URENMA (Journey To The River World) - Season 1 - Episode 11

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URENMA (Journey To The River World) - Season 1 - Episode 11

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By mid-day, when all hunters had returned from the forest, the six hunters who had attacked Obinze were missing. A search party of young warriors was sent into the forest of Ukeh to find them.
Obinze did not reveal to any one what had happened in the forest and neither did he understand how he was able to come back to life after he was killed. He was certain he had seen Urenma in the cloud of light and shining like the sun. In her appearance she looked every inch like a goddess. To Obinze that was just one too many of the mysterous things he had seen about Urenma and this time he was determined to find out from her who she really was. After the hunters had made their kills ready, the elders began to inspect them. The inspection was a mere waste of time, Obinze’s kills were huge and far more than those of his fellows hunters. Before the elders were done inspecting the kills each hunter made, the crowd already begun to sing Obinze’s name. When the elders were done, Obinze was announced the winner of the hunting championship. The next day a feast began as the games killed by the hunters were used by their clans to prepare meals. When the search party sent to look for the missing hunters returned, they sadly reported that they found no sign of them. The festival continued without them, there was too much celebration to mourn their demise at that time. While the people of Ukeh celebrated, Obinze took the woman of his love, Urenma, to his new set of private huts, which he had build in readiness for their imminent wedding. His intention was to find out from her who she really was and why she had not allowed him to pay her dowry so they could begin to live as husband and wife.

It was in Obinze’s hut that Urenma tearfully revealed who she was. Obinze was in no way ready for the things he heard that day. “Obi m I can do the things you observed because I am not actually human”. “What exactly does that mean?” “Obi m, I am a child of the gods. I am from the river world, and that is not all, I am a princess of the gods”. As soon as she mentioned the part of her being a princess of the gods, her hair came alive and began to burn like flames and her body the cloth around her chest and waist began to dazzle with light. Even the tears from her eyes glowed like lamp lights. She wept and told Obinze, “Obi m this is who I am. I can’t hide it from you anymore.
My love for you has my heart to shreds. I have found that which my soul loves and yet I can’t have it. My time amongst men draws closer to its end and yet I want to live with you forever!” Obinze was in total shock, he could not believe his eyes or the things which his ears heard. “How were you able to survive the test at the river, or did your parents hide you from the oracle? The river should have claimed you when you were thrown into it”. “Like I said, I am a princess of the gods. I am a deity. I was sent to dwell amongst your people on my request for a while; for this reason the river could not claim me. But Obinze my time is running out. Soon the gods will summon me to the river world”.
Obinze held her hand and began to cry. “I don’t want to lose you Urenma. Can’t you ask the gods for a little more time? Please for the love that we share ask them to give you more time”. “Obi m I can ask them for a more time, but it will only break our hearts” “How can it? With much more time, I will marry you and we can make babies. We would at least have more time to spend together!”