That day Vinasaka came back on time yet when he entered the pavilion, he found his big brother Amir terribly worried. He couldn’t stop walking back and forth as if he had been waiting for someone. Vinasaka peeked at his brother from behind a pillar and he knew he have had it. His escape from the premises was probably noticed by his big brother. As he kept watching, two guards walked towards Amir and informed about something. Amir’s face went through a considerable amount of change as he stormed forward with the two men behind him.

Vinasaka sighed as he was relieved that it wasn’t about him anymore. He followed Amir without letting him know and when he found that he was going towards the market, Vinasaka became excited. Going past the eyes of the guards was not a big deal for him anyway. He had to look out only for the second prince Mihas and his sister Zaharia. Looked like the way was clear, but Vinasaka remembered that he wasn’t suppose to go in crowded places, more like wasn’t allowed. But this was a chance one in a million and since his oldest brother was there what could have possibly happened.

As soon as they reached the market area, there was an unbelievable amount of clamour and yelling originating from a particular spot. It was serious enough to grab the attention of a crowd. When Amir approached the crowd, the people seeming to have recognised him, gasped and naturally made way for the crown prince, “It’s the crown prince! It’s the crown prince!” The women had already begun praises as well, “How elegant! He looks the best with his ‘Streak of Wisdom’, I wonder if he is carrying it with him.”

As he walked towards the origin of the chaos, Vinasaka climbed a tree in order to get the view. He couldn’t risk getting caught after all. By now Vinasaka had already thought all possible options that could happen like spies from the neighbouring kingdoms, thieves, bandits and even demons but to his surprise it was none of that- in fact far from that. The centre of attraction was none other than his own sister, dressed in very plain clothes holding a long slender stick and most important guarding another little figure, almost the size of Vinasaka, cowering in fear behind the princess. Upon closer look, Vinasaka’s eyes grew wider as he recognised that figure, “Mihas? Dumbo! What were you thinking?” Vinasaka was almost about to jump down from the tree when he saw Amir speaking up.

“May I know what’s going on? Zaharia what are you doing beating these kids up like this?”

“Brother, it’s them who beat up Mihas first!”

The entire crowd gasped at the addressal. Murmurs and whispers followed right after.

“Did you hear that?”

“Princess Zaharia? I never recognised her.”

“Who would’ve known!”

“I have heard her mastery is in time spell, isn’t that really rare?”

“Holy lord, it’s the royal siblings!”

“Even the second prince is here!”

The murmurs went on but Amir was still looking only at Zaharia and Mihas. Vinasaka decided not to go down and watch the entire show from the tree itself or else who knows if he is going to get dragged as well. He took a look at the kids who lay opposite to Zaharia. They looked like they had received quite a few blows yet when they learnt that it was the princess and the second prince, they instantly shut their mouths, only groaning in pain as quietly as possible. Just a minute ago, their arguments had brought together a whole group to spectators and now it was as if their mouths were tightly shut.

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