Deed-177: Manipulation

{ 3rd January 2016 A.Y. Yokai Realm inside Naimisha Kingdom's Palace }

[ Inside palace's hallway ]

[ Sampath starts suspecting everyone and everything that he was taught ]

[ Sampath gets suspicious of Queen Hori and in a suspicious tone, asks ]

Sampath: Why should I trust you!?!

[ Queen Hori with a soothing tone ]

Queen Hori: I don't blame you for not trusting me!

Queen Hori: But, if you want to seek the truth, then you have only one option!

[ Queen Hori in a confident tone ]

Queen Hori: Go and ask the new and old guardian deities your wishes and see who replies to you!!!

Queen Hori: Whoever replies, ask them and they will tell you the whole truth!!!

[ Sampath gets a bit frightened by Queen Hori's words, as he was able to see the strength of truth in her eyes ]

Sampath: I can ask the new guardian deities for my wish...

[ Sampath curiously asks ]

Sampath: But, how can I communicate with the old guardian deities!?!

[ Queen Hori with an obedient and caring tone ]

Queen Hori: The old guardian deities are present in the treasure chamber! Go there and ask for your wish in there!!!

[ Sampath looking a bit hesitant, looks at the floor and replies ]

Sampath: But, going inside the treasure room is prohibited!?!

[ Queen Hori smiles and replies in an encouraging tone ]

Queen Hori: It's prohibited for outsiders! Not for the prince of Naimisha Kingdom, the one who is in line to the throne!!!

[ Sampath with a bit of rage, looks at Queen Hori ]

Sampath: I am not the prince in line to the throne!!!

Sampath: That throne is my brother Gunaniddhi's future throne!!!

Sampath: It belongs to no one except my brother Gunaniddhi!!!!

[ Queen Hori gets a bit frightened by Sampath's reply, as Sampath has mentally fixated that his brother Gunaniddhi is the next king, and if anyone dares to stop that, he would kill them ]

[ Queen Hori immediately changes her tone from sarcasm to a kind, comforting and loving tone ]

Queen Hori: Well, sorry for saying that, my dear!!!

Queen Hori: I was testing you! You have passed my test!

[ Sampath smiles and looks at Queen Hori with trust ]

[ Queen Hori with a soothing and encouraging tone while making Sampath trust her ]

Queen Hori: My dear, I have always loved all you children of Lord Ram, as you were the ones who were manipulated the most!!!

Queen Hori: It always used to clench my heart whenever I used to see you kids, as you were being manipulated by all these citizens!!!

[ Sampath with a bit of rage and a suspicious look on his face, looks at Queen Hori, while she continues to talk in a caring and loving tone ]

Queen Hori: My dear, as you have passed my test! I am going to give you a cheat to enter into the treasure room!

Queen Hori: No one would complain to Lord Ram, as it is you who entered the room! But, even if someone ends up complaining about you entering the treasure room!!!

Queen Hori: Then tell Lord Ram to forgive you, the same way you have forgiven him for breaking his promise of dueling with you!!!

[ Sampath gets surprised by that statement, as very limited yokai knew that Lord Ram had promised to duel with Sampath before leaving to fight with the Asuras ]

[ On seeing Sampath surprised ]

[ Queen Hori hugs Sampath and with a soothing tone ]

Queen Hori: I know about all this! I know all about you children, as I always plan on saving you from being manipulated by others!!!

Queen Hori: I am your well-wisher!!!

[ Sampath gets fully convinced that Queen Hori was their well-wisher, while all others in the nation were manipulating them ]

[ As Sampath never forgot about that promise, he wanted his dad to come to him and say, “Let's duel,” but it never happened! Sampath never wanted to remind him about that promise, as a true Lord always stands by their words ]

[ Queen Hori understood Sampath's silence and started manipulating him with her words, tone and caring gestures ]

[ Sampath slowly, slowly starts getting manipulated by Queen Hori ]

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[ Queen Hori was never a well-wisher of Ram's children, as she still remembered how those kids talked down to her ]

[ Queen Hori was manipulating Sampath to increase the distance between the family members and slowly poison them all from inside ]

[ To manipulate Sampath, Queen Hori had to become a trustworthy one, that's why she was planning to make Sampath stronger, as making him stronger would make him trust her blindly and slowly everyone would start trusting her ]

[ While Queen Hori was suggesting to Sampath how to become stronger, she was feeling disgusted, as she knew that making Sampath stronger would be a threat. As later, when Kingdom Madra wages war, then it would be troublesome for them to defeat strong opponents ]

[ Yet, Queen Hori gave Sampath an idea on how to become stronger, as in the future she could crush them all through internal conflict, as slowly they would all stop trusting one another and become separated, and then defeating them in a war would be easy ]

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[ By listening to Queen Hori's words, Sampath started suspecting everyone and slowly walked towards the new guardian deities to find the truth for himself and to know who was manipulating whom ]

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----Meet you in the next deed, Guys