The Commoner Consort: The Country’s Respected Empress - Chapter 162
Xavier is injured. He was surrounded by 3 men in front of him and cornered to a tree behind him.
‘So those men outrun us to attack him?!’.
As soon as Eros reaches near them, Maya gasps in horror and tries to help him. She grabs the bow and arrow hung over Eros hurriedly. She aims at the men and soon they fall down injured.
She couldn’t believe that happened. As soon as she approaches him, Eros slows down so that Maya could step down.
“No! Win this Contest!”
Maya frowns seriously “What?! Did you lose your mind?”.
Xavier grunts holding his injured hand “I want to handle something else. Help me winning the Contest”.
Seeing Maya ignoring him and still trying to climb down he yells “One of them leading this Contest now is not our countryman. He might misuse this Contest! Do you hear me, Maya?!”.
EROS NEIGHS AND STARTS RUNNING AWAY.
Maya was taken by complete surprise. She manages to hold the reins back in nick of the monment and yelps looking back at Xavier “What are you doing? He is injured!”.
Eros simply neighs leaving Xavier back and fled fast.
This horse sure knows to obey his Princes!
Maya couldn’t take her eyes off Xavier and swallows hard.
‘How can I leave him?! I have to help him!’
Even though his injuries were not serious, she couldn’t help but worry. She glares at the man who is riding towards the finish line and grunts “How dare he!”.
Eros neighs increasing his speed astonishing Maya for a moment.
She looks at Eros suspiciously “He underplayed his speed?!”.
Within moments both the man and Maya were riding equally. The crowd cheers for them in ecstasy.
The man glares at her viciously and aims an arrow at her out of nowhere.
People gasps and screams in shock and fear.
Maya smirks slyly.
As she knows soldiers wouldn’t be sitting idly when they see this. Their Queen is in danger, after all.
In next moment the man falls earning hits from several arrows. The man too is left behind from the Contest. Now only Maya is nearing the finish line.
PEOPLE CHEERS IN DELIGHT!
Maya feels her whole body getting goosebumps and her heart is pounding inside her chest. She couldn’t believe she is winning this Contest. But she has to hurry! Because someone needs her help.
She looks ahead proudly as there were few yards to reach the line and win this Contest. She notices Mary’s smile and about to smile back at her, but frowns noticing something behind Madam Mary.
A man behind her is aiming an arrow at her!
Maya gulps and stops breathing in shock.
‘If I aim at that man, everyone will doubt that I aimed for Madam Mary! Wouldn’t the soldiers misunderstand me and kill me like that man who just fell injured?!’
‘What if they kill me?! That doesn’t matter because I will heal fast these days! But Mother is in danger! What should I do?!’
Kalki was standing far away from the fields and his eyes were on Maya ever since she was riding equally with that man. So he never involved in the Contest!
When he looked at her stopped from even lifting her bow at the soldier, he realized that she already understood the situation. Now seeing her backing away from saving Madam Mary, he also knows what might be in Maya’s mind. She must have scared thinking about the consequences of aiming an arrow at Madam Mary. He smirks before riding his horse back away from the fields.
‘She chose herself! Not the family’.
It was Kalki’s trick to test her! She must put the family before her life. Even if she aimed the arrow at Madam Mary, his men wouldn’t have attacked her. But she chose not to! She stepped back from the responsibility. He doesn’t fight every wars himself and put Xavier behind for no reason! He keeps his family far away from the threats.
A first step to be His woman. An Emperor’s edict can make her a Royal member. Her weakness might want others to save her. Little things can be enough for the world. But not for him.
‘So what she has some powers?! She can never be my wo-‘.
CROWD ERUPTS!
THUD!
Kalki snaps his head back to the field where Maya has already crossed the finish line but she was holding her bow high without any arrow.
Wait!
Kalki darts his eyes towards Madam Mary and notices the soldier he sent fell back after shot by Maya’s arrow.
He stares back at Maya in astonishment. Astonishment was an understatement at this moment. Because he didn’t expect this would happen!
‘This woman..’
In next moment, he witnesses Maya riding back into the fields hurriedly. This is unexpected.
Even the crowd become speechless seeing this.
Kalki frowns grabbing the reins firmly.
‘Wait. Where is Xavier?!’.
Kalki rides at once into the field at his utmost speed. He can’t believe he almost forgot about his brother!
His mind already connected the free ends of the man who rode equally with Maya. He also tried to kill her. He expected Xavier to appear soon but only sensed this situation strange after Maya won the Contest.
This was not his plan.
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In the Royal fields.
Xavier sits leaning over the tree with much difficulty and checks his injured left hand in suspicion. He doesn’t understand why can’t he even move after a simple cut. His ears starts blocking and his eyes starts closing itself.
He is alreasy exhausted of his multiple tries to even stand. His body is screaming the exhaustion!
He could sense Charles standing next to him and neighing worriedly. He couldn’t even pat him to reduce its anxiety. He wonders losing his conscious eventually.
‘Was I poisoned?’.
As soon as Maya reaches Xavier, she finds him unconscious. She jumps down from Eros and grabs him in her embrace. She pats his face urgently “Prince Xavier!”.
She could feel her body’s senses indicating danger.
Poison!