Eshaan did not send the records to the palace that evening.
He also did not keep them in his chamber.
After the messenger left, he remained seated for several minutes, staring at the documents spread across the floor. Bhaskaracharya had already returned to his work, leaving Eshaan alone with the problem. The instruction from the Maharaja was simple enough, but it created another problem of its own. If Vindhyavarman wanted the originals, and the King had reason to believe someone else was searching for them, then leaving them in his room was foolish. Yet handing them to a palace messenger without knowing who had access to the royal archives was equally foolish.
Eshaan gathered the papers carefully.
