# The story is being continued after Kavya got separated from Henry.
"Old Tai, why is your name referred with old, is it because you are old?"
Kavya asked the old soldier who was showing her the way to Judiciary Hall.
"No Miss, It is not because I am old, but because I have been guarding the front door of the Palace for over 40 years "
Old Tai replied.
"Old Tai, it means you have worked under several Prince, which Prince was the best according to you ?"
Kavya asked.
"Of course, I have seen several Prince as you said including Prince Redgarp, Prince Jay, Prince Senorita...."
"According to me the best one is Prince Deflomia, she did not just become the first woman to rule the city but also remained at the position for eight years "
Old Tai replied with enthusiasm.
" You respect her a lot, is it because of only this reason? "
Kavya's interest piqued seeing the old man brimming with energy.
"No, you don't know anything about her, she is one of the kindest battle masters out there,
she used to treat even the captured enemies/spies from Arrow-Head domain as a human"
"she never killed a person, every enemy she defeated in the war was spared, she always prioritized the safety of citizens of the city over winning, sometimes she accepted defeat to save lives of the people"
Old Tai was really enthusiastic as he described her.
"You really like her, by the way, Old Tai have you ever had kids? "
Kavya diverted the topic as she did not want to hear more about this Prince.
"I had a daughter"
The old man paused.
"But she died while serving under Prince "
The atmosphere swiftly changed, the old man turned sad.
Kavya regretted asking that, so she said "Sorry"
"Don't express sympathy to her "
the old man replied.
"I am proud of her, she died a glorified death while saving others"
Old Tai shouted.
Kavya could not understand the old guy, but if a soldier who had seen many battles was here, he would definitely know that no death is as glorious as dying on the battlefield.
"So Old Tai, currently do you live alone? don't you get other wishes? "
Kavya continued to question.
"No, I have a granddaughter, she is little and sweet, I spend most of my time with her"
"Every day when I go back home, she will come running towards me in a hurry and gives me sweet kisses"
"My only wish is to see her grow up, getting her married before I die "
Old Tai was quite a talkative guy.
"looks like we have arrived at the Judiciary Hall"
Kavya exclaimed.
"yes, yes, I did not notice"
"you are such a good girl, I lost the way while talking with you, I have to go back to guard the door, you go-ahead "
Old Tai left immediately.
The door leading to the judiciary hall was not so big, it looked to be normal except the words "Judiciary Hall " carved on it.
Kavya pushed the door open
"There she is "
Someone from the audience in the seats shouted.
She saw a big arena, surrounded by the arena, the seating arrangement was made in a circular manner.
The audience are all battle masters from various teams.
When Kavya shifted her focus on the man who shouted, she found it to be the lackey of
Matthews.
That guy shut his mouth when he felt the glaring eyes of Kavya.
In the Arena, no one was there except herself.
There was a special tower in the centre of the Arena with luxurious seating.
There were two people on it.
Both of them wore a dress similar to modern blazers.
One of them was the Prince while other was the Minister, the two most powerful people of the city.
The Prince was not much handsome, He had some scars on his face, He was not muscular either in a sense he looked weak but no one dared to treat him weak.
As Expected this place was guarded heavily.
Next to the Prince, a familiar guy stood.
Kavya recognized him as the rude officer from before.
"Resident Kavya"
The Prince called out.
"Yes, Prince "
Kavya bowed showing the respect given to the Prince.
"Prince, this wicked women must be punished heavily"
Jordon who stood beside the Prince said.
"Yes Prince, she did not only destroy the public property but also beat the up our people"
Supporting Jordon, Matthew's lackey shouted.
"Resident Kavya,You are accused of disturbing the peace in the city, damaging public facilities, promoting violence, acting against the government, do you accept your crimes ?"
Prince looked at Kavya as he asked.
"Yes Prince"
Kavya accepted.
"Do you know what kind of punishment you would get for the crimes you have commited, you could even be beheaded as a rebel?"
Prince voice was firm, it carried mysterious pressure along with it.
"I am aware Prince"
Kavya replied while her clothes got due to sweat.
The imposing pressure carried by the words of Prince even made such sturdy body to sweat.
The onlookers felt awe by seeing how powerful the Prince is, his words alone can suppress a woman who defeated a giant with bare hands.
" All of you, I would like to ask what Kind of punishment she should get?"
The Prince asked the audience.
"Burn her alive"
" Kill her"
" Starve her to Death"
" Yes burn her alive"
" She deserves Death"
Continuous shouts were echoed from every corner of the stadium.
Kavya continued to keep her head down.
"hey, hey, Kavya I hope you are feeling well by all the support I bought by money, it must feel good but this is not the end let me add more salt"
Matthew's lackey thought as his face brimmed with a smile.
"My fellow mates, Death would be very light punishment for a demoness like her, we should strip her naked and parade her throughout the city"
Matthew's lackey stood up as he suggested the punishment.
"Yes, she must be paraded naked "
"Yeah, after stripping her we should burn her alive in the center of the city"
The voices of support increased.
"Silent"
With a shout, Prince stoped the raising voices, then he looked at Kavya.
"Resident Kavya, so your punishment is..."
The Prince was about to declare the punishment.
"Prince, Prince.....".
A soldiers came running,
Everyone's eyes turned towards the soldier.
"Prince, someone attacked the Palace, and stole the.... "
Before the soldier could complete his sentence, Jordon rushed towards him grabbed his collar with a shout "Stole What?"
"Skill Stone"
The soldier said it once.
But the answer rang multiple times in the ears of the people specially the one from team Righteousness.
" You thrash, where is the thief ?"
Jordon slammed the soldier to the ground.
"Cough..Cough..He escaped.."
silence...silence...the entire arena became completely silent, it was as much as silent as of now when the Prince shouted.
Even the moving winds sounds could be heard.
It would be big news and may be the biggest news of all the time.
something like this never happened, never in history the palace of the Prince got robbed, specially under the nose of the Prince himself.
if the news gets out, The Palamuru city's Prince would become the laughing stock among the Prince of various cities.
Everyone looked at the Prince including the Minister, hoping to see his reaction.
But contradictory to expectations he was calm.
"Jordon, I want the head of the thief by tomorrow "
The Prince said out in a low voice.
"As you wish , Prince"
Jordon bowed.
"Resident Kavya, as for your punishment it will be decided later, you could go now".
" Hereby I dismiss the court"
The Prince declared.
The Prince, Jordon and the soldiers walked inside a room.
some audience who were soldiers also walked towards the room rest who came along the Minister followed Minster to leave.
Kavya joined the people who were leaving to find a way out.
when she walked out, she saw some dead bodies arranged at the entrance.
There were families of the dead around them in grief.
"Grandpa...You promised me to come and play with me"
"Grandpa...little Yu is waiting grandpa..."
"Grandpa wake up, little Yu won't bother you, Grandpa"
"Grandpa...please wake up"
"Grandpa everyone says that you died, you won't return, show them that they are wrong "
"uu..uuuu"
Kavya spotted a small girl crying in one corner.
Kavya jolted with a thought, she rushed towards the corps and saw the familiar old man's face.
His face remained same except his throat which covered with blood and marks of a knife.
For Kavya, it was just moments ago that she had very good conversation with this old man but within a few moments later he became a corpse.
Kavya was still in her thoughts, she felt a little hand grabbing her hand.
"Big sis, tell me when would my grandpa would be awake "
"Big sis"
The little girl as tears rolled down from her eyes.
Kavya who recovered from senses, hugged the little girl as she said "Little Yu, grandpa has gone to your mother, he will be taking care of her".
"Big sis, it means he died, he won't be coming back, where could little Yu could stay then ?"
The little girl was clever .
"Don't worry, you could stay with me then, I will be taking care of you from now on and I promise you that whoever be the one that hurt your grandpa has to die in my hands...."