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Chapter 3 - CHAPTER 2 : HALF TRUTH

# IN THE DAYS OF THE KEHITA KINGDOM ..

Back on the mountain called Obeb, in a small town called Trianda. The valuable goods were opened and the things in it were swords, spears arrows, shields etc. These were used to train their young men. Kahu asked his uncle saying, " Dad why should we take hold of the Kehita Kingdom? Karz replied "My son, i think it's time that you know the truth and also, to know where you are from". Kahu was astonished and said, " Iam listening dad". Karz smiled and said, " Kahu am not your dad and i lied that i was your dad". Kahu was still surprised, karz continued, " Your father is the King of Kehita. Something happened 27 years ago . Your father and I were best of friends but he had an interest in your mother who was my sister and a maiden in the palace. Then, i was a knight for the Kingdom and the royal family, the Sawat clan. I told my sister whose name was Miranda about the Prince who was ( Prince Rulx) your father, and she told me she like him too because he was handsome. He slept with your mother and then she became pregnant for him. She told him about It but he insisted that she should abort it. Then she told me what the Prince told her but i disagreed and i went to see him". He deceived me saying," That he would marry my sister only if she would abort the child". He continued by saying," That he didn't want to be a father now until after the marriage". He then, gave me a liquid medicine that she would drink so that the baby would flush out but i disagreed and i left. After some time, some soldiers came to my place and arrested me for false accusation of an attempt to kill the Prince. The King then, whose name was King Celou, Prince Rulx father and also your grand father believed him when the Prince made his statement in the King's court with the elders there. I tried telling the King about the affair the Prince had with my sister and about him lying that I want to kill him but all to no avail. The King declared a judgement by banishing us the Trianda clan from the Kingdom. The elders of the Trianda clan, who were present at the King's court then, also begged for mercy but the king said," My judgement is final!!.Our kindred, the Trianda clan was banished and we were told never to come back to the Kingdom again. And i vowed that i will return to the kingdom and take revenge. Our clan was not rich enough to take care of each other but thanks to King Mesil of Mesilia Kingdom who accomodated us in his Kingdom until we were fit and rich enough to stay on our own. The reason why I chose for the clan to stay on the mountain is because it is more secured and safe." Kahu asked his uncle saying" What happened to your sister my mother?" Karz replied" Your mother died when she gave birth to you. She couldn't bear the heartbreak the Prince gave to her. She always thought the Prince loved her. She named you Kahu after our dad. We were orphans before you were born. Our dad, your grandfather died during the war as he fought for Kehita as a knight .Our mother by name Sofia died of heart attack when she heard the news of his death. Kahu bursts into tears and his uncle brought him close and hugged him saying," There is no need for you to cry but Kahu kept on crying". His uncle continued," Iam still here and am not going anywhere. We will surely get our revenge on the Kehita Kingdom but especially on the royal family, (the Sawat clan). Well, the town here is good ( His uncle removed his body from his, that is he stopped hugging him and cleaned the tears of Kahu with his hands and continued talking, and the lands on this mountain is fertile. Kahu asked his uncle saying" Why is it that the clan (Trianda clan) was not on it's own?". His uncle replied," The Kehita Kingdom was made up of two clans which were the Sawat clan and the Iril clan. The Sawat clan represented the royal family, king makers, elders and the military. While the Iril clan were the peasant people, blacksmith, farmers, elders and also the military too. Altogether, they were called the Kehita Kingdom. The two clans are brothers. The eldest clan was (the Sawat clan) while the youngest clan was the (Iril clan). The Kehita troops were strong men of valor. In the past, the Kehita troops saved us from a fiery dragon which burned our food crops when it was time for harvest and left us starving. It also killed many of us at that time. We were Peasant farmers and our military force was not that strong to kill the dragon or defend us. We tried many strategies in other to kill the dragon, but many of those strategies failed. The Kehita troops killed the dragon by setting brilliant traps that led to the death of the dragon. That is why we vowed that we would serve them with our lives". This words made Kahu angry and he supported his uncle with the revenge but his uncle didn't really tell him everything. So his uncle asked, "How did you know about the goods? So Kahu replied, " i pretended to be or behave like a mad man in the Kehita kingdom and i overheard some palace guards talking about when the goods will move and what the goods contains and where the goods will be moved too". Then his uncle said, " You have really done a good and neat job keep it up! and he hugged and kissed Kahu on his cheek and said "Your mom will be so proud of you anywhere she is right now and Kahu smiled. Then his uncle continued, " Let us go and see how our men are coping with the training. And so they hurriedly went to check on them.