Part 2 in Devansha Series
The time has started ticking for the Mantri sisters. They have finally retrieved Vijaya and secured their place in Gurukul.
But will everything stay normal for Mantri Sisters after Adya's challenge to Asura raj Virat? Will...
Music for the Chapter: Choti si chiraiya by Kailash Kher from Mimi
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I had only known of one fatherly affection and that came from Nana. His way of showing love is different. Nana isn't all flowy emotions. His affection is stiff from the outside and soft on the inside. He doesn't show too many emotions but he does love us a lot.
Baba's affection was different than Nana's. I couldn't explain the feeling in my chest. He was my father. My own birth father. The one whose blood runs in my body.
I kneeled down and touched his feet. That was it and I could help the tears that now came down like streams. Baba put his hand on my head. I looked up at him. Surely, I could not have asked for a better fate than what I had. To have the great lord as my own father.
"People always say that having sons and daughters is different. Sons are a source of pride and strength. The ones who share the burden on your shoulders but daughters live inside their father's heart no matter where they are. She lives like her father's princess." Baba said. "Kartikeya and Ganesha are very dear to me. I'm proud of them. I feel extremely happy when I hear about everything they have done for people from everyone. Yet, perhaps, somewhere I have this small inclination towards my daughters. So, when Parvat raj told me he wished to arrive at Kailasha because you would be arriving here, I couldn't stop myself. The wait would have been really long. So, I came down here myself."
He held my jaws softly and wiped away my tears. "Sometimes I think that it is sad to miss so many of your childhood days. Then Parvat raj told me that it seems like that to every father even if he has been there throughout her childhood days. That is just how having daughters are. The days pass by in a flash and they grow up quickly." He added.
Baba hugged me. I held him. Even with the cold of the snowy mountain, baba was warm. The arms that could destroy the fiercest of demons and destroy the entire creation were wrapped around me like a soft blanket.
Baba pulled away and looked at me. "You do resemble Uma." He said. "You definitely have her eyes."
Ganesha bhaiya pointed to the little dreadlocks in my hair, "This is definitely yours."
All of us started laughing.
"Seems to be starting. Soon enough it will the same as yours." Kartikeya bhaiya added teasingly.
"Let's not. Nana will have a mental breakdown. As itself Adi is a handful to him, I've been adequately the less troublesome one for him. Let's leave the complete dreadlocks for when Adi stops being a headache to Nana." I chuckled.
The mention of Nana made Nandi a little stiff.
"Let us go ahead. I want to surprise maa." Ganesha bhaiya eased the heavy air. Kartikeya bhaiya, Ganesha bhaiya and Nandi led the way. Baba and I walked behind. I'll be honest, the snakes scared me a bit but I was assured. Baba was there so, there was nothing to worry about.
