Ira took a stroll around the house while Chahna followed her. "Chahna I think I must speak with The Prince! I have something to say to him.""Then why don"t we have a talk now!" A cold voice came from behind Ira.
That cold and alluring voice caught Ira off-guard. Ira"s heart pounded rapidly, all the blood in her body rushed to her face. Ira couldn"t turn around to face him. Ira was worried how her face looked like. Just hearing his voice could make her go crazy.
Ira couldn"t understand the feeling that she felt this instant.
"I must calm down a bit! Why is my heart pounding?? What is happening to me? Ira, you stupid idiot! Calm down for G.o.d"s sake!!"
Ira slowly turned to face Shiv, "Yes! I have something to speak with you... But I am not sure whether you will believe me or not...." Ira said with a serious tone, her big beautiful eyes stared into his mysterious eyes. That is when Ira found, why she felt his eyes were different from normal!
His eyes.... his right eye is shaded with the color of sapphire blue, while his left eye is honey colored. Ira couldn"t explain exactly how she felt when she starred into his beautiful jewels. Ira was stunned.
Shiv noticed Ira"s stare and he immediately tried to hide his face from her. He turned to other direction ignoring her line of sight. Ira noticed his odd behaviour, "Why are you turning away? Like trying to not face me....."
Shiv did not answer her but instead he tried to change the topic, "You said, you have something to speak with me about.... Come with me! I will give you a tour around the village.... We can talk along the way!"
"Okay!" Ira noticed that he tried to change the topic just now. Anyways.... it looks like she earned herself a date! Ira followed him out of the house.
Ira didn"t have the time to explore the village yet. She haven"t finished exploring that house till now. So she planned on taking it slowly.
"Oh... Isn"t that our Prince! Prince... I will give you this radish for free." An old lady selling vegetables, offered Shiv.
"Someone is taking the lead here. I will offer this beautiful lady a deal! Another street vendor turned towards Ira.
"Beautiful lady? Me?? Are you talking to me??" Ira was confused for a second there.
Shiv let out a soft chuckle, "Of course, he was talking to you!"
Ira walked towards the old man. The old man continued, "Here is your deal! Pick whatever you like for free! I am giving this offer to you because you are so beautiful!"
"Then can I take this cabbage and some peas?"
"Of course anything for you!" He then took over a big piece of cabbage and some peas, "Didn"t you bring any basket My Lady?"
"Oh well.... we din"t come out with the thought of buying anything...." Ira scratched the back of her head.
"Here! Please use this basket!" Shiv brought a basket near by and gave it to the old man. He placed the vegetables in it and returned it to Ira.
"Oh... Thank you!" Ira"s beautiful smile struck everyone dead. When she smiled her cute dimples were clearly visible and of course she looked extra beautiful with them!
Shiv and Ira loitered around the market place for a while, by the time they both came out, both of their hands were filled with all sorts of fruits and vegetables.
Shiv turned to Ira and spoke, "They actually stuffed us with all sorts of things huh! This never happened before! Every time I took a stroll, the people would be so scared to even approach me..."
"Well.... Why would that be? I don"t find you scary at all! In fact, the you now, looks like a normal man! Why would they be scared of you?"
Shiv took a side peek at Ira, "I don"t look scary? Does she mean it? Ever since she came..... I feel relaxed.... I don"t know how to phrase this feeling... Just having her near me makes me feel content... make me feel complete..... I wonder what this feeling is called.... But I like this feeling!" He chuckled a bit.
"What happened? Why are you laughing?" Ira was confused.
"No no, its nothing..."
They reached the farming area of the village. Ira was surprised, "This village looked so small from there..... But I never would have noticed it to be this big...."
"That"s because.... after that incident the other day.... I and my men started going around and freeing some captives. We need accommodation for all those people..... so with everybody"s help we all started building this village inside the forest."
"The other day?? You mean that day when I freed a few people?? Anyways building a village as big as this within this dense forest..... Its a very good idea! The trees will act as a perfect camouflage. An hidden village so cool! Nice idea!" Ira nodded her head in understanding.
"But I remember Second General Dev, once mention that it has been a month or so since that incident... and The Prince and the others were out on a mission, as some people have identified this village or something....." Ira was still not sure how to address Shiv.
"You can call me Shiv and speak informally with me." Shiv said nonchalantly. Ira smiled at him and nodded in agreement.
Shiv continued, "Yes, it has roughly been a month since then and with the help of the people we were able to build this village. We were all working together day and night to make this village as it is now. But still as you can see we have only completed building homes, the other necessities are still in progress. The thing they are currently working on is well. Our people need to walk a few mile to fetch water. We do not have a proper source of water inside the village..... That"s why the well is under construction." Shiv explained in detail slowly.
"Oh.... I understand! Then is there any source of income for this village in whole? As of now its good, but if this village wants to survive in the long run then, we must have some contact with the outside villages too. But considering the situation as of now.... keeping a low profile is indeed a good idea! But after sometime we have to think of these things as well." Ira entered into her nerd mode.
Ira continued, "When the time is ripe we can start our trade with another low profile village to avoid any watchful eyes."
Shiv was surprised hearing Ira speak of such things. Ira noticed the surprised look on his face, "Why? What happened? Did I say something wrong??"
"No no, This is my first time having such conversations with a girl! You seem to know your stuffs." Shiv explained.
"Oh that"s right! This is the past! Here women are not given education.... But.... in my place... that is.... from the place that I come.... everybody can receive proper education. So I am educated and I know a little bit about this. Besides what I have said is nothing but a very basic knowledge that anybody knows....."
Shiv was speechless.....
Ira looked at the people working in the farms and some kids were playing around happily. This whole village was filled with a warm vibe and Ira liked it so much.