Deed-181: Truth

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

[ Lotus with a bit of anger ]

Lotus: Tell me, what should I call you!?!

Lotus: You are worse than a yokai!!!

Lotus: When Princess Candy died! No one in the realm questioned your dad's competency to rule them!!!

Lotus: They all stayed loyal to their Lord and continued being his citizens without any questions or even the smallest trace of distrust towards their Lord!!!

Lotus: All the citizens of Naimisha Kingdom trusted their Lord that he would lead them all to heaven! None of them, till date, ever questioned themselves in their dreams, "Lord Ram was unable to protect his own daughter, how could he protect us!?!"

Lotus: That's how much these citizens of Naimisha Kingdom love him and have faith in him! All those yokai never badmouthed him, even in their dreams!!!

Lotus: Being his son, you questioned his competency as a great ruler!?!

Lotus: If your father was really a manipulative king, then why did all these kings of our continent come here happily with tons of gifts!?!

Lotus: Do you really think that manipulators get gifts without asking for them? Do you really think that all these yokai are being manipulated and only you, Hori, and Ojas are the good ones!?!

Lotus: We are all manipulative guys, and only you three are great guys who escaped being manipulated, right!?!

[ Lotus continues telling Ram's greatness while Sampath falls at Lotus' feet and weeps out loud, sobbing and rolling around her feet ]

[ Sampath with complete guilt and regret ]

Sampath: Please forgive me, maa!!!

Sampath: I am the only sinner here, no one else is a sinner, maa!!!

Sampath: Dad's a perfect man!!!

[ Lotus still continues telling Ram's greatness ]

Lotus: He doesn't need anyone's certificate!!! Everyone knows how great he is!!!

Lotus: What did you learn from the story of Kartavirya Arjuna!?!

Lotus: You only focused on one flaw, that he told his citizens to give up having weapons and trust him!!!

Lotus: But how could you forget that he was the best shishya of BHAGWAN DATTATREYA!?! How could you forget that he was the one whom Sudarshan Chakra came to take to Vaikuntham!?!

Lotus: How could you forget his outstanding strength? He threw Mandodari Pati into prison as if he was a nobody!!!

Lotus: How could you ignore the fact that he got a mantra dedicated to him!!! On reciting his mantra during the Sandhya times, it makes sure that nothing of yours would be stolen or lost!!!

Lotus: Even after all these yugas, his mantra has power and he is revered! You failed to notice all these great things!!!

Lotus: All you came up with was that if someone makes you depend on them, it means they are stealing your opportunity to grow!!!

Lotus: You only remembered that, but forgot all the great virtues and deeds of Kartavirya Arjuna!!!

Lotus: And you compared only his flaws with your dad and came to a conclusion that your dad is afraid of others becoming independent as they might outrank him!!!

Lotus: How foolish is that? A king is a king, irrespective of a crown or throne!!!

Lotus: Stop comparing your dad with Kartavirya Arjuna! Lord Kartavirya Arjuna wanted his citizens to depend on him so that there wouldn't be any violence!!!

Lotus: I have told you all not to depend on others, as you are the princes and you must be independent. I ordered you not to depend on others, as after Lord Kartavirya Arjuna, no one with such strength ever came out with strength equivalent to his in his kingdom!!!

Lotus: As the citizens were dependent on him, they were unable to survive later, as they had no one to depend upon! I wanted you all to make sure that your citizens are independent and can survive even if you aren't the king!!!

Lotus: I never said that depending on others is a sin or making others depend on someone is a sin!!!

Lotus: The sin is not making them all become independent and forcing them to depend!!!

Lotus: Tell me, when did your dad force others not to become strong!?!

[ Sampath sobs and bawls out with guilt and regret ]

[ Lotus continues telling Kartavirya Arjuna's greatness and clarifies to him what she meant when she told Kartavirya Arjuna's story ]

[ Sampath sobs and bawls out with guilt and begs for forgiveness ]

[ Lotus' heart gets a bit broken on seeing her son crying like that ]

[ Lotus looks into Sampath's eyes ]

Lotus: You want to know the truth that badly!?!

Lotus: I will tell you, then it's your choice to do whatever you want to!!!

Lotus: It doesn't matter even if you don't trust me! You already think of all of us as manipulators and liars!!!

[ Sampath sobs and begs for forgiveness for doubting them all ]

[ Lotus in a dominating tone ]

Lotus: No guardian deity would ever talk to you directly just because you prayed to them once!!!

Lotus: Moreover, your so-called guardian deities were even giving expressions like blushing and changing their expressions!?!

Lotus: Do you really think that they would do all that just because you entered inside!?!

Lotus: Then why didn't they ever talk to Vidhur, Ram, or others when they entered the treasure room!?!

[ Lotus in a dominating tone ]

Lotus: Because it's an astral power to convey messages via stone!!!

Lotus: Queen Hori has that astral power, that's why those guardian deities spoke!!!

Lotus: Tell me, why would those guardian deities evaporate after talking? They would at least remain like stones, right!?!

[ Lotus in an interrogative tone ]

Lotus: Tell me what new technique you learned or got after being given the title of weapon master!?!

[ Lotus sarcastically smiles ]

Lotus: You haven't learned anything new! It was all to make you feel superior and great!!!

Lotus: That sword you are holding is here because of Queen Hori! She placed it in here using her astral powers while you were searching for the guardian deities!!!

Lotus: No need to trust me!!!

[ Sampath bawls out on hearing those words ]

Lotus: See what happens to your weapon as soon as I touch it!

[ Lotus takes those dual swords from Sampath ]

[ As soon as Lotus takes those weapons from Sampath, two small astral creatures start running out by jumping off the weapon ]

[ Lotus immediately catches those astral creatures while they are screaming out loud in pain, as if they were thrown into the fire ]

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