Knock, knock!!!
The girl who was washing the dishes, Heard a knock at the front door, as she opens it nonchalantly. Celine paused as she gaze up at a tall man accompanied by bandits, seeing one of the farmers being beaten by those men.
The man smirked as he let out a dry chuckle.
" So you are the silver-haired girl? To think of beauty as you live in this kind of place! You'll be worth a fortune ." He stated his eyes gazing at her with a grim.
The girl quickly steps back and runs over to the back door while calling her mother's name anxiously, but Celine was quickly abducted by those bandits as she struggled from the grip. The bandits quickly knocked her down and kill those who tried to save her.
Celine lost consciousness and was being held by the leader of the bandits.
One of the farmers quickly rushed over to Celine's mother and grandfather as he told them Celine was being abducted by bandits.
Emilia who's harvesting the tomatoes, paused as she grabbed the farmer's shirt and solemnly ask him what was going on.
"What happened to Celine?!!!" she asked in an anxious tone.
The farmer who's catching his breath shudders in fear as he told what he saw.
"The bandits abducted Celine! They also robbed your house." the man informed, while gasping for air.
Hearing the farmer's statement, Emilia quickly rushed over to her horse and rode to their house her expression was full of anxiety and her mind is restless.
Celine's Grandfather, quickly grabbed a crossbow as they rushed towards their house.
Meanwhile, the bandits hastily leave the farmland as they headed to the capital of AVANDOR, Persia. Where human trafficking happens.
As they reach their house, her mother saw the bandits' departure heading to a nearby village. Her mother followed them but was stopped by her father.
" Emilia you must stop! " He stated while blocking the roadway.
" My, daughter! Celine, I...I can't lose her! " Her mind became restless, her tears flowed through, as she cried relentlessly.
Her father quickly followed the bandits, while Emilia quickly returned to their house as she lay down and cried.
A day has passed, and Emilia's father has returned, but was badly wounded.
Emilia and the farmers immediately treated him, Emilia quickly packed up as she told them to take care of his father.
Then a sudden knock at the front door caught her attention, and she quickly opens it in a hope that it was her daughter being rescued. Instead, it was Conan who was delivering the gift that Lucian sent for Celine.
Emilia immediately recognized him as she hold his hand and begged for his help.
" Your that boy's knight, right?" She asked solemnly.
" Yes, I'm here to give you this gift for Celine's Birthday." He commented.
Emilia begged desperately as she asked for his help
" Please, help me! Celine was being abducted by some bandits, please save her!.. I'm begging you." She begged while kneeling on the ground.
Conan can't save her that easily so he quickly handed the gift to Emilia and rushed back to the Pedalion empire, Lydra.To ask for Lucian's help.
A day passed, and Conan finally reached the Eastern part of Pedalion, Lydra. Conan quickly runs over to Lucian's office anxiously to report her abduction.
Lucian who was working in his office was disturbed by him, anxiously seeing him, and bluntly asked him what was going on.
" What's wrong with you?" He asked.
Conan's voice was trembling and hesitant as he gasp for air.
" Your highness, Celine was abducted by some bandits of their land!" He reported.
Hearing his report made him shocked as he couldn't believe what he just heard.
" What did you just say? She got kidnapped!" He asked furiously.
Lucian quickly rose from his seat as he stood up in front of his knight.
" Since when?! "
" She got kidnapped 3 days ago, your highness." He replied, Conan, can feel Lucian's rage and restlessness at the same time.
"But, your highness how can we find her, if this is the empress schemes, then ?" Conan asked
" No, she won't waste her time on Celine," he stated, then suddenly he remembered the day he got escaped from the empress assassin.
On that day one of the assassins thought of selling him to an auction as a slave for human trafficking in the Capital of AVANDOR, but luckily he got escaped and was rescued by her family.
"I maybe know where they're heading ." He stated .his restless mind thought of her so much as he ordered his knight.
" Gather some knights, we're heading to the capital of AVANDOR." He commented.
" But your highness, the war between Pedalion and the AVANDOR empire will be next month and..."
" I don't care! if something happens to Celine I'll kill all of them, I'll torture and scourge their heads ."
As they walked down the hallway, The uneasy feeling of losing her is all over his mind as he sighed dejectedly.
"Your highness! You can't --!!"
Lucian halted as turned and gazed at his advisor. As the latter stopped several feet away, his eyes instantly dilated, shifting his eyes from the body on the ground.
" Your highness, your uncle won't allow you to do this! "He stated.
" If something happens to her, then I no longer have any reason to become the emperor." He stated, his eyes showing clarity to his advisor as he sighed in distress and told him to be careful.
"Your highness, you must return as soon as possible." He commented.
" I know !" He replied, as he ride his horse and rushed to the capital of AVANDOR.
"Please, don't leave me alone, Celine ..this hellish world." He thought.
As they reach the countryside of AVANDOR Lucian became desperate of finding her as his restless mind thought only of her through the lonely night.
Meanwhile, Celine who's kept captive by the bandits. Spent her Birthday scared, while glancing at the matching bracelet. Celine thought of him as she wished that he was here with her.
"Lucian, when will you come, hic ...hic I want to see you." She thought.
As they reach the nearest Tavern, the bandits camped as they bought a bottle of liquor at the campfire. While drinking at the campfire Celine take the opportunity as she entangled the rope in her feet and take a peek at those drunk bandits. Celine slowly moves out in the wagon as she runs out to the forest secretly.
Running into complete darkness where light from the moon is your guide, Camellia relentlessly runs through the forest but was captured by one of those bandits. The man suddenly laid her down and tried to rape her, As she struggled and begged for him to stop, the pedophile become more aroused.
As he tried to remove his trouser, The leader of the bandits, Adel. Pointed his sword onto his neck as he threatened him.
" I told you not to touch her, right? If that young girl loses her purity I'll kill you, understand?" he stated.
The man quickly wears his trouser and head back to the campsite trembling.
Adel quickly held her in bridal style as he told her to stay still.
"If you keep struggling I'll feed you to those bloodthirsty wolves." He stated.
Celine tensed up as she got scared and became timid, as he tied her feet tightly and threatened her.
" If you escape, again I'll let him rape you, do you understand?"
Celine quickly nodded as she cried secretly. Lucian who's resting with the other knights can't fall asleep as he walked through the forest and take a deep breath.
Lucian swung his sword ferociously just to vent his anger and resentments. Conan appeared and told him to take a rest then left.
5 days passed the bandits finally reached the capital of AVANDOR, as they brought her to the human trafficker and sold her for 800 gold coins.
The leader of the human trafficking, Rolan. Was amused to see someone like her, as he fondle her silver hair and checked her purple eyes, he grinned maniacally as he grabbed her wrist and toss her with the other victims.
Celine was confused as to where she is, as she stood up and looked around. She was in an enclosed room with three walls made of stone, metal bars for the 3rd wall, and a single window with metal bars that prevent anyone from leaving coming in, or going out. the room was small for her to fit with the others.
There was no light source in the room, but ahead of her, she noticed a light spilling through the bars from a torch that must have been placed on the wall.
Celine tried to remember how she got here, but the last thing she could recall was they passed 3 cities. She tried to search for a way out, but the bars are completely chained up.
Celine screamed for help, not knowing whether she would prefer to hear a response or not, but Celine was desperate to get out. She continued to shout for help, but the others were getting annoyed by her, as they grabbed her hair and threatened her.
"Shut up! Will you?! do you want us to get punished!" They stated.
Celine immediately shuts her mouth up as she leaned on the wall and cried secretly.