Hadesnaraka looked at Aphrodami father and told that you have to wait here with me and stay with Themishwari. But Aphrodami has to solve the third riddle which I would give and that is -"I am something people love or hate. I change peoples appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of them self I will go up even higher. To some people I will fool them. To others I am a mystery. Some people might want to try to hide me but I will show. No matter how hard people try I will Never go down. What am I?" and "Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies. Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What is it?"
The questions were enough to make him think hard. He left the place and went on to search the answer. He thought what all thing people love or hate( maybe food, youngness,happiness, darkness,etc. ) Then he thought that what all change people's appearances and thoughts,( maybe make up, age, education, etc.) Then he thought what all happens if a person take his good care(maybe he become healthy, stay young and happy, etc) . then he thought what all make people fool and mysterious (age, lie ,etc) Then he thought what all people try to hide but fail in it and never go down (maybe money, lust, age, etc.) .
Now he picked the odd one out and the one thing common in those all. then he concluded that it is age. so the answer for first question is age . He was happy and to celebrate it he went to Lahaina Noon. It was a no shadow day and when he sat he found that he wasn't able to see his shadow it had disappeared. He was frightened but a line stroke his mind which was "Present in sun, but not in rain. "
He recalled that universally colour of shadow is black,(only one colour) but it doesn't has a definite size. It depends upon the size of the body and position of a source of light ( not one size). It always stick to the bottom and doesn't harms us. So the answer for second riddle was "SHADOW."
He went back to hill of crosses. He happily went to Hadesnaraka and told that the answer of the first riddle was age and shadow was the answer for the second riddle.
Hadesnaraka praised him. He went to home and had a tasty dinner. There he noticed a diamond sticked to his father's beard and...
TO BE CONTINUED....
The real reason for the diamond will be revealed in volume-2