The night was about to fall on Okunde when Babida the lumberjack reached the entrance of the magical cave.

He tried to push on the side the big stone that obstructed the passage but he couldn't.

"Oh, no! This stone is magically affixed on the ground. How did the henchman Polo open it last time?" He spat out in frustration.

"Yes, of course! It wouldn't be a magical cave if one didn't need magic to penetrate it." The woodsman assumed.

"So what should I say or do to liberate the way in?" Governor Babida interrogated himself.

"Ah, wait a minute! The top secret papyrus!" He exclaimed and took out the document from the right pocket of his silk trousers.

The lumberjack read the sheet again and then loudly expressed himself: "Yes, right here! ABRACATULA".

As he was done pronouncing the magical formula, he felt the big stone slightly move, making a very discreet sound of an unlocked door: 'Cac'.

The logger thereupon pushed the massive rock to the left and freed the way. He nearly became blind because of the powerful light that was generated by the interior petrol lamp.

The Governor of Okunde hence entered the magical underground and quickly walked in the long corridor that led to the main compartment of the shelter.

Barely had he stepped his foot in the main area that an imperial soldier shouted: "His Highness Babida is back."

All refugees directed their gaze at the Governor and immediately ran to welcome him.

The young maiden Suzie who was lying on the mattress and had woken up from a short sleep not so long ago, stood up to grasp what was going on and perceived the muscular silhouette of her groom, then rushed toward his position.

The two henchmen Polo and Baba were slumbering on a mattress that was twenty feet away from that of the young maiden Suzie.

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They were dozing so profoundly that they didn't hear the noise that the arrival of their Superior Commander caused.

The bride Suzie reached the level of her husband-to-be, Babida but was blocked by the gigantic crowd that had surrounded the Governor of Okunde.

So she stayed behind and hoped he would notice her, for he was busy talking to the imperial warriors and the civilians who had so many questions about the calamity and their future.

Finally, the lumberjack heaved his head, looked to his right and spotted his crush Suzie and exclaimed: "Young Miss, you are there! Sorry I didn't see you."

Then he walked up to her and hugged her but very shyly, for there were too many people having their eyes on them.

"Let's go to your place!" Babida told the young maiden Suzie and they began to walk to her space at the left corner of the major compartment of the magical cave.

The two henchmen were still snoozing. It was easy for anyone by the way they looked so far away in their dreams to remark that they had had a difficult last night.

The two lovebirds Governor Babida and the young maiden Suzie sat on the mattress and it seemed like the bride had a question that she burned to ask her groom.

"What?" queried the lumberjack.

"Tell me, what would you like to say? I'm all ears." He incited the young miss to speak out.

She hesitated for some time and ultimately took the plunge: "Well, my love. When are we finally going to marry? Three moons have already passed, though it was under the current dramatic situation."

Governor Babida who had some doubt that the young bride Suzie was going to ask him about the wedding, glimpsed at her and then told her: "Soon, young Miss. Soon!"

The young maiden Suzie was very sad, for the attack of the walking tornado had changed all plans, including her scheduled marriage with Governor Babida the lumberjack.

However, the beautiful bride Suzie was as she had always been, that was to say reasonable. She understood very well that the priority of her groom Babida was to save the land from total destruction, first as the Stateman that he was and secondly as the national hero that people looked up to.

Moreover, he had the trust of the Emperor, His Majesty Batang V, who had appointed him Governor, the second highest position in the land, and gave him the mission to rule over Okunde village.

And also the woodsman had made history by being the first ruler of a province who was not a member of the imperial family.

Therefore under these particular circumstances, there was no way that Babida the lumberjack could have carried on with his marriage.

He had to prove to His Majesty that he well deserved all the hope and responsibilities that he had placed upon him.

The young maiden Suzie looked at her groom who had the face lost in the clouds so thoughtful he was, then she leaned on him and laid her head on his right shoulder as a way to tell him: "My love, you are not alone in this fight against that calamity. You have my full support".

To this affective gesture, Babida the lumberjack who captured the silent message of his crush, silently replied to her by bringing his left hand to his right shoulder and patting the young miss Suzie's curly hair.

They stayed in that warm and intense position for a good while. And it was only when some volunteers began to share collation that they were forced to break the body contact.

"Oh, young Miss, they are sharing bread over there with coffee or...maybe Chai. Let me go and take some for us!" said the woodsman with the nicest voice that a groom could use to speak to his wife-to-be.

"Okay, my love!" uttered the young maiden Suzie with a small and shy voice, for she wished nothing had disturbed their fusional moment.

Governor Babida then stood up and went to the food distribution area.

"Comrade, please for two slices of bread and two cups of hot...Chai? Or is it coffee?" asked the woodsman to an imperial warrior who was volunteering to share the meal with refugees.

"Right away, Your Highness!" answered the imperial soldier to the Superior Commander Babida.

He swiftly served the logger who thanked him before returning to the left corner of the main compartment of the magical cave where the young maiden Suzie was impatiently waiting for him.