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Here is the 97th chapter.

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Third POV

Ashwatthama wasn't very sure as to why Karn was suddenly calling for him to Anga. It wasn't much a long trip, so he agreed to visit.
As also he was bored, it was Karn who got married not him. The feast got over and the entertainment flew out of the window.

He just entered the palace, which was eerily silent. The servants and soldiers were still around but there was a strange silent all over the palace.

Where was his friend, Karn?

He heard someone was practicing, sword fighting. Who is it?
Being trained as a fighter his ears picked it up easily.

He turned to the direction and saw someone practicing using sword, that someone seemed like a lady.

Is it Bhabhi Ananya?

Ashwatthama moves closer to get a better look at the lady practicing in the garden. And he suddenly freezes.

It is her.

He didn't even know that she had learnt to wield a sword.

She suddenly turns in his direction, narrowing her eyes at him. Before it all stopped, she put her sword down and looked away from him.

"Pranipatra Raj Kumari Dushala"

"Pranipatra Ashwatthama- uh Maharaj." She corrects herself blushing.

"Mujhe Ashwatthama hi bulayi, Raj Kumari." (Call me Ashwatthama only, princess.) He tells her.

"Aap bhi Mujhe Dushala bula sakte Hain." (You can also call me Dushala.) She says shyly.

"Um- Karn kahan hai?" (Um- Where is Karn?) Ashwatthama asks.

"uh- um .... Woh ..."

"Kya Hua, kahan hai woh?" (What happened? Where is he?) He asks again confused as to why Dushala was acting that way.

"Bhabhi ke saath hai." (He is with sister- in- law.) She says softly, "Kamre Mein." (In the room.)

"Oh!" Ashwatthama exclaims. He didn't exactly expect that.

Such greatness of his friend, first he calls him and then keeps closed up in his room. Ashwatthama gets that he has just got married but seriously?

"Aaiye aapko karma dikha dun." (Come, I will take you to one of the rooms.) Dushala starts walking in a direction and Ashwatthama followed.

"Aap yahan kaise? Aapko toh Hastinapur Mein hona chahhiye na?" (How are you here? Shouldn't you be in Hastinapur?) He questions.

"Jyeshta aur Bhabhi se milna tha." (I wanted to meet elder brother and sister- in- law.) She answers, after a minute of silence.

"Main nahi jaanta tha ki aap talwar ka prayog jaanti Hain." (I didn't know that you know how to use a sword.) Ashwatthama says in the silence.

She blushes, "Aap Hume jaante kahan Hain?" (You don't know me at all.) she says ever so lightly. Taking some inspiration from her Bhabhi/ sister.

Normally nobody should have heard that but who said Ashwatthama was normal? He is anything but normal. Plus, the whole learning to fight things and sharpen your hearing, helped him in hearing it.

"Toh jaan lene dijiye, hume." (Then let me get to know you.) Ashwatthama says slowly so as to not surprise her. But he couldn't achieve much.

Her head snapped towards Ashwatthama in a whiplash. As she looks at him curiously and surprised both at the same time. It was a little humors for him. 

-- Time Skip –

"Akhir Maharaj ke pas hamare liye bhi vakt hai." (At last, your highness has time for me.) Ashwatthama says dramatically as Karn and Ananya walk in the room, side by side.
From the corner of his eye, he sees Dushala jump up from her place beside him.

They look un- impressed of the fact, that I said. I have to say, they looked quite in control of the situation. Ananya Bhabhi looks like a queen, not that she is not one but, I meant by the way she carries herself and all.

"Pranipatra Anna Bhabhi." (Greetings, sister- in- law Anna.) He greets. He had been calling her Anna since a while, now that she is his friends' wife, he just adds 'Bhabhi'.

"Pranipatra Ashwath." (Greetings Ashwath) She smiles at him.

"Wah Mujhe tana mar raha hai, aur usse 'Pranipatra'?" (Wow, you are mocking me and greet her?) Karn pouted.

"Bhai, tujhe pata hai na, ki woh meri behena aur Bhabhi dono hai. Mera bharta khana hai Kya tujhe?" (Bro, you do now that she is my sister as well as my sister- in- law. Do you want to have mashed Ashwatthama?) Ashwatthama asks as he throws a hand around his friend's shoulders.

Karn snorts, "Bharta? Chod de bhai teri Chutney se bhi buri halat Ho jayegi." (Mashed? Bro leave it you will be in nastier form than chutney.)

"Mujhe imli ki chutney bahut acchi lagti hai." (I quite like tamarind Chutney.) Ananya smirks suggestively. And Ashwatthama gulps.

"Mujhe lagta hai Nariyal ki chutney sahi rahega." (I think coconut chutney will be better.) Dushala says, her thinking face on.

Ashwatthama looks at her alarmed, Karn laughs and Ananya raises an eyebrow in amusement.

"Are chutney zyadaa zarrori hai, usse, Bhabhi." (Chutney is much more important than that, sister- in- law.) Dushala says.

And her brother and his wife chuckle while Ashwatthama looks between them in confusion, not getting what they were talking of.

"Aaja bhai, tujhse bat karni hai." (Come on bro, we need to have a little chit- chat.) Karn motions for Ashwatthama to follow him.

"Aap dono yahan baithe ke bat kijiye, hum ja rahein Hain, kam hai." (Why don't you both sit here and talk, we are leaving, we have work.) Ananya tells her husband.

Once they leave, Ashwatthama turns to his friend, "Kya Ho Gaya?" (What has happened?)

"Woh ....... Woh Dushala ki shaadi Ho rahi hai." (That ...... Actually, Dushala is about to get married.) Karn says after a minute.

Ashwatthama fell silent, he didn't know what to say. He felt numb on the inside, and frozen from the outside. He cursed himself internally.

Did you really think you had a chance?
She is a princess, and you are a brahmin turned king. Why would they think about you?
You are just a friend?
Why will they get their only princess married to you?

"Ashwath?"

"Ashwatthama!" Karn screeches.

"Uh- Maaf Karna. Kya hai?" (Uh- Pardon me, what is it?) Ashwatthama clears his throat.

"Toh?" (So?)

"Toh Kya?" (So what?) Ashwatthama asks confused.

"Tujhe mansoor hai?" (Do you agree with it?)

"Kya mansoor hai?" (Agree with what?) Ashwatthama frowns.

"Gadhe, tu sun raha tha ki main Kya bol raha tha?" (You, Ass, were you listening to what I was saying?)

"Umm- ...." Ashwatthama smiles sheepishly.

"Main tum sab ke saath Kyun rehta Hun." (Why do I stay with you guys?) Karn groans, "Waise main keh raha tha ki main chahhta Hun ki Dushala ki shaadi tumhare saath Ho." (By the way, I was saying, that I want that Dushala gets married to you.)

"hmm ...... KYA?" (Hmm, ...... What?) Ashwatthama exclaimed surprised.

"Kya, Kya?" (What, what?) Karn raises an eyebrow, "Ab tere se behtar ladka thodi milega Mujhe aapni behena ke liye." (Now I won't get a better guy than you for my sister, right?)

"Uska ...... Uska Kya kehna hai ...." (What does she have to say, with this?) Ashwatthama asks hesitantly.

"Woh khush hai is se." (She is happy out of this.) Karn says truthful.

"Mujhe bhi Khushi hogi." (I will also be happy.) Ashwatthama says slowly.
Karn's face breaks in to a big smile. 

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How was the update? 

Dushala knows sword fighting. 🤺 

The newly wed couple are being 'naughty'. I suppose 🤭 

Are the two flirting? 🧐 

Bharta and Chutney. I suppose, I was hungry while writing that. 😅 

Ashwatthama is in looooove. 💘 

The groom is ready, but is the family? 😬 

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Ananya POV 
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