Chapter - 47 Unexpected guest

The bands of people who had left returned slowly. Tanisi's act of bravery was spreading amongst them like wildfire. Padma was angry at things taking a turn like this.

Bhavabhooti's band came in at last. She found him and told of what she had heard of. Bhavabhooti was shocked. Unable to accept that a woman could do this, he came out with another explanation. He told Padma this must be a decoy to gain respect of people here. How can a woman like her can kill so many men. Having trained in warfare less than an year it was impossible for her to be so good. Since none knew of the exclusive training she had got from the Emperor and having never seen her fight before, slowly this news gained momentum.

Those who were jealous of Tanisi wilfully ignored the fact that Naksha who was a trained warrior herself was witness to all this. They instead chose to believe this new explanation where Tanisi was to be blamed not celebrated. Tanisi was unaffected by the praise or the brickbats