"Kanha ! Kanha !" The voice of Balram boomed as he entered Krishna's room along with Satyaki and Akroor.

"What brings you all here ?" Krishna asked with his ever smiling face.

"Kanha ! Satrajit has become insolent !" Balram said angrily.

"Satrajit has put false allegations on you Dwarikadheesh that you have stolen his Syamantak mani." The wise Akroor said.

"Bhrata, allow me ! I shall punish Satrajit !" The hot headed Satyaki said.

"Satyaki, didn't your Guru Arjun teach you not to raise weapons against the innocent ?" Krishna asked.

"He did. But Satrajit is not innocent !" Satyaki said.

"Kanha, the entire Yadava clan is talking rubbish about you ! And you are smiling ? We must punish Satrajit !" Balram said.

"Dau, by punishing Satrajit we will be proving that it is me who ordered his brother Prasena. You all are not seeing that behind the accusations, there is his desire for justice." Krishna said.

"See Satyaki ! I had told you that if we consult with him then he will wander us away from our goal with talks of Dharma." Balram said.

"We are kings Dau, our duty is not to give punishment only but also justice. And as per the Syamnatak Mani, it will be somewhere in the forest only. I'll find it and give it to Raja Satrajit." Krishna said.

"Your words are right as always Dwarikadheesh. Now you only can wash away the blot of theft from your character." Akroor said.

On the other side in Varnavart people had gathered around the burning palace throwing water and sand to extinguish the fire.

The Pandavas and Kunti looked at them from far away as they came out of the tunnel.

"We must leave before anyone sees us." Yudhishthir said.

"Aap you say Jyesht." The rest of the Pandavas nodded.

Yudhishthir held Kunti's hand, supporting her as he walked ahead and his 4 brother followed him behind. All of them ventured deep inside the forest.

After travelling for a while they all decided to rest for the night. But sleep was not there in any of there eyes, because they were grieved at the conspiracy done by Duryodhan.

"Bhrata Arjun, tell us what you wanted to say ?" Nakul asked to lighten everyone's mood.

"Hmm ?" Arjun looked at him.

"What's in the sandook ?" Nakul asked. All looked at Arjun.

"Oh yes. I have something to tell to everyone." Arjun said with a smile.

Seeing his smile, the rest of Pandavas and Kunti also became happy.

"What Arjun ?" Kunti asked.

Arjun smiled widely as he opened the sandook and took out the pair of Kangan belonging to Rukmika and showed it Kunti.

She took the kangan and looked at it with a confused expression.

"Who do these belong to ?" Kunti asked.

"Your future Putravadhu." Arjun said.

"What !?" All except Bheem exclaimed. Because the second son of Pandu was well aware of everything.

"Who is she ?" Nakul asked.

"From which kingdom does she belong to ?" Yudhishthir asked.

"How did you meet ?" Sehdev asked.

"She is Rajkumari Rukmika of Vidarbh, younger sister of Madhav's wife Rukmini devi. I met her when I accompanied Madhav to their kingdom. We were exchanging letters ever since." Arjun said blushing.

"So this is why Bhratashree, you were getting over excited at the letters." Sehdev chuckled.

"But Arjun, why didn't you tell us sooner ?" Yudhishthir asked.

"I wanted to be sure whether she shares the same feeling that I do. Only Bhrata Bheem knew about it." Arjun said.

"If she is the sister of Rukmini then I am sure she must be as noble as her elder sister." Kunti smiled.

"But Arjun, won't she think you are dead ?" Bheem asked.

"Yesterday only I sent her a letter, when it reaches her she will come to know that I am alive. I have asked her not to tell anyone, and keep it to herself. I know she will understand." Arjun said.

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Arjun is issshmaaart boi 🌝

Rukmika ka toh thik hai but yaar yeh Rukmi...... 😒😒😒