Astaroth muttered "Now that I think about it..." "Prince... whose tits should I cut off?" he asked with a devilish smile. "The younger one or the older one?"
Evan was speechless. His pulse quickened as he saw Astaroth poking Rei with a small blade. Hiromi signaled "Me...". "No... Don't..." He managed to say. "Kill me... Not them..."
"Say what?! " He bellowed. He used the blade. Screech. A lump of meat fell down. Rei screamed "aaaaaaaaaaaaaa". Blood flowed out from Rei's chest like water from a fountain. She fell down like a puppet whose strings had been cut.
Evan looked at her. Tears flowed out. "You want to break me! So leave her alone!" Evan screamed.
Astaroth smiled. "This is not over yet..."
He signaled a guard to hold Hiromi. The guard forcefully held Hiromi from behind. That scumbag even tried to grope her.
"No... Let me go. Please." Hiromi cried as she realized what was in store for her. "Ple..." She couldn't finish her words as Astaroth squeezed out and cut her breast.
"Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Hiromi cried. Blood gushed out of her chest, even more than Rei.
He squeezed her breast in his hand.
He addressed the guard and said "Make them see the healer, ask her to give only emergency treatment, so that we can play with them more..."
He really was the worst of scum.
The guard picked up Rei and Hiromi and rushed off to see the medic. Another guard closed the door behind him.
"Now, Evan-chan, your indecisiveness and naivity lead to both of them getting injured. Do you take responsibility for your actions?" Astaroth asked.
"It's not my fault,
It's not my fault,
It's not my fault,
It's not my fault,
It's not my fault,
It's not my fault..." Evan screamed in his mind.
"But you're the one who didn't heed to Hiromi's signal. If you had listened to her, you could have saved saved Rei... It's your naivity that lead to both being injured. You are responsible for it." His heart countered.
"But there is no guarantee that he would have not harmed Rei." He desperately tried to reply.
"But there was a chance and you lost it, you could have saved her just like you could have saved Liza."
Liza, the name brought back many sweet, many bitter memories. But she was a unforgettable part of his life.
"You could have saved her Evan."
"No... It was impossible."
"Evan you're a failure. Your plan failed and now you have failed yet again. "
"I... failed..?"
Evan fell unconscious.
He was woken up by sound of water falling on him. He realized that he was still in the dark prison under the Castle of Elysidia.
He was greeted by streams of hot water flowing down his head. "aah" He blurted out. The water was really hot.
"I am cleanin' you." Astaroth replied as he somehow answered the question Evan wanted to ask.
"To prepare you for what's coming... Hehe" Astaroth muttered.
"Open your mouth. " Astaroth ordered. Evan remained still.
Astaroth brought a knife and cut both his cheek muscles. Evan's jaws fell open. Healing started but it was very slow maybe due to lack of food energy.
Astaroth forcefully fed him some food and water.
Then he waited till his jaw recovered.
He said "Now we are going to the next step..."
Evan thought he was now invincible to physical pain. He couldn't have been more wrong.
"I am going to cut you now. A thousand times. Carefully, so that you don't die."
Astaroth picked up a knife and started slashing.
For quite some time, cries could be heard from the Cell at the end of the corridor.
At last the cries died down and what came out was a short man with a bucket which contained... fingers...