My king

Part 17

Manik : no problem .....It's okay ...

King : than i will send the messenger to north kingdom immediately ... Such that they could come early......

South king sends his trustworthy messengers  ......To north kingdom to welcome the whole family to south kingdom for the pooja ......

Than everyone disperse ......Leaving king and guruji as they need to discuss many things regarding kingdom and people .....

After sometime ....Nandini moves to her room to find manik sitting on the swing in her room.....She moves to him to see him lost somewhere ......

She makes the sound of her bangles which brings him out of trance.....He just looks at her ....She smiles looking at him .....

Nandini: pranam .....

Manik: pranam ...kya hua..apko kuch chahiye...

Nandini: khana tayyar hae .....

On hearing nandini voice he just stares at her .....

Manik : kya main apko pehle se janti hu ......

Nandini: ji nahi ......Kya hua ....

Manik: i think I heard you somewhere

Manik in mind ....I think I'm thinking more about mythili....every voice is sounding like her .....I never met nandini before ......But ....

Nandini just stays quiet ......

Nandini : ji chale....Everyone are waiting .....

Than manik moved with nandini ....
They all had dinner ....And are returning back to rooms .....nandini is walking behind manik ......

But manik sees dhamini and imli coming in the opposite direction.....

On seeing manik they bow their head down .....

Dhamini : pranam yuvaraj....Pranam yuvrani....

Manik : pranam ....ap kon....

Dhamini : main apse ashram main mili hu ....Dhamini aur ye

Manik : imli.....he recognised immediately bcoz she is the only child in ashram....

Imli smiles listening to him.....

Manik: ....kaise ho ap ....And how is everyone in ashram ......

Dhamini: hum sab theek hae yuvraj...
Now we all are living in kingdom ......

Manik : where are everyone ....

Dhamini: in their works yuvraj .....I'm appointed as the main dasi of yuvrani that's y I'm here.....

Manik nodes in yes ......He is about to ask about mythili but on seeing nandini he stops himself from asking ....

Imli : pranam yuvraj....She says touching his feet .....

Manik puts his hand on imli head .....
And than takes her in his arms ......

Nandini feels happy on seeing him comfortable with kids .....

Imli : now you are not having a cloth on eyes  ...

Manik: bcoz I'm in palace ....That's y no cloth ....

Imli: ohhh .....apki shaadi maine dekha tha ....

Manik: phir ap humse mili kyu nahi....

Imli: apke saath bahut log hae ....Hum dargaye ....

Manik: ap jab chahe humse  milsakte ho....Koi nahi rokhega apko....

Imli : thank you yuvraj.....

Than manik spoke to imli for sometime....Than dhamini took imli to the room of dasi and gave her to her mother ......

Manik and nandini reached their room .....nandini changed her dress into simple clothes by moving inside .....manik is just sitting on the bed thinking of all the things happening around him.  ..He is a complete mess.....

Nandini comes and sits on the other side of bed .....

Nandini : kya hua manik ji .....She asks him ....

Manik looks at her and gets to know she changed to sleep  ....Than he takes out his pagidi and swords and gives them all to dasi.....Remove his upper clothing .....Nandini feels shy on looking at Him ......And turns the other side .......

Manik lays on the bed ......nandini sleeps on the same bed showing her back to him......

Manik is just starting at her back .......
.Remembering her voice .....Is she mythili ....??? But y will she live in forest ....She is the princess of this palace .....I can't doubt on her ...This might lead to disasters. ....But her voice is just like mythili....May be people may have similar voice.......I should forget mythili once I speak to her about my truth ....It would be best

Thinking all this he slept on the bed turning his back to nandini.....

Next morning manik woke up early and moved to the practice ground ...
He started doing practice.....A pegion came and landed on his shoulder .....

He took the pegion in his hand and remembered that this is the same pegion landed on the shoulder of mythili on the first time she is fighting to save girls from being sex slaves ......
In the forest.....

He just left the pegion after sometime
It directly left to nandini room and landed on her stomach as she is sleeping on her back .....

Nandini opened her eyes and lifted the pegion .....And kissed it .....

Dhamini : pranam yuvrani .....

Nandini : pranam  dhamini ....Where is yuvraj....She asks not finding manik beside her ....

Dhamini : he is in practice ground ......

Nandini : okay ......

Dhamini: when are you planning to say him everything.....

Nandini : what to say ....???

Dhamini: say that you are only mythili nandini devi ......

Nandini: enough .... Don't you dare speak loudly ......thats past i don't want to go there ......

Dhamini : even you get angry and punish me .....The truth is you are keeping him in darkness ...He has every right to know about you.... And I also know you loved him that's y you accepted for the marriage ....You are not a girl who accepts marriage for  treaty of kingdoms.....

Nandini : what's the use to say I'm mythili..... When he doesn't even remember me ....I thought he will ask you or guruji about me when he meets you but no ....He doesn't remember mythili ...He is the prince  of north kingdom ......Let him be like that only....I don't need his friendship .

Dhamani: but ....You love him right ....

Nandini: i loved manik....Not prince manik singh rathore. ......

Dhamini: but he didn't recognize your voice ....

Nandini: i willingly spoke less ....I don't want him to know about me ...
.Without trying hard ......I know he feels mythili a friend but he betrayed that friend by hiding he is a prince and also married twice and had two daughters ....If I'm not the daughter of south king ....He will definitely never meet me .... Bcoz he just needs shelter
.He didn't say any truth bcoz he got to know we are people of South kingdom
It might be harmful to his life. ...So he said he is a warrior ....Ofcourse he is a great  warrior.....But he can win all battles but not my love. ......Bcoz i don't trust him....

Dhamini : but even you hide from him right that you are daughter of south king ......

Nandini : i was about to tell him ....But guruji said we need to go to kingdom bcoz there is swayamwar.....I thought if he wins the swayamwar i will tell him everything ......After marriage bcoz he didn't see me ....I told guruji to make him participate in swayamwar .
...Bcoz i wanted him to be liked by all the people of kingdom  including my family ....That's y that day guruji said confidently to pitaji that I will marry him .. I thought to give him surprise ..
But I got the biggest shock of my life ..
...I felt like I fell in my own trap by asking him to participate in the swayamwar .....If not I would have not married him or never would have shown my face to him after knowing he is north prince .... . 

Dhamini: than what about husband and wife relation ......Now you are married to him ....

Nandini: he married me ....I won't stop giving him any rights on me or my body ....But they are not connected with love bcoz this marriage just happened for my safety and also  kingdom .....i really felt happy on knowing he won the swayamwar but when I went to meet them in pitaji room i got to know he is rival prince..
Even pitaji accepted him ...... so I did this marriage .....I don't want more discussion on this ....I'm not going to tell him about me being mythili That's final ......I don't want you to open your mouth any where remember that..It's a warning ....If not you know me very well .....She warned dhamini.....

Dhamini felt the pain in nandini voice bcoz being a girl getting married unwillingly is a hard thing to digest.....So dhamini thought that she is right on her place and no one can change  her desicion easily as she is stubborn ....She prayed god to make this couple a happy couple by solving all the problems ......

Nandini sat on the bed after dhamini left to arrange for her bath ........She is thinking to herself.....

Manik is a good person ....He is a good prince .....But not a good friend for mythili bcoz he never cheated anyone except mythili..... I can never love him  .....But I will try to be good to him and give him all rights as a wife ......I think so bcoz to be his wife i don't need to love him... Yes I don't love him ....But y my heart says i am lucky to have him in my life  ...y did i  fall for him and get hurt.....y can't i hate him  ....And my mind says I'm right in not telling anything ....I'm confused but still I will leave on you kanha ji .....Show me the right path .......

Manik completed his practice and left to his room to get ready .......On the way he saw everyone decorating the palace with flowers .......For the pooja ....On reaching the room he saw nandini getting ready in front of the mirror .......dhamini is making her braid ....Both of them  bowed to manik....And then dhanini started  putting flowers to nandini braid  ....He moved inside and had a bath with the help of dasi and came out after getting ready .........

Then they got the news that by evening family of manik will reach here .......

The day fully passed by looking after all the decorations .....manik is spending time with nandini brothers..
Infact all three are having a good time together ....nandini is helping guruji in arranging everything to do pooja ....

Finally manik family arrived ....All the ladies covered faces in veil....They are taken in and given rooms to get fresh up ......That night got completed very fastly in complete silence .....it just looked like silence before a storm ......

Next morning ....Everyone are getting ready to do pooja .......

All assembled In  the place where pooja is arranged.......

South king: damaad ji ...We want the newly wedded couple to do the pooja .....

Manik is about to deny ....Bcoz he don't believe in God .....

North king : ofcourse they will do together ....

Manik has no option but to agree ....
Than manik and nandini sat together to do pooja ..... they are doing the rituals but manik is not interested.....If he could have concentrated he could have known that the pandit told nandini full name that is Mythili Nandini Devi .....He is just thinking when will this pooja get completed....

Nearly after three hours the puja completed .....Everyone are taking prasad .......Than even manik put his hand forward to take prasad ......

Than after pooja .....The king asked the newly wedded couple to give donations to people ......

Manik felt happy doing this .....They donated cows to brahmins ......And food and clothes to the people of kingdom......And also they kept lunch for all the brahmins .......In which nandini served all the brahmins ......

Finally they got  blessings from everyone ......And all had lunch together .......

It was evening .......

Nandini moved to manik....Who is sitting in the mandap of palace  and playing with pegions......

Nandini : pranam yuvaraj.....

Manik turned back ......To see nandini

Manik : pranam .....

Nandini : vo yuvaraj...

Manik : kya hua .....

Nandini : kya hum mataji aur sab ke saath  mandir ja sakte hae .......

Manik : jasakte ho ap......

Nandini : kya ap bhi ......

Manik just looked at her ....You move ahead I'm coming after feeding pegions .........He said throwing grains to pegions.....

Don't know why but nandini felt very happy at thought of going to temple with manik.......

Precap : fighting ......