It was late at night and I was in my hut resting
when out of nowhere, I heard a loud scream. The priestess of Agbala, Chielo,
was possessed with the spirit of her God, directed her chants to me, and said
that Agbala wants to see my daughter, Ezinma. I asked her if it was possible to
wait until the next morning because I felt something was wrong and I did not
want anyone to get harmed. I told her that she is still sleeping and was still
recovering from her sickness, but she warned me that I am going against Agbala and
it will only cause rage.
Ekwefi
asked Chielo where does the God of Earth and Mountains want to see Ezinma, she
answered it will be at the house of hill sand caves. Since nobody could go
against her, she carried Ezinma on her back and walked away. That child was
still crying. Ekwefi marched and when I asked her, where she was going, she
decided to follow Chielo and Ezinma, so I perfectly understood. On the other
side, I could not bear the suspense, so after a reasonable period of time, I
decided to go through the shrine where I thought they were. I carefully
travelled through the woods carrying my machete and when I arrived, no one was
there, so I decided to go back and wait a bit more.
On
my way back, I wondered why Agbala wanted to see my daughter. When I got home,
I spent some time sitting down, but too anxious to do nothing, so I went to the
shrine again. The same thought popped up over and over again. I travelled back
and finally on the fourth time, I saw Ekwefi sitting outside the cave waiting
for something to happen. She was a bit shocked when I came up to her. I said,
“Don’t be foolish,”. “I thought you were going into the shrine with Chielo,”. Then,
I sat down beside her to wait for Chielo and Ezinma to appear. I was tired but
also felt relieved to be sitting there with her. When it was almost morning,
Chielo finally appeared.
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