Slayer turned Saviour

Anger laced with concern...

Ten days had passed by since the royal ball.

One day,
Prince Aryan was walking in the corridors in fast pace, his eyes roaming around here and there.
Queen, who was having breakfast in the garden with king saw this.

"Beta,are you searching for something?"she called out.

Prince Aryan looked towards the sound of the voice and saw his parents sitting there.
"Or should we ask 'for someone'?" King added with a teasing tone.

Prince rolled his eyes at that and instantly replied
"I am not looking for her. "
"When did we mention the someone we mentioned was 'her'?" King further continued his teasing.

Control Aryan. You need to have control on this new feeling of yours, he told himself.
Because his father didn't seem to have any intention of having control on his teasing arena.

"Arpi...Yes...I was looking for Arpi. I haven't seen her since past few days"

Yes. Aryan.Good. This reason seems good enough.

"Achaa...So you are asking about Arpita? From what I know she has been learning how to use sword these days?" His mother informed him which was also coated with teasing tone.

"Sword? Is she learning by herself?"

"No. You think we would allow her to pick a sword by herself. She would probably injure herself.Someone is teaching her." Her mother told him

It's good that Maa hired a tutor to teach her, he thought.
Now she would be busy with it and would not interfere in when he tries to have a conversation with Imlie.

Imlie...Right...where she was?he thought
He was looking for Imlie when his parents called him.
See the thing was...she had disappeared after the dance.

Prince Aryan was now having second thoughts about saying all those things to her.
Was he feeling guilty? No.

Didn't he feel all the things that he spoke to her? Definitely yes.

It was just that Imlie went away immediately after the dance and was hiding herself somewhere.He had tried so many times to have a talk with her but on every occasion he tried, it just added to his long list of failed ways to have conversation.

He thought maybe he confessed it too soon.

Maybe she didn't like him and was just avoiding him.

No Aryan. Don't. Don't be disappointed. You are not the one to give up so easily.
He gave himself a boost up.

Just when he was going to find Imlie after bidding his parents goodbye,his father's voice came from behind,
"And yes beta, that 'her' you are looking for ,is also present there."

What? Just when I thought Arpi was out of the picture, here she was, spending all the time with her.
He never thought one day he would feel jealous of his own sister.
He shook his head and went ahead to the practice grounds.

There she was.
Wearing somewhat similar to the clothes ,she was wearing when he met her.
White dupatta tied over her shoulder and waist.
Her hair pleated in a single long braid.

And he couldn't help but admire her.
It was not about her beauty but it was the way that she carried herself what attracted him.

He had met and fought with many people alongside his father.
There was a distinguishing quality of Prince Aryan that he had exceptional observant skills.He could identify and figure out anyone, be his friends,family or enemies.
He was brilliant.