MIRAGE OF HEARTSTRINGS

NORMAL YET CHAOTIC DAY

Just like how it is one sentence is enough to change a person's thinking, same as it's works are too like...............the popular rumours. The more they observe, the more they got to know that the rumours are all around, not just little yet none of the rumoured person nor the other royals has gotten their ears near this rumour.

"white lotus" Karna hears duryodhana muttering as he look the painting on karna's table making him immediately look up at duryodhana's expression who is busy looking at the painting.

"You know?"

"yes, Maa used to tell me about this, it is a medicine too with its beauty. This is found in maaya sarovar, it is very much difficult to found it and if you found maaya sarovar then this white lotus is more difficult to be found. The people who have tried either couldn't find it or didn't came back" Duryodhana says putting the painting on the table as Karna nodded before duryodhana asks "why do you have this though?"

"just wanted to know, heard it about so"

"I see" Muttering duryodhana look at karna who notice duryodhana's stare as he look up with an raised eyebrow making duryodhana shrug while Karna again went for work, completely neutral to kanak standing right beside karna with papers in his hands.

It was all silent and normal until they hear crashing sound from outside before noises came with yells as karna went outside with duryodhana and kanak behind him.

"Bhrata karna!!"

"karna, you better not protect him"

....................HaH! It it these two, they do have their way to worry karna even if a little and now they are even the entertainment scene of all the people inside and around the palace who are watching them.

"what happened?" Duryodhana asked as he watch dushasana hiding behind karna while ashwatthama coming towards him with a sword in his hand, looking completely angry.

"I was meditating and he poured water all over me!! If it would had been any rishi then they would had cursed you by now" Ashwatthama says gritting his teeth as dushasana sulked looking at karna who patted ashwatthama's shoulder while saying "come on, you are very much older than him, you are not a rishi so calm down"

Dushasana grinned from behind karna before hugging as he says "you are the best bhrata karna" while going with karna making ashwatthama glare at dushasana as he complained "I swear your Maharaj has his favourites and in brother, it is always that brat"

The workers there couldn't help but laugh at ashwatthama's complain including the Pandavas despite their eyes on grinning dushasana as Karna ruffles his hairs while saying something but it doesn't seems like dushasana is going to listen to that. It is good to have a brother who takes care but looking at their elder brother whose eyes are also stuck on that scene................wouldn't be bad to have one more brother who is the eldest, right?

"maybe you should keep him here" Ashwatthama says as dushasana nodded saying "I would be happy beside who likes so called royal rules" while rolling his eyes as karna chuckled replying "it is your house too, visit whenever you want"

"see that, that's big brother's behaviour and you asked why I don't call you bhrata too?" Dushasana mocked at ashwatthama who crunched his nose before looking at duryodhana who shrugged nonchalantly while saying "don't look at me"

"think it is already eating time, you all should go to eat too" Karna says as he look at his workers before kanak who nodded, going back to eat.

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"would you like to take over these three Rajyas?" Kanak hears karna asking duryodhana while casually stretching his arms as he message his neck before looking at duryodhana who shook his head "no thanks" making karna look the left four bundles of documents in the table before he look outside the window as he stand up.

"let's go to library" Muttered Karna as duryodhana walk beside while kanak behind as they reach the library only to find many workers there cleaning it or talking while reading which karna never minds and everyone knows that karna also likes it when someone take interest in books as it is the first means of learning and karna has no mind of stopping anyone from learning.

Duryodhana sat on the chair while Karna went to the shelf, taking out one book as he opened it only to take out a paper making duryodhana say it "weren't you running from paperwork right now?"

"I know but this need to filled if I want Sindhu to become better. It is just too much down" Karna sighs saying before he hears duryodhana asking "would you like me to fill it?" making him perk up as he went towards duryodhana.

"Sure, here" Karna says giving the paper to duryodhana who rolled his eyes before taking the paper saying "you could have said please" making karna says "I didn't told you, you offered me" while duryodhana replies "and I didn't told you to give me"

Karna huffs watching duryodhana filling the document as he walk towards the self while saying "this man's ego has no bound" though it can be hear in silence and others definitely as the Pandavas in disguise agreed nodding internally at that.

"here, completed" Duryodhana says as karna went to him, taking the paper from duryodhana's hand while saying "thanks" as duryodhana nods before karna went to grab his book to continue reading while duryodhana went to another shelf to look for a book.

Kanak watches karna reading his book while duryodhana still looking for one before he found himself meeting duryodhana's eyes making him blink nervously until duryodhana pointed towards him while saying "that blue cover one".

Immediately turning around, kanak found a blue covered book as he sighed internally realising duryodhana wasn't looking at him before giving the book to him as duryodhana went back to the chair to read his book while kanak also decided to walk around a bit to get his mind into something meaningful.

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