The Demon King's Paladin Part 1 Vol 2.

Chapter 249. Captured Princess

                                                                           Alice Mars's Point Of View

I'm awake... Cindy, she... stared at me... Then... I fell asleep? I try to move... My arms and legs... They're stuck. I open my eyes. A few torches are flickering. What? How did I get here? I'm tied to a table? Why? Where is there!?

" Wendy! Ellie! Cindy!?"

I look left and right and see that I'm not the only person bound to a table. Wendy, Ellie and Cindy were all next to me, we were all placed 1 right after the other, it went, Wendy, Ellie, Cindy and myself. They were all to the left of me, to my right, was 1 other girl. She was someone I met a few times. It was Tana, Count Sark's daughter.

" Princess Alice?"

A voice called to me from my left. It was Cindy.

" Cindy! What did you do to me!? Did you hurt Wendy or Ellie!?"

" What!?"

Cindy didn't seem to know what I was talking about.

" You looked at me and cast some kind of spell on me! Did you do the same to Wendy or Ellie!?"

" Wait, I don't know what you're talking about! The only thing I remember was... I..."

 " What!?"

I pushed her to speak, I couldn't take silence for an answer. She needs to answer for doing something like this, not just to me, but Wendy and Ellie as well.

" I... Was... Speaking to my Father... Then... Then..."

She seemed lost, like she couldn't process what was happening, the confusion started to fill her grey eyes and eventually consumed her mind. She wouldn't be able to answer any of my questions in her current state. I need to find a way out.

/Cling./

I tried to move my hands, but the bindings are made of metal.

/CLING!/

I can't break them either! I guess I need to break my thumb and slip out that way. It's a good thing that Ms. Garnet taught me it.

" Wha... Lady Cindy? Princess Alice? Why are you in my room? Wait? This isn't my room!? What is this!? Ellie! Ellie wake up!"

Oh no, Wendy woke up. She's freaking out.

" Wendy!"

I called to her, but she didn't hear me. She was too focused on trying to wake up Ellie. Eventually, she achieved her goal.

" Wendy? What are you doing in my bed? Get back in yours... Why can't I turn? What the hell!?"

And now Ellie has woken up as well. It was almost like hearing a retelling of the story of Wendy waking in real time. Eventually, they started to look around and noticed that I wanted their attention.

" Wendy, Ellie. You both need to calm down for now. I can slip out of these shackles and get us out of here, but we need to be calm to do it. I don't know how we ended up here, but drawing attention to ourselves isn't going to help right now."

" Okay."

Both of the girls seemed to agree with me. Now for the one I'm more worried about.

" Lady Cindy. Can you hear me now?"

A blank expression in her eyes started to disappear as I called out to her.

" Princess... Alice..?"

" Yes, it's me, I'm going to get us out of here, okay?"