Chandra took a deep breath. She looked at Kumara in deep meaningful sight, "Perhaps, I've surrendered my nobility, but I never vanished my dharma as a female who was born under a title of a princess." She paused her words to take a deep breath.
She remembered the old manuscripts that she was asked to read by her Guru, Brahma Aditya. 'Some people who were born under any kingdoms not only inherited several privileges but also, they are required to accomplish several duties as their dharma. The worthiest is the dharma that they need to sacrifice the most valuable thing in their lives to their final blood drops as their pure sacrifice.' Another verse of the old manuscript that she kept learning as a member of the Royal family in the Bhagavanta Kingdom was telling about some philosophical values. The dharma of a prince or princess as the next successor required many paths of wisdom. A prince or a princess was demanded to control their mind, purify their mentality and tame their wild passions to gain enlightenment. The wise ruler always considered wisdom in every aspect of their decision-making. 'I knew that I could be impulsive in some critical times within the decision-making process! I had hardly learned to reduce those traits inside me as a reason for my solitude temporary moment living in that forest for almost seven years,' she exhaled.
She recalled that and took a deep breath. "Perhaps, we could be rebellious, but down inside our hearts and soul we had signed the contract to do whatever we can to our kingdom, even to our final blood drop," Chandra sighed, turning her eyes down to the ground before she turned her head to Kumara. "I'll serve my kingdom to my final blood drop!"
Kumara sniffed, "By escaping?" He lifted one of his eyebrows as he found Chandra's statement to be skeptical. "Don't you think by escaping your problem, the battle that you should finish you have put your kingdom into unpredictable for its future?"
Chandra exhaled, "I know about it. But I could not intervene with my people in my battle!" she sighed, "I don't want to see bloodshed among my people!" The statement from Kumara started to ruin her mental state. 'Should I return to my kingdom? And take my throne back from my uncle?'
Kumara looked at her and rose from his seat, "You ruin your people's future so, by your escape from your kingdom!" he whispered but it sounded more hissing in Chandra's ear.
Chandra looked at him through her side-eye. She kept waiting although she found his whispering statement in her ear stirring emotionally. She ever heard from her whistle-blowers of the Bhagavanta Kingdom who were keeping their loyalties to her father, King Antasena. They kept trying to meet her in the near market since she and Rose had decided to move to a cross-border-lined kingdom's no man's forest land, giving her the latest information about her father and the kingdom. They often told her how King Brutus tried to isolate her father somewhere inside a castle for health reasons. They said that King Brutus had cut off the subsidiary food percentage for unwealthy enough families by exposing untrue numbers of unwealthy families lower than they should be. He also gradually increased the expenses that families should spend on healthcare facilities and the education sector. Many unlucky people were suffering, many unlucky children couldn't attain better education only if they could be approved by local leading people or leading bishops. King Brutus made living for the unlucky people seem to get harder. She really felt hurtful inside. At the other point, if she revealed herself in front of the public in her kingdom and its alliances, she could spark some internal and external fire within the dynamics whether of international or national policies. It could ignite the biggest conflict that should be ended in revolution. She understood that and she loved the kingdom and people also humanity. She thought over and over in her contemplations how to ignite a revolutionary battle without any bloodshed among those involved parties. Although she knew there would be no revolutionary battle without any bloodshed…it meant that she waited for the changes without cutting off the rooted factors. 'How about rehabilitation effort to any defeated party?' she sighed as the battle existed in her mind, 'Is it a kind of utopia?'
"Tell me, how long will it take for you to escape?" Kumara asked her in his stern eyesight. "Tell me...," He paused, "How long should you need to run away? To avoid the bloodshed among your people? How do you know that it hasn't happened already?" again, Kumara asked in his hissing sound. His eyes were still kept staring at her.
Chandra held her sword tightly. "What is the point of your question?" Chandra tried to regulate her breathing rhythm. She still avoided looking into his eyes.
"Just answer me, Princess Chandra! That you speak and sacrifice your final blood drop to your kingdom? Tell me, that you are not thirsty for bloodshed? You are a monster princess, has somebody told you about it?" Kumara hissed again in her ear.
"Stop making provocations on me, Kumara!" she spoke in a deep tone.
"I'm not making any provocations, but you are really a monster princess who is thirsty to find the bloodshed among your people!" he, again, kept his lips close to Chandra's face so she could feel his breath warmly touch her cheek skin.
Chandra stirred inside and unsheathed her sword spontaneously to put on Kumara's neck. "I am not you, Kumara, Prince of War! You're bloody thirsty for war and bloodshed!" Chandra muttered in a low sound and looked at Kumara's eyes. She found no fear there.
Kumara smiled at her warmly and clapped his hands without moving her sword from his neck. "You are like me, Princess Chandra!" Kumara said in a warm tone and low pitch.
Chandra sniffed and put her sword down. She sheathed her sword, "No human is deserved to do it!" she exhaled rashly.
"Now you play in your wisdom, Princess Chandra! Nice," Kumara smiled widely.
"I am not in your games, Kumara!" she tried to calm down.
"But I am already in, Chandra! You must accept me; you can't escape me as you escape from King Dragon! You must understand it; you have sent me to intervene!" Kumara said seriously. "Either I or King Dragon will go hunting you or tracking you down," he paused, glaring at Chandra, "It's easy to do for both of us, so you must accept me!"
Chandra sneered at him, "Young man, please don't push me over!" she looked at him and her voice sounded roaring like a tiger.
Kumara smiled as he found out it. He clapped his hand, "That's what I am waiting to see from you, Chandra! Your tiger soul has taken over you, you sparked again and not so long, you'll be impatient!"
Chandra regulated her breath; she just realized her stupidity. 'I shouldn't get triggered by his words, his game! He tried to manipulate me!' she thought to herself.
She looked at Kumara, "Is it your point to invite me here, Kumara?"
Kumara smiled, "This is only a part of it! I just feel we should learn from each other!"
"You need to reveal more to me, Chandra!" he grinned with a naughty expression.
Chandra inhaled, "There's no to be revealed!"
Again, Kumara smiled, and seemed he was triggered by her answer, "Let's time speak!"
Chandra just realized that she met a prince of war and that he had both sides of the coin. She should be aware of which side of the coin that he tried to show to her. "I need to go back to my world, Kumara!" she spoke softly.
Kumara sighed, "Yes, you should! You need to say something to your friends!"
There were some seconds to pause the conversation as Chandra was busy to think how she could find a way returning back to her reality and world.
"Tomorrow, I'll take you down there! By night, I'll pick you up again to return here!" Kumara said as he turned his head to Chandra. He took a deep breath. "You still need some time to heal and get some treatments from the last battle!"
Chandra got surprised by his confession.
"Your last battle had made you suffer a lot of blood loss! You are out of balance. You could be killed without any dignity that you should defend and fight for. You're going to be killed easily by them!" Kumara inhaled, took a pause, and threw his eyes in front of him. He seemed thinking of something.
"I tried to protect you down there, but you don't recognize me! You almost hurt me or kill me!" he glanced at Chandra slightly. "I know you never killed me but found out you are bleeding so much, it almost killed me!" he inhaled. "I couldn't intervene in the battle that I wasn't invited! It's painful to see an unfair battle! It's killing me inside!" Kumara looked far away in front of him.