On the day of the Haldi ceremony, the Haldi(Turmeric) was sent to the bride's house after some rituals the bride arrived at Raizada mansion along with her family and relatives. When the bride arrives at Raizada mansion the official ceremony of the Haldi begins. During the ceremony, the bride and groom are asked to apply the Haldi on each other's face palms, and hands. Later all relatives one after another apply the sacred Haldi to the bride and groom. The entire ceremony took 2 hours to complete during that time many guests and relatives were arriving at the mansion and enjoying the dinner in the backyard of the mansion.
Shree and Shaurya along with the children moved here and there to welcome guests as elders from the family right now were busy with entertaining the guests. During that time Shree saw that Shaurya was not in his usual form, it felt like he was under pressure.
Shree realized this and said, "Listen, Shaurya, whatever is worrying you right now leave it to me and now enjoy the time here we will deal with those matters later in detail."
At that time Shaurya only nodded but suddenly sweet smile appeared on his face when he saw a certain someone at the gate. It was Ishika who arrived just now wearing south-Indian traditional attire more beautifully and elegantly than yesterday.
Shaurya hurriedly stepped forward and welcomed Ishika, then he went along with her inside the mansion leaving Shree and his children there.
At that time Akshay said, "Dad did you see when you get the girl you will forget the gods also, me and you are still humans here."
"Yeah you are right my son, but if you do this kind of thing I will break your legs," Shree replied calmly in a serious tone.
At that time he heard the voice of Lavanya in his mind, "Shree I also want to attend the Haldi ceremony, I want to come outside, is it alright here, or should I spawn myself somewhere else?"
"Wait, I will find the secluded place for you, just give me a minute." Shree hurriedly replied to her after that, he went to the secluded corner of the mansion and let Lavanya come out.
When she came out she was wearing a red Sari with beautiful ornaments like a goddess, her beautiful crystal-like eyes were very captivating, and her red lips and her hourglass figure were enough to tempt even gods. Today she looked like an embodiment of beauty.
She took a light step and arrived in front of Shree but right now Shree was completely dazed and in that state, he muttered some words, "If I hadn't married Sonika, you would have become my wife, why are you so beautiful? I am ready to accept you if you say yes to me but my wife is very dangerous, and I need to get permission from her. This young man is going for you."
"Oh, hello get out of your daze, and let me tell you, I am already yours as I am the only one who is currently living inside your body it will not take long for me to reach your heart." Lavanya came close to his face and said very seductively. This makes Shree even more excited but he immediately controls himself from taking her in his embrace.
Sigh, you need to meet Sonika she will introduce you to either family member for now you can go and join her.
Lavanya left the place and Shree arrived back to his duty. When he arrived he met his in-laws. The parents of Sonika along with her brothers. Her parents were from a middle-class family but due to Narayanrao, they agreed to this marriage. After the tragedy of the Raizada family, they were the ones who supported Shree when he was down. But even so, they never said anything or complained that their son-in-law was useless or weak.
When they arrived at the gate Akshay was hugged by his grandma, Sonika's brother came forward and gave a bear hug to Shree one after another. Because of Sonika they already knew about the recent development and contribution of Shree in these all things. Sonika already sent a bottle of spiritual water and fruits of immortality to her parents long ago due that everyone in her family was fitter than average humans.
After meeting Shree they went inside now once again Shree was in his usual role that is to welcome the guests.
Inside the mansion, Shaurya accompanies Ishika and explaining her the rituals which are a little different from her region in detail. In India culture is different in different regions sometimes it is different in different districts also. During the Haldi ceremony, the dinner is pure veg and people from this region consider it very sacred but in the Konkan region of Maharashtra during the night of the Haldi non-vegetarian food is served for dinner, and even alcohol is also served for the guests. In this region, Haldi is a more important event than the marriage ceremony.
After the Haldi ceremony guests from nearby areas went back to their homes and relatives and guests from far away places stayed inside the mansion in their assigned rooms.
The next day morning everyone started early at dawn and then the groom was asked to take blessings from the nearby temples of the gods in the city. A person who is the inheritor of the god now went to other gods' temples and took blessings. As an experienced person, Shree was asked to accompany his brother. After this groom came back to the mansion then the priest(Pandit) came and started his rituals by chanting Mantras. After he completed his initial rituals groom and bride were asked to come to the stage and then Antarpath and Saptapadi took place. In the presence of the fire, both took the oath to support each other for seven lives and then circled the altar of the fire seven times.
At that time Shree also arrived at the stage and started chanting the Mangalashtak or octaves of blessings for the bride and groom in a melodious voice. The Pandit who was supposed to do this was not able to cope with Shree because right now Shree was chanting them in pure Sanskrit language the language of gods.
When he finished chanting in the sky lightning spark took place and a golden light spread across the sky. This was a heavenly blessing for the both bride and groom. Right now the future god of assassins was getting married so definitely the will of heaven will bless him. Everyone thought it was a climatic phenomenon but Viraj knew that it happened because of those mantras. Viraj looked towards the sky and joined his hands thanking heaven for their blessing. Throughout the time all these things were recorded on the camera by the recording crew of the event company.
Once the Magalashtak got over the bride and groom were showered by the grains of colorful rice. Once the ceremony was over many guests left the hall. On the other side relatives and close friends and family members went to the stage for photos.
At that time Lavanya arrived there with Sonika. Seeing her beauty almost everyone inside the hall was stunned for seconds. Her charm was so strong but somehow after Sonika introduced her to them they calmed down. Lavanya introduces herself as a friend of Shree and Sonika. She went to the stage took out her gift and gave it to Sonali. The gift was green color bangles, they look very classic but more potent because of the material it was made from. These bangles were carved with protective mantras. It can save her life from any kind of situation.
Viraj saw it and thanked Lavanya later he bent down to her and took her blessings. Lavanya looks similar to their age but Viraj knows that she is a very old entity like gods from ancient times so he must take her blessings. Lavanya also blessed him with a beautiful smile.
After Lavanya left the stage other family members also arrived at the stage and gave their gifts and also stood for the photos. Once reception ended Naryanrao and Vanraj went to the stage and declared the union of Kohili and Raizada family. This was done to warn the other families from making stupid mistakes.
When the ceremony was over everyone arrived at their assigned rooms. Inside the room where Shree was staying, right now Shree and his cousins and Shaurya all bent the Viraj down and beat him from above.
This was the private ceremony to remind the groom to not forget his friends.
At the gate of the mansion at that time military jeep arrived and commander Shekhawat came out of it. Along with him, Amardeep who was carrying a bouquet came inside the mansion. When they arrived all the elders from the family along with Shree and Viraj arrived at the main hall.
Commander Shekhawat shook the hand of Viraj and congratulated him on the marriage then gave him flowers after him Amardeep went forward and gave him a bear hug and then congratulated him. The buddies from the military were also present online, Amardeep made a video call and everyone from the other side congratulated him.
Commander Shekhawat came in front of Suryapratap gave him a hard salute and then respectfully stood in front of him. Suryapratap also returned the salute and smiled. After having little pleasantries Commander Shekhawat declared the reason for his arrival.
"I am here to ask Viraj to come back to force as early as possible. This decision was made by CDS."
Everyone present in the hall was stunned except Suryapratap. Viraj also smiled wryly and said, "I am also very eager to join back the force but right now I am occupied by my company and other responsibilities."
"Don't dilly dally about this Viraj, you can join back the force, and don't worry about the company Sonali can handle it by herself," Narayanrao said in a firm tone. For him Nation first and family next.
Shree who was in deep thought said, "Commander Shekhawat, If possible can he join back after 2 months, as you know we have to deal with some matters in our hands about our medicine once it is done he will join back. We Raizadas never back down on our words.
Viraj took a breath and said, "Sir give me two months to join back, after finishing the task in my hand I will join back."
"Young man no problem, I will give you two months but you have to arrive before the next inter-regiment army competition."
"Sure sir, I promised you that I would join back as soon as possible."
At that time Commander Shekhawat asked Amardeep to bring the bag. Inside the bag his documents to get recommission in the force, his ID card, and his regular uniform were present.
Viraj took that package in the respective manner of the army and gave a salute to the commander.
After that Commander Shekahwat left the mansion. But now it was Shaurya who said something that made everyone tense.