Amy immediately woke up feeling uncomfortably tight around the head and touched it, realizing she is covered in bandages. Then the memories flood in and she immediately jolt up. She then twitches in extreme pain for a bit, immediately regretting getting up this quickly.
Suddenly, she was being touched by someone. She touched the hands that touch her, realizing it is Viola.
Amy realized that she can't see and touched Viola's face. She is crying. She opened her mouth to speak but she couldn't hear her own voice.
Viola opened her palm and traced her finger on her hand to communicate.
The doctor says that your eardrums, eyes, mouth and nose are heavily damaged and must rest until you recover. You will be deaf, blind, and unable to speak for a few days but none of this will be permanent. Melissa saved your life and will come to heal you every day.
Amy nodded in confirmation.
She then rests her head on the pillow. Viola didn't let go of her hand. Her brain must be more fried than she thought because she couldn't even sense her presence when she appeared before her. She is truly blind.
*
Everyone watched in horror as Amy made no reaction to their presence. Violet is in tears and communicate with her briefly before letting her rest again.
Nathaniel couldn't take it anymore and grabbed Leon by the collar. "What the hell is going on? She hasn't shown up since the Ball and now this happened?! We thought the Ripper got her!"
Leon has an unusually serious side. "Meeting those Hekaton jerks happened."
Rufus stepped in. He knew that letting everyone else inside to see this would be a bad idea. "Right Prince Alphonso requested to meet her, hoping to recruit her into Hekaton. But she resisted and they used a torture device they smuggled out of their country and used it on her to coerce her into signing a contract."
"A contract?"
"Ryllis purified the words, so she prevented a life of servitude." Leon said.
"Why is it that every time she is hurt, it is always you?" Violet tearfully says.
Leon looked repentant. "I didn't mean to."
"What happened to them?"
"The Hekaton delegation has tried to compromise but they can't get away with it. Prince Alphonso and the posse will be punished according to Solin law. Claudia is the only one who tried to save her, so her sentence is reduced." Rufus explained.
"The prince too?"
"The Right Queen is not willing to save her own son. His crimes are that heavy after all."
"Not to mention, using a forbidden item like a black paper contract is far immoral that would result in a death sentence."
"They'll be killed?" Theseus said in shock.
"The prince? No," Leon answered with a fire to his eyes, "The rest, however, will be killed after torture."
*
Amy could not hear, see, smell or sense anything. But Melissa's healing power is working. She has no idea how long she's been out but her connection with Alabaster and Boris is beginning to work again for an uncertain amount of time.
"Are you okay?!" Boris yelled in her head.
I'm alive but I lost my senses.
"You have no idea how scared we were. We felt what you felt and the connection broke. We thought you're dead." Boris said then sneered, "I can't believe that they have that device and used it on you. It shouldn't be used on anyone especially a child."
Are you alright?
"We're fine." Alabaster said. "You have been unconscious for four days."
I think that they used one of the pages from the Black Book.
"Yes, the demonic pages" Alabaster confirmed.
There are two hundred pages, enough to make up a book. It is one of the surviving demonic weapons of the Demon King. However, some pages were removed of their original writing and reused to create demon contracts. A couple of them made an appearance in the story, most ended up getting destroyed or being used as a weapon as some sort of binding vow. It has many uses and there are many, but the pages are still rare. Hekaton keeping a demonic item is quite the scandal. She tried to erase the entire page but is only able to erase the writing which is still good. She prevented something diabolical. Using the contract is one of the worst dark magic to currently exist.
To see one of the pages surprised her. The succubus contract they have been looking for is also one of those pages.
Now that box, she has seen it before. In the manga and show, it has been used on Aron and he suffered terribly from it, not so much different from her own situation. He persevered by destroying that box.
"News of what happened haven't spread out, but we used the wooden critters to figure out the rest. The nobility of Solin are angry of the incident and demand justice. They believe that they kidnapped and tortured one of their own to sign a demon contract. The students except Prince Alphonso will be executed with permission from the Right Queen except the pink haired girl though she will be exiled as it would be suspicious for her to return home."
It is not surprising to hear a direct royal will be spared.
"Luckily we do not need to worry too much of the feedback as the nobles' children are of a lesser noble descent and deemed not important enough even by their own families. It is quite clear that all of them have motives to gain power and recognition by bringing you."
Pathetic, she thought. Honestly, after what they have done. Kids or not, damn them all. What they have done has gone too far.
"Get some rest. Just communicating with us would hinder your recovery. We'll talk to you after this." Alabaster said.
"We promise." Boris assured her.
*
He felt horrible. Alphonso is in a dirty cell, tortured by the Solin scum. Everyone is accounted for except Claudia. If it wasn't for her then Amaryllis Anthos would be his to control.
He slouched back, nursing his bruised face. Everyone in this cell is gonna be publicly executed except him. Everyone is beaten and tortured so badly that they are unconscious and unresponsive. At this point, he'll just leave them be to rest, partly guilty that he got them into this mess.
"Mother," he exhaled. He knew she would save him. He is a prince after all.
Then a figure appeared, and Alphonso didn't recognize him.
"His Majesty ask me to send you a message." The figure said. Alphonso stared blankly at the figure; his face is far too bruised to even show a proper reaction. "You are a nuisance rather than an asset to your country. Waste of space." The voice sounds cold.
Alphonso's eyes widen in fear as he knew who this figure is.
The figure outstretches his hand, his voice laced with venom.
"Die"