novelraw Chapter 1156: Kidnapping a Mother and Her Son
Chapter 1156: Kidnapping a Mother and Her Son
"So the plan is for you to cause distraction by fighting the master level mages and I go directly to the Fake Emperor’s wife and son and take them away. Is that it?" I asked the soldier who gave the plan.
"Yes. You will go with Princess Celestine together. Once you are sure that the wife won’t fight back anymore, you can bring them both back to the Imperial Palace," he said.
Easy plan. And while we’re at it, Celestine will be the one fighting the woman. I just need to protect the son.
"Then we will go... oh, that woman and his son are now alone. Seems like she’s putting her son to sleep," I said as I checked a building in the mostly destroyed city.
"What about other people?" the soldier asked.
"They are going to sleep as well. Seems like they’re enjoying their lives here," I said.
"Hmm... if we’re doing it right, we might even be able to get them all to join us," the soldier said.
"I’ll leave it to you. My job is to kidnap two people," I said.
I’m going there, take the mother and son somewhere, try to persuade the mother with Celestine who was a member of the cult and see if she can be persuaded. But that’s Celestine’s job. Not me. I just need to confirm their safety.
Just in case, I prepared a Blobby to open a portal in a desert somewhere. Because that will be where Celestine face that woman. If Celestine is in a desert rather than a city, she can fight however she likes.
Though Celestine can also manipulate metal with her magic. Maybe she can even manipulate Etherstone. We have to experiment first to learn that. Though I don’t think I need to ask her that. I’m sure someone else must have figured it out and tested it.
Hmm... won’t the Blacksmith’s job be reduced then? I guess I can understand why there are not many blacksmith in the world. If someone can manipulate metal with magic, then there’s no need for someone to forge metal.
Anyway, now that they all have gone to bed, we have to move now.
Master level mages sleeping at night? They sure don’t have any sense of danger.
Master level mages have a lot of stamina. They can stay up for days or weeks. But for them to go to bed at this time, I guess they must be living a good life.
I too don’t really need to sleep every night. But I do that because I have a lot of girlfriends. It will be a shame if I leave them alone at night.
"Celestine, let’s go," I said as I jump on Ray’s back.
This is faster and less likely to be found by the enemy. So we’re going to ride Ray.
Celestine jumped on the back as I made the saddle bigger for the two of us.
"The last time we traveled through this desert, I was the one driving," Celestine said jokingly.
She’s right. It was back then when Albert told me to meet privately with the leader of the three other kingdoms. I meet Lynn secretly in Consenza and learned for the first time that Celestine was Lynn’s sister. We were traveling through the desert by using Victoria’s magic.
After that, we move to Varadis so we can meet old man Henry. On the way though, we have the fortune to meet with Spot.
Finally, we were in Arturo. And we planned for Harold’s escape with Fabio after I caught him to be acting as the gatekeeper.
It was such an adventure.
"That was fun. Then we met Spot and we rode on his back through the end of the journey back then," I said as we run to the city.
"And we can now move anywhere we want with your portal. As long as someone left Victoria’s clone there," Celestine said.
Soon, we reached the building. But we’re still in the air because I’m pretty sure that all the master level mages here are most likely to be earth mages.
Then we broke through the window and Celestine jumped from Ray toward the shocked woman. She’s our target.
The woman suddenly woken up and got restrained by Celestine as I opened a portal quickly. Celestine then entered the portal with her as I look for her son who was still sleeping.
He’s just around five years old. Around the age I met Daniel for the first time.
"Daddy?"
I guess the noise woke him up.
"Not Daddy. But you can meet Daddy soon," I said as I picked him up and enter the still open portal.
By this time, the other master level mages in this city aware that someone is here and opening a portal. They are all rushing here. But I will be gone before they knew it. They will have to face the soldiers.
Now we are in different place than before. Still in the desert.
As for Ray, I’m riding him while carrying a baby.
"My baby!" the woman shouted.
"We’re not here to kill you or threaten you. We want to know what you’re planning," Celestine said.
"Where’s Daddy?"
The kid who seems to still not completely awake yet look around and curious why his father is not here.
"If you dare to do anything to my baby—"
"He will be my relative sooner or later. I will not harm someone who will be my family," I said.
Though if they are just too stupid, I might harm them even if they are my family.
"Huh? What do you mean by that?" she asked.
"Nice to meet you. I’m Celestine. Or should I introduce myself as Princess Celestine? I’m Theo’s cousin and also the sister of the current Empress of Consenza," Celestine introduced herself to the woman.
Now she’s facing the woman. But it seems like there won’t be any fight.
I just talk with the kid in my arms instead.
"Look at her. Isn’t she pretty? She’s your... aunt. That’s Aunt Celestine," I said to the kid.
And since Celestine and I will end up together after the cult is gone, the kid will be my relative. I will be the awesome Uncle Roy.
"Celestine? The missing Princess?" the woman asked.
"And the former Priestess of the cult. You know what I’m talking, right?" Celestine asked.
The woman then looked at Celestine’s chest and nodded. Is that really how people recognized Celestine?
Still, she called Celestine as the missing Princess. I guess she doesn’t know the news.
"I sense no malice in you. Are you still with the cult or have you no longer put your faith in them just like I did?" Celestine asked.
"...I don’t know what you mean," the woman said.
"I’m a master level mage like you. And that guy over there is the Aura user that we were taught to kill in sight. Do you still not know what I’m talking about?" Celestine asked.
It really seems like there won’t be any fight. I’ll just play with my future nephew.
"...What do you want?" the woman asked.
"Destruction of the cult," Celestine said.
"...I’m in. Let me meet my husband first," the woman said.
"Sure. He’s in the Imperial Palace with my sister the Empress. So it will be good if you put this collar on to show my sister that you mean no harm," Celestine said as she offered a Magic Restricting Collar to the woman.
The woman looked at the collar and willingly put it on herself. She’s still looking at her son worriedly.
"I guess it ended nicely. Just in case, what about the other master level mages in that city?" I asked the woman.
"I don’t know. But one of them was the one who suggested and built the church of True God. So I think at least one of them is still a true believer of the faith," the woman said.
By this time, I already unsummoned Ray and walking toward the woman. Returning the kid back to her.
"Then you don’t mind if those people are dead, right?" I asked just in case.
"I don’t care. I have finally experienced freedom so I don’t ever want to have anything to do with the True God believers again," she said.
"Then you should stop calling it the True God believers. We called it Evil Cult. I’ll open a portal back to the Imperial Palace so you can meet your husband and the Empress," I said.
Then I opened a portal and entered with the others. The kid was confused but he looks happy when he sees his father.
"Daddy!"
The kid reaching out his hand but her mother still won’t let him go. She’s observing the situation. And when she sees a centaur, she seems to understand what we want.
"I see a centaur here. I guess you want to interrogate me, huh. That’s fine," the woman said.
"Before that, nice to meet you. I’m the Empress of Consenza and the cousin of that idiot who became your husband. Just call me Lynn," Lynn introduced herself.