The Butterfly Trap

The Side Story 14

Of course Penelope's words infuriated her even more, she came back down from her horse and quickly walked up to nearby Penelope, her aura completely like she was about to kill Penelope with a single slash, the girl gulped but she was still trying to get her commander back to consciousness.

" I have equipment we can use to go down this hill, and whatever happens we have to find Miss Sisi first Sir!"

" What do you mean you found the body? you want to join them all?" zurich growled while pointing his sword at Penelope's neck.

" Sir.." cried Claude.

" Brother, wake yourself up, acting impulsively like this will only make things worse!" Felix also tried to calm him down.

Zurich did not budge, his sword still pointed at Penelope's neck, his gaze sharp and cold which made Penelope's legs tremble and feel limp.

" Sir.." he said in a trembling voice.

" Let's see the marking on your hand, if it's still there, it means we still have a chance to save Miss Sisi"

Zurich glanced at his sword-grasping hand and then violently tore the uniform and on his bare skin it looked like the lotus flower was still clearly drawn, seeing that the color of his face changed again.

" Thank God!!" he said with a hopeful voice.

Penelope immediately headed for her horse and pulled out some rope and other equipment and gave it to Zurich.

" What does marking mean? so Miss Sisi is your wife, Brother?"

Felix was really surprised to hear that new information, during this time he thought that Zurich who was a little interested in the girl but saw the sign in her hand and her reaction when the possibility of the girl was still alive made Felix sympathize and participate down the cliff even though he has not received an answer from his cousin.

The gorge was quite steep, and many rocks were embedded in its walls so that they could easily descend to the bottom and at the bottom was a small river flowing into the sea, they went along the banks of the river but the figure of Sicily they did not find.

" Is this Miss Sisi Sir's footwear?" ask Salah saru from the subordinates who went with him.

Zurich quickly approached him and he took the foot that was just next to it, right it was the footwear in Sicily.

" Where did you find this?"

" There sir, near the big rock!"

Zurich moved towards the big rock he pointed at but there was nothing there, he was again disappointed.

" Brother, I found this!" said Felix while giving two objects that one shaped like a compass needle.

" This is an artifact that can make its users untraceable, this thing is extremely rare and as I recall only one person has it - the master of the Humingbird Guild!"

Zurich took a breath, now he understood why he could not find the girl quickly and why the girl was so confident as she ran away from her residence.

They had circled the area several times but the figure of Sicily was not found, Zurich began to despair.

" What if you go back to Capital to get Brother's purification? I will send my subordinates to search for Miss Sisi in all directions!"

" No, we have to find him immediately or Duke Helwise will send his next envoy?"

" What's the point of you finding Miss Sisi later if you're on the verge of this kind of boundary? Brother, let's believe that Miss Sicily will be fine, as long as we don't find her body or don't hear from her then that's good news, isn't it?"

Finally Zurich followed Felix's words and went to Capital with him, after getting purification Zurich immediately canceled his engagement with Castella which made everyone in Capital ask the reason for his actions.

Of course it drew angry criticism from the side of Duke Helwise and his followers, a cold war between the factions that supported Zurich and the faction that supported Duke Helwise ensued so that chaos could not be avoided.

But in the midst of the chaos a girl half-runningly entered the Dagaras residence, she angrily climbed the steps and asked the servant to escort her to Zurich's place, the maid ran out of sense due to the insistence of the girl, yet she had no time to contact Zurich, the girl blindly entered Zurich's room.

He furiously approached and hit Zurich's workbench, looking at her with anger and hatred, his face flushed red and a puddle of tears made his eyes teary.

" You said you'd protect her! you liar! you traitor!" he shouted furiously at Zurich's face.

Zurich was silent, his eyes were staring blankly at the girl, his face was sunken and thin, his handsome face was looking aged for several years, probably because of all the havoc he was facing.

" Why are you quiet? you should have given me an explanation!" the girl was still screaming and the times she clasped Zurich's collar.

" Miss Prophet, stop!!" claude shouted while adjusting her breathing.

He had just returned from the Taurus headquarters when he heard the rowdy voices of the servants and the moment he heard that the girl from the Marquis family barged in and shouted at the Grand Duke, saying, Claude could understand what was happening and immediately headed to where they were.

" You didn't just cheat on him, you even betrayed my brother!" he howled in a heartbreaking cry.

The girl loosened her grip and sat down in front of the desk, her face filled with tears and her sobs getting heartbreaking, the Prophet's heart was further broken when he heard that his adopted brother had fallen into the abyss and had not been found until now.

" We're trying to find Miss Sisi, so calm yourself down!" claude said to him.

Claude understood why the Prophet or his commander had become like that, Sicily was already an irreplaceable part of their lives and in the absence of news of the girl made the atmosphere of the Dagaras residence feel very gripping.

The Prophet unintentionally glanced towards Zurich's arm and with a panicked face he again drew closer towards Zurich and grabbed his hand.

" the sign.." - The screams were hysterical.

" Why isn't the mark in your hand?" he said in a soft tone.

Zurich reflex looked at his hand, his empty eyes were now wide open before he fell on the floor and warm water ran down his cheeks.

" It's impossible....!" whisper with a witty.

" This is not true! I'll never admit it!"

" Sir!!!"

Claude drew closer to Zurich, who stared at his hand in desperation and despair, water droplets soaking in the limp hands.

" Si can't die, can he?" isak the Prophet to Zurich.

He shook Zurich's hand violently while still asking for answers from the man who was just quietly glued to the floor.

" Sicily....!" hiss the man with a hoarse and soft voice.