The Chesire Kingdom was finished.

It was the first night that the capital had been taken over and Elen wanted to depart from here after the destruction. The borders of Eluvia was not far to reach from here.

Kei and Polin was outside of the capital for a send-off to Elen and the elves.

Vetros and Jacklin were checking and exploring the castle. They were searching and gathering for any treasure and enjoying their downtime. There had no reason to say their goodbyes to people they barely knew. For Bidget, she was not very close to Elen but enjoyed her company. But tonight, Bridget's focus was on something else. In the future, maybe they will meet again.

Kei had summoned 20,000 beings as promised and another 10,000 for extra insurance and as a gift. The majority were very reptilian and draconic in nature.

Elen really doesn't know if this was a good thing or not. She just shrugged it off and dealt with it as it comes along. Maybe Kei's carefree nature was rubbing on her.

Elen wanted to bring Kirin along with her and freed her from her collar. She just had to ask.

"Kei, is it possible to bring her along with me? Or free her from her collar?"

"There always a price to pay Elen. Besides, she is suppose to be little wifey's first friend and she's leaving?"

Kei really didn't care where Kirin would go, he still got her slave contract. The only thing holding her back here was for Polin. Kei bought her to be her companion and it only been like two days they known each other.

Kirin stepped forward in front of Elen with a determined look and said: "I got something for my freedom! A Kitani fruit!"

Kei raised an eyebrow and made a quizzical look.

After a bit of explanation from Elen, Kei became very intrigued but suddenly Elen whispered into his ears: "This fruit may or may not still exist."

"Then what do you want me to do? She's not going anywhere." Kei whispered back.

Elen gritted her teeth. She needed to bargain something else, her mind was in turmoil. Would she risked herself for Kirin? They were close when they were younger, sworn siblings of sorts.

Elen was starting to show a grim expression. Kirin was oblivious to Elen's troubles and held her head high like Kei should be grateful to get this fruit.

"Heh heh heh." Kei was giggling.

Elen was taken back to reality by his snickering and asked, "What's so funny?"

"Hah! He must be so happy with joy to get one of famiy's treasured fruit! Che che che." Kirin replied.

That wasn't the reason why he was laughing. He just thinks this whole situation was ridiculous. Ever since the beginning, he can see Elen and Kirin are together like glue. Did they think he had a black heart? It's pure as the underground spring water.

He can't help but feel a tinge of delight when they were together and maybe a little envy to see close sibling-like relationships. Back then, he had someone like that but... Betrayal can be really be a bitch.

So, Kei decided to throw a lifeline.

"Okay. Okay. I don't want this fruit. I just don't like it when you're sulking Elen. So, I let Polin decide."

Elen and Kirin froze and moved their sights upon a small demon girl, who was standing next to Kei.

"Uhh..." With the spotlight shone on Polin, she was stump with the decision.

"Elen is leaving but she want to bring Kirin with her?" Kei reclarified.

"Why? You don't want to be my friend no more?" Polin's mood dropped.

"No no no no no! Even if we're far apart, we're always be friends no matter what!" Kirin tried to swiftly to get Polin's mood back up or her bones will break!

"Sister Ele is important to me and she needs me! Where she goes, I go! Please!" Kirin was losing breathe.

Polin was her last hope. If she would known that being with Elen rest on Polin's shoulders, she would've been nicer! Kirin was kinda lost seeing that Kei can care less about the Kitani fruit!

Polin looked at Kirin's tearing face, Elen's hopeful face, Kei's smiling face, and then at Kirin's collar.

Polin was already aware that Kirin was forced to be her friend when they first met. From Kirin's short lived tantrum, it was officially confirmed about Kirin's position in all this. That Kirin was a slave and she was a slave once too. Polin didn't really know what slaves are except force to do things they didn't want. She was lucky that Kei became her husband and that he loved her and she loved him back.

If they were really friends or wanted to be friends, Polin wanted it by choice!

"We're not friends!" Polin yelled from the bottom of her heart and directly at Kirin.

Kirin and Elen's faces pale like it was the end of the world! If they are not friends then Kirin was worthess to Kei!

Polin pulled on Kei's shirt demanding his full attention.

"Yes, little wifey?"

"Can you... Can you free Kirin for me. Please." Polin said with a puppy face.

Kirin and Elen was shock beyond belief! This can't be happening, right?

Kei still kept his smile and took out Kirin's slave contract. It bursted into a flame and turned into ashes. Kirin's collar popped open!

Kirin touched her neck to make sure and stared at Polin.

Kei picked up Polin like she was a small puppy and kissed her cheek many times.

"Stop it! It tickles!" Polin happily complained.

Kei stopped and said to her: "You're a good person."

"There you have it. You're free now. You should be grateful that little wifey is a kind person. Elen, if you want to get into contact talk to one of the summons. We will meet again." Kei said.

Everything was said and done.

...

Kei and Polin walked further and further away until they can't be seen. Kirin was staring into the distance where they left. Then lower her eyes looking at the ground.

If she met Polin at a different place in a different time, she would treat her like a peasant or worse.

All this time she kept her distance from Polin and were antagonistic towards her. When she said they're not friends, something struck her. Loss? Pain? Joy? Fear?

I'm free now and that's all that mattered. Now, I can be with sister Ele.

Moments later, Elen pulled Kirin towards the carriage, going west towards Eluvia.

Another army was marching. Each stomp rocks the ground. And the dragons flew into the air like rulers of the sky.

Elen can go back home and take her rightful place!

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[Back to the end of Ch 14]

Four days had passed. One by one the prisoners of the dungeon was burned, chopped, mangled, starved, and subjected to all sorts of torments and little games.

And its the finale. The king and his family and a few high noblemen and their family, a total of 10 people.

You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.

They were all chained up naked to the wall of the torture room. Weakened and exhuasted from being holded up in captivity with barely any food and water. Some faces were ashen from seeing limbs hooked up from the ceiling like a butcher's shop.

Kei was present for all this, mainly for security purposes or be an assistant. Bridget putted the sons and daughters of the king and noblemen onto a wooden table seperately. Their hands and feet were tied in place.

There were 3 sons and 1 daughter. Other then the king's son, the other children were around 20 years old. Young, plenty to live for, but ends today.

Let's start with one of the sons. Bridget grabbed a her saw blade that she bought not too long ago and began sawing off his limbs, piece by piece.

The srceaming was taking over the room but the sawing never stopped.

"Stop it! Just stop!" Said his father.

"Father! Father! Gahhhhh!"

He was getting paler and paler as the blood was draining out of his wounds. Then slowly died of blood loss. Bridget was less amused when killing their children.

As for the other noblemen's son. Bridget decided to put him and his parents in a hole. This hole was just made and it was filled with carnivorous insects. They were subjected to being devoured by insects. Munching and munching on their skins, muscles, organs, then there was nothing left but bones.

The daughter was watching all this in horror. She realized it's her turn. She tried to escape from the ropes but she doesn't had the strength to do so.

"Father! Mother! Do something! Riches! Land! Whatever you want! I done nothing wrong!"

Her parents remained silent. They knew what they did. And this was the end result.

Bridget ran her bloody hand from in-between the daughter's thighs, to her belly, in-between her valley, and then across her face. A red straight line was formed.

Bridget formed a circular blade out of her lightning magic. It buzzed like a chainsaw and was rapidly turning and turning.

The daughter was getting desperate, she was offering to be a servant and even a slave!

Bridget stopped a moment to get Kei opinions. His response was a shrug. He didn't care. This was Bridget's decision, if she wanted to take in a servant then he wouldn't stop her.

But Bridget wouldn't want this one.

So, Bridget began sawing from the bottom to the head. It was swift and the daughter's body was in half.

Now, turned to the last child, the king's son.

"Please forgive! Forgive! My son is innocent!" The queen yelled.

Bridget grabbed her morning star and started smashing the son's legs into pieces!

The kid screamed! "Mother! Mother! It hurts! It hurts!"

HIs legs were so brittle. He was wailing like a pig.

To end his torment, Bridget steadily stood next to the son's head.

Bridget lifted the morning star over her head and swung down!

The son's grey matter was all over the place. The queen sobbed while the king's face was expressionless.

Now there's the king, queen, nobleman, and nobleman's wife.

The noble duo suffered the rack. This will required Kei's help. The duo's wrists and ankles bounded to a wooden frame by rope. Kei and Bridget turned the handle on the opposide side and the victims continued to strecthed. The limbs were torned apart.

There were still alive, howling their pain. So Bridget just shocked them to death. Their crispy skin filled the air.

2 left.

The queen was subjected to the heretics fork. A torture device consisted of a metal piece with two opposed bi-pronged forks attached to a belt. It was attached to the queen's neck and if the queen's head dropped the forks would pierced her throat and chest. She can't fall asleep.

Then she was put on another torture item called the donkey. A vertical wooden board with V-shape wedge on the top. You supposed to put weights on her legs for the wedge to sliced through her body but Bridget wanted the fork end her. Chains were attached to the ceiling and walls to keep the queen steady on the donkey. Ah, she's getting wet.

The king was forced to seat of the chair of torture. The chair was layered with sharp spikes all over the surface. The king was restrained with tight straps.

Bridget took a plain chair and sat in front of the king. Eye to eye.

""Hello." Bridget softly said.

"Finally the mute speak. I thought you had lost your voice from all cocks that entered you mouth."

Bridget grabbed an oversized pair of scissors and cut off the king's tongue!

"Mmff! Grsknx! Hopafhd!"

"I thought you would've spend more time with the others?" Kei asked.

"It been a week of torturing with little sleep. It's affecting me. But the king and queen was best for last."

Bridget scanned over the king's body: nails, penis, balls, teeth, nose, eyes, ears, lips, muscle, joints, nerves, bones, ... mind.

So many things to tear, burn, and break.

Bridget pulled a cart of tools next to her. There were pilers, chisel and hammer, pins and nails, variety of knives, and other sorts of things.

"Listen." Bridget was trying to get the king's attention but he was staring at his wife's naked body.

Bridget slammed the king's hand deeper into the spikes!

"Listen!"

The king jolted but didn't scream because he didn't want to give her the satisfaction! So, he stared at the Bridget and she stared back.

"You ruined my life and gave me hell. You got too jealous of your brother and greedy with offers from the nobles. Even if he was my finacee, he was about to replaced me with someone younger. I can care less about being queen or him but you used me as a scapegoat. That was your mistake!"

Her voice was getting colder and more savage!

"Humilated! Beaten! Raped! Tortured! Eating scraps and drinking my own urine! But I survived. Survived long enough to get a second chance!"

Bridget slammed the king's other hand!

Tears started to appear and flowed down her redden cheeks, while forming a scowl on her face.

"People say revenge is not the answer but it's laughable! People say those words because they do not have the means to do so! Even if they have the chance, they wouldn't take it! Using an excuse that the tormenter of their lives would be punish by justice, karma, or judge by god in the afterlife!

No. Life is what you make it with your bare hands. You make things happen! If those people want to submit to circumstances without trying, then they can cry in their cradle all they want! I will not look down on myself! Or be put down!"

Bridget quickly wiped her face and really began.

She grapped a device that denails. She places it under his pinky finger nail.

She gazed at the king's eyes and he shook his head side to side.

Then she slammed the lever and his nail lifted up pointing up to the ceiling!

"MMMmmffff!!!!!" The king refused to scream out loud!

"1 down. 19 more to go. Don't worry, I will get you to scream that you would lose your voice."

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Two days later. The king and queen had passed. The last known rulers of Chesire Kingdom and later lost in the pages of history.

Bridget took off all her bloody clothes and entered a washing room. She washed the blood of her hands, face, and wherever else it appeared before going in the pool area.

The pool area was large with plenty of brillant magical laterns that gave a golden light to the whole room. Inside was a massive pool of steaming water and smaller pools all around. Floor and walls made of light grayish marbles with statues of naked women.

The bathing room's humid atmosphere envelopes her entire body. She slowly entered one of the smaller pools that wasn't deep and allowed the warm water to wash her tension away. She laid her head on the folded towel by the edge like a pillow.

"It's done."

With a clear conscience and freed mind of revenge that rages for years, she can finally rest peacefully. Bridget slowly closes her eyes and began to rest in the pool.

Until a few minutes later, Bridget heard splashing at the main pool. Vetros, Jacklin, Polin, and Kei had entered.

"Yay! Darling is done with work!"

Kei had been with Bridget for about a week doing 'work.' At least Vetros and Jacklin kept her company and grew fond of each other.

Everyone was bare for the world to see but it was just them.

Vetros and Jacklin's body submerged themselves deeper into the pool. Jacklin's head was left by side and had a warm, wet towel on her forehead.

"Every time I go in here, it feels so good!" Jacklin was having the best of time. Ordinary people don't get the luxury of playing around in a warm pool!

Kei sat on the low depth area. The water only reaches to his adomen. He was looking around and he caught his eyes on Bridget.

Bridget was still keeping her eyes closed, so Kei left her be.

He stretched his back and wings, and watched the other girls enjoying the pool.

"Hey master. Since Bridget and you are done with shady business in the dungeons. Are you going to be king of Chesire or something?" Jacklin asked.

Kei splashed water at her. "Whose doing shady business?"

"Pfftf! Blahh! Don't do that! I'm just a head!"

"In a few days we make way for the north and find  the other demons."

"We have to move again? This place has a big pool!" Polin became moody.

"I know but I have business to deal with. It's not like we can never be here again."

Polin pouted and continued practicing her swimming.

Vetros was getting closer to Kei and stared at his feathered wings.

Kei chuckled and unfurled his wings for her to get a better look and even touched them.

"Are you sure you're not part harpy?" Jacklin asked because harpies are the only known race to had feathered wings.

"I'm sure."

Polin was also playing with his wings and wrapped herself in one of them. "Darling's wings are warm and comfy while sleeping!"

"Hmm..." Jacklin can't help but imagined sleeping in them like a blanket now.

The noise and splashing, continues until everyone decided to go to bed.

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The next morning in the dining room.

All was present from breakfast, it felt it was buisness as usual. Even if group had increased, they were still missing someone.

Polin was poking her food with a fork and mashing them together. The capital of the kingdom was becoming more empty by the day. A good part of the population was perished and many of the civilians left by their own volition after the attack.

Kei looked at women in the dining room and then outside the window. It was bright and still summer time. Kei heard in this world, summer was longer and winter was short. The travel up to the far corner of the continent would be tiring and hot. Kei can move faster without a lot of company.

Like Polin said before, why move? A nice castle, great pool, nice view (except for the destroyed buildings outside), and Eluvia was just next door. Elen and Kirin can always visit. So, Kei decided to announce to everyone in the room.

"Everybody, I change my mind."

Everyone turned their heads and their ears opened.

"I decided to go alone."

"Why! Is it because I said I didn't want to move?" Polin was is distressed, thinking it was her fault.

"No no no. You make a good point little wifey. Where I'm going will be long and the travel will be hard. So, I decided Bridget and you should stay here and hold down the castle."

Polin wanted to complain but Bridget shook her head to stop Polin to waste any more words.

Jacklin was secretly tearing up that she doesn't have to leave the comforts of the castle! Plus, Kei was the one leaving!

"I follow." Vetros said.

Kei nodded to show approval since Vetros has her own reasons to travel.

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The next few days were normal more or less and finally Kei and Vetros were about to depart.

Outside of the entrance Polin was hugging tightly onto Kei's waist. She was crying her eyes out.

"You swear you will be back! You swear! You swear!"

"Yes. Yes. I swear a million times I will be back." Kei forcefully pulled her off from his waist and lifted her up. So he can give her a bear hug himself.

"It will be long but I will be back. You ever want to contact me just talk to one of the summons. Okay?"

Polin sniffled a few times before muttering, "Okay."

Kei put her down and kissed her forehead. Then walked in front of Bridget.

"I'll be back."

"Yes. We will meet again. Come back soon." Bridget only gave a smile and nothing more.

Jacklin was saying her goodbyes to Vetros and joined Polin and Bridget at the gate.

Vetros got on a sturdy carriage being pulled by four healthy horses, with Kei as the driver.

Now it's just Bridget, Polin, Jacklin, a ruined capital, and a limited amount of undead skeletons to protect the castle.