'Did she heard that correct?' Megha had dazed look she let go of Vanni's shoulders who rubbing her shoulder with pained expression the cleaned shade of grass under the small tree was scattered with fallen leafs.
Vanni looked at the scene with resigned look 'Well it could be considered a small punishment for Meera sweep them once again ' as a only maid brought up here by them considering her work load might be doubled due to megha's birthday Vanni shrugged her shoulders 'let's not think about that for now'
Vaani noticed Megha mumbling something to herself acting unusual " Huh! What are you mumbling about? "
Megha worrying her lips as she looked at Vanni with hesitation as if she was deciding on what to say Vanni giving her 'What are you doing?' look Megha finally decided to ask her.
" Can you tell me what happened that day without leaving anything?"
" What! I don't understand what are you ge-"
"I mean, don't you say he was the one carried me here, I just want to understand what's going on tell me everything!" looking at Vanni's frowning face she pleaded " Please, aren't you curious of what happened there as well, I will tell you what happened as deal"
Vanni looked surprised then her face brighten up "Alright then!" she did look happy with this.
"I was reading this unranked sword technique scroll and heared someone shouting out towards this area " she recounted what happened with serious expression " I think this was when I noticed shadow guards rushing towards certain direction with killing intent I was shocked " Her expression kept changing like a engrossed story teller.
"It was only after couple of minutes I figured out what's going on " her face looked appalled " I saw Amara rushing towards our courtyard while carrying you on his back looked little out-"
"Wait a minute!" Megha interrupted with a frown " Don't you say he was carrying me like princess why does it sound like a petty manial task ... what am I, flour sack " she sound little upset her eyes flashed with annoyance.
"Puhahhaha! "
Vaani burst into crafty laughter " Hehe, here I thought you didn't paying attention it seems you were really paying attention all this time heh? " Vanni slyly probed only to poke by the other party her head throbbed. "Ouch!"
"Alright, alright don't poke me! " Vanni rubbed her forehead "He did indeed carried you like princess as I said earlier but what was important here was we were freaking out seeing blood on your face and neck.... we thought-" she trailed off then skiped few detailes for convenience.
" It was him, who shouted for our attention and bring you to your room... though I did ask him to hand you to me but he refused he, didn't seemed to be in right mind to answer me, he didn't leave until you got checked and I was very worried for any little chit chat"
She paused and seriously think things through deeply "When your grandpa personally enquiring him after his carefull check up on you, Amara briefly explained us What happened"
Vanni looked at her intensely " I had to admit, he dared to lied to your grandfather though he was shaking and seemed terrified the whole time and surprisingly your grandpa brought it alright .... I was worried though"
She looked at the bewildered beauty hurriedly corrected her words "You trust me right, I didn't tell on him, I would never do that to him"
Megha become little irritated as she didn't understand what was she talking about so she couldn't follow this nonsense "What the hell are you talking about.... what do you mean by his lie? I don't understand-"
"Please! it's just a two of us here Is there need to fool me?"
Megha sighed in annoyance "Are you done with your prattle... When I asked everything that literally means everything got it? spilled it out!" Vanni pursed her lips her eyes were narrowed in suspicion but still explained " He said, He was running late to his appointment with you due to some scuffles with patrolling disciples near this area catch him and questioning him "
Vanni rolled her eyes at this as if she doesn't believing it I'm the first place " He claimed that you order him to bring the elixir recipe copy you entrusted to him in the last pill making session, with your urgent message yesterday he, was rushing over to meet you by pond side to hand over the copy"
" So when he rushed over he happened to noticed rather unusual sight of tri color birds surrounding your unconscious figure so when he caught the sight of blood in your face he panicked and chased them away believing they were attacked you for some reason" she replied monotonously then her lip turned into smirk.
" After chased them away he carried you over to courtyard.... quite a tale isn't it?"
"What do you mean by that?" Megha retorted
" So you want me believe this? I thought it was only you, who were into this kind of things but I was impressed by his story why don't we invite him to our secret literature Circe eh? " Vanni teased "I'm telling you he was quite talented with his words"
Megha on the other hand had a peculiar expression in. her face she clicked her tongue at her teasing and said in displeasure " That's what exactly happened, why are you accusing him and he saved my life but you suspecting him instead ...Wow!"
Vaani become speechless her jaw dropped by this sudden mood swift and complaint she imitate a fish for a minute before gaining her bearing "What nonsense were you talking about?"
" It was not me who talking nonsense, I mean what I said he doesn't lying to anyone, to be honest things didn't go as I planned we didn't get the chance for our heart to heart talk " she exaggerated little the heart to heart talk mentioned here was meant for two people who secretly liking each other but so far it was only her who has crush on him not the other way around but she wouldn't day that little loud.
In her previous she remembered the incident happened around this time, it was around this time she realized what was this caring but overwhelming feeling she had on Amara and sketched a amateur plan to meet up with him to have nice heart to heart conversation.
She could still vividly remember the complicated and unsteady emotion of a hopeless teenage girl and her pondfull of insecurities.
That's correct she has many self doubts at that time, she clearly understand what the feeling means and what it was implying in her life. She as a seeded disciple, A hailed prodigy and futures hope of a prestigious sect, who had extraordinary background in the sect have romantic feeling towards a servant disciple who was regarded as a trash among their standards.
She was afraid her feelings would be rejected, afraid of her charms and beauty wasn't enough to attract him, afraid what others would think what would her father and family think, etc.
She was simply afraid of so many things at that time she couldn't even properly think it over she ruthlessly decided to confess her feelings afraid she would never have such a courage to do that later.
For that she specifically chose to come here for few days with only maid and Vaani with her, and create a situation for him to meet her at the right time she even dabbled in something silly as fate and luck she brought a pills for tri color swans here just to calm her mind and rub off their luck and blessings.
Things proceed same like her previous life but with little changes it was puzzled her due to nervousness and annoyance she proceed throw the pills into pond like this time around but the thing is In her previous life she was succeed in get the attention quite a few swans, though not In a good way they were so agitated by her tantrum choose to attacked her for the pills, she was escaped with few scratches and swelling in her head but this lead her in developing a extreme fear towards tri colored swans.
She use this as an excuse to chickened out from her plan of heart to heart talk, Megha had a peculiar expression as she lea completely ignored the slack jawed vaani behind her ' This is little different from what happened though it seems I have suffered a little but this outcome was better than that time ' she thought.
That odd punk was always lingered in her mind for the rest of her life she never got the courage to do anything similar her feelings become an unerasable shadow in her heart.
She know her body was fine, she had no need for her teacher check on tell this to her, but what got her attention in this matter was the points mentioned from Vanni, 'So he carried me all the way to courtyard and even unwilling to leave my side until he learned about my condition!' "How sweet!" she whispered to herself while smilingly.
" Do you have to go this far to deceive me Megha? I already know of what's going on. if you don't want to say then forget about this deal I'm not that bored anyway" Vanni grumbled as she leaning on to the tree looking away.
"Do you think I'm that kind of a person Vanni? I know you have been tailing me long time don't delude yourself to be smart, I'm too lazy to point it out and argue with you" Megha glared at Vanni with some heat.
Vanni stunned, then little embarrassed by getting caught but what made her wonder was a subtle change in Megha from the incident.
Vanni felt like she was talking and scolded by adult rather than a teenage girl who was younger than her, more over she find many new things in her like a mature and decisive aura about her, she was never the kind to scold or speak harshly but now she was uttered some irritated words and had taken a blunt way of talking to her.
"If you were invited him why did the disciples caught him in the first place shouldn't he has your taken the patrol should naturally know you were staying here aren't they?"
"Oh!" Megha had an understanding look then her face colored little " It was my fault I didn't give him my token to him because of my nervousness the other day " her plan was considered decent but when she gave him the copy she should have given him means to meet her at that time she felt so nervous she felt like puking.
Vanni looked at her with wide eyes the meaning was clear 'Are you for real?' " What's with your expression, didn't I told you.... my stomach was churning like crazy I didn't feeling well" Megha had a far away look "I think I was sick that day " her expression was innocent.
" Then what about the story of tri colored swans are they really attacked you.... not even your grandpa seemed believe this you know?"
Megha's face darkened at the thought of vicious birds " Don't deceived by them they are heartless and ungrateful things" she replied with malice, everyone and their fathers believeed they are some kind of peace loving birds do no harm.
"Oh God, you didn't do anything to them were you?" Vaani had anxious look in her face "Your father will be furious, tell me you didn't do anything to them right?"
Megha sneered at this "I'll let our shadow guards capture them" she answered with cruel smile " I've seen this dish with swan meat... if you help them capture few more I'll make sure we try every dish what do you think? " Vanni gasped.
"MEGHA!?" Vaani shouted in anger.
Megha know Vanni likes these cruel birds very much, of course she would be angered If someone deliberately target this birds like that especially when this said birds acting all nice with you Vaani can pet them so how could she agree to this.
Then she changed the topic talked about other things with her, she felt her emotions wasn't stable it was like a dame suddenly broken by flood she didn't want to lashed out with Vaani she would feel guilty for that everytime.
" What do you mean my father was rushing over here, when did he send over the letter... " Megha asked in a shocked voice " He should be in seven palaces meeting right? "
" Did you hit your head hard when you feint other day, I'm telling you! your are acting rather weird since last night and your thinking seem pretty messed up.... Are you...." she trailed off looking at Megha's dark expression.
' I'm sick? wasn't she was cursing me now huh?'
" Well then you are questions were stupid, knowing with how much your father doting you it was no surprise he was returned from middle of the meeting HE IS YOUR FATHER RIGHT?"
" Sigh! Let's go in aunt said she would come to check up on you" Vaani said
Megha become silent her face became expressionless as she dragged towards the house but her mind was in huge shock, 'How could something like this happen..... he was supposed to attend the meeting and meet up with his best friend In divine pearl island bring that 'B***h' with him' was she remembered things wrong but soon she slowly get over the shock.