Precap-
Urmila's POV,

"You included all the girls and excluded me and told it at the last stretching it. Why am I special?" I asked a small smile making it's way to my lips.

He got up to leave from there when I again stopped him and raised my eyebrows waiting for the answer.
He smiled more and said, "Because...."

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"Because?" I asked not able to control my curiosity.

"Because I had to add one more person in my list of people who are killed by me!" He replied adjusting his angavastra.

"What!" I replied in horror. I had thought that he will tell because I am his relative now and to protect me from his evil eye, he would have killed him. But this dumbo!

"Yes. You know it will prove my bravery!" He said now adjusting his hair which was in it's place only.

"Narcissist!" I murmured under my breath.

"Did you say anything?" he asked bending a bit.

"Yes! Narcissist!! The biggest narcissist in the whole universe! One should not boost themselves so much. They should not be obsessed with themselves. And you! You think yourself as some great warrior eh? Then it's your dream. Just a dream." I said.

"So how about proving ourselves princess? A sword fight?" he said in full pride.

"Yes! No doubt about it. Being a warrior princess, I am not declining your invite for duel. The ground is to the left straight. Follow me!" I said swaying my hair in the air.

In the sword practice arena,

I took my sword which was infront of the idol of Mahakali and Mahadev. I prayed them devotedly and beside me was that narcissist praying. Woah! He prays to God too! Wow!

He then turned towards me with the same pride in his eyes. Was he dramatising it or was he seriously so proud of himself? Pushing those thoughts, we moved to the ground and stood opposite to each.

I stepped in and prepared to deliver a full force overhead attack on him with speed and intent.

But he wisely parries the attack with the forte (strongest part) of his sword.

Without missing a beat, I followed up with what looks like the same attack what I did at first, however..

While looking at his head and keeping the actual target only in my peripheral vision, I sidesteped out of the way of any potential counterattack and attacks with one hand, suddenly dropping the attack into Saumitra's foremost leg. Because the first attack was so strong and potentially deadly, Sumitra Nandan is likely to fall for the feint.

And as expected he did but he didn't completely let his body loose to the ground. He swiftly came back on his feet and attacked towards my face. I bent downwards to escape the attack which made me stumble a bit.

Dasharath Nandan then swiped at me with his sword, I lift the blade of my sword against his to block his attack.

I redirected his attack by pushing his sword out of the way with my sword. Then you can move in to attack them. The parry is a very effective move that allows you to go from defending to attacking in a matter of seconds.

As he brought his sword towards me, I used plenty of force to block his attack and launched my own attack in 1 swift move.

He again attacked me, I stepped away from his sword and attacked his arm with my sword when I heard claps from the door.

I turned to see 3 beautiful women, a man who looked like a king amd 2 other young men with my family and brother-in-law Rama.

"Woww daughter! I am so impressed with your skills. You truly are a great fighter." said one of the women stepping front.

Before I could say anything, Mr. Narcissist exclaimed in joy, "Mother Kaikeyi!"

Ohh! So she is the Queen of Ayodhya. The Ayodhya family has come here. How could I forget that they were arriving today. All because of this prince frog and that King Somnath's grace.

I kept my sword back in it's place and went to greet the family. They were really heartwarming. I felt so overwhelmed. They were all just opposite to Mr. Frog Narcissist.

All the Queens were so welcoming. The King too! They literally ordered us sisters not to address them as King and Queens but as Mother and Father. Me and mother Kaikeyi had long talks about sword fighting and empowering women.

Mother Sumitra was the sweetest! We both had a nice talk about various scriptures and books. She was so brilliant in all of it. And Mother Kaushalya was the kindest! She always had a smile in her face and talked to us in the most loving way.

The King, Oops! Father Dasharatha didn't behave like most of the Kings who have ego filled in each blood cell of their body! He joked with all of us and it was such a beautiful evening indeed!

Prince Bharat, the second eldest brother talked about many things. It seemed like he loved traveling and art. The youngest Dasharath Nandan, Shatughna was the mischievous of all of them. Even that narcissist was happily enjoying the moment. He loves his family a lot. His actions and gestures prove it!

Lakshman's POV,

The moment I turned to the entrance, I was so ecstatic! Me and Urmil-, oops princess Urmila were endulged greatly in the sword fight and moments later, my family had come.

The Mithila sisters blended with the family of Ayodhya. I could see princess lizard having a lot of fun. Her smile! Wow, the most beautiful one ever which sets hearts on fire. Lakshmana, have control on yourself!

We all had dinner together and retired to our rooms. We were all forced to stay in the palace only. It was teacher Vishwamitra's order and we couldn't decline it. I wished everyone a good night as my mother was keenly observing my behaviour. That's why I didn't talk to princess lizard more.

Brother Rama was already in his room when I reached there. I had to talk to him! "Brother" I started.

"It's okay. You didn't do anything wrong. I am actually proud of you for killing King Somnath." he replied back looking at the book he was reading.

He knows it? Yes he knows it. But how?
Reading my mind, "I am your brother Lakshmana. You can never hide anything to me even if you want to. It's already late. Go sleep. You need not massage my legs today!" He said keeping his book aside and smiling at me.

"Good night brother!" I said and went back to sleep in my room not before thinking about Urmila. Urgg! Will she ever leave my mind?

Glossary

#Angavastra - Shoulder cloth worn by men.

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