Episode 10

Eliza immediately approaches Christopher.

"Cris!..." she calls while shaking him to wake up.

"Eli..." Christopher speaks, completely dazed.

"relax, come with me..." Eliza helps him to his feet by looping Christopher's arm around her shoulder to assist him in walking.

"what's going on, Eli..."

"nothing, we'll be home soon, so hang in there, okay?" Christopher is completely dazed as the effects of the drug have not fully worn off, and he can't understand anything, but he nods.

Eliza starts limping as she helps Christopher, and they exit the cell.

The place is an underground dungeon, and Eliza walks, searching for the way out, while she observes the other cells filled with crying children begging to be released.

"I'm sorry, but right now the most important thing is to get Cris out of here..."

With a bitter expression, Eliza looks away and deafens herself, ignoring the heartbreaking cries of the children.

She wishes she could do something for them, but in this situation, she can't afford to be a kind and just savior because her life and Christopher's are also at stake.

Eliza finds the exit of the dungeon and they carefully climb up some stairs that lead to a door.

Eliza opens the door and checks if there is anyone, then exits and walks down the hallway ahead.

"Eli, what's happening?" Christopher asks, fully regaining his consciousness.

"relax, Cris... we were kidnapped, but it's okay now. We're going to escape from here, so just follow me and do everything I say, understood?"

"alright..." Christopher nods, aware that they are in a dangerous situation and that he is nothing more than a burden to Eliza, so he can only obey and try to help her as much as possible.

"She's injured..."

Christopher clenches his jaw as he smells blood coming from Eliza and can also feel her limping. It's obvious that she's wounded.

Unable to do anything, Christopher swallows his anger and clenches his fist, feeling powerless. He truly can't do anything because he's a useless blind man...

"damn it!" Eliza hears footsteps approaching, so she immediately quickens her pace and they enter a room in the hallway, then close the door and stay still in complete silence.

The footsteps draw near, and Eliza tightens her grip on the knife in her hand, but fortunately, the footsteps pass by and move away from the door.

Eliza lets out a relieved sigh and looks at Christopher, then hugs him and kisses his cheek.

"I promise we'll get out of here..."

"I believe in you, Eliza..."

Eliza smiles and looks around, realizing they are in a warehouse, but she can't help but smile when she sees the small window on the back wall.

"let's get out of here!" Eliza says excitedly, taking Christopher's hand and leading him to the small window, which is quite high but fortunately, doesn't have bars.

Eliza sees a table filled with boxes and immediately approaches, knocking all the boxes down, and then pushes the table against the wall.

"there's a window there, that's how we're going to escape," Eliza says, and Christopher nods as he feels the wind seeping through the window.

Eliza helps Christopher climb onto the table and then climbs up herself.

"now be careful and go out, it's not very high, so don't worry, I'll follow you"

Eliza helps Christopher out through the window, but at that moment, the door opens.

"you bastards!! They're here!!" the man shouts, and Eliza furrows her brow, then proceeds to push Christopher through the window.

"I'm sorry..." Eliza says, then launches herself at the man running towards her, stabbing him in the chest.

"die, scum," Eliza says, then slits his throat.

The man falls to the floor, bleeding, and Eliza smiles, then runs towards the window, climbs onto the table, and jumps outside, landing on the ground, which fortunately is not very high.

Christopher stands there, and Eliza hugs him, smiling.

"we did it! Now let's go back home!" Eliza says, starting to run while holding Christopher's hand.

Her leg no longer hurts, now the important thing is to return home as soon as possible.

Both of them run through the alleyways, searching for an exit onto a main street. Eliza knows they are in the imperial capital, so once they find a main street, they can easily return to the mansion of the grand duchy, located on the outskirts of the city.

However, unfortunately, the criminals catch up to them, and both of them are surrounded in a dead-end alley by more than a dozen men.

"Thought you could escape from us, you little bitch?..."

"I'm going to make you pay for each and every death of our friends, you damned woman"

Eliza puts Christopher behind her and points the knife at the men.

"Stop crying like little girls and prepare to die, you scum" says Eliza, looking at the men with disgust, further fueling their anger.

"I'm going to cut out your tongue and make you swallow it..." says one of the men, taking out a thick knife and aiming it at Eliza.

"I don't think the dead can move" says Eliza, immediately charging at the man with a speed that makes it impossible for him to react before Eliza jumps on him and plunges the knife into his forehead, killing him.

"Well, who's next?"

Eliza smiles, licking the blood off her knife, and the men tremble at the sight of those eyes full of madness that could consume them at any moment.

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