Chapter 112 - She Has To Die

Roschart was looking down at Jane with a face that looked like it had forgotten to smile, meanwhile, Cecelia was overhearing this under the basement.

"What makes you so confident?" Roschart walked to Jane and crouched to her face, 

Jane glared at him and widened her smirk, 

"You'll know when you see him!" 

"Well if that's all you have to say then, I guess I could use you as a good piece to play the game, well then, I'll only take you." Roschart shrugged with a distant smile and pulled her up with her arm.

"Shouldn't you be a bit gentle with ladies?" 

Roschart chuckled and pulled her away in the forests and slowly she went out of Cecelia's reach.

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"I see, so she was taken by Roschart, damn it! If only we were here sooner!" Styrmir punched the floor, clenching his teeth.

"It's no use of regretting now, get hold of yourself, we need to get hold of ourselves and prepare a plan to rescue Jane as soon as possible." Zia wiped Cecelia's face, which was dirty after the whole day of confinement.

Cecelia was using echo speech, with a DSR ( disability support rendering)  orb, and got from Copperlin.

"Also I forgot to mention, Jane said before my connection was severed with her that they will not keep her in the same cage again, they will probably take her to the ground cell layer, below the Diesswrin mansion.

If they are true then please hurry up! That place is hell!" Cecelia's voice became restless, 

"Why?" Zia held her gently to stop her shaking body.

"In that place, Diesswrin take slaves for either to torture them or perform experiments! The nightmare of that place still haunts me! That plan is hell! please, you need to go there fast!" 

Cecelia's horror was screeching in Zia's mind, she became more and more restless and worried because no one told them about such a place before now.

"But how did the Roschart find out about us and our location? No one who hasn't been here once should be able to find this cottage, so how?" 

Bisca was sitting with her hand on her folded knees, she clenched her hand tightly with a bitter look.

"Yes! Roschart mentioned a girl who told them about us? Who is she?" Cecelia, 

"It was Melvi…" Zia uttered in a low voice as if she still had some doubts, 

"What?!" Bisca was stunned,

"Lies! Impossible! She would never do this! How can you-" 

"She attacked me from behind!" Zia yelled fuming in rage,

"When we were raiding the Diesswrin mansion, she was walking behind me, then I felt something on my back, I looked behind and saw my back riddled with exploding talismans. I was able to shake some off, but she did catch me off guard." 

Zia and Styrmir looked down as she spoke, Zia bit her lips, Cecelia's mouth was open like a fool.

"It can't be! She would… how? Why? What in the world is happening right now?" Cecelia hid her eyes with her hand, 

While Bisca just averted her gaze ignoring her, 

"Then doesn't that makes her our enemy-"

"No!" Styrmir shouted,

"I don't know what the reason was, I don't know what kind of girl Melvi is, but I know one thing, she was in pain! I saw in her eyes! She didn't cry, but she didn't want to do that either! 

But…

I don't know much about her, we barely spent a week together as a team, I never talked to her in class, most of the students avoided her because she was always timid and gloomy, she never talked much like keeping something in her heart, I always saw her alone.

Though once I do remember when I heard her talking to the class rep who sat to have lunch with her, I don't think that was out of pity or something but I do remember how the class rep was surprised when Melvi mentioned his name.

She was talking about Rise, she was telling her about the incident that may happen during the Kings game, the second part of the grand selection.

She told her how he saved her, fought alone with two guys for her sake, that was the time I saw her smiling for the first time!

And at that moment when that bastard told her to kill Rise, she didn't even raise her gaze to look upon him! Nor to us…

The only I felt at that moment was like she wanted him or someone to save her again-"

Styrmir tried to help Cecelia and her trust in her, but he got cut off by Zia with a loud roar, 

"She tried to kill us! No matter how you look she betrayed us! Because of her, our plan failed!

We almost died!

We don't know where Captain and Rise are!

Jane was taken away by that monster of the bastard!

All those children, women, men everyone who was looking at us with hope has lost a chance to be free again! 

Don't you get it! These three fucking days are enough for them to spill the blood of thousands!

What are you saying! Don't let your freaking act of hero blind you! 

She is our enemy now, whether you like it or not! You won't be able to do anything! The next time we see her, she is the one we have to kill first!" 

Zia shouted yanking Styrmir's collar, she was barely holding her tears back but her breaking voice was enough to tell she wasn't about this either.

"Zia! We should at least give her a chance to" Styrmir held her wrist warmly but Zia pushed him away.

"You know how many lives are at stake here? If you don't have the balls to face her like a man then there is no need for you to be on the mission anymore." Zia clenched her fist repeatedly and an awkward silence filled the room.

*Bzzz…Bzzz…* 

Something quivered from Styrmir's bag, it was a commute orb, Zia and Styrmir became hasty and Strymir pulled it out, they knew only who could use the commute orb was either Melvi or…

"Hello? Are you there?" It was Historia, her breaking voice came out from the orb, 

"Captain!" Zia and Styrmir was shouted together, 

"Aye! I am not deaf! Don't shout! By the way are you both fine? Where are you?"

"We are currently in Seloud back in the Jane cottage!" Styrmir replied while crying, 

"I am so happy, you are fine! I was so worried-"

"Hold it, pervert! Zia, are you there?" 

"Yes! Tell me are you alright, is Rise with you?" Zia took the orb from Styrmir's hand, who now sat in the corner gloomed and was consoled by Bisca.

"Yes, I am alright, and Rise is with me, but I am not fully recovered yet, also I tell me, does anything happen in the Jane cottage? Is everyone alright?" 

"No, Jane is taken away by Duke's son Roschart, and Bisca barely made it out alive from mana deficiency."

'That's why I didn't send you there in the first place.'  Historia sighed with concern in her mind.

"I see, then she told them about them also…" Historia's voice turned cold.

"Most likely, captain, tell us what should we do now? I-"

"What else, I am drafting the incident as Diesswrin infiltrating the Ovyrus premise with a spy, we will be able to get some backup and to then you both stay there, there is no need to act upon your own-"

"But Captain!" Styrmir shouted, 

"Styrmir I know about your feelings, everyone cherished Melvi, as our teammate but now this isn't just about the Pendant quest! This is a war situation with Diesswrin breaking into the Esnair kingdom.

Also according to the Assembly of Mages, he already broke several laws, but to get them to work on this case we need the permission of the Emperor of Seloud along with the Emperor of the kingdom,  we are helpless from there, you two stay there now things will get just messier! Meanwhile, me and Rise-"

"Wait! Don't misunderstand Melvi!" Cecelia's voice filled the room, 

"Cecelia, what happened?" Historia was pissed

now, 

"I know you are angry with Melvi, but I am sure she didn't do everything because she was loyal to the duke! Please don't-"

"Cecilia, aren't Melvi like your little sister? Aren't you scared because her life is in danger?" 

"Yes…"

"Then what about Zia, Styrmir,  Rise, and Jane? Aren't they someone dear to someone, ask Bisca how is she now? Jane's life is now dangerous because she gave out her location-"

"There must be a reason-"

"Whatever the reason was! Melvi betrayed her teammates, 

In the world of mage, when you are in the battle, your family at home is the second to the teammates you shed your blood with, 

And I won't forgive anyone! Whoever it was, 

Who raised their sword against my children, I am sorry but now Melvi death is crucial to this quest."