They woke up and found themselves lying in their kingdom’s courtyard. Umer was lying on his bed. Zehlan was in his kingdom, waking up from a deep sleep and sitting on his chair.

  Both of them went outside and saw a huge jungle. Beyond it, nothing was visible. Everything was the same, but there had never been a jungle on the east side of the country. From the northern kingdom of Umer and from the southern kingdom of Zehlan, it was clearly visible.

  They felt very strange, as they were not sure whether they were in the future or not.

  Both of them went outside at the same time.

  Zehlan said to his minister,

  “Don’t worry! One of our men is in Umer’s kingdom. He will report everything that Umer finds out. As far as I know, Umer will definitely try to discover what’s there.”

  At the same time, in his kingdom, Umer said to his minister,

  “I know someone is there who reports everything to Zehlan. So now I will not try to find out what’s there. I know we are in the future, but nothing has changed. I think the real change is behind the jungle. Waiting for me to discover what’s there will give Zehlan nothing but comfort. But before that, I will discover his plan. That’s amazing! I’ll defeat Zehlan easily!”

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  His minister asked,

  “Your Majesty, how will you defeat him? What is the plan?”

  Meanwhile, Zehlan said to his second minister,

  “I know he has a reporter in my kingdom. But what he doesn’t know is that soon I am going to kill that reporter. And while he is discovering what lies behind the jungle, I will plan my next war against him.”

  The second minister asked,

  “Your Majesty, who is the betrayer of our kingdom?”

  Zehlan said,

  “I don’t know yet… but I will discover.”

  One week passed…

  Umer went to the jungle without his army. He went to the house of the man who looked after the jungle. The jungle man had a thousand men of his own to guard the jungle and fight enemies.

  Umer’s weapons were taken away by the guards. He was left alone.

  The jungle man was very cruel. He arrested Umer without any reason and locked him in a dark room.

  A girl was passing by and saw Umer being arrested.

  She was very kind. She was a beautiful girl with black hair, fair skin, small round-shaped lips, a sharp slim nose, and dark black eyes. She was riding a horse when she saw Umer. She begged the jungle man to release him.

  The jungle man asked,

  “What will you give me in return?”

  She replied,

  “I will give myself as your slave.”

  The man thought he could sell her to a king. He nodded his head.

  “I agree,” he said, and released Umer.

  Umer was taken out of the dark room. He saw her and _