Volume 4, Chapter 11: The traitor
Warning: violent scenes in this chapter
After Oswald regains his senses, he returns to the castle. He entered the council room, Fio was there, alone, facing the window.
"Well, Oswald, what a head do you have, have you seen a dead person?" Said Fio with amusement.
"Uh ... no no ... I ... I meditated a little." Oswald responds, whispering.
"A little rest will do you the greatest good."
"That's nice, Highness, but in truth, I have a bad feeling, someone wants you bad, pay attention to who you are talking to!" Said Oswald.
"I don't know what you smoke for your meditations, but stop, hehe." Said Fio shrugging his shoulders, laughing.
"Highness, I'm serious ..." Oswald said trying to be convincing.
Fio stops in his walk.
"Tell me then who could blame me?"
"You don't find that Lord Eustache is very strange, these last days? Finally ... at the beginning of the week, rumors circulate, things disappear ..."
"Assert that there is something for it?"
"No, I see, don't deny that you find it strange ..."
"Mmmh, I have to admit yes, he had asked me strange questions about Linda, as if he knew in advance that it was my aunt ... as if he had tried to warn me, but I do not see not the harm he did! He tried to warn me. "
"But open your eyes!" He turns around your mother, he has a strange attitude! He writes with his right hand while he's left-handed! And the D-mons seem terrified when we talk about him.
Fio is silent for a moment, then says:
"All right ... keep an eye on him, I'm starting to have doubts."
"Okay ..." Oswald said as he left the boardroom.
A little further, Cagney was sitting on the terrace, thinking about what happened last night with Fluffy, after discovering the truth that his parents were dead. He thinks he will never forgive him, he started to cling to him, not wanting to leave him alone, he needed a family. Until one of the three D-mons comes to interrupt his thoughts, it was Boom.
"What are you doing here alone?" He asked shyly.
"I need no help ... please leave me." Cagney snapped.
He notices that Boom was also alone.
"Where is your band?" He asks.
"They went elsewhere to watch someone and then I noticed you and I separated from them." Boom answers, putting himself next to him.
"I see, you're the wise man of the band, that's it, who tells me you're not going to trap me yet." Said Cagney.
"No, I don't want you, you know, I saw it all last night, for Fluffy."
At this moment, it passes under the balcony and hearing his name, he hides to listen.
"I tried to give him hope to find his parents alive, but I was sure of nothing ... I can understand that he wants me, I started to become attached to him and now, I do not know where he is, what he does, he needs someone, a family ... "
Hearing these words, Fluffy smiled.
"Would you like to adopt him?" Boom application.
"I ... I don't know, maybe, but I have to talk to my wife about it."
Suddenly, Fluffy had the feeling that he would find a good family! He wants to forgive Cagney until the conversation changes.
"I'm sure she'd agree, talking about your wife, you need to stay close to her."
"Why do you say that ?"
"Actually, Tic and Tac went to watch Lord Eustache, it's true that we were accomplices with him at first, but he holds us back as his hostages to get rid of you, we decided not to let ourselves go, but we have been on mission since the beginning, I can not tell you more, we are sure that Lord Eustache is not the one he pretends to be! He wants your wife! You must go find her! "
"Are you sure of that? Where is he?" Exclaims Cagney, widening his eyes.
"Yes ... I think he's going to the guest dormitory!"
At this, Cagney gets up and rushes to find Hilda.
"Be careful, sir Carnation!" Prevents Boom.
Fluffy, having heard everything, decides to follow him discreetly.
Meanwhile, Hilda runs along the dark corridors of the rooms, she wants to enjoy his last days on her homeland.
"Are we looking for directions?" Said a voice.
"Lord Eustache, I know it's you ..." Hilda said.
He appears at her side.
"What is your delirium to appear in the dark ..."
"I always preferred the shade to the light, that's what makes my charm." Eustache said getting closer to her.
She slowly departs and continues to walk.
"And to answer your question, I'm enjoying my last days, where I was born."
"Exactly, why not take advantage with me, from the beginning, you seem to avoid me while I hands you gently." Eustache said, bringing his hand to her face. At this gesture, Hilda pushes his hand violently.
"Sir, I am not interested, and I will not deceive my husband!" Said Hilda.
"You should let go a little more often, all the couples do it, you have to get bored in bed, with me you can free yourself." This one is positioned in front of her.
"Never, leave me, poor fool!" She said nervously.
"But you're looking for me, little tease, hehe, at 50, you're still fresh, ready to fuck." He grabs her arm and blocks her against the wall.
"No, let me go!" Hurts Hilda, she's scared. She tries to struggle but he has a big hold on her. She focuses to use her magic but nothing happens, she remains speechless.
"How sad it is, without powers to defend yourself, you are mine now!" Eustache said in a Machiavellian laugh and approached his face as he touched her body.
"Take off your dirty hands from my wife! Shouted a voice in the corridor and a huge liana struck Eustache in the face and fell unconscious. Cagney appears, eyes full of anger. Hilda runs towards him.
"Cagney ... he ... has"
"Don't worry I'm here, luckily I arrived in time, I knew it was not clear! It's one of the D-mons who warned me."
"Thanks honey ... but my powers, they do not seem to work anymore!"
"What do you mean ?"
"Look ..." she tries to make a star appear but nothing works.
"That's why I could not defend myself."
"Strange ... you have to warn Fio right now!" His right hand is not a trusted man, telling him what he's been trying to do to you. Said Cagney taking Hilda in his arms, he was very worried, and they rushed to warn Fio.
"What is it possible?" Said Fio, completely stunned.
"It's the truth, otherwise I will not be shocked or ruffled!" Said Hilda, still in shock.
"I know he's a little crazy, but from there, make sexual touching, it's not his style ..."
"Fio, you have to stop him and right now, if not, he'll do it again!"
"I'll take care of it, we'll have it by surprise, I need to be sure, you're not the first to complain about his behavior, Oswald said, and the D-mons too. "
"Highness, I'm going to confront him, stay behind me." Oswald said as he opened the door. Meanwhile, Eustache becomes nervous, his liquor in which he drank was empty and he begins to tremble.
"And shit ... and that jerk who's dead, his blood is no longer good ... I must quickly find someone else, the leader would not be bad ... haha ... I'll take his place and I'll take my revenge on the mountain."
He begins to limp and is soon to face Oswald.
"Here, my dear, what a good wind today?" He said trying to hide his tremors
"Please follow me." Answer Oswald.
"And why that?"
"You have assaulted Miss Berg in this hallway, His Highness will take care of your punishment."
"Assaulted ... pfff, right now the big words, hehe ... She warmed me too!" A woman like her, we can not resist. "
He does not know that in the shadows, Cagney, Hilda and Fio had heard everything.
"But who are you, damn it, it does not look like you!" Fio pops up.
"Oooh, Highness, I did not see you!" He said arrogantly.
"Enough, you've hurt my mother, your punishment will have serious consequences!" Fio said, frowning.
Suddenly, Eustache holds his head, and half of his face turns black. Everyone goes back to this scary appearance. Seeing a good opportunity, as a brute force, he throws himself on Fio, hands around his neck.
"Aaah !! Fio!" Hurts Hilda completely frightened.
"Arhhgg, let me go!" Said Fio pushing Eustache violently, Oswald catches him and slams him to the floor. A dozen guards meet the corridor and hold him by the arms. Eustache now had red eyes, seeming to drool as if he was furious.
Fio gets up quickly.
"You are not Eustache ... who are you? And where is he?" He yells.
He replies with a sneer.
"If you want to follow me, I'll show you something ..."
"I will not be alone, so what do you have to show me?"
He leads the rest of the group into a basement.
"I'm sure you hold the real Eustache! He's here?" Oswald asks.
"For once, you look less stupid than you look ..." responds the individual.
"Shut up and show us where he is!" Fio application.
Suddenly, a strong nauseating odor comes to the nose.
"My God, but it stinks here!" Said Fio, plugging his nose.
"It looks like the smell that bothered the staff, remember, I told you about it." Said Oswald
"Mashed ... there is a dead man or what?" Said Cagney.
"That's what you believe." Answer the false Eustachian.
He opens a door, next to the pipes, their hearts miss a beat when they see with horror, a body lying on the ground. He seems to be a corpse in a state of advanced decomposition.
"My God no !!"
The fake Eustache approaches the body, seizing it by the collar of the shirt and throwing it to the ground in front of them. This corpse was the TRUE Eustache!
"What did you do to him!" Fio screams.
"I was just taking his blood to keep his appearance and fool you! It is true that I mistreated him, but I would never have cut his veins if I needed him!" Replied the false Eustace, still in his madness and disfigured appearance.
Hilda hides in Cagney's arms not to look. Cagney was disgusted at the sight of the corpse and the fake Eustache who wanted to hurt his wife. Fio had lost his second adviser, his faithful right hand.
"Put it behind bars, you have better tell us your identity before your judgment!"
"You can always try, I will not speak." Said the individual by taunting him.
"All night, do you hear me? Crit Fio.
And the guards take him to the strongest prison, to prevent him from escaping without revealing his identity.
"And ... take Eustache ... we'll make him a funeral worthy of him." Fio said, lowering his head.
"Highness, I'm sorry for it ... you have to be strong now, I think he wanted to end his days to prevent this intruder from continuing to fool us with his appearance." To save us, if not, who knows what he could have done you. " Oswald said trying to comfort his boss. Fio could not help but drop a tear. His parents are coming closer to comfort him.
After the burial of Eustache, the night falls and promises to be long for the guards and Fio who try somehow to make the individual talk about his identity, which is content to release some laughter while remaining silent to questions .
"He is tough." Said Fio, exhausted.
"Yes ... he will eventually give in." Replies Oswald.
"Dad, mom, go to sleep, it's best for you."
"Yes ... but Fio, be careful." Said Cagney.
"Don't worry, if in an hour he did not answer, I'll go to bed."
"All right, let's sleep now."
"His judgment will be tomorrow night, we'll see."
At this point, Oswald thinks what the devil told him. "Tomorrow night at midnight on the royal square" These words resonate in his head, he immediately thinks he might try to convince Hilda and Linda to follow him to this place during the judgment. It hurt a lot inside him, but he has no choice.
To be continued
