69 THE PRIESTESS IS ANGRY.

The messenger came back, not long after to inform the Princess that the Priestess will see them in a jiffy, please follow me.

He then led them to one of the rooms which could be seen as a sitting room with cement seats attached to the walls and a cement table, it would seem like this chairs and tables were initially made from mud with the entrance of the use of cement in buildings was then upgraded by covering the mud seats with cement making them look neater.

Mrs Rukewe was visibly nervous, for her fingers were gently shaking so much so that her husband just grab her hands in his own reassuringly.

Not long the Priestess appeared on sighting the Eharuyi's wondered what the Princess got to do with them lifting her nose in the air in a disgusted in deferent manner decided to go meet them she was in a white top which was a short sleeve and flowing white skirt, revealing her bare feet, there was a gap between the top and the skirt reveling part of her flatstomach, her hair was done in a single weaved right through the middle the only decoration on her hair was the five straw like pins sticking on to it, on her fore head was a drawing of an entwined snake, there was white chalk marking of all kinds on her eyes, chest, arms, stomach the exposed part and her feet's. She wore a single white bead each on her wrists.

She came in to the place where the Princess and her guards, was sitting with the Eharuyi's and revealed her self after observing them for a while, Welcome my Princess, the one welding the powers of our great Queen Idia I bow to show my obeisance, lifting up her smiling face she asked to what to I owe this visit Princess.

How do I address you Priestess? the Princess asked.

I am called Ewaru the high priestess of goddess etinosa, you my Princess can call me Ewa, replied the priestess still smiling.

Thank you Priestess Ewaru for your cheerful welcome but I seriously need your favour and assistant with a little friend of mine, can we sit and discuss the matter?

Yes my Princess please sit, the priestess said, then went and sat right opposite them.

High priestess Ewaru, Princess Ayanna started with a serious expression, focusing on the priestess, meet the Eharuyi's, the priestess finally spared them a stare with a questioning expression on her face, making them bow their heads in greeting which she responded with her own nod in acknowledgement.

Their little son of six years is my very good friend, his name is Ehijiator and am sure you can solve his problem that's why we came, his parents will tell you their story, can they? Princess Ayanna asked the priestess who looked at her and then to the Eharuyi's and then back at the Princess and gave her go ahead.

Mrs Eharuyi told her husband to please tell the priestess, which he did from their difficulty in having children for years then they met one of the priestess of the goddess who told them that for assisting her that we can go make a request which she was sure they goddess will grant.

That was how we went to the river etinosaand made a request for a child and the river goddess granted our wish but the problem was every seven years they died and when we have another they still died at the seventh year.....

Ah! ...its you... you people, that have been giving the great goddess a headache? what's this? Princess I think you should take these people and go already, I don't think I can help you. The priestess stood up.

The Princess also stood up, as the Eharuyi's who fell on their knees pleading we are sorry but we didn't know our mistake before but the Princess has already shown us our mistake that is why we came to correct them.

Priestess Ewaru, calm down, they have already suffered enough, are you not the messenger of the goddess and you say they have already given her a headache so the cause of her headache is here to retrace their steps and make things well for that little boy.

Princess I have half the mind to still ask you to leave with them, but considering that you are willing to come here with them to sort this out I will consider them.

Going back she sat down again, so did everyone else. Do you even know what you did? she asked the Eharuyi's.

Yes, the husband responded, we know but you have to forgive us then we were a desperate couple then, instead of us to have just asked for children and let it be in our desperation we asked for a child any child even those that come and go and we kept repeating it and now everything we asked for happened just the way we asked but we want our child to stay and grow old and surpass us, please Priestess help us.

Please Priestess help them please if not for them then for the sake of Ehijiator my friend. Princess chipped in, for this whole thing to work she didn't want to be the pushy one it has to be the Eharuyi's, that way the Goddess will see their need and help them through her priestess.

Oh! Princess you are truly a nice person, just like our great Queen who would do anything for those she loves.

Let me say something here we need to all be careful what we ask when we make request most often we forget that who we are requesting from is already willing to answer us, just do it clearly with a clear mind because of the freedom the Almighty has given us we must always choose the path we want to follow in life.

If you as a person wants a car but the Almighty wants you to use a bicycle for now and you insist and continually pray to get a car because the Almighty has given you freedom to choose the path you want to follow in life he will allow you get the car expecting that once you realised that you have made a mistake you will retrace your step and come back to him asking for forgiveness and once you have it make a fresh and proper prayer request.

In your own case, it was not the case, you came to our great goddess to ask for an abiku child, in fact your request consisted of all kinds of children that were not in the possession of the goddess and the good child she has you used your own mouth to curse that they should come and go, now when you found out you had a faulty child instead of you to come back to where you got it from, you totally refused coming back to the goddess from whom you got the child in the first place.

When the children returned on their own they asked the goddess to allow them to stay when next they came to the human world but the goddess declined that Osanobuwa has made it that the freedom to choose for humans must not be tampered with and it was their parents who wanted them to come and go like that, do you understand it all now? the Priestess asked the Eharuyi's.

Yes we do! that was why they kind of blamed us for their deaths.... please we are here to make amends so that our Ehijiator will stay, please kindly help us.