Chapter - 126

Chapter - 126
Menon Empire doesn't store knives? That's confusing me and I ran my thoughts while I was walking to my room along with Gautam.

My memory isn't strong and I agree with it. But I have to remember every single detail as possible. The issue is about my love, Kartik. I have to recall everything to clear my doubts.

Kartik killed my family. I saw with my own eyes, my father's throat getting slashed while I stood there helplessly. I stabbed Kartik in his torso in anger that night and he kidnapped me from my territory.

But something is not matching. If he could slash and kill hundreds of people in my territory then why couldn't he defend himself from the attackers? Gautam just said that the Empire's Armory doesn't store combat knives then what happened that night?

I scratched my head as many times as I could to connect the dots.

Wait!

I did not see Kartik slashing my people. He came after everyone were dead. Those men were barbaric just as the way the people who attacked Kartik. Both of them didn't carry guns but Kartik and his people had guns.

Check if anyone is still alive.

Those were the first words Kartik uttered as soon as he stepped inside my mansion. If he didn't kill or had the intention to kill why did he wanted to know if anyone was alive.

Unless, he wanted to save the survivors.

I gasped internally.

Why have I never thought of this reason? I was always in the belief that Kartik was not satisfied with killing my people that he was looking for more to kill.

Why did I stab him that night?

Because he killed my godmother, Aarushi's mother. He shot her. Exactly! Kartik always used gun to attack his opponent and it's as clear as a day.

Kartik was not the murderer that night. He did not wipe my entire territory.

Why did he shoot Aarushi's mother?

I tried hard to remember and two scenarios of Kartik shooting Aarushi's mother and me stabbing his torso surfaced my mind.

Where did I get the knife? That knife resembled ... same as the attacker’s knife. She was trying to stab me and Kartik shot her to protect me.

Oh! Kartik, what have I done?

He was always on the receiving end while protecting me. That selfless man deserves so much in the world but everyone including me is only trying to see him as a monster. At this rate, he might have lost trust in humanity.

"Are you alright?" I heard Gautam's voice and looked at him.

The realization made me weak that I was silently crying. Gautam's voice brought me to reality and I started crying out loud gaining the guards attention near us who stood unaware instantly with Gautam's signal.

"Kartik is so soft." I cried.

"What?" He questioned with his mouth turning into a bow shape.

"He never killed my family. Kartik is not a monster. He always protected me." Kartik is a true gentleman in all senses.

"In return, the princess tampered his gun, played with his feelings and was ready to kill him." He said with a straight face.

I cried more. "Stop saying all that, you no blood pumping organ fellow. Why are you making me sadder when I am already crying? In fact, it's all your fault that all this happened."

"My fault?"

"Yes. You could have told me earlier instead of me realizing everything on my own. You could have said, dear lovely princess, Kartik did not kill your family and he is so cute to harm your family." I said rubbing my nose.

"So that you can have a new topic to share with your best friend Darsh? Just like you did with the map which lead to killing guards on the border?" He questioned without any mercy.

"White coat bullock cart is not my friend anymore. And I stole that map only to have evidence of my territory so I don't know what you are speaking. I need food and I am hungry." I said in a go still crying, by this time the female soldiers stood by my side eyeing Gautam.

"Then princess must stay princess instead of getting into the action scenes. What's the need to harm Kartik every single time you got a chance, huh? Why must you trust everything your best friend says?" He was arguing with me like a child who wants to stand on his best friends side no matter what happens. 

"That bullock cart is not my friend." I yelled. "My father said not to trust anyone except Menon before dying. That's why I trusted him and we both planned everything to get revenge on Kartik instead of thinking alternatively."

"Really?" He faked a surprising face. "Kartik, Amolika, Vihaan, Shrikant all of them were Menon's. Why did you chose only your friend?"