I dug into the meal without bothering to answer him, am famished beyond reasoning.
Thinking of my impending death last night made me more hungry than I've ever been.
Aina chuckled as she watched me eat, “one wouldn't know you're a prince
From the way, you're eating like a peasant who was served royal food for the first time.”
Meemee chuckled with her.
I shrugged," think what you may, that wouldn't hinder me from eating my meals how I love it to be eaten, and besides you will be eating like me or even worse than me if you passed through half of what I did last night”, I shoved Blondie "some people are the cause of other's misfortune”.
He glared at me, "hope you're not talking about me,”
I shook my head
“ Thank your gods or God or whatever you call your deity.
If you had said it was me, you wouldn't have liked what I would have done.
I would have unleashed our pretty goddess on you.
Not that she will stoop so low as to fight a human, but she will at least come when I call unto her”.
I faked fear, "oh my gods, what am I to do now, the goddess will be in me any moment from now”, I palmed my heart in mock fear," oh am dead, am so dead, somebody, please help me”.
Reddy shook his head, "we thought we couldn't get a person who's worse than Neche, seems we're wrong, we got a person worst than him”, he gave me a deadly glare, "how did you make it here without being killed?”
“Zoban!!!” Zeina gasped, "that's too extreme”.
He gave her a bored look," you're siding with him because he's your high prince is it not?” he twirled the spoon he had on his fingers," that's it, we're asked to pretend to live in harmony, eat together, talk together, but when duty calls for danger we recall where we came from”.
His words didn't make any sense to me, it seems he was talking to himself, and not us.
I made a quick work of my breakfast, “want more?” Blondie chuckled.
“Nah, am good, I forced myself to finish my meal”, I lied as I continued rubbing my pregnant stomach.
All eyes on our table snapped towards us with the speed of lightning, even the humans seemed to possess a kind of flash power.
“Yeah forced, I can see that”, Meemee looked pointedly at my empty plate, “I wish I can force myself as you just did”, she smiled.
The table erupted in laughter at her words.
I couldn't help the blush that crept to my neck.
“I wish I possess the power to force this meal on myself”, Aina looked like she was almost ready to burst into laughter," is that a special skill only you possess?”
I narrowed my eyes to slit at her," you dare insult your high prince in the presence of Igwe made? In the presence of all this gathered?”
I narrowed my eyes at her.