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In the morning...

"Ashok, Kaurvaki ka hai?" Rani Dharma, Ashok's mother questioned. "I don't know Ma, abhi to ya ti I'll go find her." Ashok offered.

As he walked out of the throne room he bumped into someone. "Ashok where is your focus?" Raj Kumar Susheem, the son of Ma Rani Charumitra asked. "forgive me older brother Susheem, but I'm in a hurry." Susheem questioned, "why, are you looking for someone, wait let me guess it's Kaurvaki is it not?" "Yes, do you happen to know where she is?" Ashok asked worried. Susheem disagreed, he does not know where Princess Kaurvaki is.

Ashok passed Susheem and walked straight into the courtyard, his eyes caught a distant sparkle and discovered it was from a single gold bangle with encrusted blue diamond's lying flat on the floor. Ashok saw it and picked it up, he held the bangle in his hands flipping it over at least 3 times. "this is Kaurvaki's bangle, so she must have been here." Ashok stated. A maid came running up to Ashok. "Raj Kumar Ashok?" The maid said with her head down. "yes?" Ashok responded. "Raj Kumari Kaurvaki is not within the palace nor has she gone outside!" The maid stated. "what, if she isn't in the palace or hasn't gone outside, then where is she?" The maid said she didn't know and Ashok let her leave. "Zaroor Kaurvaki is in some sort of trouble, I have to find her!"

Some Time Later...

The entire Royal family was outside on the balcony with a couple of priests ready to announce to their subjects who would be burning the Ram statue of hay.

"Today on this pure night, Queen Dharma's son Prince Ashok will be lighting the Ravan statue, so Ashok step forward and pick up the bow." Samrat Bindusar had told his subjects and requested to his son. Ashok stepped forward and picked up a silver bow that lay on a folded red silk near him with 3 fire started arrows. One by one he fired the arrows and the Ravan statue lit up and slowly incinerated. Ashok's angelic eyes felt delighted inside to an unknown reason.

All the subjects and the royal family placed their palms together and shouted, "Jai Shri Ram!" When everything went silent and the subjects enjoyed the festival below!

Celebrating the triumph of good over evil, light over dark.

Acharya Radagupta came rushing to the samrat "Samrat a plan against the royal family and Acharya Chanakya had been set!" Everyone looked surprised except for Samrat Bindusar and Ashok.

"we know about the set up Acharya and where Raj Kumari Kaurvaki is!" Bindusar stated. "How, and why didn't you tell us samrat?" Radagupta questioned. "When I realized Kaurvaki was missing, I first went to Father Samrat and he said not to tell anyone otherwise the kidnappers could have been suspecting us, so after finding Kaurvaki's bangle, I found a person who was one of the kidnappers. I had tried to question him but he drank poison and died, later I found Kaurvaki tied up unconscious inside the Ram statue. In consciousness she told me there was a set up against us all but before we could know what it was she fainted and the maids took her too her room. We consulted the help of Acharya Chanakya and from then remained vigilant!" Ashok explained the whole story. "what about the criminal?" Rani Charumitra questioned. Samrat pointed to the flaming Ram statue.

The criminal was within the Ram statue incinerating to ashes.

Susheem and his mother glanced at each other, yet again their plan had failed thanks to Ashok and Kaurvaki!

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