5.3 Disappear

"Uncle. You got to rest. I'll take over the search for now." Letholdus said to his Uncle. Fenwick still looks regal and powerful, he didn't look like a bit tired because he's sustaining himself by means of potions but his eyes says otherwise. It was blank and clouded. Fenwick has been searching for 4 days now.

"No. It was my fault so I need to... I need.." Fenwick started to close his eyes when he received a hit that puts him to sleep from the Emperor. Letholdus catched his Uncle as he falls and carried him with his arms.

"Take your Uncle to a room and let him rest. A new battalion would be ready to go with you." The Emperor said. Letholdus nodded and brought his Uncle to rest.

The Emperor sigh as he looked at his brother.

"I've seen him like this before.. it was when he lost her..." The Emperor thought to himself. He raised his hand and Walter walked to his side.

"Prepare another battalion. Have them ready to enter the Sacreforis. We need to search deeper to the forest."

"I will follow your command." Walter disappeared and the Emperor was left alone. The Emperor turned his eyes to the young man walking towards him.

"Father Emperor I would---" before Prince Henry can even finish what he had to say, the Emperor told him his answer.

"No. You will stay in the palace.. There's a banquet today and all the rulers of other continent would be there. I would like us to be complete during this time." The Emperor said sternly. His son have asked him over and over, but he didn't give in knowing he too might be indanger.

"But I'm worried about Luxiain. She's missing for 4 days now. I just can't sit back and wait. I have to do something." Henry said, then he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Listen to your father, Henry. We are indeed worried, but your duty as a Crown Prince must be present to Banquet of Life Festival." Henry turned around and saw his Uncle Althalos. He too, seems to be doing fine, but then again. There's a slight reddening in his eyes due to lack of sleep and stress.

"Plus your cousin Letholdus and Leorick are already moving. Be present to the banquet. Everything may seem peaceful at the surface, but who knows what they'll do if they found out our predicament. I don't doubt the rulers, I doubt their subjects." Henry turned quiet as he too knows what it meant.

"Dear! Dear! Come and help!" The three quickly looked at the Empress with her attendants running with her. The panicking Empress reached the Emperor and was panting, but after catching her breathe. She suddenly pulled her husband.

"Scarlett is.. she's in pain!" The Empress burst into tears. When the three gentlemen heard it, their face fell and immediately move to the room where Scarlett is lying.

Beside the bed is Lucian looking at Scarlett groaning full of pain. There are two mages beside her illuminated with white light and transferring it to Scarlett's body.

"What happened?" The Duke asked and the Duchess ran to him and cried to his arms.

"She suddenly fallen down as she's accompanying me to stroll around. Then she started screaming in pain.. I... Luxiain.. She's in danger. Althalos.. our daughter. What will happen to her?'" The Duchess wails. Everyone's face fallen dark.The Human and Spirit's contract. It is not a fair system, for the fact that the contractee life is in danger the contractor will suffer with the contractee. While if the contractor is in verge of death or suffering, the contractee would just be able to tell without backlash even if they're far away.

"Mas...ter.." Scarlett screamed for one last time before she stopped moving. The mages weren't able to tell what's going to happen next. They started to prepare checking up on her when they noticed something.

"S-she's disappearing.."

Scarlett's body slowly turning transparent. Like a ghost ready to disapear. Her face was at ease devoid of previous suffering.

"N-no.. NO! W-what's happening to her? What's the meaning of this?" The Duchess went to Scarlett's side. The Emperor got back to his senses and so is the others.

"Quickly! Do something! Tell me what's happening!" The Emperor commanded. The Mages look at the disappearing body stunned at what they're seeing.

"W-we don't know.. this is the first time we're seeing this phenomenon." One mage said. Then the other mage suddenly remembered something then his face turned black.

"I remembered on one of the theories written in a book. It is said that a part of Fey is given to the Master's soul. When the master suffers in physically, the Fey feels. So if she's disappearing. The possible explanation is the master of this fey... her soul is likely already disappeared."