Chapter 380: This Elf Princess Won"t Give Up!
Alma POV 17/17
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After dinner with my mother, we spent some hours with Elred in my room, reading books for the most part. He had brought some of his favorite books, and he loved to talk about them, it wasn"t as boring as I imagined, and I had a fun time with him.
After that, he went to sleep in his own guest room, although he kind of wanted to stay some more with me. But did he want to sleep in my bed or something?! No way!
Anyways, after that, I slept rather well, spending a day without worrying about the detestable Greenwood, and my future as a lab rat is nice, even less when I didn"t have to think about anything else than this…
I think I have a year or perhaps a few months before I am taken away with my sibling to Greenwood"s facility. My parents are brainwashed by him and are even willing to give up their newborn child to this complete stranger… I cannot destroy their brainwashing because it is too strong and seeped into their brains and souls.
I will have to somehow find a way to escape using all the tools I have at my disposal, from Dagger to my new armor that is being made by Balmonlir, and I will also have to pack a lot of medicinal things, as many as I can! Alongside food, clothes, maybe even a tent and other things… You"re never too prepared.
But that"s a.s.suming I manage to somehow escape… I don"t know how I will be able to do that, but I have to find a way out of this and with my little sibling, of course. I won"t leave without my sibling.
Maybe I could escape even before getting caught? I had considered it, but it seems too risky, and it will end with my parents chasing me down, which will end pretty ugly if they find me and then give me back to Greenwood again, but if I am already given to him, expose whatever he does inside his facility, and then show it to them as they chase me down, maybe I can find a way to convince them and break their brainwashing?
Huh… I wish life could be a bit easier in this regard, it"s such a pain in the a.s.s. I have to deal with this annoying motherf.u.c.ker that just wants to use me as a guinea pig, most likely…
I have to use this time to raise a few companions, if possible… the twins might be coming tomorrow, but that"s not near as enough… maybe I should go recruiting people all around the city? But that will bring unwanted attention, if my mother or father finds out about the twins, I can always say they"re just friends because they"re young, but if I bring a contracted mercenary, they"ll obviously have suspiciousness of me and where the heck I got him…
Huh… Maybe I shouldn"t go recruiting kids, it might seem as weird… then this only means I only got the twins now… I don"t know if her mother would be willing, but the twins are talented, in a few more years they could become quite strong.
Perhaps I should also tame some monsters? Maybe having a tamed monster pet to cover my back would be helpful for me, if I could rely on a good wolf that helps me out…
Or maybe a big dragon! That would be way more useful… but I don"t think there can be anything like that, sadly.
I sighed rather sorrowfully. I had such a fun day today but thinking about all of this truly depresses me, and the worst part is that my Mana Core is still sealed, and I can"t use my Mana yet… I feel like I am a useless thing.
But I have to use the rich part of being a princess to grow stronger somehow! I have to invest in some talented kids and make them my loyal retainers. I doubt Rose would ever go against the will of my parents, I have to raise these retainers with this thing in mind, to only obey me no matter what…
If they end up obeying my brainwashed parents, they"ll simply be another more of their dogs… I don"t want to increase the dog count if possible.
Maybe if we go outside tomorrow or another day, I could try looking around if there is any Monster Ranch or Monster Pet Store where I could get myself a monster to raise.
Wow, that"s actually a genius idea! How could I not realize it? Maybe I should just pay someone to bring me the egg of a dragon and I can raise it to be my guardian… not bad! At most, I got at least a year or a bit more before Greenwood picks us up, that"s still some time… maybe if I use everything I got, I could prepare…
But even then… Ugh, I don"t know if everything will go as planned, I actually doubt it. Everything might go horrendously bad, to be honest.
I decided to simply sleep it off, for now, there was no point in worrying anymore… Let"s just hope things… go fine… It"s the only thing I can hope for.
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As Alma slept, within the castle"s corridors, a strange ma.s.s of gra.s.s and vines slowly crawled around, looking for something. It moved around hurriedly, evading any guard it could come in front of, but it felt like it was growing desperate and weaker, until it found a decoration plant and it suddenly pierced its branch with its gra.s.s, extracting its energy and nourishing itself again.
"Hahhh… This is hard, walking around without being able to root myself is horrendous! But I have to come here and help that kid out… At the very least, I have to offer such aid! I cannot… let what happened in the past affect these future generations… I won"t let this man that calls himself Greenwood get away with this!" the ma.s.s of gra.s.s and vines thought.
Who could this mysterious being truly be?
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