Outright their sumptuous dinner, Magee started putting innumerable clothes inside Albrecht's tummy that protruded like it would anytime explode. Albrecht tried to control himself from chuckling, seeing his tummy that big.
" How many number of months is this? Mag, its I guess ten months! He whisperingly called George who responded right away.
George sought her permission to step aside; took over the task and she was religiously observing her gentleness in fixing Albrecht's eight month tummy.
" Oh brother, how many months is this? Albrecht asked.
" Its usually an eight month size, not a ninth month yet." George smiled at him.
" Hmm...I'm convinced."
" Wow! you're an expert. Have you experienced assisting a Doctor in birth delivery?" Magee curiously asked.
" Yes. I personally made the mothers gave birth even without the Doctors.'
" You alone?"
" Yes, sometimes, hmm...around almost a hundred of them."
" I see. She smiled then went out to sit beside Baldur.
"I'm scared."
" No way, you have to endure everything."
The room was dim and Albrecht's ready to play his role already. As planned, they just followed what has been set early on.
With the fogs around beginning to emerge in every corner of the place and the spring flows going to the river emanates a more mysterious night. Appalingly, George was sitting on a chair, adjacent to the window when he glanced on his wristwatch after Albrecht whisperingly asked the time.
" It's past 11 o'clock." He moved closer back to Albrecht who then felt so uncomfortable to his role.
A little while, George heard a sound from the kitchen.
" Shh..." He pressed Albrecht's hand to signal him to keep quiet and went back slowly to his post. In a while, there were lighter footsteps moving closer toward Baldur's long wooden chair then it stopped right there and Magee surprisingly crawled slowly going to George's side.
" Why Baldur didn't say any word? I seemed to hear some irritable noise." Magee commented while George just tightly covered her ears. In a second, they both noticed that the window fronting Albrecht's bed was slowly opening. Without further delay, George then moved forward and let Magee leaned back. Though she seemed kicking to go along with him but he turned his head and gently pat her shoulder which was enough to make her stay. Noticeably, someone sprouted from the window and before the person could step on the wooden floor when George attacked him by bending his hands backward and blocked his right foot to make the intruder fall facing the floor. Magee moved closer and covered the person's mouth and pulled the person on the corner and additionally tied both hands and feet.
Despite their noise, Baldur did not bother to open the door to check them that made Magee anxious. But another person speedily came in from the window but George impatiently punched the intruder to cause a heady knockdown. Magee pulled the second person in the corner and quickly tied both hands and feet. Out of fear, Albrecht immediately stood up, removed the clothes and rushed toward the door and opened it to check his younger brother Baldur. Magee then hide behind the piled up sacks after George lighted a lamp and followed to Albrecht who unbelievably snickered while staring to Baldur.
" Brother, you don't need to speak and just wait here. I'll get you some water for a while." Albrecht said.
" Ows! Baldur, its alright! I'll get back on you after I can call Narciso and Edmund to pick up these two intruders." But before George proceeded to move outside the house and he told Magee not to get out nor interview Baldur.
" Just stay here and hold your dagger." He whispered to her before he locked the window.
Moments later, five from the soldiers and guerrillas picked up the intruders that Albrecht had transfered to the receiving area.
"Where is she?" George whispered to Baldur who just arrived from his men outside.
" In the bathroom. I tied her securely." Baldur shrugged his shoulder and shook his head.
" Is she the same woman I've told you?" George asked.
" Yes, its Guida. She's whispering to my ears your name all throughout. She thought I was you.
The door has opened.
" Baldur, are you alright?" Magee smilingly asked him.
" Mag, stay beside George, don't get closer to me I still have to get this done and ask our captive few questions.
" Baldur..." Magee pityingly looked at him.
" Don't worry. This is nothing, still part of being your elder brod who should protect both you and George. Go back and relax." He urged her to get inside with his hoarse voiçe. Then she obeyed.
When Magee took her place in, Baldur narrated and verbatimly described how Guida started and ended up tempting him but he immediately tied her though suddenly Guida had the chance of digging her long fingers on his face that left him bruises."
" She's dying of you bro, though I guess it isn't everything. But its good you shared to me beforehand your observations on her, otherwise I would be stunned on this hysterical night, huh!" He smiled at him.
" You've helped me a lot bro, thank you."
" How about those guys caught inside, were they identified?"
"Guida's brothers - when I interrogated them, they said they're doing this for their parents who are currently restrained in Daba and in exchange of Hakanori's fiancee. They said, whoever can bring his fiancee will be rewarded and whose family and relatives will be freed. Months ago, Guida was one among Hakanori's captives, abused and became his woman of comfort. Hakanori has repetitively compared her fiancee among them that even made Guida on fire to see who's that one looks like. Someone from the guerrillas told them that Hakanori's fiancee became the Lieutenant's wife so it begets more anger that she'd found her competitor here in a safer place.
She exactly had a plan to ruin us. Now, her brothers want us to forgive them."
"Hmm...if I were only heartless, I'd rather punish them to death for attempting to abduct my sister for Hakanori. So, what's your decision now?"
" We'll try to patch up their pains." I'll go get their parents in Daba where Hakanori resides, doing this may lessen their burden and puts their hat back on us."