The Ancient Beast (Adere's Mission)

Chapter 27

It was not because things seemed the way that they appeared that made Edu to get sad but because things did not seem the way that they appeared. He was angrily looking towards Adere and Renu and he kept wondering why Adere had chosen to put his hand across her shoulder in that manner. He was not sure if that was going to make it look like the way that they were made to look but one thing that he was certain about was that he was not comfortable with the way the two of them had been going. He stood and went a bit distance from there and there he stood.

Mori knew that Adere's mother wanted her to continue with the story of how things turned out between her and that of the diviner whom her father took her to so that she could receive the training on how to manage her gifts well. Mori looked at her and said,

"Do you know why it seemed like there was nothing else that I was supposed to do? most times I did not want to shout while I was in there with the man because he actually, his main motive for k********g me was to take away my gift by force. He was ready to do whatever it was that it would take just to collect my gift. I did not know what to do in order to be free from him because he looked so aggressive and like someone that was going to beat me if I did anything silly. Now it would seem like there is nothing else that I will be able to do but as it seemed if though the man looked so mean I could only hope that there was a way out of the problem. I sat there for the whole day, thinking of what else I was going to do, thinking of whether I was going to be able to escape from the ugly looking man, thinking if I would be able to escape the ways things would seem in my own accord. All that my mind went on telling me was to have my way and then get the man killed once and for all. All I thought of was a way by which I could go ahead and do what it was that I could do to ensure that things played out well. He was passing where I was and trying to almost bash me with the iron he was holding. He was gathering so many things altogether and I could not stop myself from imagining what it was that he was trying to do, in my heart I wondered if he was going to come for my head or for my gift but then I still sat down there and kept looking at him and not giving him a chance at all. He stood before me for a second and then said to swiftly,

"You are a stubborn girl and I know how I treat stubborn girls. I would not mind hurting you if you do not get yourself together. If you fail to do what I have told you and if you fail to do what I am going to tell you now I am going to make sure that in the next few minutes you will be crying blood and not tears. I mean what I have just said now, I said that if you do not do what I am saying now I will be forced to do my worst and when I force myself to do my worst you will be the one crying out blood. So I am not going to tell you this again after I am done telling you this last time; what I said is that I have prepared to take this gift that is inside of you. You do not need this gift, there is no reason why you would be protecting this gift inside of you. If you do not get rid of it a time shall come when it shall overpower you and no on will be there to help you out. This is an offer from me to you; you have to take this offer now that you can and do not go about making things difficult for yourself. I would have decided to do what is supposed to be done than to allow others to follow me up. Kindly do what you are expected to do and not what you are not expected to do. I am here to help you out. It is you who have failed to understand just how much I am willing to do what needs to be done. it is you who is not ready to see the bigger picture, if you had you would know just how much I am willing to lift up this burden off your shoulders. You will thank me for this kind generosity from me. You will pat me on the back for doing the best for you. Kindly do what you have got to do so that things will make more sense. I have never seen someone that is willing to do what is needed to be done and he did not know what it was. you on the other hand simply need something that will help you in making the right decisions and this that I am now begging you to do is the right decision and you will thank me so much for it. You will dance so much for it and you would wish that you did what was necessary. Kindly let me do this and let the world see how much you are willing to let go of a burden that will help humanity but which will not be able to help you. In my hands it will go a long way in making things right, in my hands the gift will give birth to a very mighty way for many"

That day, that night, Mori did not want to say anything to the man not because the man was not saying something that she was understanding but because the man was saying something that was rather annoying and she would rather keep mute than allow such a man that drag her into saying something that he would not be able to forget in his entire life. The man could not tell why she was not saying anything but one thing that he was aware was that he had to ensure that he received her reply so as to know what else to do; either to unleash his anger on her or to let her give him what he was seeking of her and let her go then. He waited and then said when her words were not forthcoming,

"What are you thinking? You know of how it might seem right? You already know that despite the fact that I am not the kind of person that you would know I am very much a man of my words. All I want you to do for me now is to agree to grant me my request and I will let you go without harming you. You have to believe me when I say this, you really have to believe me when you mention this, I may be a man who is makinga mistake all my life but as it stands now I am very much willing to do what you would like. Simply allow me harvest your powers simply and quietly and I promise to allow you walk out of here safely without having any issues with me..I promise that you will know just how much you will see it. I have this in my heart that everything would be alright. Just do what you are supposed to do okay my daughter?"

Mori looked at him from head to toe and then back from toe to his face and then chuckled. She appeared very much angry but she was not ready to talk yet. The man got so angry and before he could any other word Mori had begun to speak to him,

"You are such a pathetic fellow. I know that in your heart all you want to do is something that nobody would think is right but I have come to understand something and that is the fact that there are things that make much more sense to me and to everyone else. Kindly note this to be true and that it is not always as it seems. We have not gotten a way with it yet, what we need here are men like you confessing everyday of their crimes. You have not started to make things happen and yet here you are making things even more difficult than they are already. You know quite alright of what I speak of. You simply do not know about this but in your heart you feel it. You want me to give you my powers. The funny thing is that you call me your daughter, you call me your daughter because you simply do not know what else to call me. You have not gotten anything else to call me but your daughter. Now I want to ask you; is it the same lady that you call your daughter that you want to make a prisoner or should I say you have made your prisoner already? I am so much disappointed in you, you that stood before my father and was saying all sought of thing, trying to make me to understand that you re no longer a man that I would have decided to have. What would have become of me if I had gone to a place and seen the kind of things that happened there. You are here calling me father after you had deceived my father into believing that you would take good care of me and train me to know how to use my gift. Please I would like to ask you this simple question; what will you be telling my father if you met him, I mean now that you are preparing to have me killed, what will you tell my father happened to me that made you unable to present me to him? He will come for me or he will come to see me once in a while, I wonder what you will be telling him the day that he comes. You stand there calling me your daughter, but I know that I have only one father and that father of mine has only one daughter and that daughter is me. Tell me why I would not curse you here and now?'"

The man did not know what else to say but it was downed on him that there was nothing that he would say that was going to make a difference. He knew that there was no way he would be able to go beyond just understanding on her own level and he wasting his time with her, trying to make her to understand him was really a waste of time. He then walked to her closer and brought his face closer to hers and then said to her, "You have seen just how much effort I have put in trying to make you to understand me but it seems you are not ready to be convinced and those that are headstrong irritates me to the core. You have chosen to irritate me and there is no way that I will allow you to go free just like that. You asked me what I will be telling your mother by the time he would come to look for you. Well should I go on telling you what exactly I will be telling him should in case he comes looking for you?"

Mori was no longer interested in his words and all she was waiting do was for him to do his worst.