"Chief Chief", a voice of a soldier brought Anirudha back from sleep.
Anirudha came out from the camp tent with sleepy eyes.

"Chief, We are all set to start our journey towards our home", a soldier said.

Chief and his soldiers started their journey towards their homeland.
After a day of journey they reached Mayuria.

Anirudha entered into the castle as soon as he arrived.

"Chief, King and the ministers wants to meet you and they were waiting at the Thorne hall", a guard said.

Legs stepped towards the hall. There was a slight hesitation inside him. With a deep breathe for a second at the doorstep he entered into the Thorne Hall.

Ministers stood up as a token of respect and King's face bloomed with the smile.

Anirudha greeted the majesty by bowing his head front. And he sat on his seat.

"How was your journey, Anirudha", The king said.

"Good", the Chief replied with a fake smile.

"Let us discuss our financial proceedings on the basis of the investment shares with Anirudha this evening", King said to the finance minister.

"Sure, your grace", Minister said.

"Anirudha, are you fine with this decision?", King said.

Anirudha remained silent.

"What happened, Anirudha", the king questioned him.

"My lord, we got zero shares this year since no region were willing to invest in our kingdom", the Chief said.

"Reason?" the King asked.

"They want us to announce our Prince to receive their f@#king shares", the Chief said by controlling his anger.

"Majesty, Their shares are like a drop of water in an ocean its presence or absence won't make much difference in the state. So leave this issue off ", The finance minister said.

"An issue will have different faces if you solve one and think that you are done with it, the rest of the faces will laugh at you in future", The king said with a slightly rude tone.

"Those men who live far from our kingdom had this thought about us, Why a Mayurian who lives in some corner of our kingdom may not have it in his mind. They got the opportunity and he waiting for it", the King said.

"I will serve for my people and provide a good governance till my last breath but after that who will care for you all and I don't want to leave you as an orphan after my death", The King  said with a tearful eyes.

"But, It is not easy as that to adopt a child as a Prince of Mayuria and you knew it too, my lord", Chief said.

"I will discuss with the law adviser and I will decide as soon as possible", the King replied.

Next day morning the King rushed  into the law adviser's hall.

An old man with a long white hair and bread was sat on his chair and reading an old papyrus with a magnifying glass.

He tried to stood up but the king made him sit.

"I hope you may know the reason, why I'm here now", the King said.

"Yes, your grace", the adviser said.

"What are the criteria to adopt a child as a Prince of Mayuria?" The king asked.

"We have to refer our constitution which was followed by our ancestors for a millennium", the adviser said.

And he stood up slowly and stepped few feet to reach a cupboard. He took an ancient book and return back to his chair.

He started to search for the procedure in the book with the help of his magnifying glass.

After referring  few pages he finally found the solution.

"There are three conditions to be followed before adopting a child as a legal heir for the Thorne and they are,

- the child must belongs to a royal bloodline of Mayuria.

- the child must be legally adopted in a public ceremony.

-Revealing the birth parents to the Prince is a crime and they will be sentenced to death", the adviser concluded and close the book.

The king left the hall and back to the throne room.

"I want a complete sorted list of all Mayurian officers who are going to be a father in few months", the King said to his personal assistant , Aryan.

"Yes, your grace", Aryan said.

Aryan called few soldiers and sent them to collect the information.
Soldiers were back the next day with a list.

But the list was quite large So he assigned them to sort the list on the basis of the power.

The King shouts at Aryan to bring the list immediately since he can't control his curiosity.

Soldiers gave the sorted list to Aryan.
He rushed into the throne hall. And submitted it to the majesty.

"Here is the sorted list Majesty", Aryan submitted by bowing his head.

"What was the count ?" The King asked.

"Four high-level officers, my lord", Aryan replied.

"Read those names one by one", King said.

"- Agastya, our naval commander

- Second is Andhaka, head of Calvary.

- the third one is Sagara, our food and farming minister.

-the Last one is..." Aryan paused for few seconds.
"Go ahead, Aryan", King said.

"Fourth one is Anirudha, Commander Chief of Mayuria"....

————END OF CHAPTER 3————

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