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Nilakaran gathered all the details that he heard from the people who had last seen and interacted with Ganthika. The more he listened to them, the more he became fascinated by her predictions which came true most of the time. And she hasn't talked much about herself or even uttered her name to anyone other than Kayanangai and that made him even more curious. The witch is so good at hiding and it took him five days to track her. According to an old man's account who's living nearby the forest -he saw Ganthika heading towards the sacred forest, where the locals fear to step inside. Nilakaran knows these places are the best for witches and dark entities. 

Now standing before the forest, Nilakaran saw gigantic trees in front of him. He could expect two things, either he will find out what exactly is happening in the King's family or he might end up dead