"Master, what do you want me to do with her?" The Ice Demon's feet were imbedded in Kyra's abdomen, twisting in her gut, making her squirm and groan in agony.
But the strength of the Ice Demon is superior to her. She flailed and tried to push the foot away. And yet, Kyra soon realized the pierced wound was as fatal as the ugly cut on her shoulders. A destructive frost spread over her abdomen wound, making her diaphram freeze. She had a hard time breathing air into her lungs.
"Should I kill her immediately or torture her slowly?" The Ice Demon was not satisfied with stomping on her wound. He raised his foot and stepped on Kyra's right cheek, pressing her whole face on the cold, dirty ground, staining the snowy soft skin of her face.
"Crystal seal." The Master's otherworldly, crisp voice is colder than the frost spreading on Kyra's wounds. She looked over at the long haired man. However, her vision can only get past his neck before the Ice Demon forced her eyes to stick to the ground.
"Right, Master." The Ice Demon removed his sole and crouched down to grab a mouthful of Kyra's hair.
"Tell me, fairy, where did your foolish father hide the Crystal Seal?"
The side of Kyra's gum has the iron taste of blood. She chewed on it, then spit it out into the Ice Demon's face. The saliva laced with blood stick to the Ice Demon's eyes. This infuriates him more.
He could not control his strength and smacked Kyra right on her cheek. Kyra collapsed to the ground with a loud thud. Her cheeks were bruised purple, and more blood formed on her mouth, dripping to the side of her lips.
"I'm going to ask again, where is the Crystal seal? "
Kyra naturally has no idea where. The Crystal Seal is a lifelong treasure of her father's. He won't let anyone – not even his most trusted servants – see it, nor let them know where he hid it. So how can Kyra know?
Kyra resolutely decided to shut her mouth. However, doing so will incur the Ice Demon's wrath and force him to torture her more. Kyra can't risk any more deadly injuries. Especially when she was trying to heal her injury on her own.
The lotus vines are struggling to heal her frost covered wounds. She figured it would need some time. She glared at the Ice Demon. No. She must buy time. Until she healed, until someone came to her aid.
"I… don't know."
The Ice Demon punched her right in the pierced abdomen, making her groan in pain even more. The trembling and quaking of her voice made it obvious how much pain she was going through.
This pain is different from her father's. At least her father inflicted physical pain only. But the wound caused by the Ice Demon, is imbedded with his mana, making it thrice more lethal.
"It's useless to ask me…" She managed to say through gritted teeth.
"You think I'm a fool?!" The Ice Demon grabbed on to her hair once again and pulled her face closer to his.
The pale man with dragon igsinia is in complete contrast to his Ice Demon. He looks stupider with the dragon headband.
"You said it before…. Coming to me and interrogating me is useless… I know nothing. "
She was talking about the previous first meeting at the High Court. The Ice Demon already knows about the flimsy relationship between this Fairy Princess and that Fairy King.
Interrogating her about the Crystal Seal is pointless.
Both the long haired man and the Ice Demon know it.
"But if we use you to bargain with the Fairy King, we can surely rip off what we came to do here, right?" The sinister smile is back again. Kyra can only let out a small dry laugh.
"I am expendable. He will never exchange me for the priceless Crystal Seal." Kyra paused to catch her breath.
"You are foolish if you assume you can do so."
At the back of the Ice Demon's mind, he knew this fact. But knowing and slapping the truth in his face is somewhat humiliating. It's like this little squirming fairy is telling him, 'How stupid can you get?'
He smacked her again. But this time, on the other cheek, making her face purple, bruised, and swollen
The Ice Demon opened his mouth, but the long haired man stepped forward. The Ice Demon retreated to make way for his master.
"Do you really think so?" The long haired man had the zither in his hand, the other reaching out to touch Kyra's hair. Kyra reflexively dodge. The long haired man did not seem to notice and grabbed for her hair, keeping her head in place.
"Did you know the law of traversing?" The long haired man ask, his voice getting colder the more he make it lower , almost in a ghost whisper.
"You cannot travel between realms if you possess superior magic. The more powerful you are, the more restrictions the law will impose on you." He paused.
Kyra stared in horror at how her pure black obsidian hair turned horrifyingly white in his hand.
"But you are different. The law does not affect you in any way. Almost as if, you possessed greater power that protects you from it."
Kyra is more concerned about the color of her hair turning white.She squirmed and struggled against the long haired man.
Seieng this, he strummed a single note on his zither before a golden rope appeared and trapped Kyra in place.
"I am not interested in the nature of your hidden power, I am only interested in acquiring the Crystal Seal. Now tell me…."
Kyra finally realized what was wrong. Why her hair is turning white, why the long haired man's voice sound so magnetic and low. It was like she was falling into a heavy trance.
Because she was slowly transforming into his servant.
The white transformation was visible to the naked eye after the long-haired man scooped her hair to the zither. Kyra's struggle was rendered useless.
Forced to submit to a demon. It's the only thing Kyra can not accept.