Queen Akamu gave birth to a monkey and the king chased her from the palace!

Queen Akamu gave birth to a monkey and the king chased her from the palace!

Queen Akamu gave birth to a monkey and the king chased her from the palace!

King Oje had everything a man could wish for. His throne was secure, his land was rich, and his people bowed whenever he spoke. But inside his palace, he had no peace. His wives had given him daughters, and the throne needed a son. Every morning, the elders of the kingdom reminded him that without a male heir his line would be mocked. The pressure weighed on him like iron.

One day Queen Akamu, his youngest and most favored wife, sent word to the king that she had given birth. The palace erupted with noise. The king rushed in, his heart beating fast, certain his prayers had been answered. He pushed aside the curtains, expecting to see a prince in swaddling cloth. Instead, his eyes met the wrinkled face of a monkey clinging to its mother’s chest.

The king staggered back in shock. His voice thundered through the palace. “What insult is this? Who dares to shame my throne?” He accused Queen Akamu of witchcraft, of sleeping with spirits, even of mocking his crown. He did not care for her tears. Without trial, without mercy, he commanded his guards to throw her out of the palace with the strange child.

The news spread quickly. The other queens laughed behind their veils, whispering that Akamu had been punished for her pride. The chiefs nodded, pretending to agree with the king, yet in private they asked one another if a woman could truly give birth to an animal. Some said the gods were angry with the king. Some said it was the work of jealous queens who had used secret charms to disgrace Akamu.

The king silenced all of them. He announced that Queen Akamu was no longer his wife. He declared that her name must never again be spoken in the palace. But even after her banishment, the matter did not die.

Years passed. Traders and travelers began to tell stories of a strange boy living in the forest with his mother. They said the child walked like a man but leapt like a monkey. He spoke wisely though still young. He could climb trees and return with fruits that healed sickness. Some said his eyes shone with fire in the night.

One evening, a hunter who had seen the child returned to the capital and swore before the elders that the boy looked more like the king than any of his daughters. The court burst into murmurs. The king grew restless, for even his closest advisors began to wonder if he had made a terrible mistake.

The matter reached its height when one of the palace guards secretly confessed that on the night Queen Akamu was driven away he had seen the baby’s face change for a moment, as if the gods were playing with human eyes.

That night the king could not sleep. He kept hearing the hunter’s voice in his head. He kept seeing the guard kneeling before him. For the first time he wondered if he had cast away the true heir to his throne.

And as he sat alone in his chamber, tormented, a loud knock came at the palace gate. The guard on duty shouted that a boy was standing outside, demanding to see his father

Suddenly…………………….
To Be Continued