Episode 9
Still at the palace, before the new recruited vigilante group, the king became speechless at Dikeâs long confusing grammar. Though, they were having a serious issue but the elders couldnât help it but to giggle at the grammar especially Mr Adaka who hail Dike saying, âOdegwu! Supu! Dike the grammarian. The only one whoâs grammar can send one to his early grave. I hail uâ
The king glared at Dike. âDikeâ he called hopelessly.
âYour highnessâ Dike replied.
âI have warned u times without number to reduce the way u use big and unfamiliar words when we are discussing a serious issue here in the palace. It does more harm than good to usâ
âBut Your highness..â
âNo but, Dikeâ the King interrupted. âI think we are clear nowâ he concluded and began to walk into the inner palace followed by the elders after discharging the vigilante group.
At Mr Kelechiâs living room. Mr Kelechi sat before a plate of food ready to send it to âTommy Townâ He wore a white singlet over a wrapper having a local bead on his wrist. When he opened the plate of food, Mr Adaka walked in hitting his staff three times on the door.
âUnbelievable!â Mr Kelechi exclaimed. âI canât remember the last time u visited my house. Or did u see me in your dream last night?â
âI didnât only see u in my dream, i even saw the food u are about to eat tooâ Mr Adaka replied and they laughed.
âTake a seatâ
âWould u only tell me to take a seat?â Adaka sat down while Kelechi became confuse.
âWhat else should i tell u?â
âHeeii! Kelechi, so u have not changed. Never for once till now have u ever called me to eat food with u whenever u are eatingâ Mr Adaka replied while Kelechi smiled.
âYouâre talking about me, what of all the bush meat u wasted your time hunting instead of going to school? Did u call me to eat any of them with u?â he fired back then Mr Adaka frowned.
âKelechi, donât bring the issue of education here again. I know i fail by not going to school but i must make sure i send all my children to school, if not for anything, for them to learn grammar just like Dike the grmmarianâ
âThank God youâve discovered the value of educationâ Mr Kelechi leaned his back on the seat smiling.
âYou talk as if u went to schoolâ Mr Adaka said.
âBut at least i finished elementary 1. Iâm better than u who didnât even see the four walls of a classroomâ Mr Kelechi began eating.
âSo, u still donât want to call me to eat with u?â
âCome and eat. Since u said u dreamt about it, itâs enough evidence that u are hungryâ Mr Kelechi jokingly replied.
âYou think so? Anyways, thatâs not why Iâm hereâ Adaka lowered his voice. âCan u remember when we started having this story of arm robbers in this village?â he asked then Mr Kelechi thought surprisingly.
âThat was a week after Dike returned from town where he was working as an English lecturerâ
âThat is my point!â Mr Adaka exclaimed quietly. Unknowingly to them, Ngozi was at the door of her room listening to their conversation. âIâm suspecting Dike to be the very green snake in the green grassâ Mr Adaka added.
âI donât understandâ
âI suspect Dike to be the one behind what we are experiencing in this villageâ Hearing that, Ngozi held her mouth surprisingly while Mr Adaka continued. âThe arm robbery attack started when he returned to this village. Have u thought of why heâs not working like a lecturer anymore? The rumor is because he was so greedy and also confusing the young female students with his grammar in order to sleep with themâ
âYouâve made a very good point. But wait oh, remember that the criminals are with gunsâ Mr Kelechi said.
âThatâs the more reason why i said somebody powerful is behind this, and itâs no other person than Dike who is capable of equipping those boys with weapons. If not, from where would any of our youth get such powerful weapons? Itâs obvious that this man has been confusing us with his grammar just the way he was deceiving the young female students with itâ
âCheeii! Who knows the meaning of what he has been saying in the palace?â
âYou see?â Mr Adaka spread his hands. âBut u were hailing and clapping for him because of his grammar u donât even know their meaningsâ he added.
âDidnât u praise him too?â Mr Kelechi began. âIn fact, i was the one who was bold enough to ask him the meaning of paragon, but u accepted whatever thing that came out from his mouth and made him ur second God because youâve never heard a grammar before. Go back to school, Adaka!â
âI take that as an insultâ Mr Adaka became angry.
âIf u like take it as an assault. Anyways, we have no evidence to approach Dike. Letâs see the outcome of the vigilante group first. One day the wind will blow and the butt0ckz of a fowl will open for everybody to see what lies in itâ Mr Kelechi concluded.
âYes, thatâs true. I shall be on my way nowâ Mr Adaka stood up.
âWhat about the food?â
âEat alone and die aloneâ Adaka walked outâŠ
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