Adventure of kadura episode 22
ADVENTURE OF KADURA
(The Chosen Bride)
Episode 22 🙆🙆
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Written by Author Nath
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There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but a wicked man is saturated with it. Damon was more wicked and deadly than his father. Power intoxicates him, greed brings out the evil in him. Oh, Ukra was yet to be emersed into his wrath.
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions and evils, is rooted in the three poisons; greed, anger and delusion. Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy. Was King Corbatt’s dosage a poison or a remedy?
Ukra kingdom experienced an emotional instability after a sad bell paved across every nook and cranny of the kingdom. People remained optimistic to know what was really going on in the royal castle. Some came out, staring up at the castle while many prayed in their chambers. Maximus rushed out to see a group of knights running towards Bruce’s residence. On his very sight, they dragged the old man out of his chamber to the castle. Inside the palace, Bruce was forcefully knelt before the empty throne. He was shocked when he saw the king lying lifeless at a corner. Just then, Damon appeared beside the throne.
“You must be Bruce son of Divit.” he broke the silence in the presence of the knights with Nero beside him. “Are you shocked to see your king lifeless when you and his own daughter are the accomplishment his death?”
“My lord…”
“Don’t!” Damon interrupted him, waving a finger in the air violently. “I saw you earlier today when you passed a poison to the princess. She must have ordered for it to kill me because I observed she doesn’t want to be with me, but her father, the king ended up falling into the pit dug for me..”
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FLASH BACK
The palace was quiet and lonely when Bruce walked in. He stood at the center, roaming his eyes around to find the king but he didn’t. In his hands was a small bottle. However, Damon had been watching him from a corner. Just then, Adriana walked in. He didn’t hear their discussion but he could see their mouths moving until Bruce handed the bottle to her. She collected it and walked into the king’s chamber with it…….
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CONTINUITY
Damon rolled the empty bottle to Bruce. “That’s the evidence of my discovery.” he concluded.
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Bruce picked up the bottle as his hand quivered due to old age. He looked up at Damon saying, “My lord, what you saw is quite true, but it wasn’t a poison for you. The king ordered for a relaxation drugs that would stabilize his blood pressure. So when I walked into the palace but couldn’t see him, I handed it to Adriana to give to him.”
“Lies! Your son tried to rape the princess, and now you’ve killed the king. You and Adriana have been charged for murder. The penalty is death. You shall be deprived from food and water for three days and both of you shall be burnt alive at nightfall on the forth day. Take him to the dungeon!” Damon commanded.
Haphazardly, Bruce was dragged to the castle dungeon located at the basement too. Meanwhile, Bharat had secretly left the kingdom to the book cave in order to inform Cyrus that there is fire on the mountain.
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Inside the dungeon, Adriana cried her eys out, lying against a wall. Poor girl, now she had known Julius’ secret and why she had been emotionally all over him, she would never live to see him again. But she never hesitated to love and pray for him. Everything became clear to her; the accident, the cliff and her feelings for him. Just as she grieved, Bruce’s voice came from the wall.
“My princess” he had called.
“Bruce?” Adriana turned, luckily, they was a hole through which she saw the old man.
“I’m really sorry about…”
“I know already” the young girl interrupted him. “If I had known that Julius is Kadura things would have been different. How could you keep that from me?”
“I’m sorry my princess, the only thing that would have been different is Julius being inside this dungeon and you crying in your chamber.”
“Now, we will die because of it just like my father.”
“The king brought his death upon himself. But if truly he consumed the medicine I gave you to give to him, there’s fifty percent possibility that he might still be alive.”
Surprised, Adriana asked, “How!?”
“It was made with papaver somniferum, a herb that slows down poison. My fear is that, they will be cremating the king alive.” Bruce concluded.
On the other hand, beside a river, king Corbatt’s viking funeral commenced. A boat containing his body was placed on a funeral pyre, with grave goods alongside his weapons, silk quilts and a couch covered with cushions. He was dressed in a specially prepared, expensive funeral clothes with his sword placed horizontally from his chest to his pelvis. Knights, counsel of elders and prominent men and women of the kingdom watched as the boat was sailed away. Some shedded tears while some held back theirs. Suddenly, a woman began to sing, a sorrowful song that melted the heart of many.
Notwithstanding, when the boat had sailed to a distant, a knight shot a flaming arrow at it for the cremation of the body as believed that the smoke would help carry the deceased to his afterlife. When the arrow pinned on the pyre, flame of fire circulated the body. Horribly, king Corbatt’s eyes began to shake and finally opened…..
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After hours, the king’s body was flushed out to the seashore in Celestina’s village. Those who saw him ran to Julius and called him. The young boy, in a heroic charisma rushed out of the chamber to the shores of the sea to see the man whom he was informed about. To his dismay, it was King Corbatt, the same man that wanted him dead. He had burnt wounds on his body and was as cold as death. Quickly, he carried him to a chamber where he lit a fire. Just as he was taking care of him, Celestina and Kate entered.
“Who is he?” Celestina asked.
King Corbatt coughed and began to vomit. Celestina glanced at Kate. She actually took the man’s reaction as the answer to her question since Julius didn’t reply her.
“Is there available hot water?” Julius asked.
“Yes ” Celestina rushed out.
Kate drew closer when the king laid back on his bed breathing heavily. All this while, his eyes had been closed. After taking a good look at him, the woman said, “Is this not King Corbatt of Ukra, Celestina’s father?”
“Careful, you don’t want Celestina to know about it, at least, for now.” Julius replied then looked at the king. “I think he was poisoned.” he added.
“Definitely the king will recognize her. She’s an identical…”
Celestina’s presence interrupted her. The girl handed the hot water to Julius who used it to stabilize the king’s temperature as the two women watched him. Suddenly, the king opened his eyes. The first person he saw was Celestina.
“Adriana?” He called drily. “Where am I?” he added.
Surprised, Celestina looked at her mother. “What’s going on here? Why is everyone calling me Adriana?” she asked offensively…
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Back to Ukra, Damon stood with the counsel of elders and some knights in the palace. They deliberated on the way forward which include getting married and crowning him king.
“You must first make yourself known to the great lion.” One of the elders said.
“You need to introduce yourself to him even if he already knows who you are.” Another added.
“How’s that possible?” Damon asked.
“Because you’re Kadura.” he replied.
Damen glanced at Nero before entering into the basement alone. He stood before the cage with a stick of fire in his hand. He stretched his neck to see the lion lying down. “Hello!” his voice echoed, yet the lion never woke up. “Hello, do you know who I am?!” he shouted again. His voice became a disturbance.
“Oh, boy!” the lion groaned as he was standing up. “Another seed of Corbatt who wouldn’t let me be.” he added, walking closer to the cage metal.
“I’m glad you know who I am?” Damon said.
“Do I?” the lion began to walk towards a corner of the cage. “A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. Here, young man, you’re the husband and you’re nothing but a picture to me.”
“I am Damon, the Kadura! Do not liken me to my father!”
“Hohohoho… You’re so stupid! How can you be Kadura then still have a father? You’re a dumb demon.” the lion laughed again and continued “Yes, you’re nothing like your father. He is a Cockroach while you’re a demon incarnate not Damon. Just stop decieving yourself and take the ‘a’ out of your name and replace it with ‘e’. It is your true identity.”
“My father ‘was’ not ‘is'”
“Oh, ‘was’ because you gave him a poison. Though he is evil but I think the poison gave him a new life”
“A new life in the spirit world, I guess. You’re funny.”
“Yes, I am; i beam, I shine, I sparkle white. I’ll brighten the day with a single light. I’ll charm and enchant all. I’ll bring the best in you all. I am a ‘smile'” the lion smiled.
“You’re full of riddles” Damon said. “I am the type of room you can not enter or leave. Raise from the ground below. I could be poisonous or a delicious treat. Be careful with me” he challenged.
“Hohoho… You’re nothing but a mushroom according to your riddle. But mind you, a mushroom grows on a tree and Julius is the tree; he reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground, sometimes he leave, but he is always around. Oh, he’s light as a feather, but not even the strongest girl can hold him for more than 5 minutes. He is ‘breath’, he is Aliento!!” the lion laid down again.
Angrily, Damon walked out. He ordered everybody to leave the palace except Nero who curiously walked to him saying, “Is everything alright, my lord.”
Damon looked fiercely into his eyes. “I think my father, the king, is still alive.” he responded with hate and anger. “Tighten up security and recruit more men into the knight. I sense war ahead.” he bravely walked out from the palace….
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TO BE CONTINUED
Sorry, I’m very much occupied this week.