The Strange Street to the Wrinkled Memories

Operation Elixir

Adwait answered, "Jyothi Rithala, the mad princess; but not yet into the position. When the royal sister, Pournami was young, she used to have her classes in the palace. Her friend's daughter is Jyothi Rithala. Those friends decided their children's marriage at an early age. So the villagers confirmed her as the mad princess, she would be usually at the mad prince's chamber at the time of his absence."
Shravya marked, "So all clear now! What should I do for you?"
Adwait walked with her casually to the royal room's side garden. Adwait then informed, "It would be so doubtful if anyone finds us standing infront of the royal room. So I will sit in this arm chair, within that time you enter in to the room through the window and replace the book and jump out of the window. On the left side, there will be a door. Go through it and come out from the next door you see."
Shravya asked, "Where does that door leads to?"
"To a small garden restroom, so that I can tell that you are in the restroom if anyone enquires."
"Welcome to Operation Elixir, gentle man."
"Seriously! Will this turn out to be mission impossible?"
She gave him a high-five, "Mission Possible, this is operation Elixir.
She smiled at him and walked away with the duplicate book in his hand. Adwait sat in the arm chair in the small garden near the royal room. He wished she wouldn't dangerously alarm anyone else.

Shravya walked in a cool manner as there was no one watching her other than Adwait. She decided to gear up thinks a bit too quickly. So she jumped in through the window after a few minutes of extreme hard work. Adwait was laughing seeing her do all the circus to just jump over a window, and finally to no dismay she was in the royal room. Seeing the room, she was blanked out completely for a moment. There was a royal ancient king couch, a rustic royally sculpted shelf and just a small circle headed wooden table with a bookmarked book on it. Shravya suddenly replaced the book with the duplicate one and then sighed and walked towards the window with a smile. She peeped out.
Shravya said herself, "Oh my God! Am I trapped?"
There was someone who looked like a royal member standing infront of the scholar, facing him. She heard them speak, "Royal cup of tea is always tasty and refreshes mood."
"Where is your friend?"
"In the restroom. She would come now."
"Then come with me. Let's have a walk around the palace, sipping in the hot tea."
"Ok, fine." Adwait tried looking towards the window but the person infront of him covered the visuals. He stood up and walked with her.

Shravya didn't want to hear more of their conversation as he was going and she didn't want to stay in there alone. So she jumped out the window, much faster than how much time she wasted to enter in. She then walked to the door on the left and ran out. Once she was about to walk out. She relaxed, hid the book inside her coat and walked casually.

She called out seeing Adwait and a lady turning from the corner. She though he wouldn't hear her with such a long space between them. Immediately Adwait looked back at her and walked back to her. There, a lady too walked behind him. Adwait lipped, "Jyothi Rithala!"
Shravya nodded. She smiled to signal the mission was easily possible.
When they reached near, Jyothi said, "Shravya?"
Shravya nodded, "Shravya Arushi!"
She didn't know why but Jyothi Rithala showed anger to Shravya, suddenly the reason was indirectly exposed, "Don't know why rather than scholars and royal members, too many useless villagers walk in through the palace. Anyway after an hour, it's Adwait's dinner meet with the queen in the royal dining room. See you there." She walked away with superior eyes at Shravya.

Shravya screamed, "Success!", And she was about to hug him in joy, when suddenly her eyes fell on Rithala, Jyothi Rithala. She was running to the main door. Adwait and Shravya walked behind her. There was another lad just seemed to be the age of Adwait. He looked wicked and cunning, somewhat filled with evilness. He was wearing a royal jacket and a dhoti-pant with the branded sneakers. His hair was wavy and spooked her as if he had been met with an electric shock. He wasn't that attractive and handsome as Adwait. His eyes was filled with anger and there was some reason for it. Rithala hugged the man in the royal doorstep, "Yadhu Amir!"
He was consoled by her and his eyes fell on Adwait, "Hey scholar! This time too?"
Adwait nodded and he whispered, "Shravya! This is the mad prince."
Seeing Adwait's lips moving, the mad prince turned to find Shravya. Yadhu Amir said, "Hey gorgeous! Who are you?"
Shravya was about to answer when Adwait got through, "Shravya Arushi! My family, my  friend." Shravya smiled at Adwait. Mad prince smiled at Shravya, "Will meet for dinner."
Rithala looked angrily at Shravya and the mad couple walked in, Adwait and Shravya heard Rithala ask, "What makes you so angry this day?"
They saw the mad prince told his answer in secret.

Adwait sat in the couch there and Shravya followed. She asked, "So?"
He asked, "So what?"
She enquired, "I meant what next?"
He clarified, "We must know why he informed about his mother to the commander. That means he wanted his mother to be free for some reason, he didn't want his status to fall and so he informed the commander knowing that the commander would inform the queen. He knew the queen would want to bring back the royal sister, keeping aside all the bad deeds the royal sister had done, the queen would only think that she is the king's sister and so that happened. But what was the reason for him to bring back his mother?"
Shravya sighed, "So we have an hour to find it. Anyhow, we have done operation Elixir."

He saw the slight picture of a cook going with some trays to the royal dining area. Adwait cleared, "Dinner will be much early than an hour this day. Let's peep into mad prince's room. He has went in there with Jyothi Rithala."
Shravya shamed, "No! How can we peep in someone else's business?"
He said, "Then you sit here. I will go and check."
She stopped, "No! Then yes! I will come. Let's go, follow me."
He asked, "Seriously! Do you even know where in the palace is their room? Follow me!"
Adwait guided her to mad prince's room. They stood still, hiding from everyone and looked in the room through the window. Shravya looked over his shoulder as she and Adwait found and heard the scene inside the room.

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