Chapter 230: Antique

"Aha! Nice work Antique, you have done well, now you may hand it all over to your prince."

Dad said and he gallantly strode to my side and bowed his head, he bent so low that u could see his back even though I was sitting. With his head bent so low, he reached out his hands which had all the peppers in them, I actually hesitated before I took the peppers from him.

"Go ahead son, go ahead, collect it, in his hands are the deeds of your properties. With them, you will live life comfortably."

Dad said, carefully I took the peppers from him, as I took them, mom and I started going through them one after the other, they were all legit, mom was actually shocked to see how real the claims of dad were, she was dumbfounded, she just can't find a word to express her feelings."

"You can see it already, it is yours. In the peppers you will find a space where you will sign, please, be sure that sign be sure will not the peppers are all double, make sure you sign in all of them, I will send Antique to come and get then duplicates, ok, and don't worry, I will take your mom and you to Lagos to show you the houses and lands whenever she is ready "

Dad said looking so nice.

All the while, the man who gave me the peppers still stood there with his head bowed before me, he was there for a while before I even noticed him, I felt embarrassed by that, I looked at dad and he understood me, he nodded at me and raised his hands making a gesture that suggests that I should tap his back. I do not understand why I must tap his back, I looked at him again, and made the same gesture, this time I did as he said and I tapped him on his back, I did it very lightly, I felt like it was disrespectful, the man was way older than me, but I just had to do as dad said because I was already beginning to feel uncomfortable by his head now. 

As soon as I tapped him three times, the man stood up and went behind dad again, he stood where he had been standing before he was sent to go get the peppers.

"Juliet, I think I have to leave now, my presence is needed, I will see you soon and Antique will always check on you."

So dad said still sitting. It was quite obvious that Antique was dad's favorite guard, there was this cordial chemistry between them, he was not the only one with Dad, yet he was the only one that dad had kept repeating his name.

"My son, my prince, the future AquaKing of Atlantis, I will want you to know who you are, you are a Poseidon, a descendant of the great Poseidon, you must not be afraid of anything or anyone, fear is not found in our line, fear is the threshold from where failure comes in our quest, so be not afraid. Yes be not afraid, and not just that, you must not hide who you are, you shouldn't be ashamed of what you are, you are an Aquaman, A merman, the land walkers call your kind gods, so, you are a god among them, you must not be ashamed of your kind, be not shy to show who you are, and yea, it is true that you cannot use your powers carelessly around here in other to avoid damages, but still, you must not hesitate to use them when needful. And also, there are many powers in you which you must constantly make use of, else, they will not develop as supposed. The mind-reading gift, astral projection, vanishing, mind control, many more, but they are all step by step, they only develop through the constant usage of the one you have, you will have to constantly make use of the powered you have so that you can be able to develop the next phase."

Dad said

"Yes dad, I have a mind-reading gift, but mom said it's I mustn't use it, she thinks it's infringing on people's privacy."

So I said in response to what dad said, when I said this Cynthia looked at me in shock. She was aback by my words.

"What? Do you read thoughts? Like you know what I am thinking?"

She asked looking so confused and shy.

"Hahaha, yea oo, I can but I do more use it often, I am even scared of using it because of what I might hear, especially you, the last time I tried that on you, I regretted it, I wish that I never dared. What I found out was what sent me running from your house."

So I said hilariously and everyone joined in the laughter.

"Oh my God, so you have even read my thoughts, Damian, no na, that is not good, why must you do that?"

Cynthia said looking rather embarrassed instead of sad. 

"Hahaha... I see why you do not use your powers, my dear, never listen to them, do that which you must, for you will soon come over for your initiation, the is to formally introduce you to the mernation, do not mind them, you must do that which is need, after all, they will not know."

So dad said.

"What? You say what? Did you not hear him when he said that he is not going anywhere? He is not going anywhere, he is not, so, please I beg you, do not come again, and do not send your slave to come anywhere near us too, yea, we thank you for all you have done for us, the house and the other things. But for a fact, you must never call for him, he has already said it, he does not want anything to happen."

So mom said, this time she told him what she thinks that she assumed to be true and she looked at me to give her a confirmation that she could be lucky, and yea, I did exactly that which she wanted to hear.

"Hahahah, it is not a competition dear"

Dad said while staring at mom.

"Ok, we may leave, Aquaprince, come over, come and see me off, you are your future queen."

Dad said as he stood up, Cynthia blushed a thousand blush when she before she could stand up and asnd escort.