I opened my eyes only to find myself in a cage with Chens around my neck, on my hand and lags, ' sh*t I have been kidnapped.'
"Ben, what's the meaning of this? Where are my moon cakes? And is this the bank you where talking about?"
"Hahaha, such a foolish woman, don't tell me you believe every nonsense I was telling you about and never suspected anything." he threw one of my moon cakes in his mouth.
"Ben when I get out of here I am going to make you pay extra for every moon cake you eat."
"Sorry little Ever, you are not getting out of here, never."
"Benson have you communicate with her family yet?" the man sitting behind Ben was in the dark I couldn't see him clearly.
"No sir she just work up I will get to it now."
"So Ever, listen, if you want to live here alive I want you to tell me about yourself so that I can contact your family. We just want a little money so you can go. You said your sister in law and maid have money they can come and bell you up."
"Why don't you work for money instead of cheap tricks like Ransom." I sat comfortably in my cage.
"Do you know what we are going to do to you?"
"Do whatever you want. I am just an orphan without a family, you won't get anything from me." I fold my legs and hands.
"That makes it easy then, we will just sell you for some cash. I bet you will make a beautiful prostitute and I will be your very first customer."
"All I am scared! hahaha what a dum man do you think I have nothing under my sleeve?"
"Little Ever, you are so beautiful people will kill each other at the black market for you, don't test my patience."
" I swear when I get out of here I will kick your ass so bad that you will regret ever meeting me, and I will make sure you pass through several hells."
"I told you, you can't get out and you can't do anything to me." I put my finger in the mouth and bit myself a little. I rubbed my blood on my white rat secretly, but a few minutes later.
"Boss, we caught this rat trying to escape from here, we can't be careless. I heard people use rats to communicate these days."
"Rats nooooo!" The boss stood up from the shadows and climbed on the table "take it away from me." He looked scared.
"Hahaha, what a baby he is afraid of a humless creature, and he is so shot too."
"You shut up, don't even dare say another word or I will cut your tongue." I held my mouth.
"Ben, I will make you pay for this."
"It will never happen little Ms, no one can save you now, not even the devil himself."
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"I told her not to run off on her own or she may get lost but no she had to run off on her own. That girl will be the death of me."
Sniper, got ready to live, but "Sniper, wait we can't do this in a rush let's find more information first."
"But Princess, how are we going to find information when everyone is running away from us? We need to find Princess Sasha. What if something bad happens to her?" Ever, was about to cry.
"Ever! Wait," Why Mi and Mercy come back running."
"You are finally back." Lister was relieved to see them.
"Yes, where is the princess? We have some news for her" they both said.
"The Princess has gone missing,she run off on her own." Ever's tears couldn't help but flow.
"What right hand are you, how can you let this happen? She is in danger and we need to look for her now."
Princess Lister pulled Why Mi back, "come down we don't want to lose you too, and what do you mean she is in danger?"
"When we were feeding the horses at the port we heard people saying that a lot of women have gone missing lately and yesterday the princess of this land went missing as well." Mercy explained.
"So is that the reason why the villagers are running away from us."
"Maybe similar, two weeks ago a beautiful woman came to the village selling something and a lot of women gathered. That's how they disappeared until today they haven't been found."
" I understand why they run as soon as they saw us coming."
"Please princess lat me go look for her."
"Why Mi, if you go missing as well how can you find her? Let's come down and find more information."
"How are we going to do that?"
"We go to the palace, maybe the king has more information then we can take action."
"I hard the palace is on top of the mountain, I think it's that one." Mercy pointed at the building on the mountain.
"It looks like it, let's go." When the group reached the mountain they were exhausted.
"This place is so high-up, why would the king want to settle here?"
"Stop your wining Ever, if you just do your job properly we wouldn't be in this kind of mess in the first place." Why Mi shouted at the complaining Ever.
"Yes I messed up this time, Night, please forgive me."
"Why Mi, stop blaming Ever, I was there two but that woman managed to outran even Sniper. I don't know what her problem is when it comes to food." Lister complained holding her back.
Two guards stood at the gate. "Start your name and business here."
"My name is Princess Lister from Silia village. I am here to seek an audience with the king."
"King Garban iiV is not around, he has gone on a business trip."
"I still need to talk to someone In-charge here. It's important."
"Can I see the proof that you are who you say you are?" Lister took out her seal and the guard looked it up in a book."
"You are free to pass princess, I apologize if I was rude to you."
"Princess Lister, you're welcome the Minister of finances is waiting for you please come with me." A maid welcomed them and they went inside.
"Princess Lister, what a coincidence, what brings you to our humble village?" The minister asked.
"I was passing through your village, and I head that princess Alita of Garban village went missing, how true is the information?"
"That's the state secret I can't give you information."
"I understand then there is no need to be partners. After all, I am going to inform my husband that you don't need our help. Garban can stand on its own."
"No! Princess, hold on." Lister sat back down.
"It happened two weeks ago, A woman named Benlix come to the village selling beads a lot of women went there and most of them where the ministers daughter's, the women went missing after that, the kidnapers sent massage that if we want our daughters back we need to pay 100 tells of SHARDS for each and it can only be delivered by their father's or immediately relative, every father has to go on there on without guards or else, at first we try to trick them so we set an ambush but it failed. The kidnappers told us to bring even more money: five hundred tells of SHARDS for each girl or we will never see them again." The minister wiped his sweat and tears.
"It took us two weeks to gather the money but two days ago princess Alita went missing and they wanted one thousand talls for the princess, so the king has gone to give them the money to exchange for the princess' life."