Chapter Title : രതിമന്മഥന്‍ [മാസ്റ്റര്‍]

I´nNapsX knXknt`¡v W¶m]n N]_n]m\v AkapsX hpOtN{µs¯ f_¨n^n¡p¶ khv{Sw NnX¡p¶Sv. sSm* k^ap¶p. """"PosS...'' Nmäv tbms`]m\v Aksâ lÐw bp_t¯¡v k¶Sv. AkÄ fqan. """"A]mapsX B{Piw Wo h½Sn¡ptfm'' """"bns¶..Nps_ h½Sn¡pw'' b_ªn«v AkÄ In^n¡p¶p. bs£ fpOw Ct¸mjpw AkÄ km^nN]psX bn¶n Han¸n¨n^n¡pN]m\v. """"A½ WnÀdÔn¨mÂ?'' AÂbtW^w AkÄ fn*n]nÃ. SpXNÄ AN¯pN]pw AXp¸n¡pN]pw sI]vSpsNm*v AkÄ Npt_tW^w fn*msS NnX¶p. tPmbn]psX N®pNÄ AkapsX Wn_ª bqän¯s¶ B]n^p¶p. """"b_..h½Sn¡ptfm?'' lÐw kn_]v¡p¶p*v. """"FWn¡_n]nÃ..'' bSnª lЯn A§sW b_ªn«v AkÄ km^nN fmän Aksâ N®nt`¡v tWm¡n. tPmbn Wn¶v Sna¨p. FWn¡_n]nÃ! ASnWÀ°w AkÄ¡v bqÀ® h½Sw F¶tÃ? Nj¸n A½]psX eqt`mN Nj¸n fNÄ. AkapsX NnX¸v Ss¶ ASnsâ Gäkpw k`n] sSanktÃ. """"A½]v¡v hpOn¨m¸ns¶..'' AÀt²màn]n WnÀ¯n AkÄ AksW tWm¡n. """"A]mÄ¡v..A]mÄ¡v Wà {bm]fntÃ'' """"ASnsW´m..Wà Bt^mPyfm A]mÄ¡v..Cãw tbms` Nmlpw'' PoS CWn¸À¶ Ssâ NojvIp*v klyfm]n bnap¯n. ipw..At¸mÄ A½ b_ªSv hwekn¡m³ tbmNp¶p! A]mÄ¡v Nm`N¯n sNmXp¡m³ CkÄ¡v bqÀ® h½Sw Ss¶. b\kpw Bt^mPykpw! ASm\v-- AkapsX tWm«w. """"hpOn¡m³ bäp¼w hpOn¡\w....'' PoS NnS]v¡p¶p. AkÄ Nm`pNÄ tWs^]m¡n AN¯n k¨n«v BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡pN]m\v. """"C¶s`..Mm³ bp_¯v Wn¶pw Nps_ lÐ§Ä Hs¡ tN«p..Wm] skÅw NpXn¡p¶ tbms`..'' PoS]psX kn^ AkapsX km]nt`¡v N]_n. ASv H¶v Du¼n kn« tlgw tWm«w fmän Akan§sW b_ªp: """"Òw..A]mav W¡p¶Sm'' tPmbn sk«nkn_¨p. """"F..F´v...'' """"tU*nSv...'' bqän ssNk¨v AkÄ b_]p¶p. """"A..Bt\m..'' """"Dw..A]mav N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv W¡mWm CknsX k^p¶Sv..'' """"F´nWm...ASn W¡p¶Sv....'' AkÄ bmâohn sfsà St`mXp¶p. ASnsâ WWkv kÀ²n¡p¶pt*m? """"Wà hpOftÃ....^*ptbÀ¡pw..WWªn^n¡p¼w tk\w W¡m³'' """"Wn..WnW¡pw Cãfmt\m....'' """"Dw...'' AkÄ Sn^nªp NnX¶v H^p Nm tft`¡v fX¡nk¨p; ftä Nm tWs^]pw. hn^Nan `i^n bXÀ¯p¶