Chapter 21 - Chapter 4: Rescue #4 (1/2)
Chapter 21 - Chapter 4: Rescue #4
The Demon King had five queens and nine children from them.
The 3rd Queen, Sylvia Doomblade.
She was the eldest daughter of the Doomblade family, which could be called the leader of the seven dark elf clans, and was a princess of the dark elves.
Felicia Doomblade was one of two children that Sylvia Doomblade gave birth to.
'What about her brother?’
The 5th Prince, Silvan Doomblade, and the 6th Princess, Felicia Doomblade.
In-gong examined his memories of both of them. In the game, they belonged to the faction of the 4th Princess, Anastasia Nekrion - a long time rival of Zephyr. So, he always considered them as ‘enemies’.
'Still, it is better than Chris and Caitlin.’
He had a lot more chances to meet the two people when he played at the Demon King’s Palace.
‘Haughty, pretty, selfish... just a princess.’
That was his impression of Felicia. Her brother Silvan Doomblade was more of an enemy to Zephyr, than her.
'He is certainly a fighter.’
Just like Chris and Caitlin, Silvan gave off an intense impression because he was a fierce enemy. Silvan was considered the biggest player in the Day of Massacre.
'Anyway, Felicia is here.’
Why did Felicia suddenly appear? Was she trying to intercept the merits?
‘It isn’t likely.’
The children of the Demon King didn’t move only on missions. Those who were over 18 years old could travel independently to manage various things but Felicia was only turning 18 this year.
‘Perhaps, she is performing another mission in the area?’
The conversation between Vandal and Chris continued while In-gong was making such a reasoning. Chris frowned.
”Does the Red Lightning tribe know that she is Felicia?”
“I don’t know. She might have said it or kept her mouth shut. Or maybe the orcs figured it out.”
There was a huge gap between thinking of Felicia as a dark elf officer and a princess. It was obvious that her treatment would vary depending on what they thought she was.
‘Maybe she is already dead.’
She could be used as political ransom, however, her captors were the aggressive orcs. Moreover, there were considerable differences between the way the Human World and the Demon World thought.
“So, what is the castle’s policy?”
”Save her if possible.”
”There are to be no negotiations?”
”If they call out first, I will try to talk about it. However, I don’t think they will initiate contact.”
“Indeed.”
Chris laughed bitterly while In-gong nodded.
This wasn’t just a story created by the ogre, Vandal.
The common law in the Demon World was that the strong ruled. There was no reason to desperately rescue a princess captured by the enemy.
‘Well, that is only the common law of the Demon King’s Palace.’
The dark elves didn’t think of retreating despite risking death.
‘No, was it because they thought this was their only chance to save her?’
Either way, the fact remained that the Demon King’s Palace wouldn’t care about rescuing a prince or princess.
”I will gather more information from this side.”
Vandal soon said. His words were somewhat rude but Chris nodded without any complaints.
”Okay, then let’s talk again in a few hours.”
Chris gestured and the magicians in charge of the communication magic left the tent.
In-gong glanced to Carack and ordered,
”Carack, you should leave as well.”
“I understand. Call me if necessary.”
Now, there were only three people left in the tent, In-gong, Chris and Caitlin. Chris gave a long sigh and flopped down in his chair.
”Our good sister is a prisoner.”
There were thorns in his words. Caitlin looked between In-gong and Chris and declared.
”If she is still alive then we have to save her.”
It was a pretty decisive attitude. Caitlin had such a firm will on her face that In-gong nodded inadvertently.
However, Chris was a little different. He stared at Caitlin and laughed.
”Yes, that would be good but don’t forget that one method is to not save her.”
Caitlin looked at Chris. He just ignored her gaze and shrugged.
”It is a joke.”
‘Is he really not serious?’
His expression and eyes seemed completely different.
'It is bloody.’
It was natural that the relationship between the children of the Demon King wouldn’t be good. They were busy fighting each other every day.
However, sibling were siblings. Even though their relationships were bad, it wasn’t extreme enough to kill each other.
‘That died in earnest after the lycanthrope war.’
In fact, it was initiated by Zephyr. Zephyr was the one who created such a sense of crisis that they had to act.
However, Chris just implied that it didn’t matter if Felicia died.
‘Did something happen between the two of them?’
He didn’t know the specifics but it seemed bad..
'If Chris and Caitlin survived, then it is likely that they would be the ones handling Silvan and Felicia... Eh, will he really let her die?’
Moreover, would Felicia actually die ? Right now, it was Year 512. In the beginning of Knight Sage, Year 513, Felicia was still alive.
‘No, I can’t be sure.’
There was no guarantee that it would go like it had in the game. Right now, the relationship between Shutra, Chris and Caitlin hadn’t changed anythingdrastically.
”We should save her. No, we have to save Unni.” (Honorific used by females towards older females)
Caitlin stared straight at Chris and declared. Just like how Chris seemed serious, Caitlin was also sincere.
‘As expected.’
While In-gong remained silent, Chris sighed and nodded.