Not a Slave!!!

Chapter 20

*Bhairavi Pov*

"Princess!" it was about a few minutes since I climbed into the vessel but the word didn't stop leaving from many people's mouth.

"I am so glad that you are safe, Princess Bhairavi. We all thought that you are no more." King Vali uttered with pleasant tone who turned out to be the one found me near the shore.

"How could you come here for the war by yourself with less number of soldiers?" I questioned him after we are already far away from the land of Nadir.

"To prove your people that I am not going against their royals. I recently took the ruling on it, but not a single person is ready to be ruled by anyone other than you." He explained and I gripped the railing feeling ashamed of myself for giving up on them while they were more than determined.

"If I didn't return to thank the person who saved my life then we wouldn't have found you. This life I am living is because of you Princess as we didn't know that there are so many people as per the news Council got. All the people on this vessel are obligated to be at your service for saving the lives of all of us." He added and everyone bowed to us.

"I will take the help I will need in the near future." I uttered before turning away to glance at the water.

I felt my eyes dried with not a single tear ready to flow after hearing the words of King Vali about my people. I have a duty to perform but I neglected it and left it which made me have a punishment for my irresponsibility, but it will not happen again until my last breath.

"There is a pirate ship travelling to the way of Nadir land." Some warrior uttered making me glance at the ship.

"Stop them!" I ordered and rushed to the other side to be near to the ship.

"Order them to not touch anyone of the Nadir otherwise the whole Council will be on their back to finish them off." I uttered glancing at King Vali.

He couldn't stop a frown, but did as I asked him to and as I thought they were cowards to have any spat with the Council in a direct way so they moved to sail away.

I sighed and closed my eyes not angry at myself for thinking about the welfare of the people belonging to that land. They gave me shelter for all this time and I do not keep favors of others in my side.

We reached Tanika the evening of following day which is near to the shore but to reach Agatha there will be the Council to pass and it is so protected into the land that no one from outside can enter it without Council knowing about it or the royals of Agatha.

"You take the rest after reaching your Kingdom, Princess Bhairavi. I will inform the Council regarding your return." King Vali uttered.

"I need to present myself before them as Royal so give me some moments of time after we reach the Kingdom and we both will leave for the Council." I suggested and he nodded before we we entered the land which belong to me.

When few people stopped the things they do everyday to glance at me, feeling the shock and then shouted "Princess!"

I can see the genuine happiness of the people and I wish I didn't get distracted and returned soon for here if this is how my people would feel for me.

After freshening up without uttering a single word with anyone with the help of my personal maid who is still here to serve me, I wore the gown which would be appropriate to meet the Council.

"We can leave now!" I mumbled stepping near to King Vali and he nodded before calling for a chariot and climbed into it.

"Princess Bhairavi! We still cannot believe that you are standing infront of us." One Council member uttered, and I can see that most of them are with normal expressions.