
"Call me Sifer," the Lantern-bearer did not mind Lincoln following him. They are now resting. Sifer put his lantern and spread out a sheet.
"Is this an underground map of Marianna City?" Lincoln watched it. The map was unlike any familiar city map. So he concluded so by looking at the complicated lines.
Sifer nodded. He deliberately opened the map to show it to Lincoln. They are on the same side despite having different shades.
"You need to get out of town, right?" Sifer's planning something in his mind. It just so happened that the dungeon was close to the exit that the Secret Supervisory Hall agent was looking for. Sifer pointed to one of the places on the map, "This is the fastest way out of the city. If you want to pass through, you have to face the guards who are in the dungeon."
"You want me to take them out?" guess Lincoln who was then answered with a nod by Sifer.
"Not only that. After coming out, you should immediately head to the king's entourage and report the situation," Sifer took out something from his pouch. It was a tube as big as a fist. "Give this to the king. He'll know what to do."
"What about you?" Lincoln took the canister and kept it in the safest place. Sifer who was folding the map turned his head, "I must save the hostages. So, I'm giving you some outside business. Let's go."
Lincoln nodded. They walk back. Sifer stopped his steps once he felt he was close to his destination. He made sure Lincoln was still following him and then turned off the lantern. Darkness soon enveloped once the light had dissipated. In such conditions, Lincoln's eyes quickly adapted and were able to re-see. Unlike Sifer who immediately turned on his infrared device.
They keep going down the culverts. Once they climbed the stairs and saw a luminous hallway. There's a torchlight there. There was also laughter and hiccups of drunk people there.
"Geeh! It's boring," grumbled a hoarse-sounding man. "What are we doing to keep this place. It's no use!"
"True, people are playing up there," another exclaimed. There was a hiccup on the sidelines of his sentence, "We should instead be on guard in this fucking place."
"Nothing's going to happen here" the others chimed in. His hand pointed upwards, "I'm tired. I also want to play like those bastards."
Lincoln gritted his teeth. He was very angry because he knew the meaning of the word 'play' for them. He immediately drew out his two short swords. Beside him, Sifer clamped a few knives in the gap of his fingers. Both nod. Their plans were formed without words.
Sifer is the first to attack. Two of the three knives he threw hit the row guards. One missed and stuck in a glass that was being used by a guard. Although not injured, he still bounced from his seat.
No one else had time to react, Lincoln had already lunged first. He slashed every remaining row guard. There was hardly any sound in their assault. However, there was a squeaky guard who happened to have just returned from above.
The squeaky guard immediately fell down with trembling legs. His high survival instinct immediately told him to leave. He turned around and left the tray he was carrying from above. Just before his feet climbed the stairs, his body again fell down with blood running down his stomach.
"The way out is near" said Sifer, pulling his knives from the bodies of the pirates. Lincoln pulled out his sword. The blood that was stuck there instantly slammed onto the ground.
"Be careful! Don't get caught again" Sifer said. From here, he will take a different path to Lincoln. Lincoln grunting. He wanted to say that he was never caught. Just get caught. Well, it's not too different.
"I must have survived. Wait for our help" Lincoln quickly left. Both of his short swords were getting tighter and tighter clasped in the hand. When Lincoln perfectly disappears from view, Sifer keeps his knives. He then pulled out a shotgun from under his cloak.
"The first hostage was freed" he told himself, "It is a shame that the mission to negotiate with the madman failed. This time, I have to find a replacement to lead the army."
Sifer continued his journey. He shot every pirate he encountered. That day, the underground prison hallway was bathed in blood and corpses. The smell of rancid so that anyone can vomit instantly. Worse still, most of the bodies were lying without heads. Their heads were smashed everywhere.
......***......
"Why can't it?" Alice continued to urge that her lady-in-waiting would share information. He showed his regretful face as he was still considered a child.
"You are a child, Miss," replied Anna. He patted his daughter's head gently. Alice puffed both of her cheeks. She is far from the impression of the Winter Princess if she is with those closest to her.
"I can handle it. Don't underestimate me" Alice continued to urge. Anna was not affected by the insistence. She laughed at Alice's adorable annoyed face.
"With the shares owned by Pearl Palace at this time, you should already have the right to access information from the guild," Anna also explained after being repeatedly charged to explain the reason, "Will but, she said, that access is still not usable as long as the Guardian of the Pearl Palace has not given permission."
"grandmother?" Alice had just remembered that her quite powerful palace had a guardian next to its ruler who was still this brat. Anna nodded attentively, "Right. You must get permission from the queen mother first to strengthen the power in the Pearl Palace. Including accessing the deepest information of the Saville Trade Union."
"I haven't visited grandma in a long time" Alice muttered involuntarily forgetting her frustration just now. If you think about it, his relationship with the Queen mother is not too close. The queen mother was also a cold figure like her. You could say, the cold nature was decreased from the grandmother.
"I wanted to meet her, so" Alice laid herself down on the bed, "At any rate, the work that came wasn't as much as I thought."
Anna smiled. Of course it is. That work will now be more overcome by the amtenar. The queen rebuked them not long ago. So, Alice will only receive short reports. In addition, Her Majesty recommended Alice to learn and understand the condition of the people in the field.
"Can I take my friends to the west?" Alice thought of making a visit immediately. He sat down with excitement after coming up with the idea. Both of his hands hugged a soft pillow.
"Scholar girls can get permission easily from the academy," Anna replied giving the green light of approval, "Bachelor Florence will take care of it immediately if you wish. After all, this could be a lesson for them."
"Then, it's decided," Alice got off her bed and walked out while still hugging the pillow, "I'm going to the territory of the Van Ryvat Family and ask for the approval of the grandmother."
Anna breathed in understanding. It was nice to see the little princess acting like a girl her age. Only in this inner palace could he behave like that without worrying about taking off his face mask. Thank goodness he had the right friends around him.
"Sister Mary," Alice knocked on Rosemary's bedroom door with her middle finger. So, there was no sound of knocking too loud there, but it was enough to call the owner of the room.
"Alice, what's wrong?" Rosemary came out from behind the door. The long-haired brunette girl was slightly taller than Antonio. Alice looked small in front of him. He had to look up when he looked at her.
"I want to talk to you about something" replied Alice, who was welcomed by Rosemary. The head of the scholarly girl invited Alice to enter her room. Cheerfully, the little princess told me her idea.
"So, do you guys have anything that can't be left behind in the academy?" alice asked to confirm the one thing that was still lodged in her mind. Although he wanted to invite his friends, he did not want to interfere with their study process.
Rosemary closed her eyes. The task of OSIS is directly reflected in his mind. Right, there was only that sheet of paper he remembered. He has understood the material this semester thoroughly. There are no academic problems. A sweet grin was on his face when he imagined the tired face of Swan the head of OSIS.
"Just calm down, accompanying you is our main task," Rosemary finally replied happily, "There is no important task in the academy. You don't have to worry."
Alice returned Rosemary's smile with a wry smile. He saw his grin earlier. So, he could second-guess the intent behind it.
"Chairman Swan, you're really poor with occupying that position," so Alice's mind at the thought.