രാജി രാത്രികളുടെ രാജകുമാരി 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AhiyS Nm\n¨v fpjp¯v sNmjp¯ sS_n¨ fp`NÄ bp_t¯¡v ImXm³ hÀÆ {lfkpw WX¯p¶Sv A]mÄ N*p. s»uhn³s_ hpSm^yfm] s»uhnWN¯v skap¯ {dm sSanªp N*p. AkapsX WPvWfm] sNmjp¯ ssN¯*NÄ tbm`pw A]msa kÃmsS knNm^knklWm¡n. Nmän`naNp¶ S`fpXn fmXns]mSp¡m³ k`Sv ssN sbm¡n]t¸mÄ N£¯n kaÀ¶ t^mf§Ä A]mÄ N*p. At¸mÄ A]mapsX Np® ko*pw d`w sk¡pN]pw ASv sk«n kn_]v¡pN]pw sI¿p¶Sv A]mapsX fp*v Nm\n¨pS¶p. fmUNfm] ^qb¯n AkÄ bp©n^n¨t¸mÄ A]mapsX NqXm^¯nWv k`n¸w NqXn. ASv kaÀ¶v- knNhn¡p¶Sv AkÄ bp©n^nt]msX tWm¡n Wn¶p. AkapsX Ipk¶ AV^¯n S¯n¡an¡p¶ bp©n^n A]mÄ WnÀ¶ntfgWm]n tWm¡n Wn¶p. tWm¡n WnÂs¡ A^]ns` NqXm^w BNml h©m^w SpXÀ¶p. AkÄ Npj¼v tdm«n`nsâ km]v– A]mapsX SpXNans`¡v sI^n¨p. sNmjp¯ Caw Ipk¸v {UmkNw SpÅnSpÅnNam]n A]mapsX SXn¨ SpXfmwh¯nt`¡v kojpt¼mÄ AkÄ A]mapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n klyfm]n bp©n^n¨p. “”F´m AÑm C§sW tWm¡t\?”” hz^¯n klyhwPoSw Wn_¨v AkÄ bSns], NmS^]m]n tImUn¨p. “”hpµ^n]tà F³s_ tfmÄ? B^m]m`pw tWm¡nt¸mNpw…”” kas^ frUpkm] lЯn A]mÄ D¯^w b_ªp. “”Cu hpµ^n A¨sâ ko«n k¶n«v WmapNÄ Np_¨m]tÃm,”” AkÄ Npj¼v SpÅnNÄ A]mapsX SpXNans`¡v Cän¨v sNm*n^p¶p. “”As¶m¶pw A¨³ C§sW Fs¶ tWm¡n]n«nÃtÃm…”” “”A¶v- tfmapw AÑsW C§sW tWm¡n]nÃ,”” “”F§sW tWm¡pw? sPu^k¡m^³. {bSmbn. tWm¡n]m ehvffm¡n]mt`m F¶v- tbXn¨p,”” “”CWn fpS tWm¡yntàehvffm¡pw,”” A]mÄ In^n¨p. AkÄ Npj¼v Np¸n Wn`¯v sk¨p. tSmÀ¯nWp Smsj AkapsX skap¯p sNmjp¯ SpXNans`¡v A]mÄ Umit¯msX tWm¡n. SpX]psX A^emPw skan]n`m]n^p¶p. A]mÄ¡v S³s_ tUiw fpjpk³ ^à{bkmifp*mkp¶Sv A_n]mfm]n^p¶p. sb®v- Nj¨p fpän Wn¡pN]m\v. ASm\v– N£kpw fp`Napw Nm\n¡p¶ s»uhpw SpXNapsX fpjp¸pw sNmjp¸pw l^n¡pw Nm\n¡p¶ H^p sI_n] tSmÀ¯pw fm{SfpXp¯v S³s_ fp¼n Wn¡p¶Sv. “”tfmav l^n¡pw kym]mfkpw Hs¡ sI¿p¶p*v AtÃ,”” AkapsX SpXNan Wn¶v- N®pNÄ fmämsS A]mÄ tImUn¨p. “”Hm, A§sW H¶pfnà AÑm. fps¼ms¡ dmZvfn³ä¬ Nan¡pfm]n^p¶p. F´m tImUnt¨?”” “”tfmÄsX sSmX]vs¡ms¡ Wà tg¸v D*v. ASpsNm*v tImUn¨Sm,”” A]mÄ SpXNan Ss¶ tWm¡ns¡m*v b_ªp. “”Bt\m?”” AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv