Till now we had seen that the priest who came to the village had also died by vomiting blood in the same way as the deaths were happening in the village earlier, after which more panic spread among the people. "Mukhiya ji, what has happened, he had come to save us and now those spirits have killed him" said a man trembling.
"I think he does not know anything, that is why see how he has died like a normal human being, it was my mistake that I called him here, come on, pick him up, we will have to perform his last rites" said Aadesh with anger.
No one was scared to even go near the priest, they felt that they might die by touching the priest.
"Look, if you all are scared like this, then who will lift him with me, I am also lifting him, so why not you, don't be afraid, nothing will happen" said Aadesh looking at them.
When Rudra was telling the story to Seema, Seema was listening to everything very carefully, after which Rudra started smiling looking at her. "So can I have some food now?" Rudra said smiling. After which Seema said, "Sorry, I forgot, you wash your hands and face, I will serve the food right away."
Even while eating, Seema was lost in thoughts about the village. Rudra was also surprised that why Seema was taking so much interest in his talks.
Now Rudra left her to her condition and started eating. "Won't you take me with you to your village?" Seema suddenly said. On hearing this, the food got stuck in Rudra's throat and he started coughing badly.
Now Seema got up and started giving him water. After some time, Rudra saw Seema's face, seeing which he could clearly understand that Seema was not joking.
"Why do you want to go to my village, don't we have all the facilities here, I agree that we don't have such a big house here but we are happy here, aren't we?" Rudra said holding Seema's hand. "Everything is here but still I feel something is missing, can't we go there once?" Seema said in a low voice.
"Look I have left that village long ago and I don't want anyone related to me to go there again, neither I know anyone there nor anyone knows me there, my relation with that village is over and I don't want all these things to happen between us again", said Rudra in a slightly angry and loud voice.
On hearing this Seema also left from there in anger. Rudra was confused as to what he should do now, if he doesn't take Seema to the village then Seema will be angry with him and if he takes her then he will get into a new problem.
After having food Rudra started thinking about Seema's behaviour and then he remembered. "Oh I forgot that Seema is fond of writing stories, maybe she wants to write a story on my village".
Thinking this much, Rudra quickly went to Seema's room and started calling her. "Seema, Seema, I know you are not asleep yet, look I don't know what is going on in your mind but I want to tell you that I don't want to go to that village again". Even after hearing his voice, Seema did not pay attention and kept lying there quietly.
Next day, in the morning Rudra woke up and saw that Seema had not woken up, after which Rudra smiled looking at her and started going to his office. He wrote a letter for Seema and left it there and went away. For many days, Rudra was feeling Seema's behavior a bit different, after which he sat in his office and started thinking that why did the villagers take Seema away that day.
Rudra was working comfortably in the office when he got a call. Rudra was surprised to see the unknown number, after which he picked up the phone and said slowly "Hello". Then a woman's voice came from the phone. "I know I am calling from the hospital, your wife has been brought here, you should come and meet her quickly."
"Hello hello" Rudra was saying when the phone was disconnected. Now once again Rudra ran out of his office with the same speed. "What is the fuss, whenever his phone rings he runs away as if some big accident has happened" a man sitting nearby said to another man.
The hospital was close to Rudra's office due to which he reached there running. When Rudra was running towards the hospital outside, he saw some people who seemed to be staring at him.
Well Rudra did not pay much attention to them and went inside the hospital. Going there he asked a lady nurse. "Can you tell me in which room the patient named Seema is?"
After which the woman said, "Come with me".
Now she started taking him towards a room where she found that her husband was lying unconscious and their landlady was sitting beside him.
As soon as she saw Rudra, she started smiling. Rudra was not able to understand the reason for her smile when suddenly the woman got up. "Oh you came here empty handed, you could have given me something sweet to eat son". Hearing her, Rudra went to Seema and holding her hand asked, "What happened to her, mother?"
"Nothing much, she just fainted and fell down and when I brought her here, I came to know that she is going to be the mother of your child", the woman said smiling.
Rudra was stunned to hear that woman. "Are you telling the truth, I am going to be a father", Rudra asked in joy and happiness.
After which the woman nodded her head in affirmative.
Now Rudra was very happy and then he took out some money and gave it to that nurse.
Rudra could not bear the happiness, after which he went out to get sweets and started giving sweets to everyone.
Rudra was distributing sweets to everyone when suddenly he stopped and started thinking something. The woman sitting nearby was calling him but Rudra was getting some strange thoughts due to which he was not able to pay attention to anyone.
Only the curse given by that woman was going on in his mind and her words were going around in his mind "I curse you". All these things were going on in Rudra's mind due to which he was not able to understand anything.
After some time, the box of sweets fell down from Rudra's hands and it also fell on the ground.
When Rudra opened his eyes, he found that his wife was standing in front of him smiling and that woman was speaking. "Your husband is so emotional, he fainted with joy as soon as he got the news of the child."
All those thoughts were still coming in Rudra's mind, then suddenly he understood why those people had taken his wife and why they wanted to burn her.
Rudra was not able to understand how those people came to know before that that his wife was pregnant with a child. Seema was also very happy to hear the news of the child. "You take Seema home, I have some work in the office," Rudra said softly.
Now Rudra quickly picked up the box of sweets and reluctantly took it to his office.
"Hey brother, did you go to buy sweets in such a hurry?" that man asked. After which Rudra told them that he was going to be a father.
"Then why are you so upset, this is a matter of joy." Hearing this, everyone started congratulating Rudra.
Rudra was feeling very helpless from inside. Now he had only two options, either he should save his child and his wife and destroy everyone or he should find a way to end this curse.
Why was Rudra more sad than happy on becoming his father, what was the curse on that village, how and why did Pujaari die?
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