My king

Part 24

Nandini : pranam guruji .....Saying she moved away with dhamini....Even guruji left to his room to get fresh up to join puja ...From the other side ....
They didn't even notice manik......

Nandini got ready and reached the puja room.....aarthi is done by king and his first wife vaidehi .......

Manik also came in and stood beside maheswari ......She felt happy looking at Him.......

Than vaidehi is giving prasad to everyone .....She directly fed manik without giving him in hand ....manik again stretched his hand .....

Vaidehi : kya chahiye apko ....

Manik : prasad .....

Vaidehi : abhi toh kilaya humne .....

Manik : par prasad toh haath main lete hae .....

The whole family laughed listening to him.....

Vaidehi : acha ......

Manik : vo matashri.....

Roopa : didi tang kyu kar rahi ho usko.....shayad ladoo usko pasand agaye ......Saying she stood beside him...Making manik smile....

Dadi : he never asked anything vaidehi ....y r u teasing him ....Give him whatever he wants ......

Than vaidehi smiled and gave him one more ladoo.....nandini is just smiling looking at manik......

Malini shows two hands ......

Vaidehi : ye kya .....

Malini : agar ladoo itni achi hae toh Hume bhi do chahiye ......

Vaidehi : apne toh kaya bhi nahi .....

Malini : humne pitashri ko kabhi prasad lete hue hi nahi dekha ....lekin aaj unhone do ladoo li hae ....Toh Hume bhi chahiye....

Manik came and lifted malini in his arms.....Vaidehi smiled looking at them and gave both of them ladoo.....

Even nalini also took her ladoo ......
After some time they all had breakfast

After breakfast king and bhairav are discussing about tomorrow competition ...... Manik is just sitting there listening to them......

On the other hand ....nandini is doing her practise ....And north kingdom guruji is saying her techniques .......

Finally the day ended in practise ....
nandini came back to her room....
She got fresh up and moved to have dinner with everyone ......

After dinner ....She just moved to her room and sat on the bed ....But she is not getting sleep ...May be she is tensed of tomorrow ..... She is just pacing in her room....

A dasi came inside .....

Dasi : pranam yuvrani .....The Queens are here to meet you .....

Nandini : what ...y did you stop them from coming in.....

Dasi: no they only asked to know whether you are free or not .....

Nandini : don't you dare next time stop them from entering ....Except the time yuvraj is with me do you get that ......

Dasi : sorry yuvrani i shall remember it .....

Nandini moved out along with dasi and welcomed both the Queens inside ......She made them sit on the chairs and stood before them.....

Vaidehi : take your seat bahurani....

Nandini : it's ok matashri.....Ap dono yaha....

Roopa : we want to talk to you come sit here .....

Vaidehi : y we should not come to our daughter ....

Nandini: no matashri aise nahi hae.....
You could have called me ....

Roopa : first sit here .....

Than nandini having no option sat in front of both of them ......

Vaidehi : r u thinking of tomorrow....

Nandini looked at vaidehi .....And nodded in yes.....

Roopa : don't think of anything ....Just remember you are a fighter .... And fight .....No need to think of this kingdom and all ...It's just a fight an attempt to bring some change ....

Vaidehi : winning or loosing it doesn't matter ....But you tried to do your best that is what matters .....

Nandini : thank you matashri ....Vo sorry .....She has tears while saying it ..

Vaidehi : y these tears ....She asked cupping nandini face ....

Nandini : you are saying just like my mata ji....unki yaad agaye.....

Roopa : hum sirf manik ki hi nahi ...
balki tumhari bhi maa hae .....

Vaidehi : whenever you want to talk to us ...We are always there for you ...

Roopa : now stop crying and don't think of anything ....Sleep happily ....

Nandini nodes in yes ....They both talk to her for sometime ....They both move after blessing nandini......They both kissed nandini on her forehead..

Nandini just sat on her bed after changing into some comfortable clothes. .....manik just walked inside ....
To see her crying sitting on the bed ....
He immediately moved to her ....

Manik : kya hua mythili y r u crying ....

Nandini immediately hugged him without thinking twice bcoz he called her as mythili not yuvrani or nandini.....

Manik hugged her back ......

Manik : sab theek hena....y r u crying ....Did anyone say anything ....

Nandini : I'm happy .....

Manik broke the hug and looked at her smiling face .......And made her sit on bed and wiped her tears .....

Manik : may i know the reason behind these happy tears .....

She became excited like a kid and said what all mothers told her and how they encouraged her ....He felt happy on listening to nandini ......

Manik : ok i know you are happy. ....
But you need good sleep ....So sleep now......

Nandini : okay.....Saying she lay down on bed ......Even manik slept beside  her ......

Next morning....

nandini woke up early and got ready and reached the puja mandir first ..
And got everything ready by herself ....
And lighted the whole puja room with many diyas........

And started singing song to welcome god .....The whole family one by one reached the puja room to see it beautifully decorated ....

Even manik came there after getting ready .....Everyone did the puja.....
nandini took blessings from dadi king and Queens and manik.......

They all has breakfast together ....
nandini just took milk and fruits ....
Bcoz she cant eat heavy breakfast .... As she needs to fight next ....

Finally all of them got ready..nandini is getting ready to fight.....

Manik came into the room and asked all the dasi to leave .......

Manik : r u ready .....

Nandini nodes in yes ......manik just pulls her into a hug and kisses her forehead...She relaxed in his embrace
After breaking the hug  he cupped her face .....

Manik : i just want you to fight as mythili...The warrior princess i know..
Bcoz its  her fight ....Her idea to make girls best in everything ...... So I don't want you  to think of all emotions being as nandini the princess of south and north kingdoms to make them happy or people impressed ....Think of your wish to teach more girls .....Like how you made the girls in ashram learn .....So just be yourself .....Be like my dost .....Do this for your happiness and satisfaction that you will win to make girls better ....That's it ....Nothing more.... Being mythili you can never loose something .......Bcoz her attitude and fight is something no one can ever get .......

Nandini happiness knew no boundaries on listening to him....This gave her the correct reason to fight .... still  now she is thinking to fight for her family and kingdom....But now she has to fight for herself.......

She hugged manik in happiness and also kissed his cheeks.....But suddenly turned the other side feeling shy ....
manik turned her towards him and showed his other cheek also .....

Manik : chalo....Do it fast we are getting late ......

Nandini than kisses his other cheek also ....Than manik again kissed her forehead .....And asked her to cover her face .......

Manik : this sword is for you .....It's the best sword .....I'm gifting you this on your victory before hand ....Bcoz i know you will win......

Nandini takes the sword and bows her head to him......

Then they both move out ....He walks along with her and waits behind the curtain ....Along with her .....

They see all the people sitting around in the battle ground where competition takes place ......

King and queen and dadi along with maheswari charumathi and daughters sat in the special throne .....

Minister  : welcome to the people of our kingdom.....Today there is a sword fighting competition here ......

It will be in three rounds.....

First round  one person  to one person  .......

Second round  one person  against  three persons .....

Third round one person  and five persons  .......

Whoever wins in the first round will only be allowed to go to next rounds ....

After the announcement ....Nandu took the blessings of manik and moved towards her fight ......manik moved to sit with king .....He gave entry in his own attitude all the people started shouting his name in happiness on seeing him....nandini felt more happy on listening to love of people for him.....He did pranam and sat on his chair ....

Nandini just stood in the middle by covering her face ....The other person is standing there without a mask ....
Or without covering his face ....

The fight started after the siren ...... Nandini is giving a tough fight all the people are looking in daze seeing her fight .....But no one knows she is  a lady .......

Finally the other person sword fell down .....

Nandini just stood on her place and closed her eyes to save energy ......All the people are clapping loudly  and shouting .......

Than the second round started .....
nandini again started fighting with three soldiers first she knocked a soldier down and took his sword and continued fighting with two swords than she remebered y manik made her fight with many people together in practise......  people started shouting in happiness ....Finally she knocked  both of the soldiers ......

She is still strong .......

Than after a small break ......

The third round started .......

Nandini this time started with two swords bcoz she had them in hand ....
As this is the toughest fight .......With five people ......

She is using unique technique ......And confusing all the soldiers ......And attacking them ....After half of the fight ...Her pagidi fell down revealing  her face .....And long hair which is tied in a braid ..But still she is fighting....
Not even caring of anything .....

All the people are in shock looking at her face .....But one small girl among them started shouting .....

Yuvrani ....yuvrani ......yuvrani.....

And encouraging her ......On seeing her all the people started encouraging nandini ....

Finally after a long and tough fight she knocked everyone down.....

The king himself stood up making all  the people stand in respect to her fight ..... As she fought continuously she just sat on her knees balancing herself on her swords .......

After that when she saw king and everyone standing ....She just stood up and bowed her  head to everyone ......

Than she moves out to the back side ...
.dhamini who is just waiting for nandini immediately took the swords and made her sit and gave her water to drink ......

Nandini felt better ....she washed her face with water .......

Than she heard the king speaking ..So she moved inside to the place where king and everyone are sitting ....She stood behind them ....

King : today this competition is conducted to introduce a new law That is every girl along with boy of your families should learn techniques of war along with all the sources of education .......

It's compulsory to send girls daily for practise ....Who ever is against this law ... Will be severely punished ...

Just now we all saw the fight of our choti bahurani ....I'm proud of her .... She is the one who is going to teach all the girls ...... girls need to protect themselves ......When they are alone ....
And also they can be useful to their mother hood .....If required in war .....
Dont worry about marriage no one can go against this law to say no to marriage of a girl ...... Bcoz this rule will be followed by all the kingdoms in North and South ......

Choti bahurani .......

Than nandini moves forward and stand between maheswari and charumathi.....

They both smile looking at her ......

King : she covered her face to reveal in the last ....Bcoz if we say a girl is fighting no one will trust us .....But today you all saw her fighting better than 9 soldiers ....... So she proved that girls can do many things ...... So I want all the girls of every house to learn from tomorrow ....... Mantri ji .....Make a list of all the girls ......Who ever is not sending their children for practise will be punished severely ......

All the girls clapped loudly listening to king .....

King : so to celebrate the victory of  our daughter ...... Lunch for all the people of our  kingdom today in the palace .....

All the people shouted the name of rajaji manik and nandini in happiness ......

The guards moved all the people to lunch .....After minister registered all the names of girls .......

Precap : teaching girls ......