The king's men went their various ways with their hearts heavy. Sir kay couldn't contain his lacrimal gland as they were busy pumping tears down his cheek.
My husband, what is the problem, while are you bathing yourself with tears? "It would have been better if I lived not to see the days of King Hala,'' he said. ``The king has been a thorn in our flesh, he derives pleasure seeing us suffer and die. "You have not told me the problem his wife insinuated".
The more he tried explaining himself the more he gears his weeping to another level, "I have never seen my husband in this mood and crying will never be the best therapy to this issue, tell me what the problem is so we can put head together my love", Mr Kay wife said in a soft tune with her eye gradually banking tears.
"His majesty said, from 12 years above shall be recruited for war, for the male child, 30 to 50 years for the women and 65 years below for the men. All this category shall be partakers of any war".
What!!! You mean me, you and Lam are going to war someday? Why must the almighty pay us in this way, oh….I see!!! Is this his new format of drinking our blood or a way of cutting down the population? What is our relevance on the battlefield, do women go to war, in which kingdom? Kay's wife speaks irrationally.
Throughout the meeting with the king, Sir Poker was mute because his entire household is involved in the case.
"This water is no longer shallow for me to cross, I have met my doom, not for the evil I do but my enemy has finally gotten a grip of me Mr poker sorrowfully speaks to his wife and children". What is the problem with my husband? "We have reached our end", the king involved every male child from 12 years above and men from 65 years and above including women from 35 to 50 years in a war, war!!!!!! Poker's wife thunder, for what?
He said he doesn't want neighbouring kingdoms around, then, what is our relevance on this? He said he wants those kingdoms around to be under Zomuda, including the kingdom that celebrated with him on his wedding day", what a heartless display!! Father, you should not be afraid, you have done no harm to anyone in this kingdom neither we nor our mother have hurt anyone, we have never in a hurry forget how you told us about your greatness in war, so why are you afraid?
"I am not afraid of war, I have my people in heart, I can't watch them being slaughtered by another man's sword or pierced by an arrow", that's true father, the almighty hasn't forgotten his people, he will protect the righteous and strengthen the weak.
Let me hurry up to Mr Kay's house to console him, his only son is involved in the war too.
There is nothing we could do about this, but to keep our way clean and be ready for the almighty to vindicate us. The king can change his mind, change his mind Mr kay asked sir Poker? There is nothing as hard as the king's heart, he never goes back on his words.
Fighting is not the issue here, what about the blood of the innocents that will rain on that day, from our kingdom and the kingdom we will fight against? The tears of the innocents speedily get to the ear of the almighty, will this not bring doom to our future Poker said? We are doomed already, we were not only forced to the river but were also forced to drink from the bitter water.
What Idea is the boy of 12 years have about war, what about our women? Not that it has been a routine duty done by all of us, what if the other kingdom overpowered us? Oh…almighty why Is your ear so close to our cry and your eyes cover over the deeds of this king?
I think this is the page our book of life is opened to now, let's take it by faith and pray to the almighty to help us.
They both console each other as they sipped their wine gradually, let me be on my way now Poker implored, okay, but your wine is still fresh in the glass, oh…yes! I can't say no to the wine, because it tastes fresh and sweet, the wine wouldn't forgive me if I didn't empty it from the glass, Poker said comically as they both laughed out loud. He gulped the wine and Kay bid him goodbye.
The people of Zomuda were all sorrowful as the news visited them from door to door, a widow whose husband was killed during the fishing expenditure for the king, was swimming in her tears with her poor daughter, there was noise pollution everywhere in the kingdom.
The king was gradually waking up the animal in him, but this wasn't entertaining to his people.
What do children know except few that the news was bitter to? The others were happy, a boy said "when the time for the war comes he will put on a metal breastplate, another said, "I thank the almighty, my father will get me fortified for the war unknowingly to that boy that his father wasn't happy with the news on ground.
Now I am getting on my people's nerves gradually, I shall make life miserable for them, but it is to our advantage to enlarge our coast, yeap….hahahahahaha…..the king laughed so loud.
It was only his wife Queen Lila that calm him in every aspect, my husband the queen said, "you own everything and everyone in this Palace, your autonomy is legalised, make merry your highness as you enlarge your coast and make king and kingdom bow to you, but never you forget that he who laugh last laugh best".
At first, the praises from the queen were all over him as he smiled like never before, the maidens thought the queen was for him not knowing she was just trying to pass a message. Immediately the king heard the last statement, he became quiet and at the same time furious, but the praise was still chinning in his stomach, and he replied to the queen "no one laughs better than me, I shall laugh now, laugh last and laugh best"!!!!!
He laugh loud that his laugh made nonsense of the queen, the guards and made in the scenario were all surprised at the childish display of the king, one of the guards said: "when has this woman been all this while, I believe his majesty will love his people one day through the help of his wife, this is my prayer for him".