Sharpest Edge Of The Dagger
The protagonist
From a beloved Daughter to the Ferocious warrior protecting the Empire....
From the abandoned illegitimate Prince to the Great Emperor....
From the prosperity to the ruins...
After all the rising bright sun would set at the end of the day....
The flowering trees may bloom in the spring and die in the winter....
It's always the evil who defines the good...
It's the Villain who give Hero their identity...
It's the darkness who let us see the light....
And finally it's the hate that makes one crave love
In the very past when even our forefathers didn't took birth there existed a beautiful paradise on mother earth.... A place where nature and humans walked holding hands....
Technology didn't compromise morality...
Power and revenge didn't compromise kindness...
Love and hate didn't require sacrifice....
Surrounded by large mountains as the natural barrier....
Fresh sweet water streams and waterfalls originated here....
Dark and dense green forests....
There nothing that the people could wish for more....
The people... People of The Empire of Adhira
If you enter the Shinghadwara (Main gate)
A large marketplace can be witnessed with people walking…. Sellers selling..
Buyers buying....
Children playing in small groups...
Bullock carts unloading the crop from the farmers...
Feri wallahs attracting buyers through their colorful songs and poetry....
Banjaaras entertaining people...
And many more....
Occasionally priests from the main temple of the province would distribute the blessings to everyone present irrespective of caste, gender, religion....
This is the story of only one province..... Adhira Empire consisted of 108 Provinces.... And almost everywhere this peaceful scenery can be enjoyed.....
Clothing and food can differ depending on culture and climate.....
If we go towards the South.... Vegetarians diet and cold climate can be experienced....
If we go towards north....
Non-vegetarian diet with warm climate....
the west consists of huge hilly areas with tribal people ruled by kings on behalf of the Emperor.... And the east is the largest desert named Tejas....
If you have already visited all the 4 directions we can now visit the capital city Shaarini.... where lies the large palace of Vastavas who are said to be descendants of Amiyah, goddess of light....
This palace may seem small, but the whole capital lies inside it with advance level architecture the reality seems illusion and the illusion seems reality....
Inside this same golden palace built on Khoi sagar.... The largest water body of Adhira...
In the royal court with 108 ministers we can see a man with slight curly hair sharp facial structure.... appearing intimating and dominant with a hint of kindness sitting on the golden throne of Adhira.... Current Emperor of the Vastava Dynasty...
Abhra Dhruva Vastava
Listening to all the worries of his citizens....
Minister 1: Your Majesty, The bandits attacking the villagers and stealing crops have been captured.... Reports are saying they were in need of food as many refused to give them work for they came from a different empire....
Abhra Dhruva Vastava(FL father)
They are quite skilled in the art of using dagger recruit them to be royal Assassins....
Minister 103: Your majesty a couple has been known to abuse their children.... What sho....
That minister was shut to silence as he held up his hand....
Abhra Dhruva Vastava(FL father)
Execute the parents and take the children under the royal wing... Fix teachers and nannies for them.. Not a single one of them should be mistreated here....
And That's how the Emperor rules.... Now leaving the court if we go towards a little left... There comes the big arena where royals tend to practice their martial arts and swordsmanship....
Where we can Head General Guha teaching a dark skin girl having certain facial characters matching with the Emperor.....
While some of the idle soldiers waiting for their training session to be started can be heared cheering for the girl....
Soldiers:Crown Princess go for it.... A last blow...
And just as they said with the last blow general Guha can be seen laying on ground as the Crown Princess holding the sword just near his chin symbolizing his defeat....
Yes, The Crown Princess of Adhira Empire....
Don't let that care free appearance fool you she is the one who would sit on the throne after the Emperor as his only heir….. And fun fact.. She is our Protagonist
The beloved
A half blood citizen of Adhira...
His father is from Taraeotirkus...
The Head General who is said to have lead the army to victory many times....
Defeat is something he has never presented the Emperor with....
Married to Royal Princess, Aria's aunt Katyayni
General Prabal Guha (FL uncle)
The Crown Princess surely lives up to her name and fame....
Aria pulls him up according to the etiquette....
Aria Charulata Vastava (FL)
So is it that all for today?
She grins.... Vastava's have a unique character of them... That the more of the slacker they are in their young lives the more they grow up to be the high level ruler....
General Prabal Guha (FL uncle)
My mother surely didn't joke when she said it was a hassle for the Reigning Empress (Aria's Grandmother)to train the Emperor .....
He sighed cause this student of his is a brilliant one.... In thinking of ways to escape the training....
General Prabal Guha (FL uncle)
Did you do polish your weapons..... That I assigned yesterday?
She gives a sly smile while nodding positively....
General Prabal Guha (FL uncle)
How many times do I have to tell you to not use your powers to do this minimal tasks...
And it continues cause Guha is never tired of talking and Aria never tired of listening.... Patience flows in her blood....
So this was the daily scenerio of Adhira
Soon the sun was the at the verge of setting.... Royal workers lighted diyas (earthen lamps) to brighten up the whole palace which used to shine the same but with the smile and kindness of a person .....
It was time for the last meal of the day....
A huge thal (brass plate) was set up for the Emperor and the Crown Princess.... Filled with delicacies from all over Adhira....
The Emperor came after finishing his royal duties to see Aria sneaking inside with her arms and legs lathered in mud... Green leaves and thin branches stuck in her hair.....
With her wooden bow which was carved by Emperor himself and at her side her pet lion which despite being a cat species loves to play in mud...
Abhra Dhruva Vastava(FL father)
Charulata...
Abhra called for his daughter who is sneaking inside like that to escape from bathing...
She stands still at the place like the prisoner has been finally caught...
Aria Charulata Vastava (FL)
Baba...
She proceeds to give her innocent eyes.... Only to get grabbed like a rice sack
Abhra Dhruva Vastava(FL father)
You need a good wash up young lady....
Aria Charulata Vastava (FL)
No... waaa... Put me down... I won't take a bath....
He signalled the workers assigned for Aria's pet lion, Canch....
And continued to carry the rice sack... I mean Aria to the bath area....
Abhra Dhruva Vastava(FL father)
Soak in the spring if you dare come out before 30 minutes then I will....
Aria Charulata Vastava (FL)
You will...
Abhra Dhruva Vastava(FL father)
Ask the royal chef you keep stir-fried bitter melon as the mandatory dish for every meal even for snacks....
Aria Charulata Vastava (FL)
( ⚈̥̥̥̥̥́⌢⚈̥̥̥̥̥̀) am I even your real daughter ?
Abhra Dhruva Vastava(FL father)
Of course... that's why I know how to keep you in place... now sit quietly....
Royal bath area... Consists of a large spring where the water comes after bathing the divine lotus plant placed at deepest dungeon of the golden palace only accessible to the reigning royals and their beloved spouses to common folks and nobles it's only a tale....
This water has healing properties along with reverse aging Like Emperor still looks like a young fellow but is already in his early 50s with still that immense strength like a young man in his early 20s... Regular soaking in it ensures that same face even at the time of natural death due to age...
But sometimes this youth and beauty becomes curse.... Just like the King consort (FL paternal grandfather) who couldn't bear to lose the Reigning Empress as he refused to live without seeing her beautiful face.... He even took away her body and hid in the jungle, when found the corpse was merely a empty skeleton kept in a good condition.... And the Emperor had to end his own father cause of his constant refusal to perform the last rites
His condition was so bad that he even attacked his own son with his magical powers... He was a magician before being the King Consort
On the same day he had to burn the bodies of parents with the pray for their souls to be free and never take birth again...
This was the reason he refused get married for a long time until he meet that certain someone....
Literally Bite
If one goes back to about 20 years ago from the timeline we are discussing.... we would see Adhira with the newly crowned Emperor who has been continuously refusing women to be married to him....
Either spending most of his time doing the royal duties or roaming in jungle situated near the shared border of Taraeotirkus and Adhira.....
Like any other day Abhra was just roaming in the forest.... Sometimes making small traps using grass knots if any animal would get trapped.... Or maybe sometimes aiming towards the large carnivores... which today unexpectedly got missed of shot.....
Abhra Dhruva Vastava(FL father)
I wonder whose face I saw after waking up today....
He mumbles angrily after the failing to knock out this little baby....
Saying again don't go on that face. This is lojjaboti banor (shy monkey) one of the most ferocious and venomous carnivores alive they are quite territorial, so why I am mentioning it...
Because it's the slowest carnivorous animal and our great emperor missed giving it a shot....
Today was something weird.... nothing went right getting stumbled upon the rock while falling into the muddy pool.....
Abhra Dhruva Vastava(FL father)
Damn!
He cursed while being looking like a chocolate covered strawberry. ...
Sometimes leeches getting attached all over the arms or maybe accidentally knocking over some giant bee's beehive letting tons of bees chasing after you.. ...
Abhra Dhruva Vastava(FL father)
WHY THE HELL ARE YOU CHASING AFTER ME! DO I LOOK LIKE A FLOWER OR WHAT!
These yelling may have either triggered them or made them realize their Queen would love to take him as one of her lovers(a/n:🤣🤣.... )
And finally his run stopped near the waterfall situated in between the forest at the other side that is in Dargan Empire....
He thought to wash himself up in the clear spring.. ..
Abhra Dhruva Vastava(FL father)
Today was a such hassle .....
He says while cleaning up himself in spring...... Suddenly the bushes seemed to shake....
He looked back, but there was nothing.....
Abhra Dhruva Vastava(FL father)
Probably a young bunny....
He turned around again and continued to wash himself.....
Again the bushes rustled....
He saw back again but still saw nothing there.....
Few footsteps could be heard now.... Human footsteps... Abhra's sword was on the bank sitting on a rock..... Still he had enough strength to fight against the enemy.....
The steps grew closer and closer.... closer.. More closer.... He could now feel the presence of someone standing right behind him as he was not far from the land washing up...
With curling his fingers into a fist inside the water so that the person planning to attack him couldn't guess what he is about to do he was ready to punch that person behind him....
He counted in a inaudible voice....
Abhra Dhruva Vastava(FL father)
One...
Abhra Dhruva Vastava(FL father)
Two....
Abhra Dhruva Vastava(FL father)
Three....?
As he just finished counting ready to launch the punch and everything went black....
With a heavy head Abhra woke up after a while ...
He was inside a cave wet and damp.... He was tied with rope quite poorly... Still he didn't try to free himself
Why? The one who made him loose consciousness wasn't someone that simple..... Vastava's being blessed by the goddess's blood needed at least any sedative or poison equal to amount needed for a African Elephant
He kept looking around inspecting the place to get a good grip of the situation....
Suddenly he heard those footsteps again...and quickly shut his eyes tightly pretending to knocked out....
Steps came closer and closer....
Presence of someone can be felt.... Probably a female!
The realization gave him a tight shiver.... Maybe he had a obsessed admirer all along and never knew....
And that person has surely done her research well...
The steps were stopped because that person was now standing to close... He could the hot air from breathing on his nose....
Ruffling his hair or more like checking or searching?
Then that person started to touch her face rub his cheek and jawline..... Poor Guy was already on the verge of getting harassed... As he heared that person smacking her lips like she is going to have a good meal and mumble in a sweet soft tone in Taraeotirkian Language....
Anonymous
It would be fun to fk with him such a tonned a body .... I can literally bite on his abs...
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