My Kings Daughter

Episode 42

Dave’s side of the story continues

I got up immediately i heard the knock or should i say tap on my door. I told whoever is there to come in but no one was forth-coming. I got up and opened the door. No one was in sight. I went back inside and landed on my bed. I was very sure i heard a knock but it seems like i was imagining it. I then got up and locked the door. Me i dey fear oo. I slept off some time after.

-the next day-
I woke up very tired and weak. That very moment i remembered that i am yet to discuss with my king about my decision to go the university. I rushed to the bathroom and did my hygiene in haste, because i wanted to discuss with him before he starts attending to his court officials. I wore a short and a nigeria t-shirt and headed to the throne room. On getting there, i prostrated and greeted my king, as he was alone, with a few guards close by. He asked about my general welfare and i responded well. He then asked about my motive for coming there so early in the morning and i responded thus:

Dave: “your highness, i am a man. A man whom you have turned his life around drastically. You picked me up from the gutter and raised me to unimaginable glory and riches. I’ll forever be in your debt. You gave me shelter in your domain and i get to wine and dine with you the king and your family, i, who is not of royal blood get to live, eat and speak with royalty like i were part of it. I thank you so much your majesty. But a very close friend of mine has made me see that i don’t deserve all of these splendor, and i didn’t work for it”

King: “don’t say that my boy, of course you deserve it. You saved my life. You saved the king’s life and for that i have given you everything you have. You may not have used your strength and sweat to have everything you have today, but i tell you that what you did is greater than every other hard labor”

Dave: “my king, you might see it as an extraordinary thing but to me, its a duty i must fulfill as your servant. Your highness i was raised by my parents as a hardworking person. Someone who would struggle in order to eat, and that’s the person i am today. I have struggled ever since the death of my parents, doing every sort of hard jobs under the sun, and i am very proud of it. That’s why i have decided that i want to work for my own money. I know it can’t be the manner of job i did before but i want to do something with my life. So, what i want to do at this stage is to get a university certificate and use that to start working”

He simply smiled and stretched his hand towards me for a handshake which i held with both hands. He shaked my hands vigorously and said:
“that’s what i have been waiting to hear from you ever since. Now you are thinking like a man with a future. I support you my son and i know you will be great someday” he said grinning. I smiled and bowed slightly. We talked for some more minutes about how, when and where i’ll school. As i was walking away he said that i should not try to pay for anything at all because he’ll take care of it and he doesn’t want to hear my opinion about it. I smiled and said ‘thank u’.

I left there and returned to my room. I started reflecting on the plans i have- in two months time jamb will be kicking off and i’ll enroll for it, computer science, uniben. The princesses were already there. Yeah, this is gonna be exciting