"Greetings, Maharani.
After such a long time, seeing you once again in this court fills us with great joy." (Chief Minister of the royal court)
"Thank you," replied the Maharani.
The name of the Chief Minister of the royal court was Trishulam.
"Maharani, since you are present in the public court today, may we present before you the problems of the people?"
"Yes, of course."
After a while, a man arrives and, weeping, says—
"Maharani, please protect us!"
"Calm down. Tell me, what is your problem?"
"Maharani, my name is Janhu. Since last night, my entire family has disappeared. I searched for them everywhere, but could not find them.
A short while ago, I received a letter at my house. It says that if I want to see my family safe, I must ask you to reveal the location of the Light Core. Otherwise, they will kill my entire family."
At that moment, the Chief Minister says—
"Yes, Maharani, many other citizens in our kingdom have received the same letter."
"So, did you try to find them?"
"Maharani, what is there to search? We all know there is only one enemy who desires the Light Core—and that is Maharaj Kuler.
He is the one who has made them disappear. Because the Mrityunjay shield you created has now vanished, he is once again unleashing his wrath upon us to force you into giving him the Light Core."
"Oh.
Very well. If he wants the Light Core, then I am ready to give it to him.
Send him a message—if he wants the Light Core, he must first free all my people and come meet me in the palace."
"Yes, Maharani."
After ending the assembly, Princess Raatri is resting in the palace when she notices a shadow outside her chamber.
She follows the shadow, but suddenly feels a hand on her shoulder, stopping her. When she turns back—there is no one there.
The next day, Maharaj Kuler arrives to meet Princess Raatri and says—
"Greetings, Maharani.
So, at last, you have accepted defeat before me.
I thought this game would last a little longer, but you…
Anyway, first tell me—how are you still alive!?
I believed you had already died.
That night, I truly enjoyed our battle. I had drained all your energy, and before my very eyes, you burned to ashes. So how are you alive again?
I know you do not possess the energy of the Light Core. Then why have you called me here today?"
"If you already know that I do not have the Light Core, then why are you wasting your time on me?
Why have you captured my people?"
"You don't know? How surprising!
This realm and these people do not belong to you—they belong to me!" (he shouts in anger)
"And yet, they consider you their savior.
It was a mistake on my part that my revered father declared you the ruler of this realm.
He gave you everything that was mine—my power, my name, my honor.
I loved you so much… and you…
You not only cast me out of your heart but also stripped me of my rightful place in this realm and divorced me.
How many times did I beg you? How many times did I ask for your forgiveness? But you never forgave me.
So I wanted to show you your true place. That is why I first challenged you to battle—because I thought you wouldn't be able to stand against me.
When you would stand defeated before your people, I would ask them—'Is this your ruler? One who cannot even win a single battle—how can she protect this entire realm?'
Seeing you helpless, they would have realized that I, not you, am worthy of ruling them.
But instead—you defeated me before everyone… and destroyed the love I once had for you.
Not once, but many times I forced you into battle—and every time, I was defeated.
After that, my only purpose in life became to defeat you.
For that, I abandoned the gods and began worshipping the Demon God, so that I could gain the power to surpass you.
In a few months, the sacred day of Dhrutdivas will arrive. If I offer the energy of the Light Core into my ritual fire that day, both my power and the Demon God's power will increase a thousandfold.
Then I will destroy you and rule over the entire universe.
Through my ritual, I saw the face of the one who possesses the Light Core—and that face looked exactly like yours.
I thought it was you, which is why I kept questioning you about it all this time.
But that night, believing you were dead, I performed another ritual using the remains of your body to discover the truth… and then I realized—
You are not that woman.
Only your face and name resemble hers.
That woman lives in the Demon Realm with Daitya Subahu.
I went there.
And when I saw the energy of Maharani Sanjh there… my heart trembled.
The way she was striking even the Demon God and protecting Maharaj Subahu…
It proves that the energy of the Light Core is no ordinary power.
If even the Demon God could not stand against that energy, then how could I, a mere human, possibly stand before it?"