Deed-188: Princes

{ May 2018 A.Y. Yokai Realm, Inside the Royal Empire }

[ Days passed, yet the discussion about Ram didn't stop ]

[ The Great Emperor Ananta, Lord Aryan and Lord Pavan played along with the children of Ram and Chand, and while talking and playing with them, they observed them all, whether they were developing ego or false pride for being close with them ]

[ Yet, none of the princes or princesses got pride, as they knew that there was so much they had to achieve and getting proud of others' achievements is foolishness. On observing and realizing such an attitude in those children, The Great Emperor Ananta, Lord Aryan and Lord Pavan became happier with their maturity ]

[ They all enjoyed themselves and made memories which would last forever in their hearts ]

[ Days passed and with great celebrations, Lord Aryan got married to Queen Sumitra, and after the marriage, all the kings and guests returned to their palaces ]

[ The Great Emperor Ananta, Lord Aryan and Lord Pavan asked Chand, Ram and their family to stay, as they were their relatives, but Chand and Ram humbly declined, as they wanted Lord Aryan to have private time with his queen and they promised that they would return soon ]

[ The Great Emperor Ananta, Lord Aryan and Lord Pavan agreed with them and blessed the children, patted their shoulders and motivated them to become great people like Ram ]

[ Later, with sad tears, they all said their goodbyes and boarded the chariot, with a promise to visit often and share letters regularly ]

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[ They all returned to their homes and continued their duties and responsibilities, while exchanging letters with The Great Emperor Ananta, Lord Aryan and Lord Pavan ]

[ Once every three months, either Ram's family or the Emperor's family used to spend time together in their palaces ]

[ The princes and princess were often trained by The Great Emperor Ananta, Lord Aryan and Lord Pavan, making all the princes and princesses stronger under their guidance, training and mentorship ]

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[ It became casual for them all. Once every 6 months, they would go to war with asuras and win those wars in a few weeks, slowly regaining their territories and continents. When they weren't attacking or at war, they used to spend time together at Naimisha or the Royal Empire, but most of the time, they all stayed together ]

[ When Lord Ram and The Great Emperor Ananta went to war, Lord Aryan and Lord Pavan used to train the children. When Ram and Aryan went to war, The Great Emperor Ananta and Lord Pavan used to train the children, and when Ram and Pavan went to war, The Great Emperor Ananta and Lord Aryan used to train them ]

[ Lord Chand used to assist them in wars too, but he was called less often to the offense. He was told to protect the continents and territories that were regained and fight any asuras who attacked those continents ]

[ Vajra used to visit them often and got trained by The Great Emperor Ananta, Lord Aryan and Lord Pavan too, but not every day ]

[ Gunaniddhi and Sampath became weapon masters of their Odachi and dual swords, as they were trained by the Mahindra Giri Commanders and by The Great Emperor Ananta, Lord Aryan and Lord Pavan personally ]

[ Charu Hashini was only taught self-defense, as The Great Emperor Ananta, Lord Aryan and Lord Pavan didn't want to teach the fragile girl how to kill, as she could sense the pain and screams of others ]

[ Sri Hari slowly mastered martial arts through the training of his great instructors, while Vajra became a weapon master in using bows and arrows, along with weapon mastery in katana ]

[ All the princes and princesses got their aura increased to the size of a mammoth by doing rigorous tapas ]

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[ Years passed happily, and in the year 2020, Lord Pavan got married to Queen Jane with great celebrations ]

[ After two years, Lord Aryan and Queen Sumitra gave birth to Prince Lakhan in 2022, and all the Yokai Realm celebrated Prince Lakhan's birthday ]

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[ As The Great Emperor Ananta had a grandson to look after and Lord Aryan had a son to raise, while Lord Pavan had to look after his new Queen, slowly, slowly they all stopped waging wars on asuras, as they wanted to look after their new family members ]

[ Hence, Ram and Chand started waging wars on asuras to get back their continents. The Great Emperor Ananta, Lord Aryan and Lord Pavan used to enter the war, while it was all becoming hard for Chand, as Ram never needed any assistance ]

[ Ram along with his commanders, used to attack, and Chand along with his commanders, used to do the same, while other kings and their armies used to protect and establish those kingdoms again ]

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[ As months passed in the year 2023, Ram started taking his sons Gunaniddhi (20) and Sampath (20) to the wars and showed them what they had to deal with in the future ]

[ Ram didn't let them attack first. He used to damage the asuras and order his sons to finish off the injured asuras while he attacked other asuras. Gunaniddhi and Sampath rarely ever attacked a healthy asura ]

[ While attacking those injured asuras, Gunaniddhi and Sampath got trained along with their swords and learnt how to generate aura and control their aura generation while fighting the asuras on the battlefield ]

[ Ram didn't let them fight freely on the battlefield. He only wanted to make them accustomed to the wars with asuras, as in the future they would have to fight on their own ]

[ Ram rarely took Sri Hari (16) with him, as he was still young to fight with asuras. Hence, Ram used to take him only to the wars where they didn't need to fight or injure any asuras. Ram only took Sri Hari to the fights where they had to just warn the asuras to back off ]

[ Ram never let Sri Hari fight any asura, no matter if they were injured. Sri Hari wasn't allowed to swing his weapons at any asura. Meanwhile, Vajra used to enter the battlefield and fight with asuras all by himself. He was not only protecting, but was also attacking the asuras ]

[ Later, in the year 2024, Pavan's Queen died giving birth to a Prince Virat ]

[ Virat's birthday wasn't celebrated greatly, as his birthday had brought gloominess to all and made the yokai dull ]

[ Months flew ]

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[ One morning in March 2024, inside Naimisha Kingdom's courtroom, where seats and thrones were filled ]

[ While everyone in the courtroom was discussing the nation's development plan ]

[ They got a letter reporting that Lord Chand had become a fallen hero and was no more ]

[ As soon as Ram heard that news, streams of tears started flowing from his eyes, while Lotus became unconscious and fell on her seat, as the fact that she couldn't see her dad's smile again gave her tremendous pain, making her lose control over herself ]

[ Charu Hashini, Gunaniddhi and Sampath cried out loud and went to their maa Lotus, and tried to bring her back to consciousness ]

[ All the Queens, commanders, advisors and ministers started crying while making their cheeks wet ]

[ Sri Hari stands with confidence and walks towards the exit ]

[ Charu Hashini senses anger and rage in Sri Hari. She immediately indicates to Gunaniddhi and Sampath that Sri Hari is leaving ]

[ Sampath doesn't care about all that, as he is more worried about maa Lotus, as she became unconscious ]

[ Gunaniddhi shouts ]

Gunaniddhi: Sri Hari!!!

[ On hearing the prince shout, everyone looks up and sees Prince Sri Hari leaving ]

[ Gunaniddhi in a dominating tone ]

Gunaniddhi: Where are you going, my dear!?!

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