"I don't have feelings for him, kirthika"
"Ok then, do as your heart says, don't push upon yourselves"
"But I don't wanna hurt karan. I don't understand him. Whether he truly loves me or he just put on some act to get his fated love"
"Why do you think so?"
"Just his behaviour made me feel suspicious kirthika, I don't feel any love and care through his actions"
"If so, give me some time aaranya, I will clear everything for you. I'm also trying to find your friends. Before that, I must know what exactly happened when you were in the time passage. As your eyes were covered, I wanna discuss with karan. I'm just on my way to meet karan, I will meet you after the discussion aaranya. Don't be stressed, everything gonna be alright"
"Thanks kirthika"
(inner voice of aaranya: the only people I can completely rely on, here in this planet is you, kirthika. Thank god, happy to have you)
"Vidhur, I wanna meet the lord, something important do discuss."
"Ok princess, I will inform the lord"
After a couple of minutes, "princess kirthika, our lord agreed to meet you. You may get in"
"Good morning karan"
"Good morning kirthika"
"karan, I wanna discuss some important matter with you"
"Go on"
"What exactly happened in the time passage. How did aaranya's friends lost their path. You are the only one who had seen everything"
"I think vikram might lost the grip of the rope."
"Aaranya said that the rope was completely lost. Even though, there exists a chance of vikram losing the rope, other end of the rope is tied to your waist, then how the rope went completely lost"
"kirthika, don't confuse yourselves on this. I asked the scholars to look for them. Don't involve in my personnel affairs"
"Personnel affairs? Is this matter personnel for you?"
"Yes, everything related to aaranya, is personnel for me"
"Oh.. ok then, bye"
Kirthika moved from the room in anger.
(inner voice of karan: ah.. kirthika why don't you mind your own business. Why are you always interfering with my matters and causing trouble.)
As kirthika came out of the palace, she found me waiting for him.
"Kirthika, you came back soon. How's the discussion went on. Got any clue?"
"Everything went quite good. I will tell you once. Ok nah.. now go and have some rest. We can discuss other matters tomorrow.
Meanwhile,
"Vidhur" "yes, my lord"
"Give all the financial documents to kirthika and ask her to look after the complete finance of our country, don't let her free. She must not have enough time to think about aaranya."