The Scheme of the dark leprechauns

I am the daughter of the demon lord.

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"What is the matter? His Majesty has summoned the soldiers and the knights late tonight." Everyone is creating a commotion; the King has summoned them owing to the urgent incident of the realm.

"I wonder what occurred." The servants and Scarlet's mother were alerted that something happened in the palace. Despite that, no one has a single idea of what it is.

I am going back to the magnificent palace where everyone has been summoned.

The King stepped in violently. He was stomping the floor when he stepped in. He then fixed back his cape and stared at everyone. Even the post guards have been summoned.

"I have gathered everyone here to announce significant news."

Everyone began gossiping about how the King's way of speaking was offering a terrifying sound to everyone to its finest. It has been a long since they saw him with his dead enraged expression.

"The post guards that we're maintaining the safety of the princess have failed me."

They gasped in chorus. Everyone already knew what the King was attempting to express. When he told the 'failed' word, they understood that something had happened to the Princess.

"And all the post guards who are in charge of the Princess's chamber shall be punished by death!" Everyone is astonished. Not only that, the post guards were to shake with this penalty easily.

"Your Majesty! T-that was too…."

"Harsh? The Princess right now is missing. I witnessed it with my own eyes; she was stolen by those bastards who consider her as one of them. Okay. It may be harsh, therefore I might consider it changing if…" the frown of the King in his face wasn't altering.

"If one of you manages to bring her back safe and sound. I don't want any single scratch to be marked on her skin. If she does have, consider all of your life expired."

Everyone is trembling. "Yes, your Majesty! We shall convey the Princess back safely to the palace."

They all said to the King.

"..." he merely stared at everyone; they all gulped.

"What are you still doing? March on!" the general screamed fiercely to everyone. They started moving to find the Princess.

The King would sit on his throne problematically. He seems frustrated and outraged by what he just witnessed. "The Princess is gone. I don't really know what I should do. Those creatures are really after my child." leaning his right hand to his head, problematic he could be.

"Your Majesty. Please don't stress out yourself about this matter. This might affect your health. The Princess is clever; we know that. Please trust the Princess." His devoted knight worriedly said.

"I should have noticed. When I saw her this morning, she was odd. She seemed like she was upset by something, but I assumed she was in her usual self. Though, I observed her acquiring that sharp sword in that statue. I should have let her sleep inside my bed-chamber."

As though he was blaming himself for this absence, the King proceeded to assert.

"Your Majesty…"

"Your Majesty! Is it true?"

Fushia unexpectedly arrived in the big hall to inquire with the King about what happened to their daughter. "What are you doing here?"

"I've heard what happened to our daughter, our daughter, where is she? Scarlet! Where did she go off to?" Scarlet's mother barely takes a proper breath, panting excessively in front of his Majesty.

Anxiety was already etched in her face; even her servants were anxious not just for the Princess but also for her highness' health.

"She was snatched by those things called Alices."

"An Alices? H-how could that be? The borders of the two realms are already separated. D-did they transgress the law of this realm?"

"I don't know. But it seems to be like that. I won't let them have her. I'll make sure after this, and they won't be able to enter the human boundary once again."

It was a threat, a warning for everyone that could hear his words that the King himself would exile these creatures that kidnapped the Princess to the otherworld, far from the realm she was staying in.

Fushia couldn't idle herself. Deciding to depart somewhere, the King noticed this, and then he questioned, "Where do you intend to go? Fushia?"

"I can't just idle and do nothing. I have to look for her."

"But the knights have already searched for her. You should stay here and wait-"

"No. I have to do something." but Fushia's word made the king mute; he couldn't stop her from heading out.

When Fushia has left the grand hall, the King himself ordered his devoted knight. "Follow her, but don't let yourself get caught. I am intrigued about what she is about to do." the general knight was somewhat astonished at this odd command of his.

"Pardon me…?" he was unsure if he heard him wrong. "Your Majesty… are you telling me to spy to her highness?"

"If that is the correct word for it. Then it is. Hurry…"

The King's order was absolute. He has to do it for the General knight who can only obey his King even if it is against his will. Like what was the command for him, he followed Fushia. She walked to her palace; in the backyard, where it has access to the forest, he hid himself on the large tree while watching the young royalty from doing a bizarre thing.

'What is she doing? Isn't she meant to find the Princess?' in the general knight's head persisted.

"Piskies." She has been dubbed a bizarre living entity. Some bright butterflies encircle her for some reason. The general knight enlarged his eyes, because he had yet seen something like this in his entire life before.

"Yes, your highness? What may be the reason you've summoned us on this gorgeous night." and the 'Piskies' had immediately answered her, those small voices similar to the voices that communicated with Scarlet previously.

"The Princess is missing. She was brought to the otherworld."

"Gasped!" He could hear their talk swiftly and clearly.

"Where did she wander to? It is a florid moon tonight, and the bridge between the two realms will be barred tonight."

"Yes, I know. That's why I called all of you here to find her as soon as possible," said Fushia, who looks like she is going to cry. "Your highness! You did the right thing. But may we ask who would plot this dreadful event?" they once more asked.

"I think… It's the dark leprechauns. Please, I'm begging you guys. Please bring her back."

"Don't worry... Your Highness, We'll do all we can do."