With Sid and Claire trying to fend off the ten guards, I knew it would be hard on them so I had no choice but to go the villain route in this case. Since this Princess served herself up on a silver platter to me, I can easily solve this situation by taking her hostage. Grabbing Emily's hand, I pulled her behind me as I ran over to Princess Feia. "You! What are you doing!? Let me go!"
"You brought this upon yourself. Tell your guards to back down now." I used a binding spell to capture the Princess. Once I did it was just a matter of pressing my sword to her neck to get her to do my bidding.
Of course, this meant needing to draw a little blood. "Stop!" Princess Feia felt a sting of pain and something warm trickle down her neck and quickly shouted out. You could see the hint of fear in her eyes. I did not like resorting to such means but I couldn't outright kill a bunch of royal guards and I sure as hell couldn't kill the Princess. But from what the shadow guard said, I can basically do anything as long as the Princess does not die. Luckily this worked because with her shout all ten guards stopped attacking.
"Sid, Claire, we will exit through the window. Claire, you take Emily." I yelled as I pulled the Princess to the window.
"You may leave but you must leave the Princess here." One of the guards shouted.
I looked at the guard who yelled and then at the guards who were edging closer to me and smiled at them. "I would suggest not going any further. Remember this was all caused by this Princess here. I promise not to kill her. But for now, we will be leaving first."
With those words said, I took the Princess with me and jumped out the window following after Sid and Claire. To be honest this whole event was rather exciting. I mean how many people can say that they had kidnapped a Princess? "Rei, if you keep this up you may end up in the royal prison."
"System, you heard the shadow guard, as long as the Princess is not dead anything else is fine. Plus isn't the shadow guard still following us?" I knew what the System was worried about but as long as the shadow guard was following us everything should be fine.
"Yes, he is still following us. Rei, when will you upgrade me?" The System suddenly asked out of nowhere.
"Why are you asking me such a question now!? What do I get from upgrading?" I remembered that the System did mention that system points could be used to upgrade it but I never did ask what it was all about.
"Mainly because you usually ignore me... You do get benefits for upgrading. After raising my level from 0 to 1, you will gain five attribute points that you can distribute however you like. You will also gain access to higher tier items from the shop." The system explained.
"I see... How much does it cost?" If it did not cost too much I did not mind. I mean it was not like I was actually using the system points for much anyway.
"It is only two thousand system points and the upgrade time takes thirty days. During that time all functions of the system will be offline except the save system." The system replied.
"So during that time you will be offline but if I die I can still restart at the save point I saved at?" I asked to affirm what I was hearing.
"That is correct Rei."
"We can do it tonight. But I want to save before I do. I do not want to lose my current life. I am happy at the Ronstines and being engaged with Able. I do not want to lose what I have." I had been meaning to save after settling in with the Ronstines. The more time I spend with Able and his family, the more I wish to be with them. I do not want to lose the warmth of the Ronstine family. It may be selfish, but I do not ever plan on giving it up.
"Let me go! I will tell my Royal Father on you!" Princess Feia was still running her mouth. Sadly I did not know any kind of silence spell so I could only drown out her constant yelling as we continued to run away.
The funny part was that even though we were getting strange looks from the passersby, not a single one of them tried to stop us. They all took a few steps back to let us pass right by. My guess is that this Princess did not have a good reputation in this city. but her constant yelling was giving me a headache. "Princess if you continue to yell, do not think that I will not lift your skirt, pull your panties down, and spank your ass in front of this crowd. A little humiliation should teach you to shut up right?"
"You!" Princess Feia turned bright red and only uttered one word of retort before going silent. It was already bad enough for her that she was slung over a young girl's shoulder being kidnapped in broad daylight under the watchful eyes of many and not a single person was stepping out to help her!
"Young Miss are we heading back to the estate?" Sid finally asked as we ran.
"Mhm… I am sure mom and dad would find this whole thing funny so let's give them a good laugh." I had a feeling that Ruth and Cedric would find this whole situation highly amusing. I was not going to hide my actions from them. I mean I was upholding the Ronstine name by doing this. Ruth had told me not to let anyone look down on the Ronstines even if they were members of the royal family. So kidnapping the royal family's Princess could be considered upholding the Ronstine name right? Maybe? Now that I think about it I am not too sure. All I know was I had no other choice or Sid and Claire may have gotten seriously hurt. I am sure Ruth and Cedric will not get mad at me for protecting my people.
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