Chapter 177 - 177 "Kidnapped"

177 “Kidnapped”

Cough!

“Lady Raven! Are you okay?!”

Dion asked as he patted Jennifer’s back, as she continued to vomit blood.

The people in the field hospital all panicked because of the fight outside.

He wanted to take a look but he can’t leave Jennifer like this either and gritted his teeth with frustration.

“You don’t have a fever... Why are you coughing blood?!”

“...Hah, i- i don’t... Know...”

Jennifer breathed heavily as she sat on the ground and Dion called for someone for help with panic.

But no one answered as everyone was busy with saving their own lives.

.....

Jennifer has been a little pale for the past few days but he just thought it was because of exhaustion.

He didn’t wanted to be noisy, so after telling her to take rest a few times; he didn’t interfered anymore.

But after the imperial army moved out this morning, her condition suddenly worsened.

And they was also attacked, even if the enemy didn’t entered the hospital; the chaos outside made everyone horrified.

“Is someone here?!!!”

‘Just what’s happening?!’

‘Her vitals are all normal... She didn’t got infected... Then why is her symptoms similar to the epidemic?’

“Duke!! The- The Commander isn’t in Demacia! She is missing!!”

A knight explained with horror on his face and looked panicked as he reported to Dion.

Where Dion’s expression turned dark as he heard the news.

“WHAT?!”

“Yes, Demacia was attacked... The imperial soldiers are coming back, it was a trap!”

Cough!!

“Lady Raven!!”

Jennifer’s face turned more pale as soon as she heard the report and coughed more blood.

‘No... It can’t be... It must be my father’s doing... I can’t let him succeed this time...!’

Cough!

“Hold on, Lady Raven... The priests from Arendell should be here already... Am taking you there...”

Dion spoke as he proceed to carry Jennifer but she caught his hands with pleading eyes.

“D-Duke... Please... Save...”

“Don’t worry! I will save you lady Raven! Nothing will happen to you...”

“No... Not me,”

Dion was confused at Jennifer’s words, because as someone who looked like she would die at any moment was telling him that it was not her whom she wants to save.

“What- What do you mean, Lady Raven?”

Jennifer panted heavily to catch breathe and she tried hard to speak as her voice couldn’t come out of her throat.

After a long struggle, she finally found her voice back and spoke, before she fainted.

“Save... The empress,”

…

A few hours ago~

“It’s snowing...”

“We’ll have to speed up before the snow gets heavy and blocks the road.”

“You are right...”

Some Colonel’s spoke among themselves where Cathain looked at the snowfall quitely and recalled the night a month ago.

The night where Eleanora created snow for them to play and had fun.

Where he was not a emperor, whom she avoided.

They was just themselves, a young couple, whom had sneaked out to play.

But sadly she forgot that, like how she doesn’t remember their first meeting where she had saved him.

‘Is it snowing in Demacia too, right?’

‘She is sensitive to cold... Is she using the magic locket i gave her to keep herself warm?’

‘Even if she is a swordmaster... She is fragile, once the war is over-‘

“YOUR MAJESTY!!!”

The emperor, who was lost in thoughts came back to his senses as the scouts came back and called him with a panicked voice.

Which gave him a bad feeling.

“WE ARE IN TROUBLE!!”

“???!!!”

“WE HAVE EXAMINED OUR DESTINATION AND SEARCHED THE ENEMIES LOCATION, BUT...”

“THAT PLACE IS COMPLETELY EMPTY!!!”

“THERE IS NO SIGN OF RUA’S TROOPS THERE, MUCH LESS A TRACE OF THEIR MARCH!”

Cathain’s red eyes widened with horror as he realised that, they have been fooled.

The enemy wanted them to move their troops from Scunthorpe, so that when the imperial army win over the two other forts...

The Rua’s troops will took over Demacia...

Their real objective was Eleanora from the very beginning, which didn’t changed even after loosing the previous battle!

‘Damn it! Elee... She knew it!’

“WE’RE HEADING BACK TO DEMACIA RIGHT NOW! HURRY!!”

‘Elee...please don’t do anything stupid! I beg you!’

…

Boom!!

“Kyaa!! What was that?!”

“Canon?!”

“As the commander expected! They are attacking us, instead of taking over the forts and attacking the base from both side!”

“What should we do now, Commander?!”

“You should leave first, Commander! You’re the crown princess of the empire!”

“We still think it’s too risky, Commander...”

The knights turned their heads to look at Eleanora, who looked outside of the window coldly.

“Is that prepare?”

“Commander... You are really going to do that?”

“Their target is me... As long as he doesn’t gets me, he won’t stop. It’s time to finish this game of battle.”

Eleanora spoke as she turned to Sir Charles, who had a bombs on his hands and looked hesitant to give it to her.

“How is the situation outside?”

“It’s bad, as our knights are not completely recovered yet... Our defending forces are being pushed by their main force.”

“Is the field hospital safe?”

“Yeah, they seem to not attack there as they are afraid of being affected... Their main target seems to be really you.”

.....

“Okay... So now,”

Everyone hold their breath as Eleanora started to spoke, ready to fight.

But her words shocked them.

“As the imperial army’s second commander, Dame Dalton and the crown princess of the empire; I hearby command you all...

From this point onwards, no one is allowed to leave the quarantine area no matter what! it doesn’t matter what you hear down there, but you can’t leave!”

“COMMANDER!!!”

“WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?!”

“DIDN’T YOU SAID WE WOULD FIGHT TOGETHER?!”

“HOW CAN WE LEAVE YOU BEHIND?!”

The knights was shocked as they heard her words.

According to what they discussed, if the Rua army attacks the Demacia; everyone would try to trap the Army here so that they can’t leave.

Then as the Rua’s uses technology instead of magic, they would do the same as the soldiers are not recovered.

By that time, the imperial army would return too and the battle would end there.

“I won’t allow any objections or questions. Just make sure no matter what happens, you can’t leave the quarantine room.”

“Sir Charles, Take them and explain it...”

“...Yes, Your highness.”

Charles obeyed her unwillingly as he lead the knights to the quarantine room.

‘Your highness... Please be safe,’

.

.

“Did you locked them up?”

“Yes, Your highness, no one can leave now.”

“...Hmn, pass this to his majesty when he comes back.”

“P-Pardon? But aren’t we going together, then-”

Charles eyes widened with shock as Eleanora hit his neck to pass him out.

‘Am sorry... But i can’t see anyone dying for me again in this life...’

‘Am sorry, Daddy... Maybe i can’t see you again this time... But who knows what disaster will fall on us, if this war keeps on dragging...’

‘I don’t want to die... But i can’t just sit and do nothing when i know how to save everyone.’

‘I have no regrets in this life... I had your love, daddy. Everyone’s support... I had friends, I became a knight commander again... I saved the people who died for me...

If i die, i would die as a hero this time. Whose name would be written down in history... Not as an abandoned empress,’

‘Thank you for giving me another chance to cherish everything that i missed, Goddess... Even if i die, i don’t have any regrets or remorse this time.’

…

“Damn it!!! SEARCH FOR HER!! THERE SHOULDN’T BE ANY PLACE LEFT!!”

“THEY SHOULDN’T HAVE GONE FAR!”

Cathain yelled as he commanded the whole imperial army to search for Eleanora.

‘Dare to kidnap my empress?!’

‘No... She volunteered to be kidnapped!’

He clenched the letter in his hands, which has been left by Eleanora with a horrifying expression.

Where she wrote, how she volunteered to act as a bait for the Rua army’s and wrote a complete detailed strategy for the imperial army to move.

So that the knights doesn’t gets punished for failing to protect the crown princess.

‘Do i mean nothing to her?!’

‘I should have know this... She was only being this nice because she was planning this!’

‘I should have believed in my bad feelings and knew that it was a trap set by the Rua...’

‘She knew this and thus she deliberately planned this... To carry out the whole plan on her own!’

‘She knew i wouldn’t allow her to take this risk!’

‘This was why she treated me so gently last night!’

“DAMN IT!!!”

The glass windows instantly shattered because of the emperor’s strong powers and the remaining knights in the room was all forced to kneel down for the same reason.

“P~Please, Calm down, Your Majesty!”

All of them started to feel suffocated because of the strong superior aura and pleaded to him for calm down.

“The crown princess will be found soon!”

‘The empress will be found soon!’

“Aagh!!”

Cathain fall on the ground as another voice rang inside of his head and as a sharp pain hit his brain nerves.

He withdrew his powers immediately and the knights all panted for breathing.

“YOUR MAJESTY!!”

‘Nothing will happen to the empress, They wouldn’t try to harm her recklessly,’

‘Ain... You have come?’

‘Please believe me, Your Majesty! I didn’t did it!’

‘Do you trust me, Your highness?’

‘Stay away, From my daughter!’

‘Just how long are you going to lie to me?! Ain?! No- Your highness the crown prince?!’

‘My condolence, Your Majesty; her majesty just had a miscarriage. We couldn’t save the baby…’

‘Treat her well, this time...’

Cathain held his head tightly as numerous memories, which is unfamiliar to him started to appear in his mind again.

“Aaaghh!!! Stop it... Shut up...”

Where the knights panicked after seeing the emperor like that all of a sudden.

“YOUR MAJESTY, WHAT HAPPENED?!”

“ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!”

“Call...call Brayden!”

Cathain felt his vision going blurred as he asked the knights to call for Brayden.

‘What is this all...are they my lost memories?’

‘You must be safe and wait for me,

My empress...’