The Plan

Subsequently, stillness happened, each of them was dissecting probabilities that grounded from Kumara's probe about King Brutus' actions into each analytical process.

Chandra yearned for investigation as she could not consent to King Brutus' prolonged deed of secluding her father, imprisoning the right monarch from his people, the monarchy, and also the kingdom's alliances. "Tiger, could you send your men to sneak in Anatolia Island?" She sighed in a desperately triggered emotional tone.

Induction started to emerge from the Defenders and Saphire as they were concerned about the king's fortune. The throne should be returned to its heir.

"I'll go myself with some of my men!" The Tiger replied.

"No, you won't. It'll be too risky!" The Eagle intervened as he tried to anticipate if the operation didn't run smoothly.

"What's plan A?" Kumara asked for the details of the operation.

"We call the operation as 'Fox One' operation," The Tiger took his turn in explaining the operation.

"I am in!" Chandra inhaled.

The other persons in the room directed their heads to her.

"I can blend into the crowd. Nobody will pay attention to me, believe me. I can stay with one of my old friends, Baron. He's a best friend of Tristan. I can fully trust him!" Chandra explained. "Anyways, I need to sharpen my observation ability!" she acted to speak in a more convincing tone.

"Who is Tristan? A man that kissed you in the corridor?" Kumara asked. He seemed to be curious about exploring Chandra's previous connection.

The Mustache cleared his throat, "He was her first love and he died because of pneumonia!" he mumbled in answering Kumara's question and tried to not distract the temperamental princess' ears from The Tiger's explanation.

Kumara rubbed his chin and puckered his lips as he knew it. He turned his head to Chandra and The Tiger. "I'll go with her, Tiger. Bring us your two best men!"

Chandra lifted her eyebrows. She noticeably got annoyed and surprised by his statement.

"No complaints, my dear! I am your guard. Take it whether you don't like it!" Kumara winked one of his eyes.

"I think it's a good recommendation, Princess Chandra. I could safely allow you to go there with a prince of wars as your guard!" The Tiger smiled and released his tension as he trusted the guard system of Kumara on Chandra as the next successor of the kingdom during their trip to Anatolia Island Kingdom.

"Bring me a man who is good at reading a map and direction, tracing and tracking, Tiger. The other man, please, he should be the one who is smart and quick in getting and collecting information from the society, acquaintances, some public spots, and cultures!" Kumara added.

The Tiger leered and moved his head as a gesture of agreement and obedience. "Noted, the Great Commander!" he threw a joke as they were chuckling to melt the tension.

"I am sorry to announce, Gentlemen and Princess Chandra, my shop will be opened within an hour! It should run in the normal schedule as you know, we must avoid people becoming nosy about what happening in this shop!" Saphire clapped his hands to draw the attention of persons in his shop; The Defenders, Chandra and Kumara.

Ali had entered the shop and helped Saphire to arrange the chairs and the tables.

The Tiger rose from his seat. "We continue to discuss it somewhere else, Princess Chandra and Prince Kumara!"

The Mustache also got up from his resting position on a long sofa in the shop. "My place will welcome us in sincerity."

The Eagle folded the spanned map and took care of some notetaking into his leathered backpack.

Chandra rose. She greeted Ali that the teenage boy had captured her attention with his crafty appearance. "Be a good assistant for your uncle, Ali!" she tapped the boy's shoulder.

Saphire stopped preparing the utensils and smiled as he heard Chandra's compliment to his niece.

"Saphire, thank you for your warm welcome. The food and the drinks are fantastic!" Chandra entangled her arm to Saphire's as a gesture of brotherhood before leaving the shop.

Kumara threw some golden coins inside a leathered money buckle to Ali. "Keep it, Son!"

They walked along the small alley to get out from the center part of the kingdom.

Chandra stopped her walk at the time they were passing the kingdom's palace. She was standing still where she kept aware to keep distant space so nobody could be suspicious of her, and gazing at the soldiers who were in a shift guarding time and were doing a soldier choreography. She put down her hoodie and soaked her face to hide from people's sight. She continued to walk with her head was turning down and her two arms folded in front of her chest. She inhaled deeply as she caught the gloomy corridor that bridged the palace and the place of the royal family studying looked gloomier than it was before. Some rambling roses on the archway looked withered.

Kumara was walking behind her. His eyes were staring in the same direction as Chandra did.

The Defenders had walked ahead and made spread movement into the crowd. They walked as if nobody could draw any attention to them.

The Mustache's chateau was placed outside the center part of the Bhagavanta Kingdom. The chateau was painted in maroon and the gate was in the form of an archway with rambling plants on the top and both sides of the arch gate. The gate was hidden under some shady big trees and the chateau was covered with rambling roses. People would not notice the chateau since it was built in an isolated area.

An attendant hurriedly opened the gate as The Mustache rang its bell that was hanging behind the gate. The bell could be rung when someone's arm was stretched out through a small hole in the central part of the gate.

They were walking through the path that was structured from reef stones.

"Give the princess anything that she needs to rest and stay in this chateau!" The Mustache instructed a young maid to take Chandra into her room.

"Please, serve those gentlemen with our welcoming drinks, Anthony!" The Mustache asked another attendant.

Chandra entered the room that was designed so similar to her old bedroom inside the palace. She opened the wardrobe and made her nearly burst into her tears when she found her old favorite dresses and gowns were hung in order inside. 'The Mustache takes care of all my things when I am in my captive period of life.' She rubbed her eyes so that they were soaked with some tears running down her cheek. She put on her favorite dress with an earthy-toned color. 'It's still beautiful as it was!' she sighed as she caressed those rumpled boundaries along its right side to expose her legs whenever she was walking and wearing this gown.

As the maid left her alone inside the room, Chandra unknitted the laces on her blouse until it slid down to the ground. She untied her trouser and let it drop too. She was half naked. She examined her projection on the mirror in front of her standing at that time. She caressed her neck slowly and put down her fingers on her breast. She bit her lower lip as she strolled her fingers down to her stomach.

"I admire your chest, Chandra!" King Dragon whispered in her ear after making her desire more for his touch. "Not this time!" he caressed her chest, tickled her collar, and kissed her on that part. "You love jasmine and rose fragrance, my dear?" he again kissed slightly on Chandra's lips. A warm kiss instead of a passionate one…

Chandra put the gown out of the wardrobe. She tried to put it on. 'My gosh, I must be thinner than I used to be!' she inhaled. She looked at her projection in the mirror with that gown. She stroked her hair and let it down to touch her shoulders. Some strands of her hair were falling to cover her eye and cheek on one side. She sprayed her favorite perfume that was put on the dressing table. She also put on a pair of shoes that she used to wear with that gown.

The Defenders and Kumara were discussing and in a heated argument about how to execute the plan for the next few days' trip to the Anatolia Island Kingdom when Chandra walked into the room. She was walking gently with some soft thudding sounds from her shoes whenever she walked with. Her legs and right thigh of her was sneaking out from the gown's rumpled side whenever she walked.

The Eagle was the first man who captured her walking to the room. His eyes were staring at Chandra, and he seemed to be enchanted with what his eyes captured. "Princess Chandra…" he whispered amusingly.

The Eagle's whisper made The Mustache and The Tiger turned their head in the same direction as The Eagle did. The two men were stunned by Chandra's look that evening.

Kumara was examining the paper that was spanned in front of him at the time Chandra was approaching him.

The Mustache cleared his throat. Raising from his seat to welcome Chandra, "You look like a goddess, Princess Chandra!" he took Chandra's hand and kissed it respectfully.

Being aware of what The Defenders were distracted by, Kumara turned around. His eyes dilated as he found Chandra standing not far behind her. "Is it you, Chandra? I mean Princess Chandra?" he asked with an amused expression. "Wow!" he smirked as he couldn't believe what his eyes were capturing.

"Thank you for keeping and storing all my things, Mustache!" Chandra took a bow in front of The Mustache who was looking at her with an amusement utterance.