Preparations

After the discussion with the King, Ashmita, her team and Maria went to their meeting room to start the preparations for war.

"So what are the updates?" Maira asked, looking at the others.

Although Maira assigned tasks for them to complete, they didn't take it as an order from her. Instead, treated just like another member in the team. She also felt them like friends and approached them whenever she had doubts about anything. So they began to feel more comfortable around her.

"We started training the people since the day we decided to go to war sis and I am monitoring them closely", Ashmita reported.

"I started with training them the basic skills of knives and now reached to some important techniques", Karthik reported.

"I am training the people how to handle the sword, it's going great so far", Vijay informed.

"For some reason women are more interested in archery than men but they are a few altogether. So it's not as difficult a task as expected. I'm sure they will master the skill no time", Shilpa added.

"I selected a few outstanding performers and started training them in ninja techniques and about traps, master", Pratap said.

"We already have a good number of medical teams but for the safe side I am teaching a few soldiers basic medical treatment so that it will reduce some burden on the medical team", Veda informed.

"Great. So make sure in every team there should be atleast one medic so that we can aid the injured soldiers on the spot. It's very important", Maira suggested.

"And we also need to get trained along with them. I will teach you some magic so as to get out of dangerous situations" Maira suggested.

"That's awesome, Master. Thank you. Will you teach me that wiping enemies technique which you did with the help of trees?" Pratap asked with excitement.

"Dream on little kid. She won't teach you that", Ashmita said while sticking her tongue out.

"Hey Ash, don't call me kid! Don't you see? I am going to war now. You please teach me. Master!" Pratap said with innocent eyes.

"Well. I don't mind teaching you that skill but for that, I need to learn it first", Maira said.

"What? But you already performed it right?" Pratap asked confusingly.

"Yes, but it's different. It just comes naturally to me. To be precise it is a boon for me", Maira decides to reveal them the truth.

"Boon?" Prathap curiosity increased.

"Yes", Maira said and explained to them the meeting with the unicorn.

After listening to the story, they all made different expressions on their faces except Ashmita as she already knows the truth.

Prathap stood up from his chair, went near Maira and asked, "Is.. Is this story real? You really mean Unicorn??"

When Maira nodded he added, "So it has a tail, pair of eyes and ears, four legs, a mouth, a horn on its nose and the wings also??"

As he posed his questions and looked at the others, they could not stop themselves from bursting into laughter.

"Hey.. Why are you laughing? I am being serious here" Pratap said with hands on his hips.

Maira suppressed her laugh and said, "Yes Prathap. You just described the Unicorn so precisely."

Prathap nodded and screamed, "Ah....Ah..."

"Ash!! Unicorns are real.. Yeah.. They are real! I didn't make the wrong choice by selecting Maira as my master. Woah... Master is incredible just like her disciple", Pratap shouted in joy making everyone laugh harder.

Ashmita's mouth twitched after listening to Pratap and she asked, "Hey Kid.. When did you become Incredible like my sis?"

"Huh.. You don't get it? Yeah I forgot. It is impossible for your brain to understand this. Let me explain", Pratap said while patting Ashmita's shoulder.

Ashmita squatted Pratap's hand and everyone rolled their eyes by seeing Pratap's proud expressions. But they waited to see how stupid his answer can be.

"See she is incredible because she was able to meet a unicorn and make friends with her. I am incredible because I am also able to meet Maira and become her disciple", Pratap said while sitting in his chair with legs crossed, maintaining the same proud expression.

Everyone sighed and walked out of the room one by one, patting Pratap's shoulder with sympathy. Meanwhile Pratap thought they were just jealous of his intelligence and yet maintained the same face and posture until he remained as the only person in the room.

After 3 days, IRIS Kingdom

Rishi reached the Kingdom within 4 days by just resting in the nights. After getting down from the horse he straightly went to his room and got changed. Without wasting any more time, he directly went to King's court with gloomy expressions.

The King's court is decorated in an elegant manner with sculptures and paintings hanging on the walls of the court. The golden throne is located in the middle of the room with two golden chairs besides it. One for the Queen and another for the Prince.

The King Chakravarthi resided over the throne and beside him the Queen Sumitra is seated. She is so beautiful and her smile is like a pure snow flake on her face. Then, the guard announced the arrival of Prince and everyone's expressions changed by his sudden arrival.

After sometime Rishi entered into the court with a cold aura making everyone's hair stand on their skin. They never saw their prince like this. He marched directly to the King without even turning his head.

"Greetings to His Majesty and Her Majesty", Rishi said with a bow to which they nodded. Then he took their blessings and sat elegantly on his chair like a king.

"Minister Raj, who tried to attack my father?" Rishi asked while pressing his lips into a thin line.

Everyone in the court held their breath to the way Prince Rishi was acting. The King and Queen were also shocked by seeing the Prince like that.

"What?? Don't you hear me? Answer who tried to attack the King?" Rishi roared, causing everyone to tremble with fear.