"Princess Alice, what if prince Ken sees this?"
"Whatever. I don't give a shit. Besides, we didn't do anything. I just wanted to see how you were doing," said princess Alice with a happy smile.
Soon afterward, jerry saw prince Ken walking from the back of princess Alice. He lost focus on what princess Alice was talking about. Prince Ken is closing in, while princess Alice is still unconscious.
"Prince Ken." Jerry salutes prince Ken with a smile back. Prince Ken quickly took his arm around princess Alice. However, princess Alice was the only one who was astonished at the presence of prince Ken.
Prince Ken smiled kindly. "Jerry, thank god you're awake. For some reason my fiance was so worried about you? Jerry just shut up with a bad feeling.
From a distance, prince Edwin along with ichiro and jirou saw the love triangle. "Very interesting," said prince Edwin.
After that, prince Edwin went with the two court messengers to the dungeon. The stifling atmosphere began to set in as they approached the room. The stone walls that look like goa add a imprisoned atmosphere if humans are not allowed out of there.
They arrived where grace and elan were incarcerated. Both men lay on the ground. Such a helpless person.
"Hey you guys! Arise!" shouted prince Edwin from outside. Grace and alen opened their eyes and crawled up to her.
"Prince, please feed us. We're fine here, as long as we can eat." Alen whined with a hoarse voice and trembled.
Grace nodded quickly. "Prince, please."
Prince Edwin even laughed out loud. Ichiro and jirou just quietly putting up no matter faces. That's what it was like when serving for prince Edwin.
Prince Edwin commands ichiro and jirou. Then, he just walked away from this dark place. Ichiro and jirou will immediately open the prison door. The two of them don't act like they don't care anymore. They still have conscience and sympathy.
"You guys all right?" ichiro asked as he touched grace's shoulder. Jirou approached the two of them with out two packs of bread he had accidentally hidden inside his armor. He gave the loaves to grace and elan.
Grace and alen ate the bread tucked in. With both hands tied, it doesn't make it hard for them to eat right away. Hunger for a few days left them without any energy at all.
Grace and alen's clothes look shabby. The clothes they were wearing when captured by prince Edwin. Scratches on their faces, hands, feet. Jirou was able to examine the back of his lecture with the whipping wounds.
"Actually, what did prince Edwin do to you?" asked jirou.
Alen and grace shake quickly. "We don't want to remember. The pain is all we can feel to this day," grace said.
"Thank you for giving us food," he said.
Jirou nodded. "I'm sorry we couldn't be of more help to you."
After that, ichiro invited jirou back to close the prison doors immediately. They must not be discovered. If that were to happen, their lives would all be over.
***
Jerry saw ichiro and jirou just coming out of the basement. He approached them both immediately.
"You just finished the job?" asked jerry when he got in front of them.
Ichiro and jirou are wondering what to say. They were both forbidden to tell this to jerry. But they didn't feel bad for jerry either.
"Why are you silent?" asked jerry astonished.
"No, jerry. We're just surprised you're awake. We were just about to go to the squad suite," elak jirou.
"Now that you're healthy, how about we go to the brew!" timpal ichiro. The three of them moved away.
Meanwhile, someone's been watching them for a while. That one is princess Alice. He's not wearing princess's clothes. Disguised as a palace guard's clothing, quietly entered the dungeon.
He kept his mouth shut while he was inside. Can't stand the air in there. "What's going on in here?" princess Alice. He was suspicious of prince Edwin and the court messengers here in secret.
Until finally, he obviously saw a human being inside there. "W-who are you?" he asked haltingly.
"A woman's voice?" grace asked alen. Alen confirmed grace's words.
Princess Alice had almost forgotten that she was undercover. "I'm princess Alice. Who are you guys? How did you end up in this prison?"
"Princess Alice, do you think you could help us?" grace asked, holding the iron door with her wistful face.
Princess Alice thought hard. He couldn't have given them both false hope. Because, in fact, he had no right to interfere in royal affairs. Especially about the people that are put in this dungeon.
"I'm sorry. I had to go undercover just to get here."
Alen and grace are back on the ground. Leaning against the cold stone wall. They both made their peace. There's nothing more they can do. Maybe it's only a matter of time before they both die in this bloody place.
"Jerry was right. It is not as beautiful as I imagined it would be," grace said breaking the silence. Scolding is just a resignation sigh.
Princess Alice frowned. "You know jerry?" Grace and scolding are just plain confused looking at princess Alice's curious face. "You guys jerry's friends?"
Alen looked at princess Alice. "She's our friend, princess Alice. But not anymore," he said with a visage.
"Jerry's traitor! He didn't even come here. After all, we had told the prince that we were friends with Jerry."
Princess Alice was unfamiliar with their statements. "What do you mean? Jerry wouldn't like that."
"How did princess Alice know? Like I knew him!"
"Alen, behave yourself! She's a princess."
"Before coming in here, I saw jerry out front. He asked the two royal messengers. Neither of them told jerry the truth," explains princess Alice. Grace and alen are pensive.
"But ... Prince Edwin says that jerry would not come here," he began to doubt.
"Prince Edwin is my older brother. I'm familiar with his true form. He easily deceives his enemies in war. What's more, just fooling strangers like you."
Grace and alen are starting to feel bad. They've got it all wrong with jerry. They now realize they've been deceived by prince Edwin's words.
"I'll help you quietly!" Daughter Alice said. Grace and Alen looked at each other.
To be continued....