Hearing footsteps approaching Cain didn't know what to do, if they were caught now his whole plan would go down the drain
*Knock*
*Knock*
"Princess, you're food is ready"
A female voice came from outside the room
Hearing the voice Sarah quickly replied
"Yes, can you come inside quickly Arianna"
Sarah said
'What is she doing, why is she telling the person to come inside' Cain thought as he was still stressed out about how they would save Sarah
Entering the room, a blond woman, with shirt hair and green eyes entered the room
Noticing the others in the room the woman know as Arianna was surprised, in the room there were multiple suspicious people with the princess
Immediately getting ready to attack, Arianna quickly got in a attacking position
"Wait, Can you close the door, don't attack they're my friends"
Sarah quickly said to clear up some misunderstandings
Immediately closing the door Sarah looked at the others with suspicion as she addressed Sarah
Arianna was the same maid who had essentially helped raise Sarah, and ever since her parents death had become the only person Sarah could actually consider as
family
"Who are these people?, Didn't I tell you not to talk to strangers..."
Lecturing Sarah about the dangers of associating with strangers everyone else was surprised
Standing while watching Sarah get scolded the others were watching the situation awkwardly
Taking off his mask again, Arianna was surprised to see that Sarah's so called 'friends' weren't elves
"Who are you people" Arianna asked with some confusion
Elves were generally a conservative race and did not allow any humans to live in their kingdom, so noticing they weren't elves shocked Arianna
"They're my friends from the academy" Sarah said as she tried to explain the situation to Arianna
"Anyways Arianna, I need you to guide them to Marquis Heart he should be able to help them escape and since he was good friends with my parents he wont report them" Sarah said
"Arnt you going to come with us?" Leo asked
"It's impossible, If I disappear even you guys will get killed"
Sarah said as a tinge of sadness could be heard in her voice
"But yo-" Amy was about to speak when she was cut off
"No buts, even if I want to come with you guys I can't just abandon my people, if I left Henry will definitely become king and I can't allow that to happen" Sarah said as tears streamed down her face
"Sarah let us help you" Cain said as he looked at Sarah in the eyes
Watching this scene Arianna chuckled
"Oh, so you guys are her friends from the academy" Arianna said as she looked at them
"And you must be Cain, I've heard ALOT about you, well you're alot more plain looking than I imagined" Arianna said as she looked at Cain while smiling
Immediately a nerve was hit as Cain looked at Arianna shocked
'Well, they did mention in the novel that Arianna was the type to speak her mind, how did someone like her become a maid' Cain thought as he was shocked by her words
"What did you come here to stop her from getting married, well Arnt you just a prince in shining Armour coming to rescue his princess" Arianna said as she kept laughing
"Anyways, Sarah is right she wouldn't be able to leave even if she wanted to, I can help you guys escape but I advise you to listen to Sarah and leave, if you guys stay you will only end up dead" Arianna said as she looked the others
"We won't leave her" Amy responded as she looked determined to have Sarah return
"Sarah, how do you want me to proceed I could just knock them out and then get them to leave" Arianna replied
Although it seemed like Arianna was rude, she was only doing this for Sarah, Arianna knew the consequences that would occur if they got caught and knew that if they got killed Sarah would never be able to forgive herself, she knew how much Sarah cared for her friends
"No need, we will leave" Cain replied
"WHA-" Amy wanted to shout out, she was surprised Cain would give up so easily
'He was the most adamant about saving Sarah why is he giving up so easily' Amy thought while confused
"Did you guys ever think about what would happen if Sarah left?, you can clearly see that she is suffering,she is being married off to some guy she doesn't even like and is in a political war for the throne yet she chooses to stay, Sarah doesn't want to be here, but if we get caught all of us will die, and in the end Sarah will only end up suffering alone, there is nothing we can do, it would be for the best if we all left, that way Sarah doesn't have to worry about us"
Cain said as he seemed to have made up his mind
As Amy was about to refute Leo calmed her down
"Cain is right if we don't leave we will only make things harder for Sarah" Leo said as he realized the situation
"BU-" as Amy was about to refute again
*Thud*
Amy's unconscious body could be seen lying on the floor as Sarah stood above her
"I'm sorry" Sarah said as she knocked out Amy
She knew Amy would never agree to leaving her behind so this was the only way
"Arianna" Sarah spoke
"Yes, I will get them to Marquis Heart safely" Arianna responded as she knew what Sarah would say
Saying goodbye to the others, they departed
Using [Blink] Cain had got them out of the mansion safely while Arianna led them to the Marquis' residence
Before arriving at the residence Cain spoke
"Hey, after you drop them off can you get me to Spirit Forest, there S something I have to do before we leave" Cain said as he spoke to Arianna
"Huh.. Spirit forest, what do you want to do there?"
Arianna asked curiously
Spirit forest was a forest within the elven kingdom which was known as a no return forest
Spirit forest was a forest in which once you enter you could not leave unless being guided by the spirits, it was known as dead man's land as rarely anyone who enters that forest returns alive, as most people can't contract a spirit without high affinity to nature
'He should know once he enters he might not return, what does he want from that cursed place' Arianna wondered
"Don't worry I will return within 2 days if I don't the others can return home without me" Cain said
'Should I really take him there?, If he goes there and does not return Sarah will be very sad as only a fool would not notice how deeply she cares for him' Arianna was feeling conflicted as Cains request could upset Sarah if anything goes wrong
"Yeah, I will take you there" Arianna replied
"Thanks" Cain said as a smile could be seen on his face
Dropping the others off, Cain was introduced to Marquis Heart, a person who was in favor of forming an alliance with the humans and someone who Sarah's father had once saved that's the reason he was loyal to Sarah
"When will you be back" Leo asked as he looked at Cain
"If everything goes well in 1 day, if not then never" Cain said as he spoke to Leo
"You seem to be Confident, so you must have a plan, I have the feeling nothing will happen to you so I guess I'll see you soon" Leo said as he spoke to Cain
Leaving with Arianna, Cain explained a way to get Sarah out of the kingdom, if Sarah truly did not want to leave she had to wear a pink hairpin on her wedding day, but if she changed her mind she should wear a blue hairpin this was a way to make sure whether she would change her mind
Dropping Cain off at Spirit Forest Arianna left
'Well I guess this is do or die, if what the novel mentioned is true I'll be fine, but if it is not I will probably die in this forest'
And with that thought Cain steped into Spirit forest