A/N: Another week, another chapter. More clues on Lyra's situation will be uncovered!
Chapter 59: The Endless Eight – Part 5
Awakening, Lyra was suddenly jolted awake by the pain she felt in her arm.
Lyra: Agh!
Sitting up from her laying down position, she quickly assessed her surroundings, finding herself in some sort of cell, having been laid down on a cot.
Lyra: Where am I...?
?: You are in my dwelling.
Hearing an unfamiliar voice, Lyra’s senses lit up, directing her vision to outside her cell where a man now stood.
Regally dressed in a black and deep purple suit, a tall man with pushed back, greying hair and equally colored sideburns and beard stood, looking down on Lyra. His sunken face and wrinkled forehead defined his older age.
Bowing, the man introduced himself.
Leo: My name is Leo the Merciful. And you? You are my hostage.
Behind the man appeared to be a magical laboratory of many arcane artifacts, stones, crystals, potions, books, etc.
Where the hell am I…?
Quickly assessing and assuming her position, Lyra sat upright on the edge of the cot, holding her arm that still throbbed in pain.
Lyra: Odd that you could choose a simple helper to ransom off to a Royal Election Candidate. Why not just kidnap her instead?
Leo: Oh I happen to be under much different orders than you think. You are merely bait for the real prize.
Walking up to the cell, the man crossed his arms.
Leo: I was contracted to kill you, but I am betraying my client, as I can use you to catch a much more worthwhile prize.
Not enjoying the way this conversation was going, Lyra decided simply not to respond, but rather focus on finding a way to escape or signal her location to the others.
Concluding with a threat of booby traps outside, Leo left Lyra, saying he needed to work on a healing balm for her dislocated shoulder.
Damn, this thing hurts...
Taking the sash around the waist of her yukata, Lyra made a makeshift sling for her arm.
Before laying back down on the cot, she had attempted to look out the single barred window of her cell, only managing to tell that she was several floors up and appeared to be outside the village.
I don't think that dragon took me far...
Wondering if Leo was some sort of shapeshifter, Lyra did her best to rest her mind and body and await rescue from the others.
Leo: You've slumbered enough.
Giving two loud knocks on the bars, Lyra was awoken by the continued ring that reverberated through the iron. Looking out her barred window, she saw that it was clearly still night time.
At this point, she didn't know how long she'd been asleep.
Is it still the same night?
Leo: Now then, I've taken the responsibility of preparing an elixir that should relieve the pain.
Kneeling down, the middle aged man set a corked bottle inside Lyra's cell.
Lyra gave the bottle a look of rejection, which Leo anticipated.
Leo: Come now, for what reason would I lie? I used some valuable ingredients to make this... I'm not called the 'merciful' for nothing.
The more Lyra woke up, the more her arm continued to hurt.
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