FROM TASHID TO TURMUS

We left the oasis when the sun was already high, it was predicted to be another hot day, at the port the few merchants who were stationed on the dock watched with curiosity our departure.

Suya my companion and Queen was very happy to be able to travel, sometimes she was bored alone she spent her time with the slaves and walking in the square on our little island, not that she didn't love the Oasis of the Seven Palms, but she was born and lived in the north and didn't mind meeting and talking to other people.

The captain of the ship asked me if I already had a certain destination, I was still undecided whether to go north or head towards the coast of Shendi, to make a first stop at the oasis of Isfahan,

or continue and stop at the city of Brindisum or that of Baku, there was not much wind and the ship glided slowly, Suya and I in the cabin looked at the maps until we decided to go and visit the new oasis of Tashid again, after the new reconstruction done by lady Lilly.

We had not been present at the big inauguration party, in those days we were in Isfahan for the Bazaar and the meeting of the representatives of the salt road, and I wanted to see my friends Yusud and his mother lady Mae again and who knows if we would finally meet sir Umar congo Mae's companion, difficult to meet him always traveling with his business.

I noticed that Suya reluctantly accepted the destination, she was born in the North and is never comfortable traveling in the desert and wearing the veil, I also wanted to understand if we could have a job in that oasis for some time, but we were disappointed when we discovered that all the positions were assigned to members of the Combo family, but we learned this later, when we arrived at the Oasis we were surprised by the beauty of the palaces and houses with wide streets and large areas with fountains and many trees and flowers.

On the platform we met Sir Yusud, the son of Lady Mae and Pasha Congo, he is the heir to the throne and I think he became Vizier, he welcomed us with friendship even though at that moment other visitors crowded the port square, he showed us the way to visit the small city in the oasis and the large palace, I no longer had the house in Tashid as before nor the office of the editorial office of the newspaper '' gazette of moons '' now we lived in our oasis and without a job in Tashid it was useless.

e Oasis, still lady Lilly was completing the finishing touches here and there, everyone was busy so we left. heading towards the North to reach the river Wosk and the city of turmus, in that city governed by lady Selia I had been well, I would have met sir Nicholas the slaver and other friends, but I never expected to meet an old friend Scriba known in Cartassa and worked together in other cities.

Lady Kallis this is her name, I had not seen her for years, we were very good friends at that time she was promised to sir Finthor, but he fell in love with his slave Yiyi, I freed her by choosing her as a companion, I was secretly in love with lady Kallis, and there was a moment where I almost managed to conquer her but little Yiyi, set a trap for me and lady Kallis cut all the bridges that I had meticulously built between us, and she, now destroyed by the betrayal of her companion, left the city of Cartassa leaving for the North.

I was very happy to meet her, we talked about the old times and the path we had taken, I invited her to our oasis of the seven palms and she accepted, willingly, we would surely meet again as soon as she finished her work in the city of Turmus.

I met lady Selia together with the healer (pisichian) of Turmus who together with other ladies were standing in a square sitting and chatting, with Selia we have been friends for many years, I worked as a magistrate and Editor in Turmu s for some time and I was happy I liked the great traffic of its port, and after introducing Suya and chatting a little we said goodbye and left for the Oasis.

A few weeks later we were pleasantly surprised by the arrival of Lady Kallis, and at the same time very happy and proud to show her the Oasis and our great palace, we had demolished the old one and built a much larger one with marbles and fountains, Lady Kallis stayed with us for a few days until one morning she left for her small village in the North, we resumed our lives happily with our people….