The last Story 2

The name of that scholar was Ziyad.

Ziyad and I were fated, as little did I know that I had actually pranked my future in-law.

When I told my grandkids that, they were confused because ziyad and I were age mates as they come to understand from my explanations, but he was a genius that's why he excelled In his studies and he wasn't married.

It was certainly confusing as to how I became his ln-law since they saw a picture of me with their grandmother, and I was looking quite younger than my wife then, so how come they asked.

That! My children, you will come to understand as I finish narrating my story.

I went on to tell them about my last journey after I left the village. I was quite a good-looking young man then, not to toot my own horn, but I was. Where do you think you got your looks from 😏 if not for my rotten luck. I would have even married the rich chieftain's daughter of our village. Do you know she was head over heels for me 😌 Grandpa said Shamelessly.

The kids laughed! Really, Grandpa, Abiyad said.

It's true, he said, and he showed us a picture of his younger self, and it was shockingly true



After We saw his picture, We were more eager to hear his story as it seemed he was taking too long to get to the point. So Abiyad urged him to keep going they were getting restless. But her grandfather was really trying to buy more time as he was carefully choosing his next words. (In his agreement with the crystal water guardian, he was never to reveal the location or the trials of how to acquire the water. if he was to do so, the consequence would be heavy he would lose his freedom to choose but freedom to choose what, he had no idea as he never heard the last sentence).

So it began, On my all my journeys I've seen and been to places no man might have ever been and also acquired many things but my best and most dangerous journey was certainly to aquire this water.

I can not tell you too much, but I can certainly tell you the reason I went looking for this water was because of your grandmother, "he sign".

This is what she looked like. He said,'



she was a vision of beauty, and because of that, every guy in town wanted her hand, but she turned them down.

You look just like her, my sweet little Abby, when your grandmother was young.

But when I fell in love with her, her father was strongly against it but as his daughter kept turning down all other suitors he had no choice but to consider our marriage as a result he set up an almost Impossible task for me to complete which was to aquire the spirit water ( humans called the crystal water 'spirit water' as regards it's origin). To fulfill my vow of marriage to Maliya His daughter, I set out once again on this deadly mission and was successful but it cost me your grandmother, you May not understand my babblings now but Abby you will soon as my time here is almost up.

I've hidden a detailed dairy of what really happened. As soon as I disappear, I beseech you to find and read its content it will help you protect yourself and the family, and with these words;

Abby and her brothers were more confused than ever and couldn't find the right words to refute their grandfather because they thought he was going to die, but what happened next shocked them speechless.

Their grandfather literally disappeared.

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