Chapter 342 - Asking Favors

Adeline was talking with Bennett when one of the guards came rushing to the Princess and informed her, "Your Highness, the Mystic Coven is waiting outside."

Adeline nodded her head and said, "I will be right there." She then turned to look at Bennett and concluded her talk with him, "So, you got why I couldn't tell you about today's ambush before, right? The fewer people knew about it, the better it was for our covert mission."

"Yes, Your Highness, I totally understand your standpoint," Bennett smiled after getting the answers about how Edwin had helped in capturing his mother and how only a handful of people carried out the ambush plan.

Adeline sighed and spoke in a low voice, "There are still a lot of things that are going to need our immediate attention. I was waiting for Lillian to be imprisoned. After this whole mess is over, I will clarify the things about the war as well, to a handful of people, including you. I am going to need everyone's insights."

"I will be more than happy to assist you, Your Highness," Bennett was overjoyed to know that this time, he would be included in the list of the handful of people. He was happy to know that the Princess valued him.

Adeline took a quick glance towards the throne and said, "Okay, I think I already know what punishment Lillian will get. So, I have to prepare for it." She then ordered Bennett, "If anyone asks about my whereabouts then tell them that I will be in the dungeon and will return shortly."

"Of course, Your Highness," Bennett bowed his head to the Princess as she walked away.

The witches of the Mystic Coven were all standing beside the gate of the Court. When Adeline saw them, she greeted them all again and asked them, "Please, follow me."

All of the witches then walked behind the Princess as the maids, guards, and servants were looking at the parade of the majestic-looking women going somewhere.

Adeline led them all towards the back gate of the Palace and then towards the dungeon that lay in the depths of the forest. When she was sure that no one would hear them talking, she asked the witches, "Will Theodore also be there in the dungeon?"

Tabitha replied to the Princess, "No, I think he returned back to his cave."

Adeline turned her head to look at Tabitha and asked, "But don't you all need to draw power from him for creating the barrier?"

Tabitha gave a soft smile and cleared Adeline's confusion, "During the battle, it was faster for us to draw power from him. But we are not in a hurry right now. So we will use the natural source of power."

Adeline nodded her head even though their concept of drawing power from others was quite confusing to her.

A beautiful red bird caught Adeline's attention as it flew past her. Suddenly, it reminded her of the bloody red eyes of the vampires. She furrowed her brows as she felt like she saw a pair of red eyes in the crowd earlier.

She tried to recall if she had actually seen them or she was just being paranoid. In the end, she concluded that she was just being paranoid because the thought of the upcoming war was taking up a larger portion of her consciousness lately.

"On that note, I had to ask something to Tabitha," Adeline thought to herself and put forward her query, "High Priestess, I wanted to know if it is possible to concoct some kind of potion that allows us humans to see in the dark. Is… that possible?"

"W-we can use lanterns to see in the dark." Tabitha was confused as Adeline had asked that question out of the context. So, she politely tried to remind the Princess of the miracle called fire.

Adeline bit her lower lips so that she wouldn't end up laughing. This was no time to be laughing, especially when she was with the witches.

So she took in a deep breath and rephrased her question again, "No, I was thinking about training the soldiers to fight in the dark. And rather than just relying on their hearing, I thought that it would be easier for them if they could also see in the dark… especially if they were to face really fast yet stealth enemies."

"Ah!" Tabitha went silent for a few seconds and then she replied to the Princess, "We have not tried to develop such potion and neither have we heard about such kind of potions. If you are really in need of it then," she glanced at the other witches and said, "then maybe we can try."

"That would be lovely," Adeline smiled at the High Priestess.

After a short pause, she asked another question to Tabitha, "High Priestess, have you heard about the creatures called vampires."

Agnes glanced at the Princess as if she just helped her to realize something.

Tabitha, on the other hand, looked reluctant to answer but she replied anyway, "I have indeed heard about them. My grandfather used to share some bizarre stories about his encounter with the vampires in some foreign Kingdom." She chuckled and added, "But I don't know how much of it was true."

Agnes abruptly jumped into the conversation and then asked Adeline, "The war… it has already knocked on the door, hasn't it? And it is going to happen against the… vampires?"

"Yes," Adeline sighed and nodded her head.

From the way Agnes was speaking, Tabitha deduced that she had seen something in her vision. So she asked, "You saw something particular in your vision?"

Agnes clasped her hands together. And she spoke as her face turned all gloomy, "I saw that people were using their fangs and claws in the battle rather than the swords and arrows. Now it makes sense."

The already gloomy face of the witches and the Princess turned even sadder.

As Adeline was already asking a favor, she hastily threw in another one as well, "I have learned some ways that can be used to kill the vampires. However, they are a bit impractical for humans, especially if the battle is to happen at night. So, if there is anything that you can do to aid our soldiers then it would be of great help in the war."

Tabitha finally understood what they needed to do. So she reassured the Princess, "We will start to research on the vampires and find some ways to help out the soldiers."

"I am really grateful to all of you. I don't know what I would do without all of you," Adeline was really glad that they didn't deny helping her after what happened earlier today.

They reached in front of the entrance of the dungeon. One of the guards bowed to the Princess and walked ahead of all of them while holding a lantern to show them the way.

Tabitha then politely said to Adeline as she climbed down the steps of the dungeon, "We have already considered Wyverndale as our home. So it is our duty to protect it from the harm's way, be it from within the Kingdom or from outside the Kingdom."

"And I am really glad that all of you think that way." Adeline's voice resounded throughout the dungeon as they kept on walking deeper inside, "If there is any kind of resources that the coven needs, then please, you may send a letter to me without any hesitation."

"I will definitely remember to do that," the High Priestess whispered to the Princess.

The guard finally stopped at the end of the dungeon and showed a cell to the Princess and the others. "I have emptied this cell as you had asked me, Your Highness."

Adeline turned to look at Tabitha and then said, "I chose this cell because this stands alone from the others. That way, Lillian won't be able to have any kind of interaction with other prisoners.. She will be completely isolated from the world."