chapter 47

After Sandra whispered something into Kate's ears. She begged to leave Eleanor's presence. "Please permit me to take my leave my lady". She bowed. Eleanor stared at her without moving a finger. This got Sandra nervous.

"I shall go to the kitchen to ordered for dinner to be prepare for you... My lady". Sandra waited in her bowing position for Eleanor to approval before she leaves but it never came.

She turned to Kate "help my lady into the bath. I shall be back shortly". She bowed again and left.

Eleanor was already on her way to the bath. She was conversant with the room. "My princess. I will have to help you undress before you enter into the bath".

Eleanor didn't answer her. Kate ran to stand in front of her. "My princess… please"

Eleanor avoided her and slowly made her way to the bathtub and descended into it.

Kate stood mouth agape. She paced to and fro. Confused on what to do. Her feet hit the sit opposite the bath where the white towel was.

Her eyes then traced to where she found the liquid soap and scrubbing sponge. She took it and went to sit on the edge of the bathtub dangling her feet in the water.

Eleanor was backing her. She stood still in the pool of water. Staring at the white wall.

Torches were burning by the corners, throwing golden shades on her face. The princess then deep herself vertically into the water and resurfaced again.

Her eyes were wide open and red as she resurfaced. Her wet clothes stick to her skin, revealing her shape. The water from her hair drips to many places...

"My princess please swim over here so I can wash your hair". Eleanor ignored her.

"my princess" she called again.

"Get out of here this minutes". Eleanor said angrily. Her hands pointing at the exit for Kate to vanished from her sight.

Kate rose and knelt down. The soap and sponge fell into the pool of water out of fright. "Forgive… me my princess… if I have done anything wrong". She said in a shaking tone. Kate was apologizing for doing nothing.

The humble maid didn't know why her mistress was angry all of a sudden. "Maybe begging shall tamed her anger". Kate thought.

Eleanor was not having it. She meant every word of what she said. She was going insane out of desires.

It was only a man that could tamed her anger right now. And Kate was among the people who was depriving her of that.

"Get out..." Eleanor screamed without turning around to face Kate. She grabbed her twin balls longingly and close her eyes. Caressing it gently. Her body jerked in pleasure.

Eleanor was dying of wants. She torn her dress. From the neck to the under bust to have a feel of it.

The very thing the shabby dress prevented her from feeling it bareness. From caressing the skin of her succulent balls but she still held the torn dress in place with both her hands because Kate was there.

Eleanor was becoming fierce and Kate fear she might hurt herself because of the way she was displaying in the water. She kept dipping herself and resurfacing while gulping loudly.

Kate jumped into the water to get the princess out. Unfortunately for her, she got pounced on for her good heart.

Eleanor was wild. Dragging Kate's hair, she dipped her in the water and bring her forth repeatedly. The princess was baptizing Kate in the name of the king's stone.

Kate struggled to loose free from her gripped. When she finally does, she rushed out of the water and stood at a corner of the bathroom shivering like a chick.

What Kate failed to understand was the fact that princess Eleanor was a different version of her true self.

Eleanor was reacting to the powers controlling her. Even in the land which had immunity against magic. The power of the kings' stone could not be affected.

The dark magic she was possessed with was very effective because it had to do with the kings' stone.

It was the emperor's magician Zero who was controlling her right now. Zero was dumped in the altar of the emperor.

Joyce, the demoness only sent him back to where he came from without doing any harm to him. She made sure he was unable to locate the princess physically again.

Zero had diverse plans he mapped out to trapped Eleanor incase one didn't work out then the other shall. He was determined to draw Eleanor into their evil nest.

While he was on the process of executing another of his plans, the emperor woke up. It been a matter of days since the incident occurred between the emperor and the princess.

The incident were Eleanor was hypnotized with the dark magic which is now compelling her to bed any man not her husband.

Emperor Cassius was still being conscious and unconscious. He has not being fully recovered but his length of consciousness was increasing.

He would be conscious for hours before becoming unconscious again

Zero wished to informed his emperor how a strange being from no where came to defeat him when he almost won the war against the daughters of Serpent Land.

But he decided to keep it to himself because he didn't know how the emperor might react to it. He has never conceited to defeat. Zero didn't want his head to be sacrificed on the altar.

Emperor Cassius was up sitting on the arms of the giant vipers in his mini hall altar. The vipers had folded themselves in an arm chair for his comfort.

Whenever he falls unconscious again. They would wrapped themselves around him and keeps him afloat.

"Your majesty I have trailed the princess of Golden Hill day and night to know that she is…".

The emperor had a frown on his face. Zero noticed it on time and hurried to say. "I'm positive, they have gone into the Mistletoe kingdom".

Zero was seated on the floor in the center of the burning candles. The two maidens seated in front of the outer surface started swirling their hands and body.

The magician began an incantation. The inscriptions on the naked maidens started flying out. They then directed their ash eyes to the wall by their left. Eleanor appeared on the wall.

The emperor was stunned to know that even in Mistletoe, they could still reached the princess.

Zero laughed heartily at his accomplishment. He was really impressed seeing the mixture of joy and surprised look on the emperor's face.

They were watching Eleanor who was still in the bathtub through the walls of their altar.

It was Zero's numerous incantations and sacrifices which manipulated Eleanor the more because of the dark magic invoked in her by the emperor.

"Why is that possible". He asked Zero, his most loyal magician.

"Your imperial majesty…". He placed his forehead on the ground. His head was two feet away form the burning candles. He raised his head slightly. Looking at his palms that was held firmly together as if he was reading from there.

"There is no power as powerful as that of the kings' stone. Though the potency of the stone might be suppressed. It doesn't mean that it can be completely nullified.

No amount of dark magic invoked into the princess could deaden the power of the stone. I'm able to accessed a fraction of the powers in her because her mind is corrupt. Even though her body is yet to experience what her mind seek.

I call on the power of the stone to barred the immunity of the Mistletoe that I shall see what the princess is up in there.

"That's very good". The emperor commented. Zero's heart was gladden that his master was pleased with his work. His face beamed.

"So it means as long as that princess is in Mistletoe kingdom their immunity is gone".

"No my majesty". Zero bowed again. "Mistletoe's immunity is second most powerful as the kings' stone. It is impossible for any other power to be immune to it other than the kings' stone. The princess didn't destroyed their immunity. She is only resistance to it".

The emperor nodded. His eyes went to behold the naked maidens who were still staring at the wall. As long as their gazed was directed there Eleanor was visible within it.

"But I sacrificed souls to be able to ignites the resistance". Zero said in a whisper.

Emperor Cassius cared less. As long as there was result. He didn't mind if Zero sacrificed the whole empire. He sat indifferent of his small talks.

" I watched her daily from this mirror since I was invited into this matter". Zero continues… pointing at the wall. He didn't want to go deeper into the souls he had sacrificed because his master showed no interest in the topic.

"I can controlled her desires from here to be at the climax".

Emperor Cassius eyes lit up. "I choose the night because her servants have given her breathing space.

She shall be restless and threaten any female except a man comes around".

The emperor gave beautiful smiles. His well structure face came alive.

" When I caused the viper to swallowed the daughter's of serpent land. I retrieved their memory pertaining to the measures they took to stopped anyone who shall defile their princess and transfer the powers to you".

Zero had said this before he remembered that he didn't want to say anything about his fight with the daughters of Serpent Land. It had already slipped. The emperor raised his brow. Zero bowed apologetically.

"I discovered the casted a spell round her waist…" he said unwillingly " forming a metal invisible pant which can prevent any man…".

"Break it out". The emperor said out of impatience.

The previous smiles on his face died down. He looked at this slender magician before him. His short auburn hair was ruffled. He looked like he just escaped from a dead trap.

His clothing were torn and dirty. Yet he didn't think of himself but still went ahead to made the emperor sight the princess who was far away in Mistletoe kingdom on the wall of his altar.

"Immediately she crossed the boundary into the immune kingdom my imperial majesty, the iron melted away from her waist.

Now she is as vulnerable as a lowly naive handmaiden in our hands. I shall stir her urged some more and then cause her to be wild at her maids so they would give her space to explore".

They emperor smile at such wisdom. " I knew I could count on you" . Cassius muttered under his breath for his hearing alone.

Meanwhile Kate was shivering at the sudden change in attitude of the princess. She managed to scuffed behind one of the pillars closed to the bath incase Eleanor changes her mind and need her presence. Although she never recovered from the princess attack. She kept gulping and stretching her neck

They was a knocked on the door. It was Sandra she came in to see the princess with cloths in the pool.

She lashed out her frustration on Kate and then enter into the bath to help the princess.

When Sandra walked by Kate she held her hands and shooked her head. Because she was seriously choked when Eleanor dealt with her in the water. She couldn't talk. Sandra saw how swollen and pitiful this ugly maid look but she waved it off and went to serve the princess.

Kate watched them. Praying internally that the princess do not drowned Sandra in the pool too.