8 Mantras.

" hey, father tell the creepy old man to start teaching me about mystical powers. " A small adorable looking child spoke while clinging on to the leg of a scary-looking Asura.

The Asura looked downwards and a smile bloomed upon his face as no matter how cruel he was, he really loved his son but sometimes he does tend to get on his nerves just like now.

it was because he was still a child now and if otherwise, he spoke disrespectfully about GuruShukracharya like this as a fifteen-year-old he will personally break one or two bones of his body.

" Andhaka what is this creepy old man nonsense. He is a sage and the son of one of the saptrishi's and the teacher of our Asura race and your future teacher so address him respectfully and go ask him yourself if you want to learn about magical powers and don't bother me about this topic in future. "

Andhaka's face became unhappy after listening to his father's angry words as he hoped to be taught by some beautiful woman, not a pervert like looking, old man.

Shukra gave him Odin like vibes from Dxd and was happy that it was just a fantasy and there was no such nonsense as Odin in this world.

( Saptrishi's are mind-born sons of Brahma as I told in one of the previous chapters. )

It has been three years since he was born into this world and had now adapted here perfectly.

Since he was the prince of the whole Asura race and the sixth realm of Pataal Loka he had also gotten used to being treated like royalty and it wasn't as good as he imagined at first.

There was also one problem that he had started to face in this life.

As he grew up he started to appear more and more handsome and gentle in appearance and it directly contradicted with the Asuras as for them a gentle image was that of their enemies the devas.

So despite his father being the ruler some people talked about him secretly as if he was some unusual and interesting topic to talk about.

Well he agrees he is unusual but nobody likes someone to talk about how unusual they are but since he had decided to adopt the motto of no shame and no embarrassment so he ignored these whispering voices fine and easy but they came to the second problem.

The kids in the Pataal Loka made him the villain in every game they played as he resembled a deva so he got to be the villain and if you ask why to play with kids when you are old mentally it was because he didn't have any shame in playing with kids as he told before he had adopted the no shame mantra but after being the villain all the time he also got bored on it and in reality it was just some small demon kids shouting about their dreams of world domination and deva bashing nothing else.

So that was why he wanted to start learning about magical powers as Hindu mythology is famous for its hard and age-long penances and meditations so the early he starts the better it is.

After getting a refusal from his father he can only try to ask his mother about it but he himself changed his decision halfway as even though the old man looked a little perverted and creepy sometimes but he was undeniable the best teacher present in the whole of the three worlds as even the guru of gods Brihaspati doesn't come closer.

He ( Brihaspati )only got the position of the teacher of the gods because of his personal friendship with Indra and this made Shukra decide to become the Teacher of Asuras.

The Asuras didn't know how the Devas felt about it but they themselves were very happy to have him as their teacher and praised Indra for the first time in their lives for the fantastic job he has done.

So it was idiotic to learn from somebody else when you have the best teacher in the world and lamented his actions done in the past few minutes idiotic.

" Vidar let's go to the abode of Guru Shukracharya. " He spoke to the Asura general who walked beside him.

Vidar was his name and he was one of the top Asura generals at present and was also his personal bodyguard.

He doesn't know why he needs a bodyguard as he only stays in the pataal Loka all the time and hasn't even stepped outside once but didn't question too much about it after his mother didn't answer him when he asked about it once.

" As you say Yuvaraja Andhaka. " Vidar was just our normal-looking Asura and had four arms instead of two and a large moustache but he didn't appear to be too scary or intimidating like the rest of the Asuras but gave off an intelligent vibe.

[ Yuvaraja - Crown prince. ]

As he entered the area where the old man resided the atmosphere of the whole area suddenly changed and Andhaka started to feel extremely cold.

He was a divine being and to make him feel cold was not a very easy task.

" it's just an illusion. Just close both of your eyes and then open only the left one slowly while chanting the divine word 'Om'. " Vidar who was standing beside him spoke while looking at Andhaka.

[ Om - The sound produced while the creation of the universe. ]

Andhaka looked at Vidar questioningly and complied after seeing that he wasn't in any mood to joke.

He slowly closed his both eyes and then after a pause of some five to ten seconds he started to open his left eye while chanting ' Om'.

To his great surprise and astonishment The previous cold and freezing atmosphere had now vanished and what awaited him was the large and grand garden with wonderful trees, large lawns and a small hut in between of the garden.

" Why does he needs to set an illusion outside of his quarters? " Andhaka asked while looking towards Vidar as if somebody wanted to attack Shukra than first he would have to come all the way through the pataal Loka and until it is not one of the Trimurti or the Saptrishis then there was nobody who can do that.

" Even I don't know too much about this matter but it's probably because all the hidden treasures and scrolls of the Asura race stays here. Just guessing, you can ask guru Shukra if you want to? and I will be outside "

a black stream of smoke appeared around Vidar and the Asura General vanished from place.

" well whatever, " Andhaka started to make his way towards the hut in the centre of the garden.

As he reached near the centre of the garden he didn't sense anyone nearby and if you ask how can he sense if he hasn't even started using his magical powers.

Duh, he is born asana Asura and his physical capabilities were quite better.

He didn't know exactly where his physique can be ranked but for him, it was very - very good compared to this previous human self.

He looked at the hut in the centre and Vidar's words started to ring up in his ears. ' hidden treasures and scrolls of Asuras ' he shook off the thought quickly as he doesn't want to face some punishment due to his stupid curiosity as this was not France but ancient India and the manners here were a big thing, and sooner or later he will eventually know what kind of treasures they are as after all he is the Crown prince and the future king.

So he just sat in front of the hut in a meditating position and started to chant the divine words 'Om'.

Some may think that since OM is the divine word then how can he an Asura chant it but It didn't matter if one was an Asura, a deva or a human anybody can chant the words and it helped in increasing the power of concentration and calmed the mind and since he didn't know about magical powers he can only do this, so he has also become quite familiar with it and it has become Like a habit of him to chant it every day for at least an hour.

He wasn't on earth and was here in the pataal Loka and here there was no TV, no Nintendo and no porn so he can only practice and study the Vedas like a good child.

" Looks like you have already reached this level of concentration during meditation. I have to say it that even I am very surprised. " Andhaka opened his eyes suddenly and looked around warily and saw the old creepy man sitting right beside him.

" Hooo, it's you, Guru Shukracharya " Andhaka spoke up with a little surprise and then got up and bowed to him respectfully.

he didn't like the old man sometimes due to his creepy nature when he used to play with him when he was a child but since today it was him who had come here to ask to let him become his teacher than of course he will do it respectfully as here in the Indian mythology the relationship between a teacher and student is considered a very sacred.

" heh what do you want? " Shukra asked amusingly as he is not a dense isekai hentai protagonist and can easily infer that he is certainly not the favourite of the kid.

" Teach me about magical powers and how to summon and use different powerful Astras. ( Arrows.) "

" Are you sure? You are still only a three year old at the moment and mainly children start at the age of ten or eleven to learn about mystical powers. "

" I am special. " Andhaka wasn't being proudful or arrogant but it was just that he knew he was powerful.

There were times when he can feel certain powers inside him but just doesn't know how to use them and that is also one of the main reasons he wanted to start learning about magic and stuff.

"hahaha I know you are special but why should I teach you? " Andhaka looked at Shukra with a dumb expression on his face and couldn't comprehend what he meant and can't find an appropriate answer to his statement.

He couldn't find anything reasonable to the question so he played the most attractive cards of such situations.

" Then may I ask you what you want Guru ShukraCharya? " Andhaka asked respectfully and hoped that his answer was something which can be done as suppose, if he asked what came first, the egg or the chicken then he doesn't think he can tell the answer to this question.

" what I want? " Shukra spoke to himself in a questioning tone and then looked at Andhaka.

" I want my student to defeat Indra and one day become the lord of the three realms. I want a student by seeing which I can say proudly that he is my student. "

" Guru I do not know how hard my path will be or what destiny I face but I can say this guaranteed that I will certainly try my best to let your wish come true. " He spoke respectfully while bowing and smiled to himself.

" Hahaha, do you think it will be so easy to be happy by just saying some words which only hear good? My question is, are you ready for whatever I will throw in front of you. " Shukra spoke in a serious tone and he didn't look in any mood to accept any uncertain answer.

" I am in your care, Acharya. " Andhaka answered the question through his actions and a smile bloomed out on Shukra's face as the child didn't seem to look half-hearted while answering and really had the desire to become strong and gain knowledge.

" hahaha is that so. You really are too bright for children of your age. So ok first let me ask you a basic question. what do you mean by the term 'Mantra'? "

Andhaka fell into thinking after hearing Shukra's question as he didn't really think about it before. what was the mantra? he has never pondered about this question.

he spoke about it from what little information he knew about it and didn't have any hesitation as he has decided to follow the path of no shame and no hesitation so there was no thinking about like what if the answer was wrong or what would Shukra think and all that complicated stuff which he used to go through in school and his past life whenever somebody asked a question which he didn't know.

" we chant mantras to invoke special powers. Such as mantras to summon powerful and different kinds of weapons and gain powerful blessings. "

As for why not tell that everything is based on mantra? Because it wasn't.

He has seen magic being used many times here in pataal Loka without chanting mantras so he thinks that it only applies to powerful applications.

" Right to a certain extent. Mantra is a sacred utterance and a spiritual sound that has spiritual powers such as mantras which are dedicated to certain entities and magical powers which we use to invoke powerful blessings. It is a free and open way of learning as you can even share the knowledge of the most powerful weapons such as the Brahmastra of Brahma and Pashupatastra of Lord Shiva which is even capable of destroying all creations and that is also what makes it very dangerous.... "

As such a whole evening had passed and Andhaka was still listening to Shukra who was speaking about Mantras.

He didn't feel bored as he used to feel while listening to lessons in school as it was really interesting and he didn't want to be a failure even in his second life and that too even after getting the best atmosphere.