The Golden lotus. Love of his life.

The old-age man raised his palm, with a whoosh sound, surrounding air and energy rotated and condensed to his palm. A beautiful golden lotus comes to his hand.

The flower has18 petals each one is golden gives warm like the early morning sun.

Looking at it, Emperor Kadungon Pandiyan gazed his father with a complicated gaze. That gaze contains, sad, despair and love.

Before he speaks, the old-age man said, "That's right, my time is coming. I can feel it."

Emperor Kadungon Pandiyan asked with the trembling tone, "How long?"

The old-age man has a slight smile on his face if people didn't see closely, they can't see it.

It is not that he was planning something, but he is waiting for his time, he is eager to die. He was already more than 300 hundred years old.

He has seen all things in his life, friendship, love, wars, betrayal etc. Heart of a warrior always ready to face death. But he regrets that he is not going to die in battle, but old age.

The old-age man said with that smile, "Maximum a month after upcoming 'The great Tamil gathering'"

The great Tamil gathering is where many scholars, musicians and warriors from all the countries in the continent to discuss, share their knowledge and publish their creations.

Moreover, Date it will going to happens is after six months when the Festival of nature and Ceremony of gods.

Six months is a short time.

Emperor Kadungon Pandiyan having a tear in his eyes, he couldn't control himself.

He is thinking of his childhood, his father's love, his mother had died not long before, just a few months, but not long after he came to know his father also going to die.

May be his mother death might be affected his father mostly.

Emperor Kadungon Pandiyan pulled his mind back planning to ask something suddenly his father told, "No need for that, I don't want to live any more. I had good sons, great wife, wise parents, caring for grandchildren and lovable citizen.

I lived my life worthy, without any regrets, I think it is time."

He was mentioning about life extension materials. In the Kumari continent and the whole world, there are many plants and fruits which can extend a person life. But it was hard to find but not impossible.

Especially, if you are an Emperor.

Emperor Kadungon Pandiyan took a deep breath made a hard decision, "If that the case father, there is one thing I can do to satisfy your heart. I know you when 'The great Tamil gathering' happens, Sage Agathiyar and many Siddhars including Siddhar Kaagapusandar will come.

We will give five-elements cultivation technique to them and check if it is possible to cultivate or modify it to practice for Asura. If it is possible, I will let him practice it. But if it is not.." he didn't finish it.

Hearing this, his father was happy like there is a heavy burden had removed from his heart.

The old-age man nodded his head happily and said, "Hmm, now take this. It is pure lotus refined under the virtue of my lifetime.

Even though it is not a heavenly lotus, but this is not far from it. It's speciality if protecting the one-person mind and spiritual power. It also will shield a person from any soul attack who have it.

After the ritual, ceremony finish refines it into his body, so it can help to recover Asura from his dilemma.

It also has another unique quality that can help improve his mental power, even though it won't increase his mental and spiritual power directly as high as mine.

But when practising his mental and spiritual power, it slowly merges with this flower and changes his mental and spiritual strength into high quality."

Emperor Kadungon Pandiyan took the golden lotus flower like it was a heavenly treasure. That's right, it is not a heaven treasure, but it is not far from it.

Emperor Kadungon Pandiyan looked at his father confused look, seeing that understand it meaning, the old man continued, "Don't worry, I am not doing any partiality because he is her son.

I have left a few of my holy and heaven's weapons and materials in the Pavilion. You can give each one to your sons and daughters.

There are not less than the Golden lotus."

Emperor Kadungon Pandiyan nodded his head and left.

After he left, the old-age man suddenly lost all his energy and had a long sigh, looked at the sky and muttered, "My ancestors and predecessors, I hope I had done everything possible to live up now by following your guidance and teachings.

I hope I didn't let you all down.

My love, you hear me, I will be coming to meet you soon."

Like that sun is getting down.

In the same time, when Prince Asura left his father's library, he didn't understand why his father, Emperor Kadungon Pandiyan, stopped him, from practising five-elementals cultivation technique.

To clarify, his doubt, there are only two people, one the Empress Amaidhini and his grandfather, that old-age man. But he didn't go to meet his grandfather, because he already knew that his father is going to meet his grandfather.

So, he decided to go to meet the Empress Amaidhini. He wants to talk about the attack and asks his doubts

When he near the Empress room, a maid saw his coming. she said to him, "Please wait for a few minutes Prince Asura I will go and inform the Empress."

Prince Asura nodded his head and waited outside. Soon the maid comes back and said, "Come, prince, Empress is is busy in other work, she told to wait inside the hall."

Prince Asura followed the maid and entered the hall.

It is the same large and gorgeous room.

Today there is another person there. It was his elder brother, crown prince Athikan.

Seeing Prince Asura is coming, he rose from his seat went Asura and hugged him for some time.

Finally, he released him, "How are you Asura? I heard that there was an attack. Are you fine? Come and take sit first, relax. Don't worry whoever attacked our father won't let them live for long."

Crown Prince Athikan didn't even let him speak. He took him to a seat.

Even though Prince Asura finds out about his birth, his love towards his brothers and sister didn't change. He continued to love them and treats as before. If not, he wouldn't ask his help from his second brother Arivan, son of 2nd Queen Narumukizh, for the medical essence.

He finds out that Queen Narumukizh is the one who wants to use him to make her son be the future king.

It was not easy for him to find out. So many time, he came to meet the empress to talk about his mother.

At first, he acted like a child who eager to know the truth about his mother, then try to intrude empress palace, then using words confuse the queen to spit some truth.

That's how Prince Asura came to know that, the person who orders to kill on his birthday was not him but The Crown Prince Athikan. But at the same time, The Empress also start doubting his activities soon reported to the Emperor.

So, they decided that they will secretly monitor him, and they soon find out his growth about the understanding of people is not like his age but double-time as equal to a teenager.

How wise as he acts, Prince Asura forgot one thing. It is that he is still an amateur and inexperienced child.

How can Prince Asura knowledge compare to his parents and many elders? Compare to them, his knowledge or acting skills are nothing worth mentioning. Even the second Queen Narumukizh has her doubts, but still got trapped in Emperor's net.

Seeing his elder brother love and care, he felt touched in his heart, he sat and said, "It was nothing, Big brother, I am fine. Our soldiers and warriors already killed every one of them.

It is just that it was a total abuse. We didn't expect the attack. So, a lot of our men died and injured."

When he finished the sentence, there was sadness in his voice.