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The birth of the king's children was an opportunity for the latter to withdraw from the corrupt ministers their title of nobility in order to set an example and restore peace to the kingdom, he restored the old taxes and asked that a big party be organized in honor of the princes and also to celebrate the return of peace to the kingdom, the feast took place seven moons later because of the harvest which had taken place just a week after the birth of the princes, this harvest was more than what the locals could hope for, the corn and millet fields stretched as far as the eye could see, the vegetable fields were packed and the harvest already announced a harvest festival which would have taken place at the same time as the festival of the princes which announced the rejoicings which will last seven moon, the great diviner withdrew and shut himself up in the room of worship to pray to the gods so that they watch over the kingdom and that the rejoicings take place without hindrance and to do this , l he gods asked for sacrifices: goats, chicken and even human sacrifices were made so that the feast in honor of the princes took place in the best possible setting, and for two moons everyone was busy with the preparations, the women and the girls took care of the decorations and the men of all that would be necessary for this day, whether meat, fish or even wood that will be used for cooking, meanwhile, the king sent his messengers to the four corners of the kingdom loaded with the good news, soon, all the heads of provinces had their presents brought to the king, bottles of wine, loincloths, gold jewelry etc ... in order to have the graces of the king, when the long-awaited day arrived, all the villagers of the kingdom rushed through the streets of the capital. The tams-tams played in every corner of the capital during this time at the castle, the king and the queen were preparing each of their, the king put on his most beautiful loincloths and jewelry for the occasion, the maids responsible for escorting the queen quickly created a closed circle around the queen preventing anyone from seeing the queen only those who were initiated had this privilege. The royal procession arrived just at the level of the royal court, all the players of instrument began to play it in a frantic way. The nurses stayed behind the king and the queen taking care of the king's children, the king looked at the crowd and the musicians stopped playing leaving a silence hovering in the courtyard, the king ordered the priest of the Fâ to read the future of the children, when the latter arrived, he made sacrifices and asked the Fâ, and had a vision announcing a bright future but which was only of very short duration, he saw a young silhouette surrounded by dark forces, they tried so well that bad to see the face of this person but it did not arrive there then he made the report to the king who asked the priest if there was a way to reverse the situation so that the kingdom emerges unscathed, but the priest was very clear , telling him that this destiny can only be changed if the gods bring their help but at the same time he says that all this will happen when the gods will make their choices. The king found himself in a delicate position and did not know if he would have the strength to announce it to his people, and especially after all that he had just gone through, he then asked the priest to ask the Fâ, when is -was this prophecy supposed to come true, the latter threw his cowries and recited his invocations and announced to the king that the prophecy would come true during the 18th year of his children and that there was no way to cancel the prophecy. The king acted as if nothing had happened and announced to the people that the gods were satisfied with them without announcing the prediction of the priest to his subjects, but one of the servants had heard all the conversation, as soon as the presentation ceremony was finished. finish, the king made her ask in his room and imposed silence on him by assigning him the maintenance of his room of worship, the priest asked long after to do the necessary rituals, and especially make him swear before the protective fetishes of the king that she would never try to harm the king and that she would defend the secrets of the king at the cost of her own life after that, she took leave in her room leaving the king and the priest in the room. No one could have predicted that the fate of this servant and that of the twins were closely linked. Years passed and the kingdom of Adjeya regained all its splendor, the harvests were abundant, hunting and fishing gave a rather high yield which made the city more and more prosperous, Ramdane and Ramatoulaye were praised and respected throughout town. During their fifteenth years, the grand diviner asked an audience with the king to announce to him what the gods finally decided, the king already apprehended this hypothesis since the day when the priest had announced this news to him concerning the fate of his children, he then asked that he be left alone with the priest. The latter announced to him that the gods required tests to be able to designate their receptacle and that these tests will take place when the two people concerned will have reached the age of reason, the king took this news with apprehension, he left the room leaving the priest alone, he paced the kingdom up and down in search of a track that could prevent a catastrophe from hitting the kingdom, but he could not find even a shadow of a solution . The king eventually went to his apartments, lay down and wanted to asleep, but he couldn't, just thinking about the problem he was going to face soon. Hours passed, and the king still wandered his apartments in search of a solution before falling into a deep sleep.

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