The Commoner Consort: The Country’s Respected Empress - Chapter 111
Bhommi shakes her head with a smile “No, Sister Maya. It’s not what you think. It might not be him”.
Maya argues “But you said his powers are exactly opposite to mine!”.
Bhommi answers “But that doesn’t mean his powers would repel me!”.
Maya is still adamant “You said my powers are attracting to you and also opposite to him then what else could be in that carriage?”.
Bhommi speaks patiently as if she has no intention to argue with Maya “The magical universe doesn’t work like your logic, Sister Maya. Everything runs in an assumption..Like ..his powers might not be open like yours..There is another way of opposites in this condition-“.
Maya asks darkly “How?!”
‘I don’t think there will be another perspective of my view…She must be thinking too much!’.
Bhommi speaks “Your powers are visible and I can feel, can I?”.
Maya nods while walking through the dense forest.
Bhommi continues “Now..If you listened to my last sentence well, then you could easily say the exact opposite of the sentence!”.
Maya frowns while recreating the opposite sentence of Bhommi’s previous sentence “So….Your..huh..My power is visible and she can feel..then…His power is not visible and she can’t feel?!”.
This sudden realization made Maya to gasp ‘That could be possible!’.
Bhommi speaks seriously sensing something “Sister Maya, it’s time to hide from those men!”.
Maya hears the sudden crumbling noise of dry leaves and looks around hurriedly ‘Then will find me easily if I hide in these ground..’.
Maya looks at the huge trunks of trees and climbs up silently without making any sound.
Bhommi whispers “Sister Maya, I can feel the repulsive energy. I can’t help you from now and I want you to stop that carriage carrying the energy. Don’t do anything!”.
Maya stands on a branch of the tree and peers into the forest to find the carriage which Bhommi is mentioning.
Her one hand is holding the Bow and other is holding the trunk of the tree firmly.
Maya points out a carriage moving in some distance ‘That one?’
Bhommi flies away while the carriage approaches gradually close to them yet speaks in Maya’s mind ‘No, Sister Maya. The last one’.
Maya sees the last carriage and nods determinant ‘I can see it’.
Feeling Bhommi’s absence while the carriage is approaching her, Maya creases her eyebrows ‘How to stop the carriage without knowing anyone? Shall I damage the wheels?-‘.
With that thought, Maya looks back at the quiver filled with arrows and blinks ‘Can this arrow do that?! If it turns out to be weak, then it can’t even travel that distance!’.
Maya grabs an arrow from her quiver and pulls it against the string of the Bow. She aims for one of the wheels of the carriage and wonders ‘This could create suspicion… If they find this arrow after the wheel got damaged then ..I wonder what would they do..They are soldiers..and are well trained’.
She takes a look at the arrow keenly for the first time and tilts her head ‘If this arrow is strong..if I can shoot the axis of the wheel without getting it stuck in there…It might sound impossible but..If I am able to do this, the carriage might be stopped. But what if I release the horses pulling it? No..the horses may whine ..and it’s not possible to untie those reins from them..’.
Maya again aims the axis of the wheel and this time her prime focus is to increase the speed so that the arrow breaks through the axis and leave in the same speed without getting stuck. If it does, then the wheel would look like it’s naturally damaged.
SWOOOSH!
Due to the movement of large crowd, Maya’s single arrow’s sound didn’t cause any audible noise.
HIT!
CRACK ON THE WHEEL!
THUD! THE BROKEN CARRIAGE FALLS!
HORSES WHINE!
The carriage falls on the ground with broken wheel with all its weight over the poor horses.
Maya looks at the Bow flabbergasted and takes another arrow from the quiver in hurry as if she witnessed something impossible.
‘I never thought that this arrow could be so slim and strong at the same time!’
‘The arrow just broke the axis of the wheel and also fled invisibly into the dense forest!’
THE CROWD STOPS.
Hearing the heavy thud sound and whining of horses, some soldiers started running towards the carriage and freed the carriage from the horse as the broken carriage weighed completely on them.
Maya who was keenly observing the movements of the people around the carriage shivers feeling cold suddenly.
She rubs her right hand against her other hand and frowns ‘Why is it suddenly cold?!’.
She ignores her shivers and notices a box being transferred from the carriage by the soldiers.
Maya creases her eyebrows and asks in her mind ‘I stopped the carriage..Now what should I do?’.
‘She asked me to just stop the carriage…Now those men are transferring the box to the other one..what could I do to stop doing that?’.
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In the future.
Maya is lying on her bed while recuperating from her injury.
Celina walks inside the chamber with a bowl of warm water.
Maya asks “Is there any news?”.
Celina nods “Our Emperor is leaving the country tonight. I heard while the servants were preparing his clothes for his travel”.
Maya immediately gets silent and looks at the window ‘I have to wait for few hours to pass…..Once he gets out..’.
She hides her secret thoughts and notices Celina’s sullen face. She asks calmly “What happened to you?”.
Celina shakes her head while wiping Maya’s hands with warm water “There is nothing, Madam”.
Maya smiles “Seems, I lost your trust too”.
Celina gasps stunned and blurts urgently “No! I didn’t!”.
Maya ‘pretends’ to be sad and sighs “I deserve this..”.
Celina whines keeping the bowl aside “I trust you! Completely!”.
Maya remains silent noticing Celina.
Celina holds Maya’s hands together and pleads “I swear on my life! I will not do anything intentionally that would cause you to suffer! I promise!”.
Maya immediately smirks “Them tell me who is behind this in the Imperial Court tomorrow! “.
Celina looks down nervously “This might lead to your destruction”.
Maya’s smirk broadens “Only after Hers!”.
Celina opens her eyes wider in utter shock “You knew?!”.