"Unnie! Ran Unnie!"
My throat exploded and Sina screamed, but the answer didn't come back.
'Did she return in a tent? Maybe I'm making a fuss for no reason.'
However, while talking to Lumiere about this and that, I heard that Ran was almost kidnapped before.
Besides, the Empress attitude was so questionable...
"·······! ······!!"
At that time, Sina heard a sound from afar, so she swallowed her breath and walked toward it.
'I wasn't wearing a dress.'
It was fortunate that it was a boot, but it was inconvenient to walk in the rugged forest because it was a boot with quite a heel to match the riding dress.
Sina, who had abandoned her words in the middle and was moving fast, slowed down at some point.
'A man's voice?
There are many of them.
Sina moved toward it as if she were leaning down. The sound of water flowing out of the lake could tell that it was a river. Sina preoccupied the advantageous position of looking down from the top of the valley.
'Unnie!'
I saw a droopy Ran after losing her mind.
I could see blood flowing from her forehead.
Three men were putting her on an old boat by the river, and for some reason there seemed to be a fight.
"I wasn't at my appointment! I've had a hard time finding her. Give me 200 big gold coins, not 100."
Said the man with Ran in a harsh voice.
"200? Thief's a symbol. You just brought a lost woman."
The sailor on the ship said, "Hmph, you've had a hard time finding it, so pay for it."
The two men who brought Ran seemed to be bargaining with a sailor.
Sina looked around.
I can't see a single person.
'Can I save Unnie?'
Can I deal with the three men yourself? Sina didn't even have a knife.
'Oh no,'
She said as she agonized.
"I can't help it."
Then he thought he was taking something out of his arms, so he stabbed the man.
Sina opened her eyes wide. I could see the tip of the knife on the stabbed man's back. She gulped down her breath. I've never seen a person die before.
"If you're greedy, you'll die."
"You, you, you!"
Another man, who seemed to be on the same side as the man, was surprised to pull out the sword, but turned back and began to run away. Then another sailor on the ship came out and shot him with a bow. A sailor with a sword ran to the fallen man and took his last breath.
Sina covered her mouth with her hands. I didn't know there was another person in the boat.
There was a room like a captain's room on a small ship, and there was a person there. The two dragged the body, threw it into the river, and loaded Ran onto the ship before they set off.
Sina left the hem of her dress there and began chasing the ship along the river chest.
I left some torn cloth while following, but I didn't have time to tie it properly, so I just threw it like bread crumbs.
Later, by the time the torn cloth fell, the button decoration was thrown wildly.
However, the faster the flow rate, the more Sina lagged behind. Then one of the sailors found Sina.
The sailor pointed at her and pointed a finger at her, so Sina swallowed her breath. He then bowled, and Sina flew away.
Thump!
When an arrow hit the floor nearby, Sina shook her whole body. She got up from her seat with a breath that had already risen to her chin.
The next arrow followed, and I knew it was shiny and shiny, but I couldn't avoid it.
As soon as Sina closed her eyes, someone pulled her from behind.
Chwang!
Sina struggled with her eyes open at the sound of the flying arrow.
"Shh, it's okay. It's me."
The voice that came from Sina was drained from her whole body.
"Lumie ·····."
A crying voice came out of itself. Lumiere tightened his arms around her.
"Are you okay? Where are you hurt?"
Sina shook her head.
"But, but Unnie-"
"It's okay now."
Lumiere said so, swept Sina's back and frowned.
He uttered a small swear word, and Sina looked away wondering.
"Ah!"
What I did, the speed of the ship soared. The ship began to move away at a speed like a motorboat.
"Ho, how-"
Lumiere leapt up from the seat with his arms in her arms. She grabbed him by the hem of his clothes without even realizing it. Lumiere glanced down at Sina.
Seeing the intense conflict in his eyes, Sina slipped the hem of her clothes.
Then a black horse ran past him. The black horse with wings ran at a flying speed and caught up with the ship.
Lumiere grabbed Sina's hand and stood up and said.
"There's a horse in the back."
"If, If you leave me behind-"
When Sina stuttered, Lumiere pulled her, saying, "Then I'll be scolded by master later."
The river was widening, so Eustaf kicked his tongue.
I wanted to blow up the ship with blue flame, but I couldn't because I didn't know where Ran was.
Eustaf jumped into the river with his horse's head turned, and the horse swam surprisingly fast with magical powers.
As the ship and the horse got closer and closer, the sailors looked flustered, and one of them went inside and dragged Ran out.
"-!!"
When he saw the drooping Ran, Eustaf felt something rising inside.
"Keep following me and I'll cut her throat!"
A pointed dagger touched Ran's neck, and her neck was stabbed and bleeding. While Eustaf paused, another sailor shot an arrow at him, but the bow couldn't even reach him and was engulfed in a blue flame and became an ash. Then the sailor holding the dagger shouted.
"Throw away the ring!"
The other sailor seemed surprised by his unexpected behavior, but soon he shouted in sympathy with his words.
"Throw the ring! Otherwise!"
A sailor holding a bow pulled an arrow and stabbed Ran in the arm.
Ran screamed in pain and opened her eyes.
"Ran!!"
"Throw the ring! Make sure it's visible and throw it away!"
Without hesitation, Eustaf took out the blue ring and threw it into the river.
Then the sailors grinned.
"Nice, then come closer."
"Throw your weapons away."
Eustaf threw a sword without a hesitation. Ran's head was spinning. I couldn't stand properly, and the pain was stabbing my whole body.
"Eus······?"
"Are you out of your mind?"
"You've got an unexpected birthmark?"
As soon as Eustaf got on the ship, a sailor carrying a bow approached and slapped the bow behind Eustaf's knee and shouted, "Bring your knees!"
With his knees boiling gently, Eustaf looked at Ran.
"No....Eus, run away ...Ag!"
Ran grabbed her wounded arm tightly and screamed.
"Stop it."
A word from Eustaf was cool and heavy. So the sailors cried out, flustered that they had flinched and scared.
"What are you going to do if I don't stop!"
"Tie him up."
The sailor, who kicked Eustaf with his feet and held his bow, tied Eustaf's hand behind him. I purposely tied her up so strongly that the blood wouldn't work, and tried to tie Ran, but she lost her mind again and kicked her tongue when she saw her drooping.
"I think I hurt her head. What if she die?"
Eustaf gritted his teeth and said,
"If you don't show her to the therapist right away-"
"What are you going to do?"
The sailor with a bow said so and chattered.
"Stop and throw them both in the warehouse."
The sailor with the dagger spoke, and the sailor with the bow put Eustaf first in the warehouse under the ship, and then Ran.
*******
"Crazy-!"
Lumiere, who was watching it from afar, spat out a curse.
Sina also said in flustered.
"Do, do you have any plans?"
"No way. It's just the two of us."
Lumiere clenched his teeth. I thought for a while and said after Lumiere stopped talking.
"Let's go back."
"What?! Let's let him run away like that?!"
"It won't help if we go after each other."
Then he turned around and started running at full speed.
Sina shouted out on the running horse.
"Only two, how did you two get here?"
Of course, I thought he brought the Knights. Lumiere replied.
"I was going to join you in the middle of the Garden Party."
Sina groaned. So it's a pure coincidence that the two of them came here. Tears sprang up again as her eyes heated up.
"What, what do we do now?"
"You'll see how frightening the Duke of Lazia is."
Lumiere's voice was cool, and Sina shut her mouth.
*******
The pier under the ship was dark.
Eustaf struggled to breathe out deeply. With the fall, Ran was not moving at all of all.
"Ran, Ran, Ran Romia."
No matter how many times I begged her, I couldn't even hear a small moan, which made him extremely nervous.
Eustaf hit his back head against a pillar.
It was difficult to think properly because of a mixture of anger, irritation and anxiety. I wasn't worried about the fact that I was caught.
But who doesn't wake up after a half day?
"... the moon...."
At that time, I heard a murmur, so Eustaf swallowed his breath.
"Ran?"
"...The full... Moon...."
"Ran!"
Ran heard a voice calling herself in the midst of a dream.
-Fly up when the full moon rises.
The voice and the call of herself were combined to be heard and then divided again.
Ran felt severe pain at the same time as her mind slowly rose to the surface.
"Gasp-"
She shrank, made a noise, and then swallowed a moan again.
"Ran, are you all right?"
Ran answered after breathing out like a small wounded animal several times.
"Eus·····?"
She pretended to raise herself and swallowed her breath.
'What is it....?'
I stammered around my neck and found a leash filled with iron.
"Uhh..."
Moving my arms hurt so much.
"Ran, are you awake?"
With an urgent voice, Ran called his name again. Is it because it's too dark to see it, or is it because you lost your eyesight?
Ran closed her eyes tightly.
"Eus, I can't see anything."
My voice came out trembling. Even when I heard it, it was a terrible voice.
"It's probably because it's dark here."
But Eustaf's voice was calm, and Ran blinked several times, encouraged.
Only then did the outline of the surrounding area begin to be dimmed.
With relief that she hadn't lost sight, she sighed and looked around. The warehouse was dark, so it took time to get used to the darkness.
Ran said with her hot mind, somehow combining her memories.
"I understand I've been kidnapped."
With her calm voice, Eustaf swallowed a sigh of relief. I thought she didn't wake up as it was.
Or even if you woke up, I was worried that the injury would be serious.
"We're inside the boat now."
Eustaf simply explained the situation and Ran screamed.
"Did you throw the blue ring into the river?!"
"Yes."
"What are you so proud of!"
"Or Ran would have been hurt worse."
"But if you don't have the ring."
"It's all right."
"It's not okay. Besides, what if you get caught?"
Ran coughed while talking.
'Ah.'
It tastes like blood.
Ran picked her breath. My whole body was still throbbing. I may be more nervous because I'm sick.
Ran groped her body with her hands.
'My arm hurts, my head hurts, my ankle hurts so much.'
My left ankle hurt.
'But I'm glad I'm out of the race. It's a good thing I always wear armor inside. I hurt my head, but I don't think I have internal bleeding as time goes by....'
The body was protected by Nadium's armor, but other unprotected parts were messed up.
My left arm was throbbing, so I looked at it, and there was something hurt.
'What a mess.'
"Is Eustaf all right? You're not hurt-"
As I approached there, I was strangled again, and Ran swallowed a groan. She pulled the string in a fit of irritation, but there was no way that the iron cord on the pillar would break.
Ran was absent-minded and asked.
"When does the full moon rise?"
Eustaf said after laughing at the weird question.
"It was a moonless night a while ago. We'll have two more weeks."
"Is that so."
Ran recalled a big round full moon. She has no wings, and if she flies up on the day of the full moon, she will fall to the floor and be shattered.
But since there's a full moon.
'I can't help it.'
"I'll call the spirit."
At Ran's words, Eustaf said, "Are you crazy?"
Ran asked back, "What are you going to do then?"
"I trust my men."
At Eustaf's words, Ran opened her mouth.
"What?"
Eustaf exhaled a long breath and said,
"The green nokyoung couldn't have missed me. They're the ones who put magic trackers on me."
Ran's strength drained away from the words.
"Really?"
"Yes."
"I'm glad to hear that....."
Ran was relieved, and Eustaf wiggled his hand. They've tied it up tightly.
The shoulder, which was pulled back tightly, was burning over time, and now it was in a pile of pain.
Ran asked,
"How's Eustaf? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine."
"But how did you get here?"
"I'm here to attend the Garden Party. I'm the only one sent to deal with the Empress."
"...Eus."
Feeling complicated, Ran bit her lips. I was glad he came, and I felt, 'Why are you here!'
"I think Olivia did something about it."
Eustaf spoke quietly.
At Eustaf's words, Ran asked back, "Really?" and he nodded.
"Someone who might be after Ran, and the arrogance that makes her bring her back alive. Duke of Miro, that's a good idea."
In addition, Eustaf thought about the unsub and belatedly turned Olivia down. But I didn't think she was this stupid.
But the situation was pointing to her.
"That's right....and the Empress Kartya-"
When Ran told him her condition was strange, Eustaf narrowed his eyes.
"That's fascinating."
"Right? Man-controlled magic."
At that time, the shipboard door opened and a sailor came down with a harsh sound of footsteps. The boatman shone a lantern inside and shouted loudly.
"What are you talking about?"