The Butterfly Trap

The Part 51

I got up from my bed and immediately headed to Peter's place, my face adorned with smiles because I couldn't wait to tell Peter my plans, I'm pretty sure this time I can escape without having to concoct sleeping pills to everyone in this castle.

" Peteeer.." I shouted from the end of the stairs.

I ran over to the middle-aged man who was busy instructing some of the servants, he turned towards me and worriedly approached me.

" Don't run Miss, you'll fall!" he said with an anxious face.

" I'm not a child anymore!" I answered with gasps.

" What are you looking for me so early? it seems so important that you have to run like that".

" Of course it's very important" I replied with a chuckle.

" I'm tired of keeping quiet here, I want to go play to the underwater kingdom, so can you prepare the items I need?"

" Well, I'll ask Ana and Dunand to accompany you!"

" No" I answered quickly.

' Can fail my plan if they follow!' my thinking.

" I'm going to go alone, besides Sora is still in his hometown so I can visit him later.

" But Miss, what if the Grand Duke comes while you're traveling alone? danger!" he said with an anxious tone.

" Look down, the Grand Duke won't be coming anytime soon, even if he comes along just say that I don't want to see him because he didn't keep his word, and also don't look for me there until I decide to go back!"

" but..."

" Come Peter, I can't even go anywhere here, where is this remote area, only the Aquamarine region can be a place to get rid of this boredom, will ya?"

I close my arms and plead with Peter to grant my wish, Peter is the only obstacle in my plan, if he does not allow me then my hope is over.

The man looked into my eyes for a long time, then he took a breath while fixing his glasses, he seemed to think for a while but then he looked at me.

" Okay, but on one condition"

" Whatever it is!" I answered with a happy face.

" You must bring the crystal of communication with you, and you must always inform me every day".

" Once a week!" i negotiate.

He shook his head.

" Two times a week, I can't do more than that, Peter I'm not a prisoner, do you have no pity on me? your master locked me in here and he left me without news or news, just try if this were all happening to your son, wouldn't you be worried?"

I tried to find Peter's sympathy by calling his son, because according to the waiter there Peter was separated from his son because he was divorced from his wife, which is why talking about girls is his weakness.

" Okay, but remember, you have to take good care of yourself!" he said in the end.

" Look down, you see what's hanging around my neck? this is an artifact given by the Grand Duke, with this no one can hurt me".

" Morrow morning, just prepare some change clothes and gold coins, I will not bring a lot of stuff because I will buy all my needs later there".

" Alright, I will immediately prepare all your needs" he said then leave me alone.

***

At about four o'clock in the morning I was sneaking out of the castle, not forgetting I left a letter to Peter just in case he wanted to take my departure, the guard in the castle was not strict considering there was a strong barrier that enveloped him so that the guards did not need to be vigilant in case there were enemies attacking that made the action run smoothly.

I turned around several times, raising my vigilance, I deliberately wore a dark-colored robe in order to be able to fuse with the pitch of the night, actually I don't know how to use the thing given by Miranda but I have to be able to break through the barrier at any cost.

I stayed for ten minutes to think of how to open the barrier, I glanced between the barrier and the thing in my hand and then threw the thing towards the barrier, a small hole appeared in front of me.

" What is this? it turned out to be that easy to break through the barrier" he said I half-chuckled.

Without waiting for a long time, I immediately stepped across the bridge that has a length of about two kilometers, it is quite time consuming but it does not matter to me as long as I can leave this prison.

The color of dawn began to break, I accelerated my footsteps through the dark forest, not forgetting I concentrated my concentration so that if there were any beasts in sight I could dodge, the road does not look like a road that is often passed by people because of the many plants that have covered half the area.

" Let's relax Sisi, this forest is not as scary as the confinement in the castle there, you can definitely get to the edge later, you're halfway there, so don't give up!"

I kept talking to myself and strengthened my heart and determination, though my shoulders were goosebumps whenever voices were heard in the forest that were slowly starting to light up.

" Well, can't do this, I need to know which way to go!" I mumbled to look around me.

" Should I climb this big tree?"

I looked up, the tree was quite tunggi and the branches were also many so it might be able to make it easier for me to climb to the top.

" The problem is how to climb this big tree, here there are no stairs and I can climb trees too" I murmured again.

I crouched under the tree and looked up at the big tree in front of me, it was not so lush that I could see the color of the sky from the crevices of the leaves.

" If you don't try, how will you know Sisi's result?" I say it to myself again.

I stood up and tried to climb the tree, so much so that I could not even hug the tree, the first experiment failed but I kept trying for thirty minutes, because there was no end result, I continued my journey.

I made the sun that was only vaguely visible as my direction, three hours later I managed to get out of the dense forest after circling in an uncertain direction, I sat on the side of the road bordering the dense forest to unwind me.

Rough grains of sweat were falling on my temple, I let out a sigh of relief, at least I already had the direction I was about to go, not long after a carriage pulled by two donkeys and ridden by a middle-aged man, I immediately stood up and stopped the carriage.

" Will you give me a ride, sir?" ask the man.

He looked at me sharply, his face was sour and unfriendly, I gulped, a feeling of misgivings haunting me.

' What if this man is a subordinate of Zurich as well as the incident when I ran away first?' my thinking.

" I'm not hitching a ride, sir, I'll pay you!" I said with a frightened tone.

He glanced at me from top to bottom and I felt dejavu because this had happened to me before, his face was still sour and there was no sign he would give me a ride, I began to despair.