my Princess i have to be on my way. The Princess replied, "Ok you too". And she smiled and left too. After a while, a palace guard came to the male quarters and called out Kahu and said, "Kahu the Prince wants to see you in his chambers". When Kahu got there, the prince offered him a seat and asked" Would you like to drink beer? Kahu replied, "Yes my Prince and the Prince poured for him and said, "Kahu i want you to know that you are someone with a good heart and i have started to like you. I just want the truth concerning what Quinn said about you and your teammates". Kahu replied, "My Prince we don't have anything bad against this Kingdom. Sir Quinn is just accusing us wrongly . We are the good ones. Please my Prince believe me i won't want to hurt this Kingdom no matter what. This time around Kahu was kneeling down but the Prince got him up and said, "I believe you go back to your quarters". Kahu replied, "Thank you my Prince and he left. At midnight, gosmolt appeared to kahu and said, "Hope you are prepared? And Kahu replied, "Yes". The next morning, quinn rode on his horse, greeted his friends and left the Kingdom on a mission to get a better evidence against Kahu and his team mates . He would arrive at the mysterious forest at evening. The King just came back few hours Sir Quinn left the Kingdom and the Queen said, "Quinn has gone on a mission to get a better evidence concerning those servant boys . The King said, "what if he doesn't come back? What if something bad happens to him? The Queen replied, "Your majesty don't say such". He replied, "Why shouldn't i? He's stubborn and won't listen to me. I told him that those boys are not capable of doing such". The Queen replied, "Let us hope he comes back soon". The king calmed himself down and said, "Let us hope so". But little did they know that their son Prince Henry was not in the palace. King Rulx summoned all the royal palace guards and asked chief royal guard saying, "Where is my son? Then the chief royal guard answered, " Your Majesty the Prince left the Kingdom just an hour before your return". Then the King said, "Come closer". The King continued, "So you did not stop him". Then the King slapped him twice and said, "You all should leave this palace and go in search of my son that is an order. And if anything bad happens to him, i will behead all of you". And all the royal guards left the palace immediately to go in search of the Prince. But he had already gone a long way. Quinn made it to the mysterious Forest of Alia and as he was at the middle of the forest, he saw a strange man obstructing his path and he said, "Please allow me to pass for this mission is important to me .The strange man who covered his face said, "You have to fight me so that you can pass through. If you win you can pass but if i win i have no other option but to kill you. Then they started fighting after sometime, Quinn tore his covering veil and also wounded him on his shoulder. When Quinn finally saw that it was Kahu, he said, "I see so you want to kill me like how you and your gang killed the others . This time i will do the pleasure of killing you right now and i will go back to the kingdom to show the king your head when I cut it off and then i will personally behead the others". This saying angered Kahu and as they were still fighting Kahu strucked him with his sword straight into his stomach and he died. Kahu took the anti- magic necklace and as he was still checking the dead body until an animal called black panther from no where saw Kahu and started chasing him until he used a magic necklace Gosmolt gave to him to disappear, he tapped the necklace twice and disappeared . The wild animal went back and started eating Quinn's corpse pieces by pieces until Prince Henry came. The wild animal scared Prince Henry away and was still eating the corpse. The Prince cried bitterly looking at the corpse and brought out his sword and challenged the wild animal and killed it. And when Prince henry got closer to see the corpse, it was now left in pieces. He continued crying and said, "How i wished i had followed him up immediately he wouldn't have died He continued, "You wild beast murdered my friend". And he angrily, started cutting the wild animal pieces by pieces . The Royal guards sent to bring back the prince , saw what happened and consoled the Prince and carried the remaining parts of the dead body home. Meanwhile, kahu appeared to the male quarters using a necklace given to him by gosmolt. When Gosmolt saw him he was glad and hugged then asked, "How did it go? Kahu replied, "He's dead and there was this wild animal that confronted me but i escaped but am sure it will eat the dead body". Gosmolt replied, "Good." Gosmolt changed back to his self because he camourflaged into Kahu in case of emergency and told Kahu teammates that he was having stomach upset and that he would be in the male quarters resting . He also healed his wounds and destroyed the anti-magic necklace and took back the necklace he gave to Kahu. Kahu asked, "Was there no other alternative" .Gosmolt replied, "No". Kahu felt sad for what he has done but didn't have a choice. After the Prince came back, everyone was shocked at the death of Quinn. They all saw the remaining pieces of his corpse. And they all cried and mourned for him for three weeks. Also, the kingdom did the same.