In the last chapter Zulqarnain had made a deal with Zalima to save the innocent girls of the village. To fulfill his part of the deal Zulqarnain had to find "Aab-e-Shabab" and present it Zalima.

Now........

The next day, Zulqarnain & Halul reach a beautiful oasis, with a cool pond of water.

"Ma-sha-Allah wonderful" Halul spoke up after observing the beautiful oasis.

"Hmmm...All that Glitters is not Gold" Zulqarnain answered with a suspicious look.

Both of them were thirsty after their journey so they went towards the pond of water to quench their thirst.

Out of the Blue, A woman in nude emerges from the water, and Zulqarnain, remembering the man's instructions, closes his eyes, lest he be overcome with lust.

"Zulqarnain... I think she's a Mermaid" Halul whispers.

Zulqarnain steps forward.

"Zulqarnain stop... don't forget about that old man's advice. Stay away from her." Halul tries to stop Zulqarnain.

"Zulqaarrnaaaiinn" Halul shouts as the woman grabs Zulqarnain by the hand and pulls him into the pool.

"Ya Allah!! should I follow him? should I wait and look for help?" Halul speaks to himself.

Halul afraid of the women decides to wait on the shore.

In an instant, Zulqarnain finds himself in a beautiful garden, surrounded by thousands of damsels, who lead him to an exquisite palace. The faces of all women were covered with
veils.

They lead him towards the throne in the courtroom.

Zulqarnain sits on the throne and to his surprise he beholds a girl, even more beautiful than the rest, bejewelled and face covered in veil. She was given a Royal welcome by all other Damsels.
That Women starts dancing in front of Zulqarnain.
She tries her best to impress Zulqarnain but he holds himself back.

She even grabs Zulqarnain and then removes her veil but he looks away.

To Zulqarnain's surprise those Women do not allow him to leave the palace at all.

They kept dancing all day and all night.

It was like a party where only man was invited and food and women were in abundance.

Zulqarnain stays there for three days, enjoying himself with fresh fruits, though he is curious that no matter how much food he eats, he still remains hungry.

Zulqarnain realises that even after a hundred years, he would always enjoy the same hunger, if he remained there.

Remembering the old man's instructions, Zulqarnain had still not seen the face of these women as everyone's face was covered with a veil. Zulqarnain fights his inner lust and walks out of the castle after pushing away the damsels at the door of the palace.

Immediately a female figure issues forth from the ground and asks Zulqarnain.

"Oh Young Man! Who are you? What lead you here?" the female asked.

"I am Zulqarnain, Prince of Saraikistan. I have to solve Nadir Khan's 7 questions in order to help Rajput Princess Sunaiyna" Zulqarnain told her.

"You were covered in beautiful women all the time in this palace, yet you didn't take advantage of that situation and you didn't uncover the face of those damsels." She asked him with a surprised look on her face.

"I saw women, who didn't belong to me. They were neither my slaves nor my wives. Besides, my eyes are too pure to even see sin." Zulqarnain finished.

Zulqarnain tells her everything about Zalima and Ab-e-Shabab. The Fairy gives him the magic potion but instructs him not to drop a single drop of it onto the land.

The next moment, Zulqarnain finds himself in the real desert of Hawaïda.

A weird voice speaks "What I saw once, I long for a second time.", three times, then falls silent.

"Ya Allah..this was Nadir Khan's 2nd question...I must found the source of this voice." Zulqarnain speaks to himself.

Zulqarnain walks in the direction of the voice, until he finds a mysterious old man lying on the ground.

Zulqarnain asks the man what exactly did he see that he longed for a second time. The man tells Zulqarnain that whatever the latter had experienced when he was drawn into the pool, the same had befallen the old man, years ago. The old man was attracted to the one beautiful damsel and had removed her veil, revealing the prettiest face he had ever scene. The man, overcome with passion seized her hand, but a female figure rose from the earth and struck him with a powerful blow, teleporting him to the desert. Ever since then the old man had been crying for the lady.

The old man had seen the girl's face once and longed to see her again.

Zulqarnain takes the old man to the pond and instructs him not to uncover the woman's face again, or else he would once again be a prisoner at Hawaïda.

At the shore of the pond Halul was waiting for Zulqarnain.

"Zulqarnain!!!!!""" Halul was shell shocked.

"You went into the pool yet you are coming from the behind outside this oasis" Halul said.

"How much time has passed?" Zulqarnain asks Halul.

"Just a few hours!" Halul replies.

"What???? it has been 3 days!!!" Zulqarnain gets surprised at Halul's response.

"Oh no....look even the sun has not set yet. You were walked into the pond when the sun was above our heads." Halul tries to explain.

"Yes...this man is speaking the truth... Time flies slowly in Hawaïda." the old man interrupts their conversation.

"I have been in that mental prison since many years" he finishes.

"Woooow" Zulqarnain replies.

"Thank you for freeing me..young prince" the old man tells Zulqarnain.

"It was my pleasure." Zulqarnain replies.

Saying this the old man turns back and heads his way while Zulqarnain and Halul head back to Zalima's Castle with the potion of "Aab-e-Shabab" in their possession.

****Castle of Jaffar****

Najoomi had been looking into his magic crystal and was baffled to see Zulqarnain succeed.

"What happened Najoomi" the arrogant Nadir Khan asks him.

"hmmm...m.Our Prince has solved the second question" Najoomi tells Nadir Khan.

"Whaaattt?.. how is that possible?... that peasant prince" Nadir Khan gets up from his sear in surprise.

"He's proving himself to be a worthy adversary" Najoomi says.

"Worthy??? He hasn't seen my wrath yet.... I shall skin him alive... I shall bury him before he even gets close to me." Nadir Khan rages in anger and arrogance.

Will Zalima stay loyal to her deal?
How will Nadir Khan respond to Zulqarnain's success? Has Zulqarnain awaken further evil inside Nadir Khan????

Read our next chapter to find out.

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