Chapter 111 - You Sure?

– Zia - PoV –

After Styrmir and Cecelia got out, I picked up her head and put it on my lap. Her body temperature was rising and her breath was getting heavier and heavier.

'Bisca, are you alright, get hold of yourself!' I was massaging her head, and then suddenly she grabbed my wrist, 

"Lady! Zia…" she has gently held my wrist and the atmosphere suddenly turned weird, 

'Bisca don't let it affect you!' I need to calm her down before the pill's real effect kicks in! 

Damn you hag! I told you to give me light ones! 

Suddenly Bisca jerked and pulled my hand now I was lying under her, 

'Bisca calm down! Listen to me!' I am sweating and struggling to get out of her grip but I guess pills have enhanced her strength too, then my eyes caught the look of Bisca's face, red face with drooling mouth she was glaring at me.

"You smell so good lady Zia, just like Harris, won't let me play with you for a while I swear it will end sooner!" 

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"No!" Zia's voice roared from the bottom floor with blazing pink light and strong mana erupted the whole cottage, Styrmir and Cecelia were shaking from the shock, Styrmir ran to the gap again and peeked from the hole.

"Zia! Bisca! Are you alright! What was that!" Styrmir looked around and saw Zia and Bisca lying close to each other, while Bisca passed out and Zia was huffing steam.

Styrmir's eyes got fixed on Zia, her body was drenched in sweat with her clothes stuck to her skin.

"Zia, are you okay? Should I come down and pick you up?" Styrmir tried his best to look cool, 

"Get your ass down here and take Bisca out, I will come up there by myself, think anything funny and I'll chop your sorry thing for you!" Zia pierced his soul with her stare disgusted by Styrmir.

"Yes ma'am" Styrmir with his head down in disappointment jumped down and picked up Bisca.

"She looks fine now and her mana is also stable! How did you do that? Was that because of the pills? You know you could get rich if you sell them in the market!"

Styrmir took a long glance at Bisca extra long to her chest, she tried to keep a serious face but couldn't.

"This is for the sake of people that this isn't in the market, now take her out, and your touch might infect her." Zia squinted at Styrmir as her scorn grew up for him in her eyes.

"Aight!" Styrmir walked below the hole and jumped out, he laid Bisca near where Cecelia was sitting and peeked at the hole, but this time secretly so Zia wouldn't notice him.

"Now, let me get my reward-" 

"Die you asshole!" Zia jumped out with a rising kick at the bottom of Styrmir's jaw.

"Am…am…fowwy" Styrmir got on his knees and started begging her, Zia sighed and moved her gaze to Bisca and Cecelia, she walked them with a glass of water and sprinkled it on Bisca's face.

In a moment Bisca yanked and woke up, yelling Jane's name.

Bisca was startled and confused about what was happening when she saw Zia and Styrmir sitting close to her and her eyes teared up.

"Lady Zia! Master Styrmir! Thank God you are fine and here! I was so scared! Thank God!" She hugged Zia tightly wailing on her shoulder, 

"It's okay! Everything is fine-

Well, not everything but, it will be so there is no need to cry!" Zia patted her back and comforted her with her gentle voice, 

"That's right! It's not the time to cry! Lady Jane! Where is she! I told her not to go alone! Where is she-" 

Bisca started panicking and trembling, but Zia grabbed her shoulder and yanked her,

"Bisca! Calm down!" 

"But lady Jane!" 

"Please tell us what happened so that we can help you!" Zia patted her head with a soft comforting voice.

"I don't know much, It all happened so fast! Yesterday we were resting inside the cottage when some noises from outside, Lady Jane peeked from the window and suddenly she came running to us and told us to go to the basement, she told us there was an orb kept by her brother, she told me to stay there and pour my mana in it for a while."

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At that time….

"What about you lady Jane?" Bisca held her shoulder and pulled her close, 

"Don't worry about me, I'll return to you, where would I go? Until then, please stay inside. I'll finish this as soon as possible!" 

Jane smiled and pulled Bisca to the basement door by her hand. Bisca hugged her again. She was scared and had a feeling that if something goes wrong again, she might lose her forever this time.

Jane wrapped her arms around her too with a wide smile, 

"Don't worry, this time I'll protect you!" She ran to the door and slowly picked up Cecelia.

'Lady Jane, what's going on?'  Cecelia in her back had the same feeling of fear and danger.

"What do you mean?" Jane faked a laugh to comfort her but hiding something from a dark elf isn't that easy, 

'Lady Jane, the mana aura outside, it's the same as him, the duke's son nothing is right here, he definitely came here for us or probably me, you can't face him alone! You and lady Bisca will die! Please leave me here and run away, don't worry he won't-' 

Cecelia was taking with her mind when Jane suddenly halted her footsteps she stopped taking too, she felt Jane getting depressed for some reason, 

Some races with particular skills could awaken an ability to see people's emotions by creating color dispersal according to their emotions.

After Cecelia's eyes were taken out she honed her ability to observe emotion colors and created another skill where she could feel their emotions and thoughts too, so when she was feeling her anxiety building up in her heart shortly changed into hope and courage with words she heard before…

'I see then, what do you want me to do?' Cecelia got her hopes back again and smiled with some anguish still wrenching her heart.

"Please, stay connected with me when I go out and face him, and when I tell you, get out of there with Bisca, please make sure you both make out safely, whatever happened to them I don't know, but I am sure I will find it out when I meet him," Jane spoke to Cecelia and took her to Bisca.

Both of them went inside and Bisca found the orb and started surging her mana in it, despite being a maid she was a Knight class 2nd grade mage, she was strong enough to survive on her own.

"Lady Jane! Please be safe!" Bisca yelled with tears filled in her eyes, 

"I will!" Jane closed the entrance and went outside, 

Cecelia was still in contact with her, and there she overheard.

"As that rodent girl said you were around here, but I am confused, how did you manage to hide so properly, I wasn't even able to sense a speck of your aura then how?" The Duke's son Roschart Diesswrin, stood in front of Jane with a curious look on his face.

He was dressed formally in a three-piece suit, his grey eyes were like a running fox, he pulled out the glove of his right hand and pointed his finger at Jane.

"Huh? Wasn't this just because you are stupid enough, that you didn't catch it."  Jane smirked at him,

Roschart went silent for a minute with his eyes wide open, and suddenly he burst into laughter. He was laughing hysterically with his hands on his belly.

"Oh my God! I never thought of this, you might be right!"

"If you had a good laugh, then tell me why are you here?-"

[ BANG! ]

A small ball of crystal priced Jane's chest and she fell on the ground, clasping the wound.

"Thanks for reminding me, you see I am here for you! She told me there is an elf and your maid here too, but according to the deal I can't hurt her, well tell me where is your maid and end this peacefully!" Roschart grinned at her.

"Deal? Girl? What are you talking about, I don't give about those! You want me right, then I propose you a deal, take me to the duke and I will tell you everything about the guy who raided your mansion." Jane was stumbling on her feet and blood was gushing out, reddening the ground below her.

"We already know about him enough and don't worry he is dead if you ask!" He smiled at Jane, she was started for a second then spoke, 

"Did you find his dead body?" Jane stared at him with a wide smile, 

"Do we need a dead body to confirm hi-" 

And Jane burst into a laugh louder than Roschart, he was dumbfounded and stared at her with his mouth shut, 

"He is going to come back, you idiot!"