Chaos near the Venus Wing (2)

"The poison was for you!"

Dumbfounded by the words that came out of the maid's mouth, he stood there with all eyes and attention on him. It confused him, he did nothing to offend the maid or anyone in the palace. How could someone want to poison him? 

Prince Louis looked at the maid in confusion with a mix of irritation, "Why would you want to poison my personal servant?" he asked.

He could not find any reason for her to poison him. Was she just lying to escape punishment for trying to poison a Canopus prince? That might be possible, but the hate in her eyes while she gaze at Chance was too real.

"Because he needs to die." the maid answered.

Alec was holding back to prevent himself from slicing up the maid. He is in another kingdom, he cannot just kill someone's servant just like that so as much as he hates it, he must hold back. His expression remained blank, but he was emitting a dangerous aura, making all of them sense the murderous intent.

"Why would he need to die? Who ordered you to put poison in the pot?" Louis continued to ask the maid who was kneeling down in front of him.

There were tears in the maid's eyes and she shook her head hard, "No, no! No one ordered me. I was the one who wanted to poison that servant right there!" she responded. Even with tears in her eyes, she looked at Chance with contempt.

"Why? You want to know the reason?" she asked the prince and also looked at the faces of the other people who were inside. She laughed and her face turned serious, "Because that person," pointed at Chance, "Does not deserve our prince, Caliber!" she yelled.

All of them were dumbfounded by what she said, but she continued on, "Nobody deserves His Highness! Not princesses, not princes, not servants, no one!" 

"Do you know how he stares at you? You know his feelings, yet you pretend to be innocent. I saw you two that night, I saw how your words hurt him. Did you see the look in His Highness's face? Oh, poor, prince. Oh poor, Caliber~," she sobbed.

Bewildered looks appeared on their faces as they stared at her with disbelief. The other maids covered their mouth, surprised to see her like that. Never have they known that she has that kind of personality. 

Alec let out a snort, "Insane."

Louis furrowed his brows and looked at the maid, could not hide the disgust on his face anymore, "Insane." he muttered. "If I knew that this maid harbored these kinds of thoughts, I would have thrown her out of the Venus wing." he said in a low voice but Alec heard it.

"What do you want to do with this servant?" Alec asked.

The prince sighed and massaged his temples. He gestured with his right hand to get the maid away from him, "Capture her for now, His Majesty will decide her punishment." he commanded.

Alec gave him a slight bow and walked towards the maid who lost her mind to grab her but she hit his hand away and slapped him in the face which made Chance gasp, "Do not touch me! Why would you touch me? Why would you want to punish the hero of His Highness, Caliber?"

Louis was getting annoyed, "If you keep spouting nonsense, I will order your death in advance." he stated.

But the maid smirked.

"Let us see who dies first."

After a moment of silence, Alec made himself alert. The ground started to shake and he sensed something odd as the trees and plants of the hidden place rustled. 

He slowly took a step back near the little prince as he had a bad feeling about their surroundings, "Your Highness, be careful..." he whispered, not taking his eyes away from the maid.

Chance heard what Alec said and noticed his expression. He also sensed that something bad will happen so he put on his guard and looked around.

The maid broke the silence with a loud maniacal laugh, "Now, now. Are you scared? That is right, do not move. You will all die." she uttered. Her psychotic side was getting worse as she stopped hiding her actual personality. 

Alec's hand made its way to the handle of his sword, but the maid spotted it. Her face turned dark and glared at him, "I told you not to move, did I not?"

She raised her hand all of a sudden, then put it down and pointed at Alec and the two princes.

Groups were hiding behind all the trees in the hidden place. Some of them jumped from above and before they could even react, they were surrounded. They did not look like men from someone with high status. No armors, proper clothing, but just normal commoners who like to fight. 

Chance held Louis's hand and blocked him in case someone would attack the prince. The Valorian knight observed the people who surrounded them, they looked like a group of bandits. Normal clothes but has many weapons in pocket, then holding blades while looking at them with amusement.

"I hope you have fun here," the maid said with a smile. She looked at her people, "You can do whatever you want with them. Make sure you leave no one." she commanded and they nodded with a smirk, looking at them with arrogance.

She was about to leave, but he pointed at one of the men and gestured using her finger. Then, giving a glare to Chance, the man grabbed him by the collar away from Prince Louis. "Let go!!!" Chance shouted.

Alec drew his sword and was ready to kill when he saw the man touching his master. Other men blocked his way so he could not approach Chance but they were sliced up by Alec. Alec does not worry about killing people outside his kingdom anymore. 

What matters is the dirty hand that touched the clothes and skin of his master. 

One attacked from behind but he dodged it and faced the man so he stabbed him. Another swing to the side that tried to hold him down. Twisted back to the direction he was in to clash his sword with someone who lunged at him. 

Unlike his sword, their weapons were wide, ranging from small to long and sometimes just knives. It was easy for him to wipe them all out if only Louis was not there and if only he did not keep on glancing over at Chance to check his state.

No matter how many enemies he killed in one hit, the amount was insanely still the same. Just where did they all come from? How could the Canopus security be so weak? Those were the questions going in his mind.

It might not look like it, but he suspects that they must have been ordered by someone high enough to know how to break into the palace. At first he thought that it was the men of that psychotic maid, but judging from the number of people, he doubts it.

From the corner of his eyes he saw the maid smiled at him and stepped out of the place. He saw the man pulling Chance with him. "CHARLES!" he roared.

He punched the people near him then hit the others with the pommel of the sword then pierce through them when they were all on the ground. He tried to approach Chance and the man and maid he was with, but the people kept blocking him.

The number was still multiplying, making it hard for him to get near. As he finally made a little path to go to his master, the men started ignoring him and went for the little prince instead.

He contemplated which one to protect, but for him Charles was much more important. Charles is his master, his best friend and the crown prince of his kingdom. If he had to choose which one to save right now, of course he would choose Charles Howard.

He decided to let him be and turned to Chance, but the crown prince was glaring at him and staring directly into his eyes with anger, "What are you doing?! Protect His Highness!" he yelled.

It shocked Alec to see him mad after so long, but he had to save him. The man tried to cover his mouth with his hand because of the loud yell, but Chance bit his hand, causing the man to wince in pain.

"I am telling you! Protect Cole, this is an order!" he yelled again.

It was his last yell before getting dragged away, together with the crazy maid. Alec Valorian had no choice but to do as his master commanded.

He was fuming mad as he attacked everyone that comes to him and to the young prince.

After minutes of fighting, Alec Valorian was still fighting with the numbers of enemies that kept on growing.

Prince Louis suddenly shouted from the distance after spotting a woman by the door, "SHERIN!" 

Sherin heard the loud yell coming near the house inside and she turned. Good thing that Sherin spotted him immediately. "Your Highness, are you all right?" she shouted in return.

"Never mind me, you need to find Chance!" 

"Where is he, Your Highness?" Sherin asked.

"Chance has been kidnapped!"