(From Blue's Perspective)
All the people in the ballroom were wearing hooded blue cloaks. As if that was not enough to hide their identities, they also wore a mask on their faces. They bowed in unity as soon as we entered. I knew it was not directed towards , but their lord who was with .
"These are our people, my daughter," he whispered to .
I did not want to be here. Not at all. I just wanted to run away. I was not sure where I would go. I just wanted to leave. Everything happening was suffocating.
A safe place, it was what I needed and definitely the least possible thing that would in reality happen to .
He motioned with his hand and everyone stood up. I sensed terror. There was a straight path made for us, leading to the very end of the ballroom. This room was a ballroom but was not used as one. Instead, it seed more like a church, just without the benches. I figured it was prepared that way to serve a particular purpose.
At the end of the room, I saw Cyan, Lloid, and two other masked n. One of them had a huge chest in his hand. It looked quite heavy, judging the way he was holding it.
"What are we doing here?" I asked. "Enough with the secrets. Tell ."
"Trust . It's not that hard," he said.
"What do you an?"
"You will see soon."
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I was getting more and more anxious with each step I took. Sothing was going to happen? What was in that box? It was all too suspicious.
Lloid ca to us with a grin and brought his face way too close to my ear. "Princess, it seems I am granted the honor to do it."
"Do what?" I asked, now feeling way too anxious. "I don't understand… Soone tell !"
"It will be over soon. Then, you will be really part of us," Azure said.
And before I knew it, soone gagged from behind with a long piece of cloth. It was one of the two masked n who did it. He was standing by Cyan and I did not even notice when he went behind .
Then I rembered all of these people were dark mages. He just teleported, so I did not notice.
The gag was very tight. I could not say a single thing. It was hurting as well.
'What are they doing? Soone please…'
"Be grateful, my daughter. No simple person gets the opportunity to get this mark."
Lloid pulled by my hand and I fell on the floor. I thrusted my hands and legs and tried to get away.
*click*
I hastily looked to my left where the masked man with a chest was standing. Azure had opened the chest and what I saw inside made my soul leave my body. I could only stare in horror.
I started putting up a fight. Lloid held my hands from behind to hold down. Azure nodded at the other masked man who gagged and he tried to get a hold of my legs. I tried not to let him hold and hit him beneath his jaw.
"Can't even hold her down, moron?" Lloid snapped.
The masked man looked like he could kill with his glare and grabbed my legs so hard that his sharp long nails clenched my flesh painfully. This ti, no matter how much I tried, I could not move. Moving my hips only did not help much as my legs and hands were held down.
"Cyan, heat it up," Azure commanded, handing a brand almost the sa size as my palm. I shivered and tears began to fill my eyes. They were going to brand . It was not a tattoo, definitely not a tattoo.
"Princess, it won't take long to heat that up. We use magic," Lloid whispered playfully into my ear, clearly enjoying the mont.
Cyan obeyed and did not glance at for once as he started heating it up with his magic. He held the long shaft with one hand and the mark with another hand. His hand that was holding the mark was amidst orange-red fla which was heating the brand up.
What did the brand say? I did not know. I did not want to know. Would no one save ? I could not even do anything myself. I was completely restrained.
I watched as the front of the brand looked flaming red. If it was pressed again my skin… I could not think.
I watched in terror as Cyan slowly walked up to with that flaming hot brand.
'Wait, please…'
"Let Lloid do it. He has earned this honor," Azure said. "My daughter, don't you be afraid. This is a small process."
'That brand… Haa, please soone save … I don't want it… I don't… Dem…'
Cyan handed Lloid the brand. He was slightly hesitant. Or, perhaps I did not see it correctly. I thought he was on my side. Then, why was he not helping ? Should he not at least try to do sothing?
Even if he failed, I would still be consoled knowing soone tried to save .
"Prince Cyan, please hold your sister's hands. She is quite energetic today despite having a fever."
I looked at Cyan and shook my head, desperately begging him to save . He did not even give a second look. He held my hands right as Lloid let freed them from his grasp.
I tried to move, but Cyan was pretty strong too. "What will be the perfect place?" Lloid asked, turning to Azure.
"She is very slender. Her arm won't fit the mark," he pondered. "Her back… Do it on her back. Flip her over Cyan. Don't hurt her needlessly."
Cyan and the masked man flipped over. I was held down by the two n forcefully. Lloid bent over and touched my back slowly over my dress.
Suddenly, he tore a huge part open off the dress around my back.
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