The gate has been closed for ten days. The period of time that Ozin and Satsuki had been closed was two weeks, and they would be free in four more days, but Satsuki was in a state of weakness.
She had not been able to eat for the past few days, and her health was extremely poor. Normally, a healing magician would cast a recovery spell on a person in poor health even when the gate was closed, but in Satsuki's case, no such treatment had been taken.
Of course, the reason for this was that Octa, a healing magician who had originally served the family, had fled, but more importantly, Satsuki was an enemy of the family, and no one would lend her a helping hand. It was, so to speak, a matter of karma and retribution, and for that reason, the failure of the plan was greatly regretted.
It was going to work. Okta, who hid his face, was to take Ausin away from the oxcart, and I was to take advantage of the confusion to go to the border of the Kingdom of Thana and meet him there. However, as it turned out, Ojinn came back safe and sound, and even Octa's men, a Bauerschwein and a man I had never seen before, were brought in as his underlings. It was unexpected. My mind went blank.
After a while, however, there was a report that the man who had brought them in had disappeared before they knew it. Satsuki took this as a golden opportunity to take responsibility for the men who had been guarding Aujin, and had them placed under house arrest. And since the place where the kidnapping plot had failed was Doki's store, the representative of the Kitamachi people, he ordered him and the Kitamachi people to search for the underlings and to take advantage of this opportunity to take Aujin to the border.
After secretly letting Octa's ox-animal servant escape and asking Octa to convey a message that he would follow him, he headed for Dawki's store with Aujin, but here a major miscalculation occurred. An eccentric, well-dressed, kind man revealed his plan, which no one else was supposed to know about. Moreover, the man had laid his hands on Ausin, the lord he had raised. I could not forgive him. Immediately, he locked the man in his space magic and ordered Hagee, whom he had ordered to stay under house arrest, to throw him into his own space and kill him, but the man made Hagee unable to fight in an instant. He had no choice but to keep the man trapped in the space, but the man not only failed to contain the magic within Satsuki's space, but also managed to freeze the woman herself, depriving her of her freedom.
It was impossible. Despite the fact that he had been practicing spatial magic with all his might and was confident that he could not lose to anyone in this regard, the man kicked Satsuki out of the way. And the next thing she knew, she and Auzin had been dragged out before the emperor. Moreover, the man was Linos, the king of Agartha. Why is the king of such a distant country as Agartha here? She was interrogated by the emperor and forced to tell him everything she knew.
Satsuki thinks about Aujin with a vacant look in her eyes. Her screams, which had been heard as soon as the gates were closed, are not heard at all. I wonder how she is doing, if she is all right. I'm sorry that I put my precious Hi-sama through all this for my sake. If I am allowed, I would like to apologize sincerely to Hi-Sama for what I have done to her. Satsuki looked absent-mindedly at the sky, thinking about this.
"...... Ki-san. ......Tsuki-san."
I hear a man's voice. Hate, she wondered if she was finally hearing an auditory hallucination, and then she heard the words clearly in her ears.
"Ms. Satsuki."
Suddenly, he turns around in the direction of the voice. There was a man there. He approached Satsuki slowly in the dim light.
"...... Mr. Octa."
Satsuki was in a daze, muttering the man's name as if it were a gibberish. He hugged her gently and let her bury his face in his chest.
"......Why are you here?"
"I came back from the border. I'm sorry. I'm sorry I'm late. ......"
"I missed you. ......"
Satsuki grabs his clothes with both hands.
"I missed you, too. I'm glad you're safe. ......
He kisses Satsuki on the head. At that moment, Satsuki quickly moves away from Okta's body, as if something frightened her.
"What's wrong?"
"No, you can't. Mistresses are ...... dirty ...... and their ...... smell is ...... too."
When Satsuki cried out, Octa gently hugged her again from behind.
"Don't worry about the smell ....... There's nothing dirty about my beloved Satsuki.
"Uuuuuh ......"
Tears streamed down from Satsuki's eyes. In this world, only Octa loves me. That was enough for her.
He takes out a small box from his pocket and goes to the place where the magic sucking stone is kept. Holding a cloth in his hand, he wrapped the stone in it, grabbed it, slowly lifted it up, and put it inside the box.
"O...... Okta-sama?"
"Shhh! Please shut up."
It was impossible. If he touched the magic sucking stone with his bare hands, the magic power in his body would be sucked out of him instantly, and he would faint. However, he did not seem to faint at all, but to look exactly the same as usual. Maybe there is some trick in that cloth he is holding in his hand. ....... While I was thinking about this, Octa, who had retrieved the magic sucking stones that had been placed in the four corners, came to my side again. He took out a charcoal stick from his pocket, drew some kind of strange emblem on the floor with it, and surrounded it with a circle.
"What is this ......?"
"Come on, get in here. Can you stand up? At ......."
...... found myself outside. The sun had already set and night had fallen. Satsuki unconsciously takes a deep breath of air. It tastes ...... good. She had never imagined that air could taste so good.
She looked up to see Okta peeking over the edge of the house. He turns around and calls out to Satsuki.
"I'd like to take you with me, but ...... it's a bit difficult. Can you hide somewhere?
"Where the hell are you going?"
"I will bring Master Hi to you."
"What?"
"Master HI can't live without you. Besides, nothing good will come to you if you stay in this country. Let's take Hi-Sama with us as we originally planned."
"Oh, yes, please."
Satsuki manages to drag her shaking legs and hides in the bushes in the garden. Okta, who had seen her, dived under the edge of the house without any hesitation.
How much time has passed? Two hours? Or maybe it was shorter. But it seemed to Satsuki that many hours had passed. Suddenly, a doll slowly appeared in the middle of the garden. When she looked closely, she saw that it was Octa, with Ogin in her arms. On top of that, there appeared to be a small white box in his hand.
"O......Octa-sama....... Hi-sama ...... I'm so glad you're safe....... I don't ...... believe that you are holding it in your hand."
"Yes, it's a Prill stone. It's a Kwon Pak family heirloom, isn't it? Now that the master is gone, we can't just leave it here in the mansion. I have forced myself to bring it here."
Satsuki wobbles, dragging her motionless body desperately toward Okta. Aujin is asleep, huffing and puffing, taking short breaths like a dog. Her hair is shaggy and disheveled, and her face is gaunt. On top of that, her body odor stinks up my nose. She probably has not taken a proper bath for the past ten days. Satsuki cast a clean spell on Aujin.
"Thank you. Are you all right?
"Yes. The mistress is ......."
Octa smiled and cast a clean spell on Satsuki. Then he left the ojins with Satsuki and began to draw strange patterns on the ground in the garden again.
"Come, come!"
He climbed on top of the pattern with Aujin in his arms again and smiled at Satsuki. She climbed onto the pattern with a gentle step, and her vision faded just as it had before.
"Oh, sa ......."
Satsuki thought she heard something, but she did not have enough energy left to think about who the voice was.
It was the next day when Linos received the news that Ozin and Satsuki had disappeared while the gate was closed.