Earth's Eulogy by Fielding CJ

Author:Fielding, CJ
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22 April AD 72 Becoming Chief

The next morning Paul and his five men made their way to the village. Paul was furious, but his men were excited! They were finally going to get rid of the chief who had persecuted them.

On their journey, Paul told his men, "Cover me with your bows."

The men had never heard that phrase before and asked, "What does cover you with our bows mean?"

Paul explained, "I will go talk with the chief. I am probably going to kill him for sending that witchdoctor. When I do that, his guards might take up weapons against me if they do shoot them with arrows. If they back down, leave them alone."

When they got to the village, they made their way to the granary where the chief and his men were once again guarding the granary. Paul was clearly furious as he walked to the chief, but the chief had his pride and said, "Why are you here?"

Paul asked, "Did you send the witchdoctor to perform the "Paul said the word with pure venom, "purification ritual?'

The chief smirked and said, "Yes, you must respect…"

Whatever else he was going to say was lost as Paul pulled out his ax and cleaved off the chief's head in one motion.

All the guards ran away except for two, who foolishly drew weapons. Paul's men put two arrows in one, and three in the other.

Then Abilio ran up to the head of the previous chief, grabbed it, and started running around the village with it screaming, "The Chief is dead, Paul is the new Chief."

That's when all the people of the village gathered round. The oldest was perhaps in their early twenties, to the youngest that was a newborn held by a mother that was far younger than what Paul wanted to consider. This was when Paul realized he was chief, and his people were waiting for him to guide them. Including the wives and children of the men he just killed.

It was one thing to kill a man who sent another man to rape your stepdaughter. But it was something else to see his children weep, and look at you with hate in their eyes, and their mothers covering their children's mouth with their hand, so the child doesn't say anything to get them killed. His fury left him, and he realized he just created widows and orphans that he was now in charge of feeding.

Paul told the people, "I have to check the grain stock. Please come back when the sun goes down for your ration of grain, and then I will tell you my plan." Paul did this mostly to give him time to think. He was now responsible for feeding several hundred people because tribalism puts the burden on the chief to feed the people.

Paul checked the granaries and did the math. He realized that there was not enough grain to feed everyone every day until the next grain harvest eleven months away. Paul was confused because the grain he gave the chief should have helped him to have more grain than last year.

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