Ring Of Fire

Ring Of Fire 13

In Ikotu, the King came out of his cell, looked back at his dead son, shook his head and went outside. The soldiers of Ikotu loved their king but feared his son. That was why they respected the son more than the father. But seeing the king walking out of his cell with his hands tainted with blood the soldiers now realised that the prince had been killed by the King. They dropped their weapons and bowed before him. He said no word but walked back straight to his throne room and said, "we will pay a visit to Bami.

In Bami, the Queen sat on her husband's throne and said, " I can't remain on this throne. My daughter can't sit on it too. Only a man can sit on this throne. Only a real man who becomes her heartthrob will assume this throne"

From outside the gates of the palace of Bami, Kaka and the princess were returning. One of the wizard's said to the Queen, "your daughter comes home with our master"

The Queen was happy. She received them warmly.

The wizards from Afu gathered and announced their return to Afu.

"I would wish you to stay in Bami but you have a duty in Afu. I'm honored by your loyalty" Kaka said and bade them good bye. The wizards from Afu left.

On the dusty roads of Bami, the wizard who abducted the Queen and the princess of Bami was walking. After he was released by the Queen in the presence of the late prince of Ikotu he was moved by the Queen's pardon and the fact that she did not use her army of demons which could have earned her the ruler of the earth. He was sorrowful as he fell on his kneels and cried on the road. He cried and begged no one. He had only one place to go to and that place was the palace of Bami, to meet with the Queen.

Inside the palace of Bami, Kaka visits the chamber of the princess. She stood beside the windows and was looking outside it.

"War is bad" said Kaka, who was now standing beside her. She looked back and smiled. "My ancestors gave you strength. I believe peace is the true meaning of living" she said.

"I want to get married to you but I don't want to be the king of Bami" said Kaka.

"Why? This city needs you. You have to rebuild you. If I'm to be your wife then I will help you do it" said the princess before she hugged him and added, "I know this is hard for you but I believe in us. I believe in what we will build together"

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The wizard was still on his way to Bami through the dusty road when he began to hear horse nighs behind him. He looked back but couldn't see clearly as horses in their hundreds, carrying the soldiers of Ikotu rounded him up. He knelt dejectedly, making up his mind never to use his powers again. In his heart was a heavy burden of regret.

The king of Ikotu got down from his horse and approached him where he knelt.

"I can remember quite alright that you are the cause of all that have happened in Bami and Ikotu. You are desperate for power" said the king.

"No. I was desperate for love. It wasn't power that I sought. I sought for true love but I sought it wrongly. I'm on my way to Bami. Allow me complete my journey" begged the wizard.

"How come you v'e become soft and remorseful. The Queen of Bami will have your head if she sets her eyes on you" said the King.

"Then I will gladly give her the honor of having my head" said the wizard.

"What if you give me the honor?" Asked the king and before the wizard knew what was happening the King had separated his head from his kneck, picked it with his left hand and said to his soldiers, "I will present this to the Queen of Bami and by so doing I will win her heart and become the king of both Bami and Ikotu" he laughs heartily as they continued their journey as they continued their journey to Bami.

The other two sons of the king of Ikotu returned home after years of absence from the kingdom. They were told that their father had rode to Bami with the largest army of Ikotu to marry the Queen of Bami and become the legitimate ruler of Bami and Ikotu at the same time. The sons were moved with anger. They always hated their fathers selfishness and his false innocence way of going about it. They believed that one has to earn a position to deserve it not inherit it to brag with it. Their traveling out of their father's kingdom in the first place with nothing was because of this idea. The two sons decided to go to Bami.

When the King of Ikotu arrived in Bami he majestically walked into the throne room to meet with Kaka, the princess and the Queen. When he faced the Queen with a smile on his face, he dropped the head of the wizard on her feet. The Queen looked at the head carefully and said, "you killed him?"

"Yes. For you. So that I may deserve my place beside you as your husband and King of your kingdom" said the King.

The Queen looked at kaka and then to the princess before turning to face the King of Ikotu, "the man you beheaded is more honorable than you. He committed crimes out of his real love for me but you, you kill this man out of your lust for my husband's throne. You don't deserve me and you don't deserve the throne of Bami" said the Queen.

"Who else is better deserving of the title of the King of Bami? You lost your kingdom to my son. I have killed that son and I'm here to offer you my help to rebuild what he destroyed" said the King.

"I believe in two people who can rebuild Bami and those people are not you or me. They are Kaka and my daughter when she finally becomes his wife" said the Queen.