After hearing Lord Narayan's explanation that Miralasur's death will be at his father's hand in his child form, Karthikeya wanted to go and deal with Miralasur in anger for using his father's absence for his gain.
"Mamashri (uncle), is there no way for us to help him?" Lord Ganesha looked at his uncle Narayan and asked if there was any way to help Rudra.
Looking at Ganesha, Lord Narayan smiled gently.
"Ganesh, when the right time comes, we will have to visit the Boolok (realm of humans)." Lord Narayan patiently explained every question of Ganesha and Karthikeya.
"Swami (husband), that means we will play an important role in helping Mahadev."
Goddess Lakshmi, who heard Lord Narayan, widened her eyes and asked immediately with excitement.
"Yes, Lakshmi. We have a long role to play. How can I sit idle when my prayer deity needs help?" Lord Narayan nodded his head with a bright smile.
Pathallok (the realm of Asuras)...
The realm is the complete opposite of Devalok (the realm of gods). If someone sees Devalok, they will feel awe and mesmerized when they look at the beautiful realm.
But when someone sees Pathallok, they will fear looking at the realm, which looks like a deserted land, even though many places are made of gold or valuable gems.
Inside a place made of gold, many auras were sitting on their respective seats and discussing something very seriously in Raja Shaba.
Suddenly, the door to the Raja Shaba was opened. Miralasur entered the Raja Shaba with his huge body, wearing armor immune to priceless gems, and walked towards the king's seat.
After he took his position, one of the Asuras stood and started to speak.
"My king, our neighbor kingdom refuses to surrender to us after heeding our warning," he said, looking at Miralasur with fear in his eyes, even though he is his king.
"Just destroy the kingdom and let everyone learn the lesson if they disobey y order what will happen." Miralasur roared in anger, with red eyes emitting killing intent.
"My king, if we do that, Asura Guru Suchakrarchriya will become angry with us."
Another Asura warned Miralasur that if they provoke this war, there might be a chance Sucharacharia's anger will turn towards them.
"I am Miralasur... immortal Miralasur, why should I fear him?" Miralasur declared with an arrogant tone.
When he declared this, every Asura present in the Raja Shaba lowered their head, not knowing what to say.
If they speak their intention, it might anger Miralasur; if not, it will anger Suchakrachriya.
Boolok (the realm of humans)...
Shankar's house...
Shankar and his family, after visiting the Palani temple, entered the house. As they neared the door, many neighbors asked about the hair on Shankar's head.
Janaki explained to every neighbor who inquired why Shankar shaved his hair from his head, while Shankar smiled bitterly, looking at the neighbors looking at him.
He was crying inside while smiling outside.
On the other side,
Gayathri was showing off her cute baby boy in front of neighbors, boasting about how Rudra patted peacocks on the way to the temple and how the peacocks danced for him.
"____"
"Sigh..."
Shankar entered the house with a sigh...
He came to the kitchen, took a glass to fetch water from the RO, and started drinking it.
After drinking the water, he started to think about the talk with the old sage and how he suddenly disappeared from their sight.
Even though others didn't care about what the old sage said, for some reason, Shankar couldn't move on like others.
It's like the words of the old sage keep resonating in his ears.
Nathan, who noticed Shankar in deep thought, understood that he was thinking about the sage's words.
"Mapla (son-in-law), why are you looking so disturbed?" Nandhan placed his hand on Shankar's shoulders.
Hearing his father-in-law's voice, Shankar returned to his senses and looked at Nandhan, who was looking at him concerned.
"I don't know, Father, but I can't forget those words of the old sage," Shankar explained about the words of the old sage.
"Don't worry, Shankar. Leave the worry to God." Nandhan consoled Shankar with a smile on his face.
When Shankar heard Nandhan, he nodded his head and put aside his worry, and went to the living room where everyone was laughing while communicating.
Gayathri, who was boasting to the neighbors, came inside the house with a satisfied smile on her face.
"She likes to boast about Rudra to others," Janaky looked at the satisfied smile on Gayathri's face and said to others.
"I just worried she would dote on him too much," Sudha said with a sigh, worried that her daughter would dote on her son too much, which might sometimes lead the child astray.
"What are you talking about, Mother? I will dote on my son all I want." Gayathri, who heard her mother's remark about her doting on her son, fired back at her like an angry cat.
Looking at Gayathri, who was reacting like a small girl, everyone started to laugh. Seeing this, Rudra in the hands of Gayathri smiled cutely.
"Look, Rudra is also smiling." Sudha took Rudra from the hands of Gayathri and said with a smile.
Time started to pass...
After three years...
"Understand, Gayu. Rudra needs to go to playschool so he will develop the habit of going to school without any problems in the future. There will be many toys there. Rudra will like it."
Shankar tried to console his wife, who locked herself and Rudra inside the room after hearing that Shankar wanted Rudra to join the school.
"No, I will not allow it. He is just a child; he just started to walk. Now you want to join Rudra at school," Gayathri shouted in anger from inside the room.
"Maa (mother)..." Rudra, who saw his mother crying, called her in his baby voice while sitting on top of the bed.
"Don't worry, son. Your mother will not allow you to go to school this early." Gayathri hugged Rudra while wiping her eyes.
Shankar, who was standing outside the room, scratched his head in confusion. He didn't know what to do.
After 2 hours of consoling Gayathri, she opened the door and came out of the room carrying Rudra.
"Mother, father, tell her something." Shankar looked at his father and mother, who were ignoring what was happening before them.
"What do you need us to tell? Huh..." Chandrakanth dipped a biscuit in the tea and put it in his mouth casually.
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"Tell her to send Rudra to play school." Shankar, with a twitching eye, looked at his father and mother.
"We joined your school when you turned 6 years old. Now, why do you need to send 3 years old Rudra to school?" Janaki questioned Shankar, who was trying to make Rudra join a play school.
Shankar expected his father and mother to support him but didn't expect that they would support Gayathri.
"____"
After consoling Gayathri for the past two hours, she came out of the room.
"Shankar, I will allow it, but if anything happens to him in play school, you will pay for it," Gayathri said with a bloodthirsty demon which made sweat fall on the back of his head.
"But remember, I will first need to see the school before joining my son there," Gayathri said with a strong voice, seriously.
Shankar, with a high... accepted the condition of Gayathri immediately and took Rudra from her hands.
"Rudra, you are going to play school. There will be many toys there, and you can play all you want." Shankar held Rudra high and said happily, looking at his son's smiling face.
"Papa... bad..."
Rudra looked at his mother, who had dark circles from crying, and looked at his father and said with a cute expression.
"____"
"How come I become a villain?" Shankar becomes gummy seeing his son scolding him.
When others who saw Rudra calling his father bad and Shankar's gloomy look started to laugh, including Gayathri.
Next day...
Gayathri and Shankar went to a play school to see if it suits their son. Gayathri started to reject the schools, citing some silly reasons.
Shankar knew his wife was getting back at him for joining Rudra at the play school, so he didn't say any words to her.
After searching and seeing more than 15 playschools, Gayathri rejected all of them. Now, they had come to the "journey play school".
When they entered the school, they noticed kids their son's age playing with different types of toys.
Caretakers were taking good care of them, and the environment looked good.
"Gayu, this school looks good. Our son will enjoy playing with the kids his age." Shankar this time spoke about his intentions to make his wife allow Rudra to join this school.
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It is important to note that this story is a fusion of the modern world and Indian mythology.
The intention is not to harm or offend anyone's religious beliefs.
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