Basile

His name was Basile, before his mother died she named him Basile and wear him a Bead on his right ankle that dignified who he was and where he came from.

Basile grew up with his grandfather who was an artist that cannot see nor hear but can draw, every day the old man would get up from his bed and take out his tools to express how he felt through his drawing.

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Basile learns from him as an artist, one day, it was so memorable that the old man drew his first love, his wife, who was Basile's grandmother.

Basile loved that particular art so much and came to appreciate his old man for his work, since his grandfather did not draw humans most of the times but plants.

That particular drawing was so dear to Basile that he noticed that even his grandfather was crying, he touched the drawing and gave him a hug that he shouldn't cry.

To his surprise, he later realized that his old man drew that woman because that was his wife.

Although Basile's grandfather couldn't see, he can easily walked around the compound with his walking stick.

One day, his old man approached him and touched his bead, Basile was surprised because his grandfather had never touched his bead before.

On that fateful morning, the old man ran out of materials to make his drawing, so Basile went out to the city market to get some materials and by mistake, he hit the royal guards that were escorting the king's son to the same commercial center.

He begged the guards that he is very sorry, that it is by mistake he hit them, but the rude king's son asked his guards to take care of him, Basile was giving a great banging of sticks and the king's son asked that Basile should also be taken to his chamber for more.

Basile was there for more than three days while his grandfather was home alone, he keeps begging the king's son to release him, but Nimba refuses.

The king went to see his son in his bedroom and saw a bead that looks so familiar to him, he asked his son whose Owns it, if the bead is from one of his guards, his son said, it is from a boy who hit him in the mall.

He asked to see the boy and then remind his son not to continue punishing the peoples of his kingdom without his approval.

But Nimba was a type of boy who enjoys seeing people cry and beg for mercy, his father asked him to release Basile.

The guards took Basile out and as he was about to go out, that's when the king asked who is his father, Basile told him that his father was long gone.

He didn't have the chance to meet him, that's what his grandmother told him.

The king who was a kind man took pity on him, he did not stop to ask about his mother too, Basile did not have the opportunity to meet her either.

As the king was late to meet his visitors at Nimba's wedding arrangements, he had to send some guards to take Basile to where he lived.

Basile went to his house and his grandfather was so happy that he is back, Basile gave him the materials he bought at the mall and the old man continued with his drawing.

Gelo thought a lot that night about that bead, he remembered where he bought it and who he gave it to, his love that ran away from him because she felt that he was lying to her.

He knew that she was pregnant with her baby, but the problem was that he was afraid of breaking the laws of the land, which was that, no one should have a child without exercising a traditional right, else it is an abomination.

He tried to keep things in line with the family, but Angela ended up taking her own life on the run.

Her mother told Gelo that his son did not survive when she felt that Gelo was the reason her daughter died.

That day, the king went to see Angela's father and at that time Basile was not there.

He was in the kitchen preparing dishes, when he saw the king with his guards, he thought they might have come for him again, he wondered what he had done this time.

As the old man was making his drawing that early morning, the King was watching, until he drew a picture of a woman in labor that give birth to a baby.

Basile's grandfather was a type of artist who felt his drawing through who was around him, although he couldn't see with his eyes, he could feel that someone was around him and he drew what the person was thinking in his mind.

Basile came out and greeted the king, the king called his guards to bring him a photo, he showed him the woman in the photo, Basile said that is her mother, because he also had a photo of her in his room.

The king had just found his son, who shared his blood and was not rude like Nimba, his brother's son.

But it wasn't an easy thing because Nimba did everything he could to kill Basile for taking his place, but he didn't succeed.

The End

This is an original fictional story, written by me. Thank you for reading. Have a good day Ahead.