Theodore returned back to his own room, got all dressed up in his grand black attire, and then used his Divine Vision to look for Ida.
He closed his eyes and then picturized Ida in his mind. And almost instantly, his mind was taken to where Ida was. He could see that she was clutching her belongings in front of her chest and was running as fast as her old body allowed her to.
Her gown was all wet, probably because she crossed the river without using the bridge. Her shoes were all muddy. And she was huffing and puffing because of all that running. Yet, she didn't stop. She would look back every once in a while to check if anyone were after her. And then she would continue to run.
Theodore looked around the surroundings and from the looks of it, he concluded that she was heading towards Frostford for so reason… even though it would take her days to reach there if we were to gauge her pace.
He opened his eyes and mumbled, "Maybe she is trying to go to the Frostford Palace and then ask for help? But wasn't she always scared of that witch and backbiting about her? She should be glad that Lillian was caught."
He sighed and then got up, "Ugh! So people just love to be abused."
He then instantaneously teleported to the place where he had located that maid.
By now, Ida was dragging herself even though there was no energy left in her body. And when a black figure appeared in front of her out of the thin air, she almost got a heart attack. She stumbled on her own foot and fell down.
Theodore narrowed his eyes at the poor maid and then scared her even more by speaking in a nacing voice, "Where do you think you are going, Ida? Aren't you Lillian's personal maid? Shouldn't you be accompanying her even in the dungeon?"
Upon hearing the word 'dungeon', Ida imdiately sat on her knees, dropped her belongings, and then rubbed her palms together.
She then began to beg to that terrifying man, "Please show this poor lady so rcy, young man. Whatever I did, I did on the order of the Queen. I don't have anything to do with her cris. I am not the culprit. So please spare . Please!"
Theodore looked her in the eyes and then asked with a scalding fury, "If you don't have anything to do with her cris then why were you even running in the first place? And tell , why were you running towards Frostford instead of going back to your ho or so other safe place? Weren't you trying to snitch?"
Ida briskly shook her head and then denied that accusation, "I was not trying to snitch. I was just running wherever my feet were taking ."
Though she denied it, Theodore could clearly tell that she was lying because of the aura that she was emitting. "Lies!" He snarled his teeth and almost gave another heart attack to that maid.
"You are not even showing any remorse for what you did for all those years. You are simply trying to pin it all on Lillian and you are acting as if you are a saint. Fear the damnation, Ida…" Theodore's eyes turned red as he offered his hand to her while saying, "…it will co to you sooner or later."
The rims of Ida's iris glowed red in color. She was completely under Theodore's control now. She got up from the ground and gently touched Theodore's palm.
In the next mont, Theodore teleported her very close to the Palace gate but away from the eyes of the Palace guards.
He then stared deep into her eyes that were still glowing and then tampered with her mory, "You never t . You ca to the Palace on your own two feet because the carriages had already left without you."
And then he also gave her an order so that she would not run away again, "You are going to head straight for the King's Court from here. You will only stop walking when you see the King. Go!"
While she was still under Theodore's influence, she began to walk towards the Court.
Theodore, on the other hand, decided to go and check if the witches were done paying their final respects and burying their fallen sister.
Ida was walking as though she was possessed by sothing. She was completely unaware of her surroundings. And so of the guards and maids who she passed by were a little creeped out by her.
Soon, she reached the door of the Court that was full of guards, counciln, and many other people related to Lillian's case. And when she finally saw the face of the King, she finally snapped out of Theodore's compulsion over her.
She 'rembered' arriving at the Palace gate on her own but she couldn't quite understand why in the world would she co to the Court when she already knew what was going down today. And in the mont of her panic, she scread and tried to run away from there.
However, Adeline instantly ordered the guards to stop her and bring her inside the court.
"No! Why are you taking inside? I didn't do anything! Leave ! Let go!" she scread and resisted being dragged away, attracting everyone's attention towards her.
But the guards paid no heed to her pleas and dragged her to where Adeline was.
Adeline gestured the guards to leave her and she calmly tried to get through to her, "Your na is Ida, am I correct?"
"Yes, Your Highness," Ida clutched her palms together and then imdiately begged to Adeline, "Please spare my life, Your Highness. It was never my intention to support the Queen. I was-"
Adeline placed her hand on her shoulder and prompted her to stop blabbering. "I know that it was never your intention to do whatever you did. So will you reveal the nas of all the involved people who worked for Lillian for money?"
Adeline gave a gentle smile but spoke in a chillingly calm voice, "You don't want to get an equal punishnt as Lillian, do you? If you reveal all the nas, I will consider your old age and will be lenient with you."
Ida understood the disguised threat that she just got from the sweet-looking Princess. And after thinking for a short while, she saw no other way to escape her fate.. So, she lowered her head and agreed, "I will give all the nas, Your Highness."
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