Standing on the Shoulder's of Giants by Fielding CJ

Author:Fielding , CJ
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24 June AD 77 Africa- Change

Paul woke up at dawns light, and when he did so, he heard his wife crying. He asked, “Chazia, what’s wrong?”

Chazia said, “You know what’s wrong. Today Loide finishes his service and becomes a Lieutenant. He is taking Eulalia away from me. And Badru graduates from man camp today, and he will not be allowed to serve here because it’s his home village. I am losing two children today.”

Pau hadn’t thought about it when he set up his system, but Eulalia was two years older than her brother, and at fourteen, she was allowed to get married. She waited to marry until the boy she loved was able to have a house of his own. In this society, there was no marriage ceremony. When a girl spent the night with a boy, they were husband and wife. Loide had good leadership skills, so Paul asked him to be one of ten lieutenants this year, and he agreed. The job came with a house in the Mlima Kivuli tribe. As soon as he finished his two years, Paul was sure he would be in a hurry to take Eulalia to their new house and officially be married.

But Badru was officially going to be a soldier when he graduated from man camp the same day his sister ran off with Loide. Badru could not serve in this village, and now Chazia was losing both children. It had been hard on Chazia seeing her boy struggle through man camp and being unable to talk to him.

Paul said, “I will see to it that you get to spend some time with both of them before they go.”

Chazia said, “Won’t that make the other boys upset with Badru?”

Paul said, “Considering all the crap he has been through, I think the other soldiers will be happy that something good has finally happened to Badru. Kinda like Peter Parker.”

Chazia said, “Who is Peter Parker?”

Paul facepalmed and said, “Peter Parker is a man in a story my people told, he is a good man but bad thing after bad thing happened to him. So many bad things happen to him so much that when something good finally happens, people cheer. Badru has been mistreated a lot, and it has not gone unnoticed. I will see to it you can spend some time with your boy and daughter before the graduation. Besides this is his graduation day, we are going to treat the soldiers in training well as they finally officially become soldiers.”

Chazia said, “Will you spend any time with Badru or Chazia today?”

Paul said, “I wish I could, but I cant. I have a lot of supplies to finish preparing for the hundred soldiers getting their pay, and I also have to prepare for the meeting tonight with my researchers, lieutenants, and Prospectors. I expect today to be the only day that I will have all of them together, so even though they will be ready to run off and get married to their sweethearts, I still have to discuss my plans with them.

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