Novel Bin Chapter 49 49. Conqueror Of Mind
[Ding! Detected that the host restrained one of the minds of Pandavas...
Congratulations to the host for triggering Ten-Thousand times critical strike on it...
Congratulations to the host for getting the title "Conquer Of Mind."...
Conquer Of Mind: No illusions or tricks can affect you anymore, You will always have a calm mind even in chaos, Alway having full total control on yourself.
(Note : This is just the early stage of the title buff, The more you conquer the other party the more chances there are to get an upgrade for the skill.)]
System voice rang in Karna\'s mind, Which confirmed his belief, He had yet to conquer Vidur completely.
As for the reward, He did not spend much thought on it, Though it is quite a good reward but he already has a Star-Child bloodline to protect him from such a thing, Still, it is a welcome addition, It will become stronger as he completes the task.
"Queen, Now I ask permission to leave."
After Vidur had done the ritual, His face became pale. He looked like he might fall to the ground any moment as there was no strength remaining in his body.
This ritual did not look that costing but as the oath that affects the whole bloodline, It will cost the equivalent amount in return, So right now he did not have any power remaining in his body, He was now a squished-out lemon, No juice remain in his body to do anything.
So he folded his hands to ask permission to leave from Queen Gandhari, Which she had yet to grant.
She just looked at him with complicated emotions. It\'s not far-fetched to say that she hates this person, The one who wanted to kill her firstborn but she still had those little good memories about them.
After all, not every day was hell in this golden cage of hers. There were some sweet moments shared in this place, Which will forever be kept in her heart as a precious memory.
These people too were part of those memories, So she had a soft spot for them but then she looked at her children, Which quickly solidified her crumbling belief.
No, she had to be strong. If the situation arose cruel if not her children would suffer as a consequence, So she just nodded to Vidur permitting him to leave without offering any help from soldiers outside of the chamber.
"Also give me permission daughter, I will also take my leave to help Vidur."
Bhishma could not see Vidur in this condition, After all by relation Vidur is also his nephew, So he too asked permission from Gandhari to leave.
He can understand why she is acting like this but he still thinks he did nothing wrong. What he did was necessary, There was no other way.
In his eyes what he did and did was just his way of following dharma, So there is nothing following one\'s dharma but he might have forgotten about that Dharma itself teaches that before it comes to humanity.
Dharma says not to harm other beings for your own selfish desires, Which Bhishma did, He definitely is doing all that selfishly but force fueling him to do it is selfish, He was not stopping because he did not want to break his oath.
His one\'s that broken then how can he show his face in front of the group warrior in the world? Wasn\'t he the one who was not even able to keep his oath?
That is the reason, His pride is the one who has put blind fold on his eyes, Which prevents him from seeing the truth, Which is irony even blind man like Dhritarashtra can see it.
"Permission is granted, Commander in Chief of Hastinapur Army."
Gandhari too granted his request but in her words, she clearly alienated them. She decided it would be best for her if she started pitting distance between them because if a future situation arose, She did not want to hesitate to drop the knife on them.
Now she was not the daughter-In- Law of Kuru lineage but a majestic Queen of Hastinapur, A Wife of the King and A mother of her 102 childrens.
For them she had to harden her soft like cotton heart, For them, she had to decrease the mercy of the ocean on herself, She needed to be there for her children. She needs to be the first person anyone has to fear about before they even think of harming her 102 pieces of heart.
But sadly or gladly no matter how she tries, She never is that person as now there are only two monsters of men with devilish intelligence standing for her children like an iron wall, Who will not let any harm befall them.
Any foe will have to think twice before they even dare to think about harming those kids of hers, Even gods in the high heaven might fail to cause any to them.
"Thank you, Queen."
Bhishma nodded and walked away supporting Vidur with a sad look on his face, He might not have Vidur such people\'s level of intellect but he is not a dumb man, He is also can be called a genius and wise man.
He can hear the motive and intention behind the words of Ghandhari, Those words of hers pierced his heart like a sharp arrow, All that guilt he had felt for her in the beginning, The one he thought he got over it came back to haunt him.
Yes, he was not angry at Gandhari. He knows and understands her heart and situation, If he was in her place he might do the same, He yet has a touch of humanity remaining in his mighty body.
It\'s just that touch was losing as he walked further and further on the path filled with fire to keep his oath. He yet to understand that it\'s not always the hardest ways are the right ones.
Sometimes, simple easy ones might be the key to success but how can this thing be understood by the men who love to dance on the edge of a blade and challenge the world.
For him the hardest blood-ridden way is the right way. There is no way to change that belief of his, At least not in his still middle age , When he gets old and experiences even more life and struggle.
Things like that come with an experience and can\'t be told or learned at all.
"We too want to leave."
Kunti seeing what just happened was not able to keep her facade any longer, She wanted to leave from here and think of the countermeasures on how to deal with this new variable.
She right now was too angry, She had all the winning conditions at hand. She just had to be a little bit patient and soon she should have gotten what she desired all her life.
But then this new kid ruined everything for her. She now hates this kid to the core. If not for the fear of the big origin behind him she should have decided to not let him see the next day\'s sunrise.
It is not that uncommon for royals to do it, As long as they do not go up front as one royal is more important than the life of 1000 peasants, It\'s just that the Angraj title of his put a hold on that idea.
Plus he looked too beautiful. His charm is otherworldly. She who saw divine beings quite a few times divine being knew this guy is one or at least related to it.
So the new plan was to make him change the party, He is way more helpful to her in her conquest than those other pawns.
"Excuse me? Are you taking permission from the Queen or announcing your servant? I demand you to say that again with the deserved respect of the Queen, You as a formal queen should know of those ethics."
Kunti after telling this wanted to leave with her children but how can Karna let her go this easily? He quickly called her out and pointed out the way she spoke to the Queen.
He even pressed the painful nerve as he called her formal queen. She hates to hear it. Those words of proof show how close she was to her goal and a constant reminder of how far she has fallen.
"How dare you- "
"Shut up, Forgive me sister I mean queen for my ignorance, I think of you like a close sister. That\'s why I forgot to show proper manners. Please forgive me, I ask permission from the queen to leave."
Nakul and Arjun could not control their anger when they asked their mother to bow in front of someone but Kunti stopped them from speaking as she knew it was not the right time for it.
She folded her hand and bowed to Gandhari then she made up an excusable reason for her misdemeanour and asked once again but this time with proper ethics for permission to leave.
"Go."
Gandhari didn\'t even look at her, She just gestured to her with a hand as one uncaring go uttered by her, She didn\'t know what she would have if she looked at her now, The wound is still fresh.
She might take drastic steps that she would regret later, So she agreed to let her go. She wishes for her to go away from her sight as soon as possible.
Kunti gritted her teeth seeing this but swallowed back her anger as she walked away with her fuming childrens.
"Ohhh Mitra, Did I just see Kakashri (Uncle) Vidur lose? And you are the one who lost him this easy? I an hallucinatelucinating or what?"
Suyodhan rushed towards Karna with excitement when he saw that the coast was clear, No one but them were present in this room, So he wanted to go to him and express his happiness.
*Bang*
But what answered him was a strong bang on his head, Which made him teary as he looked up with a wronged look.
(A/N: Like always thank you for reading and have a good day .)