Meghnath seemed frustrated at the end and said, "If only King Parikshit had chosen to destroy them earlier then now we wouldn't face this problem.  And because of that we don't even know how to use the same weapon to destroy the Asuras".  Rashmi too sighed at his words and looked at Agneya who seemed to be in deep thinking.  She asked him, "What are you thinking?".  Agni replied, "I think there should be an other side of the story as well.  From Asuras side.  We should search for that".

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Meghnath asked in exasperation, "How is that possible Agni?  Their land has submerged long back.  We cannot possibly bring it back up from water right".  Agneya too let out a sigh and agreed with him.  Suddenly Rashmi told, "Actually I have heard it from my father that when the Asuras were locked behind the forbidden gate, all the information regarding them are locked away in this Academy library, in a secret underground chamber.  I'm not sure if it is true".

Hearing her words, Meghnath went into deep thinking and remembered something and exclaimed, "You are right, Yuvrani Rashmi.  I too heard it from my Acharya ji when he took classes for me before joining the Academy".  He thought of something and quickly went to the other end of the library and moved a table full of scrolls.

There was a door on the ground which seemed to be locked for decades or even centuries.  All three of them were surprised but ready to look into the basement.  Agni used his fire to melt the lock and then they entered the basement.  It was too dusty with thick spider webs covering every inch of the basement.  They had a hard time while navigating through the basement. 

Finally they were able to see three tables fill of different kind of scrolls and went to dig into those heeps, one in each table.  While searching through them, Rashmi took one scroll which was looking similar to the one, they had already found upstairs.  She opened the scroll and read through the content and sighed finding the very same content which they had read.

Rashmi told loudly, "I found a similar scroll which we already read".  Saying so, she kept it on the side.  Agneya found it strange that there were two scrolls which had same content especially the one which is to be confidential.  So he took it and read through the content again and his eyes were struck at the end of the scroll.  She asked him, "What happened?".

Meghnath too came towards him, seeing him so shocked.  He took the scroll and read through the content and found it to be same.  But Agni clarified, "There is a difference between these two scrolls".  He took it again and slowly peeled off a page from the scroll, revealing the underlying page with more details.  The other two were shocked and further they read the remaining content.

"After the forbidden gate was locked, King Parikshit was sleepless due to some uncertain fear about the reawakening of the Asuras.  So He invoked the Gods again and pleaded for the way to destroy the Asuras forever.  To which they replied, "it is not possible now as they are locked.  But if they were released at some point, then the same sword can be used to destroy them forever.  The only difference is that the sword should be coated with your immortal blood.  Otherwise it won't work".

Rashmi gripped Agni's hand as he finished reading.  Meghnath looked at Agni and said, "I think this is a feasible solution Agni.  Because we can coat a sword with a small amount of blood.  And it won't cause us any wound in our body anyways".  Agni too nodded at him and patted Rashmi's hand.

Then they went to meet Samrat and shared the information they have gathered.  Agneya asked, "Why was the one scroll kept in the basement while the other was upstairs?  Was it planned by someone?".  Samrat shook his head in no and said, "The duplicate one was made by us, just as a back up if the original one is lost due to fading.  But even we didn't know why they have kept it hidden from us".

Agneya felt someone's eyes on him and turned back but found no one.  Samrat told them, "I will check upon some old documents on how to retrieve that sword".  Everyone dispersed to their own chambers.  Agni and Rashmi were cuddling while still awake and silent, thinking about different things. 

Rashmi asked, "What are you thinking about?".  Agni looked at her and said, "It's just that I feel restless and also as if there is something wrong in Rakshatra".  She tried to console him with soothing words and said, "Don't worry.  We will be able to go to your realm sooner".  Agneya nodded absent-mindedly and then asked in surprise, "So you will come with me?".  She nodded at him and he hugged her tightly.  But she was worried about what she saw in her dreams.

Rashmi asked in a whisper, "What if something happens to you?".  He stopped caressing her head and waited for her to continue.  She said, "I know that you are waiting for a formal wedding infront of your family and that's why you are not keen on consummating our marriage, which happened here.  But what if we never get a chance to live our life?".  He replied without hesitation, "You are there for me right.  I can never be defeated when you are beside me".

In Charusheela's chamber, she was eating food when suddenly the red eyes appeared infront of her, making her choke on her food due to the scare.  It said without minding her condition, "Tomorrow keep an eye on the happenings around Samrat.  They are going to retrieve that weapon which I told you".  She calmed down her cough and nodded in affirmation.

Glossary:
Samrat - Emperor
Samragyi - Empress
Rajkumar - Prince
Bratashree - Brother
Bhabhishree - sister-in-law
Acharya - Master/Teacher
Mamashree - Uncle (Mother's Brother)
Mamishree - Aunt (Mother's brother's wife)
Bade - elder or big
Chote - younger or small

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Precap:

The Sword was taken out from Frozen state.

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Hi guys,

Hope you like the chapter.  Do vote and comment.  We are nearing the final face off but there will be some story left after that as well. So stay tuned.

Word count: 1000

Thanks,
SM.