The Butterfly Trap

The Part 57

" What about Madam Miranda?" I asked curiously while rubbing the remains of tears on my cheeks.

" I don't know if I should say this or not but I think you should know Si"

I waited for her to continue her sentence but the girl just lowered her head deeply, she gulped her saliva then she crouched down in front of me while grasping both my hands.

" Listen Si, when you were captured by the Virgo faction, I went to the Humingbird Guild to tell Madam about what happened to you, but when I got there.............................the guild was.at the seal by the palace knight and based on the description of one of the members I had met, he said....Madam's whereabouts are unknown, she says she last saw him he was in a coma in Oleander state, but when he returned there he found no trace of her".

I drooped softly to hear the Prophet's words, I was silent for a while before then laughing with a slash.

" Pff... wow, my life was like a storm huh, never calm down, now is there anything worse than this? what exactly is wrong with me?"

I looked towards the Prophet who was looking away at the window, his eyes glazed over but he tried as calmly as possible so that I would not see him shaken.

" I've also lost contact with my father for several months, which is why I took a leave of absence from the faction, because I had to be the head of the family for a while, I also wondered Si, what exactly is going on?"

" Uncle too? did they know my identity before? did they also catch Miranda and uncle?"

The Prophet had not yet answered me the door of the room was knocked from the outside and the butler came in with a pale face.

" What's going on?" ask Prophet.

" The royal knights here Miss, they are asking us to immediately hand over Miss Sicily, I ask lord Garfield to serve you they are while I am here!" answer with breath.

" Fuck!" prophet's Word.

" You have to go out through Si's secret room, I'll try to buy time, you know where, right?"

I'm nodding.

" And this, the anesthetic powder and some throwing knives, I prepared this just in case you needed it!"

I hugged the Prophet for a while, then walked towards the door beside his room which was the link to the next room where the secret door was located.

" Side, call me if you're in a safe place!" she said before disappearing at the entrance of her room.

I quickly stepped into the secret room and picked up a torch to help me through the dark tunnel, I did not expect that they would find me so soon and in my heart I wished that they would not involve the Prophet.

The hallway was dark and damp but wide enough to pass through and the ceiling was also high enough that I had no trouble breathing there, I first entered this hall when the marquis took me to his residence, he hid my existence from everyone except the Prophet and the butler.

Miranda also used the secret passageway to pay a visit to Marquis Rafael's residence because the existence of the Humingbird Guild was very famous among the nobles so she did not want the nobility to suspect that she had a special relationship with Rafael's residence.

the passage was quite long and the exit was near a hill not far from the family residence that was burning first, I was still walking carefully, though, afraid that there are animals living there and also the closer I get to the exit and the more the floor I throw.

" I'd better head for the portal that's near Oliga Bay, I don't know where it's going to take me but it's definitely better than being here"

I looked at the view of the harbor at the end where I was standing, to reach Oliga Bay I had to take a boat first, I thought for a moment and then stepped back down the hill.

" Maybe if I follow this seafront I can get to Oliga Bay for a few days without having to get on a boat!" muttered.

I continued on my way, along the way there were no signs of pursuers following and I could breathe with relief, I spent a few days on the road and the supplies I was carrying had also begun to thin out, I can feel my body getting lighter as time goes on.

I entered the last village bordering Oliga Bay, I rested there overnight and planned to continue my journey in the morning but as I exited the inn some knights recognized me, I ran away from them.

" Stop!" they shouted, chasing quickly.

I kept running into the forest I passed through yesterday even though I didn't know my direction and purpose, I paused for a moment to take a breath before running away again, I looked back and saw the knights getting closer.

' If this continues, I will be caught soon' I thought.

I turned my gaze in all directions then chose to enter into the extremely dense forest in the hope that they would not find me, after ten minutes of running I reached the edge of the forest but there was only a very steep cliff, even I could not see the bottom of the cliff because it was covered in fog.

" You've been cornered, you'd better turn yourself in!" said one of the pursuers who was behind me.

I stepped back, my heels almost touching the edge of the cliff, I slowly reached into my pocket.

" You can't escape anymore, you better come with us or we'll kill you here!"

" Why do you want to catch people like me? whereas I have never committed a crime as long as I am in this country, isn't this unfair?"

I tried to distract them then stepped forward for a while before throwing the anesthetic powder at them, they all fainted on the spot, I massaged my chest and tried to shake the body of one of them but they still did not move.

" Good, I must quickly leave this place!" I got up and was about to continue on my way but I stopped my steps.

In front of me appeared again five knights, I gulped and stepped back a few steps, not long after the leader appeared riding a gallant white horse, he stopped his horse right in front of me, he stopped his horse, then he came down and walked closer to me.

" STOP!" I shouted at him.

He stopped his steps and looked at me with a look I couldn't understand, I gulped my saliva a few times, I had eyes on my eyelids but I refused to cry.

" Are you here to arrest me?"

He did not answer, his eyes still looked straight into my eyes, I saw the man's response chuckle.

" Pffff..it looks like that!" say again.