Hello friends, I believe that we are all doing great. Today, I constructed one of those fiction stories and I believe you will all enjoy it as I proceed thanks.
In the land of Umu-ako lived a great king called Eme, his generosity reached the endless panorama of the earth's space.
King Eme had only two son's and a daughter although his daughter was adopted after he observed that further pregnancy from his wife may lead to endless male issues.
The name of his daughter was Adamma, his first Son was named Nzenwoke by the king following the magnificent and exquisite beauty of the boy while he was still tender but his mother called him Nze, and finally the last born was named Chike.
Nze was so selective of his friends but his brother Chike kept complaining about this as he (Chike) sees it as a bad demeanor as they grow.
Nze finally grew and was fully set to settle down as his father the king opined but his lifestyle also intruded as an Achilles heel at this stage barricading him from seeing a lover within their kingdom.
Nevertheless, as already observed, no damsel in the land of Umu-ako and its surrounding kingdoms came a perfect match for Nze and this enraged the King and the Queen with all the royal families in the land but who cares as Nze strongly kept to his ways.
It got to one Orie day (second day in Igbo traditional days) when a water mermaid woke to her heels at the peak or Nze's pride and said to herself the water beings have remembered you oh man of no choice.
The mermaid girded herself with her best cloth and ointment, and finally took off from the southern river of Umu-ako kingdom the same Orie day as Nze and his royal friends were enjoying themselves at the outskirts of Umu-ako kingdom.
Vum! Nze saw the seemly damsel and muted as his friends kept chanting but Chudy one of Nze's friend touched him, Nze what's the pro….b as he stammered while checking Nze's eyes direction.
Hey!! Nze you really love good things oh, well the ball is now in your court or you don't like this one again? Shiii! Nze signalled Chudy, just a minute he said.
Hello Nze kept chanting but the mermaid acted as though she never heard anything, as he approached closer to the mermaid, Eze swallowed his pride and started soliloquizing to himself, I mean…….. are you.…. I I'm….. I know you, the water mermaid responded, you're Nze of all people, the pride of Umu-ako, the royal blood.
How did you get to know me? Nze kept smiling like a roasted goat, I really know you and you want my hand, yes your hand in marriage Nze responded in a post haste but the mermaid smiled, so briskly? yes Nze responded nodding his head like a dent lizard. You have to meet with me at the downtown of Umu-ako tomorrow before 6am. The mermaid said in a very charming voice and Nze responded no issue as she bid him goodbye and went her way and Nze went straight to his room leaving his friends outside.
Nze could not sleep the same night as he opened up to his family that he's set for marriage but his mother shouted Aha! Now you're talking, who could this be? but Nze kept mute for a while and finally said, a damsel from the next kingdom, no trace of family? his father responded but Nze responded we have a deal by 6am tomorrow so I will be opportuned to ask all those questions. 6am is too early for you to meet with a lover, but then you're man enough but don't act foolishly my son, his father responded.
Really amazing as Nze kept awake till 12am and was able to only sleep for an hour as he stayed awake till 6am.
Boom!! Nze took off to the downtown of their village as a consensus already reached, his brother followed from a distance on getting there, the mermaid approached and kissed him and immediately, Nze lost his senses and followed her straight to the southern river of Umu-ako while his brother kept observing.
The mermaid held Nze by the hand and drew him to the water but then his brother started shouting please don't go!!! She's not a human!! But then it's already late as Nze was no longer sensibly behaving as the mermaid drew and drowned Nze till his brother could no longer see him. Finally Chike ran back to the palace and told his parents all that had happened to Nze and the royal family wept bitterly for him but then it's too late to turn the tide.
This was how Nze married a mermaid. I wish to draw the curtain for today's story here. Hope you enjoyed reading my article, love you all, bye.