Chapter 6:Parents

I started to stroll in the streets alone, betrayed by everyone that were around me. I didn't expect this from Aditya and Sana. I thought whatever I do they will be the one who will always have my back.

Ultimately no one is loyal and its high time that I insert this idea inside my brain to not get hurt by betrayal anymore. I encountered some Rakshasas but with my Trishul they were easily disposed of.

Though I was limping because of the overuse of Tantric Mantras. My whole body was aching, and the pain felt like I was hit by lightning. But no matter what, I still overcame the barriers.

With only one thing in my mind, which was to see if my parents were safe. Finally after many hours of limping, I finally reached my home which had broke due to the rakshasas.

I entered through the broken door and started to search everywhere for my parents. After a while, I fell and hit some metal.

I touched my head which was bleeding because of something, I saw that I hit a metal door which was hidden under a carpet. I easily opened the door and entered it.

There was a ladder by which I climbed down and then I switched the lights on. When the lights were on, I saw my worst nightmare, it was my parents who were now skeletons and they were touching a golden armor.

My eyes slowly got wide as I realized who that armor belonged to.

"Isn't that Karna's armor?"

I thought in shock and remembered a childhood memory. My mother told me that my ancestors kept Karna's armor somewhere safe. I didn't believe it that time because I thought that it was all a myth.

But now seeing the armor producing lots of light, I started to realize that I had a deep connection with the myths more than anyone else.

I started to get close to it, and the light rays attacked me, I was in pain hellish amount of pain, after all these were not ordinary light rays, they contained the heat of the sun. Don't ask me how I am not vaporized as even I don't know the answer.

I limped towards it and touched it, suddenly the pain increased along with some memories forcefully entering my mind. These memories were not unknown as these memories belonged to Surya Putra Karna.

As I was relieving all of his memories and pain, I fell down but still kept touching the hot armor.

After a while the rush of memories stopped, and I could see multiple blisters on my body.

"You are worthy"

A voice suddenly entered my eyes, I shifted my eyes but no one was there. Maybe I was imagining due to stress on my brain but suddenly the armor changed its look.

The gold color turned into blue and the sun symbol which was on the middle of it changed into a trident. I felt as if Suryadev's armor now belonged to [Shiva]. Though the earrings remained the same.

The earrings suddenly flew upwards in the air shocking me but furthermore it pierced my ears. No pain was caused though but I could feel the divine aura that I had absorbed.

Next the armor (chest plate) latched around my chest. I had fully absorbed Karna's armor. Now it belonged to me because I was worthy.

Suddenly knowledge about the armor infiltrated my brain, I didn't hold my head with my hand like last time because slowly I was getting used to the pain.

The pain stopped and now I had full knowledge of the armor. For now it was in its sealed stage where it can protect you from anything but when someone deploys a powerful tantric spell or divine spell, it will have some trouble against that.

So, my only weakness was divinity and tantric spells. Cool but when the armor gets unsealed, I will become invulnerable. Though I have to wait for that moment.

Also, this armor could heal me, that's why the blisters were gone, and I felt energized. But my mood suddenly turned somber as my eyes went towards my parent's skeleton.

They deserve a proper funeral. I started to chant a mantra and suddenly fire emerged from the skeleton burning the skeleton into ash. I started to search for an earthen pot and thanks to my luck, I found two pots.

I started to collect the ashes in the pots and then attached them to my belt leaving them hanging and safe with me.

Now I could only eat fruits for 11 days and then had to cut my hair after that I could eat regular non-veg and cooked foods. This was the ritual in Sanathan Dharma when somebody dies.

(Santhan Dharma=Hinduism)

I got up and left the basement quite sad. I started to make my way to the exit, then I opened the door and got out of destruction sight.

Now I had to dump these ashes into Ganga River and thank fully it was quite close to me.

So, I went there and opened the covering of the earthen pots, then all the ashes of my parent's entered Ganga. Some tears escaped my eyes, and I stood there praying to Lord Shiva because I wanted them to find Moksh.

(Freedom from this world/merging with God in Sanathan Dharma)

I opened my eyes and entered Ganga, after a while of bathing, I got out and wore my clothes.

"Don't worry Agastya everything is going to be alright"

Suddenly my head snapped in the direction of the voice, standing there was Aditya and Sana.

Why were they here? Didn't they start to fear me?

"Oh come on Agastya, stop thinking that we fear you"

This time Sana predicted my thoughts.

"Am I that readable?"

I asked while having a deadpan face. They started to laugh and both of them said at the same.

"Only to us"

I joined in the laughter and was really glad, that they didn't abandon me. I really needed this laugh.