"We have identified the person with the characteristics you described, as he was going towards the punishment room, Lord Casper."
A tall person covered in black clothes with a black scarf covering his face entered the room through the window which was purposely kept open. He was standing beside the bed where casper was just laying down and not asleep.
Casper got up from his bed , "why are you still kneeling Rodriguez, get up now."
" Lord I told you to not address us by our name, we have to always maintain our confidentiality as we do not know who might be listening to our conversation."
" Okay...okay, you can go now and continue spying your previous assigned targets. Also did you inform those knights outside the punishment room?"
" Yes, alpha 10 had gone to inform them before I came here."
He bowed and left swiftly through the window.
Lady dani told me to take Sophia's disciple and head to the punishment room. I guess one of Rodriguez's partner must have also informed lady dani. Let's head out soon.
He left the room and was thinking about his knights.
I should have been with my knights outside guarding the city and the castle, resting like this does not suit me at all. But even lady dani is right, if that mouse notices me along with the other knights outside, he would be afraid to event come near the castle.
He would also not be lured to the bait, the probability of him going to the punishment room would decrease. I hope he takes the bait and I will be relieved and can go do my duty.
These were his inner thoughts of determination he thought while descending the staircase.
He reached the lower floor where the disciple of Sophia was residing.
Knock... Knock he banged the door very lightly.
A petite girl came to open the door.She was all ready to head out as soon as he called for her.
" Lord Casper, let us go, saintess dani has given me a gist of the task I need to do."
They both headed out the castle towards the punishment room.
As they were approaching the punishment room BOOM they heard the noise....
It was lady dani, Sarah and ... Yesss the mouse had taken the bait.
"Lord, shall we go and join them."
" No Rachel, let's go from the back door inside the room and keep an eye on Deux. Sarah is more than capable of taking him head on."
They changed their path so as to not come in their way.
"You, you finally came into our hands. Lady Dani this prey is mine, let me handle him."
"Beware, he is adept at both arcanum magic and dark magic."
Sarah used all her might, she used the spell, Fire rondum, a mid level fire spell in which spheres of fire balls were targeted at deuxa.
He evaded them as he was trained in evading type of combat, he then used the strength draining curse on her, she evaded it but is hit her slightly.
Then at the moment she was hit with the curse he used a low level lighting spell, elctro arrows, it hit Sarah at the right shoulder.
"You guys have fooled me, but do not misunderstand I am much powerful than you Sarah."
Deuxa thougth he won with the help of few spells, he was very happy,
"It was decided that if I win the match you guys will let me go."
"You …..who do you think you are against, these type of low level spells are nothing to me, I am the disciple of the empress Melania. Enjoy this moment how much you want because the next attack is not going to spare you."
Before Sarah could use her magic, he also got ready and released a mid high level curse, poison drying curse on her.
He was a split second late…
FIRE RONDUS MAXIMUS.....a high level spell, which had the essence of the spirit inferno gifted to her by Melania.
In comparison to the curse, this spell was of such a huge intensity, that the curse itself got burned in the fire.
"Wait… Sarah, do not use that spell, we do not want to kill him yet, this spell would turn him into ashes."
The huge ball of fire was about to hit him, but Dani came in time and used the charm in which it was written, goddess lunaris, please help me to lower the damage caused by the magic spell.
Yes… it did have some effect, but as the result of this encounter, he collapsed.
Dani then put those divine cuffs on him … "Here Sarah, catch him and take him inside, I know you were angry at him, but you should use your spell wisely, the whole plan would have been derailed if he would have died."
Sarah was a bit upset, dani noticed it.. "Also, I have to say, you deserve to be the disciple of Melania, she must be proud of you."
"Sunny and Jhonny, great job guarding the room. What did you'll observe?"
"My lady, we were informed that the target was approaching, hence I pretended to go to the washroom and Jhonny pretended to be half asleep. The target entered the room and was trying to open those chains as well as waking up deux, he was caught into this act by you and the rest you know."
"Washroom and half asleep…haaa haaa, great excuses to come up with, liked your idea a lot. You guys now stay outside the room and guard it, we will be heading inside to finish our business."
Dani and Sarah headed inside and to their surprise Casper and Rachel were inside too.
"When did you people come?"
"Long back, waiting for you'll to get the mouse in the trap and yess…we were right not to worry."
"Sir Casper, take him and tie him to the chair too."
"Rachel did you bring the potion?"
"Yes, Saintess…waiting for your order…."
"Casper, throw cold water on both of their faces and Rachel I want you to partially heal Deux's wounds."
Both of them woke up in a second as if the volcano had erupted and it was their last day here on the planet.
"Both master and disciple are awake , I guess. Rachel hand over the truth potion to Casper and Sarah undo the no talk spell on Deux."
Casper went forward and forcefully put the potion into his mouth, he could not even resist as he was powerless.
"I have finally caught the master and disciple, deux and deuxa, do not speak a single word wrong from now on otherwise you will die by my hands."
"And why do you think I have healed your wounds deux, to help you unite with you disciple?"
Sarah, Casper and Rachel giggled a little.
" Deuxa, where were you hiding that even our knights could not find you?"
He did not say anything.
Casper was furious and clenched his mouth with his strong hands."
"Open your mouth…lady dani is asking you something."
"Sarah, be patient, he must have had a black out in his brain after losing to you in the fight."
He did not say anything but this time stared angrily at dani.
"I do not want your stare, open your mouth, Otherwise I have many other ways to open your mouth, your master here , deux has first handedly taken the effects."
Deux looked at deux pitifully and shook his chair vigorously warning deuxa of the trauma he felt.
"I guess you have received the signal, so open you mouth now."
"I….I was here only in the city of Vasta, it is your mistake , your knights are incompetent."
Casper couldn't take this anymore, it had hit his bottom line, saying such things about his knight. He was about to hit him hardly but…
"Wait Sir Casper, deuxa you are telling lies if you do not speak the truth the potion will take its effects. You can ask your master indirectly."
This time too Deux signalled deuxa about this, in the same manner, it was hilarious to watch.
He understood the consequences and said something bold.
"I….Will speak the truth, but please do not execute my master, spare him."
Deux's eyes widened, "Execute??"
"Sarah, the no talk spell on deux."
Even deux did not know that he was going to be executed soon, it was a news to him.
"Fine, I give you my word, now tell me the truth."
Everyone looked at deuxa in attention so as to not to miss a single detail.
"After handing over the sword to my master,I headed outside the castle on his orders to search for the cruelmancers who had come unknowingly here. I left the city through the cracks in the barrier in search for them and looked at every corner of Insaria, but they were not to be found."
"But why did they were held captives in the first place and now you do not even know where they are?"
"Master had captured the those cruelmancers for a secret attack against Memoria when the throne would be empty."
"You…you pests….."
"See, I have told you everything I know, spare my master, he is a nice person for taking such a demon like me as his disciple."
"I will believe you this time but if I find even a small lie, you will see never meet your master."
He started to cry and beg , saying that he has told the truth. This much was enough proof that he won't lie to them.
"Sarah, the no talk spell on deuxa and Casper take him to the knight's prison, his work is over here."
Casper took him outside the room, meanwhile Sarah, Rachel and Dani were inside the room.
"Lady Dani, this deux is so vicious, he was planning to kill us all and rule over this place."
"Don't worry, now he won't do anything. I will not kill him, he is our biggest weapon against deuxa . But he is going to suffer under the manifestation spell."
They went outside, closed the door and did not even look behind the terrible state of Deux.
Much more clues are yet to be revealed, she thought.
The sun was about to rise in Memoria, a new beginning a new start.
A loud noise was heard along the whole of the castle.
Uggghhhhhhhhh "Where is the ring?"