Behind it, the cave entrance was exactly where the PDF said it would be. Inside: no gold, no bones. Just a small iron bell, a gourd of palm oil, and a smartphone. The phone had one app open: .
Pdfcoffee.com. A site where students uploaded past exam papers, technical manuals, and, occasionally, forbidden texts.
Last upload: "Iwe Ogun – Ologun Meji." Iwe Ogun Pdfcoffee
Damilare’s mouth went dry.
Then his phone buzzed. A text from an unknown number: "The Pdfcoffee link expires in 10 minutes. Save it to your heart, not your hard drive. Then delete." Behind it, the cave entrance was exactly where
He refreshed the page.
Then he closed the laptop, paid his 200 naira, and walked out into the sun. He did not go home. The phone had one app open:
He clicked download. The PDF was 847 pages. But when he opened it, pages 1 through 600 were blank. Page 601 showed a hand-drawn map of his grandfather’s farm—the hidden cave behind the iroko tree. Page 602 showed a list of names. His father’s name. His uncle’s name. And at the bottom: Damilare – the one who seeks through glass.
The uploader’s account was still logged in.
He went to the iroko tree.
