Chapter-5

Nirav and Adhyant met Bhavin who was waiting for them in his house. From the look on his face, it was evident that he had a lot to tell. 

"It all happened 2000 years ago," Bhavin began,

"At that time, Esha was the queen of the floral realm. Under her leadership, the floral realm had a very good relationship with heaven and other neighboring tribes. She was powerful and..."

"And what happened next?" Nirav and Adhyant were intrigued by Bhavin's sudden smile.

"She was the most beautiful god of all time that even becoming her friend was something to be boasted of among men." He paused and gulped the tea poured into his cup and continued.

"This can be considered as the reason for her fall.

At that time, the fox realm was very powerful and can be said equal to the heaven tribe. Their crowned prince is the present king Divith. He became obsessed with her and sent her his proposal. But she was no less, she directly denied him. To please him, all the lords in the fox realm and even other realms started oppressing the floral realm to force her to agree with his proposal. "

"What happened next?" Nirav asked, sensing the gravity of the situation.

"Reaching her maximum resistance, she came to ask for help from heaven. But your father stayed silent. She went back and that was the last time anyone saw her. "

"What? Where did she go?" Adhyant asked, visibly puzzled.

"She vanished into thin air," Bhavin replied with a shrug.

 "What happened next?" Nirav inquired.

"The floral realm believed that Esha was abducted by the fox realm, and heaven helped them."

 "At this point, I don't blame them for thinking that," Adhyant added.

"But father... won't..." Nirav tried to deny it.

"Heaven and the fox tribe believed that Esha was kidnapped by the night tribe to instigate a war," Bhavin continued.

 "Then why don't we look for her in that demon tribe?" Adhyant suggested.

 "At that time, the floral realm was completely against us, and without any evidence, we couldn't just barge into their territory. To be honest, we were silent on every front and even stopped the fox realm from starting a war with the night realm."

 "Didn't we do anything?" Nirav was angry at this revelation.

"We did try to search for her, but to no avail," Bhavin replied.

"Then what happened?" Adhyant was curious.

"We had hope as her life lantern was still burning. However, after 100 years, her lantern went out, and she was declared dead."

"After 100 years?" Nirav was taken aback.

"Yes, that was the biggest mystery. After Esha's death, the floral realm cut off all ties with heaven."

Bhavin spoke to Nirav and Adhyant with a somber tone. "You know what? Nila, the current lord of the floral realm, still believes that her lord will come back. She hasn't taken the throne yet and is looking after the tribe in her absence."

Nirav and Adhyant were satisfied with the information and left on their mission.

Bhavin added his blessing, "Retrieving her body is the least we can do for her dignity, and I hope you will succeed."