The Nightinshade

Sharon's POV—

Following the map, I along with Maria, were standing in front of a very big gate. It was in the middle of the Languin forest. It's a forest where mostly dangerous animals and plants live.

"Maria, you are my trusted maid, aren't you?"

"Yes, Your Majesty," she replied with no hesitation. Wow! She really is a very great liar. Of course... loyal to her master, Kelsin, isn't it? Let's see how much longer can you keep this.

I smiled, "Good. So, I believe you will help me in cleaning this place."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

I smirked, "You asked me a question that time, didn't you? Well then perhaps, I should answer it know. You know the group called, 'Nightinshade.' Right? At least, you must have heard about it."

The expression on her face changed. Most of the time, Maria keeps an uninterested expression. Like she doesn't care anything. But to appear normal, she sometimes fakes her emotions. Right now, while her face was blank, her eyes held a cold glint to it.

"Maria has ventured many times, hasn't she?" She didn't say anything but just looked at me. I continued, "Most of times, you have helped me in my personal businesses. While in those times, I couldn't help but notice that your expression always changed whenever the term, 'slavery' is mentioned. In your eyes, there was always an unprecedented anger."

"How did you...?" Maria trailed her words. It seems my words have completely shocked her. What I said just now, was complete bullshit. But my work is done. She would definitely think that my observation was indeed true. If I press this more then, it may backfire on me.

"You are my personal maid. I do ignore your matters most of the time but I trust you and care for you." I placed my hand on her arm. Damn! She is almost 5 inches bigger than me. "If you don't want then—"

"I want to!" Maria flinched in horror, "I am sorry, Your Majesty. I—"

"It's fine. You are very excited about this. Do you have some personal grudge against them?"

Clenching her jaw, she nodded with some difficulty. My objective is fulfilled. So, no need to press it anymore.

"Break the door, Maria."

She conjured a bow and arrow in her hand, and then, aimed at the door. She looked at me for the permission to fire. I nodded my head in affirmation. Getting my permission, she fired the arrow destroying that large door completely. It would have caused a huge noise if not for me to use my magic to block the noise.

I entered into the dungeon with Maria following me. As we walked deeper into the dungeon, I noticed the walls were made up of black marbles and black rocks, which gave it a haunted look.

There were also some strange markings inscribed on the walls. Just as I was going to inspect the markings, I heard some noises.

Giving it a last look, I headed towards the direction of the noise. I didn't look at Maria to know if she was following me or not. She was much more motivated than me. While Kenshin faked that he took revenge for her, I gave her opportunity to extract revenge by herself. Nothing tastes sweeter than revenge but if, one person gets their revenge with their own hands... it just amplifies the sweetness by n-number of times.

As we walked further, the intensity of the increased.

The metallic door in front of us was the thing that separated us from the activities behind the door.

Without any further ado, I opened the gate. What I saw... shocked me to my very core.

A musky and burnt flesh entered my nose. Broken chairs, chains and ropes were scattered everywhere.

The view in front of me completely horrified me. Children around 5-10 years of age were being... raped and hurt in an indescribable manner. Men and women... were both performing those atrocious cruelties upon the children. Crime has no face, or gender. And the abominable sight in front of me proves this.