Collen was furious. He wouldn’t let the person who did this to me get away with it.
“What on earth is the problem?”
“It’s a temporary symptom. You will regain your vision soon. It seems you received a strong shock to your eyes. You must have been exposed to a very bright light. Judging from the fact that your vision is going in and out, you’ll recover within a few days at the latest, or as soon as tomorrow.”
The doctor explained haltingly.
“Oh God, thank you.”
Elena muttered.
“No, what on earth happened to her? Where and what kind of incident has she been through?”
Marianne was just as on edge.
“Who did it, who?”
I calmly recounted my experience.
The intruder in the room.
I had been on the verge of becoming a sacrifice to the zealots when I came to my senses.
Cedric was there too, and I lost consciousness while trying to escape.
“I really don’t know who it was. They were people in masks.”
“How dare they kidnap my daughter?”
Collen said he wouldn’t leave those people alone.
Nobody doubted his sincerity.
“And Dad, about the screams from the other night.”
I said, trembling. And I talked about the cage that Cedric and I found.
The pieces of the puzzle certainly fell into place.
‘A large cage that looked like it could fit two children. And Cedric and I who were captured to be sacrificed.’
The man in the crow mask certainly said it.
‘These children are commoners,’ he said.
‘Someone must have prepared the original sacrifices instead of us.’
I got goosebumps.
“There was a cage in the forest. Two children were trapped. They must have been the original sacrifices.”
The shabby remnants of the child’s shoes that Cedric found were the kind that only very poor children or devotees would wear.
‘I don’t know why they targeted me.’
What’s certain is.
‘This isn’t the first ritual…’
Several people must have already been sacrificed in the ritual and died. Collen muttered at my words.
“There really is such a ritual…”
“I can’t believe it.”
Marianne and Elena exclaimed in turn.
“The prince has woken up!”
A servant came in and announced.
Cedric was better off than I was. Judging by the sound of his footsteps, it seemed like he was able to walk in on his own.
“Princess, are you okay? Your eyes still can’t see…”
“Yes. I don’t remember the situation clearly after I fainted, were there others besides us? It seems someone saved me…”
The platinum hair shining in the moonlight, terrifyingly beautiful. That’s all I remember.
“I also don’t remember. I was just being chased and somehow managed to drag the princess and walk until we reached the front of the mansion. And that was my limit.”
“So you fainted?”
“Yes.”
Cedric answered firmly.
Uh? Then who saved me last night?
“Someone unknown saved me… Didn’t you see that person, Cedric?”
“There were really only the two of us.”
I felt Collen leaning towards me.
“Leticia, tell us more in detail. Anything you remember. Do you remember any of the faces of the people who tried to sacrifice you?”
“The place where I was taken was really strange.”
The scent of flowers, the golden altar, dozens of beds. I explained each of these one by one.
“Prince Cedric would have seen the same thing… Isn’t that right, Prince?”
But Cedric didn’t say anything for a long time.
“That’s… different from what I saw, princess.”
There was confusion in Cedric’s voice.
Different?
“What I saw… there were people wearing carnival masks. And there was a red obelisk in the middle of the room, and we were put on the altar above it. The walls of the room were black.”
I was at a loss for words.
Goosebumps ran down my hand.
I certainly remember the bizarre and glamorous sights of that room.
‘Even if the memories are different, they’re too different, aren’t they?’
“People wearing bird masks tried to kill us, didn’t they?”
“The people I saw were wearing red carnival masks. There were no beds, and the floor was covered with black silk. There were… knights’ armors hanging from the ceiling.”
The room fell silent again.
Ah, the clothes! The clothes?
“I was wearing the temple dress I wore during the parade with a flower crown, wasn’t I? And so was Cedric, right?”
“The princess was wearing a red dress. I definitely saw it.”
Again, goosebumps. Even the clothes we wore were remembered differently…?
Collen was furious. He wouldn’t let the person who did this to me get away with it.
“What on earth is the problem?”
“It’s a temporary symptom. You will regain your vision soon. It seems you received a strong shock to your eyes. You must have been exposed to a very bright light. Judging from the fact that your vision is going in and out, you’ll recover within a few days at the latest, or as soon as tomorrow.”
The doctor explained haltingly.
“Oh God, thank you.”
Elena muttered.
“No, what on earth happened to her? Where and what kind of incident has she been through?”
Marianne was just as on edge.
“Who did it, who?”
I calmly recounted my experience.
The intruder in the room.
I had been on the verge of becoming a sacrifice to the zealots when I came to my senses.
Cedric was there too, and I lost consciousness while trying to escape.
“I really don’t know who it was. They were people in masks.”
“How dare they kidnap my daughter?”
Collen said he wouldn’t leave those people alone.
Nobody doubted his sincerity.
“And Dad, about the screams from the other night.”
I said, trembling. And I talked about the cage that Cedric and I found.
The pieces of the puzzle certainly fell into place.
‘A large cage that looked like it could fit two children. And Cedric and I who were captured to be sacrificed.’
The man in the crow mask certainly said it.
‘These children are commoners,’ he said.
‘Someone must have prepared the original sacrifices instead of us.’
I got goosebumps.
“There was a cage in the forest. Two children were trapped. They must have been the original sacrifices.”
The shabby remnants of the child’s shoes that Cedric found were the kind that only very poor children or devotees would wear.
‘I don’t know why they targeted me.’
What’s certain is.
‘This isn’t the first ritual…’
Several people must have already been sacrificed in the ritual and died. Collen muttered at my words.
“There really is such a ritual…”
“I can’t believe it.”
Marianne and Elena exclaimed in turn.
“The prince has woken up!”
A servant came in and announced.
Cedric was better off than I was. Judging by the sound of his footsteps, it seemed like he was able to walk in on his own.
“Princess, are you okay? Your eyes still can’t see…”
“Yes. I don’t remember the situation clearly after I fainted, were there others besides us? It seems someone saved me…”
The platinum hair shining in the moonlight, terrifyingly beautiful. That’s all I remember.
“I also don’t remember. I was just being chased and somehow managed to drag the princess and walk until we reached the front of the mansion. And that was my limit.”
“So you fainted?”
“Yes.”
Cedric answered firmly.
Uh? Then who saved me last night?
“Someone unknown saved me… Didn’t you see that person, Cedric?”
“There were really only the two of us.”
I felt Collen leaning towards me.
“Leticia, tell us more in detail. Anything you remember. Do you remember any of the faces of the people who tried to sacrifice you?”
“The place where I was taken was really strange.”
The scent of flowers, the golden altar, dozens of beds. I explained each of these one by one.
“Prince Cedric would have seen the same thing… Isn’t that right, Prince?”
But Cedric didn’t say anything for a long time.
“That’s… different from what I saw, princess.”
There was confusion in Cedric’s voice.
Different?
“What I saw… there were people wearing carnival masks. And there was a red obelisk in the middle of the room, and we were put on the altar above it. The walls of the room were black.”
I was at a loss for words.
Goosebumps ran down my hand.
I certainly remember the bizarre and glamorous sights of that room.
‘Even if the memories are different, they’re too different, aren’t they?’
“People wearing bird masks tried to kill us, didn’t they?”
“The people I saw were wearing red carnival masks. There were no beds, and the floor was covered with black silk. There were… knights’ armors hanging from the ceiling.”
The room fell silent again.
Ah, the clothes! The clothes?
“I was wearing the temple dress I wore during the parade with a flower crown, wasn’t I? And so was Cedric, right?”
“The princess was wearing a red dress. I definitely saw it.”
Again, goosebumps. Even the clothes we wore were remembered differently…?
