Chapter 55: An Unknown Place Part-1
[General POV]
The house of Maximus had been in great disarray for the last couple of hours. The cause was quite severe after all.
Alexander Maximus, the only son of the Maximus household and the next probable heir, had gone missing. A few hours ago, an undercover outing to the festival was ruined by a series of bombings, causing great unrest and damage to the city and its people. But the most notable issue was still the disappearance, or rather, the kidnapping of Alexander Maximus soon after.
Even after constant searching, there was not much progress in the search and rescue. It was as if the kidnappers had simply disappeared from the city.
With no signs of him returning anytime soon, and the knights and magicians' astonishing inability to find any solid leads on him, the circumstances had taken a great toll on the residents of the Maximus family, namely Alex's sisters, and mother. Though, one could see even the maids were quite gloomy as well. Especially two of them.
Even with the additional aid of the Adventurer's Guild and other administrations, and the whole city in lockdown and in the process of being combed, each passing second filled the hearts of the residents with greater dread.
What happened to Alexander Maximus after that incident? Where was he now? And most importantly, how was he?
Those questions haunted everyone related directly or indirectly to him and who were aware of this incident. It kept them on their toes, waiting impatiently, to hear something, anything about him. And above that, everyone prayed that he returned as soon as possible to his rightful and deserving place, in the warm embrace of his family.
[End of General POV]
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Meanwhile, I was having a strange and unique experience. Something I never expected would happen to me. At least not like this.
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I opened my eyes groggily as I felt a barrage of hammers and ringing bells striking my head and straining my ears.
"Urgh, my fucking head."
My eyes shut back as a jolt of pain hit my head.
[Alex! You finally woke up.]
When it calmed down, I opened my eyes again and looked in front to see a dark and dull ceiling.
'An unfamiliar ceiling… wait, déjà vu.'
"Where the hell am I…?"
[Don't talk out loud. Look around you.]
"What—"
"Oh, you're up, sweetie? How do you feel?"
A sultry voice woke me up from my stupor as I immediately jolted from the bed remembering the events before I blacked out, only to choke and then fall back.
"Ugh, fuck! What the…"
I soon realized I was bound, with strange-looking black metallic chains. My arms, legs, and most importantly, my neck were attached to some sort of cuffs and a chocker, that were connecting to the bedframe via those chains. I wasn't fixed tightly to the frame at least, so I had some moment space. But it was very minimal.
"Now, now~ Don't be alarmed. You're safe here with your big sister. Everything will be alright~ Just relax, sweetheart."
I turned to look at the strangely melodic voice, only to have my heart skip a beat.
An attractive and mature woman sat a little further away from the bed where I was bound, watching me with a "kind" smile. It failed to hide the predatory gaze she had, though. She wore a loosened dark-colored cloak but I could see that inside it, she wore a skimpy skin-tight leathery black armor that looked almost like some S&M cosplay. No, scratch that. It was exactly like an S&M cosplay. The cloak was a weird add-on to it.
Her burgundy red hair was partially tied in a high ponytail, though most of it was hanging back freely, some to the sideways and a few short strands in front. Her greenish-yellow eyes looked at me with barely disguised amusement and… lust? Uh…
Her pink lips parted and morphed in a way that turned the previously "kind" smile into a slightly twisted and amused one as she saw me gazing at her.
"Like what you see, sweetie? How about these?"
She uncovered her cloak and held her large bosom and then bent a bit to show me her more than plentiful cleavage.
It was strange to have woken up in an unknown place and then find a mysterious and erotic woman. It was… kinda hot—I mean, it was bizarre.
She smiled as she found my gaze linger on her asset for a fair few seconds. Then she did something I was not expecting she would do. Though, a part of me really liked it.
She put one of her hands on her cleavage and then stretch the elastic armor-cum-suit, pulling it down diagonally until the cloth was below her nipples and the rest of her tit. I could now see her right breast in full view.
'Damn… that's hot. Am I in cosplay heaven or something?'
After a fair few minutes of me silently "observing" the woman to find out who she was…not by using the obvious 'Observe' but instead by looking at her tit like the answer was hidden somewhere in that well-endowed breast of hers, Iris finally spoke up.
[Are you seriously going to gawk at her breast?! Are you even going to ask why in the hell you're locked in a dimly lit room and tied to a bed with chains? And also WHY exactly is this crazy-looking woman flashing you her tits?]
Iris seemed annoyed; I could tell by her deadpan voice. It was understandable, I supposed. But you couldn't blame me for that. It's not every day you got a live show like that.
Also, she was mistaken. The woman was not "flashing" her tits. She was literally holding the fabric down so I could look at her naked boob properly and for a fairly long amount of time.
Regardless, Iris's words distracted me from the alluring bosom of an equally alluring lady and prompted me to look around the strange place.
A dimly lit room with no windows. The walls were made out of stone and looking at their state and the stuffy smell, I had a feeling it was either some really old house or I was inside a dungeon or something.
The woman, seeing that I was no longer 'enamored' by her alluring charms, stopped smiling as she covered her breast back.
A part of me thought.
'Pity.'
"Humph, I was hoping you'll stare at it for a little longer…~ Was it not alluring enough? I've been told I'm quite attractive, especially in this department."
She held her breasts and squeezed them. She wasn't lying. She was quite well-endowed there.
"But seeing you lose interest, it breaks my heart and hurts my feminine pride…"
She looked at me with a fit of mock anger and a pout that felt strangely cute on her mature face. It took some effort to distract myself and address the elephant in the room. No, not the one you're thinking. I meant that as an analogy.
"Ahem. So… I don't suppose you can tell me what's going on and where am I and, you know, who are you? Also, you don't have to make that face. I really do think you're quite attractive. But, I'm not really into S&M and Bondage play. Especially not when I'm the one being tied."
It wasn't like I hadn't wondered how fun it would be to tie Laura down and have my way with her… with her consent, of course. But that's not the point.
The show she had given me would have excited me, if not for my circumstances.
As I waited patiently for her answer, I pulled her 'Observe' page.
'So… her name is Sharon Daybone. Doesn't ring any bells. She's 2 tiers higher than me at Tier 5. And… wait, talented in Mind magic? That's not good… well, at least the stuff doesn't work on me. Phew. But those remarks…'
One of her remarks said she was amused, and another said she was interested in my body. And the third one was worrying(?). It literally said 'deciding how to have fun with you.' Well, it depended on what kind of fun she was going to have. Given the chains and her S&M cosplay, I was not really looking forward to finding out.
'I swear if she pulls out a dildo or gag or something, I'm biting my tongue and killing myself!'
[Seriously?! It doesn't even work that way. Don't believe such things you see in an anime. While it is possible to kill yourself by biting your tongue, it'll be a rather slow and painful process of dying from blood loss. And even that's difficult since your body is much much durable than normal, so—wait, that's not important! Why the hell are you so damn calm?! This isn't the time to joke around, Alex! What's wrong with you? Did you hit your head or lose your marbles?]
'Hey! Rude. Also, I was joking. No need to take it seriously. But, I guess you have a point there.'
Even I didn't know why I was so calm and cracking jokes right now and not trying to figure out where on earth— I mean, where on Cryotopia I was.
'Is it because the world is based on an Eroge that this scene is so… erotic? Likely. But—no. Stop it, me. Iris is right. Time to get serious.'
I focused my attention back on the woman. She looked at me with confusion.
"Hmm, I was expecting you to freak out or panic more. Color me surprised, handsome. I'm impressed with your mental fortitude. You're also surprisingly okay, considering I cast a Confusion and Hypnosis spell on you. Even low-level ones should do wonders on a Tier-1."
My happy-go-lucky mood was shot the moment she mentioned casting Mind spells on me.
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The_POZ I didn't plan for this... again! I swear I had a rough draft and a plan for the post-kidnapping scene. But then I decided, "Hey, let's add a hot and crazy chick in there. For fun." and then she turned from an insignifant villaineous canon fodder side-character that was supposed to be part of 'them' to something else... idk what yet. Ugh, I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but it seems interesting(in more than one ways). To me, at least. Maybe this is better than the one I was planning. Even though I still plan to incorporate that too. Otherwise, there'll be a large missing piece in the recent events.
P.S.: The separation arc is going to be longer than I'd hoped. Expect at least 20 or so chapters(probably more) before Alex reunites with his family. But don't be too sad! I have a lot of fun(hopefully) adventures and action planned for this final arc of Vol 1. This is only the prelude.
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