Chapter 181 - Her First Battle!

Kalki's mocking tone completely destroyed her cheeky grin. Her smile fell and twitched her lips.

'He can never behave nicely, can he? What am I expecting?! He can never behave nice to me!'.

Kalki can't stop irking her now, can he?!

At least he is showing some change.

Maya huffs in displease and decides to walk out of the camp ignoring him. She couldn't even glare at him as he is still intimidating her. And his sudden actions made her to be careful than ever!

'The Rude, arrogant and heartless Crown Prince who refused to acknowledge me, now helped me with the armour and now handing his brother's Royal Bow to me! How can I stupidly believe him?''.

"Wait!"

She frowns while already stopped walking and turns only to get astonished.

Maya "...".

He was already walking towards her with a metal helmet in his hands. He makes her wear the helmet. Unlike the last one this helmet had the metallic net chain to prevent the neck from the enemies's' attacks from behind. No one was wearing like this over protected helmet.

'Does he really care for me? Is he being extra protective now? No. He can't'.

As I said he can't stop irking her. Because his next words made everything even more worse. 

"Dare you die here! I don't want to search an another girl as a wife. That's nerve wrecking".

He has to speak and destroy all her thoughts.

Maya "..." He doesn't want me to die only because he doesn't want to painstakingly find an another woman to be his wife?!

She hisses "I don't die in someone else's fight! If I die today, then you must be ashamed of your own soldiers who will be guarding me!" And leaves the camp.

Kalki smirks and lets out a sigh.

'It's getting interesting..I couldn't predict anything now when it comes to her'

But he knows nothing would happen to anyone who is under Marcus' protection. And the part that he said about searching an another wife was also true.

As soon as Maya stepped out of the camp, Marcus purses his lip "..." She still looks small.

Other men looks at each other. May be they too think the same.

Everyone starts making their horses ready. Maya still didn't walk far from Kalki.

Kalki asks her before she walks towards the men "What if you end up getting hurt? How to cure you?".

He knows how to cure himself after a hurt. But he has to make sure of it. He can't just throw her into fire just because he can throw himself into a cold water, can he?

Maya "..." Dies he cares?-

Kalki has to speak now "Should I just throw you into fire for you powers to heal you then?".

Maya goes speechless "...".

She chuckles coldly "You are really desperate to kill me, aren't you?".

Kalki was taken aback by her sudden coldness "..." I was just confirming. Does she know other way to heal herself? She should have known her cure. Otherwise how could she have survived all these years?

She looks around everyone unaware of his voice.

'Can they really not hear him?! He had the audacity to even think of throwing me into fire?!'

Marcus holds his horse reins and bows "Your Highness".

Before she could take a step forward again he states nonchalantly. 

"She can't ride alone, Marcus".

Maya hears Kalki and looks away embarrassed.

'How in the heavens does he know?!'

Marcus chuckles and hops on the horse. He takes a look at Kalki who nodded before he grabs Maya's hand and helps her to sit infront of him.

Everyone starts leaving Kalki behind.

Marcus speaks slowly so that Maya could hear him clearly "We will take you to the vicinity and you have to take as much as men, Your Highness. Can you do that?".

He knows this is her first battle and he knows how patient he has to be with her irrespective of her status.

Maya blushes at his coaxing tone and nods repeatedly.

'Why is he treating me as a child now? Of course I am a child when it comes to a battle!'

Kalki watches them leaving and sighs before looking back at his horse.

"Did she leave?"

He looks back to see Bhommi holding Maya's armour.

He shakes his head boringly and leaves completely ignoring her.

Bhommi "..." What did I do?! Am I late?! But this is unfair! I used up all my energy to reach here and-

As soon as she gets to know what Maya was about to do, instantly forgets her previous complaints. She smiles throwing the armour away and squeals flying high "Aww! Sister Maya is going to fight her first battle!".

When Marcus reached the safe distance from the fort, he helps Maya to hop down from his horse and soon he too hops down. Everyone starts to run and disappear even before Maya patted her armour with pride.

She blinks looking around as she heard them reached behind but they just disappeared even before she gets to look how they are going to shoot the guards over the fort. She doesn't want to kill anyone but only make them unable to move so that they wouldn't attack back.

Marcus leads her deeper into the forest and asks observing the fort keenly "As His Majesty said, we should climb up the trees so that we can take many of them swiftly".

Maya looks at the tree beside them by almost breaking her neck. That tree was really that tall. But that didn't intimidate her as she still has a battle to participate.

Marcus speaks "I will help you, Your Highness. I can lift you-".

Maya smiles sweetly "Just hold this Bow for me, Your Excellency".

Marcus smiles at her courtesy while getting the Bow from her and frowns seeing her walking towards the tree "But -". Jesus Christ! Does she really think she could climb this tree?!

He freezes seeing her checking the trunk of the huge tree and trying to climb few inches. She steps back after few failed tries proving Marcus' doubts true.