Chương 266: Chapter 249. Captured Princess

Alice Mars's Point Of View... Blink... Blink. I'm awake... Cindy, she... stared at me... Then... I fell asleep? Lift! Restrained! I try to move... My arms and legs... They're stuck. I open my eyes as wide as I can to see where I am and what's holding me. A few torches are flickering. What? How did I get here? I'm tied to a table? Why? Where is this!?" Wendy! Ellie! Cindy!?" I look left and right and see that I'm not the only person bound to a table.

Wendy, Ellie and Cindy were all next to me, we were all placed 1 right after the other, it went, Wendy, Ellie, Cindy and myself. They were all to the left of me, to my right, was 1 other girl. She was someone I met a few times. It was Tana, Count Sark's daughter." Princess Alice?" A voice called to me from my left. It was Cindy." Cindy! What did you do to me!? Did you hurt Wendy or Ellie!?"" What!?" Cindy didn't seem to know what I was talking about." You looked at me and cast some kind of Spell on me!

Did you do the same to Wendy or Ellie!?"" Wait, I don't know what you're talking about! The only thing I remember was... I..."" What!?" I pushed her to speak, I couldn't take silence for an answer. She needs to answer for doing something like this, not just to me, but Wendy and Ellie as well." I... Was... Speaking to my Father... Then... Then..." She seemed lost, like she couldn't process what was happening, the confusion started to fill her grey eyes and eventually consumed her mind.

She wouldn't be able to answer any of my questions in her current state. I need to find a way out. Struggle! /Cling. / I tried to move my hands, but the bindings are made of metal. /CLING! / I can't break them either! I guess I need to break my thumb and slip out that way. It's a good thing that Ms. Garnet taught me it." Wha... Lady Cindy? Princess Alice? Why are you in my room? Wait? This isn't my room!? What is this!? Ellie! Ellie, wake up!" Oh no, Wendy woke up. She's freaking out." Wendy!"

I called to her, but she didn't hear me. She was too focused on trying to wake up Ellie. Eventually, she achieved her goal." Wendy? What are you doing in my bed? Get back in yours... Why can't I turn? What the hell!?" And now Ellie has woken up as well. It was almost like hearing a retelling of the story of Wendy waking in real time. Eventually, they started to look around and noticed that I wanted their attention." Wendy, Ellie. You both need to calm down for now.

I can slip out of these shackles and get us out of here, but we need to be calm to do it. I don't know how we ended up here, but drawing attention to ourselves isn't going to help right now."" Okay." Both of the girls seemed to agree with me. Now for the one I'm more worried about." Lady Cindy. Can you hear me now?" A blank expression in her eyes started to disappear as I called out to her." Princess... Alice..?"" Yes, it's me, I'm going to get us out of here, okay?"

She finally heard my voice and seemed to understand what I was saying. Okay now just to break my thumb so I can slip out of these shackles." Princess... Alice?" Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. A voice came from my right side this time." Tana, are you okay?"" Where are we?"" I don't know, do you remember anything before falling asleep?"" I... I went to my room after coming home. Mom and Dad said it was bedtime. I got in bed and the Maids left...

Then I heard a knock at my window... Then... There was... Red eyes?" Hmm. She seemed to have dealt with something similar to us." Do you remember who had those red eyes?"" Yes... It wa-" /BANG! /"!" A loud bang from a door being swung open snapped Tana out of her train of thought. A figure sporting those same red eyes we had no doubt all seen" Ah, I see you've all woken up. That's... saddening." The figure talked as they walked closer to us. That voice... It sounds familiar to me. His voice... Who was it?

An answer came from the right side of me." Uncle Franz! It was you!?" Even though Tana was young, her voice seemed to fill the room as she spoke with shock in her voice as the figure walked into the torch light. A pale, incredibly frail face with 2 deep, dark-red eyes stared at us with complete disregard as we laid on the table. While it was shocking that our host was the one who had us bound to these tables, the 2nd biggest shock was that he carried another girl in his arms.

It was a girl who's name I didn't know, I had saw her speaking to Marquess Drake during the party along with who I assumed was her brother." Big Sis Gasha! What are you doing, Uncle Franz!?"" What I must, it's all going to be okay, Little Tana." His eyes betrayed his words, I could tell that he definitely didn't plan on us being okay after this. If that was the case, why would he need to essentially kidnap not only myself, a literal Princess, but 2 Count Family Daughters as well..." Father, why?"

Lady Cindy's mind couldn't seem to keep up with what her eyes were showing her. Count Fracks moved over to an empty table next to Tana and proceeded to lock the girl, whose name was apparently "Gasha", to it. Once she was locked into place, the Count snapped his fingers and the room was illuminated via flames in the walls all around us. The flames glowed with a deep orange and red color. The colors reflected all around the room which allowed me to see our surroundings for the first time."

What have you been doing here, Old Man!?" Ellie was shocked by what she saw, dried blood all along the floor, bones and pieces of bodies floating in dark orange fluids in jars. A giant tree behind us that seemed to spread its roots all along the floor of the room... I could swear I could see the roots bulging and shrinking, but perhaps the light from the flames is playing tricks on my eyes? Regardless, I couldn't take it any longer. I needed an explanation. I call to our captor."

What madness are you engaging in, Baron Fracks!?" I nearly scream at the man as I find it hard to hold myself back. Somehow, I speak calmly, only raising my voice slightly while calling his name. This seemed to garner his attention. His eyes lock onto me, and he reveals a grin that reveals sharp jagged teeth in his wide mouth." What am I doing, you ask, Princess Alice? Simple, I'm meeting My Wife again tonight! I've tried for so long, but now I think I finally solved the puzzle that's vexed me for months!

I thought all this time that any blood would bring him to me, but he needs "Special" blood. Pure blood. For a while, I thought that it would do to bring him virgins and children, but yet, it didn't work? I wondered what it could be then? I tried blood high in Mana Concentration as well. You wouldn't believe how pricy Human slaves are, but that's beside the point, it still didn't work. I thought maybe it best to use a "Soul" perhaps, that didn't work either.

Now I'll aim to try a combo platter tonight, of things I've tried and things I haven't. Human blood, Pure blood, My Wife's blood, Royal blood and a double dose of blood that holds a special place in my own Soul. Which is why I've captured you all for tonight! Not only that, but the Solstice is here as well! Do you know the history of the Winter Solstice, Princess Alice? During the dark times, it was believed that the 2 Solstices that would happen, Summer and Winter.

They would lower the Barrier of Our World and the Gods! Today, I hope that those myths are true! Hahahaha!" He's.... Gone mad..." Father! No! Mother is gone! You have to let her go! You need to let us go! Please! I'll apologize with you! Stop before it's too late! Please, Father!" Lady Cindy had begun to cry as she begged her father to listen to reason. But his eyes seemed to say that we were the insane ones instead of him. He moved towards Cindy and began to speak in a stern tone to her." Now, now, Cindy.

Calm yourself, don't you want your Father and Mother to meet again? It's all going to be okay. If it works, I'll just have to find another group to sacrifice and then I'll bring you back. Once I find the right combination of course. It'll all be okay."" No... Father, no..." Cindy was crying even more now. Baron Fracks simply left her side and moved to the bottom of my table, it was because of the cloth that was covering a small table at the bottom of my feet.

He brought his hands to the cloth and removed it to reveal a blade... A dagger of some kind, the blade was small, but sharp. The handle was carved of something black. it looked similar to the roots of the tree that filled the room. Once he had raised the blade from the table, the other girls had seen the blade as well and began to scream in fear. He ignored them and walked to Wendy first." No! Stop! Leave her alone, You OLD BASTARD!"

Ellie began to scream at the top of her lungs, but Baron Fracks had begun to chant something in a language I had never heard before. Once he had finished his chanting, he raised the dagger. Ellie shouted one more time in desperation." LORD MATTHEW HELP!" /BOOM! / An explosion destroyed the door that Count Fracks had walked in from. The smoke that surrounded the door began to dissipate." Sarah! Go! Barrier!" /CLANG! / With a word, the dagger in the Count's hands flew out of them with great force." Ah!"

Baron Fracks reached for his hand as a flash of light that was aimed at him came closer and closer." No you don't!" Baron Fracks jumped away from the table as he screamed. The smoke that filled the room finally disappeared and the figure that was standing at Wendy's side took a quick look over all of us. Wendy sobbed as she said his name." Lord... Matthew..."" Yeah, that's right, I'm here now, Wendy, Ellie, Princess Alice. And don't worry, we're going to save you."

His eyes looked at us with concern, but he bottled that emotion up as he returned to a neutral expression. He turned from us, ready to fight to protect us. I could barely hear him as he spoke, Not because of the crying of the children as they had already decided that they were saved and were crying from happiness, but because of the pounding in my chest as I felt a warmth wash over me as I looked at his face and heard his voice...