Chapter 3 - punishment

"Take care of yourself, and if you see danger, run away, and most importantly, do not mess with anyone from the royal palace.

Virat nodded his head in yes after listening to his mother. He also did not want to mess with the people of the palace. Firstly, he was very weak. Secondly, he was worried about his sister. He did not want to do anything under any circumstances. Due to which his family members have to face any trouble.

" Shall we go now brother? If we delay any more, then maybe that animal will get bored and leave from Rajeshwar forest, and that cloud of 200 gold coins will fly away in the air.

Darsh said with a smile. Hearing this, Virat smiled and took the spear kept in his house and left for Rajeshwar forest with Darsh.

When Virat and Dash left for Rajeshwar forest, they came to know a little about that animal on the way.

Someone said, "Hey, that animal is an elephant."

Then someone said, "It has a very long tail and it has teeth too."

Then someone else said, "I have also heard that it is a fifth stage animal of heavenly level."

Virat and Darsh kept listening to everyone. But one thing alerted them

"This time even the fifth prince Kavikini himself, coming to the jungle to catch that animal."

"Yes, he wants to catch that animal and prove his strength for the upcoming competition."

"Tell me the whole story brother, along with the prince, his younger sister Ravika has also come.

"You are right brother, Princess Ravika is the most beautiful princess, if I were the prince of any country!

"So I did! Still you can't get her, haven't you heard, she is so beautiful, and you are as black as coal.

Like this Virat and Darsh kept listening to everyone, Rajeshwar reached the outskirts of the forest. There was a huge crowd gathered in the area outside the forest, then Virat's eyes fell on two soldiers, one of whom was sitting comfortably on a chair with his legs crossed under the shade of a tree.

Maybe that soldier's post was high. Well, next to him was a 55 year old man whose white hair was a testimony to his age. That man was standing in the sun and holding a long spear. Sweat was flowing from his whole body like water. But still that man was standing with his back straight. As if he was afraid. If he bowed down, his whole family would be shattered.

Virat's eyes got moist seeing this.

And he said in a low voice,

" Baba!" Before Virat could say anything further, Darsh quickly interrupted him.

"Don't say anything right now, he is on duty, and you know that right! According to the law of the royal palace, the family of any soldier cannot talk to that soldier till he is on duty! And if someone does this, then he and his family members are punished with 100 lashes for this crime, no matter how sick the family member of the offender is! Now forget about your Baba and focus on that animal, otherwise Vanshi can also get punished for your actions.

On hearing Vanshi's name, Virat stopped looking at his Baba, and started going towards the forest. He was going inside the forest when someone called him from behind, "Hey, hey boy where are you going, come here.

This voice was full of pride. When Virat heard this voice, he turned in the direction of that voice.

There was a soldier sitting on a chair in front of him. He was calling him by gesturing towards him. At first Virat looked around and there was no one there, then he understood that the soldier was calling him.

Virat did not have the courage to disobey the soldier and started going towards him. Many people had heard the soldier's words and everyone started looking at Virat.

Then some people started whispering, "Hey, this is Sukhveer's son, right?"

"Yes, you are right, the other soldier standing in the sun is his father, right?"

"You only know this much?" "Hey, he is a famous boy of the whole state!"

"Really?"

"Yes, and this fame is not due to any good work, it is because of his greed, this boy loves gold coins more than his life." " Yes, you are right, I have also heard about him, oh yes! This is Virat.

" You are right, wherever he gets information about a reward, he reaches there wagging his tail.

" Yes, I only pray that my son never becomes like this!

Unaware of the people's talk, Virat reached that soldier.

When Virat came face to face with that soldier, the soldier first looked at him from top to bottom. Then lowering his leg and keeping his leg on the other leg, he said in a very arrogant manner,

"You are the same, right? The famous prize thief, what is your name? Yes! Virat, am I right?

Virat just nodded his head in yes. He did not want to take any advantage of anyone, especially someone who was related to the royal palace. His father, who was standing near that soldier with a spear, did not like the way that man talked at all. But that soldier was his superior.

Because of this, he could not do anything. Actually, there were many strict rules in the Fringivada state. One of these rules was this. In which you have to obey everything your superior says. Now whether it is right or wrong. If you do not follow the orders of your superior and show reluctance, then you and your entire family can be given death sentence on the charge of treason.

Well, when the soldier saw that this is the same person who runs anywhere with his head held high in greed for reward, then expressions of disdain came on his face, he was looking at Virat as if he had never seen anything dirtier than him.

Virat got angry in his heart after seeing his face.

Then the soldier said, "By the way, I am the superior of this father of yours, Vikas Saini.

Vikas Saini said this by pointing his finger towards Sukhveer.

When everyone heard Vikas Saini say this, everyone started laughing. Sukhveer held his spear tightly. Virat and Darsh's blood boiled.

Then Vikas stretched his body and said, "By the way, did you come here in greed of the reward of 200 gold coins? Oh! This greed,,,,,,,, by the way, don't you feel ashamed? You keep wagging your tail here and there in greed! Brother, you are very shameless, at least respect your father, how long will you live on the reward money,,, well, do you know? There are so many people working in the royal palace, but still why is such a reward kept?

Virat, on hearing this, said in a low tone, "Rewards are kept for this reason! So that people can become brave and wise in the greed of reward, because! When we work in greed of something, which we need the most,,,, then we do our work with full courage and honesty, and such people can help the country to move ahead in the future!

After Virat finished speaking, there was silence for a few moments. Then Vikas started laughing loudly. Seeing him, the rest of the people also started laughing loudly.

Sukhveer and Virat lost their minds seeing this. Then Vikas calmed everyone down and mocking Virat said, "You will take the country forward."

Saying this, he started laughing loudly.

Then calming his own laughter, he said, "You people, brave! Or rewards are not given for taking the country forward! The reward is kept because the Maharaja knows that some people like you roam around with their lives in their hands for the greed of a few coins! So why should he trouble the people of his palace, because bone-sucking dogs like you do all the work with great intensity.

After Vikas said this, there was a lot of laughter. Everyone was making fun of Virat.

"Hey bone sucking dog, what are you saying royal soldier! I am having fun.

" you think too much of yourself, but these are the illegitimate dogs of Maharaj's dogs.

" Hey - hey don't say such things, after all he is working hard for Maharaj, and this boy is very important for his people, after all those people don't have to dirty their hands, ha! ha! ha!

Like this everyone kept on taunting Virat one after the other. And Virat kept on listening to all this, it was not that he was not getting angry, his anger had gone to his skin.

But he knew that his anger is also of no use. On the contrary, he will bring trouble on his family members. And anyway this was not the first time. Thinking this Virat stood calmly like a statue. His father and his friend were just helpless.

When Vikas saw that Virat was still listening to all his words very simply without saying anything, he became even more proud.

Then he said, "Well, leave it, listen to me and do some job, or join the army like your father, this will at least give you respect, which you have not got since childhood! Yes, your father's respect is also not equal to a drop of water in the sea, but he is the servant of the royal palace, servant of the royal palace means servant of the entire northern region, understood! Or did you not understand, if you do not understand then go and live the life of dogs, anyway only dogs come here.

Virat could not stop himself after listening to Vikas and seeing him repeating the same thing and said in a low tone, "Respected servant, you said that only dogs come here, do you believe this to be true?

"Yes! Yes, absolutely every person who comes here to hunt that wild animal is useless and worthless in my eyes.

Vikas said it straight and Virat asked,

" So every person who comes here to hunt that animal is useless and worthless, so honorable servant,,,,,, I have heard, Prince Kavikini is also coming here to hunt that animal! So is he also useless and worthless in your eyes?

Listening to Virat, where there was laughter and jokes, now there was only silence. Vikas got very angry after listening to Virat.

And shouting he said, "Rude, how dare you, how dare you take Rajkumar's name out of your rotten mouth, you will be punished! And it will be such that you will never be able to forget it.

"But you only said that I just…

"Shut up, you are arguing, do you think I am someone who will live and die on the prize money like you?

Seeing Vikas so angry, Sukhveer started worrying for his child. But Virat was still calm. And maybe he knew that something like this was going to happen. That is why he was already prepared for it.

At the same time, Vikas looked at Sukhveer and said,

"Sukhveer, this is your son, so you have to teach him a lesson. I, Vikas Saini, punish Sukhbir's son, that is, the greedy Virat, with 10 stick blows. Sukhveer, pick up the stick and start punishing him. I also want to see if he knows how to hit a warrior of the heavenly step level with a stick or not.

When Sukhbir heard Vikas' words, his heart sank in the deep ocean. He felt as if someone had punished him and not Virat. After all, which father would punish his son so badly without any fault? How could the strength of a warrior of the heavenly step level be compared to a boy with 4 awakened Kundalini Chakras?

When Vikas saw that Sukhveer had not moved from his place till now.

So he said while grinding his teeth, "Sukhveer, are you ignoring your superior's words now? Do you need to teach me rules even at this age?

When Sukhbir heard this, he got scared. He knew these rules. If the superior's words are not obeyed, then that person's entire family is killed on the charge of treason.

As soon as he remembered this, his eyes fell on Virat. Virat was also looking at him. It seemed as if Virat had understood his father's helplessness. That is why he agreed with his eyes and signaled him to come. Sukhveer also picked up the stick kept beside him with moist eyes and started going towards Virat.

Just then Darsh who was upset seeing all this. Who could not see his friend getting beaten with 10 sticks. He quickly came in front of Vikas and with folded hands he said to Vikas in a very polite manner, this insignificant boy's greetings to the honorable respected servant, Vikas Saini! ,royal servant, can I ask you for something?

When Vikas heard royal servant from someone, he became very happy. And happily he said, "Yes, ask for it, if it is within my limits, then I will definitely give you whatever you want.

On hearing Vikas' words, Darsh politely said, "royal servant, as far as I know, according to the constitution of the palace, a person can take half of anyone's punishment on himself!

"Yes, you heard it absolutely right.

Vikas said in reply. On hearing this, Darsh further said,

"Following the same constitution, I also request to share half of the punishment given to Virat with myself, I hope, royal servant will not be angry with this thing.

On hearing this, everyone was left open-mouthed. Even Virat and his father. They were surprised to see Darsh. Really, a real friend stays with his friend in both good and bad times. And Darsh is one of those friends.

When Vikas heard this, he was surprised at first. And in his mind He said, "There is a fire of maintaining friendship, wait, I will see how to extinguish your fire, you will also remember what I did.

After saying this, a devilishness arose in Vikash's eyes and he said while laughing, "Wow! Wow, you have won my heart with your friendship.

After saying this, Vikash looked at Sukveer and said, "Beat this prize thief's best friend with ten sticks too, after all he has asked for the punishment in exchange for Virat.

Hearing this, Darsh's eyes widened and he said, "Ten! How can you hit with ten sticks? You yourself had given Virat the punishment of ten sticks, so half the punishment of ten sticks is five! So how can you ask for ten sticks? '

Darsh was bursting with anger at this time. There was anger on Virat and Sukhveer's faces too, but this did not make any difference to Vikash. And said, "Did I say ten sticks?

After saying this, Vikas went into deep thought and started acting as if he did not remember anything. Then he asked the people standing around him, "Did I say ten sticks, but why do I feel as if I said twenty sticks?

Just then one of those people came out and said,

"No, you said only twenty sticks.

"Yes, I also heard it.

" You are absolutely right, royal servant had said to hit with twenty sticks, I heard it with my own ears.

" You heard it with your ears, so I also heard it with my own eyes!

And people like this kept making fun of Virat and Darsh and kept supporting vikas saini.

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